Forgot to Tell You, Whale Glue Has Another Use

The next day, the day's classes had already ended.

Tang San and Xiao Wu walked out of the classroom and headed toward the cafeteria.

Xiao Wu walked ahead with her hands clasped behind her back, her scorpion braid swaying from side to side.

"Little San."

Without turning her head, Xiao Wu asked, "What are we doing after we eat?"

Tang San followed behind her. "Didn't we agree yesterday? We're going to the back mountain for Teacher's training!"

"Oh, right!"

Xiao Wu smacked her forehead. "And there's that uncle too!"

Tang San frowned slightly and caught up to her in a few strides. "What uncle? He's my teacher. Can't you show a little respect?"

"Nope! Hehe!"

Xiao Wu turned around and walked backward while facing Tang San, wearing a triumphant grin.

"I'm the boss of the Seventh Dormitory. Talk to me when you can beat me!"

Back mountain.

Xu Linjiu patted Little Qing's back and placed a basket of freshly cut Blue Silver Grass at its feet.

"Uncle—!"

A crisp shout came from far away.

Xu Linjiu did not turn around, continuing to take the Blue Silver Grass out of the basket.

In all of Notting Academy, Xiao Wu was the only one who called him uncle.

Before long, Tang San and Xiao Wu approached.

"Uncle! We're here!"

Xiao Wu skipped ahead while Tang San followed behind, frowning as he corrected how she addressed him.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Call him Teacher Xu!"

"I'm calling him Uncle! Uncle, uncle, uncle!"

Xiao Wu turned back and made a face at Tang San. Her feet did not slow in the slightest, and she rushed over in the blink of an eye.

"Hey, why is there a soul beast here too?"

From afar, Xiao Wu had thought it was an ordinary horse. Only when she got close did she realize it was actually a soul beast.

Xiao Wu circled Little Qing once, then stood before it and looked up.

Little Qing stopped chewing its Blue Silver Grass. It lowered its head to look at the tiny girl before it, blinked, and leaned forward to sniff her.

"Neigh~!"

Little Qing suddenly raised its head and neighed. It did nothing to Xiao Wu, but it gave Tang San a fright instead.

Tang San hurried forward and reached out to pull Xiao Wu away. "That's a soul beast, Xiao Wu, be... be careful?"

The rampaging soul beast he had expected never appeared. Instead, Little Qing obediently lowered its head and gently rubbed against Xiao Wu's chest.

Xiao Wu was not afraid at all. She reached out and stroked Little Qing's head. "Good horse, good horse~!"

Tang San stood nearby with dark lines covering his face. When I hunted soul beasts with Teacher, this horse didn't treat me like this.

"Teacher!"

Tang San took a deep breath, decided not to dwell on the matter, and turned to bow to Xu Linjiu.

Xu Linjiu clapped his hands, shaking off the grass seeds on them, while his gaze moved back and forth between Xiao Wu and Little Qing, the Azure-Scaled Horse.

As expected of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Even the faint trace of lingering aura was enough to make an ordinary soul beast submit.

"Alright, now that you're both here, let's begin training."

Xu Linjiu clapped his hands and drew their attention.

"Today is the first day of training, so we'll start with the basics."

Xu Linjiu pointed at the mountain opposite them. "See that mountain over there? Run around its base once. The total distance is about ten kilometers."

"Only ten kilometers?"

Xiao Wu blinked her large eyes. "I thought it would be difficult. It's just ten kilometers. Easy!"

Tang San said nothing. To him, ten kilometers truly was not much of a challenge. It was not even as tiring as learning blacksmithing at home.

Seeing their different reactions, Xu Linjiu's lips curled into a faint smile.

"Don't be so eager. It's not that simple."

Xu Linjiu swung himself onto the horse and looked down at the two of them. He gently pressed his right hand downward, and an invisible force instantly descended.

Tang San and Xiao Wu suddenly felt their shoulders grow heavy. Their bodies sank at once, stamping two clear footprints into the ground.

"This is... Gravity suppression?"

Tang San struggled to raise his head and looked at Xu Linjiu atop the horse.

"Sharp eyes!"

In the Pokémon World, the skill [Gravity] could only increase move accuracy and affect Flying-type Pokémon.

But on the Douluo Continent, it was a genuine divine skill capable of controlling gravity!

Although Yu Xiaogang's running training method had always drawn plenty of criticism, it was still the simplest and most effective training method.

