In the suburbs of Dongdu, at an old cemetery.
Ye Ling walked into the cemetery and asked Wang Liren, "This is Yu E's burial site, isn't it?"
Wang Liren nodded, "It must be. I investigated Qi Zhuyue's movements these past few days, and she buried her mother here."
Ye Ling sighed, "She didn't bring her mother's ashes back home. I guess she still hasn't forgiven her mother for what she did."
Wang Liren also sighed, "Alas... that girl is truly pitiful."
"But speaking of which, what are we doing here? Aren't we supposed to be solving Qi Zhuyue's troubles?"
"Just follow me."
Ye Ling scanned the cemetery with his divine soul and quickly located Yu E's grave. He walked towards it.
Yu E's tombstone was carved by Qi Zhuyue herself, in Chinese. Amidst the surrounding Japanese tombstones, it stood out starkly.
On the tombstone, Ye Ling could also sense the ominous aura that clung to Qi Zhuyue.
Ye Ling glanced at the tombstone, then surveyed the surroundings. "Did anyone see what happened here?"
Seeing Ye Ling speaking to empty space, Wang Liren shivered and quickly asked, "Emperor... Emperor Lord, who are you talking to?"
But as soon as Wang Liren finished speaking, he was horrified to see the ghost of an old man floating out from the grave next to Yu E's, and he cried out, "A ghost!!!"
The old man gave Wang Liren a glare. "Young man, you are quite rude. I am the guardian of this cemetery."
Wang Liren quickly hid behind Ye Ling. "Emperor... Emperor Lord, you are..."
Ye Ling ignored Wang Liren and asked the old man, "This tombstone is shrouded in an ominous aura. I want to know who left it."
The old man stroked his beard. "I know, but... my memory isn't very good. I can't quite recall."
"Oh?"
Ye Ling raised an eyebrow. Demonic energy surged from his palm, coiling around the old man's spirit. He asked with a smile, "Would you like me to help you remember?"
Seeing the demonic energy wrapping around him, the old man's expression changed slightly. He quickly said, "No, no need. I remember everything now."
Ye Ling: "Then hurry up and tell me!"
The old man immediately said, "It was a white-clothed man holding a paper fan! He found a little girl here and said some things to her."
"A man with a paper fan?" Ye Ling frowned slightly. "Did you hear his name?"
The old man trembled, "I think it was... Sakura Moon?"
"Sakura Moon?"
Upon hearing the old man's words, Wang Liren exclaimed again, "Isn't that the Crimson Dust Immortal who attacked us at Zhuxia Ju? Is he looking for Qi Zhuyue to deal with the Emperor Lord?"
Ye Ling shook his head. "No... taking in Qi Zhuyue was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Sakura Moon likely doesn't know about my connection with Qi Zhuyue. He probably approached Qi Zhuyue because of the mark within her."
Wang Liren: "The same mark as Jue?"
"Yes."
Ye Ling nodded. He had already guessed that since Qi Zhuyue had the same mark as Jue, Sakura Moon would definitely seek her out.
However, he hadn't expected Sakura Moon to find Qi Zhuyue so quickly. He thought that after Jue's death, Sakura Moon would at least lay low for a while.
After learning it was Sakura Moon who found Qi Zhuyue, Ye Ling asked the old man again, "Do you know what they said?"
This ghostly old man had intended to extort Ye Ling, but he hadn't expected Ye Ling to be so terrifying. Now, he didn't dare to play any more games and stammered, "That person was very strong, and I didn't dare to get too close. I could only vaguely hear 'Lord'... and 'Doomsday' or something..."
"Lord, Doomsday..."
Ye Ling murmured the words, then withdrew his demonic energy and said to the old man, "You're no longer needed here. You can go."
"Thank you, sir!"
Feeling the oppressive aura disappear, the old man was relieved and immediately retreated back into his grave, not daring to come out again.
After the old man disappeared, Wang Liren finally mustered up his courage and said to Ye Ling, "Emperor Lord, from what that ghost said, it seems this mark involves something incredibly significant."
"Mmm..." Ye Ling nodded. "It's likely the work of that so-called Lord. We'll know once we go ask."
"Go ask?" Wang Liren was a bit confused. "How do we ask?"
Let alone the Lord, they didn't even know where Sakura Moon was. Where would they go to ask?
Ye Ling didn't offer Wang Liren much explanation. He directly invoked the laws of time and reversed the time in this location.
Soon, the phantoms of Qi Zhuyue and Sakura Moon materialized before the tombstone.
Seeing Ye Ling's methods, Wang Liren's eyes widened, and a storm of shock surged within him. "This, this..."
This ability to directly manifest past events, this was truly divine!
Wang Liren's breathing grew rapid.
Ye Ling said, "The temporal fragments remaining here are incomplete, so I can't hear their conversation yet, but it's enough for tracking."
In fact, after mastering the laws of time, Ye Ling could have reversed the time of the entire Earth back a few days to recreate what happened here. However, doing so would consume too much spiritual energy, and it was completely unnecessary.
Using temporal fragments to recreate the events here and then tracking Sakura Moon's phantom was much simpler.
As Wang Liren's pupils trembled, Sakura Moon said something to Qi Zhuyue, then gave her a scarlet bead, and then leaped away.
It was clear that the ominous aura lingering on Qi Zhuyue was left by that scarlet bead.
Seeing Sakura Moon's phantom depart, Ye Ling said to Wang Liren, "Stop gawking. Keep up!"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren finally snapped back to reality. He looked at Ye Ling's departing back and muttered to himself, "I've seen it all! This is nothing unusual! This is all normal! Don't be surprised!"
Wang Liren suppressed his shock and quickly chased after Ye Ling, who was following Sakura Moon's phantom!
Soon, Ye Ling and Wang Liren, following Sakura Moon's phantom, arrived at the main headquarters of the Bushi, Longshe Mountain.
Sakura Moon's phantom disappeared there.
Seeing Sakura Moon's phantom dissipate, Wang Liren was stunned again and asked Ye Ling, "Emperor Lord, why did the phantom disappear?"
Ye Ling said, "The laws here are very chaotic, and I can't find suitable temporal fragments."
"Then what should we do now?"
Ye Ling withdrew the laws of time and said, "It doesn't matter. I've already sensed Sakura Moon's presence. He's in the mountains. We'll just go find him."
As soon as Ye Ling finished speaking, before he could act, more than a dozen black-clothed异士 appeared, surrounding them! Da Feng Novel Network.
A leading sixth-rank 异士 looked at Ye Ling and Wang Liren and said coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing at the Bushi headquarters?"
Ye Ling glanced at the surrounding 异士 and smiled, "I'm looking for Sakura Moon."