478: Chapter 122 Return Gift

With the completion of the Soul restoration, the truth behind Ma Xianhong's amnesia gradually surfaced.

It was Qu Tong who tampered with Ma Xianhong's memories.

But based on some clues in Ma Xianhong's original memories, Meng Li inferred that what Qu Tong did to Ma Xianhong went far beyond that.

It was very likely Qu Tong who sought out Ma Yuanlu for the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements back then.

She must have obtained the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements from Ma Yuanlu's memories at that time, only to discover that this unique skill had a threshold; without talent for Artifact Refining, one could not master it even with the Secret Manual. At the same time, like most Artifact Refining techniques, it relied heavily on talent.

Those with high talent could easily perform a variety of feats.

Those with low talent would remain mediocre no matter how hard they tried.

Through Ma Yuanlu's memories, Qu Tong learned that Ma Xianhong had extremely high talent for Artifact Refining, so she set up further schemes to make Ma Xianhong serve her.

Not only did Meng Li have such a suspicion, but Ma Xianhong also felt the same way after waking up with his memories restored.

Therefore, as soon as he regained his composure, he gritted his teeth and spat out two words: "Qu! Tong!"

Meng Li understood the reason, but on the surface, he feigned confusion: "Who is Qu Tong?"

Ma Xianhong took a deep breath, suppressing the anger and hatred in his heart, and responded simply: "My enemy."

Then, he said gratefully: "Mr. Meng, thank you for helping me restore my memories. Great kindness needs no thanks; in the future, if you have any need of me, just come and find me."

"I have something to handle now, we shall meet again in the future."

After saying this, Ma Xianhong prepared to leave.

Meng Li called out to stop him: "Wait a moment."

Ma Xianhong paused his steps and turned his head, casting a look of confusion.

Meng Li said: "You want to go find that person named Qu Tong to take revenge, right?"

Ma Xianhong nodded.

Meng Li smiled: "Then I can provide you with two pieces of useful information."

As he spoke, he held up a finger: "First, after you left the Dark Fortress ruins, Zhang Chulan encountered an ambush while pursuing you and nearly lost his life. The brains of those who ambushed him had also been tampered with; if nothing unexpected happened, it should be the work of this Qu Tong."

Speaking of this, Meng Li paused slightly and held up a second finger: "Second, just recently, Zhang Chulan was injured again."

"The person who injured him this time is named Zhang Lingyu, and the situation is the same as the people who ambushed him before."

"So, if you want to take revenge on Qu Tong, you can go and discuss it with Zhang Chulan."

"If you can unite the power of the company, and then use the matter of Zhang Lingyu to persuade that Old Celestial Master of the Celestial Masters Residence to take action, Qu Tong will have absolutely no way to survive."

"Of course, this is just my suggestion."

"If you think you can eliminate Qu Tong without any risk on your own, you can go take your revenge single-handedly."

"How you choose is up to you."

"But no matter how you choose, I will tell Zhang Chulan the news that Qu Tong has a grudge against you. After all, it was she who spread the news that I know the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements. Since she used information to cause trouble for me, I must return the favor."

"Alright, that is all I have to say."

"If you have no other business, please feel free to go."

"Farewell."

After Ma Xianhong left, Meng Li immediately called Xu Si and briefly explained Ma Xianhong's memory restoration and the matter regarding Qu Tong.

At the same time, he also subtly mentioned the matter of using Zhang Lingyu's issue to get the Old Celestial Master to take action.

This was to return the favor for Qu Tong spreading the news that he knew the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements.

Regarding this matter, Meng Li had only fully confirmed it recently.

The matter had to start with Ding Shanan.

After Ding Shanan added Meng Li as a friend, he chatted with him a few times, mostly about improving strength, but once he happened to mention the reason for going to the Xilin Gol Prairie to challenge him.

It was true that Ding Shanan liked to learn the Hundred Schools of Thought Arts and liked to challenge experts, but initially, he had no intention of going to the Xilin Gol Prairie to challenge Meng Li.

