Animal Aphrodisiac? And a massive dose!

At these words, the shopkeeper, who had already been watching Li Mingzhu, naturally picked up the conversation.

"Young man, are you still missing something? Why not tell me and see if I can help?"

"That's right!"

Li Mingzhu slapped his forehead in exasperation. Why hadn't he thought to ask the shopkeeper?

Since this shopkeeper dealt in aphrodisiacs, he might well have access to similar goods. He might even have exactly what Li Mingzhu needed on hand.

So Li Mingzhu dispensed with any hesitation and told the shopkeeper outright what he wanted.

"What? Animal aphrodisiac, and a massive dose at that!"

The shopkeeper could hardly believe his ears. He didn't even notice the tea overflowing from his cup.

Good heavens!

Was whale rubber's aphrodisiac effect still not enough for him? Animal aphrodisiac, too? Wasn't he afraid of wrecking his body?

Though the shopkeeper grumbled inwardly, he still gave it some serious thought. He really did have a source for animal aphrodisiacs, with plentiful supplies at affordable prices.

Watching the shopkeeper's expression, Li Mingzhu knew there was hope. After a while, the shopkeeper did indeed give him an address.

With the address in hand, Li Mingzhu suppressed his delight and left the shop as though nothing were out of the ordinary.

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Li Mingzhu leave. He wouldn't dare offend a young Soul Master like him.

He hadn't offended him, but he hadn't earned a favor from him either. What a terrible loss. As for that family heirloom, he had plenty of those. If Li Mingzhu hadn't asked about whale rubber from older whales, he would have almost forgotten it. Besides, given how that thing looked, selling it at all was a gain.

Even counting the piece of thousand-year whale rubber he had sold, he had merely broken even for the day. But to a businessman, making no profit meant suffering a huge loss.

Growing more irritated the longer he thought about it, the shopkeeper sighed in the direction Li Mingzhu had gone. "It's one thing for this young man to rise to a stiff challenge, but now he's crossing species, too. Young people really do play the most twisted, outrageous games!"

Having said that, he felt rather tired and headed straight into the back room to rest.

Everything seemed to have ended happily, leaving only one person still lying all alone on the floor.

Following the address the shopkeeper had given him, Li Mingzhu made his way around to Back Street in Nuoding City. Most businesses on this street dealt in livestock breeding, so they were certain to have the animal aphrodisiac he needed.

"Hee-haw-hee-haw-!"

Before long, Li Mingzhu reached a storefront. Seeing two black donkeys mating outside, he knew he had come to the right place.

He headed inside.

Li Mingzhu looked around and found that this shop was much larger than the one selling whale rubber. It even had two assistants helping out.

The shopkeeper behind the counter also noticed Li Mingzhu's arrival. Since both assistants happened to be busy, he had to come forward and greet him himself.

"Sir, are you looking to buy something?"

The shopkeeper asked curiously. He certainly didn't think Li Mingzhu had come to learn about "breeding."

At his words, Li Mingzhu's gaze settled calmly on him. The shopkeeper was short and scrawny, with heavy dark circles beneath his eyes. One glance was enough to tell that he indulged himself far too much, and a worldly, slick smile hung on his face.

Li Mingzhu kept it brief, giving a simple explanation of his purpose and why he had come.

"Oh, so he sent you! Don't worry, young man. I guarantee the drugs here are potent and effective."

"Whether they're for donkeys, cattle, or even Soul Beasts, I've got them all."

The shopkeeper spoke with such enthusiasm that an uninformed observer might have thought he and Li Mingzhu were close friends.

"Oh? You even have some for Soul Beasts?" Li Mingzhu asked in surprise.

Li Mingzhu's surprise delighted the shopkeeper. Being able to supply drugs for Soul Beasts seemed to be a point of pride for him.

"Of course. Animal aphrodisiacs for Soul Beasts are what this shop is famous for. Ten-Year Hundred-Armor Oxen and Ten-Year Soft-Bone Sheep have especially delicious meat and are often raised by nobles. But their mating seasons are too short, so animal aphrodisiacs are often used to intervene!"

Li Mingzhu seemed to have touched on the shopkeeper's favorite subject, setting him off on an endless stream of chatter!

Still, the shopkeeper's words pleased Li Mingzhu. He had originally only intended to buy some ordinary animal aphrodisiac, but if he could get something stronger and more potent, all the better.

Tsk, tsk. Could Yu Xiaogang even withstand a drug this powerful?

As though picturing Yu Xiaogang's "wonderful life," Li Mingzhu couldn't help the corners of his mouth curling upward.

Without saying anything more, Li Mingzhu directly asked the shopkeeper for three doses of his strongest Soul Beast animal aphrodisiac.

The shopkeeper had been wondering why Li Mingzhu was suddenly smiling, but at those words, delight immediately lit up his face. Three doses would cost a pretty penny.

The two swiftly exchanged money for goods.

Everything he needed was ready. Li Mingzhu lingered no longer and headed straight back to the academy. Once he had processed it a little more, he would make sure Yu Xiaogang got a taste of this animal aphrodisiac tonight.

Li Mingzhu had already worked out his plan to deal with Yu Xiaogang. Now only a few details remained.

The journey back to the academy was the perfect chance to refine them.

Before long, Li Mingzhu returned to his lodgings. He sank into thought as he looked at the two items on the table.

What he most urgently needed to do now was confirm whether the Evil Spirit Orca's whale rubber was usable!

Of all his plans, the most unbelievable-and most important-was helping Yu Xiaogang break through level thirty. (Don't start flaming yet. He would need to use this matter to torment Yu Xiaogang later; the reason would come afterward.)

The whale rubber's effects were an indispensable link in the plan. Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power had hit a bottleneck simply because of his Martial Soul. Although whale rubber wasn't as potent as taking nine-grade purple ganoderma, it could act as a catalyst and help Yu Xiaogang just barely break through that bottleneck.

Whale rubber's greatest benefit was strengthening the body and nourishing the meridians and bones. Rubber from older whales could even help Soul Masters cleanse their meridians and marrow.

In Li Mingzhu's view, one portion of thousand-year whale rubber would be enough to serve as the catalyst for Yu Xiaogang's breakthrough. After all, Yu Xiaogang had accumulated a certain amount of Soul Power.

Thinking was never as good as doing. Having made up his mind, Li Mingzhu couldn't be bothered to dwell on it any longer.

He immediately covered the Evil Spirit Orca's whale rubber with the Domain Space to prevent its odor from escaping. Then he summoned Dragon Flame and focused all his attention on roasting that disgusting whale rubber.

He had to admit that this Evil Spirit Orca's whale rubber really was something special. Far superior to the pieces he had bought before, it actually held out in the Dragon Flame for a while.

But only for a while. Under the Dragon Flame's intense heat, the whale rubber finally began to soften, its layers peeling apart one after another. Impurities separated from essence, forming two distinctly different masses of gelatinous material that Li Mingzhu held aloft with his Soul Power.

Looking at the two masses floating in the air, Li Mingzhu wearily wiped away his sweat. Keeping the domain active and using Dragon Flame for so long had consumed an enormous amount of his Soul Power. He had nearly failed.

Fortunately, he had succeeded in the end. He had also confirmed that the whale rubber was indeed usable, and that its potency definitely matched that of ordinary ten-thousand-year whale glue.

Smiling at the results, Li Mingzhu said, "You really can't judge a person by appearances. The same goes for things."

Li Mingzhu had made a killing this time. Not only had he obtained a piece of Evil Spirit Orca whale rubber, he had also gotten a piece of ordinary thousand-year whale rubber to boot.