The Effects of Whale Rubber, Worship Hall

Behind the Pope Palace.

Two adjacent, luxurious palaces stood quietly, their surfaces gleaming with a warm luster beneath the afternoon sun.

"Xiao Mo, Dong'er, these two palaces will be your residences from now on." Qian Xunji stood with his hands behind his back, his tone gentle.

At that moment, he possessed none of the Pope's imposing majesty that made others afraid to meet his gaze. Instead, he seemed like a kindly elder.

"Tomorrow, I will take you to hunt Spirit Rings. Today, familiarize yourselves with your surroundings first. If you need anything, simply instruct the maids."

Bibi Dong replied, "Yes, Teacher."

Su Mo, standing beside her, fell silent.

At the mention of hunting Spirit Rings, he suddenly thought of whale rubber, a special substance produced in the brains of whale-type Soul Beasts. It was an immensely nourishing item, utterly yang in nature.

In this era, the nobility used it in matters of the bedchamber, treating it as an aphrodisiac. No one knew its true value.

But Su Mo knew that after whale rubber was softened at high temperatures and consumed, it could strengthen a Spirit Master's physique, allowing them to withstand higher-year Spirit Rings while absorbing them.

Although the increase was limited and breaking through the thousand-year mark for the first Spirit Ring remained difficult, reaching a thousand years for the second Spirit Ring should not be a problem.

For him and Bibi Dong, who were about to obtain their first Spirit Rings, this counted as no small opportunity.

The problem was... how was he supposed to tell Qian Xunji?

Su Mo thought rapidly.

He was only a six-year-old child now. If he blurted out whale rubber's true effects, it would be far too unusual.

He needed a reasonable excuse...

"Teacher." Su Mo suddenly raised his head.

"What is it?" Qian Xunji looked down at him.

"Teacher, you just mentioned hunting Spirit Rings, and I suddenly remembered something. A few years ago, while cleaning the library at the Orphanage, I found a yellowed old sheet of paper in a corner.

It mentioned a method that could increase the age limit of Spirit Rings one could absorb."

"Oh?" Qian Xunji's brows stirred slightly. "What method?"

"It mentioned something called... whale rubber. It said it should be heated at high temperatures, then consumed and refined."

Qian Xunji was stunned.

Whale rubber?

Of course, he knew what it was.

But he had never heard that it possessed such an effect.

"Do you still have that piece of paper?" Qian Xunji asked.

Su Mo shook his head. "It was so long ago. I do not know where I put it."

Qian Xunji looked at Su Mo's clear eyes and lowered his gaze in contemplation.

If an adult had told him such a thing, he would certainly have questioned them closely.

But Su Mo was merely a child who had just turned six.

A six-year-old finding an old piece of paper in some obscure corner, then forgetting where he had placed it years later, was perfectly normal.

"All right." Qian Xunji nodded and did not press him further.

"Teacher, was what it said true?"

"I do not know whether it is true or not," Qian Xunji said slowly. "However, since you brought it up, I can have someone test it."

As the Pope, verifying something was effortless for him.

Spirit Hall lacked nothing but Spirit Masters. Finding a few willing volunteers would not be difficult at all.

If whale rubber truly had such miraculous effects, it would be a great opportunity for all of Spirit Hall.

Increasing the Spirit Ring absorption age limit meant that those with the same talent could begin from a higher starting point.

With generations of accumulated gains, Spirit Hall's strength would surely undergo a qualitative leap.

Qian Xunji did not dwell on it further. He took two thin booklets from his Soul Tool and handed them to Su Mo and Bibi Dong.

"These are Spirit Hall's Advanced Meditation Cultivation Method. Although you have not yet absorbed Spirit Rings, the Soul Power you cultivate can be stored within your bodies and will not go to waste. Go back and cultivate first. The matter of hunting Spirit Rings will be postponed for a few days."

"Yes, Teacher."

Su Mo and Bibi Dong accepted the Advanced Meditation Cultivation Method.

"Go on. Familiarize yourselves with your residences first." Qian Xunji waved them away.

Su Mo turned and headed toward his own palace.

Bibi Dong had been standing quietly at his side. When she saw him turn away, she naturally followed after him.

The unfamiliar surroundings and unfamiliar people made Bibi Dong, who had only just left the Orphanage, instinctively uneasy. The only person she knew was Su Mo, her companion.

Qian Xunji remained where he was, watching the two children walk away side by side.

A moment later, his smile faded, and he turned toward the upper reaches of Martial Soul Sacred Mountain.

He still had to report today's events to his father, Qian Daoliu.

Atop Martial Soul Sacred Mountain, the Worship Hall stood in solemn grandeur.

It was an incomparably magnificent structure, gleaming with sacred radiance beneath the sunlight.

To enter the Worship Hall and become a worship elder, one's Soul Power had to reach Level 95 or above.

At this time, there were not many worship elders within the Worship Hall: Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Lion.

As for the other renowned worship elders from the original story, they were still serving as elders in the Elder Hall, though they would soon reach Level 96.

Inside the great hall, directly ahead, a ten-meter-tall statue of a Six-Winged Angel stood in silence.

When Qian Xunji entered the hall, he immediately saw Qian Daoliu kneeling before the Angel God statue.

With his back to the hall entrance, he knelt upon a cushion without moving in the slightest, like a statue.

"Father."

Qian Xunji called respectfully, then turned to the other worship elders. "Uncles."

The worship elders all nodded in response.

"Ji'er, why have you come to the Worship Hall instead of handling the Pope Palace's affairs?" Qian Daoliu remained kneeling before the statue without turning around.

Qian Xunji drew a deep breath and said, "Father, today I went to the Orphanage to inspect the Martial Soul awakening ceremony and discovered two peerless geniuses."

"Oh?"

Qian Daoliu finally moved. He slowly rose to his feet and turned around.

He was already over a hundred years old, yet he looked no more than middle-aged, with handsome features and an extraordinary bearing.

The other three worship elders also rose and came before Qian Xunji.

Spirit Hall was vast and had a long history, and it had seen no shortage of awakened geniuses. Yet those personally called peerless geniuses by the Pope were few and far between.

As the Pope, Qian Xunji naturally possessed discerning eyes.

For him to come and report this matter so solemnly, those two geniuses were clearly anything but ordinary.

"Tell us about them." Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back.

"The first child is a little girl named Bibi Dong. She awakened Twin Martial Souls: the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor, along with Innate Full Soul Power!"

"What?"

The worship elders almost cried out in shock at the same time.

Even Qian Daoliu's normally tranquil eyes rippled with obvious emotion.

Twin Martial Souls were already exceedingly rare. Combined with Innate Full Soul Power, she was simply a child favored by the heavens.

"Haha, Elder Brother, Heaven truly blesses Spirit Hall!" Golden Crocodile Douluo clapped his hands and laughed. "Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power! If this little girl is properly nurtured, Spirit Hall may gain another Limit Douluo in the future!"

Qian Daoliu nodded in agreement. "What about the second child? Could he also possess Twin Martial Souls?"