Not to mention the support of the [Gravity] skill. This training would definitely be far more effective than wearing iron clothes or tying on sandbags.

Xu Linjiu patted the horse's back, and Little Qing obediently walked in front of Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"Double gravity isn't too much."

The storage soul tool on Xu Linjiu's finger flashed, and a long cowhide whip instantly appeared in his hand.

Crack!

Xu Linjiu flicked the whip, striking the ground with a sharp crack.

"Now, get running!"

Crack!

Ten kilometers under double gravity.

When Tang San and Xiao Wu finally reached the finish line, they nearly collapsed to the ground at the same time.

Xu Linjiu lightly snapped his fingers, and the gravity field pressing down on them instantly disappeared.

"Ah! I'm saved!"

Xiao Wu rolled over onto her back, staring blankly at the sky as she gasped for breath.

Tang San did not say anything, but he was not doing much better.

All he felt was his stomach churning. The dinner he had just eaten in the cafeteria was about to come out from somewhere it absolutely should not.

Seeing this, Xu Linjiu circulated his soul power. A pale pink mist slowly spread from beneath his feet—it was [Misty Terrain].

Under the cover of the mist, the two of them immediately felt cool and comfortable, and much of their exhaustion was instantly relieved.

"Uncle, what soul skill is this?"

Xiao Wu sprang upright from the ground and curiously waved her hand, the pale pink mist curling around her fingertips.

"[Misty Terrain]. It can suppress abnormal conditions affecting soul masters within its range."

As Xu Linjiu spoke, he took out two purple medicine bottles from his storage space and casually tossed them to the pair nearby.

These were [Potion]. Though their effects were not as obvious as in the game, they could still restore some of the user's mental strength and stamina.

Every time Xu Linjiu leveled up, the system gave him a batch. His backpack was already piled full of them, and he could even drink them as a sweet beverage in his daily life.

Xiao Wu caught the bottle, pulled out the stopper, and sniffed it. She tipped her head back and gulped it down, and her energy truly recovered quite a bit.

Xu Linjiu then took out a half-person-tall smelting furnace and two black, gelatinous objects from his storage soul tool.

Still one of Douluo's must-eat items: whale glue.

He placed the two pieces of whale glue into separate jars and put them into the smelting furnace.

He had specially traveled to Gengjin City to have this furnace made for smelting whale glue.

The flames inside could reach temperatures high enough to melt whale glue of ten-thousand-year quality.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

Xiao Wu curiously moved closer, squatting beside the smelting furnace and staring at the two black lumps.

"This is whale glue."

Xu Linjiu closed the furnace and activated his soul power. Blazing flames instantly surged from its base.

"When soul masters consume smelted whale glue, it can greatly improve their physical constitution. After training, I have to give you something good to replenish yourselves with."

Xiao Wu blinked. "Uncle! You have something this good?"

"It barely counts as a treasure."

While controlling the heat, Xu Linjiu said, "This is only ten-year whale glue. You can find it everywhere in coastal cities. Thousand-year and ten-thousand-year whale glue are the real treasures, but we'll talk about those once your physical condition improves."

The whale glue in the furnace gradually softened under the intense heat. Its black exterior faded away, eventually turning into a pool of golden liquid.

When the smelting furnace was opened, a strange fragrance drifted out.

Xiao Wu took a deep sniff, and her eyes lit up. "It smells pretty good!"

Xu Linjiu did not respond. His eyes glimmered faintly, and invisible Psychic lifted the two clay jars containing whale glue out of the furnace.

The golden liquid swayed gently within the clay jars, and the strange fragrance grew even richer.

Xiao Wu impatiently reached out to take one. "Uncle, can we just drink this directly?"

"Not yet."

Xu Linjiu controlled the jars to evade Xiao Wu's outstretched hand. "Let them cool first. Do you not want your throat anymore if you drink it at this temperature?"

"Hehe!"

Xiao Wu awkwardly withdrew her hand.

After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the jars had finally cooled enough to drink.

"Drink."

Xiao Wu took the clay jar and drained it in one gulp.

Tang San examined his slightly, but he also drank the whale glue inside.

"How does it feel?" Xu Linjiu asked.

"I feel warm all over. It's very comfortable."

Tang San sensed the changes in his body, while Xiao Wu nodded beside him.

"Comfortable?"

A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Xu Linjiu's lips. "I forgot to tell you, besides improving your physique, whale glue has another use."