Chapter 741: Re-visiting the Barren Wasteland of Withered Bones

Ye Lin muttered to himself in his heart.

He had never met this Sect Master of the Immortal Cloud Sect even once, let alone spoken to her.

What was the meaning of this sudden visit in the middle of the night?

"No need to be so reserved; I have come this time to entrust you with a task."

Fang Xitui spoke softly, her voice pleasant to the ear.

"Please, Sect Master, give your orders; Ye Lin will certainly see them done!" Ye Lin immediately promised.

At this, Fang Xitui was silent for a moment before speaking.

"When you go to participate in the Eastern Profound Sect Grand Competition, you are not permitted to use that sword."

"Which one?"

Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, then his old face immediately flushed red.

"I understand, Sect Master, I promise not to use it!"

Ye Lin finally understood why Fang Xitui had appeared in person; it turned out she had come to hold him accountable.

But then again, if he were to shout in front of all the sect disciples in the Eastern Profound Domain:

"That night that the Sect Master and I had to talk about," then Fang Xitui's reputation would likely be ruined. It was no wonder she had come to find him specifically.

"Mm, besides entrusting you with this matter, I also want to chat with you. Sit."

Fang Xitui waved her hand lightly, and a tea table appeared between her and Ye Lin. Boiling water steeped the fragrant tea leaves, emitting a unique tea aroma.

"Ye Lin, what is your opinion of the Immortal Cloud Sect?" Fang Xitui asked.

"Entering the Immortal Cloud Sect feels like coming home, and it feels even better here than at home! Everyone inside is a talent, and they speak so nicely; I absolutely love it here!" Ye Lin immediately blurted out.

"Then let me ask you, are you willing to become the Holy Son of my Immortal Cloud Sect?"

Fang Xitui said with a smile.

"Don't be in such a hurry to answer me. The status of a Holy Son is vastly different from that of an ordinary disciple. A Holy Son can enjoy all the resources of the Immortal Cloud Sect, but correspondingly, once you become the Holy Son of the Immortal Cloud Sect, you completely lose the opportunity to join other sects or sacred lands."

"I do not wish to hide it from you: the Immortal Cloud Sect looks large and well-established, but in reality, looking at the entire Eastern Profound Domain, the Immortal Cloud Sect cannot even squeeze into the top ten. If you look at the entire Longevity Continent, the Immortal Cloud Sect cannot even enter the top hundred."

"Your talent is very high, therefore, the Immortal Cloud Sect is actually not suitable for you. You are suited for a larger stage, but if you are willing to stay in the Immortal Cloud Sect, the Immortal Cloud Sect will surely use the strength of the entire sect to help you step onto higher peaks!"

Fang Xitui spoke these words with extreme sincerity.

She knew very well that it was useless to try to trick Ye Lin into staying in the Immortal Cloud Sect.

One day, Ye Lin would come into contact with the truth of this world.

With his talent, even an Imperial Lineage Immortal Sect would be moved. By then, whether he would leave the Immortal Cloud Sect or not was inevitable.

Rather than that, it was better to be open and honest from the beginning.

"Sect Master, you are being too much of a stranger!"

Ye Lin's expression suddenly became serious.

"I am a person of the Immortal Cloud Sect in life, and a ghost of the Immortal Cloud Sect in death. Without the Immortal Cloud Sect, there would be no Ye Lin today. How could I be an ungrateful person? This Holy Son position of the Immortal Cloud Sect, I, Ye Lin, will definitely take it!"

Although Ye Lin was a scoundrel, he could distinguish who was truly good to him.

Although the nine Peak Masters were often so angered by him that their eyes turned green, it was basically all thunder and no rain; they would not truly harm him.

To say nothing else, if Jun Chuanxiong really wanted to kill him with his strength, how could he have run so far? He would have lost his head the moment Jun Chuanxiong drew his sword.

Moreover, he still had a whole set of fully automated inner demon cultivation assembly lines; he would become stronger by killing more people, so there was no need to go join the fun at an Imperial Lineage Immortal Sect.

