What puzzled Li Mingzhu, however, was that Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night was supposed to hold twenty-four cubic meters. Why did he see only twenty?
Li Mingzhu thought it over, then decided it did not matter how much space it had. He was not losing out anyway.
Opening these Space Soul Tools took very little soul power. Their security was poor, too: as long as soul power served as a medium, anyone could open them. They were nothing like the high-grade Storage Rings over in Battle Through the Heavens, which even had soul-based security measures.
Li Mingzhu immediately channeled his soul power into the Space Soul Tools, opening both of them.
The Seal Soul Tool's thirty-six cubic meters were packed to the brim, while Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night held five or six cubic meters of belongings.
The items inside made Li Mingzhu's eyes light up. To make taking inventory easier, he simply released everything.
In an instant, whatever else might have been in Yu Xiaogang's room, a mound of Gold Soul Coins as tall as a water vat appeared first. Li Mingzhu did not count them carefully, but a visual estimate put them at around fifty or sixty thousand.
Li Mingzhu stepped forward, picked up a few Gold Soul Coins, and toyed with them in his hand. He had never imagined that Yu Xiaogang would have so many.
Could you imagine it? Yu Xiaogang was this rich, yet he still went to the Spirit Hall Branch punctually every month to collect his Gold Soul Coins.
"Sure enough, only a bastard would leave free money unclaimed. The more money, the better!" Li Mingzhu remarked on Yu Xiaogang's behavior.
Sometimes, Li Mingzhu wondered whether Bibi Dong had used Yu Xiaogang as the benchmark when setting Spirit Hall's eligibility limits for collecting Gold Soul Coins.
Money could not do everything, but without money, you could do nothing. Now that he had so many Gold Soul Coins, he would no longer have to creep around on tiptoe.
There was no need to put the Gold Soul Coins back into a Soul Tool. Li Mingzhu stored them directly in the Domain Space.
After putting them away, Li Mingzhu crouched down and rummaged through the sea of books filling the entire room. He knew the Gold Soul Coins were only the small change among these belongings. The truly valuable things were these books.
Some of the books before him had words on their covers, while others did not.
"Recommended Soul Beasts for Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons"
"Tiger-Type Soul Beast Illustrated Guide"
"High-Bloodline Soul Beast Illustrated Guide"
"Super Soul Beast Illustrated Guide"
"Elemental Soul Beast Illustrated Guide"...
There were all sorts of books, and Li Mingzhu curled his lip as he looked through them.
After all, no matter where you were, inherited knowledge mattered enormously. These guides to rare soul beasts were one form of that inheritance, and their rarity was astonishing. Perhaps many sects did not even possess as much inherited knowledge as there was here.
Almost every inherited martial soul had established soul beast pairings. The major powers knew perfectly well which soul beasts could provide powerful soul skills.
To monopolize this knowledge, the various powers kept information on high-level soul beasts under strict control. Ordinary commoner Soul Masters had no access to it whatsoever.
Most of these books were handwritten copies. Curious, Li Mingzhu began leafing through the handwritten books before him.
Within three minutes, Li Mingzhu had skimmed more than a dozen books, and his expression had become rather peculiar.
Li Mingzhu could hardly believe his eyes. He could actually find things like this in these books?
What was this supposed to mean? Yu Xiaogang actually knew about Spirit Hall's six Angel Inheritance Soul Bones! To think that Li Mingzhu had uncovered this just by casually flipping through a few books. (I did not make this up. In the original story, even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not know, but Yu Xiaogang did.)
Moreover, the dozen or so books he had browsed all contained Spirit Hall's knowledge of various soul beasts. One of them even introduced a Titled Douluo's martial soul and soul skills.
That was utterly explosive. A Soul Master's soul skills were their greatest secret.
To confirm his suspicions, Li Mingzhu randomly picked another ten handwritten books from the pile. A look through them revealed that they, too, belonged to Spirit Hall.
Now Li Mingzhu was certain. Yu Xiaogang must have copied these in Spirit Hall when he was young, with Bibi Dong's help.
Looking at all these handwritten books, Li Mingzhu could scarcely imagine it. Handwritten copies made up three-quarters of all the books here.
At this, Li Mingzhu could not help admiring Yu Xiaogang. Just think: a good-for-nothing from one major power had infiltrated a hostile power, copied its confidential information-its books-and even stirred up internal conflict within it.
The more Li Mingzhu thought about it, the more inspiring it seemed!
Viewed this way, Li Mingzhu's estimation of just how love-addled Bibi Dong was rose another notch. Before she had even fallen out with Qian Xunji, she had already dared to betray him openly.
So Bibi Dong was not someone worth pitying. In another world, Li Mingzhu might have felt some sympathy, but this was the Douluo Continent. As Dai Mubai had said, talented women were also a kind of resource.
Li Mingzhu could not possibly read every book in the room, so he simply packed them all into the Domain Space.
With his spoils taken care of, it was time for Li Mingzhu to deal with that muddleheaded fool, Yu Xiaogang.
He did indeed intend to help Yu Xiaogang break through his bottleneck, but he was not going to let him benefit for nothing.
Li Mingzhu had already found a Sow Farm in Nuoding City. Now he only needed to bring Yu Xiaogang there.
Li Mingzhu was still young and not very tall, so carrying Yu Xiaogang by the scruff of his neck was rather awkward.
Still, he had the strength for it. At least carrying him took little effort. Under cover of night, Li Mingzhu brought Ganzi silently to the vicinity of the pig farm.
It was late enough that everyone had long since drifted into dreamland. All Li Mingzhu could hear here were the grunts of pigs.
Li Mingzhu tossed Ganzi down carelessly and took his Heat-Inducing Three-Piece Set out of the space.
First, he heated the thousand-year whale rubber, then slowly fed it into Yu Xiaogang's mouth.
There was little difference between taking whale rubber while awake and taking it while unconscious. However, while unconscious, its side effects were difficult to resist mentally, resulting in severe effects on certain bodily functions afterward.
Soon, the whale rubber began taking effect. Yu Xiaogang was drenched in sweat, his face flushed red as he panted unconsciously.
Apparently, the swelling in his lower body was becoming uncomfortable, and Yu Xiaogang began showing signs of regaining consciousness. Li Mingzhu noticed, picked up a brick beside the pig farm, and struck Ganzi on the skull without bothering to gauge his strength.
That blow not only sent Ganzi back to sleep, but also cracked his head open.
"Whew!" With the problem solved, Li Mingzhu casually tossed the brick aside and stayed where he was, quietly waiting for the result.
After a while, Ganzi's complexion gradually returned to normal, and the whale rubber's effects slowly faded. Most of Ganzi's bottleneck had been broken through, but Li Mingzhu sensed that he was still a little short of level thirty.
This put Li Mingzhu in a difficult spot. He had never imagined Yu Xiaogang could be useless to such an extent.
In truth, this piece of whale rubber was enough to help Yu Xiaogang break through his bottleneck. However, Ganzi's physique was so poor that his body had automatically diverted some of the medicinal potency into strengthening it.
"Ganzi, even being useless should have its limits," Li Mingzhu cursed.
With no other choice, Li Mingzhu took out the refined Evil Spirit Orca whale rubber, separated out one-twelfth of it, and fed it to Yu Xiaogang.
The moment it entered his mouth, its medicinal potency ran rampant through Yu Xiaogang's body. His whole body flushed red again, and wisps of mist rose from his skin.
This time, nothing could stop Yu Xiaogang's breakthrough. At last, level thirty was achieved!
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