"Please have the personal disciple Ye Lin undergo the Trial of the Dao Heart."
At the Law Enforcement Elder's loud call, Ye Lin looked at the enormous Stone Stele towering over ten zhang before him and slowly walked forward.
"Ye Lin, place your hand on the Stone Stele and carefully sense the changes within it."
Seeing Ye Lin standing still, the Law Enforcement Elder beside him offered a quiet reminder.
Ye Lin nodded, placed his right hand on the Stone Stele, and slowly closed his eyes.
It might have been a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year.
When Ye Lin opened his eyes again, everything before him had changed.
The surroundings were no longer the Azure Cloud Sect. He was in a room, one filled on every side with fine silks and satins.
A faint fragrance drifted through the room.
Beyond a red gauze curtain stood a huge wooden tub. Rose petals floated across the surface of the water.
A woman lay in the water, washing herself.
With the red gauze as decoration and the faint fragrance in the air, the whole room was filled with an indescribable allure.
"So this is how they test the disciples?"
Ye Lin was greatly taken aback. This was the Trial of the Dao Heart?
It didn't look like much.
"Young master, night has fallen. With such a beautiful scene before us, wouldn't it be a pity to waste this lovely moment?"
Just then, an unbearably sultry voice reached Ye Lin's ears, making him shudder all over.
"There's no need to make a fuss, miss. Just tell me how to get out."
Ye Lin walked to the table ahead, slowly sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea.
"The way out is for you and me to... you know."