Mysterious Water Pill!

Seeing Xiang Jun fall silent, Tang Wutong, convinced she had seen through everything, couldn't help giving herself a huge pat on the back.

This princess is a genius beyond compare!

"Think whatever you want." Xiang Jun shook his head slightly and turned back toward the dormitory.

"Hey, wait for me!" Xiang Jun's indifference made Tang Wutong grit her teeth in anger, but she hurried after him.

A short distance behind them, Huo Yuhao trailed along all alone.

Seeing Tang Wutong and Xiang Jun chatting so easily filled him with envy. But when he thought of their once-in-a-lifetime talents, he couldn't help feeling inferior.

If I were as talented as Senior Xiang Jun, maybe Mom wouldn't have...

Huo Yuhao clenched his fists. Dai Huabin's face, which he despised more than anything, surfaced unbidden in his mind.

"Hey, you aren't seriously planning to come in, are you?" Outside Dormitory 108, Xiang Jun gave Tang Wutong a deadpan stare as she pretended nothing was amiss.

"So what if I am? I'm already here. Aren't you going to invite me in?" Tang Wutong's cheeks flushed, but she pressed on boldly. She had to find out why her father had passed his divine position to Xiang Jun.

Why did Dad pass his divine position to him?

Is there something special about Xiang Jun?

Or could it be...

A thought flashed through Tang Wutong's mind, making her cheeks burn.

Xiang Jun was speechless. While Tang Wutong stood there lost in thought, he grabbed a bewildered Huo Gua, darted into the dormitory, and slammed the door shut.

Bang!

The sound snapped Tang Wutong back to her senses. The two figures beside her were gone, and the door was shut tight. Her composure shattered.

Argh! This princess has decided you're asking for death!

Ignoring the noise outside, Xiang Jun heaved a sigh of relief. He took out the jade bottle Yan Shaozhe had given him, curious about what was inside.

He opened it to find a round blue pill. A faint mist rose through the room.

A Mysterious Water Pill? What a worthless piece of junk!

Famed across the continent as a miraculous pill, the Mysterious Water Pill could cleanse the body and nourish the meridians. It could even raise the taker's Innate Soul Power by one level.

But as a Spirit of the Ocean nurtured by the sea for thousands of years, Xiang Jun had almost no impurities in his body. Otherwise, he could never have reached Soul Ancestor cultivation at twelve after his body was remade.

As for its ability to raise Innate Soul Power, that only worked on soul masters whose Innate Soul Power was at level one or two.

To him, a Mysterious Water Pill was no different from an ordinary piece of candy.

Xiang Jun smacked his lips, thoroughly underwhelmed.

Then a thought struck him, and he glanced at Huo Gua, who was watching curiously.

The Mysterious Water Pill might be useless to me, but for Huo Gua, it's a tremendous boon!

Xiang Jun had long since decided to claim the child of destiny of Douluo Continent for himself.

With that in mind, he tossed the jade bottle to Huo Gua. "Here. It's no use to me, so you can have it."

"Huh? Senior Xiang Jun, what is this?" Huo Yuhao hurriedly caught the bottle, looking puzzled.

"Just an odd little thing. It'll do you good."

Xiang Jun didn't tell him the pill's name or what it did. If Huo Gua discovered its value by chance later, he would be all the more grateful.

Xiang Jun felt a tiny pang of guilt about manipulating a sheltered young boy, but it was still far better than letting Tang God King put a leash on him.

"Then... thank you, Senior Xiang Jun."

Huo Yuhao pressed his lips together, deeply moved. Without hesitation, he opened the bottle and swallowed the Mysterious Water Pill.

His mother had warned him before she died never to accept things from strangers lightly. Yet for some reason, Huo Yuhao felt an inexplicable trust in Xiang Jun.

Seeing Huo Gua swallow the pill without a second thought, Xiang Jun nodded in satisfaction.

Tang God King, enjoy getting tangled up with those gods in the Divine Realm. By the time you notice, the child of destiny will be mine. Heh heh heh...

The instant he swallowed the pill, Huo Yuhao felt a cool sensation well up in his lower abdomen and spread through his limbs.

"Close your eyes and focus on cultivating," Xiang Jun said as Huo Gua sat there at a loss.

Huo Yuhao obediently did as he was told.

Watching Huo Gua settle into cultivation, his body enveloped in pale blue light, Xiang Jun suddenly remembered a serious problem.

Wait, doesn't taking a Mysterious Water Pill make you expel impurities?

Oh no. I can't stay in this room!

Xiang Jun's eye twitched. He hurried out, though he thoughtfully left several basins of clean water behind.

"Hmph! Ignore me now, and one day I'll be out of your league!"

"Fortunes change! Don't look down on a girl just because she's young!"

By the shore of Sea God Lake, Tang Wutong angrily kicked a stone aside. Remembering how Xiang Jun had ignored her made her grit her teeth.

This princess has talent, status, looks, and a figure that's... Ahem. Why are you so cold to me?

The thought left Tang Wutong feeling a little hurt.

Elsewhere, Xiang Jun walked quietly along a path, his gaze drifting toward Sea God Island.

"Hey, old man. Are you there? Still alive?"

"What old man? Call me Lord Sea God!" A figure slowly drifted out of the trident mark on Xiang Jun's forehead. It was Poseidon, the first Sea God, who had been absent for ages!

"Well? What did you summon me for?" Poseidon picked at his ear. His flippant manner, utterly lacking in dignity, left Xiang Jun helpless.

"Senior, why did you insist I enter the Golden Ancient Tree?" Xiang Jun finally voiced the question he had been holding onto for so long.

And has Ah Yin already taken root beneath the Golden Ancient Tree?

"To meet an old friend, of course. I've already passed on my Sea God position. Making you the next Sea God won't be easy, and I'll need his help."

Mentioning the Sea God position seemed to trigger something in Poseidon. He started grumbling about Tang God King in Xiang Jun's ear again.

Xiang Jun tuned out Poseidon's endless complaints as a name flashed through his mind.

Plane Master!

The Golden Ancient Tree was the Core of Life of all Douluo Star, carrying boundless Origin Power.