The middle-aged man's furious shout echoed throughout the Holy Palace.
The young man who had been slapped lowered his head and said no more.
The previously arrogant members of the Holy Palace around them no longer dared to speak either, merely lowering their heads in silence.
"Little friend, we were at fault in this matter."
"Tell me. How do you wish to handle it?"
The middle-aged man glared at the group kneeling on the ground before raising his head to look at Ye Lin.
"Very simple. I hope Senior can help me search his soul. I want to know why he did this."
Ye Lin raised a finger and pointed at the young man before him.
"Manager Wang, I was wrong! I really didn't do it on purpose, I truly didn't!"
"It was just a mistake. I simply wasn't paying attention! Don't search my soul—I really just overlooked it!"
The moment Soul Search was mentioned, the young man kneeling before Ye Lin immediately panicked.
Once his soul was searched, even as a Daluo Golden Immortal, he would never be able to withstand it.
Turning into an idiot afterward would be the lighter outcome.
The worse outcome would be his soul scattering and vanishing.
The principle of Soul Search was to use absolute power to forcibly rummage through the memories within someone's Primordial Spirit.
The entire process was exceedingly brutal.
For the person undergoing it, the whole process was unbearably painful—worse than death.
After the search, the person would basically be finished.
"Oh? That much, I can help you with."
The middle-aged man raised his brows, then nodded lightly.
"Manager Wang, I really know I was wrong! Don't search my soul—I'll talk, I'll tell you everything."
"It was Wang Yongxin. Wang Yongxin told me to do it."
"Wang Yongxin told me