Chapter 11: Whale Glue

More than a month passed.

The children repeated a monotonous life of cultivation, focusing primarily on cultivating soul power and secondarily on tempering their physiques; as for martial arts, they only practiced the most basic techniques, as they had no need for advanced ones at the moment.

A few days later, Lan Xue decided to take them to hunt for their First Spirit Rings.

Lv Lingqi and Xun Yu had both already reached level ten.

Only Nan Feiling, with her innate level seven and a half, was still hovering around level nine; now she finally understood that the talent of these three was far superior to her own.

Strength determines status, and she no longer dared to underestimate them.

Even though they were originally slaves, based on their future strength, shaking off their slave status to become nobles would be an easy feat.

That day, Nan Feihuang found Nan Tianchen and said, "Father, I would like to ask you something. Does our imperial palace have any Whale Glue?"

"Whale Glue? Of course we do, but why do you want that stuff? Children are not allowed to think about such things." Nan Tianchen was stunned for a moment, then black lines appeared all over his forehead.

The next moment, his ear was grabbed by a beautiful hand, "Nan Tianchen!!! Did you corrupt my precious child? You even told him about Whale Glue. Watch out, or I'll stuff all the Whale Glue in the palace into your mouth and lock you in the basement alone."

Lan Xue was furious. What was Whale Glue? To put it nicely, it was a virility enhancer; to put it bluntly, it was an aphrodisiac that could make a man last longer.

How could a little brat like Nan Feihuang know about such things? Besides Nan Tianchen, who else in this palace would dare to corrupt him like this?

"Wait, Xue'er, I really didn't say anything! I don't even know where this brat heard about it. Let me explain..." Nan Tianchen's face was full of bitterness. If he were really stuffed with a pile of Whale Glue and then locked in solitary confinement by his wife without any way to vent, he would surely burn with fire.

Looking at the innocently suffering Nan Tianchen and the enraged Lan Xue, Nan Feihuang finally remembered that in this era, the true function of Whale Glue seemed to have yet to be discovered; many nobles simply stored it for use as an aphrodisiac.

Otherwise, even places like the Spirit Hall and the Seven Great Sects would not have settled on the "two yellow, two purple, five black" configuration as the optimal Spirit Ring setup for Spirit Masters.

It was no wonder Lan Xue was this angry; after all, Nan Feihuang was only six years old. How could she not be furious that he had been corrupted like this?

"Um, Father, Mother, it's not like that. You've misunderstood. My Gu Lei Book records a special cultivation method. It introduces Whale Glue as a special substance derived from the brains of whales. It has excellent nourishing effects for Spirit Masters, capable of strengthening the body, enhancing the strength of muscles, bones, and meridians, and increasing their tolerance. It helps Spirit Masters absorb higher-age Spirit Rings, thereby increasing their own strength." Nan Feihuang pushed everything onto his Dunjia Heavenly Book.

Lan Xue, who had been busy beating up her husband, stopped her movements upon hearing this. She stared blankly at Nan Feihuang for a long while before pouncing over to hug him, asking excitedly, "Baby, is what you said true? Whale Glue has such an effect?"

Nan Feihuang nodded. "Yes. If Mother doesn't believe it, you can find someone to test it first. Have a Spirit Master with a fire-attribute martial soul melt the Whale Glue and then consume it, but don't let him find a woman to vent, so as not to lose the medicinal power. Find a place to properly refine the medicinal power, and the effect should be maximized."

He knew that to prove his words, he needed a test subject, and given Lan Xue's concern for Nan Feihuang, it was impossible for her to let Nan Feihuang be the test subject himself.

"You brat, you should have said so earlier." Nan Tianchen clutched his bright red ear. This little rascal must have done it on purpose; he waited until after he had been beaten by his wife to tell the truth. He had noted this debt down.

However, he had no mind to settle scores now and immediately sent someone to the pharmacy to retrieve a piece of century-old Whale Glue.

It seemed there was no millennium-old Whale Glue in the household, let alone ten-thousand-year-old Whale Glue. This was perfectly normal; after all, since the true function of Whale Glue hadn't been discovered, who would specifically go out to sea to hunt millennium-old whale Spirit Beasts for the sake of an aphrodisiac?

In the ocean, sea Spirit Beasts were much harder to deal with than land Spirit Masters, and no one could be bothered to do such thankless work.

What was needed now was a Spirit Master who met the requirements for advancement to let them consume the Whale Glue and then try to hunt an over-aged Spirit Ring.

Once successful, the significance would be immense.

Because currently, only their Gu Lei Kingdom knew the secret of Whale Glue, they could secretly cultivate a group of Spirit Masters with over-aged Spirit Rings.

Although, limited by the small quantity of Whale Glue, they certainly couldn't form a large army, but a small number of "special forces" could still play a huge role at critical moments.

As for the test subject, there was one ready.

Dian Wei—this guy was strong and sturdy, and he would be the best proof.

Having read the original work, Nan Feihuang naturally agreed with his parents' arrangement to make Dian Wei the first to eat the crab. After all, he was one hundred percent confident in his success. Dian Wei was the most loyal to him, and he held high hopes for Dian Wei, wishing for him to become his number one Battle General.

And for Nan Tianchen, while innate full soul power was certainly significant, if the efficacy of Whale Glue could be proven, the benefits would be even greater.

He never valued Dian Wei as much as Nan Feihuang did; to him, Dian Wei was not his own son, so taking a gamble was fine.

If you don't gamble, how can you turn a bicycle into a motorcycle?

After Nan Tianchen found a fire Spirit Master to melt the Whale Glue, he handed it to Dian Wei to consume.

With his Pure Heart, Dian Wei was not affected in the slightest by the aphrodisiac effects of the Whale Glue; he sat cross-legged and quickly refined the medicinal power.

Lan Xue stepped forward to check, using her soul power to probe into Dian Wei's body. She turned back and nodded at Nan Tianchen, "His muscles and bones have grown much stronger. His physical strength has already exceeded the limit of an average level ten Spirit Master. With this physique, he might be able to try absorbing a First Spirit Ring of about five to six hundred years."

After all, it was only century-old Whale Glue, so the effect wasn't extremely powerful; such a result was within Nan Feihuang's expectations.

Only Whale Glue over ten thousand years old could achieve a qualitative change.

"I originally intended to take the children out to hunt Spirit Beasts together, but now, it seems I must take Dian Wei to try it out first. We leave immediately." Although Lan Xue was the Snow Maiden, her personality was quite impulsive.

It was mostly correct that Whale Glue improved Dian Wei's physique, but whether his body's tolerance could truly allow him to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond his level was still an unknown.

For Lan Xue, who regarded Nan Feihuang as a treasure, there could absolutely not be a single slip-up regarding her son's safety.

Therefore, before Nan Feihuang absorbed his Spirit Ring, there had to be a lab rat to test it first.

Nan Feihuang came to Dian Wei's side and said, "E Lai, you go out with my mother to hunt Spirit Beasts. Be obedient and listen to my mother, you hear? She won't harm you."

"Yes, understood, my Lord." Dian Wei nodded woodenly; he had always done whatever his Lord told him to do.

(End of chapter)