Chapter 270: The Problem is Solved Instantly

"Respiratory tract from dynamic to static? Muscle fibers colliding with metal?"

The five burly men were stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized—that was just stopping breathing and hacking someone with a blade!

"You want to kill us? Are you crazy? In the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, mutual killing is strictly forbidden! If you kill someone, a red light will automatically shine on your body! At that point, you will be the public enemy of everyone in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm! Once you leave the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, you will face accountability from the Human Emperor Hall!"

"Is that so?"

Ye Lin was somewhat surprised. No wonder Zhuge Ni's mission was to capture him alive; killing someone would make a red light shine, but capturing someone wouldn't. Since killing in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm triggered a red light, couldn't he just take them out to kill them, or beat them half to death and throw them to a demon beast?

The people from the four great families truly understood every rule of the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm thoroughly; there were ways to play even when one couldn't kill.

"Duan Ling, come here." Ye Lin beckoned to Duan Ling. "Is there any chronic poison that can kill someone without killing them immediately? It also shouldn't affect their ability to move normally."

"Yes!"

Duan Ling nodded. As a Poison Warlock, she was an expert at playing with toxins.

Duan Ling waved her slender hand, and a translucent black poisonous mist drifted slowly toward the five burly men.

The burly men wanted to dodge, but they had already been severely injured by Ye Lin and couldn't move at all.

As the poisonous mist enveloped them, the toxic gas continuously invaded their bodies through their respiratory tracts and pores, gradually condensing into a black spot in the palms of their hands.

"This toxin will slowly spread from their palms toward their heart meridians; it will take about a week," Duan Ling explained.

"Very good!"

Ye Lin nodded happily, while the burly men were already ashen-faced.

"Big Brother, please let us go. Our Mountain and Sea Seals have already been snatched by you; what use is it to poison us?" the burly man said with a look of despair.

"Of course there's a benefit!" Ye Lin rubbed his hands together. "Your team doesn't count as top-tier in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, right? At most, you're upper-middle?"

The burly man hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Then how many Mountain and Sea Seals do you think your team could get in the end if you hadn't been robbed? Five? Or eight?" Ye Lin continued to ask.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" the burly man asked, looking puzzled.

"As long as you work for me properly, I'll give you ten Mountain and Sea Seals when we leave the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, how about that?" Ye Lin coaxed.

"Do what?" A glimmer of spirit appeared in the burly man's eyes.

"It's very simple! Go help me find Mountain and Sea Seals! Whether they are with other people, on demon beasts, or in some dangerous, desolate place, just notify me once you find them. You don't need to worry about the fighting; you only need to do one thing, and that is to find the seals!" Ye Lin clarified his goal.

The burly men looked at each other, all somewhat moved.

If what Ye Lin said was true, then this was indeed a great deal for them! That was ten Mountain and Sea Seals, enough for their academy to obtain an extremely good ranking in this trial.

"Then how do I know if you're lying to us?" the burly man was still a bit uneasy.

"Do you have a choice?"

Ye Lin smiled and pointed to the burly man's palm, where the poison Duan Ling had just administered remained.

"Besides, as long as I get more than half of the total Mountain and Sea Seals, the Great Xia Academy can sit firmly on the throne of first place. The extra Mountain and Sea Seals are useless to me, aren't they? Anyway, this stuff has to be returned to the Human Emperor after we get out."

Hearing Ye Lin's explanation, the wavering gazes of the burly men finally steadied.

Ye Lin was right; they had no choice.

"How do we contact you? Electronic products don't work in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm."

"That's simple!"

Ye Lin chuckled as he helped the men up, then handed several special signal flares he had obtained from Qiu Xingyuan's shop to the burly man.

These things were meant to be used as a set; one could only see the signal mark if they had also bought the glasses from Qiu Xingyuan's shop, and they were extremely useful in places without signals.

Afterward, Ye Lin took out a large pile of healing pills and began to treat the burly men's injuries himself.

These pills were all bought for him by the Great Xia Academy from the Hundred Herbs Medical Venerable; they were all top-tier, premium pills.

It was a pity Ye Lin couldn't use them, but now they were a boon to the burly men, and their injuries soon recovered to their original state.

At this moment, the way they looked at Ye Lin was different; they hadn't expected Ye Lin to use such good pills on them.

"Alright, let's go. Split up and act; if you have news of Mountain and Sea Seals, fire a signal flare, and I'll be there immediately."

Ye Lin smiled and waved at them. Watching the backs of the five burly men as they left, Ye Lin was filled with many thoughts.

"This scene makes me want to recite a poem."

"The wind blows mournful, the Yi River is cold; the brave man goes forth, never to return!"

Hearing this, the five burly men nearly stumbled and fell to the ground. They hurried away as if fleeing, fearing that Ye Lin might suddenly call them back.

"Let's go, we'll continue to find demon beasts to kill and wait for their news!"

Ye Lin looked toward the direction the burly men had left with a half-smile, then took Duan Ling and stepped back onto the journey of leveling up.

After running far away, the five burly men gathered together again.

"Brother Yuan, are we really going to listen to him and help him find Mountain and Sea Seals? Besides the people from the Supreme Academy, who else could collect forty or fifty Mountain and Sea Seals? Isn't that nonsense?" someone in the team asked.

"That's why, what we need to find isn't other academy teams, but the team from the Supreme Academy! If he can beat the Supreme Academy, then we'll work for him properly! Maybe we really can get ten Mountain and Sea Seals!"

The burly man revealed a wise smile.

"If he can't beat the people from the Supreme Academy, that's simple too; we'll just capture the two of them, torture them, and force them to give us the antidote! No matter whether that kid can beat the Supreme Academy people or not, we don't lose!"

"Damn, Brother Yuan, you're awesome!"

"So smart, Brother Yuan! How come I didn't think of such a good method!"

"The problem is solved instantly!"

The others immediately began to shower the burly man with praise, because the method he proposed was indeed very feasible!

"Save the flattery, go find the people from the Supreme Academy; it's very easy to find them!" A sharp glint flashed in the burly man's eyes.

The Supreme Academy was different from other academies; other academies all hid their tracks and acted cautiously, fearing that others would find them and cause trouble.

But the Supreme Academy was different. Every year when the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm opened, the Supreme Academy would swagger through, sweeping everything in their path, because no one could beat them.

If you encountered a team from the Supreme Academy, the Mountain and Sea Seals on your body would definitely be snatched. Therefore, ordinary people avoided the Supreme Academy, and no one would ever want to take the initiative to find them.

"Brother Yuan, there's one more problem. What if they can't beat the people from the Supreme Academy and still refuse to give us the antidote under torture?" another person asked.

The burly man sneered upon hearing this.

"Don't worry! Women have a vital point; as long as you hit it, they will definitely become weak all over, their limbs will go limp, and they will be dizzy. As long as we can capture them, we don't have to worry about the poison not being cured!"