Chapter 249: The Solution

A pitch-black night, a flushed face.

A torn white dress and messy black trousers lay piled together; a white shoe scattered to the side seemed to tell of how arduous the process of containing the life-bound toxin into the divine artifact had been.

A white-limbed wild ox charged into the pink clouds; as the temperature climbed, the clouds melted into raindrops, dripping into the surging ocean.

The wild ox galloped, weaving back and forth on the crests of the waves, splashing the sea into the valley, sowing the seeds representing civilization, and finally withering in the warm bed of the valley.

Having thoroughly read *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, Ye Lin could not help but think of Cao Cao and his three sons.

Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Cao Shuang.

When the sun was high and birds began to chirp outside the window, Ye Lin stretched with great vigor.

After a night of hard work, he had successfully helped Duan Ling contain the life-bound toxin within her body into the divine artifact, Netherworld Yellow Springs.

From this day forward, not only had her life-bound toxin become the even more terrifying Yellow Springs Toxin, but Duan Ling could also control the poison on her body at will, no longer needing to worry about accidentally poisoning those around her.

Seeing that Duan Ling was exhausted and had fallen into a deep sleep, with faint tear tracks still on her face from joy, Ye Lin could not bear to wake her.

Looking at the 35-degree weather outside, Ye Lin considerately covered himself and Duan Ling with a thick quilt, then turned the air conditioning down to 16 degrees.

Immediately after, he chased his level 28 clone out the door, making it walk out of the air-conditioned room into the scorching sun.

Just kidding, it was so hot outside, Ye Lin didn't want to go himself.

Once outside, the Ye Lin clone headed straight for the office of Dean Yan Lanbing; since the Great Xia Academy had said they would exhaust all resources to cultivate him, it was only reasonable for him to ask the Dean to open a secret realm for him to grind monsters, right?

Soon, Ye Lin knocked on the door of Yan Lanbing's office.

From inside the office came a burst of hearty laughter.

"You didn't see it! When I said I wanted to pass the divine artifact to them, they were all so excited, staring at me with such eager eyes."

"Then I punched the septic tank and blew it up; they were truly in deep shit! Hahahahahaha!"

Ye Lin instantly recognized this as Professor Shen's voice.

His expression turned somewhat strange; he hadn't expected Professor Shen to use a septic tank to douse the entire Supreme Academy... he was truly a ruthless man who had once dug up the Emperor's tomb.

"Professor Shen... what you did was indeed satisfying, but have you considered that building a new septic tank takes time? During this period, how are all the teachers and students of our Great Xia Academy supposed to use the restroom??" Yan Lanbing's voice rose, suppressing his anger.

"Uh... that was an oversight on my part. How about... everyone just goes in the wild?" Shen Jingbin asked tentatively.

"Good idea, I'll just twist your head off and use it as a toilet!"

A series of thumping sounds came from the office, as if someone were hitting a punching bag.

Shen Jingbin had two strengths: first, he was resistant to beatings; second, he knew when he had caused trouble and wouldn't fight back when being hit.

For instance, when the families of students he had previously taught wanted to beat him up, he wouldn't even run.

It was the same this time; not until he was kicked out of the office by Yan Lanbing did Shen Jingbin stand up, rubbing his chest.

"Dean, you've had your hit, so let's call this even! You can't come after me for this later!"

Yan Lanbing's anger had originally subsided, but seeing Shen Jingbin's "dead pig doesn't fear boiling water" attitude, his temper flared up again.

"Call it even? I'll show you 'call it even'!"

Yan Lanbing raised his large foot, preparing to give Shen Jingbin a few more kicks.

At this moment, a figure suddenly spread his arms and blocked his path.

"Dean! I won't let you hit my mentor! It's just a septic tank, isn't it? Leave this matter to me to solve!"

Ye Lin looked grief-stricken, tears already swirling in his eyes.

"Solve it? How will you solve it? Move aside, or I'll hit you too! I haven't even settled the account with you for swiping those thirty legendary-grade pieces of equipment last time!"

Yan Lanbing was in the heat of the moment; looking at the two of them only made him angrier. This old man and the young one were each more troublesome than the other.

"I guarantee that within today, the Great Xia Academy will have a septic tank to use!" Ye Lin said loudly.

"Is that true?" Yan Lanbing looked skeptical.

"Absolutely! Allow me to discuss the details with my mentor!"

After saying this, Ye Lin pulled Shen Jingbin to the side.

"My dear disciple, what way do you have to solve this? Even if we brought in the greatest infrastructure maniac in Great Xia, it would take at least five days to build." Shen Jingbin had no idea what medicine Ye Lin was selling in his gourd.

"Oh, Professor Shen! Open your mind! If we can't solve the problem, we shift the problem. Building a new one definitely won't be fast enough, but what if we steal one?"

Ye Lin coaxed him, and Shen Jingbin's eyes grew brighter the more he listened.

"That makes sense!"

"But your word choice is wrong! We are scholars; we can't use 'steal,' we must use 'borrow'!" Shen Jingbin corrected.

"Right, 'borrow'!"

The teacher and student looked at each other and smiled, both revealing meaningful grins.

They already had a common target in mind for who to borrow from.

Watching Ye Lin and Shen Jingbin smiling so deviously, Yan Lanbing suddenly had a bad premonition—was he about to have trouble again?

"I'm going now!" Shen Jingbin left, full of enthusiasm.

"It's all good, Dean! The septic tank problem will definitely be solved for you within today!"

Ye Lin made a gesture.

"Hmph!" Yan Lanbing snorted coldly. "Speak, what do you want with me this time?"

"Dean, what kind of talk is that? Others come to you with ulterior motives! Only I am different; I see another wrinkle at the corner of your eye! Dean, you have sacrificed too much for the academy; without you, the Great Xia Academy would fall apart sooner or later!" Ye Lin said, heartbroken.

"Hmph! Stop the flattery! That's the last thing I want to hear!"

Yan Lanbing's tone was cold, but the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than an AK.

Ye Lin ran behind Yan Lanbing and reached out to massage his shoulders.

"Dean, it's like this: didn't you say all the resources of the Great Xia Academy were open to me? Does our Great Xia Academy have any secret realms that aren't connected to the Demon Realm? I am so eager to improve!"

Yan Lanbing closed his eyes.

"I was just about to talk to you about this. Have you heard of the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm?"

"Never heard of it." Ye Lin shook his head honestly.

"Hmm? Didn't Professor Shen tell you? Then what have you been doing with him every day?" Yan Lanbing was somewhat puzzled.

"Researching new skills! This is definitely a brand-new version you have never seen before, Dean!" Ye Lin said with great conviction.

"Oh?" Yan Lanbing was curious.

"Dean... it's just that after that skill is performed, the body temperature drops to minus 273 degrees. I tried to persuade Professor Shen, but I couldn't..." Huang Xiaopo added from the side.

Yan Lanbing immediately took several deep breaths; he felt his blood pressure rising.

"I said back then that I should have changed Ye Lin's mentor!"

After the anger passed, a calmed-down Yan Lanbing explained.

"I will only say this once, listen well!"

"The Mountain and Sea Secret Realm is the strongest secret realm currently controlled by our Great Xia! There is only one person in this world who can open the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, and that is the Great Xia Emperor!"