Whale Rubber to Restore the Body, a New Idea for Tempering the Soul with Lightning

Three hours later, Ji Wuming was the first to wake up on a bed in the medical room.

"Dean, Director Lu, how is Hai Bai now?"

"Your Soul Power was depleted as well. You need to rest and recuperate properly. Don't worry, the rust poison in his body has already been removed. He is out of danger."

Dean Shui looked at the half-sitting Ji Wuming, told him that Hai Bai was no longer in danger, and said happily, "You have shown me the strength of a sea Tool Soul Master. Rest well and strive to break through Level 20 soon, so I can accompany you to obtain your Second Soul Ring."

After that, Director Lu said a few more words to Ji Wuming before leaving with Dean Shui. They still had to deal with the aftermath of the Sea Spirit Brothers' challenge.

Hai Bai and Hai Gui had also awakened from their comas. The moment they turned their heads, they saw Ji Wuming sitting cross-legged in cultivation. Hai Bai said softly, "If the Dean had not rescued us in time, one of us brothers would have been crippled and the other dead. We lost this match. We will not be short of a single thing we promised you."

Though Hai Bai and Hai Gui accepted their loss, the stubbornness ingrained in their bones remained. If their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been a little more practiced, Ji Wuming would never have had a chance to defeat them.

Three days later, the injuries and Soul Power of Ji Wuming and the other two had all recovered. Ji Wuming visited the Dean's office. He had originally wanted to graduate directly, but Dean Shui stopped him, insisting that he had to complete the full six years of study.

Only after asking around did Ji Wuming learn that Vast Sea City Junior Soul Master Academy differed from inland Junior Soul Master Academies. Even if students obtained their first Soul Ring and became Soul Masters, they still had to study for six years before they could graduate.

This mandatory graduation requirement existed to better protect newly minted Sea Soul Masters. After all, a Sea Soul Master with only one Soul Ring was still far from enough in the boundless, perilous ocean.

But on further thought, the Dean's mandatory requirement was for his own good. Traveling the continent with just one Soul Ring was far too dangerous.

Soon, as the end of the term approached, Ji Wuming returned to the village. He was immediately welcomed enthusiastically by the villagers. A continuous banquet stretched from the eastern end of the village all the way to the western end, creating a lively scene.

"Little Ji, you haven't come back in a long time. Our hoes have been breaking constantly lately. You have to forge several dozen more iron tools for our village!"

"Let us raise our cups together, to the future Soul Elder!"

At the Village Chief's command, the villagers all raised their cups to celebrate Ji Wuming officially becoming a Soul Master.

It was not until night fell that Ji Wuming returned home. He took out the Blood Flood Dragon's corpse, along with the forty jin of hundred-year Whale Rubber he had won from the Sea Spirit Brothers.

However, because thousand-year whale beasts were extremely difficult to catch, the originally agreed twenty jin of thousand-year Whale Rubber had been changed to ten jin.

Ji Wuming immediately summoned the Blood Spear, sliced open his finger, and let a drop of blood fall onto his Martial Soul. He then gripped the Blood Spear tightly and thrust it into the Blood Flood Dragon's body.

The more than six-meter-long Blood Flood Dragon rapidly shriveled at a visible rate. Countless streams of blood energy surged madly into the Blood Spear, while Ji Wuming's eyes turned red and the Soul Power circulating through his body sped up by a full factor of two.

In less than three minutes, all that remained of the Blood Flood Dragon was a layer of hard scaled hide. Although converting beast blood through devouring still had poor efficiency, it nevertheless raised Ji Wuming's Soul Power by an entire level.

"As expected, the blood of mutated soul beasts has a stronger effect. In just two months since obtaining my first Soul Ring, my Soul Power has risen by a full level."

Now that his Martial Soul had undergone beneficial evolution, combined with the effects of Martial Soul Blood Sacrifice Devour, Ji Wuming's Soul Power cultivation speed had reached the level of Innate Level Six and a Half. Rising one level in two months could not be considered slow.

After putting away the scaled hide, Ji Wuming weighed the hundred-year and thousand-year Whale Rubber in his hands before deciding to eat the hundred-year Whale Rubber first.

He immediately placed three jin of hundred-year Whale Rubber into a pot, added a measured amount of water and some medicinal ingredients capable of removing impurities, then boiled it over a fierce fire.