Hearing Ye Lin's answer, a look of pleasant surprise could not help but appear in Fang Xitui's eyes.

"Good! Then from now on, you are the Holy Son of my Immortal Cloud Sect! From this day forward, I will personally act as your Dao Protector!"

Fang Xitui extended a slender, jade-white finger and tapped it lightly on the center of Ye Lin's brow, leaving a divine soul mark on his body.

"From now on, as long as you are in any danger, you can inform me through this divine soul mark, and I will arrive immediately!"

The next second, Fang Xitui suddenly furrowed her delicate brows.

"No, why is there a Love Gu inside your body?"

The Love Gu she spoke of was naturally the one left in Ye Lin's body by Lin Muxi, the Hall Master of the No-Thought Hall of the Joyous Union Sect.

Ye Lin hurriedly explained.

"Uh, to tell you the truth, Sect Master, I have already pledged my life to a woman, and this Love Gu was left in my body by her to prevent me from having a change of heart."

"Is that really so?" Fang Xitui looked somewhat suspicious.

"Of course!" Ye Lin nodded.

"Mm, good. Gu cultivators are mostly devious and deep-scheming. I have no objection to you finding a Dao companion, but you must remember to be careful," Fang Xitui warned.

"Thank you, Sect Master, Ye Lin will definitely be careful!"

Ye Lin promised repeatedly, and only then did he send this great deity away.

The next morning, the news that Ye Lin had become the Holy Son of the Immortal Cloud Sect spread throughout the entire Immortal Cloud Sect.

This also made many disciples immediately certain that Ye Lin was definitely a Taboo Primordial Spirit Root!

Only in this way could it explain why the position of Holy Son, which had been vacant in the Immortal Cloud Sect for so long, suddenly had a candidate.

One must know that once one becomes a Holy Son or Holy Daughter, it means that the person will, in all likelihood, become the next Sect Master of the Immortal Cloud Sect; this status is not insignificant.

All of a sudden, the entire Immortal Cloud Sect was discussing the news about this new Holy Son.

This also made life extremely easy for Qiu Weizhi.

The original Qiu Weizhi was just a transparent, "kept man" in the eyes of the many disciples of the Immortal Cloud Sect.

He was nothing more than someone who had the qualifications to enter the Immortal Cloud Sect by clinging to Xu Minxuan's skirt.

After Ye Lin revealed his talent and became the Holy Son, Qiu Weizhi also had a new identity: the favorite person by the Holy Son's side!

The number one disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sect was his wife, and the future Sect Master of the Immortal Cloud Sect was his good brother. Who wouldn't envy such a status?

Many Immortal Cloud Sect disciples were secretly envious, jealous, and hateful, thinking to themselves that this dead girl Qiu Weizhi really had a good life.

If one could just lie flat as a piece of trash and enjoy wealth and glory, who would be willing to work themselves to death as a "grind-master"?

Many Immortal Cloud Sect disciples who wanted to get ahead rushed to curry favor with Qiu Weizhi, wanting to use him to get on Ye Lin's good side.

And at this very moment, Ye Lin, the protagonist of the event, had already returned to the Barren Wasteland of Withered Bones.

The Peak Masters and elders had said that before the Eastern Profound Sect Grand Competition began, he should use every possible means to improve his strength, so Ye Lin thought of this place immediately.

He loved evil cultivators too much.

Without evil cultivators, he didn't know how he would live.

Ye Lin set a small goal for himself: first, kill all the evil cultivators in the Barren Wasteland of Withered Bones, and then go explore the Thousand Red Cave forbidden area of the Joyous Union Sect.

After this trip, if things went smoothly, his strength should see a surge.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin rubbed his hands in anticipation.

After all, he was a soul of kindness; punishing evil and promoting good was what he should do. How could he stand by and watch evil cultivators get away with it?

"Gogogo, let's go!"