Chapter 669: The Origin of the Joyous Union Sect

Ye Lin had originally been quite expectant, but after hearing Sang Yankai finish, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Joyous Union Sect? How can that even be considered a demonic sect?"

With dual cultivation of heaven and earth and the union of yin and yang, shouldn't a sect like the Joyous Union Sect be a proper, upright, and righteous school?

The look Sang Yankai gave Ye Lin was somewhat strange.

That look said it all: I knew you would have that reaction.

"You don't know, the Joyous Union Sect is perhaps a bit different from what you imagine. Do you think their cultivation method is just 'bang-bang-bang' the moment they open their eyes every day?"

"Isn't it?" Ye Lin asked in return.

"Of course not!"

Sang Yankai shook his head, his eyes full of wariness.

"The Joyous Union Sect is a truly bone-eating demonic sect! In their eyes, ordinary cultivators are nothing but human cauldrons to be used for cultivation!"

"They even extract the essence and blood of living people to refine love-gu, forcibly controlling those powerful human cauldrons."

"Once captured by the Joyous Union Sect's Pearl-Gathering Envoys to be used as a cauldron, the only outcome is to have one's essence and energy drained until death!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin was instantly enraged!

He had thought this Joyous Union Sect was like his Yi Hong Zoo, all about mutual benefit; turns out this Joyous Union Sect just takes everything for themselves?

"Evil cultivators! They are indeed evil cultivators!"

Ye Lin cursed out loud; this Joyous Union Sect was simply scum!

His brothers never did anything bad, working diligently and saving up a bit of money just to go out and enjoy themselves, only to be drained dry by people from the Joyous Union Sect—is this reasonable?

"But why hasn't this Joyous Union Sect been wiped out?" Ye Lin asked, puzzled.

"That's a long story."

Sang Yankai took a sip of Ye Lin's blood to moisten his throat, then continued.

"The founding ancestor of the Joyous Union Sect was the Seven Emotions Fairy. She originally cultivated the Red Dust Dao, experiencing the seven emotions and six desires in the secular world, but she was betrayed by her dao companion. Her dao companion went behind her back to play with a 'threesome,' which led the Seven Emotions Fairy to fall into the demonic path..."

"Wait!" Ye Lin felt something was wrong. "This Seven Emotions Fairy should have had extremely high cultivation, would she really fall into the demonic path just because of a betrayal by her dao companion?"

"A normal betrayal certainly wouldn't, but didn't I just say? Her dao companion went behind her back to play with a 'threesome'." Sang Yankai blinked.

"Wait... is 'behind her back' a literal verb here?"

Ye Lin was dumbfounded.

"Damn it, they actually started it while she was literally on his back? No wonder she fell into the demonic path..."

"Exactly. After falling into the demonic path, the Seven Emotions Fairy devoured her dao companion and created a cultivation technique to enter the demonic path through emotion and prove the Dao by devouring emotion. That is how the Joyous Union Sect came to be."

"The Seven Emotions Fairy's actions defied the laws of heaven, and coupled with her frantic hunting of top male cultivators from major sacred lands and sects, she naturally met with the extermination of the righteous sects and fell on the spot."

"The Seven Emotions Fairy died, and the Joyous Union Sect naturally disbanded, but the technique she created remained, though it never had the chance to flourish."

"It wasn't until about a thousand years ago that the Joyous Union Sect obtained some unknown opportunity and began to rise at an astonishing speed!"

"The righteous sects suddenly discovered that paying the heavy price required to wipe out the Joyous Union Sect was not worth it, and since the Joyous Union Sect always huddled at the border of the North Abyss and East Profound, never crossing the line, neither the sects of East Profound nor North Abyss wanted to bother with it."

"Until now, the Joyous Union Sect has developed into a behemoth!"

Ye Lin stroked his chin.

"So, if one goes to the Joyous Union Sect's territory, no one cares if you kill people?"

"You could say that, but with your looks, the probability of being captured by the Joyous Union Sect's Pearl-Gathering Envoys to be used as a cauldron is extremely high," Sang Yankai said in a deep voice.

"No worries, that's easy to handle."

Ye Lin raised his knife and began to carve patterns into his own face.

A moment later, Ye Lin looked at Sang Yankai with a bloody face.

"How about it, no problem now, right?"

"... o problem."

Ye Lin was just about to take Sang Yankai to the Joyous Union Sect when a sound of crying suddenly came from outside.

"Ye Lin, Ye Lin, are you here?"

Ye Lin looked up; the person who arrived looked somewhat familiar, yet somewhat strange.

"Are you... Qiu Weizhi?"

It really couldn't be blamed on Ye Lin for not recognizing the other party; the changes in Qiu Weizhi were simply too great.

The other party had started following a 'looks-first' path; not only was his skin better and his beard shaved clean, but even his hair was combed meticulously. Clearly, he was paying great attention to his appearance.

"It's me! You have to help me!" Qiu Weizhi nodded repeatedly.

"You bastard, you still dare to come find me? I haven't even settled scores with you yet. Tell me, did you cheat on Senior Sister Xu Minxuan?"

Ye Lin rolled up his sleeves; just thinking about how he was made difficult by Xu Minxuan during the entrance examination made him angry.

"Fart! She's the one about to cheat on me!"

Qiu Weizhi looked like a wronged little wife, almost crying in his anxiety.

Ye Lin was stunned on the spot.

Is the Immortal Cloud Sect such a wicked place? Even having Xu Minxuan as a dao companion carries the risk of being cheated on?

"Senior Sister Xu Minxuan... did she succeed in losing weight?" Ye Lin couldn't help but ask.

"Not really!"

Qiu Weizhi shook his head.

"It's like this: originally, although life with Xuanxuan was plain, it was very happy. As the family of an inner sect disciple, the cultivation resources I could enjoy were also very generous."

"But after the entrance examination, everything changed!"

Qiu Weizhi gritted his teeth.

"Do you remember, among the disciples who participated in the entrance examination in your batch, there was one named Xiao Qingming?"

"I remember."

Ye Lin nodded.

"He's the one trying to cuckold me!" Qiu Weizhi was furious.

"What? That thick-browed, big-eyed Xiao Qingming has this hobby?"

Ye Lin took a bag of melon seeds, gave one to Sang Yankai, and then signaled for Qiu Weizhi to continue.

"At first, he just kept staring at Xuanxuan from afar. After he successfully passed the inner sect examination, he didn't even bother to act anymore. He blatantly approached Xuanxuan under the guise of asking questions! He even had physical contact with her!"

"What? He's actually that excessive?"

A spark of gossip ignited in Ye Lin's eyes, and he hurriedly asked.

"Then didn't you talk to Senior Sister Xu Minxuan about this?"

"I did!"

Qiu Weizhi's eyes turned red, and bean-sized tears fell down.

"But Xuanxuan told me that she and that Xiao Qingming are just ordinary senior sister and junior brother, and told me not to overthink it!"

"Weizhi, could it really be that you're overthinking it?" Ye Lin asked in return.

"At first I thought so too, until last night when I went to deliver food to Xuanxuan, I caught him secretly using a recording stone to film Xuanxuan practicing! And he had such a look of obsession on his face!"