Chapter 662: Ye Lin, More Devious Than an Evil Cultivator

For a talisman cultivator, losing their talisman paper and cinnabar brush means their strength is absolutely and significantly reduced.

"Lu Shihan, what are you doing?"

Gu Qianxue's expression changed wildly; she had never expected that Lu Shihan, the City Lord, would suddenly defect in the face of battle.

Facing Gu Qianxue's questioning, Lu Shihan remained silent, only mindlessly chewing on the talisman paper.

"He has clearly had a soul-binding charm planted in him beforehand; he is already controlled by Su Shan, so asking him is a waste of time."

Ye Lin looked toward Su Shan with a hint of curiosity.

"First, you deliberately let us discover that the people on the perimeter were under your control to lower our guard, then you had Lu Shihan suddenly turn traitor to significantly weaken Gu Qianxue's strength—what a scheme!"

Even Ye Lin could not help but exclaim aloud.

This Su Shan had already come into his own, though his strength was still somewhat low.

If he were given a certain amount of time to grow, he would inevitably become a titan of the demonic path in the future.

Whether in terms of methods, shrewdness, or temperament, Su Shan was clearly top-tier.

"Whose side are you on, anyway?"

Hearing Ye Lin praise Su Shan, Gu Qianxue could not help but feel anxious and annoyed.

She had wanted to put on a good performance and make Ye Lin look at her with admiration, but she had failed before even starting; before they had even fought, her cinnabar brush was dirtied, and her talisman paper had been bitten into.

Although she could still fight by relying on talismans drawn in advance, it was clearly not as effective as drawing them on the spot; after all, if talismans are kept for too long, their power weakens.

"I didn't expect that even with only Profound Connection perfection, you see things so clearly."

Su Shan also became interested in Ye Lin; perhaps this was the mutual appreciation between evil cultivators.

"A talent like you is wasted staying in the Immortal Cloud Sect. Would you be willing to follow me?"

"You've said everything I was going to say, so what am I supposed to say?"

The thought of taking Su Shan in flashed through Ye Lin's mind and vanished.

Forget it, there was no need.

A subordinate like Su Shan was like a chicken rib to him—tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard.

If Su Shan were to cause some disaster outside, he might even have to clean up the mess for him.

He was currently a righteous, proper disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sect; there was no need to go mix with the demonic path.

If one can pass the civil service exam and become an official, who would want to become a bandit?

Ye Lin walked to Lu Shihan's side, gestured with his bare hands a few times, and then slapped Lu Shihan directly on the body; Lu Shihan's eyes regained their clarity.

"What... what happened to me? Why is my mouth full of paper?"

Gu Qianxue, standing nearby, immediately gasped.

"Forming talismans in the void!"

She saw it very clearly; what Ye Lin had just gestured was clearly the method for drawing a Spirit-Clarifying Talisman.

No cinnabar brush, no talisman paper, drawing talismans directly in the void—there were not many people in the entire Spirit Peak who could reach such a realm. She had only ever seen the Spirit Peak Master, Situ Qi, perform it. How did this Ye Lin know how to do it?

Was she the talisman cultivator, or was Ye Lin the talisman cultivator?

Su Shan also saw that this move of Ye Lin's was not simple.

"I underestimated you, but it's a pity; you are only at the Profound Connection peak. You are still too green to deal with me!"

Su Shan immediately activated the Ten Thousand Soul Banner in his hand, and countless shrill, vengeful spirits shrieked as they lunged toward Ye Lin.

Ye Lin drew a Soul-Extinguishing Talisman out of thin air, and with one strike of the talisman, all the vengeful spirits dissolved like snow meeting a scorching sun.

But Su Shan was not panicked in the slightest; he gave the Ten Thousand Soul Banner a light shake, and even more vengeful spirits surged over.

"Ye Lin, be careful! The soul bodies of this Ten Thousand Soul Banner are endless. As long as the soul bodies of the banner are not destroyed, the vengeful spirits can keep resurrecting!" Gu Qianxue warned.

"Don't worry, I have experience with this."

"You have experience?" Gu Qianxue was stunned for a moment.

