Hell Emperor.

Chapter 363 Ye Jie - Heart-warming and Soul-nourishing Spring

As the words on the torn pages became apparent, drastic changes were revealed to everyone.

The ground cracked, white hot air rose from the cracks, and if you listened carefully, you could hear the sound of gurgling water. As the ground shook, the jagged rocks formed a warm pond. The pond was so wide that you couldn't see the end of it, and the depth was just enough for an adult to stand.

A bamboo forest suddenly grew outside the pond. The green and straight sword-like bamboos were like loyal guards. There was some kind of magic hidden in them that could isolate them from all outside detection and perception. Once ordinary ghosts approached, they would be strongly repelled. Only those invited by Ye Jie could enter freely.

Seeing the changes in front of them, everyone felt a little curious, but also had some doubts in their hearts. Hua Xiaomei looked left and right, and finally couldn't hold back her doubts, so she asked:
"I can feel an extremely rich spiritual power from the pond in front of me. Even my soul is trembling faintly, as if it is thirsty for the spring water in the pond. What is that and why does it give me such a special feeling?"

Li Ba saw something: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be a hot spring. I heard that in the Wushen Temple, due to the terrain, hot springs are quite popular. Just soaking in it can wash away the fatigue in the body. If some special medicinal herbs are added, it can even assist in cultivation."

Xie Xinyu suddenly remembered something and said, "I heard from Brother Jie that he was planning to restore Nan Linghe to its original state, and then this hot spring appeared. Could it be that the key to restoration is in this pool of water?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Ye Jie did not hide it and said, "You are right. This is not an ordinary hot spring, but a Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring that was built at a huge cost, and it cost 50 million Yin De. Logically speaking, even if the collapse is serious, as long as you soak in the Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring, you can recover to your original state. However, this alone is still not safe, and other methods must be used to supplement it..."

As he spoke, Ye Jie couldn't help but think of the introduction to the Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring on the seven-sided stitching page. It was quite mysterious, and the cost of its construction was also very high. Not only did it cost 50 million in Yin De, but it also used up a huge amount of rare resources.

If the Golden Wheel had not been dismantled in advance, giving Ye Jie a lot of rare resources, just figuring out how to gather all these rare resources would have been enough to give him a headache.

As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. The Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring is an advanced underworld building unlocked by the seven main accounts. The construction price is very high. I just hope it can really work.

At the side, as the Warm Soul Nourishing Spring was built, Yao Sheng remained calm. Even when he heard about Ye Jie's deal with the Yin Merchant, he did not show any emotion. His pupils suddenly shrank, and his face was full of disbelief:
"Is that... Yaochi Holy Water? No, that's impossible. Is it just similar in quality? Or is it..."

Su Miao noticed her strangeness and asked curiously, "Sister Yaoyin, what are you talking about? This is just a broken hot spring. What's so rare about it? When we go to the Wushen Temple, we can get any hot spring we want. Why bother about this one?"

Yao Yin took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Until now, she still couldn't believe what she saw: "This is not an ordinary hot spring... Look carefully, the water in the pool is full of ripples and is so clear that there is not a trace of impurities. It is filled with mist and fairy light. It is not inferior to the Yaochi in the sky. Not to mention you, even if it is me, if I can soak in it, it can also cleanse my mind and body, which will be of great benefit to my future practice!"

"what?"

Yao Yin's praise made Su Miao open her mouth wide, and for a moment she couldn't believe what she heard.

You know, Yao Yin has already reached the fifth level, and logically speaking, there are not many things that can shake her heart, let alone help her future practice. Su Miao is only at the second level, and the supreme treasure in her eyes may be nothing in Yao Yin's eyes. But now this hot spring can make Yao Yin's heart move, which is really beyond Su Miao's expectation.

More importantly, Su Miao didn't believe at all that Ye Jie could actually create a hot spring that was comparable to the Yaochi in the sky. This was simply incredible!

If Yao Yin hadn't said it, in Su Miao's eyes, this was just an ordinary hot spring made by Ye Jie, which was not worthy of her attention at all. She never thought that there was such a powerful ability hidden behind it.

Seeing that Yao Yin seemed to be interested in the hot spring, Ye Jie bowed and said, "Fairy Yao Yin, thank you for your help along the way. This Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring has amazing effects. Not only can it remove inner demons, but it can also increase one's lifespan by tens of thousands of years. When my companion recovers, the Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring will be open to you at any time."

