Secret Medicine Body Tempering, Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber

The manor.

After learning the effects of Mu Yuan's First Soul Skill, Du Busi praised him as well.

"The Eight-Armed Demonic God has taken its first step onto the right path."

At the very least, this First Soul Ring had laid a perfect foundation for Mu Yuan's vision of the Eight-Armed Demonic God.

After pondering for a moment, Du Busi looked at Mu Yuan.

"Show me your First Soul Skill."

Mu Yuan nodded.

A bright yellow Soul Ring emerged, shining with dazzling light.

"First Soul Skill, Diamond Demon Body!"

In an instant, black-gold power flowed through Mu Yuan's body. His physique seemed to swell by a size, while faint black-gold patterns flickered beneath his skin.

What was strange was his arms. Rather than having black-gold patterns spread across them, black-gold power thoroughly poured forth from them, vaguely condensing into another layer of an energy body around his arms.

Du Busi stepped forward and felt over Mu Yuan's entire body, then nodded in satisfaction.

"It's a Soul Skill that enhances the entire body."

With an Arm Martial Soul, his First Soul Skill could both enhance his arms and provide an overall boost to his entire body.

Such a Soul Skill could be considered top-tier.

Qi Lin awkwardly scratched his head from the side.

He truly had not considered that when they were in Sunset Forest.

"Qi Lin, given Xiao Yuan's condition, you can try letting him use the Secret Medicine. Remember, he must absorb its medicinal power while in the Diamond Demon Body state. Otherwise, it may affect his physical development."

"Yes!" Qi Lin replied solemnly.

Anticipation filled Mu Yuan's eyes.

The Secret Medicine was used by the Body Sect for Body Refining. It combined poison and medicine to stimulate the flesh and unearth the body's potential.

The poison within was not particularly potent. However, it could erode every inch of flesh and blood within a Soul Master's body, so the Body Sect used it as a catalyst, relying on the poison's corrosive nature to guide the true medicinal power of the tonic into every cell of the body.

At the same time, the poison's corrosion and the tonic's restoration truly increased the medicine's effectiveness.

After generations of refinement, this Secret Medicine was basically harmless.

If there was any possible side effect, it was only that using it too early might affect physical development.

Du Busi had only permitted Mu Yuan to use the Secret Medicine after carefully examining his Diamond Demon Body.

"Don't take the second Soul Ascension Pill yet. Break through to Rank 20 on your own first."

Mu Yuan was puzzled when he heard that.

"Why?"

Wouldn't it be better to improve as early as possible?

Du Busi snorted. "This old man is going to get you something good."

Seeing that Mu Yuan still looked confused and was about to ask more questions, Qi Lin tugged at him, signaling him not to ask.

Mu Yuan could only abandon the thought of getting to the bottom of it.

After Mu Yuan left, Qi Lin looked at Du Busi and asked, "Sect Master, is he old enough to use that?"

Du Busi waved a hand.

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. I won't use medicine recklessly. Once I return, if he digests the Secret Medicine smoothly, then he'll naturally be able to digest the medicinal power of the Whale Rubber as well."

"Even if the trip ends up being for nothing, it still won't be a wasted journey. Ao Tian also needs Whale Rubber to strengthen his physique. I'm planning to let him make another attempt at a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring."

Qi Lin's expression changed slightly.

Long Aotian, Du Busi's disciple, possessed extraordinary talent and was very likely to become the Body Sect's Young Sect Master.

He had joined the sect as soon as his Martial Soul awakened and had received the sect's cultivation from the very beginning of his Martial Soul training.

Now, at only nine years old, he was already a Soul Grandmaster with Soul Power as high as Rank 28. His cultivation speed was nothing short of astonishing.

Not only that, he had also accomplished the feat of obtaining a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.

Yet Du Busi had revealed that he intended to have him challenge a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring!

