The Medicinal Field Dispute: The Ye Family Bets on Jiang Taichu

"Afterward, I spent a hundred Gold Soul Coins to buy a bottle of Life Essence from him. Then I invited him to join our Heaven Dou Ye Family, but that little brother refused no matter what. What a pity."

Ye Lingling spoke with some regret.

"Life Essence, heaven-defying combat prowess, a connection to Blue Silver Grass..."

"Lingling, if what you say is true, this young boy really is an extraordinary person."

Ye Qingxian suddenly stood up, her thoughts drifting into the distance as she murmured to herself:

"Perhaps he can help our Ye Family accomplish that matter."

In the courtyard where Jiang Taichu was staying.

"Master, Ah Yin only managed to accomplish one thing."

Ah Yin sighed, feeling regretful and distressed.

She took a piece of whale rubber from her pocket.

"Master, Heaven Dou City is the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. The treasures sold and traded here are all of the highest quality."

"I found a piece of ten-thousand-year whale rubber in a shop and bought it with Gold Soul Coins."

Ah Yin handed the whale rubber to Jiang Taichu and continued:

"But heavenly treasures that strengthen spiritual power are truly hard to find."

"I searched all over Heaven Dou City and couldn't find more than a few. Most were just medicinal herbs that perk people up."

Jiang Taichu comforted her. "Ah Yin, don't be discouraged."

"The Soul Master World today has done almost no research into spiritual power and doesn't know what it can do for Soul Masters. Naturally, heavenly treasures that strengthen it are hard to come by."

"Besides, finding ten-thousand-year whale rubber is already enough for me. I was hoping for thousand-year whale rubber, so getting ten-thousand-year whale rubber has already exceeded my expectations."

"We may not be able to find heavenly treasures that strengthen spiritual power now, but we'll find them someday."

Jiang Taichu was full of confidence, his eyes flashing with a brilliant light.

"But the most important thing now is to use this ten-thousand-year whale rubber to strengthen my body."

Jiang Taichu cut the large piece of whale rubber into several smaller pieces.

If he took too much whale rubber at once, his body wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Next, Jiang Taichu began preparing the large piece of whale rubber according to the method he remembered.

Once he was done, Jiang Taichu swallowed a piece of ten-thousand-year whale rubber nearly the size of a fingernail.

Before long, Jiang Taichu felt unbearably uncomfortable all over, as though he were being roasted.

But he wasn't burning with lust.

Come on, he was still a six-year-old child. Though he looked seven or eight, even if he had the desire, he lacked the ability.

At his current age, he was like a system bug. The burning lust brought on by ten-thousand-year whale rubber had no effect on him whatsoever.

"That feels great!"

Once the whale rubber's effects had passed, Jiang Taichu let out a long cry.

All he felt now was that his body was exceptionally strong.

He stood up and stretched his muscles and bones.

"Master, I think you've gotten a little taller."

Ah Yin came up to Jiang Taichu and studied him with her lively eyes, occasionally using her hand to measure the difference in height.

"Whale rubber is extremely nourishing and can help a person develop faster."

"What I just took was ten-thousand-year whale rubber, the most nourishing of the nourishing. It's normal for me to grow a little taller."

"By the way, Ah Yin, help me test my physical strength. I want to see how strong my body is now."

"Mm."

Ah Yin answered and set about carefully helping Jiang Taichu test his physical strength.

"Master, your physical strength is now on par with that of an ordinary Beast Martial Soul Soul Grandmaster."

From Ah Yin's description, Jiang Taichu could roughly estimate that the maximum age of a Soul Ring he could absorb was now seven or eight hundred years.

He looked at the ten-thousand-year whale rubber, more than half of which remained.

Jiang Taichu thought that if he refined and absorbed all of it, he might have a chance of absorbing a two-thousand-year Soul Ring.

In the days that followed, Jiang Taichu divided his time between absorbing the ten-thousand-year whale rubber, cultivating through meditation, and seeking information on heavenly treasures that strengthened spiritual power.

A month passed.

Jiang Taichu had gained a great deal. The large piece of ten-thousand-year whale rubber had brought his physical strength straight to the Soul Elder level.

Jiang Taichu was confident he could absorb even a two-thousand-year Soul Ring.

But his Soul Power Level hadn't risen; it was still at level thirteen.

This was within Jiang Taichu's expectations, however. After all, raising one's Soul Power Level was no simple matter.

Even a genius with Innate Full Soul Power, with the boost to Soul Power Level from the power of Soul Rings, would probably need six years to reach Soul Elder.

Besides that, Jiang Taichu still hadn't found any heavenly treasures that strengthened spiritual power. His spiritual power remained firmly stuck at the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm.

"Today's the agreed day. I should go set up my stall and sell Life Essence."

Jiang Taichu took fifteen drops of Life Essence from Ah Yin, placed them in a porcelain-and-jade bottle, and headed for the place where he had set up his stall before.

At the stall.

"Mother, you came here in person today. Are you hoping to recruit that genius little brother into our Ye Family?"

Ye Lingling looked at the plainly dressed woman beside her and asked curiously.

Ye Qingxian shook her head and said:

"That young boy is no ordinary genius. Our Ye Family's little temple is too small to hold him."

"I came today only to make a deal with him."

"Lingling, do you remember the medicinal field our Ye Family and the Lei Family are fighting over?"

Ye Lingling's pupils contracted.

"Mother, you're not thinking of having that little brother take part in the Medicinal Field Dispute, are you?"

"But he's too young, and there isn't enough time for him to grow. There are only three years left."

"In three years, he'll reach Soul Grandmaster at best. How could he possibly face a Soul Elder head-on?"

Ye Qingxian explained:

"I know."

"I'm just casting a wide net. That young genius could defeat a Soul Grandmaster as a Soul Master, so as a Soul Grandmaster, he might be able to defeat a Soul Elder."

"If he's strong enough in three years, I'll have him fight for our Ye Family. If not, our original choice won't change."

Shock showed in Ye Lingling's eyes.

She hadn't expected her mother to have so much faith in Jiang Taichu.

The Medicinal Field Dispute was a long-standing conflict between the Ye Family and the Lei Family.

Both the Ye Family and the Lei Family were pill-making families, and a large portion of their income came from pills.

The two families had been disputing this medicinal field for decades, even a century.

For that reason, the two families had established a rule.

Every thirty years, each family would send a genius no older than eighteen, representing the fresh blood of their respective families, to compete in a martial contest that would decide who held the medicinal field for the next thirty years.

The Ye Family had won the previous contest.

Now, the thirty-year contest for the medicinal field was approaching again, and the Ye Family's chances of winning this time were slim.

But Ye Qingxian didn't want to lose the medicinal field.

So she had to find a true genius to fight and help the Ye Family secure the right to the medicinal field for thirty years.

Jiang Taichu was one genius she had her eye on.