Yao Yin nodded slightly and looked at Ye Jie seriously: "Warm Heart and Nourishing Soul Spring... This is a good name. Yao Yin would like to thank Palace Master Ye for his kindness."

Ye Jie said slowly, "That's not true. Fairy Yaoyin is a fifth-level rank fairy. Not only is she willing to give me the elixir to cure Youdie, she is also willing to make the elixir for Nanlinghe herself. I should thank you for your kindness."

Ye Jie looked at Yao Yin. As a fifth-turn ghost fairy, she was also very good at refining pills. No matter where she was, she would be treated with courtesy by others. However, she did not put on airs and was willing to help refine pills for Nan Linghe. Ye Jie was also grateful to her. Now that he saw that she liked this warm and soul-nourishing spring very much, Ye Jie finally found an opportunity to return the favor.

After hearing this, Su Miao immediately said, "Wait, what about me? I also came here with Sister Yao Yin!"

"You...just forget it."

The corner of Ye Jie's mouth twitched. How could Su Miao have the nerve to enter the Warm Soul Nourishing Spring when she didn't even lend him any good karma?

Meanwhile, Hua Xiaomei scratched her head, thinking of what Ye Jie had just said. She felt something was wrong. Suddenly, she slapped her forehead and said with shining eyes, "Brother Jie, do you still remember what you promised Yin Shang?"

Ye Jie raised his eyebrows, not knowing why Hua Xiaomei asked this question: "I promised them about the Yangshou trade."

Hua Xiaomei nodded vigorously and expressed her guess: "Brother Jie just said that if you soak in this soul-warming spring, you can increase your lifespan by tens of thousands of years. Add in the lifespan trade, doesn't that mean that you can trade endless lifespans in the future?"

"Ok?"

Ye Jie frowned. He didn't expect Hua Xiaomei's train of thought to be so abrupt. He immediately thought of the key point: "That's right... but mortals can't enter the underworld. Only ghosts after death and immortals can enter. Ghosts don't have a lifespan. Soaking in the Warm Heart and Nourishing Soul Spring won't increase their lifespan. This effect is a waste... maybe we should bring the spring water in the pool to the human world?" At this time, Yao Yin suddenly said: "Although I haven't soaked in the Warm Heart and Nourishing Soul Spring, it's not difficult to see that the spring water in the pool is only effective here. Once you leave, it will lose its specialness and become the same as ordinary spring water, just like the Yaochi in the sky. The spring water in the Yaochi can't be brought to the human world."

After receiving Ye Jie's invitation, Yao Yin's mouth curled up slightly, and the relationship seemed to have improved. If it were the previous Yao Yin, he would definitely not open his mouth to give instructions.

Yao Yin's words immediately extinguished Ye Jie's original train of thought, and he could only think of other ways.

Xie Xinyu thought for a moment and said, "It's a pity that we can't take the spring water away. Is there any way to allow mortals to enter the underworld? I remember that Sister Xia Wei and other companions came to the underworld before."

As Xie Xinyu spoke, Ye Jie's memory seemed to return to the past: "You are talking about the battle with the Lord of Guangwang Palace... In that battle, everyone relied on the artifact Ghost Gate to successfully enter the underworld. The Ghost Gate is the door between the two worlds. It can open the passage between the Yin and Yang worlds, allowing the living to enter the underworld. Apart from the Ghost Gate, there are not many means that can do it."

Li Ba also interrupted, "That's right... I remember that Ghost Gate was taken away by Palace Master Mo Luo in the end. Since then, I haven't heard any rumors about Ghost Gate. Maybe that artifact is still in Palace Master Mo Luo's hands."

Speaking of Moruo, Ren Changhong shook his head: "Once the things are in His Highness Moruo's hands, it is not so easy to take them out again. Unless you have done a great deed for His Highness Moruo, such as bringing them back to the main account, you can get the artifact as a reward. Forget about other ways."

Listening to everyone's discussion, Ye Jie smiled and said, "Don't worry, maybe I will have such an opportunity soon."

At this time, Hua Xiaomei glanced at Shen Qingge standing beside her. She was slightly stunned and then said, "Since we can't rely on mortals, what about immortals? If we soak in the immortals, it should also increase our lifespan by ten thousand years, right?"

Everyone nodded slightly, thinking about this, but then they heard Yao Yin say: "For immortals, the length of life span is not important, what is important is the life span of calamity."

