137: Chapter 137 The Viper Who Had His Memories Peeped On

"To think there would be someone in a place like this!?" Xia Jin was also quite surprised, and at the same time, he had already clearly seen the figure opposite him.

The other party was draped in a wide gray robe, holding a sword in his arms, and seemed to be asleep. He did not even care that his clothes were occasionally soaked by the splashed waves.

Xia Jin directly grabbed the unconscious Viper and walked step by step toward the reef.

Just when Xia Jin was about ten zhang away from the reef, the person seemed to finally stir, and he slowly opened his eyes.

He merely glanced at the Viper in Xia Jin's hand, then his gaze fell upon Xia Jin himself, as if silently sizing him up.

Xia Jin was about to open his mouth to ask about the other party's identity. However, he caught sight of something on the other party's sword tassel.

"A temple order! To think this guy also possesses a temple order, just like me!?"

The words that had reached Xia Jin's lips were instantly swallowed back.

And the gray-clad man sitting cross-legged on the reef also recognized the temple order tied to Xia Jin's waist at a glance.

After their gazes met, they both nodded at each other.

Xia Jin took a deep look at the other person, carried the unconscious Viper, turned around, took a step, and his figure instantly vanished from this isolated island.

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Great Xia Capital, underground prison.

As soon as Xia Jin returned, he brought the unconscious Viper here.

After throwing the Viper onto the ground, Xia Jin sat directly on a chair nearby.

Following a glance he gave to a jailer nearby, less than a quarter of an hour passed before a figure walked in from outside.

This person was entirely shrouded in a large black cloak, with the hood pulled low, covering most of his face.

Upon entering, he respectfully knelt on one knee before Xia Jin, "Your Highness."

Xia Jin's gaze fell upon him, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face, "Long Er, I know you. Although your strength is only at the third layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm, you possess an extremely unique ability called 'Soul Peering,' which allows you to glimpse fragments of others' memories."

"Your Highness is too kind. I only have this ability because the heavens have blessed me with a way to make a living!" Long Er knew very well who was before him, and he did not dare to be arrogant at all, keeping his posture very low.

"No need to be overly modest. I am afraid you cannot find a second person on the entire East Profound Continent who possesses this ability of yours."

"Do you see this person on the ground?" Xia Jin pointed at the unconscious Viper, "I want to know everything in his brain!"

"Your Highness, this request of yours... I am afraid I might not be able to fulfill it." Long Er glanced at the Viper, a wry smile inevitably appearing on his face.

The guy lying on the ground, even in his unconscious state, exuded an aura that was countless times stronger than his own. If he were to forcibly peer into the other party's memories, he might not only fail but also suffer a backlash.

Xia Jin looked at the wry-smiling Long Er and said indifferently, "If you don't try, who can know the result?"

"If this matter is handled beautifully, I will personally take action to comb through your Meridians and temper your Physical Body, ensuring your cultivation rises to at least the Seventh Layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm."

"The Seventh Layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm!?" Long Er's body trembled involuntarily, and his face flushed red from excessive excitement.

Back then, the reason he chose to join the Great Xia Imperial Court was also due to an Opportunity.

Several months ago, the Lieyang Dynasty was destroyed at the hands of White Luan and the others from the Ten Fierce Generals. At that time, he had watched with his own eyes as city after city was destroyed before him.

Powerless to reverse the situation, he could only take his family and flee all the way to the Eastern Region early on.

After seeing with his own eyes Xia Jin force back White Luan and the others with an invincible posture, he immediately made up his mind to join Great Xia.

Because he believed in his judgment; only this Prince Jin before him could safeguard the Eastern Region in this chaotic world and protect the place where his family lived.

However, he had never imagined that after joining Great Xia, there would come a day when Prince Jin would tell him he could help him raise his cultivation to the Seventh Layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm!

"With my talent, wanting to advance another level is almost impossible! Such an Opportunity must absolutely not be missed." Long Er took a deep breath, looked at Xia Jin, and earnestly cupped his hands, "Your Highness, I... will do my utmost and give it my all!"

"Good, then let us begin." Xia Jin nodded with a smile.

Long Er immediately stood up and walked to the side of the Viper.

He slowly closed his eyes, then raised his right hand, pressed his index and middle fingers together, and slowly pressed them to the center of his forehead.

A strange fluctuation slowly spread from his fingertips, diffusing from his forehead to his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, they had become incredibly crystalline, like seven-colored glazed glass. He lowered his head, staring fixedly at the Viper on the ground.

Silently, an inexplicable pulling force emanated from Long Er's eyes.

The unconscious Viper's body shuddered violently, and an almost transparent humanoid phantom began to be shakily pulled out from the top of his head.

"Hmm? This method is actually worth learning from!" Xia Jin narrowed his eyes, watching Long Er's actions, a flash of brilliance inevitably crossing his eyes.

A few breaths passed, and the outline of the Viper's Divine Soul's limbs could already be faintly discerned, but sweat had already begun to bead on Long Er's forehead. Currently, only at the third layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm, using 'Soul Peering' forcibly put too much pressure on him.

Sure enough, without any surprise, just as the Viper's Divine Soul was about to completely detach from his Physical Body,

"Pfft!" Long Er suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood! And the Viper's Divine Soul, which was about to leave his body, instantly shrank back into his body.

Long Er wiped the blood from his lips, turned to look at Xia Jin, and sighed helplessly: "Your Highness... this person's cultivation is far too much stronger than mine. With my current cultivation at the third layer of the Spirit Wandering Realm, I truly cannot control his Divine Soul even for a short while."

Long Er's words made Xia Jin frown: "So you're saying, there's no way?"

"There... is a way." Long Er was silent for a long time before finally looking up at Xia Jin, "If Your Highness could lend a hand and infuse all your power into my body, I have an eighty percent certainty that I could seize a portion of his memories the moment his Divine Soul leaves his body!"

"I thought it was something else; is that all!" Xia Jin immediately laughed,

He walked directly behind Long Er, extended his right hand, and pressed it against his back.

The Nine Turns Creation Sutra within his body began to circulate, and a massive surge of spiritual power frantically poured into Long Er's body.

Long Er's whole body shook, and his Physical Body even expanded a size due to the massive amount of spiritual power. He dared not delay, otherwise, if he were any slower, he might very well explode and die. Without the slightest hesitation, he pressed his combined fingers to his forehead again!

This time, the light bursting from his eyes was several times more brilliant than before, and the Viper's Divine Soul was forcibly "dragged" out by a much stronger power!

This time, it completely detached from the Viper's Physical Body, slowly rotating above the Viper's head, rotating unconsciously.

Tiny specks of light drifted directly out from the Viper's Divine Soul, passing through Long Er, and directly transmitted into Xia Jin's mind.