Thunder Eagle

Bibi Dong gritted her silver teeth, her face cold.

To her, Ji Wushuang's words sounded like sophistry from someone refusing to admit his mistake.

"Where there are many people, there is plenty of trouble."

"I should have known. There are all sorts of people at Martial Soul Hall Academy. Wushuang must have met some improper people there and been led astray..." The more Bibi Dong thought about it, the angrier she became.

Seeing Bibi Dong's expression grow increasingly grim, Ji Wushuang hurriedly said, "Teacher, I've already broken through to level twenty. Why don't we go to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain my Spirit Ring now?"

Bibi Dong's expression gradually returned to calm.

Yet it seemed like the deceptive calm before a storm.

"Who told you that whale jelly had those effects?"

"Yue Guan? Or Yan! Or someone else at the academy?"

"Tell me the truth!"

Ji Wushuang opened his mouth, wondering who would be best to shift the blame onto. Then he said, "I just happened to overhear some nobles from the Heaven Dou Empire talking about it."

"Damn it!!"

Bibi Dong snorted coldly and asked, "Is this your first time eating whale jelly?"

"Y-Yes... it's my first time..." Ji Wushuang swallowed, nervously waiting for Bibi Dong's next move.

He had gone through great trouble to get this Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly. He truly did not want to give it up just like that.

"Teacher, how about finding someone to test its effects? Maybe it really works?"

Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes and held out her hand to Ji Wushuang. "Give me the whale jelly!"

Ji Wushuang had no choice but to take out the whale jelly and hand it over to Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong exerted some force, only to find Ji Wushuang clutching the whale jelly tightly and refusing to let go. She gave a soft snort and simply snatched it away.

The golden whale jelly gave off a faint fishy smell. At first glance, it looked like a gemstone.

She did not know much about pharmacology.

She immediately sent for all of Martial Soul Hall's senior physicians.

As well as Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan!

Not long afterward.

More than ten people appeared in the Pope's Palace, each dressed in red robes. Clearly, none of them were below the Soul Saint rank.

"Your Excellency the Pope, His Highness Wushuang is correct. Under normal circumstances, consuming whale jelly can indeed strengthen the body. However, if taken while one is in an extremely weakened state, it may cause one to lose control and succumb to animal instincts. In His Highness Wushuang's current condition, eating this piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly poses no problem whatsoever," the leading old man said respectfully.

Yue Guan nodded from the side as well.

He also could not understand why Bibi Dong had summoned him.

He grew flowers and plants, not fish. What did he know about this?

Bibi Dong remained silent in thought. Then she glanced at Ji Wushuang again. Seeing him grin at her with all his teeth showing, anger immediately welled up in her heart.

But there were too many people here, so it was not appropriate to vent directly. That would be beneath her dignity. The supreme Pope could not reveal an unsightly side of herself before outsiders.

"You may all leave!" Bibi Dong said coldly.

Yue Guan and the others hurriedly took their leave.

"Ye Lingyuan!"

As soon as Bibi Dong spoke, Ye Lingyuan, dressed in black, suddenly appeared. This time, she was not wearing the red robe that symbolized her status.

Ji Wushuang smiled at the newcomer.

Though Ye Lingyuan seemed to be at Bibi Dong's beck and call, as if her status were low, Ji Wushuang knew after looking into her more deeply that she would become a Titled Douluo in the future! Her title would be Spirit Kite!

Her ghostly, elusive manner made him suspect that Ye Lingyuan and her people had been the ones secretly watching him all along.

"Greetings, Your Excellency the Pope!"

Seeing the smile on Ji Wushuang's face, Ye Lingyuan returned it with one of her own.

"How is this thing used?"

Bibi Dong frowned at the whale jelly. She had forgotten to ask those old fellows just now.

"It can be eaten directly after being softened at high temperature," Ji Wushuang answered.

"I wasn't asking you!" Bibi Dong shot him a cold glare.

The young genius she had painstakingly nurtured for two years had actually started dabbling in something like whale jelly.

Bibi Dong could not help but wonder whether she had assigned too few "human-shaped surveillance cameras" to Ji Wushuang's side.

Ji Wushuang smiled awkwardly.

Only he and Ye Lingyuan were left here now. If she was not asking him, could she be asking Ye Lingyuan?

Forget it... a disciple would not stoop to arguing with his teacher.

Boom!

Blazing flames surged from Ye Lingyuan's palm, and the temperature inside the Pope's Palace rose instantly.

She had seen it with her own eyes.

Ji Wushuang had Yan use flames to roast the Whale Rubber for him.

In the blazing fire, the Whale Rubber quickly softened, and a rich fragrance gradually spread through the air.

"Teacher, this stuff is rare. Why not let me taste-test it first? Just a tiny bit will do—I'll definitely be fine!" Ji Wushuang said with a shameless grin.

With the assurances of so many physicians beforehand, Bibi Dong looked at Ji Wushuang's eager face, his mouth practically watering, and darkly handed him a tiny portion of the Whale Rubber.

Ji Wushuang swallowed it impatiently.

The taste was hard to describe. How should he put it... it was the complete opposite of durian.

It smelled delicious, but it was far less pleasant to eat.

After observing Ji Wushuang for quite some time and seeing no unusual changes in him, Bibi Dong finally handed all the remaining Whale Rubber to him with a look of disgust.

"Take it, take it!"

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Ji Wushuang wolfed down the Whale Rubber. His entire body rapidly heated up, and a stream of energy coursed through his limbs and bones.

A while later.

Other than his face being slightly flushed, Ji Wushuang showed no other abnormalities.

Bibi Dong circled around Ji Wushuang and examined him carefully, repeatedly pinching several parts of his body with her jade-like hand. She discovered that his muscles had indeed become somewhat stronger than before.

"Wushuang said before that after eating Whale Rubber, he would be confident in absorbing a thousand-year Spirit Ring. Could that be true? Those insects of the Heaven Dou Empire... damn it! What a waste!" Bibi Dong gritted her teeth.

"Let's go!"

Bibi Dong glanced at Ji Wushuang and headed straight toward the rear of the Pope's Palace.

"Teacher, where are we going?" Ji Wushuang asked in confusion.

He had told her before that his Soul Power had already reached level twenty. Had Bibi Dong forgotten?

Shouldn't she be taking him to the Star Dou Great Forest at a time like this?

Bibi Dong remained silent.

Or rather, she simply did not want to speak to Ji Wushuang right now.

She also understood now that Ji Wushuang had taken the Whale Rubber to Yan only because he wanted Yan to help soften it.

It was all Ye Lingyuan's fault for not explaining things clearly from the start, making her overthink things.

At that thought, Bibi Dong shot Ye Lingyuan a cold glare.

Ye Lingyuan was thoroughly baffled, but it was inconvenient for her to ask.

Before long.

Ji Wushuang stared blankly at the two iron cages before him and the two Spirit Beasts within them.

One was a blue-white Lightning Leopard, with lightning-shaped markings on its forehead and a tail resembling a bolt of lightning. It stood a full three meters tall and measured five meters long. Even though it had already passed out, it still radiated a powerful aura.

Beside it was a Thunder Eagle with an even stronger aura. Every feather on its body was like a sharp sword, while the feathers atop its head and at the end of its tail were blue-white.

Bibi Dong turned around and looked down at Ji Wushuang. "Did you think I didn't know your Soul Power had broken through to level twenty? Even if you hadn't said it, I could still sense it. Don't underestimate a Titled Douluo!"