On the way to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"By the way, Father, once I get to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, could you get me a piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber?" Tang Yu suddenly remembered whale rubber.
He planned to eat a piece before absorbing his fourth ring and further strengthen his physique.
"Whale rubber?" Tang Tian gave Tang Yu a surprised look and solemnly reminded him, "Yu'er, you've indeed reached the age where you'd start thinking about relations between men and women."
"But as a man who stands tall between heaven and earth, you should rely on your own charm to win a woman's heart."
"No matter how many women you like or how many daughters-in-law you bring me, I won't mind, as long as you rely on your own skills and abilities. You must never resort to crooked means!"
"Huh?" Tang Yu's face darkened.
"No, Father, you misunderstood. I have another use for whale rubber. I'm not planning to use it for that kind of naughty business."
"Isn't whale rubber an aphrodisiac? What other use could it have?" Tang Tian asked doubtfully.
Tang Yu hurriedly explained, "Whale rubber is indeed an aphrodisiac, but it's also an extremely potent tonic of pure yang energy. If consumed whole, it can strengthen a soul master's physique."
"Oh? It really has such an effect?"
"Yes." Tang Yu nodded solemnly.
"Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber won't be easy to obtain! If we want it, I'm afraid I'll have to personally go to the sea and hunt one." Tang Tian pondered for a moment before quickly deciding, "Alright! Once you arrive at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, I'll first return to the clan and inform them about your training outside. Then I'll immediately head to the sea and get you a piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber."
Whale-type soul beasts all lived in the deep sea.
Land-based soul masters would suffer a huge reduction in strength once they entered the ocean. Even powerhouses at the Soul Douluo level could end up buried in the sea if they ventured deep into its waters.
The cost and mortality rate of hunting in the deep sea were both extremely high.
Moreover, no one in this era knew whale rubber's true effects, so few people would hunt whale-type soul beasts over ten thousand years old just for an aphrodisiac.
Usually, catching ones that were a hundred or a thousand years old was enough.
To obtain Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, he really would have to personally hunt one in the deep sea.
A week later, Tang Yu returned to Sunset Forest.
Bone Douluo, who had furiously rushed to Shrek Academy, found nothing but empty air. He discovered that Tang Yu had left long ago and angrily said, "kid, consider yourself lucky this time!"
"Don't let me find out where you are, or I'll make you pay!"
Bone Douluo unwillingly returned to the clan with Sword Douluo.
Less than a month had passed since Tang Yu first came to Sunset Forest.
During that month, both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Dugu Bo had obtained a thousand-year Soul Bone for his granddaughter.
Thus, the grandfather and granddaughter had spent the entire month there, forcing their toxins into the Soul Bone.
"Senior Dugu Bo, I hope you've been well!"
Tang Yu's voice rang out.
Dugu Bo immediately rose to greet him and cupped his hands. "My lord!"
"No need to keep calling me that. Just call me by my name from now on—Tang Yu is fine." Tang Yu waved his hand and asked, "How have things felt lately?"
Joy appeared on both Dugu Bo's and Dugu Yan's faces.
"Ever since I forced the toxins into the Soul Bone, my cultivation has improved tremendously. Perhaps I'll break through to level 92 in less than a year!"
"My Soul Power has broken through to level 37. It feels like my cultivation speed has become even faster. Thank you, Tang Yu." Dugu Yan smiled gratefully, with none of the resentment she once had.
Dugu Yan's talent was actually quite good. If not for the effects of her own toxins, she would not have been only level 37 at nineteen years old.
"That's good." Tang Yu nodded, then said, "I plan to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I'd like to ask Senior Dugu Bo to put in a word for me with the academy."
Dugu Bo said, "If I step in, my... ahem, you can enroll at any time. We can go now and have Yan Yan bring you into the academy."
"That works. Let's go now, then."
The group then left Sunset Forest. Tang Tian sternly reminded Dugu Bo, "Dugu Bo, I'm leaving my son in your care for now. If anything happens to him, you know the consequences."
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Dugu Bo's cheek. "Rest assured, even if I die, I will protect Tang Yu's safety."
Tang Tian nodded and left first to return to the clan.
I hope Father can return with the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber before I break through to level 40. Tang Yu thought as he headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy with them.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy was located outside Heaven Dou City, very close to Sunset Forest.
It could be reached within an hour.
Along the way, Dugu Yan recalled how Tang Yu had subdued her last time. Unable to hold back, she asked, "Hey, Tang Yu, how exactly did you manage to withstand my poison back then?"
"You want to know?"
"Mm!" Dugu Yan nodded, her eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.
"There's no harm in telling you." Tang Yu smiled. "No poison in the world can threaten me anymore, because I have a body Immune to All Poisons."
"What? Immune to All Poisons!?"
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were both greatly shocked.
"No wonder, no wonder my poison had no effect whatsoever on a Soul Grandmaster like you." Dugu Yan felt much more at ease after hearing that. So it wasn't that she was weak, nor was Tang Yu too strong—it was simply that her abilities happened to be countered.
She smiled and said, "Then let me introduce Heaven Dou Royal Academy to you."
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy has no headmaster. Instead, an education committee composed of three Soul Douluo-level chairmen manages all the academy's affairs. They are Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin."
"At this academy, students are divided into three ranks: Heavenly Micro Level, Heavenly Ultimate Level, and Heaven Dou Level."
"Those below level 25 are Heavenly Micro Level."
"Those from level 25 to level 30 are Heavenly Ultimate Level students."
"Those above level 30 are Heaven Dou Level, the students Heaven Dou Royal Academy focuses on cultivating."
Tang Yu nodded and asked, "Has the academy begun selecting students to compete in the next Soul Master Competition?"
"Not yet."
"Wait, you don't mean you want to represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Soul Master Competition, do you?" Dugu Yan asked suspiciously.
"Yeah! Is there a problem?"
Dugu Yan repeatedly shook her head. "Although Heaven Dou Royal Academy is a noble academy filled with a bunch of useless noble playboys, it is still the imperial academy of the empire, and it also has many geniuses!"
"There are less than two years until the next competition begins. You probably haven't even broken through to three rings yet, right? Your chances of competing are very low. You'd be better off waiting for the next one."
In Dugu Yan's eyes, Tang Yu was still a two-ring soul master. No matter how strong his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul was, a two-ring Tang Yu could not possibly represent Heaven Dou in the competition.
If he worked hard, he might still have a chance to join Heaven Dou Team Two and fight a few matches.
But Dugu Bo had already seen through everything, and he was utterly shocked. Level 38! He's actually a level 38 Soul Elder! Tian Na! How is that possible!?
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