Buying Whale Glue and Absorbing It, Qian Renxue's Shock

Xiao Wu was envious too!

Thirty whole gold soul coins—this was a huge sum.

This guy was incredible. He had actually gotten his hands on such a large sum. Did he have some kind of trick?

"Not bad!"

"Boss Xiao asked whether you'd be willing to become his lackey. Follow him, and you'll have meat to eat!" Liu Erlong repeated Xiao Chenyu's words.

Make me his lackey?

Jiang Nanchen smiled. "Thank Boss Xiao for me, but I'm not used to being someone else's lackey."

"In that case, I'll be leaving."

Having witnessed Jiang Nanchen's strength, Xiao Chenyu did not dare keep talking. If Jiang Nanchen gave him another hit, he might really be bedridden for several days.

With the money in hand, Jiang Nanchen opened the pouch. The thirty gold soul coins inside made everyone in Dorm Seven green with envy.

Jiang Nanchen also knew that he would not have many uses for gold soul coins in the future, so he took out ten of them and handed them to Wang Sheng.

"Wang Sheng, divide these among everyone. Buy whatever you need and eat whatever you want."

Wang Sheng was flattered. "Boss, this is too much. We don't need this much."

Jiang Nanchen smiled. "Take it."

Seeing how firm Jiang Nanchen was, Wang Sheng stopped refusing and put away the gold soul coins. Everyone looked at Jiang Nanchen with gratitude. "Thank you, Boss!"

Now this was a real boss!

Jiang Nanchen said, "That's it. Dismissed. I have things to do."

Jiang Nanchen did not linger any longer and headed for a place in Nording City that sold whale glue.

A single portion of whale glue cost more than ten gold soul coins. It was far from cheap.

Jiang Nanchen did not ask about Dorm Seven's situation. Twenty gold soul coins were enough for his own expenses. Then, after registering at the Spirit Hall branch, he could also collect gold soul coins every month.

Money had to be spent before more could be earned.

After leaving Nording Academy, he quickly found a decent shop in the city. The employee seemed to be a newcomer who had only arrived recently. When she saw Jiang Nanchen enter, she could not help but freeze. Since when had Nording City had such a handsome young man?

"Little brother, what would you like to buy?"

The delicate-looking woman smiled as she asked first.

"Hello, I'd like to buy some whale glue. Could you get me one, big sister?" Jiang Nanchen asked politely.

"Whale glue? That's something used in the bedroom. You're still too young, little brother!" The woman tactfully reminded him. "That stuff costs ten gold soul coins!"

Jiang Nanchen smiled. "I have them."

As he spoke, Jiang Nanchen took out ten gold soul coins and placed them on the counter.

The woman paused. Since he could produce ten gold soul coins, his father must have sent him to buy it. How irresponsible—his father had not come to buy it himself and had sent a child instead!

After imagining the whole story herself, she began rummaging through the display cabinet behind her. In the end, she took out a wooden box. Inside was a pale yellow, amber-like crystal.

"This is whale glue. Don't eat it carelessly!" the woman warned.

"Thank you, big sister."

Jiang Nanchen had no intention of listening to that. Absorbing it was what mattered most.

After leaving the shop, Jiang Nanchen wandered around the city and found a reliable inn. He rented a room with an underground secret chamber.

The stone walls of the chamber were thick enough to isolate spirit power fluctuations and outside sounds, making it perfect for refining whale glue. He shut the stone door and made sure no one could notice him before taking out the wooden box and placing it on the stone platform.

With a thought, the Fire Dragon King martial soul quietly possessed him.

Red spirit power rose from his palm and formed a gentle flame. Not a trace of its scorching heat leaked out. He controlled the flames to lift the whale glue, slowly enveloping the entire amber-like crystal.

The high temperature seeped into the whale glue. Its originally solid texture gradually softened, while the fine black impurities inside were forced out bit by bit by the flames and dispersed into the air.

The pale yellow whale glue gradually became translucent, giving off a faintly fishy-sweet scent.

Jiang Nanchen reduced the heat slightly and continued purifying it at a constant temperature. After about half an incense stick's time, the entire piece of whale glue had become crystal clear. Its volume had shrunk by nearly a third, and all impurities had been removed.

He dismissed the Fire Dragon King martial soul to avoid drawing attention by letting the flame aura leak out.

The refined whale glue melted the moment it entered his mouth. Its warm medicinal power slid down his throat and turned into gentle streams of energy that surged toward his limbs and bones. Jiang Nanchen sat cross-legged and circulated his spirit power, guiding the medicinal force to wash through his meridians.

His foundation of innate full spirit power had already been solid. Nourished by the whale glue's medicinal power, his meridians widened a little more.

Not long after the medicinal power had fully dissolved, a burning heat suddenly surged up from his abdomen and spread through his meridians toward every part of his body.

Jiang Nanchen frowned slightly and immediately realized something was wrong. This was the whale glue's naturally fiery side effect. An ordinary spirit master would need at least half a day to endure it, and a slight mistake could even disrupt the foundation of their spirit power.

He did not panic. With a thought, the Fire Dragon King's spirit power began circulating quietly within him.

The red spirit power flowed through his meridians. Everywhere it passed, that restless burning heat seemed to encounter a source of flame and was instantly drawn in and enveloped.

The Fire Dragon King inherently controlled the power of fire. This little medicinal heat was no trouble at all.

Jiang Nanchen closed his eyes and focused, guiding the Fire Dragon King's spirit power to slowly wash through his meridians.

The excess fiery energy was refined bit by bit. Not only did it fail to harm his body, it instead merged into his dantian alongside the fiery spirit power and became part of his own spirit power.

The originally gentle medicinal power was completely drained of its value, and even the walls of his meridians were tempered to become somewhat tougher.

A moment later, the surging heat within his body finally subsided completely.

Jiang Nanchen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and opened his eyes. A faint red glint of fire flashed through their depths before vanishing.

He clenched his fist and could clearly feel that his physical strength had improved slightly as well. Whale glue's side effects were troublesome for others, but for him, they had instead become an additional form of tempering.

He stood up and stretched his body, feeling completely refreshed.

Including the gold soul coins he had left, and after registering at the Spirit Hall branch to collect his monthly stipend, his preparations for hunting his first spirit ring were nearly complete.

At the same time, in the Crown Prince's residence in Heaven Dou City.

He wore a dark-gold brocade robe embroidered with cloud patterns and a black jade belt around his waist. His figure was straight as a pine, his face handsome and gentle, his brows open and clear, his nose high, and his lips sharply defined.

His long hair was neatly tied beneath a white jade crown, with only a few loose strands hanging by his temples. He carried himself with calm elegance. He was the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe.

Of course, he was also Qian Renxue disguised as a man.

The study door was lightly knocked upon, and Porcupinefish Douluo strode in, his expression carrying a rare hint of urgency.

"Young Mistress, guess what news was sent up from below."

Qian Renxue looked up at him, her tone steady.

"What news could make Uncle Porcupinefish so impatient? That doesn't sound like you."

"It concerns a martial soul." Porcupinefish Douluo lowered his voice. "Our people found out in Nording City that a child with innate full spirit power has appeared in Holy Soul Village. Their martial soul is a Sacred Angel."

Qian Renxue's pupils suddenly contracted. She shot to her feet, even lifting a corner of the papers on the desk.

"What?!"

The angel was the inherited martial soul of the Qian Family, and its bloodline was guarded with the utmost strictness. It could never have ended up outside.

Suppressing the shock in her heart, she asked in a low voice, "Are you certain it's an angel martial soul?"