The Effects of Whale Rubber

Early the next morning, Qian Renxue arrived at the entrance to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

She wore a white dress that revealed her fair, jade-like legs, showing off the lovely bearing of a young maiden. Coupled with a curvaceous figure that belied her age, she drew countless passersby to a halt.

Qian Renxue paid no heed to the gazes around her. To her, other people were no different from ants.

Tang San walked out of the academy and paused when he saw Qian Renxue.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue smiled faintly and spun around.

"How is it? Does this outfit look good?"

She had only learned to say that yesterday. Beforehand, Qian Renxue had made a point of buying a courtship manual from a roadside stall.

In her previous life, she had never experienced romance between a man and a woman. Only after meeting Tang San had she learned what love was, so naturally, she had not known how to express her feelings.

For that reason, she had crammed hard on the subject in this life.

Tang San looked Qian Renxue up and down, then nodded.

"It looks good."

As he spoke, he found himself wondering.

Qian Renxue did look good in that outfit, but why did the scene before him give him such a strange sense of déjà vu?

After all, Tang San had only recently enrolled at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Qian Renxue was quite a bit older than him.

It felt rather like a big sister luring away a little shota.

In his previous life, she would have gotten the electric chair for this.

Still, Tang San did not find it off-putting.

As the saying went, marry a woman three years older, and you'll embrace a brick of gold.

A big sister was sensible and knew how to dote on someone. Who wouldn't like that?

Let alone someone top-tier like Qian Renxue.

She was powerful, had a powerful background and gorgeous looks, and was a love brain to boot—the sort who would never have a change of heart once she fell for you, no matter what.

She was practically the perfect lover template.

After everything that had happened over the past two days, Tang San had also roughly figured out what the situation was.

Though he did not know why, Qian Renxue clearly thought very highly of him and might even have fallen for him already.

Tang San did not say that because he was an average man with unwarranted confidence, but because he knew Qian Renxue very well.

Given Qian Renxue's personality, there was absolutely no way she would have gone to so much trouble to help him if she did not like him.

Qian Renxue was a very shrewd person who put her interests above all else.

To her, everyone except those closest to her could be given a price tag.

And Tang San did not think his current self was worth Qian Renxue investing in so unstintingly.

That left only one conclusion: there was no other possibility except that Qian Renxue had fallen in love with him.

"Now this is the treatment a transmigrator should get."

Tang San murmured to himself. As expected of him—his damnable charm had reached all the way to Heaven Dou City and attracted Qian Renxue.

"Let's go. I'll take you to hunt a Soul Beast." Qian Renxue turned around. A luxurious carriage had long been waiting for them. "My initial thought was a Plant-type Soul Beast, since yours is also a plant. What do you think?"

In Qian Renxue's view, to make the most of the Blue Silver Emperor's potential, he naturally needed to absorb Soul Rings specifically from Plant-type Soul Beasts.

He could use Blue Silver Grass's ability to embrace all rivers like the sea to absorb the characteristics of various special plants.

Hearing this, Tang San did not hurry to set off. Instead, he said, "There's no rush to absorb a Soul Ring. There's something I'd like to ask you to do for me, sorry for the trouble."

At this, Qian Renxue immediately turned around.

"Oh? What is it?"

"Just say the word. I can grant any request you have."

Hearing those words, so full of wealth and confidence, Tang San was deeply moved.

See? That was what a moneybags looked like!

He figured that, on the entire Douluo Continent, only Ning Rongrong could compete with Qian Renxue as a rich lady.

Since a rich lady was rushing to give him things, Tang San naturally would not stand on ceremony.

An ordinary First Soul Ring at the limit of 423 years was no longer enough to satisfy him.

"Then thank you in advance." Tang San smiled and looked toward the medicine shop ahead. "Before absorbing a Soul Ring, I want to take a medicinal substance to temper my body."

"That medicinal substance is called Whale Rubber!"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled.

She had heard of Whale Rubber before, but she did not know its precise medicinal properties, much less its specific effects.

But since Tang San had made a request, Qian Renxue would naturally do her best to grant it.

The two walked side by side to the medicine shop.

The shopkeeper was a dark-skinned young woman with both arms propped on the counter. The tall counter was nearly 1.5 meters high and transparent, with all kinds of medicinal ingredients displayed inside.

When the shopkeeper saw Qian Renxue approach, her face immediately broke into a broad smile.

"Beautiful lady, what would you like to buy? I have every kind of medicine here!"

Qian Renxue's expression was calm as she said, "I'd like some Whale Rubber. Do you have any?"

At the words "Whale Rubber," the shopkeeper froze for a moment, then smiled knowingly.

"Yes, yes, of course I do!"

"Whale Rubber comes in different ages, from ten to a hundred years. It mainly depends on your man's physical condition."

"If he's already too weak, he can't take any that's too old. Too much of a good thing can be bad, you know."

When she finished speaking, it was Qian Renxue's turn to be dumbfounded.

How could the shopkeeper tell that she had a man?

Besides, Qian Renxue's love was still one-sided. She and Tang San had not even established a relationship yet.

The shopkeeper glanced at Qian Renxue and saw the confusion in her heart. "We're both women, so of course I know what you're buying Whale Rubber for."

"Don't worry. All my Whale Rubber came from elsewhere, and I guarantee it's potent enough. Once your man takes it, his virility will soar."

Even the stupidest person would have immediately realized what Whale Rubber did after hearing that.

Qian Renxue's face instantly turned red.

What was Tang San planning to do, buying this kind of medicine with her?

The shopkeeper in front of them was also somewhat dumbfounded. Seeing Qian Renxue's red face, she lowered her head slightly and finally noticed Tang San, who had been hidden by the counter. She too was left standing there in a daze.

What the hell was going on?

Had she brought her son to buy Whale Rubber?

The shopkeeper gave Qian Renxue a few more disbelieving looks. No matter how she looked at her, she did not seem like someone who had given birth.

In that case, there was only one possibility...

The shopkeeper swallowed. After careful consideration, she decided not to meddle.

She turned around, took out Whale Rubber of different ages, and laid it on the counter.

"Which would you like..."

Before she could finish, Qian Renxue tossed out a bag of Gold Soul Coins and swept up all the Whale Rubber on the counter.

When she handed it to Tang San, she did not even dare look him in the eye.

The two boarded the carriage, and Tang San looked down at the Whale Rubber in his hands, thrilled.

At last, with Whale Rubber to temper his body, the age of the Soul Ring he could absorb would increase as well.

Tang San took out a piece of hundred-year Whale Rubber, ready to swallow it.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue blushed furiously and widened her eyes.

"H-here?"