"It's not her..."
The words pierced Yan Jun's heart.
If it were her, why would she dodge his touch?
Why would she speak such cold words to him?
Why would she look through him as if he didn't exist?
"But your souls are one with hers."
Tang Xiaomin could not refute, nor did she know how to.
"Let's not talk about this. Let's think about what happened to you. I won't feel at ease until we figure it out today."
Deep within, it felt like something important was missing, but her current memories couldn't recall it.
Yan Jun slowly sat up, trying to remember something.
But whenever he tried to think, his head ached as if it would explode. His brows furrowed tightly.
"My head hurts so much, I can't remember anything."
"Tang Xiaomin, let's find the answer together."
Yan Jun extended an invitation.
Tang Xiaomin pondered, hesitant.
"What? You don't trust me to go with you?" Yan Jun said teasingly.
He had guessed correctly. Tang Xiaomin did not trust him.
"Heh..."
Yan Jun laughed.
"If I wanted to do anything to you, do you think you could escape? Do you believe I have to take advantage of your weakness to get a woman?"
Tang Xiaomin remained silent, but her expression clearly conveyed, "Isn't it?"
Seeing this, Yan Jun sighed helplessly.
"Since that's the case, I have nothing more to say. It seems I'll have to go find the answer myself."
With that, Yan Jun truly got out of bed and walked out without a moment's hesitation.
His demeanor suggested he was genuinely going to seek the answer.
At that moment, his back appeared so solitary.
Thinking back, he had gone to the abyss of the Underworld under the command of the Supreme Leader, and that incident had happened afterward.
Tang Xiaomin was the reincarnation of the Supreme Leader, and in a sense, she was inextricably linked to that event.
Would Yan Jun encounter danger again if she let him face it alone?
Tang Xiaomin's thoughts grew more chaotic. Driven by curiosity, she couldn't help but stand up.
"Wait, I'll go with you."
Yan Jun stopped and said playfully, "Aren't you afraid I'll have designs on you? Perhaps you shouldn't go."
"You..."
He was getting too bold. A prisoner dared to speak to her like this.
"If we're going, we definitely need to bring more people, just in case of accidents."
Tang Xiaomin was not foolish. She wouldn't go herself when she had a large group of subordinates to command.
She went outside and summoned an army, about five to six hundred undead warriors, all burly and imposing.
"Good. If we go like this, we won't be afraid even if we encounter danger," Tang Xiaomin said with satisfaction.
Yan Jun never expected Tang Xiaomin to bring so many chaperones along.
She guarded him as if he were a wolf.
Yan Jun said nothing on the surface, but he rolled his eyes internally.
Before leaving, Tang Xiaomin did not forget to inform a servant of her whereabouts.
Mainly, she was afraid that Yan Jue would be angry if he couldn't find her when he returned. That stingy man would throw a tantrum, and she would have to coax him for a long time.
After making all the arrangements, she said to Yan Jun, "Alright, you lead the way."
Yan Jun remained silent and could only lead the way.
They traveled for three days.
In three days, Yan Jun led Tang Xiaomin and hundreds of warriors through rugged mountains. In a nameless mountain, they navigated through a crevice, moving forward with difficulty.
Tang Xiaomin felt they were descending. The further they went, the hotter it became.
Upon reaching the end of the crevice, they finally saw a vast red cavern. Inside, it was a world of lava.
Looking down from the edge, crimson lava churned continuously. A rock that fell in was instantly engulfed.
Tang Xiaomin's only sensation was extreme heat. The air had a pungent odor that made her instinctively pinch her nose.
"What is this place?"
Yan Jun's expression turned grave. "This is the depths of the Underworld. The poisonous gas here has a strong suppressive effect on souls."
Looking at the grim-faced undead warriors behind her, Tang Xiaomin suddenly understood.
"No wonder they all look unwell. So they've been poisoned."
Yan Jun stared intently at the churning red lava below, trying to find something.
But no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't see anything.
"It's gone."
"What's gone?" Tang Xiaomin asked curiously.
Yan Jun's face grew extremely grim.
"There was a criminal sealed below, but he seems to have escaped at some point."
"Who could it be?"
Seeing Tang Xiaomin's cluelessness, Yan Jun was certain she truly remembered nothing.
"The smell here is unbearable. Let's get out of here quickly and talk later." Tang Xiaomin couldn't stand the smell and didn't want to stay a moment longer.
But as she turned to leave, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
The hundreds of undead warriors who had followed them were nowhere to be seen.
"What's going on? Where did they all disappear to?"
As Tang Xiaomin gasped in shock, she suddenly discovered that the crevice they had come through was also gone, replaced by solid rock.
In other words, she was trapped in a sealed environment.
Unwilling to accept it, she ran forward and tried to claw at the rock.
It was solid. Not even a crack, let alone a crevice.
"It's over. We're trapped here. What is happening?"
Tang Xiaomin couldn't help but panic.
Yan Jun, standing behind her, seemed much calmer.
"It seems we've fallen into Young Master Zhou's illusion."
"What Young Master Zhou?" Tang Xiaomin asked, confused.
"The one who controls dreams, Young Master Zhou."
"Years ago, Young Master Zhou had a disagreement with the former Supreme Leader. The Supreme Leader then sealed her here," Yan Jun slowly explained to Tang Xiaomin.
"Later, perhaps sensing his impending doom, the Supreme Leader sent me to reinforce the seal. By the time I returned, you had already rebelled with Yan Jue."
Yan Jun added suddenly, "This is the memory I have in my mind."
"Young Master Zhou is skilled in illusions, and her power is not to be underestimated. As far as is known, only the Supreme Leader could subdue her."
This revelation sent a shiver down Tang Xiaomin's spine, making her blood run cold.
She suddenly thought of a possibility.
"We unknowingly fell into Young Master Zhou's illusion, which shows how formidable she truly is."
"If you had only arrived here then, and fallen into Young Master Zhou's illusion as we have now, is it possible that she is the one who unknowingly cast you into reincarnation as Ye Fengxing and altered your memories, leaving you with no knowledge?"
According to the timeline, Ye Fengxing was older than Tang Xiaomin. Therefore, Yan Jun must have been cast into reincarnation before the Supreme Leader.