Qian Xunji Gets Beaten Up

Qian Xunji was already extremely familiar with the process and did not need much prompting from Qian Chenzhou. Once he had prepared it, he handed it directly to Qian Chenzhou and carefully watched him absorb the medicinal power.

As before, it was completely absorbed in just a few breaths.

"Looks like three hundred years still isn't enough."

Qian Chenzhou had more or less expected this.

With his current physical condition, he basically needed Whale Glue that was a thousand years old. As for exactly how many thousand years, he had no information to support that yet.

"Damn, kid, that's way too big a leap, isn't it?"

When Qian Xunji saw the Whale Glue handed to him, although he had never read any books on the subject, as a Titled Douluo, he could still keenly sense the faint residual aura of a soul beast on it.

From three hundred years to the thousand-year Whale Glue now in his hand, it was a jump of a full seven hundred years. That was already the absorption threshold for some Soul Masters' third Soul Ring.

After all, not every Soul Master's first Soul Ring was a hundred-year one!

"Come on, brother. I can take it. Those hundred-year ones don't mean much to me at all."

Seeing with his own eyes that his little brother, barely over three years old, could easily absorb Whale Glue more than three hundred years old gave Qian Xunji plenty of courage.

"Fine!"

When Qian Chenzhou sat cross-legged and began absorbing the medicinal power of the Whale Glue, Qian Xunji's palms were covered in cold sweat. If anything went wrong, he would immediately intervene, interrupting him and forcibly making him expel the excess medicinal power.

The price of that would be Qian Chenzhou lying in bed for one or two months.

Just as Qian Xunji was observing carefully, a gust of wind swept past, and he was suddenly thrown into the air.

Facing his father, Qian Daoliu, the anger on Qian Xunji's face immediately wilted. Just as he was about to explain himself, a slap landed directly across his face.

The force was so great that Qian Xunji immediately turned into a human cannonball and crashed heavily into the ground.

Fortunately, Qian Daoliu had already erected a Soul Power barrier, sealing off the surrounding space so it would not affect Qian Chenzhou inside the house.

Before Qian Xunji could cry injustice, Qian Daoliu appeared on the ground again. The long whip condensed from Soul Power in his hand was incredibly solid, and his hand moved at a terrifying speed, the whip's shadow becoming an indistinguishable blur.

Only Qian Xunji's miserable wails remained in the area.

More than ten minutes passed before Qian Daoliu finally stopped.

Qian Xunji was covered in whip marks inside the crater, his flesh split open from the beating. The bitterness in his heart was impossible to put into words.

"You're not young anymore. How could you let Chenzhou fool around like this?" The more Qian Daoliu thought about it, the angrier he became. His Soul Power whip lashed Qian Xunji again. "And not only did you fail to stop him, you even personally helped him indulge in this nonsense! What kind of older brother are you?"

"Dad, I've been wronged!" Qian Xunji shouted.

The result was another lash.

When Qian Chenzhou opened his eyes, the anxious look on Golden Crocodile's face finally eased.

"Uncle Golden Crocodile, where's my brother?"

The moment Golden Crocodile heard Qian Chenzhou mention that little bastard Qian Xunji, his temper flared. "That bastard brother of yours is muddleheaded too! How could he let you experiment on yourself? If anything had happened to you, I'd have wanted to slap him silly myself!"

After all, he had long learned from his eldest brother that Qian Chenzhou possessed an inheritance of godhood. This was another divine inheritance besides that of the Angel God, an unparalleled treasure of Spirit Hall!

Yet that brat Qian Xunji had actually allowed Qian Chenzhou to mess around like this!

It was not hard to tell from Golden Crocodile's words that his brother was in a miserable state. Qian Chenzhou was not an ungrateful person, so he swiftly got up and rushed outside.

The moment he stepped out, he saw his father, Qian Daoliu, standing some distance away. The Soul Power whip condensed in his hand was stained with blood, and a crater lay before him.

There was no need to think about it. His nominal older brother was in that crater.

Just as he wanted to approach, an invisible barrier blocked his way. He could only pat against it helplessly. "Dad, I'm fine! Stop hitting my brother!"

The instant the Soul Power barrier was touched, Qian Daoliu clearly sensed it and naturally heard his voice. He raised his hand and immediately withdrew it.

Qian Chenzhou hurried over. Looking at Qian Xunji in the crater, covered in whip marks and torn flesh, he could not help drawing a sharp breath inwardly.

Qian Daoliu had been far too ruthless!

He quickly climbed down and helped his nominal older brother up.

"Dad, I asked my brother to help me. I only started because I was completely confident. This really isn't my brother's fault."

Hearing his little brother take all the responsibility upon himself and even speak up for him, Qian Xunji felt somewhat relieved. But the next second, his mood became exceptionally heavy again.

"Then that only means he failed as an older brother. There were so many ways to experiment, yet he listened to you and let you put yourself in danger. That is his fault."

Qian Xunji really wanted to ask one question.

Dad, am I really your biological son?

But he only thought it. He did not dare ask Qian Daoliu directly, afraid he would receive another vicious beating.

Qian Daoliu placed his hand on Qian Chenzhou's wrist, carefully probing his condition with Soul Power. Only after finding no injuries whatsoever did he finally relax.

"It seems Whale Glue has a very obvious effect on strengthening the body."

"Dad, how old a Soul Ring do you think I can absorb now?" Qian Chenzhou asked curiously.

After all, he had not yet awakened his Martial Soul, so his perception of the increase in his own strength was limited.

"Right now, you can probably absorb a Soul Ring between fifteen hundred and two thousand years old." Qian Daoliu spoke with a smile, greatly satisfied.

The common understanding for a first ring was basically 423 years. Even though many Soul Masters knew this rule, how many could truly absorb one at that limit?

Not to mention a thousand-year first ring!

"Moreover, after your Martial Soul awakens, your physical condition will definitely improve further. By then, a three-thousand-year first ring may not be impossible!"

"Dad, there are still two years left." Qian Chenzhou was overjoyed as well. Pointing at the three piles of Whale Glue inside, he said, "I still have so much Whale Glue to absorb. Even a ten-thousand-year one might not be impossible!"

"A ten-thousand-year first ring is definitely impossible!" Qian Daoliu directly cut off Qian Chenzhou's unrealistic fantasy.

Qian Chenzhou did not argue. "Dad, are you worried about the soul shock?"

"Mm."

Qian Daoliu stroked his beard and nodded.

He was not too surprised that Qian Chenzhou knew about the soul shock left behind after a soul beast died. After all, he had spent so long reading in the Library Pavilion before.

"This really is a problem." Qian Chenzhou frowned in thought.

At present, he had no particularly good solution for soul shock.

Unless he could obtain Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes to cultivate and strengthen himself, he could only wait for time to pass and improve slowly. But that method was far too slow.