Everyone was a little confused about this. They didn't expect that after becoming an immortal, even life span would not be important. They also didn't know what she meant by "life span calamity".
On the side, Guazi seemed to see the confusion of the crowd and explained, "The so-called calamity life span is the deadline for the arrival of the immortal calamity. Take Immortal Master Shen as an example. She became a first-level immortal. The deadline for the arrival of the next immortal calamity is sixty years later. Now she has sixty years of calamity life span. If she successfully overcomes the calamity and reaches the second level, the next immortal calamity will come after two sixty years. At that time, she will have a 120-year calamity life span, and so on."

Xie Xinyu was still a little puzzled: "What about life span? Don't immortals need life span at all?"

Guazi spoke slowly, "It's not entirely true to say that they don't need it at all. Even if they do, they don't need it. The immortal bodies of immortals have been nourished by immortal essence and have long transcended the mundane world. Their life spans can reach thousands of years. Compared to their calamity life span, it's really terribly long. Almost no immortal will use up their life span. Instead, they should worry more about their calamity life span."

After a pause, Guazi continued, "Although the life-extending method of the Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring is powerful, it can only serve as icing on the cake for immortals. If it cannot extend the life span, then it is useless no matter how long the life span is."

"So that's how it is..." After listening to Guazi's words, Ye Jie understood something. Unlike the others, he had another question in his mind, "Since life itself is not very useful to immortals, why do Yin merchants go to such great lengths to plunder life? Who can they sell the life they have taken?"

What puzzled Ye Jie was that if the life span was really not very useful, why did the Yin merchants spend so much Yin De? Would there really be buyers who would spend such a high price to buy these life spans?

Compared with mortals, immortals are much more powerful and should have greater purchasing power. But if they don't need their life span, who can the Yin merchants sell their life span to? They can't sell it to other mortals, right? Mortals can't afford to pay billions or even tens of billions of Yin virtue.

Combining what everyone said, Ye Jie couldn't help but feel a little confused. He always felt that there were many things behind this business that he didn't know.

Everyone was also troubled by Ye Jie's words. They couldn't figure out the key and couldn't explain it. Yao Yin saw everyone's deep thoughts and took the initiative to explain: "I heard that in the Qinglian Palace, there is a way to convert Yang life into calamity life."

"What?" Yao Yin's words startled everyone. Ye Jie quickly reacted and asked, "Fairy Yao Yin, are you serious?"

Yao Yin looked indifferent: "I just heard it from others, I can't guarantee it. For immortals, the life calamity is like a sword hanging over their heads. When the life calamity is over, they need to go through the baptism of thunder. If they can survive the thunder, they can make further progress on the immortal path and ascend to a higher level of immortality. If they can't survive, they will die."

Yao Yin scanned everyone's faces one by one, taking in their different expressions, and then said, "Although the life span of the calamity is extremely harsh and has long been a matter that makes all immortals shudder, there are ways to prolong the life span of the calamity. The peaches in the sky are the most well-known way for immortals to prolong the life span of the calamity. In addition to this, there are many other ways, but these methods, without exception, all require the use of mortal life span as nourishment."

"Really..." After listening to what Yao Yin said, Ye Jie finally understood why Shoufa acted so magnanimous. For the sake of longevity, he was willing to do anything to gain good deeds. It turned out that there was such a business behind him.

"This matter is too shocking... I was wondering why the Yin merchants couldn't wait to come to our door to take away our lives as soon as the teleportation array was opened. It turns out there are such interests behind it." Hua Xiaomei took a deep breath.

"If the immortal wants to extend his lifespan, he also has to use the lifespan of mortals... However, judging from the number of lives that the Yin merchants are prepared to collect, it may take a lot of lives to meet the needs of the immortals." Xie Xinyu sighed.

Guazi also pursed his lips and said: "If I had known there was such a way, Aunt Meng wouldn't have had to reincarnate to avoid disaster..."

Ye Jie swept his eyes over everyone and was the first to regain his composure. He said to them, "This news is of great importance. Please keep it confidential and do not tell others casually, so as not to affect future business or cause other accidents."

After hearing Ye Jie's solemn reminder, everyone's hearts sank, and they understood the seriousness of the problem. Once the news about the calamity of life spread, it would inevitably cause an uproar. This news was kept secret and ordinary people would never be able to access it. Only Yao Yin, who held a high position in the Nether Spirit Palace and had reached the fifth level, was qualified to know.

(End of this chapter)