Ye Lin did not explain; he took a large stack of explosive talismans from his storage space and threw them at Su Shan from all directions like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

"Explode!"

Following Ye Lin's soft shout, all the explosive talismans were detonated at the same time.

Rumble!

The violent shockwaves of the explosion engulfed Su Shan, with fire scattering and smoke rising everywhere.

However, when the thick smoke dispersed, Su Shan was completely unharmed; a black light shield wrapped around his body, blocking all the power of the explosive talismans.

"A mere Profound Connection realm cultivator, no matter how profound your talisman-drawing techniques are, the talismans you draw will always have limited power. Today, you shall all become vengeful spirits under my Ten Thousand Soul Banner!"

Su Shan sneered and prepared to deal a lethal blow to the group, but at that moment, he suddenly noticed that the scene before his eyes was beginning to distort.

"No! I've been poisoned! When exactly?" Su Shan was shocked.

"My explosive talismans were soaked in a powerful anesthetic. Actually, I'm not a talisman cultivator; I'm a medicine cultivator. Didn't expect that, did you?"

Ye Lin chuckled. He hadn't learned the alchemy of the Pill Peak Master, Dan Yangzi, but he had learned all of his pharmacology.

"You motherf—!"

Su Shan's expression changed wildly. Soaking explosive talismans in a powerful anesthetic—how insidious of a villain could one be to think of such a method? It was even more devious than an evil cultivator.

He wanted to continue greeting Ye Lin's ancestors for eighteen generations, but how could the powerful anesthetic personally refined by Ye Lin be anything but effective?

Su Shan's eyes rolled back, and he tumbled headfirst from the roof to the ground, knocking his head until it bled.

"That... solved it?"

Gu Qianxue and Lu Shihan stared at each other in blank dismay. They had both originally thought that facing an evil cultivator like Su Shan would definitely be a fierce battle, but they hadn't expected to solve the problem so easily and even capture a live prisoner.

Ye Lin was not surprised by this at all. A Ten Thousand Soul Banner? That was something he had finished playing with long ago.

When he was holding the Human Emperor Flag and saving all living beings in the Sang Kingdom over a thousand years ago, Su Shan hadn't even been born yet.

Trying to pull that evil cultivator act in front of him? Su Shan was still too green.

Just as Ye Lin was preparing to tie up Su Shan to interrogate him about the refining method of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, a strange female voice suddenly rang out from Su Shan's body.

"Hee hee hee."

Su Shan's body stood up in a bizarre fashion, and a touch of feminine charm appeared in his brows and eyes; every movement and every smile looked exactly like a woman's.

It was just that this appearance on a man looked exceptionally incongruous.

Ye Lin was also stunned for a moment. What was this situation? Two souls in one body?

"Are you... the female demon who was hunting Su Shan?" Ye Lin asked.

"That's right, little brother. Come to think of it, I have to thank you. That anesthetic of yours is truly powerful; it was actually able to act directly on the soul level. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to come out. I admire you so much~"

Su Shan batted his eyelashes at Ye Lin and pursed his lips in a coquettish giggle.

Ye Lin felt a sudden chill. It would be one thing if a woman did this to him, but a grown man acting coquettishly toward him gave him goosebumps all over.

"Bold monster, I can tell at a glance that you are not human!"

"Take my Great Might Heavenly Dragon Palm!"

Ye Lin stepped with the Heavenly Dipper Evasive Footwork and arrived in front of Su Shan in the blink of an eye.

Su Shan, whose body was controlled by the female demon, was staring intently at the movements of Ye Lin's hands, but at that moment, Ye Lin suddenly flew up and kicked, fast as lightning, landing squarely on Su Shan's chest.

How terrifying is the Hundred Tribulations Imperial Body? This powerful, heavy kick directly caused Su Shan's chest to cave in, and his entire body flew backward like a cannonball, crashing through several buildings.

Lying in the ruins, Su Shan raised his head in disbelief, coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and could not help but question.

"Didn't you use the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Palm? Why did you use your foot?"

Ye Lin asked back righteously.

"A foot palm is still a palm; what's the problem?"