Speaking Frankly, Xiao Wu's Request

"What are these?"

Xiao Wu looked curiously at the Whale Rubber Pill and Soul Body Pill in Ji Yang's hand.

"These are pills that strengthen the body: a Whale Rubber Pill and a Soul Body Pill."

"Generally, the age of a Soul Ring a Soul Master can withstand depends on their physical strength. The stronger their body, the older the Soul Ring they can absorb."

"As a Soul Master's body grows stronger, they can break past the conventional age limits for Soul Rings. By absorbing Soul Rings beyond those limits, they can achieve even greater progress and gains."

"Although you've undergone Soul Beast Transformation and don't need to absorb Soul Rings to advance through the first few ranks, since you can use Soul Ring Condensation to condense your own Soul Rings, the corresponding age limits should be the same as those for ordinary people."

"Once your body grows stronger, the Soul Rings you can condense will become stronger too, allowing you to make greater breakthroughs."

Ji Yang explained.

"Really? That's amazing!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up at his words.

Ji Yang's explanation could not have been clearer or simpler, and she immediately understood how powerful and important these two pills were.

Just as Ji Yang had said, the upper age limit of the Soul Rings she could originally condense was about the same as that of the Soul Rings humans could absorb.

But with these two pills, the Soul Rings she could condense would undoubtedly be much stronger.

She would also achieve greater results as her cultivation advanced.

Furthermore, in the later ranks, the ages of her Soul Rings would rise to even greater heights, far surpassing those of ordinary Soul Masters.

Her strength would also leave ordinary Soul Masters far behind in the dust.

"Xiao Yang, then your First Soul Ring must be a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, right?"

Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"That's right!"

Ji Yang nodded.

The next moment, he summoned his Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul and revealed his First Soul Ring.

"It really is!"

Seeing that Ji Yang had only one Soul Ring, and that it was a Thousand-Year Soul Ring at that, Xiao Wu grew even more excited.

This was undoubtedly solid proof of the effects of the Whale Rubber Pill and Soul Body Pill, as well as the theory Ji Yang had just explained.

With that thought, Xiao Wu quickly took the two pills from Ji Yang's hand and gulped them down whole.

Once the two pills entered her stomach, she keenly sensed the astonishing changes taking place in her body.

She felt that her physical strength had increased enormously. It had doubled, perhaps even more than that.

"These pills are incredible, especially the boost from that Soul Body Pill. It's even better than the Whale Rubber Pill."

"My body feels so strong now, easily two or three times stronger than before. I'll definitely be able to condense a Thousand-Year Soul Ring too."

Xiao Wu said, both astonished and delighted.

"Oh?"

A sound of surprise escaped Ji Yang's lips.

He was not surprised that Xiao Wu's physical strength had increased considerably, but such an enormous improvement still exceeded his expectations.

That was especially true of the improvement brought by the Soul Body Pill.

After all, the boost the Soul Body Pill had given him was not as great as that of a Whale Rubber Pill of roughly the same age.

Could it be because Xiao Wu had undergone Soul Beast Transformation, making a Soul Body Pill refined from a Soul Beast more effective for her?

Then could the Soul Power Pill, Soul God Pill, and other pills work the same way?

If that really was the case, it was a little "unfair."

By the same reasoning, if he wanted a greater boost than a Whale Rubber Pill or other pills could provide, would he have to take equivalent pills refined from Soul Masters themselves?

At that thought, Ji Yang instinctively felt a little strange.

Although his Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul could refine anything into corresponding pills, he had never used humans as ingredients for alchemy before. The thought had never even crossed his mind.

After all, he had received a proper moral education, hadn't he?

That said, now that he was in a place as unsafe as the Douluo Continent, he would not be that inflexible.

It seemed he would have to give it a try in the future.

Even if he felt a faint distaste for pills refined from Soul Masters, if they really worked well, he would have no choice but to eat his words and savor the results.

Of course, he would not slaughter innocents for that purpose.

But when it came to people who harbored murderous intent or hostility toward him, or even attacked him because of it, he would feel no guilt whatsoever about doing so.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Wu had no idea what Ji Yang was thinking at that moment.

Instead, after noticing something, she opened her eyes wide, looking utterly astonished.

"Xiao Yang, why does your Soul Ring look like it's moving? It's almost as if it's alive."

Xiao Wu pointed at the purple Soul Ring surrounding Ji Yang's body.

"Well, that..."

Ji Yang immediately came back to his senses.

He did not hide the truth about it either. As Xiao Wu stared dumbfounded, he directly transformed his Soul Ring into its corresponding Phoenix Bird Soul Spirit.

"Because it really is alive. It's a Soul Spirit, something different from an ordinary Soul Ring."

Ji Yang explained.

Then he launched straight into a story. "It all starts with the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul bestowed on me by a deity..."

He attributed his Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul to the means and power bestowed upon him by a deity, and told her about some of the furnace's abilities.

He also openly explained the origins of the Whale Rubber Pill, Soul Body Pill, and Soul Spirit Pill.

There was no point hiding any of this. If he wanted to help Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape improve in front of one another later, he would have to reveal it sooner or later.

After learning the "truth" from Ji Yang, Xiao Wu's expression began changing constantly.

When she learned that Ji Yang's pills came from Soul Beasts he had refined, she initially felt some aversion and sorrow.

And... the fox's grief at the rabbit's death.

However, after learning about Soul Spirits and their special qualities, she began to feel pleasantly surprised instead.

Since Soul Spirits could provide Soul Masters with multiple Soul Rings and could turn back into Soul Beasts in the future, perhaps the future and fate of their Soul Beast Clan would undergo a considerable change.

Not to mention that Soul Beasts who had become Ferocious Beasts could use this to escape their tribulations, or even find life through death and gain a chance to return stronger than before.

This gave her a faint glimpse of a future in which her two younger brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming, would remain safe and sound after becoming Ferocious Beasts.

If she had not already undergone Human Form Transformation, she would have wanted to try this method herself.

With all these possibilities!

Because of the benefits Ji Yang's Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul could offer Soul Beasts, Xiao Wu immediately lost all aversion to the pills refined from various Soul Beasts and to the furnace itself.

Even the slight misgivings she had just developed toward Ji Yang because of the pills' origins had long since flown away without a trace.

"Xiao Yang, could you help the Soul Beast Clan in the future..."

Xiao Wu looked at Ji Yang with expectation in her eyes and asked tentatively.

She hoped Ji Yang could use the divine power of his Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul to help rewrite the fate and future of most Soul Beasts.

"Once I become a god, and the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace successfully becomes a corresponding divine artifact, I'll use it to change the future fate of Soul Beasts."

Ji Yang nodded.

Naturally, he could see the hope in Xiao Wu's heart.

Just as he had said, if his Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul could advance into a divine artifact after he became a god and retain this ability, he would not mind doing so.

He could consider it a way to win over the Silver Dragon King and bring the entire Soul Beast lineage aboard his war chariot.

After reaching the Divine Realm, he would need allies of his own as well.

"Thank you, Xiao Yang!"

Hearing Ji Yang's affirmative answer, Xiao Wu immediately thanked him with tears shining in her eyes and joy all over her face.

She did not know Ji Yang's other thoughts, but she had seen his "sincerity."