Chu Lan in Xue Qinghe's Heart, Self-Conquest!

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Accompanied by Tang Yuehua and under the astonished gazes of countless students, Chu Lan entered the classroom.

Only then did Tang Yuehua leave.

That evening, she would have to personally come pick up Chu Lan and take him back to Moonlight Pavilion.

However—

Before that, she still had to help Chu Lan deal with yesterday's matter.

Xue Beng was working hard on it.

Now that he had successfully enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chu Lan adopted the attitude of making the best of things.

While Chu Lan was in class, a crisis surrounding him was quietly resolved.

After their conversation last night, Xue Qinghe had become especially concerned about Chu Lan.

Xue Ye had shown no intention of holding Chu Lan accountable for Xue Beng publicly calling someone his master and kneeling before him, which left Xue Qinghe utterly baffled.

"It seems this Chu Lan truly has a highly mysterious force behind him!"

"Otherwise, how could Xue Ye so easily choose to let the matter go?"

"But... what force could it possibly be?"

Xue Qinghe rubbed his brow, his eyebrows tightly furrowed.

"Your Highness, this is the information Heaven Dou Royal Academy has recorded on Chu Lan."

A subordinate approached and respectfully presented it.

"You may leave."

Xue Qinghe took the report and examined it. At first glance, he found it impossible to look away. "Innate Full Soul Power? Even in Spirit Hall, someone with such talent would be treated like a treasure and cultivated with every effort!"

"Seven years old, seventeen... Level Seventeen?!"

Xue Qinghe abruptly rose to his feet, clutching the report tightly in both hands until his fingertips turned white, his face filled with disbelief.

"Even if he is the young master of some force, he has only cultivated for a little over a year!"

"This person is meticulous, has a mysterious background, possesses extraordinary talent, and can even make Xue Beng treat him with such respect, yet he joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy. His intentions must be impure!"

"But... if he enrolled with other motives, there was no need to use his real name and information. Wouldn't that make it easier to attract attention?"

"Could it be... he did it deliberately? Did he deliberately reveal his true talent and cultivation because he wanted to draw certain people's attention?"

"If so, who would that be?"

Xue Qinghe paced back and forth inside the room, his heart full of questions, yet no matter how he thought about it, he could not understand.

After class.

Inside the dormitory.

Xue Beng knelt on one knee before Chu Lan and took out pieces of Whale Rubber in varying sizes and colors from his storage Soul Tool.

"Master, this subordinate has used every connection available and brought all the Whale Rubber I could gather. I even took some from my uncle. It is all here. Please have a look."

Chu Lan's gaze swept across the Whale Rubber one piece at a time. Some were pale yellow, some golden, and some were even as translucent as golden crystal, utterly different in appearance from the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber he had once taken from Wang Dong'er.

"This subordinate has divided the Whale Rubber into three grades according to age. These five pieces are under five thousand years, these two are between five thousand and ten thousand years, and this final piece, crystal-clear as crystal, is Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber. It is part of my uncle Prince Xue Xing's collection."

Xue Beng respectfully introduced them one by one to Chu Lan.

"You did well."

Chu Lan was quite satisfied.

With so much Whale Rubber, he would be able to greatly improve the foundation of his body and absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring when matching his second Soul Ring!

However—

After using this Whale Rubber, if he still wished to rely on Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to enhance his physical strength, he would likely only be able to use Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Pearl!

After all, the more ordinary Whale Rubber one used, the less effective it became!

"It is good as long as Master is satisfied."

Xue Beng smiled ingratiatingly.

Chu Lan stored away all the Whale Rubber, then drove Xue Beng out and immediately sat cross-legged to begin cultivating.

Before consuming the Whale Rubber, he needed to keep himself in peak condition.

Though he was still young and his body had not fully developed, because he cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Skill, the yang energy within him was as abundant as an adult's. He was not afraid of the side effects brought by Whale Rubber.

Of course, that might also have been because the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber he used last time had not been very large.

That plate of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber he had taken from Wang Dong'er had looked like a lot, but in reality, it was only a small piece. The plate itself had merely been large!

He truly did not know why such a large plate had been used to hold so little!

However—

The Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber he was about to use this time was a huge piece!

Leaving such a fine treasure for Prince Xue Xing to use was simply a waste!

At dusk.

Moonlight Pavilion's carriage stopped at the academy gates. Tang Yuehua waited in the carriage, and under the gazes of countless passersby, Chu Lan entered it.

The carriage gradually drove away, heading straight for Heaven Dou City.

Moonlight Pavilion, top floor.

Once he arrived here, Chu Lan was finally able to relax somewhat, as though he had returned to his own home.

"Tang Yuehua, I have a task for you. Take this piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to the kitchen and have them melt it with intense fire. Then process it a little to remove the fishy smell before bringing it to me."

"Remember, do not let them sneak any bites."

Chu Lan gave his orders.

"Yes, this subordinate will see to it immediately."

Tang Yuehua answered softly.

Chu Lan waited quietly in the room. The reason he had waited until now to eat this piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber was that he was worried he would be unable to withstand the enormous medicinal power within it.

If anything went wrong, with Tang Yuehua here, she could help him.

After a long while.

Tang Yuehua carried the steaming, carefully prepared Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber upstairs. Holding a spoon in her jade-like hand, she scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Chu Lan's lips.

"Master, please eat."

Chu Lan opened his mouth and bit down. He could not have been more satisfied with his wonderful life at this moment.

Before long, Chu Lan had eaten the entire large plate of Whale Rubber. A warm sensation spread through every corner of his body, from head to toe.

After refining it with Soul Power, that sensation became even more intense. He seemed to have turned into a furnace.

"Master, what is wrong?" Tang Yuehua was now loyal to Chu Lan. Seeing that something seemed off with him, she asked anxiously.

"I am burning up right now!" Chu Lan took a deep breath, raised his hand to press down on Tang Yuehua's head, and closed his eyes.

Tang Yuehua's delicate, fair face flushed slightly. Her shy appearance was enchanting, beautiful, and sweet, utterly captivating.

Outside Moonlight Pavilion, the sky gradually darkened as night deepened.

On Moonlight Pavilion's top floor, Tang Yuehua's slender jade-like hands gently massaged every part of Chu Lan's body.

Chu Lan relaxed completely and carefully felt the benefits brought by that piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.

This time, not only had his physical strength improved, but his Soul Power had also risen by one level.

He was now Level Eighteen in Soul Power!

Unfortunately, the Thousand-Year Whale Rubber that remained would no longer be of much use to him.

"Now I am completely confident that I can absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring as my second Soul Ring—perhaps even one thousand five hundred years, or two thousand years!"