Chapter 818: It Really Is You

Xue Bingxiao was dumbfounded.

In this world, there was actually someone who would provoke a heavenly tribulation? What kind of crazy behavior was this?

More importantly, following Ye Lin's shout, the tribulation clouds that had just gathered actually began to slowly dissipate.

Xue Bingxiao felt her brain stop thinking for a moment. Her mood at this moment was exactly the same as Pei Jiuye's had been.

No one could remain calm after seeing this shocking scene.

If Pei Jiuye hadn't been seriously injured by Xue Bingxiao, he would have rushed out to shake hands with her and shouted.

"A kindred spirit!"

Xue Bingxiao raised her head stiffly; her neck even let out a *crack* sound.

This situation, where a certain-death scenario was easily resolved, left her at a loss.

"How did you do it?" Xue Bingxiao asked, looking at Ye Lin with dull eyes.

"Call me Master," Ye Lin reminded her.

"......"

After a moment of silence, Xue Bingxiao asked again.

"Master, how did you do it?"

"I just reasoned with it and communicated well with the heavenly tribulation!"

Ye Lin spread his hands.

Xue Bingxiao stared fixedly at Ye Lin, the light in her eyes profound and unfathomable.

She realized instantly that this little man in the Swaying Realm likely harbored a heaven-shaking secret.

You had to know, she and Yao Geng had a Dao Oath marriage.

But now, Yao Geng was dead without even ashes left, yet she was completely fine.

Looking across the Eternal Continent, no one would doubt the weight of a Dao Oath marriage; even if a Saint came, they couldn't sever the karma of a Dao Oath marriage.

Yet a Swaying Realm cultivator had been able to resolve it.

No matter how hard Xue Bingxiao racked her brain, she couldn't figure out what method Ye Lin had to let her escape the karma of a Dao Oath marriage.

This clearly exceeded Xue Bingxiao's scope of cognition.

If this news were to spread, it would likely set off a terrifying shock throughout the entire Eternal Continent.

Ye Lin would also become the focus of the entire Eternal Continent; many couples who had entered into Dao Oath marriages when they were young and ignorant would take the initiative to seek him out.

Following that, Ye Lin would be captured by the major holy lands and sects to be sliced up and studied.

Ye Lin ignored Xue Bingxiao's thoughts. With the slave seal in hand, as long as he wasn't as stupid as Yao Geng and trusted Xue Bingxiao 100%, she wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble.

Ye Lin stood beside the bottomless abyss and began to look down. Having refined the Soul Hunting Underworld Pupils, his eyesight was excellent, and he saw at a glance that there was more to the abyss of the Thousand Red Grotto than met the eye.

He remembered Yao Geng saying that a thousand years ago, the Joyous Union Sect had risen to power because they obtained a top-grade cauldron.

Ye Lin wanted to see just how "top-grade" this so-called top-grade cauldron was, to be able to support the rise of the entire Joyous Union Sect.

He leaped down into the bottomless abyss. After landing at the bottom, the first thing that came into view was a patch of red flesh.

That flesh was wriggling, as if it had grown directly out of the surrounding rock walls, looking somewhat disgusting.

In the middle of the flesh was a naked man. His four limbs were all wrapped in red flesh, and even his head was swallowed by the red flesh, revealing only a mouth and two nostrils.

Ye Lin was startled by the man.

Because this man could hardly be called a human anymore; through his skin, one could clearly see his bones. This was nothing more than a skeleton wrapped in a layer of skin.

If it weren't for the man's heartbeat and breathing, Ye Lin would have even suspected that this man was already a corpse.

"This is that top-grade cauldron? *Tsk tsk tsk*, they really squeezed him hard."

Ye Lin marveled. For some reason, when he saw this top-grade cauldron, he always had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Hearing Ye Lin's voice, the skin-and-bones man struggled, his upper and lower jaws opening and closing, as if wanting to say something.

But he was far too weak, and only a hoarse *he-he-he* sound could come from the depths of his throat.

"He cannot be used as a cauldron right now."

Xue Bingxiao appeared at the bottom of the bottomless abyss at some point.

"I was in a hurry to break through to the Dao Origin Realm before, and I used him too frequently, almost damaging his foundation. He needs to rest for at least ten years to recover."

The users of a cauldron were not divided by gender; one could harvest Yang to supplement Yin, or use Yang to supplement Yang; either way, it could improve cultivation.

Therefore, it was not uncommon for male cultivators to use male cauldrons to improve their strength.

Xue Bingxiao saw Ye Lin staring at the top-grade cauldron and thought he wanted to use it.

"No, I have no interest in this."

Ye Lin shook his head and then asked.

"Speaking of which, what makes this top-grade cauldron 'top-grade'? Why could it make a major sect rise in just a thousand years?"

Ye Lin had just looked with his Soul Hunting Underworld Pupils; this skin-and-bones man's spiritual roots and physique were both mediocre, with nothing special.

Hearing Ye Lin's question, Xue Bingxiao showed a charming smile and extended a jade-white finger, circling lightly on the skin-and-bones man's chest.

"You definitely can't tell just by looking at his roots. Although his roots are ordinary, he possesses a special talent that is rare to encounter in a hundred thousand years."

Xue Bingxiao's finger stopped on the left side of the skin-and-bones man's chest, and she parted her red lips to spit out four words.

"Heart of an Innocent!"

"Heart of an Innocent?"

Ye Lin frowned slightly. Why did he feel an even stronger sense of familiarity with this skin-and-bones man?

Hearing the doubt in Ye Lin's tone, Xue Bingxiao thought he didn't know how perverted the "Heart of an Innocent" talent was, so she began to explain it to him.

The Heart of an Innocent: neither good nor evil, pure without any distracting thoughts, possessing extreme perseverance and terrifying comprehension.

People with the Heart of an Innocent were favored by the Heavenly Dao; they achieved twice the result with half the effort in cultivation, and their strength improved extremely quickly.

Precisely because of this, cultivators with the Heart of an Innocent were the best cauldrons in this world, bar none.

Because cultivators who dual-cultivated with the Heart of an Innocent could also enjoy the effects brought by it.

Furthermore, a pure Heart of an Innocent without distracting thoughts could withstand higher-intensity energy infusion, and the output energy was more easily absorbed, greatly reducing the risk of Qi deviation.

If used for harvesting, the effect was even better, almost reaching a 100% conversion rate; he was completely an infinite-energy human power bank.

Precisely because of this, after obtaining this top-grade cauldron a thousand years ago, the Joyous Union Sect's strength advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming a famous demonic sect.

The more Ye Lin listened, the more wrong it felt, and he began to mutter in his heart.

This didn't seem right, did it?

A thousand years ago, Heart of an Innocent—how did these conditions all match up? It couldn't be, could it?

With a nervous heart, Ye Lin carefully wiped away the red flesh covering the skin-and-bones man's face, revealing his entire face.

And the moment he saw the man's face clearly, Ye Lin jumped up, leaping three feet high, almost popping his eyeballs out.

"Holy shit, it really is you!" ===== CHAPTER 819 =====