Taking Whale Rubber

Xiao Chenyu's efficiency truly left nothing to be desired. In just one afternoon, he brought over everything Lin Nuo needed.

Although he had been caught red-handed while prying open his city lord father's private treasury, receiving a solid taste of the profound fatherly love known as the "Seven Wolves."

"Rebellious father! If you dare stop me from taking this Whale Rubber today, you'll definitely regret it!"

"Insolence! You unfilial brat, I'm the head of this household! You even dare touch my private stash?!"

This family farce of "a father sees his son still alive and draws the Seven Wolves" only came to an abrupt halt when Xiao Chenyu, his face battered and bruised, shouted that he was doing this to befriend the peerless genius at the academy with Innate Full Soul Power.

Upon hearing that, the city lord's raised belt froze in midair. The rage on his face transformed, as swiftly as a Sichuan opera mask change, into boundless gratification.

"Son, why didn't you say so sooner?" The city lord father solemnly lowered his belt and even reached out to brush the dust from his son's clothes. "Since that young genius specifically asked for premium Whale Rubber, then as an elder, I naturally ought to offer a small token of my regard."

As he spoke, the city lord glanced at the ordinary piece of Whale Rubber in Xiao Chenyu's arms and shook his head in disdain.

"These things in the treasury are just inferior goods for fooling outsiders. How could we possibly present them?

The truly premium Whale Rubber is this one."

When Xiao Chenyu watched in utter bewilderment as his city lord father mysteriously took out, from his personal storage Soul Tool, a six-thousand-year premium piece of Whale Rubber that was golden in color and gave off a rich, exotic fragrance, his mind went completely blank.

Looking at this premium item, which was countless grades higher than the one in the treasury, Xiao Chenyu finally understood why so many younger brothers and sisters crying to be fed had inexplicably appeared in the City Lord's Manor over the past few years.

So this old man was the real expert in that department!

In the end, aside from that six-thousand-year premium piece, the Whale Rubber delivered to Lin Nuo also included several pieces ranging from a few hundred years to just over a thousand years.

Naturally, Lin Nuo showed no courtesy. He kept only the highest-aged, best-quality piece and had Xiao Chenyu take all the rest back.

After all, Soul Masters could also build up resistance to Whale Rubber.

Once that six-thousand-year premium Whale Rubber entered his stomach, these scraps that were only a few hundred or a thousand years old would be no different from chewing wax to him. They would no longer have any effect in strengthening his body.

As for saving them as a tonic for "that sort of thing"?

He was only six years old. Even if he wanted to do something, his hardware simply could not keep up with his ambitions.

After accepting the goods, Lin Nuo patted Xiao Chenyu on the shoulder with a pleased expression. "Little Xiao, cultivate well.

If you run into any trouble in the future, feel free to come find me. So long as it's within my capabilities, I'll never refuse!"

Dazed by that promise, Xiao Chenyu eagerly ran back to report to his city lord father, who was even more overjoyed.

The very next day, he had his son deliver a storage ring with a capacity of several cubic meters, packed full of Gold Soul Coins.

The other party even thoughtfully sent word that these were merely some "local specialties" from Nuoding City, only a small token of their sincerity.

Of course, that was all later.

After seeing Xiao Chenyu off, Lin Nuo swiftly filled the bathtub in his room with ice-cold water.

After locking the door and drawing the curtains tightly, he took out the Red Pine Wood he had bought beforehand at the market, set up a small iron pot, and lit it.

The six-thousand-year premium Whale Rubber was as hard as iron. It had to be melted under extremely high heat before it could be swallowed.

And the terrifying heat produced by burning Red Pine Wood was even fiercer than the flames of some low-level fire-attribute Soul Masters.

For Lin Nuo, who had the huge fortune of ten Gold Soul Coins that Spirit Hall had just issued him, obtaining this special wood was no difficult matter.

Lin Nuo stared unblinkingly into the iron pot. Only when the Whale Rubber, which had originally resembled dark-gold crystal, gradually melted under the intense heat into a viscous, semi-liquid jelly did he decisively extinguish the Red Pine Wood.

Ignoring the scalding heat, he grabbed the burning-hot mass of Whale Rubber and swiftly stuffed it into his mouth.

The moment the Whale Rubber entered his mouth, an intensely fishy ocean smell rushed straight to his head, followed closely by an unusual savory fragrance.

Its texture was soft, sticky, and glutinous, with a faintly salty taste. It was hardly delicious, but it was far from difficult to swallow.

In just a few bites, Lin Nuo swallowed the entire half-fist-sized piece of six-thousand-year premium Whale Rubber.

Almost the instant it entered his stomach, a violent torrent of heat, like magma, exploded fiercely within it!

Lin Nuo did not dare delay in the slightest. He rushed into the bathroom and, with a splash, plunged headfirst into the prepared tub of ice water, clothes and all.

Children on the Douluo Continent generally matured early, and with the nourishment of Soul Power, their bodies were usually fully developed by the age of twelve or thirteen.

However, Lin Nuo had only just turned six. His physical hardware was still entirely in its factory default state.

This great six-thousand-year tonic naturally did not trigger any primal evil fire that would be too embarrassing for him to mention.

Instead, it felt more like the rage from a long losing streak in a game in his previous life. His blood kept surging fiercely toward the crown of his head, making his entire body burn and leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Fortunately, the bone-chilling ice water immediately took effect.

The extreme cold outside firmly suppressed the violent heat within him. In the intense tug-of-war between ice and fire, the vast and pure medicinal power of the six-thousand-year Whale Rubber was greedily absorbed into every limb, bone, and organ of Lin Nuo's body.

Time passed, second by second...

The bathtub, once packed full of ice, had its contents completely melted by the heat radiating from Lin Nuo's body. Even wisps of white mist began to rise from the water's surface.

After an unknown amount of time, the torment of ice and fire that seemed capable of tearing him apart finally ebbed away like the tide.

In its place, an unparalleled sensation of comfort, as though he had been remade from the ground up, instantly swept through his entire body.

Lin Nuo could clearly feel that the strength of his flesh, meridians, and even bones had risen by more than one level!

A layer of sticky black impurities had seeped out across his originally fair skin, giving off a faint sour stench.

"Comfortable. It's even better than that."

Lin Nuo opened his eyes, slowly exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and could not help sighing aloud.

He quickly stood up and washed away the impurities that had been expelled from his body.

Based on his original physical strength, absorbing a first Soul Ring of around four hundred years should have been more than manageable.

Now that Whale Rubber had strengthened him, absorbing a six-thousand-seven-hundred-year Soul Ring should not be much of a problem.

That way, once he reached level 20, he would be able to challenge a thousand-year Soul Ring as a matter of course.