Ye Lingling: Mother, I'm Not a Troublemaker!
Ah Yin rubbed her head and said foolishly:
"Master, I'm the Blue Silver Emperor, the sovereign of the Blue Silver Grass Clan. Of course I'm an imperial grass."
Ah Yin was puzzled. Why had Jiang Taichu suddenly brought this up? It was completely different from what they had been talking about.
"Forget it, Ah Yin. Even after being reborn, you're still a little silly."
Jiang Taichu shook his head, looking somewhat helpless.
The newly reborn Ah Yin seemed especially innocent.
"Hmph, I'm not silly."
Ah Yin argued quietly.
"Ah Yin, this Whale Rubber actually has another, hidden value."
"Whale Rubber doesn't just boost virility. After being treated with fire, it can improve a Soul Master's physical condition."
"Generally speaking, after taking Whale Rubber, a Soul Master can absorb Soul Rings beyond their usual age limit."
Ah Yin's little mouth fell open. She felt she had learned something new.
That indecent stuff actually had such an important use for Soul Masters.
"I see."
"Master, I understand now."
Seeing that Ah Yin understood, Jiang Taichu moved on to the next matter.
"Ah Yin, go ask around and see if there are any heavenly treasures in Heaven Dou City that can strengthen spiritual power."
"If my spiritual power breaks through, your strength will also break through the thousand-year mark and reach a higher level."
"Then we'll be safer here in Heaven Dou City."
If Jiang Taichu's guess was correct, his spiritual power was far greater than that of his peers because he had lived two lives, allowing him to reach the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm at just six years old.
In this era, the realms of spiritual power had yet to be clearly defined.
But as a transmigrator, Jiang Taichu naturally knew how the realms of spiritual power were divided.
The Spirit Origin Realm, the Spirit Connection Realm, the Spirit Sea Realm, the Spirit Abyss Realm, and the Spirit Domain Realm.
These were the realms of spiritual power belonging to the Soul Master stage.
Above them were the realms of spiritual power belonging to gods.
However, in this era, not a single Soul Master had reached the level of a god in spiritual power.
The age of Jiang Taichu's Soul Ring was tied to his spiritual power.
He could roughly estimate the age of his Soul Ring.
Ah Yin was currently a 999-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, so his spiritual power was probably at the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm.
As long as his spiritual power broke through to the Spirit Connection Realm, Ah Yin could break through to a thousand years.
But the gap between major realms of spiritual power was not so easy to cross.
The first method was to raise his Soul Power Level.
For Jiang Taichu's spiritual power to break through to the Spirit Connection Realm, his Soul Power Level would have to reach at least the Soul Grandmaster level.
He was only a level thirteen Soul Master now. If he wanted to rely on meditation and cultivation to break through to Soul Grandmaster, he would need at least two years.
That was too long for Jiang Taichu.
He did not want to wait.
The second method was to find a heavenly treasure that could strengthen spiritual power.
For example, in the original story, Tang San found the immortal herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his Purple Demon Eye broke straight through to the Mustard Seed Realm.
"Mm-hmm."
Ah Yin nodded her little head repeatedly, like a chick pecking at grain.
After that, Ah Yin left the large courtyard to carry out the task Jiang Taichu had given her.
After Ah Yin left, Jiang Taichu went into his room and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Although he had a cultivation cheat, it had yet to get going, so he still had to spend time cultivating through meditation.
The Ye Family in Heaven Dou.
"Mother, your favorite daughter is back."
As soon as Ye Lingling got home, she shouted at the top of her voice.
She entered the Ye Family's main hall and saw a beautiful woman in plain clothes, with a voluptuous figure, sitting at the far end.
The woman's name was Ye Qingxian. She was the current head of the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family, and also Ye Lingling's mother.
"You unfilial daughter, you're back."
"Why did you come looking for me as soon as you got back? You didn't cause trouble outside, did you?"
Ye Qingxian raised her brows and looked at Ye Lingling suspiciously.
"Ahem."
"Mother, how can you think of me like that?"
"How could I, Ye Lingling, possibly be a troublemaker? I'm very well-behaved, all right?"
Ye Lingling spoke with righteous confidence.
But the next moment, an awkward expression appeared on her face.
"I just accidentally used up all my spending money. My most beloved mother, please give your favorite little Lingling a little money."
Ye Lingling pleaded.
"I don't have any money."
Ye Qingxian spoke coldly.
"Nooo, Mother."
"How could you not have money? You're the current head of our Nine Heart Begonia family, a healing-type Soul Master at the Soul Saint level, and a master alchemist."
"Anyone else could be broke, but not you."
"I'm your favorite little Lingling. You can't be so heartless."
Ye Lingling put on an act, tearfully complaining with a wronged expression, as though she had been mistreated somehow.
"All right, all right, I'll give you some."
"Tell me, what useless thing did you spend your money on this time?"
Hearing this, Ye Lingling straightened her chest, without the slightest trace of guilt.
"Mother, this time I spent my money on something useful."
With that, Ye Lingling paused and took the bottle of Life Essence she had bought from Jiang Taichu out of her Storage Soul Tool.
She handed the bottle of Life Essence to Ye Qingxian.
"Mother, open it and have a look. What's inside is called Life Essence. I spent a hundred Gold Soul Coins to buy it."
Ye Qingxian's interest was piqued. She opened the porcelain jade bottle and saw the drop of Life Essence inside.
"Interesting. A life-type Soul Master who can condense their own life force into a tangible form."
"I'm afraid that's not something an ordinary life-type Martial Soul could do. It's just that this drop of Life Essence contains a pitifully small amount of life force. It's still useful to ordinary people or low-level Soul Masters, but its usefulness to high-level Soul Masters is negligible."
Ye Qingxian closed the bottle and tossed it back into Ye Lingling's hands.
"Keep it. I won't hold the matter of your spending money against you."
"A hundred Gold Soul Coins—that drop of Life Essence really is worth the price."
"Thank you, Mother! Long live Mother!"
Ye Lingling shouted happily.
"Oh, right, Mother, let me tell you about another amazing thing."
Ye Qingxian raised her brows slightly.
"Let's hear it."
Ye Lingling's eyes gleamed as she began to recount what she had seen and heard that day.
"Mother, this Life Essence was condensed by a little boy of seven or eight. I reckon he's probably at the Soul Master level."
"Today, while he was selling Life Essence, a vicious-looking man came to pick a fight. Guess what happened? A spear condensed from Blue Silver Grass appeared in the little boy's hand. It was astonishingly powerful, and he defeated the vicious man with just one thrust."
"Oh, and the vicious man was a Soul Grandmaster, but that little boy still defeated him so easily."
"But his Martial Soul was very strange. I couldn't tell what it was at all. It had something to do with Blue Silver Grass, but Blue Silver Grass is a Trash Martial Soul. How could it possibly condense Life Essence, and how could its combat power be so terrifying?"