Chapter 758: The Joy Sect Master

(There is more tonight; if you can't wait, you can sleep first.)

After the bottom of the pool was opened, Ye Lin took only a single glance inside, and his expression changed wildly.

He retreated several steps, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Pfft!"

Fresh blood splattered onto the steps.

"The aura inside is so terrifying!"

A look of horror appeared in Ye Lin's eyes.

"That is only natural; many of those imprisoned inside are truly great powers," Gu Lin said in a deep voice.

"Then forget it, I won't go in. I was just curious about what this so-called forbidden ground was like."

Ye Lin shook his head repeatedly, his face filled with lingering fear.

Gu Lin glanced at Ye Lin and said nothing more, merely forming a seal to slowly close the bottom of the pool again.

The steaming spring water filled the entire pool once more at this moment.

"Brother Gu Lin, then I'll be heading off now."

Ye Lin waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

At this moment, Gu Lin suddenly called out to him, asking with a look of hesitation.

"Is the pill you gave me really effective?"

"Guaranteed, I swear it by the Dao."

Ye Lin made an OK gesture; regardless, his goal had been achieved, and he didn't care whether Gu Lin could actually overthrow the Hall Master of Joy or not.

Ye Lin sprinted all the way back to his own cave dwelling, then committed suicide on the spot, leaving behind a clone.

And at this moment, another Ye Lin appeared on the slippery steps.

The mouthful of blood he had just spat out became the vessel for his rebirth.

This allowed Ye Lin to successfully bypass the restrictions at the entrance of the Thousand Red Cave and enter it.

This had another benefit: it would make it so that no one would suspect him.

After all, he had left under Gu Lin's watchful eyes; there were witnesses.

Ye Lin walked step by step toward the depths of the staircase.

The further he went, the more intense the sweet, fishy smell became.

The staircase led all the way down, and when he reached the end, Ye Lin saw a door; behind the door was a pink glazed passageway.

On both sides of the passageway were rows of prison cells, each one plunged in darkness, with vague human figures visible inside.

Ye Lin carved his face to ensure he wouldn't be recognized before crossing the door in front of him.

Imprisoned in the first cell was a woman; her neck was twisted at a bizarre angle, her limbs were pierced by runic chains, and beneath her thin, pale skin were purple blood vessels.

Ye Lin moved closer, and when he saw the woman's face clearly, he suddenly broke out in goosebumps!

Because this woman had no eyes! In her eye sockets were two white, chubby love-gu larvae!

Yet even so, the woman had not died but was living very stubbornly; a tube was connected to her mouth, and blood-red liquid sustained her life.

Looking at the woman's miserable state, Ye Lin realized for the first time why the Joy Sect was a Demonic sect.

He took a deep breath, walked up, and raised his hand to press it on the woman's head.

The woman's body was decomposed bit by bit, and the gu insects in her eye sockets were directly destroyed by Ye Lin.

Realizing that death had arrived, the woman's face showed not a hint of fear, but instead a smile.

"Tha... k... you..."

Ye Lin sighed softly.

It wasn't that he wanted to kill, but these people were being tortured too miserably.

As a soul of kindness, he could not bear such scenes and naturally had to send them on their way.

Ye Lin walked toward the second cell; in the second cell was a man, stark naked, his entire body bound to an altar by iron chains covered in runes.

Ye Lin opened the second cell and placed his hand on the man's head, refining him in an instant.

However, whether it was the woman in the first cell or the man in the second, their cultivation bases did not seem high—one at the Yin-Yang Realm and one at the Five Elements Realm.

"There are two types of human cauldrons in the Thousand Red Cave: those with high cultivation and those with high talent. Are the ones imprisoned here the ones with high talent?"

Ye Lin had much less interest in the people here.

Devouring those whose cultivation was insufficient to improve his strength was clearly too slow.

Ye Lin strode toward the depths of the passageway; he wanted to find human cauldrons with high cultivation.

As Ye Lin went deeper, the passageway seemed to become a living thing; the ground, walls, and ceiling were all gradually covered in red flesh.

In some of the flesh, one could even see the outlines of human faces.

Ye Lin took out the Heart Demon Ten Thousand Soul Banner and became vigilant.

At this moment, a murmuring sound reached Ye Lin's ears.

"The three realms of the mortal shed the turbid fetus, the five tribulations of the Dao forge the foundation."

"The seven phases of the spirit derive the heavenly numbers, the nine passes of the soul sever the life's turbidity."

"The four changes of the law trace the true origin, the six nirvanas of the sage cast the immortal bone."

"Once the Emperor's path is formed, the Dao ash burns; where in the world can one prove eternal life?"

Ye Lin's pupils shrank slightly.

The poem the other party was murmuring seemed to have a connection to the cultivation realms of the Longevity Continent?

The three realms of the mortal, the five tribulations of the Dao, the seven phases of the spirit, the nine passes of the soul, the four changes of the law, the six nirvanas of the sage.

These were all the cultivation realms for cultivators on the Longevity Continent; anything higher was a truly peerless Great Emperor.

As for the so-called Supreme Realm, it was actually the sixth nirvana of the sage, the Sage Venerable Realm.

Because the Sage Venerable Realm was too powerful and had a world of difference from the previous five nirvanas, it was singled out and called the Supreme Realm.

Ye Lin continued forward, wanting to see clearly who exactly was speaking.

And the scene before him made Ye Lin gasp.

He saw a ten-thousand-foot abyss appear before him, and suspended above the abyss were over a dozen dragon-coiled stone pillars.

On every dragon-coiled stone pillar were countless golden threads, firmly locking human figures to the pillars.

The one who had spoken was a man who was blind and had lost all four limbs.

And that man, realizing Ye Lin's arrival, actually raised his head to look at Ye Lin.

Being looked at by a blind man was a very strange thing, but it had indeed truly happened right before Ye Lin.

"You are not Xue Bingxiao; has the Joy Sect produced a second powerhouse who has stepped into the Four Changes of the Law realm?"

"No, that's not right!"

"The aura on your body is clearly only at the Hunyuan Realm, but why is there the power of laws on you? And two completely different laws at that!"

"Who are you?"

A look of confusion appeared on the man's face.

Ye Lin narrowed his eyes slightly; this man was truly terrifying to be able to see so much at a single glance.

And the Xue Bingxiao he had just mentioned was the name of the Joy Sect Master!

This was a terrifying existence whose strength surpassed that of the four Hall Masters.

It seemed that those imprisoned on these dragon-coiled stone pillars were the human cauldrons with heaven-defying cultivation; devouring any one of them would likely allow Ye Lin to break through directly to the Seven Phases of the Spirit.

"You tell me first, who are you?"

Ye Lin asked in return while pondering how to devour these human cauldrons on the dragon-coiled stone pillars; this place clearly had restrictions, and trespassing would easily alert the people of the Joy Sect.

The blind man was silent for a while, then spoke.

"I am the Sect Master of the Joy Sect."