Chapter 83: The Bitter Days Are Over

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

When Ye Lin woke up, the mushroom soup pot was boiling incessantly, cooking his head.

The flesh of his entire head was already thoroughly cooked, much like a sheep's head set on a table by an old butcher, needing only a splash of seasoning to be ready to eat.

Because his nerves had already been cooked, Ye Lin could not feel any pain at all.

He reached out to touch Mi Xue, and after confirming that she was still in a poisoned state and had not woken up, he focused his mind, and the terrifying restorative ability of his Undying Body began to manifest.

One could see the thoroughly cooked flesh falling off in succession until a fresh skull was revealed; subsequently, new muscle fibers, blood vessels, and skin grew upon the skull, and even the eyeballs that had fallen out grew back.

"Mushrooms are indeed delicious, but next time I must find a place further away from the pot," Ye Lin said with a bitter smile.

He was not a masochist, so naturally, he had no hobby of putting his head in a pot to boil.

And this horrific scene was all clearly captured in the eyes of the Many-Treasure Golden Toad, which had been hung upside down for the entire night.

The Many-Treasure Golden Toad’s already round, vertical pupils nearly popped out of their sockets at this moment; humans... could they really have such terrifying restorative abilities?

Even for a demon beast, if its head were boiled, it would surely be dead, right?

Seeing that Mi Xue had not yet woken up, Ye Lin walked toward the Many-Treasure Golden Toad and flicked its pale, white belly.

"I say, you've been hung up for a whole night now, and you still refuse to spit out the treasure? Must you insist on being hung to death before you're satisfied?"

The Many-Treasure Golden Toad remained silent, clearly unwilling to hand it over.

Seeing this, Ye Lin was too lazy to continue forcing this stubborn toad; after waking Mi Xue, Ye Lin handed the Many-Treasure Golden Toad and their luggage to her, and then he set off once again on his journey of monster-grinding.

There were still 24 days until the Scholar Secret Realm closed; he did not believe the Many-Treasure Golden Toad could truly endure 24 days of harsh interrogation.

In the journey that followed, Ye Lin and Mi Xue worked together with great tacit understanding.

Ye Lin was responsible for casting Forbidden Spells to kill monsters, while Mi Xue was responsible for abusing the Many-Treasure Golden Toad to make it spit out items.

The two of them rampaged through the Scholar Secret Realm in this manner, and their experience points rose rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed in an instant.

Only five days remained until the Scholar Secret Realm closed.

At this time, at the exit of the Scholar Secret Realm, three priests with large dark circles under their eyes walked out of the operating room, looking exhausted.

Priest One let out a sigh of relief and said to Ceng Canqi.

"I have fulfilled the mission; the surgery was very successful, and the appearances of Wu Shaoqi and the others have been restored to nearly what they were before."

Upon hearing this, Ceng Canqi’s face lit up with joy.

"Thank you for your hard work, the three of you. Rest assured, I, Ceng, will certainly report your contributions truthfully during this period!"

Just then, Wu Shaoqi and his group were also wheeled out of the operating room by medical staff.

"Teacher Ceng... I feel like my face shape is a bit off; my face seems a bit square," one scholar said.

"Square is good; a square face is steady," Ceng Canqi said with a wave of his hand.

"But... wouldn't this be a bit too square?" The scholar sat up, and one could see that his face was a standard square, with sharp edges and corners.

Ceng Canqi was startled and hurriedly grabbed a priest to ask.

"What is going on here?"

The priest sighed helplessly: "Boss, they were pressed into meat patties; it's a miracle they could be restored to human form in such a short time. For the face shape, he can only go find a plastic surgeon later."

"That is true," Ceng Canqi nodded.

"Teacher Ceng, then what about me? I have one arm longer than the other!" another scholar said.

"It is impossible for everyone's arms to be the same length; you'll get used to it," Ceng Canqi comforted him.

"But they can't be this ridiculously different in length!" The scholar angrily raised his hands; one hand was normal, while the other was only a dozen centimeters long.

Ceng Canqi’s pupils slowly dilated, and then he grabbed a priest by the collar.

"Are you playing me for a fool? You dare call the surgery a success when it ended up like this?"

"Boss, stitching together a dozen people in half a month, averaging one person a day—it's normal to have some issues when things are so dizzying. I'll just help him fix his hand; please calm down!" the priest said hurriedly.

Subsequently, various strange and bizarre symptoms appeared on the others to varying degrees.

Some had taste buds growing on their large intestines, some had an anus growing in their palms, and some had a tongue growing in their armpits; for a time, the area outside the operating room was filled with wailing and complaints.

Seeing this, Wu Shaoqi broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly checked his own body and, upon discovering that he did not have those messy symptoms like the others, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, a flash of resentment crossed his eyes; he threw off the quilt and prepared to get out of bed to find Ye Lin and cause trouble.

He had not forgotten who made him suffer the agony of having his body recast, but the moment he got out of bed and stood on the ground, he discovered something was wrong.

Because Wu Shaoqi discovered that he had two left feet.

"Ye Lin, I am not finished with you!"

Wu Shaoqi gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing with fire.

If Ye Lin could use Forbidden Spells infinitely inside the Scholar Secret Realm, what about after leaving? Without the undying laws of the Scholar Secret Realm, wouldn't he just become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered?

When that time came, he would definitely make Ye Lin pay the price and let him know what the consequences were for offending him, Wu Shaoqi!

At this time, inside the Scholar Secret Realm, Ye Lin did not know that he had already been targeted by Wu Shaoqi; he was laboriously searching for monsters.

But after searching for two hours, apart from finding two living people, he had not found a single monster.

In the end, Ye Lin could only face the reality that the monsters in the Scholar Secret Realm seemed to have been wiped out by him.

At this time, Ye Lin’s level had reached level 25, and Mi Xue had reached level 23.

It is worth mentioning that the Many-Treasure Golden Toad was still unwilling to spit anything out.

Its pale, white belly had been beaten black and blue by Mi Xue, but this Many-Treasure Golden Toad remained stubbornly tight-lipped.

Ye Lin hung the Many-Treasure Golden Toad upside down again, then calmly touched its belly.

"Little Golden Toad, we are leaving today."

Upon hearing this, the Many-Treasure Golden Toad’s round eyes instantly lit up; its miserable days had finally come to an end.

"Since you are unwilling to spit out the treasure in your belly for me, then I will not force you; perhaps it is fate that we are not meant to be."

Ye Lin sighed faintly.

"We have known each other for a while, and after tormenting you for so long, today I will give you a quick end and let you be completely liberated."

Ye Lin raised his hand, and dark clouds instantly gathered in the sky; silvery-white lightning shuttled through the clouds, and then a bolt of furious thunder, like a world-destroying dragon, dove down at high speed and connected with Ye Lin’s palm.

"Forbidden Spell—World-Destroying Wild Thunder!"