Because whether he was learning skills or challenging others, it was all to strengthen himself.

The Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements was indeed powerful, but in Ding Shanan's view, the Artifact Refining trade relied too much on external objects and did not align with his cultivation path.

Therefore, he had little interest in this unique skill.

And Meng Li did not have any eye-catching battle records known to the public before, so it was difficult to arouse Ding Shanan's interest.

The reason Ding Shanan changed his mind was that someone told him Meng Li was actually very strong, and his strength was even above that of Na Ruhu.

That person was Chai Yan.

Chai Yan had once been Na Ruhu's master and had fought Na Ruhu; although he lost, his strength was not poor, and he was a Senior in the circle.

Since he said so, Ding Shanan naturally did not doubt it, so he developed the idea of going to the Xilin Gol Prairie to challenge Meng Li.

When he first learned about this, Meng Li was a bit puzzled.

Because he and Chai Yan had never had any intersection, why would the other party jump out and incite Ding Shanan to cause trouble for him?

It wasn't until Chai Yan participated in the ambush on Zhang Chulan and revealed his connection to the person behind Ma Xianhong that Meng Li understood the logic behind it.

Everything was the person behind Ma Xianhong stirring up trouble!

First, exposing that he knew the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, then inciting Ding Shanan to deal with him.

If Meng Li's strength had not been strong enough, he would have inevitably been in big trouble.

Although all of this did not bring Meng Li any substantial trouble, he noted this debt, and now it was time for a return gift.

You incited Ding Shanan, one of the two magnates, to deal with me?

Then I will return the favor with The Pinnacle!

Manipulating Zhang Zhiwei's disciple to kill his grand-disciple; if the matter didn't succeed, making his disciple commit suicide.

Daring to play such a god-tier move...

It seems that since the Old Celestial Master did not go down the mountain to "hand out lunch boxes" to the Quanxing members, Qu Tong was completely unaware of the weight of the Daoist of Heaven's "one hit each."

Since that's the case, Meng Li didn't mind putting in some effort to open her eyes.

As for whether it could succeed, one would only know after doing it.

...

On the other side, after listening to the situation informed by Meng Li, Xu Si was greatly surprised.

He did not expect that Ma Xianhong had actually gone to find Meng Li, and that the person behind him was actually Qu Tong.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Si called Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Xu San over to inform them of this news, and then reviewed and analyzed it with them, finding that there were indeed many points that matched up.

For example, whether it was Ma Xianhong recruiting members of the Superior Roots or gathering those people who had once been frustrated together, it all required a massive intelligence network.

The Yaoxing Society perfectly met this requirement.

Back during the Luotian Grand Ritual, people from the Yaoxing Society were also present and had tried to pry information out of Feng Baobao. It was just that those people appeared as reporters at the time, and Zhang Chulan and the others thought it was just interview tactics, and since there was no follow-up, they did not pay too much attention.

Now, thinking about it in detail, the other party must have targeted Feng Baobao at that time.

Later, Ma Xianhong being able to accurately find Wang Ye and Zhuge Qing was likely also thanks to the intelligence of the Yaoxing Society.

In addition, as the founder of the intelligence giant organization Yaoxing Society, Qu Tong was indeed qualified to interface with the company's Senior management and had the opportunity to develop people into insiders. She held a massive intelligence network yet was unusually low-key, which also matched the conclusion Zhang Chulan reached through analysis that "the person behind the scenes likes to hide."

For a moment, all clues pointed to Qu Tong...

After integrating all these situations, Xu Si suddenly remembered Meng Li's reminder about Zhang Lingyu's matter and immediately said: "Right, regarding the issue of Immortal Master Lingyu, when Meng Li was looking for a solution, he discovered that the Daoist sect has many methods targeting the Soul."

"For example, the Purifying Heart Mantra, it can cleanse the heart and calm the spirit; perhaps it is useful for Immortal Master Lingyu."

"But he does not know this method."

"Chu Lan, why don't you ask the Old Celestial Master?"