Chapter 325: You Harbor Distracting Thoughts

Yu Kaiyu was startled in an instant, nearly screaming out loud.

"Brother Xie, what are you doing?"

"Doing nothing, Brother Yu, you harbor distracting thoughts!" Ye Lin frowned deeply.

"Ah? Me?" Yu Kaiyu pointed at himself.

"Yes! I have a special ability; once someone harbors distracting thoughts and is not devout enough toward my god, I can smell a fragrance on them!"

Ye Lin's expression was extremely serious.

"You smell so fragrant, you must have heavy distracting thoughts. If this is discovered, you will surely be expelled from the City of God!"

Hearing that he would be expelled from the City of God, Yu Kaiyu's face instantly turned pale and bloodless.

"No! I cannot be expelled from the City of God! I am the god's most devout believer; how could I possibly harbor distracting thoughts?"

Since people living in the City of God cannot lie, Yu Kaiyu did not doubt the truthfulness of Ye Lin's words.

"Would you like some coconut juice?"

Ye Lin took out a round, green coconut and handed it over.

"No." Yu Kaiyu shook his head. He was currently panicked to the extreme and had no heart to drink coconut juice; besides, people in the City of God did not need to eat or drink.

"Not drinking coconut juice means you harbor distracting thoughts!"

Ye Lin reached a conclusion instantly, making Yu Kaiyu's complexion turn even paler.

"Then... then what must I do?" Yu Kaiyu asked with trembling lips.

"Sigh! That you are willing to take me in shows that your heart is still very kind. Our meeting is fated; let me check you to see if I can excise these distracting thoughts." Ye Lin sighed faintly, looking extremely helpless.

"Thank you! Thank you! Brother Xie, thank you so much!" Yu Kaiyu's face flushed with excitement; he was clearly very thrilled.

"No need for thanks. Come, hold out your hand and do not resist my power."

Ye Lin raised his hand and gripped Yu Kaiyu's wrist. His spiritual power instantly surged into Yu Kaiyu's meridians, attempting to locate that strange flesh directly to devour it.

After all, Ye Lin was not a murderous person; he wouldn't harm someone for no reason unless he was in a bad mood.

Yet, his spiritual power searched through Yu Kaiyu's body and found no trace of that strange flesh. Clearly, that thing had completely merged with Yu Kaiyu.

Ye Lin was not the least bit surprised; he had only managed to force that strange flesh out of his own body earlier by relying on the Disintegration Technique.

Seeing that he truly could not find the strange flesh, Ye Lin withdrew his hand and sighed faintly.

Yu Kaiyu's heart instantly jumped into his throat.

"Brother Xie, why do you sigh?"

"Sigh!"

Ye Lin said nothing and sighed heavily again.

Yu Kaiyu's face turned pale with fright once more. This was like going to see a traditional Chinese doctor, only for the old doctor to take your pulse and say nothing, just sighing incessantly—would you be afraid?

"Brother Yu, there is something I don't know if I should say..." Ye Lin's face was full of hesitation.

"Brother Xie, please speak!" Yu Kaiyu clenched his fists tightly.

"Those distracting thoughts have already merged with you, Brother Yu; they cannot be separated or excised. If I were to excise them, you would lose your life." Ye Lin shook his head, looking full of regret.

Yu Kaiyu felt as if his bones had been pulled out; he leaned limply against the wall, his face so white that even a zombie would want to suck his life force.

His expression shifted, and then his eyes slowly became determined, as if he had made up his mind.

"Brother Xie, do it! Excise those distracting thoughts from my body! Even if I die, I want to die without distracting thoughts!"

Yu Kaiyu's eyes were filled with faith.

"I fear not being crushed to dust, so long as I leave my purity in this world! Help me tell the god that I, Yu Kaiyu, am no coward!"

"Brother Yu... you..."

Ye Lin looked shocked, then slowly bowed to Yu Kaiyu.

"Brother Yu is truly righteous! To sacrifice one's life for righteousness like this—I am not your equal. Please accept my bow; you are the god's most devout believer!"

Hearing this, Yu Kaiyu's originally pale face finally regained a hint of color.

"Brother Xie, you are too kind! Among those living in the City of God, who is not incomparably devout to the god?"

"But Brother Yu, if I excise the distracting thoughts, you will lose your life!" Ye Lin said anxiously. "Better to live a wretched life than to die; why must you do this?"

"From the moment I stepped into the City of God, everything I have has been dedicated to the god, including my life! Death is not scary; the god will see my faith! Say no more, Brother Xie, do it! Every moment of delay is another moment of disrespect to the god!"

The more Yu Kaiyu spoke, the more determined his gaze became, eventually taking on a sense of detachment as if he were ready to face death.

"Brother Yu... sigh, very well. Since you insist, I will help you excise the distracting thoughts in your body."

Ye Lin placed his hand on Yu Kaiyu and immediately activated Endless Devour.

Yu Kaiyu's entire body began to decompose bit by bit like building blocks dropped on the floor, yet Yu Kaiyu felt no fear; instead, he revealed a smile.

Seeming to realize that Yu Kaiyu was about to be obliterated by Endless Devour, the strange thing inside him finally emerged!

A piece of bright red flesh grew tentacles and tried to flee, but Ye Lin grabbed it with one hand, not letting it escape.

"Brother Yu! Look, this is the distracting thought inside you!" Ye Lin reminded him.

Yu Kaiyu, already half a foot into the gates of hell, looked at the strange thing that had emerged from his body with anger. He had not expected that such an evil thing existed within him; this was simply a great disrespect to the god!

"Brother Xie, thank you for helping me excise the distracting thoughts. Please destroy them completely; do not let them harm other living beings in the City of God!" Yu Kaiyu said excitedly.

"Rest assured, I will. Go in peace, Brother Yu."

Ye Lin nodded. At this moment, most of Yu Kaiyu's body had already been decomposed by Endless Devour; unless he dragged the Medical Venerable of a Hundred Herbs over immediately, he certainly wouldn't survive.

Seeing the distracting thoughts within him excised, Yu Kaiyu finally revealed a happy smile.

"God... I am forever loyal to you... I am your most devout believer..."

【Devoured Level 41 job-changer *1, obtained water, fat, protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and a small amount of trace elements;】

【Increased lifespan by forty years, 410 experience points, 6 points of Strength, 3 points of Agility, and 5 points of Spirit.】

【Devoured fragment of an indescribable creature *1, obtained???】

【Increased lifespan experience points by 8000, increased 78 points of Strength, 52 points of Agility, and 94 points of Spirit.】

The strange flesh inside Yu Kaiyu seemed less powerful than the piece inside Ye Lin, so the experience points and three-dimensional attributes provided were also somewhat less.

Regarding Yu Kaiyu's death, Ye Lin's feelings were somewhat complex; he couldn't say whether Yu Kaiyu was lucky or unlucky.

If he knew that the strange thing inside him was likely the supreme god he held in his heart, one wonders what expression he would have.

It is like a man whose wife has cheated on him hundreds of times, given him countless cuckold horns, and whose three children are not his own, yet he remains in the dark, unaware. Until he dies with a smile, he believes his wife loves him dearly—so, is this person lucky or unlucky?