"No way!"
Li Xian stood up, his eyes blazing with intense killing intent and a warning as he stared at Ban Fenghe.
Ban Fenghe let out a bitter smile and said, "Li Xian, do you really think I'm such a vicious person?"
"Otherwise?" Li Xian frowned. "You're from the Main God's Temple and a medicine puppet. You don't seem like a good person no matter how you look at it."
Ban Fenghe was rendered speechless, and the tears that were about to fall got stuck in her eyes.
What he said made so much sense. What could she do if she couldn't refute it?
But Shen Qing didn't want to miss this opportunity. Soul searching could directly reveal a person's memories, and there was no room for deception. It was much more reliable than what Ban Fenghe said.
Moreover, all soul searching required was for her to inject her spiritual power into Ban Fenghe's spiritual sea. There should be no way for Ban Fenghe to play any tricks.
Thinking this way, Shen Qing gently patted Li Xian's shoulder. Before she could even speak, Li Xian knew that Shen Qing wanted to conduct the soul search.
"No, Shen Qing. This is too dangerous. I'd rather miss this opportunity than put your safety at risk."
Shen Qing gave Li Xian a reassuring look and said, "There aren't many opportunities to learn about the Main God's Temple. We can wait, but the living beings in this world can't."
"The Demon Race is eyeing us covetously. With Lin Yibai by Ji Zhongming's side, she won't let us go. The purpose of the Main God's Temple is unclear, but they're active on the Nine Desolate Continent and have infiltrated major sects."
"Think about it. Who knows if what happened to the Beast Taming Sect and the Green Wood Sect won't happen to our sect? Can you bear to have these scheming people lurking around your junior brothers and sisters?"
Li Xian fell silent.
What Shen Qing said were all the things he was worried about in his heart. But he also didn't want Shen Qing to get involved in such a dangerous situation.
"In that case, let me conduct the soul search."
Li Xian couldn't convince himself to let Shen Qing take the risk. If anything happened to Shen Qing, he would never forgive himself.
A flash of irony and bitterness crossed Ban Fenghe's face. She straightened her back and said coldly, "I'll only allow Shen Qing to conduct the soul search on me. No one else can break the restriction."
Hearing this, anger flared on Li Xian's face. The aura around him turned menacing. When his emotionless eyes landed on Ban Fenghe, she felt as if she would be killed the next second.
But if she could die at Li Xian's hands, it would be a good thing.
Ban Fenghe was filled with bitterness.
"I only allow Shen Qing to conduct the soul search on me. No one else can."
After saying this, Ban Fenghe closed her eyes.
Shen Qing tightly held Li Xian's hand, afraid that Li Xian would really kill Ban Fenghe if they got into an argument.
"Li Xian, trust me. I'll be fine. It's just a soul search. It's not a big deal. If something goes wrong, I'll attack her spiritual sea and turn her into a fool!"
Shen Qing confidently patted her chest, trying to look as relaxed as possible to reassure Li Xian.
"But Shen Qing, this woman never tells the truth. If she really has some tricks up her sleeve and you try to withdraw, it might be too late."
Jiang Zhiyun was worried. She also didn't want her good friend to take the risk. After all, in her eyes, Ban Fenghe was a cunning woman.
Shen Qing had no choice but to comfort one person after another.
It took her a long time to convince the three of them. Ban Fenghe even felt like she was about to fall asleep.
Shen Qing stood in front of Ban Fenghe. She hesitated for a moment, then quickly turned around and gulped down a few cups of tea. Only then did she say contentedly, "Okay, don't waste any more time. Let's start."
The four of them surrounded Ban Fenghe in the middle and sat cross-legged. Shen Qing sat in front of Ban Fenghe, while the other three sat at the three corners.
"Master, I'm going to start. Please protect my spiritual sea. If something goes wrong, wake me up in time."
"Don't worry, little disciple. With your master here, you won't get into trouble."
After saying this to Yu Lingzhou, Shen Qing gathered her spiritual power and suddenly injected it into Ban Fenghe's spiritual sea.
Ban Fenghe felt a sharp pain in her spiritual sea. Then she tried to relax her body and get used to Shen Qing's spiritual power.
After a moment, Shen Qing opened her eyes and saw that it was pitch-black in front of her. There were also some strange mists surging around.
"Ban Fenghe, your spiritual sea is so dark."
No wonder Shen Qing was so surprised. The spiritual seas of normal cultivators were usually bright. Even the spiritual seas of demonic cultivators weren't this dark.
The spiritual sea trembled slightly, as if Ban Fenghe was dissatisfied and resisted a bit.
Shen Qing raised her eyebrows. Without saying any more nonsense, she directly began to probe Ban Fenghe's memories.
The children of cultivators with high aptitude usually had memories from the womb. Unfortunately, it was obvious that Ban Fenghe wasn't one of them. Her memories only started when she was a little over one year old.
When Ban Fenghe had memories, she was already by Ban Qiushan's side, living in the Main God's Temple.
Shen Qing saw Ban Qiushan through Ban Fenghe's eyes. He was tall and handsome, but he was extremely clumsy when taking care of a child. He made many jokes.
But there was no doubt that Ban Fenghe had a happy childhood by her father's side.
The palaces of the Main God's Temple were extremely magnificent. Even the place where a guard lived was resplendent.
At first, Ban Fenghe would run around happily in every palace of the Main God's Temple. But there was one palace that was a restricted area of the Main God's Temple. Even Ban Qiushan wasn't allowed to enter.
There were very few people in the Main God's Temple. The people Shen Qing saw most often in Ban Fenghe's memories were Ban Qiushan's colleagues. They would often go on missions together and would often go down to the mortal world.
The most common mission they did was to use a special method to transform into ordinary disciples of sects and infiltrate the sects to gather information.
And in Ban Fenghe's memories, Shen Qing also saw the young Li Xian who was locked in a small dark room, covered in injuries. Only then did Shen Qing realize that Ban Fenghe had known Li Xian many years ago.
No wonder she was so obsessed with Li Xian.
But gradually, Shen Qing noticed something strange.
Ban Qiushan and Li Yuan knew each other!
Ban Qiushan would bring some special items from the Main God's Temple and give them to Li Yuan. Every time Li Yuan went crazy, he would eat the things Ban Qiushan brought.
And Xu Yanxi would always lock Li Yuan and Li Xian together, making Li Xian bear Li Yuan's madness.
Ban Qiushan would take Ban Fenghe and watch coldly from a distance. It wasn't until Li Xian was covered in wounds that Ban Fenghe would throw the leftover candies in her hand through the small crack in the window in front of Li Xian.
But every time, after Ban Fenghe left, Li Xian would destroy these candies. If Xu Yanxi saw that Li Xian had candies, he would be tortured by the crazy Xu Yanxi again.
Shen Qing clearly saw that whenever Li Xian's amber eyes saw those candies, a flash of scarlet would always cross them, as if he hated them extremely.
It wasn't until Li Yuan died that Ban Qiushan never took Ban Fenghe to the Five Elements Dao Sect again.
Ban Fenghe gradually grew up, and the number of people in the Main God's Temple increased.
The faces of Immortal Huiyan, Du Cang, Princess Li and others gradually appeared in Ban Fenghe's memories.
When Ban Fenghe was eight years old, just after Ban Qiushan had celebrated her birthday with her, she was taken away by Immortal Huiyan.
Although Ban Qiushan was reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and pushed Ban Fenghe out.
And this push marked the beginning of Ban Fenghe's tragic life as a medicine puppet.