"This mud's origin is unknown, and that evil spirit was the treasure bone's former master. After cultivating the 'Great Transformation Heavenly Evolution Heart Sutra,' he didn't dissipate into nothingness but instead became a bound spirit in this Jianlong Divine Mountain..."
"Both of these little things have extraordinary origins, and they appear to be from opposing factions. I wonder if their battle will lure out the big fish behind them?"
Ye Ling watched the battle between the evil spirit and the Mud Abyss Dragon above the swamp, murmuring to himself. He poured his spiritual power into Jianlong Divine Mountain, stabilizing it to prevent it from collapsing due to the fighting.
The Blood Slaughter Qilin slowly realized that this was a trap set by Ye Ling and calmed its emotions.
Although it didn't know what Ye Ling intended to do, seeing the fierce battle between the evil spirit, transformed from an supreme being, and the living swamp that had swallowed the Abyss Dragon, it had a vague premonition that Ye Ling was not undertaking a trivial matter.
Ye Ling suddenly asked, "Blood Slaughter, how long have you lived in Jianlong Divine Mountain?"
The Blood Slaughter Qilin was slightly startled. After a moment of thought, it replied, "I'm not sure of the exact duration, but it's been several thousand years. Back then, Jianlong Divine Mountain was a peaceful place, and not many great demons paid attention to it."
"Ever since that divine dragon perished in the mountain, its body was occupied by an evil spirit, transforming into the Abyss Dragon. The external environment of Jianlong Divine Mountain became increasingly hostile until it became what it is today, filled with evil spirits."
"However, I never expected that the evil spirit formed after the demise of that supreme being, after devouring other evil spirits of Jianlong Divine Mountain, could become so powerful... In these past few thousand years, the number of living beings that have perished in Jianlong Divine Mountain is likely in the tens of thousands."
Ye Ling looked at the Blood Slaughter Qilin, which was lost in memory, and then said, "In your years in Jianlong Divine Mountain, you must have witnessed the birth process of that evil spirit, right?"
The Blood Slaughter Qilin replied, "I did see it, but I was young and my mind was not mature. I wasn't very concerned about that event and don't know the specifics..."
"Seeing it is enough."
Ye Ling said lightly. A ball of colorless spiritual energy emerged from his palm and enveloped the Blood Slaughter Qilin. At the same time, he reminded it, "Do not resist. I will take a drop of your vital blood."
The Blood Slaughter Qilin was startled when Ye Ling suddenly attacked it, thinking Ye Ling intended to take its life. Hearing Ye Ling's words now, it was slightly relieved and stopped resisting, allowing Ye Ling's spiritual power to penetrate its body and flow through its veins.
Unlike humans,麒麟's memories are not solely stored in their brains but are also integrated into their bloodlines and passed down through generations.
It is precisely because of this special ability of their bloodlines that the Qilin clan has been able to maintain its strength.
The Blood Slaughter Qilin was no exception. Everything it saw and heard was imprinted in its bloodline. Even if it itself no longer remembered, the memories within its bloodline would not disappear.
As long as the Blood Slaughter Qilin was strong enough, it could excavate all of its own memories and those of its ancestors!
To read the Blood Slaughter Qilin's memories, Ye Ling did not need to search its soul. He only needed to take a drop of its vital blood to observe past events from its bloodline.
Soon, Ye Ling drew out the vital blood he needed from the Blood Slaughter Qilin and then submerged his soul power into that vital blood.
A vast amount of memories, from the prehistoric era to the present, experienced by the Blood Slaughter Qilin's lineage, poured into Ye Ling's mind.
For any ordinary cultivator, or even an immortal from the Immortal Realm, being subjected to the impact of the Qilin clan's immense memories at this moment would cause their souls to collapse directly. Even if they survived, they would become imbeciles.
However, for Ye Ling, these memories of the Qilin clan were but a drop in the ocean compared to his soul's strength, posing no burden.
As a multitude of scenes flashed through Ye Ling's mind, he focused his attention on the moment the evil spirit was born and then relived thousands of years from its perspective, retrieving all events that had occurred in Jianlong Divine Mountain.
Soon, Ye Ling saw the appearance of the evil spirit in its former life.
A swordsman in white, the aura surging from him was the "Great Transformation Heavenly Evolution Heart Sutra"!
And it was the "Great Transformation Heavenly Evolution Heart Sutra" on the verge of completion!
Based on the aura of the swordsman in white, his cultivation had reached the Half-Saint stage, just one step away from becoming a Saint!
With the swordsman in white's cultivation, even on Earth, where spiritual energy had not yet declined, he would be considered a top-tier expert!
From the perspective of the Blood Slaughter Qilin, the swordsman in white came to Jianlong Divine Mountain alone, found the Blood Slaughter Qilin's father, and had a secret conversation with him for several days and nights. Afterward, the swordsman in white settled in Jianlong Divine Mountain, and finally failed to break through to the Emperor realm, perishing on the spot.
Seeing this scene, Ye Ling's brow furrowed slightly.
Although the Blood Slaughter Qilin inherited some memories from its father, it only recorded events before its own birth. After the Blood Slaughter Qilin was born, their memories were no longer shared.
In other words, Ye Ling could not know the content of the secret conversation between the swordsman in white and the Blood Slaughter Qilin's father by using the Blood Slaughter Qilin's vital blood.
Although Ye Ling did not yet know who the swordsman in white was, he had a premonition that the secret conversation between the swordsman in white and the Blood Slaughter Qilin's father might be related to the scheme behind the "Great Transformation Heavenly Evolution Heart Sutra."
Earth was, after all, not the same world as the Eastern Xuan Continent. The cultivation legacies of the two places differed by hundreds of thousands of miles. Even though Ye Ling had become a Supremacy in the Eastern Xuan Continent, he knew very little about the various secret techniques on Earth from the prehistoric era to the present, spanning a million years.
Not to mention anything else, the "Great Transformation Heavenly Evolution Heart Sutra," which once caused the annihilation of the foremost holy clan in the Eastern Xuan Continent, was cultivated by the swordsman in white after being transferred to Earth. The fact that he managed to preserve a wisp of residual soul at the end was enough to indicate that Earth was not simple in the past.
Therefore, Ye Ling was not surprised to encounter things on Earth that he was unaware of. It was not important whether he knew everything; what mattered was how to uncover the truth when encountering the unknown.
"I am becoming increasingly interested in what happened on Earth in the past..."
A faint glint flashed in Ye Ling's eyes. He then said to the Blood Slaughter Qilin, "You and Di Zhui stay here and report anything to me."
The Blood Slaughter Qilin asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"
Ye Ling replied, "There are still some matters that need confirmation."
With that, Ye Ling stopped speaking and instantly moved to the other side of Jianlong Divine Mountain, to a valley filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Here...
This was the burial place of the Blood Slaughter Qilin's father, the Purple Lightning Qilin, as Ye Ling had learned from its memories!
Ye Ling looked at the small mound in front of him, his eyes slightly narrowed. He whispered, "There are some things I must confirm. Please forgive me..."
"As for the favor I owe you, I will repay it to your descendants in the future."
With that, a large amount of demonic energy surged from Ye Ling and rushed towards the small mound in the valley.
Soon, a massive skeleton of a Purple Lightning Qilin, entangled by Ye Ling's demonic energy, broke through the soil!