Lin Yi, "First, I want to clarify something. The mutated creatures summoned every day can only exist for that day and will disappear the next. The following day, you can summon five more."
Chrysanthemum Douluo felt even more displeased after hearing this. They couldn't exist permanently! They couldn't accumulate, which meant that the idea he had just conceived of a mutated creature army was now nonexistent!
Lin Yi, "As for the characteristics you just asked about... They were large in size and some possessed special abilities, but they all shared one trait: pollution. The pre-polluted ones would experience skin ulcers at the very least and death at the worst, but there was some weakening of pollution and contact with pollution. As the name suggests, only contact can cause pollution."
Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded, unable to contain some excitement about what these mutated sea creatures would be like.
This was when Lin Yi reached out his right hand and flicked the red light ball in his hand towards him.
After merging with the light ball, a blue halo hovered around Chrysanthemum Douluo, and simultaneously, he sensed a connection with a certain dimension, and a faint sound from the depths of the ocean seemed to reach his ears.
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked around and said with a smile, "Everyone clear some space. Senior Lin Yi said those things might be a bit large, so be careful and don't get touched, or your skin will ulcerate."
Upon hearing those words, everyone wished they could be far away from him, and they all made room for Chrysanthemum Douluo.
Chrysanthemum Douluo closed his eyes and began to summon. The blue ripples surrounding him grew more and more grand, and the sound he heard in his ears became increasingly distinct.
Soon, Chrysanthemum Douluo smelled a stench unique to seawater. He turned around, slowly lifted his head, and a huge shadow appeared faintly in the air, soon becoming solid.
Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes widened; he saw countless tentacles extending in the air. It was actually a giant octopus!
It stood four or fifty meters tall, with fangs faintly visible below, layer upon layer, revealing a white, terrifying look.
"What a huge octopus!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo couldn't help but take a step back. Just then, this octopus saw the crowd around it and immediately extended its tentacles to grab them. Chrysanthemum Douluo saw it and promptly shouted, "Stop!"
Surprisingly, the octopus listened to him and automatically withdrew its tentacles.
The air was filled with a foul stench, with slime continuously flowing down the octopus's body. Its whole body was green, looking both disgusting and terrifying. Anyone with a fear of giant objects would likely have a heart attack on the spot.
Lin Yi, "Its actual form isn't an octopus, just a palm-sized octopus that you can eat."
Chrysanthemum Douluo couldn't help but lament after hearing this, "The place it lives in must be so dirty to become like this! And it mutated so... terrifyingly, no, it listens to me, I can't scold it, hah, the bigger the better, the dirtier the better, the greater the deterrence."
Lin Yi couldn't laugh. If this truly appeared fifty years later on Blue Planet... Everyone in this strange collection of Soul Land would find it hard to accept, and how disastrous it would be for ordinary people on Blue Planet.
Bi Bidong covered her nose, "So stinky! Just smelling it makes me want to vomit! No wonder touching it would cause skin ulcers. I'm never eating octopus again, Yue Guan, having summoned this one is enough. You can keep the remaining four to enjoy slowly!"
Thousand Waves also covered his nose, "I warn you not to summon it in Martial Soul Hall!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo was somewhat dissatisfied with his Red Advanced reward, so he obeyed instructions and put the giant octopus away without summoning the remaining four.
During the elders' attacks, Ju Zi started seriously contemplating how to obtain private items from Lin Yi.
The temptation Princess Xue Ke offered was indeed very alluring.
But Ju Zi knew that taking private items was something Lin Yi couldn't be unaware of, since Lin Yi could see it during the auction, which perplexed her.
However, when Lin Yi glanced at her, all she wore was a thin piece of clothing, besides which there were no private items. Maybe she should sneak into Lin Yi's room at night, then randomly pick an item of little use to Lin Yi, and honestly state her motive. Lin Yi probably wouldn't object...
Ju Zi innocently thought that her plan was feasible.
Besides Chrysanthemum Douluo, the other Elder Council members' attacks were basically floating between downgrade damage and chicken ribs rewards, without any highlight worth speaking of.
Lin Yi opened the chat interface. He had already replied to Lin Jingyue's 13 messages today in his spare time; considering the time, Lin Jingyue should be sending the 14th message soon.
Sure enough, the message notification sounded in his mind quickly.
After last night, Lin Yi specifically set a special notification tone for Lin Jingyue's chat box to avoid missing replies.
'Zero' Ten years have passed again. This is the one hundred forty year of missing the Ancestral Patriarch.
Ancestral Patriarch, Jing Yue has something that makes her very confused. Why haven't I gotten pregnant with your child all along? Clearly, Second Sister and Third Sister's great-grandchildren have already settled down. They have no problem with reproducing; is it because we're doing it wrong? (Embarrassed)
Ahem, Ancestral Patriarch, Jing Yue has something she needs to confess to you. A year ago, I tacitly approved the development of brothel(s) in Da Qian. Don't scold me! Hmph, scold me in person if you must, and it's not that I can't accept it either...
I mainly want to openly watch how those girls serve men, so I can serve you better, because Jing Yue remembers you having almost no expression throughout the process... which makes one very self-abased. Jing Yue believes it's because she has no charm and doesn't blame Ancestral Patriarch.
But Jing Yue swears, I haven't looked at a single man in brothel(s)! Plus, each time I dressed as a man going in and out, without ever exposing my identity, you can rest assured.
...
Upon reading this message, Lin Yi was shocked.
What was going on in this person's mind? Not dealing with governance but busy researching these things every day?
However, in this way, the small dimension suddenly gave Lin Yi a sense of freedom, a freedom that Soul Land didn't offer...
Ahem, forget it. Having Lin Jingyue is enough; she's a complete beauty, no need for anything else.
Lin Yi thought for a moment and replied:
'Lin Yi': The matter of having a child may be due to my special status, or perhaps the frequency is too low for luck. Anyway, I must criticize you. Properly governing Da Qian is key. How can you dwell on such trivial matters? Of course, this doesn't mean you should shut down the brothel(s)...
Lin Yi patiently sent Lin Jingyue a long reply. Lin Jingyue's messages had a character limit, but Lin Yi didn't, so to prevent this little girl from feeling ignored, Lin Yi always responded thoughtfully.
After sending the message, and throwing the last Elder's reward to the other party, Lin Yi looked at the Tiandou side and said, "Next."
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