"Although I don't have the help of a fire-attribute Soul Master, boiling it with ordinary flames should not make the effect much worse."

Because he was using only ordinary flames, the three jin of Whale Rubber eventually yielded only two medium bowls' worth.

"Without the enhancement of Extreme Flame, too much medicinal efficacy was wasted!"

Ji Wuming helplessly held up the two bowls of boiled Whale Rubber and swallowed them in one gulp. The warm, soothing sensation was extremely comfortable. As he entered meditation, the medicinal power of the Whale Rubber spread completely through his limbs and bones along with the flow of his Soul Power.

In an instant, Ji Wuming's entire body became incomparably hot, and he experienced certain physiological reactions unique to men.

"As expected, it is an exceptional aphrodisiac. Even hundred-year Whale Rubber has such an effect. Would thousand-year or ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber make people directly..."

Ji Wuming quickly jumped into the basin of cold water he had prepared beforehand. Before long, the cold water began to boil, yet there was no sign of the medicinal effect fading.

He sat cross-legged, steadied his mind, and once again circulated his Soul Power throughout his body, allowing the medicinal power to be rapidly absorbed into every part of him.

At the same time, his body slowly grew stronger. The muscles throughout his body became more solid, and his strength was enhanced somewhat as well.

By the next day, before the morning sun had risen, Ji Wuming's face was still flushed red. It was his first time consuming hundred-year Whale Rubber, and much of the medicinal power had yet to dissipate.

Thus, early in the morning, he put on his clothes and rapidly burned through the remaining medicinal power in his body by running, smithing, and practicing spear techniques. Only after it had completely dissipated did the sweat-drenched Ji Wuming collapse to the ground and sigh, "Whale Rubber is good, but I still cannot eat too much at once."

After calming his fiery emotions somewhat, Ji Wuming looked toward the sudden rumble of thunder in the sky and sank into deeper contemplation about his Martial Soul.

Although his Martial Soul had already escaped the category of a useless Martial Soul through Soul Power Forging and absorbing his first Soul Ring, if he wanted the Blood Spear to become a true Emperor Slayer Spear, relying on external alterations was still not enough.

If I can use the power of lightning to temper my Martial Soul, perhaps the hardness and attributes of the Blood Spear Martial Soul can be strengthened once again.

However, this idea was still far too dangerous. Lightning was the most tyrannical of all elements and possessed an extremely powerful annihilating attribute. If he used lightning to temper the Blood Spear Martial Soul and made the slightest mistake during Lightning Summoning Forging, his Martial Soul might shatter outright.

He would then become crippled as well, or perhaps even die directly.

Ji Wuming continued to stare blankly at the muffled thunder that occasionally rang out in the sky. His confidence in the idea of Lightning Summoning Forging grew stronger and stronger, and an excellent plan began to take shape in his mind.

He immediately rose to his feet, packed a few things, and slowly headed toward the shoreline until he reached a shallow bay.

Standing atop a huge boulder, Ji Wuming looked down from above. The bay was at low tide, almost completely separated from the sea by a two-meter-wide strip of land. Its deepest point was estimated to be around fifteen meters.

"This is practically the perfect place to temper the body!"

That was right. If he wanted to use Lightning Summoning Forging on his Martial Soul, strengthening his body to the greatest extent was the first step, and also the most important one. Only by making his physique strong enough, then obtaining Thunder Attribute Soul Rings in the future, would he be better able to adapt to lightning—especially the attacks of heavenly lightning.

Ji Wuming looked at the crystal-clear seawater and the countless trapped fish, among which were quite a few medium-sized soul beasts that were twenty or thirty years old. He was extremely excited.

With a leap like a carp jumping into the sea, he dove headfirst into the water. Seizing the right moment, he quickly grabbed the dorsal fin of the only Tuna trapped there.

The Tuna also sensed the human who had just jumped into the water clinging to its back, and it felt extremely uncomfortable.

Its tail thrashed violently, shooting forward like an arrow loosed from a bow. It was so fast that the water pressure it generated forced Ji Wuming's mouth wide open and gradually distorted his face.

"Boom—"

Ji Wuming could not hold on for long before the intense water pressure flung him away.

"Awesome! This is really awesome!"