Whale Rubber, Triple Cultivation Speed

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Yan also felt the power fed back to him by Luo Sanpao.

That power was changing the strength of Li Yan's body, increasing his physical strength a little.

"Sanpao, you two really are my lucky stars!"

"If we keep eating like this, our First Soul Ring will definitely exceed the optimal age limit a Soul Master can absorb."

The two Luo Sanpaos went "luo luo" on the floor, seemingly delighted that they could help.

"All right! Let's start cultivating and try to break through to level seven Soul Power in one go today!"

At his words, the two Luo Sanpaos' little faces grew solemn, and they began cultivating.

Li Yan also sat cross-legged and absorbed the Soul Power that existed between heaven and earth.

The Soul Power absorbed by the two Luo Sanpaos could be fed back to him. In theory, Li Yan's cultivation speed was roughly three times that of other Soul Masters with level-six Innate Soul Power. That was also why he could reach level seven in just half a month.

The two of them and the pig began breathing and cultivating. Only when the moon had sunk in the west did Li Yan feel the Soul Power in his body begin to surge.

"My Soul Power has reached its limit. Time to break through!"

He formed a hand seal and controlled the flow of Soul Power in his body, relentlessly assaulting the invisible bottleneck.

At last, the bottleneck shattered like glass, and Li Yan's cultivation successfully reached level seven.

On his little bed, he opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air. The thrill of increasing his Soul Power filled him with pleasure.

No wonder so many people immersed themselves in cultivation. Nothing could compare to the wonderful feeling after a breakthrough.

He got out of bed and looked at the two Sanpaos beside it.

They had not grown bigger. Instead, they had shrunk a size, and much of the excess fat on their bodies had been converted into muscle.

"It's already night. After cultivating all day, I'm hungry."

Li Yan pushed open the door. His mother was cooking. As for Li Gang, he had gone out after breakfast, saying he was going to collect Whale Rubber for Li Yan.

"Son, did you... break through in Soul Power?"

"Yeah. That piece of Whale Rubber helped me a lot. I have a feeling that as long as I have enough Whale Rubber to cultivate with, my cultivation will improve quickly."

Mother Li beamed when she heard that.

"Your dad went out to collect Whale Rubber. I think he went to the city lord's residence."

"Oh, right. Tomorrow's the day our academy starts. Do you want to enroll?"

"I know you're very independent, but you're still a child. You need friends."

Nuoding Academy would open tomorrow. According to the timeline, our dear Third Cut would arrive at Nuoding Academy tomorrow and become a great work-study student.

"Mom, I want to go to the academy."

Li Yan agreed. There was nothing wrong with going to the academy; he still needed to learn some basic theory.

If possible, he wanted to take Tang San as his underling.

He couldn't recognize Immortal Herbs and knew nothing about making poisons. In the future, he definitely had to get his hands on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, that Immortal Herb redemption code.

For that, he would need the right person to help him.

Li Yan sat on a little stool, his smiling face creasing into a frown. The sight made Mother Li laugh.

A six-year-old child putting on such a convincing show of being deep in thought.

Li Yan sat pondering on the stool. The more he thought about it, the more he felt the idea had potential.

Tang San was a typical feudal thinker: hidebound and bound by rules.

And early on, he was starved for love. Yu Xiaogang had moved him so much with a steamed bun and a chicken leg that he practically forgot his own surname, and he had nearly been killed in a one-on-one fight.

If Li Yan gave him enough support early on, the future returns would be immeasurable.

Of course, that didn't mean blindly bootlicking. He had to maintain absolute control.

As for whether he would be given a way to die later, that remained to be seen.

"Right! Tomorrow I'll lie in wait at the academy gates. I absolutely can't let Gangzi swoop in and snatch him first."

"Best to bring him over to my side and let him experience a father's and mother's love at my home."

Having made up his mind, Li Yan chatted with his mother while teasing the Luo Sanpaos at his feet. It was not until the sky had gone completely dark that Li Gang returned home.

He reeked of alcohol and had dirt on his face, as though he had accidentally taken a tumble on the way home.

"Son, see how impressive your dad is? That guy Xiao Shan couldn't... couldn't drink me under the table. Your dad got you the Whale Rubber you wanted."

"Look, this is good stuff from the city lord's residence. It's a full two thousand years old."

The moment Li Gang, unsteady on his feet, caught sight of his son, he began chuckling.

Li Yan's nose stung. With such a wonderful family, what excuse did he have not to cultivate hard?

In the future, he would definitely give his dad and mom a better life.

"Dad, I sent you to buy Whale Rubber. How did you end up drinking with the city lord?"

Li Yan turned the feeling in his heart into motivation to cultivate, but he still refused to let the matter go.

"Look, don't you need the good stuff for cultivation? Where would you find Whale Rubber this old on the market? So I figured I'd go to the city lord's residence, and sure enough, that old fellow Xiao Shan had some tucked away."

"I asked for it... but he wouldn't give it to me. Insisted I drink with him. So, well, I drank him under the table and came home."

Without waiting for an answer, Li Gang pressed the box containing the Whale Rubber into Li Yan's arms as he spoke.

"Did the city lord make things difficult for you?"

As the lord of a city, Xiao Shan was clearly not an easy man to deal with. Perhaps the drinking session had been a compliance test.

"Of course not... Your dad's a level 39 Soul Elder. Xiao Shan's level 41, so what does that make him?"

"Anyway, I'll have a bowl of hangover soup and cultivate through the night. Maybe I'll break through to level 40 tomorrow."

Li Gang went into his room without even eating dinner.

From Li Gang's words, Li Yan already understood.

Xiao Shan should have just stayed in his place as city lord, but he had to pull this sort of thing.

Once Li Yan was strong enough, he would definitely teach him a lesson.

An idea suddenly came to Li Yan. Didn't that old fellow Xiao Shan have an unfavored younger son? What was his name... Xiao Chenyu, the one whose Martial Soul was a wolf.

He was unfavored anyway. The son of a dignified city lord didn't even have a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, so Li Yan might as well teach him a lesson.

"Oh, damn!"

Li Yan suddenly slapped his thigh. I'm only level seven, damn it! I can't beat him!

"Mom, let's eat first. After dinner, I'm going to cultivate too!"

Li Yan ate dinner quickly, taking only six minutes to finish all the Soul Beast meat.

Then he took the piece of two-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber and returned to his room with the Luo Sanpaos.

In the room, Li Yan carefully broke off a small piece.

This was, after all, two-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber. The medicinal power it contained was beyond what the three-hundred-year-old kind could compare with. He hoped Sanpao could absorb it without trouble.

Luo Sanpao took the small piece from Li Yan's hand. After swallowing it, he felt no discomfort at all and instead rolled around on the floor in pleasure.

At the same time, the power fed back to Li Yan was also considerably stronger than before.

When Luo Sanpao ate Whale Rubber, he could feed part of its power back to Li Yan, allowing him to strengthen his body.

On the other hand, as a Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao could also indirectly increase Li Yan's Soul Power by growing stronger.

For others, a piece of Whale Rubber could only strengthen the body, but in his hands, it also had the effect of increasing Soul Power.

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, Li Yan awoke from his cultivation.

"Two-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber really packs a punch. It actually increased my Soul Power by nearly half a level."

"Let's go, Sanpao. Time for our morning run."