The black shadow fell silent for a moment before suddenly saying, "Master, it's not that I'm unwilling to tell you. It's just that this karma is too great, and it won't do you much good."
A hint of persuasion colored its tone.
Lin Fan stared at it and said, "As long as I search your soul, I can learn everything about you all the same."
The black shadow let out a soft sigh. "If Master doesn't believe me, you're welcome to try."
A sharp glint flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. He immediately thrust out his hand and pressed it against the black shadow's brow. The Soul Searching Technique activated in an instant.
The next second, his brows suddenly furrowed.
"Your divine soul is incomplete."
More precisely, the other party seemed to be nothing more than a remnant soul. It had lost the most important part of itself, so even after the Soul Searching Technique was activated, Lin Fan was unable to obtain any complete and useful fragments of memory.
Lin Fan's heart stirred. Even a remnant soul possessed such terrifying power that it could crush his own divine soul. If the other party were in its prime, just how powerful would it be?
At that thought, Lin Fan suddenly realized how complicated the matter was.
Why had the Inspection Office suppressed the other party inside the Earth Vein Spirit Flower? Why had the Heavenly Net Demon Kingdom arranged for Grandma Hongyun and the other demons to pluck the Earth Vein Spirit Flower? Could everything have been for this demon?
If that was the case, then things were even trickier than he had imagined.
The black shadow suddenly spoke. "My memories are incomplete and blurred now. If Master isn't afraid of the karma involved, I can reveal some of what happened