Li Yan was ruthless, but that ruthlessness was rooted in the treachery of the cultivation world. From what he knew of Luo Beixi so far, the man might never have intended to harm him.
All his strange behavior might have come from his single-minded desire to wake his younger sister. The person he was truly wary of was likely the real enemy he was gathering evidence against, not Li Yan!
Had Luo Beixi brought him along on this trip to use him as a "blood sacrifice"? Perhaps not. It could all have been Li Yan's own wild conjecture.
"Soul Search!"
A sharp light flashed in Li Yan's eyes. The last trace of hesitation vanished, and he made his decision: he would search Luo Beixi's soul.
If not for the two jade slips, he would have done so already. Everything he had just learned would have appeared in Luo Beixi's memories anyway.
But the deep familial love between the lines of those slips had made Li Yan hesitate. In the end, he decided to search Luo Beixi's soul first, then decide what to do.
Though he would still perform the Soul Search, his plan had changed. Luo Beixi might not have to die. That went entirely against Li Yan's usual habit of leaving no loose ends.
The reason Li Yan still chose to search his soul was no longer primarily the cultivation technique. He wanted to learn what Luo Beixi truly intended toward him, and the same went for Ye Yuhong.
If neither of them meant to kill him, Li Yan would spare them even after searching their souls. At worst, if their memories returned someday, they could come looking for him.
There was only a chance their memories would return when they broke through to a higher realm, and that