Hundred-Year Whale Glue

Wang Chen had originally come to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy only because he wanted to read in the academy library and learn about the soul masters and soul beasts of this world.

Now, two years had passed. He had reached the threshold of level ten, the time to absorb his first soul ring, and he had finished all the books worth reading in the school.

It was time to leave.

In his previous life, Wang Chen had never wanted to transmigrate into Douluo.

The place he had most wanted to transmigrate to was the Primordial World, to become the Fourth Pure One, born from a wisp of Pangu's primordial spirit combined with a drop of Pangu's essence blood.

Who knew that bastard really wasn't human? The three choices had looked different on the surface, but every one of them led to Douluo.

Fortunately, an error had occurred in the system during his transmigration, allowing Wang Chen to snag a small benefit: a Seed of Divine Spark.

As long as Wang Chen cultivated to level 99, he would be able to activate the Seed of Divine Spark.

After that, as long as Wang Chen gathered enough faith power, he could make the Seed of Divine Spark grow.

Wang Chen's Seed of Divine Spark was unlike the divine positions of the Douluo Divine Realm, which had fixed ranks.

His Seed of Divine Spark had no upper limit. As long as he had enough faith power, he could reach the rank of First-Class God or even God King.

Wang Chen had not forgotten that in the original Douluo novel, several God Kings and First-Class Gods had remained at their original ranks for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of years after becoming gods.

Especially those so-called God King positions. To advance further, one had to find a suitable successor, pass the divine position on to them, then leave the Divine Realm to seek opportunities in the outside world and gain a chance at a breakthrough.

From this, it was clear that if the divine positions in the original novel—especially the God King positions—could advance simply through accumulating enough faith power, breaking past their original ranks and rising to higher divine positions, then those God Kings would have had no need to pass down their positions and leave the Divine Realm.

The Seed of Divine Spark Wang Chen had obtained came without fixed rank restrictions. This meant that as long as he had enough faith, he could become the strongest person in the Douluo world.

Wang Chen returned to his dormitory and packed up his belongings. When he arrived at the school gate, he witnessed a famous scene.

A gatekeeper was blocking a skinny, dark-skinned child who looked to be around six years old. It was Tang San.

Tang San had hidden concealed weapons in his sleeves. Just as he was about to use them to kill the gatekeeper before him, a sharp shout came from within the academy. "Stop!"

The person who arrived was none other than Yu Xiaogang.

"Tang San has come to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy. It's time for me to begin my revenge too."

Wang Chen had been born in Imperial Soul Village, a village directly beside Holy Soul Village.

Past the back mountain of Imperial Soul Village lay the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

Wang Chen's father's martial soul was a broken stove, while his mother's martial soul was burning charcoal.

However, neither of them possessed innate soul power, so neither could become a soul master.

Still, they each had their own trade.

Wang Chen's father was a barefoot village doctor who could use herbs to treat ordinary illnesses among mortals.

His mother was a charcoal maker capable of producing high-quality charcoal.

His father had set up a medicinal field on the back mountain, planting spirit herbs. On one hand, it provided a steady supply of medicinal ingredients for treating patients; on the other, it supplied Wang Chen with herbs for medicinal baths.

After his parents passed away, Wang Chen had originally lived fairly comfortably in Imperial Soul Village by relying on the medicinal field, medical skills, and charcoal-making methods they had left behind.

Who would have thought that after Tang San discovered Wang Chen's medicinal field, he would strip it clean of every herb inside?

If Wang Chen had not heard that Tang San from the neighboring village was clever and capable, having found a large quantity of herbs on the back mountain in less than half a month, he truly would not have been able to confirm that Tang San had stolen his herbs.

Holy Soul Village and Imperial Soul Village were adjacent, and Wang Chen's father had traversed the entire surrounding area. If there had been any herbs, Wang Chen's father would have picked them long ago. How could Tang San have gotten to them?

Tang San's claim of finding a large number of spirit herbs in such a short time was one hundred percent a lie. He had stolen Wang Chen's spirit herbs.

Wang Chen had never expected that Tang San, who had died in his previous life for stealing his sect's secret manuals, would still be unable to change his habit of theft after being reborn.

Now that Tang San had arrived at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, it meant Tang Hao had come along as well.

The Blue Silver Emperor Nirvana Seed and Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone on the back mountain of Holy Soul Village would therefore be left unguarded.

Having read quite a few Douluo fanfictions, Wang Chen knew that there were several opportunities in Douluo One that ordinary people could plan for.

The first was whale glue, whose correct use would only be discovered in Douluo Two. The second was the Blue Silver Emperor Nirvana Seed on the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

The remaining opportunities, such as immortal herbs, the divine inheritance in Slaughter City, and the divine inheritance on Sea God Island, all required a certain degree of strength to pursue.

Wang Chen had not yet consumed whale glue. It was not that he lacked the money to buy it, but that Notting City had not carried it before.

Wang Chen came to the pharmacy counter and asked, "Boss, have you managed to get any whale glue?

My uncle asked me to buy some for him!"

Wang Chen had come to ask before, so the pharmacy owner already recognized him.

An elderly man with graying hair, a goatee, and white cloth robes was sorting through powdered herbs. He raised his brows and looked at Wang Chen hopefully. "Young man, you're here."

"The whale glue you wanted happened to arrive yesterday. Take a look."

As he spoke, the old man took out a wooden box.

The wooden box was black, with a paper label stuck on top.

The label read: Hundred-Year Whale Glue.

Wang Chen opened the box and took out the item inside.

The entire piece of whale glue was about the size of a palm. It was semi-transparent, with some black impurities and a faint milky-white hue.

It felt soft, glutinous, and springy in his hand.

On closer sniffing, he could also detect a faint fragrance wafting from it.

This scent differed from ordinary perfume, carrying a quality that seemed to stir one's vitality.

That was right—the fragrance had a mildly aphrodisiac effect.

However, he was not directly consuming the whale glue; he was only catching a trace of its scent.

The medicinal effect was too weak, merely making him feel a little more alert.

As for any virility-boosting effect, he could not feel it.

"This is a six-hundred-year whale glue."

"How much?"

"As agreed before, one hundred and fifty gold soul coins."

Wang Chen placed the gold soul coins on the counter. "Count them yourself, Boss."

After carefully counting them three times and confirming there was no mistake, the boss cheerfully put away the coins. "If your uncle needs whale glue again next time, remember to tell me. I'll have someone buy it back from a big city for you.

As long as you have enough gold soul coins, thousand-year or ten-thousand-year whale glue might be hard to come by, but you can still buy some Hundred-Year Whale Glue."

Wang Chen waved a hand. "I'm a little short on funds right now. We'll talk after I've earned more gold soul coins."

With that, Wang Chen closed the box and turned to leave.

After returning to his hotel, Wang Chen filled the bathing tub with cold water, then summoned his Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul.

At the same time, he took out the box and removed the whale glue.

He placed the whale glue inside the alchemy furnace.

Then, he continuously poured soul power into the furnace.

A quarter of an hour later, the whale glue in the furnace began to melt.

The black impurities in the whale glue were burned away by the furnace flames, leaving behind only a transparent gelatinous substance.

Wang Chen removed the whale glue from the furnace. Only after stepping into the cold water did he open his mouth and swallow the whale glue in a single bite.

The instant the whale glue entered his mouth, Wang Chen sensed its fragrance, along with the distinctive fishy tang unique to sea fish.