Lin Yuan looked at Hui Jin with a grim gaze.

If it were something else, Lin Yuan probably wouldn't choose to make such a big fuss, but this matter is different.

Even if your subordinates do many things, they may not cause actual harm to you.

For example, Teng Yuan whipped Mo Yang, Gu Yang, Han Yang and a kind of sea patrol envoy.

Ji Yang was so anxious to take credit that he failed to find out the situation clearly.

Faced with the mistakes of his subordinates, Lin Yuan would not punish them too severely. He would only leave one of them to look after the house in the water world and the other in the swamp world.

As a superior, Lin Yuan had already understood one thing.

That is, the greater the reward, the greater the punishment.

Reward and punishment are relative.

If you only reward but no punishment and manage a force with just a smile, you will most likely not end up well.

Lin Yuan had always rewarded more and punished less before, but this time Lin Yuan knew that he had to take stronger measures.

It’s not that Lin Yuan wants to use Hui Jin to establish his authority.

The mermaids rely on their bloodline for everything, so it is useless to establish their authority.

If Lin Yuan was only a king-level mermaid, no matter how iron-blooded he was, these emperor-level mermaids would not be convinced by him.

After obtaining the bloodline of the emperor-level mermaids, even if they don't establish their authority, these emperor-level mermaids will establish themselves as the masters.

Lin Yuan was prepared to take drastic measures because Hui Jin threatened the safety of himself and Shi Ji.

At first, Lin Yuan didn’t know that Shi Ji was in a state of confinement just like him.

When Lin Yuan found out about this later, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Any mistake in this out-of-control situation will lead to irreversible consequences.

That's why Lin Yuan cares so much about whether anyone wants to go to the Eye of the Nine Abyss Sea during the process of his bloodline transformation.

His actions were completely known to Lin Yuan and exposed without any cover-up.

Hui Jin, who had not kneeled for thousands of years, directly performed the kneeling ceremony to Lin Yuan, a lower-level mermaid bowing to a higher-level mermaid.

"Lord Emperor, I don't have any other ideas about wanting to go to the Jiuyuan Sea Eye. I just want to see if you need help!"

"If you need help, I will help you right away!"

Hearing Hui Jin's words, Lin Yuan sneered.

"You are willing to go against my will and fight with other people in order to help me, is that right?"

After hearing what Lin Yuan said, Hui Jin thought that Lin Yuan agreed with what he said.

In fact, Hui Jin didn't want Lin Yuan to trust him, as long as Lin Yuan didn't care about this matter! Even if Lin Yuan had some opinions about him.

If Lin Yuan could not hold me accountable for this matter, I could make up for today's mistake by doing other things later.

Hui Jin dared to plot against Lin Yuan before, but now Hui Jin would never dare to do so again.

Facing a new emperor of the mermaid clan, loyalty is the only choice.

"Lord Emperor, I am just too worried about your situation!"

"Please Your Excellency, Lord, look into this matter!"

As soon as Hui Jin finished speaking, he felt a blood force that was difficult to resist pressing towards him.

"How stupid do you think I am to believe what you said?"

"You don't even have the qualifications to enter the Nine Abyss Sea Eye, and you still want to help me?"

"Every royal mermaid has a royal scale in their body. If you dig out your royal scale, the matter will be over."

Before, Lin Yuan didn’t know about the existence of royal scales, because Lin Yuan was not a true mermaid and did not have any royal scales in his body.

Lin Yuan's bloodline can be recognized by mermaids, but it is still very different from ordinary mermaids.

Planting the royal scales in the body of a king-level mermaid has a high probability of causing a breakthrough in the king-level mermaid's bloodline.

However, Lin Yuan didn't know that the royal scales had always been a taboo among mermaids in the water world.

The Royal Scale has no obvious inheritance in the water world, and many king-level mermaids are unaware of the existence of the Royal Scale.

This is the rule established in the water world by the first batch of royal mermaids since their appearance.

Loyalty based on blood is difficult to change, but it is not absolute.

Once faced with the opportunity to enhance bloodline, the desire for bloodline is likely to override loyalty.

Hui Jin’s actions just now have put this into practice.

Therefore, the Royal Scale has only been spread among the Royal-level mermaids, and the King-level mermaids were not told that they could also use the Royal Scale to improve their bloodline.

Normally, only royal mermaids will tell their children the secret of the royal scales when they are dying, and then pass on their royal scales.

This is how Hui Jin was passed down.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Once an imperial mermaid has her imperial scales dug out while she still has a long lifespan, her bloodline will immediately regress to the king level.

Although it would be much easier to breed royal scales to enhance bloodline than other king-level mermaids.

But it is simply impossible without four or five thousand years.

The life span of a mermaid is extremely long but also limited, and there is no chance for a king-level mermaid to become an emperor twice.

Even if you are really gifted, you should seize the opportunity.

It is also impossible to increase the bloodline to the strength before the imperial scales were dug out.

Lin Yuan asked him to guard the mermaid forbidden sea, but Hui Jin didn't know what that meant.

But after the royal scales were dug out and the bloodline was no longer suppressed, the mermaid royal family naturally lost their respect for themselves.

Since I was punished by Lin Yuan, those king-level mermaids would definitely isolate me in order to please Lin Yuan.

Luo Xi, the chief steward, was promoted by himself.

If I really dig out the imperial scales, Luo Xi will become an existence superior to me.

Hui Jin didn't want to become like this at all.

However, is there really a way for him to defy the will of the new emperor of the mermaid clan? Lin Yuan did not choose to kill Hui Jin.

For a race like mermaids, it was really too cruel for the new emperor to kill a mermaid king as soon as he ascended the throne.

Not only will it arouse disgust among royal mermaids, but once it gets out, it will also make mermaids with lower bloodlines feel fearful.

This situation was not what Lin Yuan wanted to see.

Lin Yuan could foresee the consequences of Hui Jin pulling out the imperial scales.

The structure of the mermaid society is not much different from that of an ant nest.

In the past, when there were multiple royal families of mermen, there were multiple queens in the ant nest.

Now there is only one queen ant, and all the ants in the ant nest will revolve around the queen ant.

If an ant in an ant nest offends the queen, it will be difficult for this ant to survive in the colony.

Lin Yuan did not kill Hui Jin so as not to appear too brutal, but it was enough to establish his authority.

Seeing Hui Jin's body trembling slightly, he did not respond immediately.

Lin Yuan spoke.

"I'll give you five minutes to think about it. Do you want to dig out the imperial scale yourself or have me help you?"

"If you dig out the royal scale yourself, I can still let you stay in the Mermaid Forbidden Sea and give you a chance to look after the house."

(End of this chapter)