Ye Ling, after a brief recollection of his experiences in the Nine Heavens Realm, refocused and said to Li Xiaomei, "Alright, I can't control who you want to see or what your ideals are. What I want to know now is, what exactly is your Void organization plotting with your recent series of actions?"
Seeing Ye Ling inquire, Li Xiaomei did not conceal anything and stated directly, "Currently, Huang has been sidelined within the Void organization by extraterrestrial demons. Everything the Void organization and Huang are doing now is part of the extraterrestrial demons' scheme."
"As for what they intend to do, I cannot yet discern it."
Ye Ling asked, "In other words, the current Void organization is no longer the same Void that was once solely focused on finding the Ruins of Time?"
Li Xiaomei nodded, "At least not currently. But if Your Majesty were to lend a hand, the Void organization could return to its former state."
After hearing Li Xiaomei's words, Ye Ling re-tied Huang's head to his waist and said, "I have absolutely no interest in saving the Void. Since I can't get any information from you, I'll take my leave."
Although Li Xiaomei was trying her best to exonerate Huang, Ye Ling had his own judgment, and whether to spare Huang was entirely up to him.
If Ye Ling were to believe Li Xiaomei's words without proof that Huang was innocent, he wouldn't have survived this long.
Regardless of whether Huang was coerced, before their previous battle and before the black energy erupted, Ye Ling saw no signs of Huang being controlled.
Seeing Ye Ling re-tie Huang to his waist, Li Xiaomei said, "Your Majesty, wait. If you spare Huang, I can help you retrieve Xue Sha."
Ye Ling said indifferently, "Xue Sha disappeared because of Huang in the first place. You are not qualified to use Xue Sha as a bargaining chip."
"Out of consideration for you being Li Xiaoxiao's mother, I will let you go this time. I don't care what you want to do, but if we meet again and I find you are still part of the Void organization, I will show no mercy."
With that, Ye Ling turned and left without any hesitation.
After a brief exchange with Li Xiaomei, Ye Ling had confirmed that Li Xiaomei had completely sided with Huang and there was no need to bring her soul back.
As Ye Ling's foot crossed the threshold of the virtual space, Li Xiaomei's eyes finally showed emotional fluctuation. She quickly said, "Your Majesty! If you help us, I can tell you about the Shadow Hall!"
Ye Ling stopped, turned to look at Li Xiaomei, and said coldly, "It seems you are beyond saving..."
"The Shadow Hall is a pawn of extraterrestrial forces. If you truly wanted my help to resist extraterrestrial forces, you should have told me all the information you knew from the outset."
"But now, you are using all this information as bargaining chips, which shows no sincerity on your part."
"Your Majesty..." Li Xiaomei was startled by Ye Ling's attitude, a flicker of fear in her eyes.
She hadn't expected Ye Ling's killing intent to be so terrifying!
Such a person was beyond her ability to control!
Ye Ling continued, "My patience has been completely exhausted by you. You need to tell me all the information you know now, otherwise, both you and Huang will die here today!"
Li Xiaomei stared at Ye Ling blankly, her body trembling slightly. After a long while, she forced herself to calm down and apologized, "I apologize, Your Majesty. I didn't expect my actions to anger you. Whether you are willing to help us or not, I will tell you everything I know."
Ye Ling said coldly, "Speak."
"Yes..."
Li Xiaomei took a deep breath and then slowly began, "I will help you guide Xue Sha here. As for the Shadow Hall and the Void... let me start by telling you when they found us..."
"At that time, I had been working under Huang for some time. With the help of many Void organization members, we found several bronze doors and gradually figured out the method to reach the Ruins of Time."
"But just as we were about to succeed, an extraterrestrial demon calling himself Xuan Xiao found us. His strength was formidable; he defeated Huang with a single move, effortlessly."
"Defeated Huang with a single move?" Ye Ling frowned slightly upon hearing Li Xiaomei's words, questioning her.
Earlier, in the ancient ruins of the Tongtian clan, Ye Ling had rescued a sage named Xiaoyao, who was imprisoned by Xuan Xiao.
According to Xiaoyao's description, Xuan Xiao, during Earth's prehistoric era, only had the cultivation of a sage and had to resort to schemes to deal with Xiaoyao.
Even though Xuan Xiao was now the master of the Shadow Hall, in Earth's cultivation environment, his strength would at most be at the Emperor realm. To break through to the Supreme realm would require monopolizing most of Earth's cultivation resources.
With Huang already on Earth, it was impossible for another Xuan Xiao to emerge!
But now, Li Xiaomei claimed Xuan Xiao could defeat Huang with a single move, implying Xuan Xiao's cultivation was at least at the peak of the Dao Venerable realm.
With Earth's energy, it was unlikely that even draining all the energy from the three realms would be enough to cultivate a Dao Venerable.
However, upon further consideration... Xuan Xiao had controlled Ye Ling's inner demon at the time. If Xuan Xiao didn't possess the cultivation of a peak Dao Venerable, he wouldn't have been able to coerce Ye Ling's inner demon.
Moreover, the Shadow Hall was backed by extraterrestrial forces. With their means, it wouldn't be difficult for them to make someone a Dao Venerable.
Thinking of this, Ye Ling gradually began to believe Li Xiaomei's words.
Li Xiaomei continued, "This is something I will not misremember. Xuan Xiao took a liking to my skills and wanted to take me with him. Huang tried to save me and was repelled by Xuan Xiao with a single move."
Ye Ling frowned, "And then? What did he do to you?"
Li Xiaomei shook her head, "After defeating Huang, Xuan Xiao seemed to have encountered something urgent. He didn't have time to take me with him, only implanting the black energy within Huang before leaving in a hurry."
"Since then, Huang's temperament changed drastically, and he gradually became a tool for the extraterrestrial demons. Although I remained in the Void organization, I was effectively being used by the Shadow Hall."
"I feared that if I stayed, the Void would be destroyed, so I chose to leave."
"This is the relationship between the Void organization and the Shadow Hall."
After listening to Li Xiaomei's account, Ye Ling pondered for a moment and then asked, "Even if what you say is true, the Void is at most a tool of the Shadow Hall now. How much information about the Shadow Hall can you access?"
Ye Ling had now understood that what Li Xiaomei wanted him to do was to help deal with the Shadow Hall, which was already his objective and would be eliminated sooner or later.
In this regard, his goals aligned with Li Xiaomei's, and cooperating with her on this basis was not a bad idea.
Li Xiaomei possessed the law of light, an ability that was crucial for Ye Ling, who had only recently returned to Earth and lacked extensive information!
After all, the Shadow Hall was even more secretive than the Void organization and had deeper roots in the three realms. If Ye Ling were to investigate it alone, it would take an unknown amount of time.
Li Xiaomei said, "Your Majesty, please don't forget, I can access information stored in all the network spaces of the Milky Way. Although the Shadow Hall is hidden, they still have electronic data."
"I know more about the Shadow Hall than you might imagine!"