The Effect of Actively Revealing Whale Rubber

"These four are all disciples of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. They have been taking whale rubber for the past two years. Whether whale rubber works or not, you'll see for yourselves in a moment!"

As he spoke, the host gestured to the four of them.

The four nodded and immediately stepped two paces forward. Their Martial Souls possessed them in an instant, displaying their soul ring configurations before the crowd: yellow; yellow-purple; yellow-purple; and yellow-yellow-purple. Waves of Soul Power rippled continuously outward.

"Please take a look. These four are, respectively, a Support System Soul Master, a Control System Soul Master, an Agility Attack System Soul Master, and a Power Attack System Soul Master. All of them have consumed a considerable amount of millennium whale rubber. The highest age of their first soul rings is six hundred and eighty years, while the highest age of their second soul rings is one thousand three hundred years. As for their third rings, I believe you can tell from the Soul Power Fluctuation they emit, so there is no need for me to elaborate!"

"However, I must remind everyone here not to rashly pursue a ten-thousand-year fourth ring just because you have consumed Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber. Before resolving the issue of Mental Shock, it is still best to choose a nine-thousand-year fourth ring!"

The host offered the reminder with a smile, but no one present was listening to a word he said. Their eyes were fixed on the two youths with Millennium Second Soul Rings, and stormy waves surged through their hearts.

What the host said was true. Whale rubber really could raise the limit of what soul ring ages a person could endure.

As for the thought that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might be deceiving them, it flashed through their minds only to be immediately rejected. They might not have believed some rumor from an unreliable source, but this was an auction. Unless the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wanted to ruin its own reputation, it could not possibly lie.

"Now that everyone understands the effects of whale rubber, the starting bid for this piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber is 10,000 Gold Soul Coins. Each raise must be no less than 1,000 Gold Soul Coins..." the host announced with a smile.

"20,000 Gold Soul Coins!"

"25,000 Gold Soul Coins!"

"Don't any of you compete with me! 30,000 Gold Soul Coins!"

"..."

The reason everyone raised the bids so frantically was that the whale rubber on the market had long since been bought out by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There was still a little hundred-year and millennium whale rubber to be found, but ten-thousand-year whale rubber was simply nonexistent. If they missed this piece, who knew when they would get another chance?

In the end, the piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber in Heaven Dou City was purchased by Bishop Salas of Spirit Hall for 300,000 Gold Soul Coins.

At the same time, the piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber in Star Luo City was purchased by the Star Luo Royal Family for 320,000 Gold Soul Coins.

These two pieces of whale rubber were like sparks cast into dry kindling, instantly igniting a blazing frenzy over whale rubber. Soul Master factions of every size began madly collecting and researching whale rubber. Some even dispatched Water Attribute Soul Masters to Vast Sea City, intending to head out to sea and hunt Whale-type Spirit Beasts for whale rubber.

Spirit City, Pope's Hall!

Bibi Dong looked at the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber in her hand, shock showing in her eyes. What shocked her was not the effects of whale rubber, but Ning Fengzhi's decision to proactively reveal those effects.

"Not simple at all, Ning Fengzhi. As time passed, the unusual changes in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Soul Masters and the effects of whale rubber would eventually have been discovered anyway. He might as well expose it early. Not only would this earn the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the goodwill of Soul Master factions across the continent—a tremendous benefit for a support sect—but it would also protect the sect's talented disciples, preventing other factions from coveting them over their soul rings that exceeded the normal age limit. It truly achieves several things at once!"

There was one most crucial point Bibi Dong did not mention: the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had essentially monopolized all whale rubber on the continent. If other factions wanted whale rubber, they could either go out to sea and hunt Whale-type Spirit Beasts or curry favor with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. This would allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to retain the initiative at all times.

"Then, Your Majesty the Pope, should we strengthen our surveillance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? And should we assassinate some of the talented disciples they currently have?" Salas suggested.

"No. Spirit Hall is not so narrow-minded that it cannot tolerate the geniuses of other sects. Besides, I have only just inherited the position of Pope, and my control over Spirit Hall is still insufficient. It would be unwise to do anything unnecessary and make enemies for Spirit Hall." Bibi Dong pinched the bridge of her nose and spoke in a low voice.

"Also, dispatch people to collect whale rubber throughout the continent, and send Water Attribute Soul Masters out to sea to hunt Whale-type Spirit Beasts. Our Spirit Hall cannot fall behind the other factions. We must remain far ahead of them!"

"By your command, Your Majesty the Pope!"

Salas accepted the order and slowly left Spirit City to arrange for people to collect whale rubber.

Within Notting Junior Soul Master Academy in Notting City.

Yu Xiaogang stared at the Spirit News in his hands, his face full of disbelief as he muttered continuously, "Impossible. My theory cannot be wrong. This must be fake. The maximum age for a first soul ring should be four hundred and thirty-two years. A second ring cannot possibly reach a thousand years..."

After quite some time, the somewhat crazed Yu Xiaogang regained a trace of composure and looked again at the contents of the newspaper.

"Whale rubber can improve physical constitution. Could it also break the shackle preventing me from reaching level thirty? No, I have to get whale rubber. If millennium whale rubber won't do, then Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber. I can definitely do it!"

As he spoke, he began packing his things, preparing to seek out his old friend Flender. He knew that his friend valued money as much as life and often collected rare, precious items. There should be some whale rubber in his possession.

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!

Xu Yang also looked at the Spirit News before him, feeling somewhat moved. He knew that Ning Fengzhi had exposed the effects of whale rubber partly because of him. Otherwise, he could have delayed for several more years.

He would soon be going to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where using his Martial Soul would be unavoidable. Once he used it, his soul rings would be exposed, and then his absurd soul ring configuration would be discovered. Other factions would inevitably covet it, placing his life in danger.

But by revealing the effects of whale rubber now, the attention of other factions on him would lessen greatly and instead focus upon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect was using its own safety to protect him!

Still, Ning Fengzhi had chosen his timing well. This was precisely the critical period of Spirit Hall's transfer of power, when it could not spare attention for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As for the other factions, aside from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Ning Fengzhi did not take any of them seriously.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was, at least outwardly, still an ally of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and could not possibly strike openly. As for covert schemes, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could handle them with ease.

"Ah, this debt of gratitude is becoming harder and harder to repay!"

With a faint sigh in his heart, Xu Yang closed his eyes and resumed cultivating. Having obtained the power of his Second Soul Ring, together with the deliberate conversions he had been making, thirty percent of the Sun Soul Power within his body had now been converted, and it had become far more refined.

This stage would also be the time when he progressed the fastest, and he did not wish to waste it. The Sun Martial Soul appeared behind his head as he activated his Second Soul Skill. Eight suns immediately split off, constantly drawing in Sun Power and guiding it into his body for refinement. It transformed into strands of pure Soul Power that tempered his physique and were absorbed by the cells of his body.