Qi Lin could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

"Xiao Yuan's talent is also above average. Although arms are not considered an important part among Body Martial Souls, his path as the Eight-Armed Demonic God is rather interesting. Since he has received the cultivation of our Body Sect from childhood, and we will support him with everything we have, his future achievements will not be low either."

For Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls, joining the Body Sect at the beginning of their cultivation was an extremely crucial matter.

Within the sect, even several disciples whose Martial Souls corresponded to less important body parts had been cultivated by the sect from the start. Their Soul Rings were all limit Soul Rings, and some had even absorbed beyond their rank. Their final accomplishments were all far from low.

Even with low Innate Soul Power, they could rise against the current. With each Soul Ring they added, their aptitude would improve, allowing them to ultimately defy fate and become Soul Saints or even Soul Douluo.

Unfortunately, Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls were simply too rare. The Body Sect's influence was limited, making it difficult to recruit disciples. Most disciples in the sect were actually only discovered by sect members after reaching Rank 30 or 40.

Spring passed into autumn, and a year went by in the blink of an eye.

After absorbing the Diamond Demon Ape's Soul Ring, Mu Yuan's Soul Power had approached Rank 12. Once he returned to Heaven Dou City and polished it slightly, he broke through to Rank 12.

After that, he began using the Body Sect's Secret Medicine under Qi Lin's supervision to temper his body.

Over the course of a year, his Soul Power advanced by leaps and bounds, jumping from Rank 12 to Rank 18!

Six ranks in one year—nearly one rank every two months.

Even Qi Lin was somewhat alarmed by such rapid progress. Every few days, he would inspect Mu Yuan's body, afraid that something might have gone wrong.

Fortunately, Mu Yuan encountered no accidents.

On the contrary, he felt better than ever.

A Body Martial Soul needed the body to be tempered.

Mu Yuan could feel that it seemed his overall improvement in physical fitness had made up for his weaknesses, allowing his arms to improve with exceptional smoothness.

Every time he consumed the Secret Medicine, as his body was tempered and his arms refined, his Soul Power cultivation rose accordingly.

Especially when he used Diamond Demon Power to digest the Secret Medicine. As the Secret Medicine tempered his body, every inch of flesh and blood throughout his body became increasingly accustomed to that Diamond Demon Power.

"Wah—"

After absorbing another dose of Secret Medicine, Mu Yuan stretched lazily.

The crackling sounds from his body were so pleasant to Mu Yuan's ears.

"Xiao Yuan, clean up. We're going to the manor today."

"Huh?"

"The Sect Master has returned," Qi Lin said.

Mu Yuan's eyes lit up.

He had not understood back then, but over the past year of cultivation, he had gradually come to his senses and formed several guesses about the good thing Du Busi had mentioned.

In any case, no matter what kind of good thing it was, he looked forward to it.

After quickly bathing, Mu Yuan rushed to the manor with Qi Lin.

"Whale Rubber!"

Seeing the dark yellow, gelatinous substance in Du Busi's hand, Mu Yuan could not help swallowing.

It really was Whale Rubber!

And it looked incredibly fresh.

Could this have just been dug out of a whale-type soul beast's brain?

Just as that thought surfaced in Mu Yuan's mind, Du Busi spoke.

"This is Whale Rubber, from a Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber. It's only one-third of the total amount, but it should be enough for your current stage."

Qi Lin explained the effects of Whale Rubber to Mu Yuan from the side.

Mu Yuan had long known what Whale Rubber was for, but he did not interrupt Qi Lin and listened attentively.

"Whale Rubber can increase a Soul Master's ability to withstand Soul Rings. Although this piece is only one-third of the whole, it should still increase your tolerance by nearly a thousand years."

Du Busi nodded. "Soul Ring absorption must proceed step by step. After taking this piece of Whale Rubber, your Second Soul Ring can absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring that others could only absorb as their Third Soul Ring. You can aim for the range of fifteen hundred to seventeen hundred years. Before you absorb your Third Soul Ring, I'll hunt another fifty-thousand-year whale-type soul beast."