The Side Effects Brought by Whale Glue

After melting a small piece of the whale glue with scorching flames, Xu Tianming set the large chunk aside and focused on continuously heating the small piece in his hand.

If he had used ordinary fire, it would have taken at least an hour to heat this Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to a point where it could be consumed and refined.

But Xu Tianming was different.

With Mavuika's help, the flames derived from his Radiant Sun Martial Soul took only half a minute to completely soften the whale glue to a consumable state.

He brought the black, viscous mass to his nose, and after confirming there was no strange odor, Xu Tianming closed his eyes and swallowed the entire piece of whale glue.

The texture was as smooth as jelly, and the taste carried a faint, fishy tang, but it was not unbearable.

At first, Xu Tianming felt nothing out of the ordinary.

Just as he began to wonder if he had consumed too little and prepared to take more, an unprecedented heat suddenly began to spread from his abdomen, covering his entire body in less than ten seconds.

At the same time, Mavuika let out a moan of extreme comfort from within the Mental Sea of Consciousness:

"Hiss... this pure, masculine power, it feels so good! I can feel my strength recovering rapidly. Quick, give me more!"

Following Mavuika's words, Xu Tianming was surprised to find that the heat spreading through his body miraculously dissipated by more than half, though the body-tempering effect of the whale glue also diminished accordingly.

It seemed Mavuika had absorbed a portion of the whale glue's medicinal power.

After assessing the situation, Xu Tianming felt no dissatisfaction; after all, he was in a symbiotic relationship with Columbina and Mavuika, so their growth was essentially no different from his own.

Considering that Mavuika could also absorb the medicinal power of the whale glue, Xu Tianming simply cut the remaining large chunk in half, melted one part with his flames, and swallowed it.

Perhaps because the dosage was too high this time, the heat returned just two seconds after it hit his throat, and it was even more intense than before.

After holding on for only five seconds, Xu Tianming couldn't help but look at Ye Guyi, who was still standing to the side with a look of confusion in her eyes.

A flame of desire rose within him, but Xu Tianming dared not let it run rampant in his body. Before his sanity could be compromised, he hurriedly sought help:

"Mavuika! Quickly, absorb this medicinal power! I don't think I can hold on much longer!"

"Seeing you swallow so much at once, I thought you could handle it."

After Mavuika teased him, she continued to absorb the medicinal power of the whale glue, incidentally drawing the heat that was clouding Xu Tianming's mind into her own body.

Although the sensation was somewhat uncomfortable for her as well, she was, after all, the God of Fire; her tolerance for heat was naturally far beyond Xu Tianming's.

Once the discomfort had completely faded, Xu Tianming felt the pure medicinal power remaining in his body and immediately sat cross-legged to focus on refining it.

As time passed, he felt the blood in his body boiling and his bones cheering; his physical strength had at least doubled compared to before the refinement.

Before refining this whale glue, Xu Tianming estimated that without Mavuika's help, his body could have only absorbed and refined a second soul ring of at most two thousand years.

But after refining the medicinal power of the whale glue, Xu Tianming felt that even on his own, he could challenge a second soul ring of at least four thousand years.

The effect of the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue was truly terrifying!

However, just as Xu Tianming felt refreshed and invigorated, Mavuika let out a muffled groan of discomfort within the Mental Sea of Consciousness.

Hearing this unusual sound, Xu Tianming immediately sank his consciousness into the Mental Sea. Before he could even open his eyes, a fiery figure pressed against him and covered his eyes with her hands, preventing him from seeing what was happening.

"Hoo... I overestimated my current state's ability to bear this... but don't worry, this state helps me alleviate that heat quite well. Don't speak, don't move, just let me hold you for a while... just a while."

Along with Mavuika's voice, a heart-stirring, scorching breath reached his ears.

Although Mavuika told him not to move, Xu Tianming couldn't help but open his arms and tightly embrace the fiery, delicate body before him:

"You're allowed to initiate a hug, but I'm not allowed to move? Weiwei, isn't this a case of 'the magistrate is allowed to burn down houses, but the commoners are not allowed to light lamps'? Could it be that you were this overbearing when you served as the Pyro Archon of Natlan?"

Mavuika did not respond to this, but listening to the increasingly heavy breathing by his ear, Xu Tianming knew her heart was not at peace.

After that, neither of them spoke, quietly embracing each other where they stood.

But after only a moment, a strange and indescribable feeling emerged.

Even though one was a soul entity and the other was a body manifested from spirit, the two felt as if their minds were connected; he knew her thoughts, and she knew his desires.

However, at that very moment, a soft voice that somewhat ruined the atmosphere reached their ears:

"What are you two doing? Is this something that only family members can do? If so, I would like to try and see how it feels."

After Columbina's voice entered his ears, the consciousness of Xu Tianming and Mavuika, which had already become somewhat dazed, instantly cleared, and they subconsciously loosened the arms they had wrapped around each other.

However, before either of them could explain, Columbina, seeing this scene, took two steps forward and, imitating Mavuika's posture from just a moment ago, opened her own jade-white arms and hugged Xu Tianming's body:

"Is it like this? It feels quite nice..."

An unprecedented sense of happiness was about to knock Xu Tianming unconscious.

However, he could still barely maintain enough reason to analyze the situation...

"Mavuika's figure is mature and fiery, like a perfectly ripe peach. The most attractive part was the soft impact of those two mounds pressing against his face the moment he entered the Mental Sea..."

"Although Columbina's figure is not as mature as Mavuika's, a young girl has her own unique charm, which he also finds very appealing..."

Wait...

Was he analyzing the wrong thing?

Realizing this, Xu Tianming snapped back to reality, finally remembering that his purpose for entering the Mental Sea was to check on Mavuika's condition.

He hadn't expected such a situation to unfold.