The next day, shortly after dawn.
Lin Xuan rose from his bed and rolled his shoulders, a faint series of cracks sounding from his bones.
After an entire night of meditation, his soul power had increased only a little.
After reaching the peak of level 45, his progress had inevitably slowed, even with the Clear Mind Talisman helping him banish stray thoughts.
At this rate, by the time the Soul Master Tournament qualifiers began, he would reach level 48 at best, or level 49 at the absolute most.
Reaching level 50 before the qualifiers and successfully obtaining a soul ring to become a Soul King would still be rather difficult.
Lin Xuan sat at the table, pondering his next steps and the key to growing stronger quickly.
After a little thought, Lin Xuan remembered whale rubber. Ten thousand years in the future, this treasure would be proven to strengthen the body, raise the age limit of soul rings one could absorb, and aid cultivation when consumed. Yet in the present day, it was used only for bedroom affairs.
Lin Xuan had never been in a hurry to buy whale rubber before, for a very simple reason.
When they had absorbed the immortal herbs in Sunset Forest, enormous medicinal power had settled within their bodies, and they needed time to digest it.
Consuming whale rubber back then would inevitably have wasted some of that medicinal power.
Besides, everyone's soul power foundations had been weaker before, but things were different now.
More than half a year had passed, and the gentle medicinal power of the immortal herbs had long since fully integrated into their bodies, strengthening everyone's foundations.
Apart from Tai Long and the other three, whose soul power was somewhat lower, Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 41, Xiao Wu had advanced