The Soul Core Method
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. Without your intervention, obtaining this Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue would have taken a lot of effort," Lu Yang said respectfully.
"Alright, if it weren't for your ingenious ideas, Yan Yan and I probably wouldn't have lived for more than a few years. I'll remember this kindness." Dugu Bo waved his hand, clearly not liking Lu Yang's respectful manner.
"Hehe, speaking of which, Your Majesty, I have a new conjecture recently. Why don't we discuss it?" Lu Yang said.
Lu Yang pondered the theory of the Soul Core for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable reason. However, for the sake of the Immortal Herb, he still wanted to try. Considering that Dugu Bo had already cultivated Poison Pill, perhaps he could persuade Dugu Bo by indirectly appealing to this "theory"?
"Oh? What brilliant idea have you come up with this time, little one? Tell me about it." Dugu Bo also became interested, and sat up slightly to look at Lu Yang.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were standing nearby, did the same, moving their chairs closer to Lu Yang, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"Actually, this was just a question I discovered by accident. Because my Martial Soul takes on an armored form when it possesses a body, it consumes a lot of Soul Power. So I tried to solidify the Soul Power in my body, wanting to allow my body to hold more Soul Power."
"But I found that the more condensed the Soul Power, the more difficult it was to mobilize, and the higher the precision of Soul Power required. So my experiment failed. However, I have an idea: if I have very high precision in controlling my Soul Power, could this idea succeed?"
"Furthermore, could I condense my Soul Power into a crystalline core, similar to a physical entity, and place it in my dantian? This would solve my Soul Power sustaining problem. Your Majesty, with your Titled Douluo cultivation, your control over Soul Power certainly far superior to mine. Do you think my idea can succeed?"
Faced with Lu Yang's question, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged bewildered glances. Neither of them had considered such a matter, so they had no way of judging. But Dugu Bo was different. As Titled Douluo, he had encountered countless problems and setbacks in his cultivation journey, and naturally understood Lu Yang's current predicament.
After carefully considering Lu Yang's idea within the context of his own Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo concluded that it wasn't entirely impossible. Especially since he also thought of the Poison Pill within his body, the crystallization of his entire poisonous Soul Power —wasn't that similar to the Soul Power Core Lu Yang had mentioned?
"Lu Yang, I really want to crack open your head and see how your brain is structured differently from ours. The method you mentioned for the Soul Power Core isn't impossible, but if you're going to try it, you should at least wait until you can truly control your Soul Power at will. Otherwise, it might cause your Soul Power to go out of control and damage your foundation," Dugu Bo said earnestly.
Lu Yang was his and Dugu Yan's savior, so he naturally didn't want to see Lu Yang act recklessly and perish, which is why he gave him that advice. However, after saying that, he mobilized his Soul Power to remove the Poison Pill from his body.
"As for the Soul Power Core you mentioned, I don't have one. However, when my Martial Soul evolved from the Jade Phosphorus Snake to the Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor, it did condense Poison Pill. I think this thing is very similar to the Soul Power Core you mentioned. I'll go back and try it out in seclusion, and then I'll give you a more accurate answer."
Seeing that Dugu Bo believed in the explanation of the Soul Power Core, Lu Yang was secretly delighted. If he was willing to try, perhaps it really would lead to success?
Originally, Dugu Bo wanted to spend more time with Dugu Yan, but after hearing Lu Yang's idea, his mind was filled with the thought of going back to seclusion and trying it out. He didn't sit for long before getting up and leaving. He didn't even go back to his residence, but went directly to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for seclusion.
After seeing Dugu Bo off, Dugu Yan pouted at Lu Yang and said, "Look at you, my grandfather finally came back, and you sent him away with just a few words."
"Alright, alright, it's my fault. To make amends, my senior sister and I will prepare Medicinal Bath for you, Sister Yanzi, shall we? This Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue is a good thing; combined with the Medicinal Bath, it can better Body Tempering. By then, Sister Yanzi, getting your fourth ring will definitely be seven or eight thousand years old, no problem at all." Lu Yang said with a smile.
"Go quickly, I'll be waiting." Dugu Yan tilted her head slightly, adopting an arrogant demeanor.
Lu Yang and Ye Lingling exchanged a smile, then got up to prepare the Medicinal Bath.
They said they would prepare the medicine themselves, but in the end, they showed the recipe to Ye Qingling before daring to start mixing it. After all, this time they were using Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, which was far more potent than the thousand-year-old Whale Rubber they had obtained in Heaven Dou City before. If the Medicinal Bath recipe wasn't right, they would suffer terribly after soaking in it.
Even with other herbs to neutralize the heat caused by the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's faces were still flushed after soaking. Judging from their appearance, if Ye Qingling hadn't been watching over them, they might have had to start mining to relieve the heat.
On the contrary, Lu Yang didn't have much of a reaction after soaking. The heat that had just risen in his body was swallowed up by a sudden surge of heat and disappeared without a trace.
However, after the Medicinal Bath, the physical condition of the three of them did indeed improve significantly. Even Ye Lingling, Support System Soul Master, was no longer considered weak.
"The effects of this Whale Rubber are truly remarkable. If word gets out, Xiao Yang, you'll probably be famous throughout the continent," Ye Qingling praised.
"Teacher, please stop teasing me. If you want to spread this, then you should use the Ye Family's name. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't have a good time." Lu Yang shook his head, not wanting to get involved in such trouble.
His sole purpose in creating these things was for his own cultivation. He never considered making any contribution to the Soul Master Body Tempering on the continent.
As the saying goes, "People fear becoming famous, just as pigs fear growing fat," and this applies equally to him in his past life and in the Douluo Continent today.
Moreover, Lu Yang felt that even if they didn't say anything, the matter would be spread sooner or later. After all, he had given the formula to Qian Renxue, Lu Yang didn't believe that Qian Renxue hadn't relayed it back to the Spirit Hall.
The Spirit Hall's current secrecy might be because Qian Daoliu is waiting for the right opportunity, such as when Qian Renxue inherits the Pope of the Spirit Hall, to use it to build her reputation.
"If you don't want to, then we won't announce it. The reputation of the Ye Family, Nine Heart Begonia, is enough. We don't need to take advantage of you, Xiao Yang." Ye Qingling shook her head with a smile, rejecting Lu Yang's idea. She understood Lu Yang's concerns and naturally wouldn't make decisions on her own.