Chapter 722: Reasoning

When Ye Lin heard that he was going to give a Post-Heaven Supreme Treasure to him, the Demon Hunter squad disciple's face showed some astonishment.

Upon hearing it would be given away for free with no conditions, the astonishment turned into ecstasy.

Upon hearing that the previous part was all a lie, it turned back into astonishment.

And when he heard he was going to be given a "Maserati," the Demon Hunter squad disciple was left with nothing but fury.

"Are you here to pick a fight?"

Intense hostility erupted from the Demon Hunter squad disciple's body.

Ye Lin scratched his head in confusion.

He had spoken exactly according to the four laws of effective communication that Xuanjizi had taught him; why did it feel like it had no effect? Could it be that Xuanjizi had lied to him?

This old geezer really held something back when teaching him; these fortune-telling diviners have more tricks up their sleeves than anyone.

"I'm not here to pick a fight; it's just that a friend of mine was accidentally caught by you people. Could you let him out?" Ye Lin said, looking like a total pushover.

"Accidentally caught? Hahahaha! Ridiculous!"

The Demon Hunter squad disciple's face was full of mockery.

"I see you're also a disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sect; can't you tell what kind of place this is? This is the prison of the Demon Hunter squad, a place specifically for detaining evil cultivators. Not a single person locked in this place is innocent, understand?"

Ye Lin nodded. This was the Immortal Cloud Sect, and it was inappropriate to resort to violence, so he was still more willing to reason with them.

"Understood, but my friend is truly innocent."

"His name is Sang Yankai; there should be a file on him within the Immortal Cloud Sect."

"As for the dried corpse he was holding, it was a female cultivator from the Joyous Union Sect. Using killing to suppress evil—that shouldn't count as a crime, right?"

The Demon Hunter squad disciple sneered.

"Enough nonsense! Get lost quickly, or don't blame me for being un..."

Before the word "courteous" could leave his mouth, Ye Lin struck first.

A punch as fast as lightning smashed directly into the Demon Hunter squad disciple's chest; he flew out like a kite with a broken string, hit the wall behind him, and passed out instantly.

"Why won't you listen when I try to reason with you?"

Ye Lin sighed helplessly. It was rare for him to have had his fill of killing over in the Bone Barrens, and now he just wanted to talk to people properly.

Ye Lin strode forward, broke directly into the Demon Hunter squad's prison, and whispered into the ear of a disciple who was slacking off.

"Goodnight, have a sweet dream."

The disciple jumped up in fright.

"Who are you? How did you get in? Why is the door broken?"

Crack.

Ye Lin held the disciple's head and gave it a gentle twist, and the man successfully drifted into a peaceful sleep.

He began searching for the figure of Sang Yankai inside the Demon Hunter squad prison.

At this moment, the evil cultivators in the prison were also in an uproar; they had clearly seen a hope of leaving this place.

"Brother, save me! I know where the Demon Emperor's inheritance is; I'll take you to find it!"

"Brother, save me! I have a method to hypnotize the Fairy Saintess, you'll have plenty to eat!"

"This fellow Daoist, as long as you save me, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

The evil cultivators were all very excited, wanting to escape this cage.

"So noisy."

Ye Lin directly released the Inner Demon version of Zhuge Qianxing to carry out a massacre of these evil cultivators.

He actually didn't quite understand why the Immortal Cloud Sect needed to detain these evil cultivators.

Wouldn't it be better to just kill them? Keeping them locked up just wasted space and food.

In an instant, a series of shrill screams rang out in the prison.

The evil cultivators had thought they were welcoming salvation, but instead, they were met with a massacre!

"Don't kill me, don't kill me! I won't leave, really, I'll live here for the rest of my life!"

"How can you do this? Evil cultivators have human rights too! We haven't been tried or convicted yet, how can you just start killing?"

"Someone help! Save me!"

The Inner Demon version of Zhuge Qianxing worked very efficiently, and the evil cultivators in the prison were soon wiped out completely.

Ye Lin finally found Sang Yankai in the depths of the prison.

Ye Lin almost didn't recognize him.

At this time, Sang Yankai no longer had the chubby appearance Ye Lin had first seen; he had lost a lot of weight.

Two sharp iron hooks had pierced his collarbones, hanging him up like a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

Ye Lin said nothing; he simply stepped forward to take Sang Yankai down and cut his own wrist to let his blood drip onto Sang Yankai.

Feeling the warmth of the blood, Sang Yankai mechanically lifted his head.

When he saw that the person who had come was Ye Lin, a sheepish, apologetic smile appeared on Sang Yankai's face.

"I'm sorry, you asked me to guard that nursing home, and I didn't manage to..."

"Small matter. Heal your wounds first."

Ye Lin's tone was very calm, and there was no expression on his face.

"How did it end up like this?" Ye Lin asked.

"They wanted me to admit to things I hadn't done. When I refused, they came every day to torture me." A hint of hatred appeared in Sang Yankai's eyes.

"Alright, I understand."

After Sang Yankai regained some strength, Ye Lin helped him up and walked toward the prison exit.

When they walked out of the prison door, they found that the exit was already surrounded by dozens of Immortal Cloud Sect disciples.

They were all members of the Demon Hunter squad, powerful and staring vigilantly at Ye Lin and Sang Yankai.

The leader was a man with a long, narrow face; his eyes and lips were very thin, and the ends of his eyebrows tilted upward, making him look somewhat mean-spirited.

He was one of the squad leaders of the Demon Hunter squad, Ding Hanbin, and it was he who had captured Sang Yankai.

Ding Hanbin swept a cold glance over Ye Lin and said in a deep voice.

"Ye Lin, four years in the sect, promoted from a chore disciple to an outer disciple a year ago, completed one mission, killed the Heaven-Tier evil cultivator Sushan."

After reciting Ye Lin's life since joining the Immortal Cloud Sect, Ding Hanbin continued.

"Ye Lin, as an outer disciple, you should have had a bright future, but you actually committed the crime of raiding the Demon Hunter squad's prison. Do you know what kind of grave crime this is?"

"Put my crimes aside for a moment."

Ye Lin met Ding Hanbin's gaze, without the slightest fear in his eyes.

"I'd like to ask you instead: what did Sang Yankai do that required him to be captured and subjected to so many tortures?"

"Cultivating the Blood Path means he deserves to die; what is there to discuss?"

Ding Hanbin's eyes were cold and sharp.

Of course, he knew he had no evidence of any wrongdoing by Sang Yankai on hand.

But there was no help for it; he had just become a squad leader of the Demon Hunter squad and was in need of achievements to prove himself.

If anyone is to blame, blame Sang Yankai for being unlucky enough to run into the line of fire.

Ding Hanbin asked coldly.

"Are you going to surrender obediently, or do you want the Demon Hunter squad to take you down by force?"