Inheritance, between ice and fire

Su Yu was pleasantly surprised to hear that there was whale rubber as well.

This stuff was used to improve physical fitness.

Of course, it had a side effect: it was an aphrodisiac.

That side effect was exactly what the noble lords of ten thousand years ago had wanted.

But as its primary effect was discovered, the price of whale rubber had soared, and few noble lords could afford to use it anymore.

Su Yu had not expected the sect to give him whale rubber so early.

On second thought, though, it made perfect sense. He was too young, after all, so giving him whale rubber would take more effort.

They would probably need more medicinal herbs to dilute its side effects, as well as divide the whale rubber into smaller portions.

It simply was not worth using it at this age, at this stage.

Better to use it when he made a push for a thousand-year second ring.

But if Su Yu had a chance to aim for a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his first soul ring, then it was still worthwhile.

"Thank you, Sect Master."

Du Busi smiled and nodded.

He patted Su Yu on the shoulder and said, his voice full of expectation, "The future of the Body Sect still rests with your generation."

He had thought that his and his elder brother's emergence in the same era had already marked the pinnacle of the Body Sect.

Never had he imagined that, decades later, the Body Sect would welcome three peerless geniuses.

Du Busi's anticipation came from the bottom of his heart.

At that moment, he even felt that breaking through to Limit Douluo was less meaningful than properly nurturing all three of them.

Inheritance!

Just like that, he suddenly felt the crushing weight of this responsibility.

Su Yu nodded emphatically.

Now that he had gained an initial grasp of the secret method, there was naturally no need to keep cultivating in the cultivation room.

Su Yu returned to his room and immediately tried the Vital Energy Secret Method.

The Vital Energy Secret Method could still be practiced at a normal concentration of vital energy.

Moreover, because he had absorbed an extra half measure of vital energy into his soul power, the concentration of vital energy outside actually had little bearing on his cultivation process, apart from the Vital Energy Secret Method's initial activation.

After cultivating for another stretch and running through the Vital Energy Secret Method on his own to confirm that everything was correct, Su Yu had a new idea.

In the Inner Landscape, I have ten times as much time to examine my own problems, ten times the breathing room to issue "commands," and nearly ten times the effectiveness when directing my soul power.

Although the strain on my meridians prevents my soul power from circulating ten times as fast, these advantages are real.

So, if I apply these advantages to practicing the Vital Energy Secret Method...

Su Yu's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He acted as soon as the thought struck.

He tried again, merging essence, energy, and spirit, and uniting his three dantians.

Compared with his previous two attempts, Su Yu was much more composed this time. Although it still took some effort, the improvement in how efficiently he entered the Inner Landscape was plain to see.

The Inner Landscape.

Su Yu worked hard to sense his own presence.

Then he began directing vital energy.

He circulated his soul power through specific meridian nodes, absorbing more Heaven and Earth Essence.

Then he wrapped that Heaven and Earth Essence in soul power and sent it flowing through his meridians.

As the circulation continued, the amount of Heaven and Earth Essence within his soul power once again reached half his total soul power.

Outside, this is already my limit, but in the Inner Landscape, I'm still calm and have room to spare.

In fact, the Vital Energy Secret Method could already be practiced once the amount of Heaven and Earth Essence reached twenty percent of one's soul power.

Any increase beyond that was a matter of training one's control over soul power.

Su Yu was born with powerful spiritual power, and his martial soul was a dantian that provided an excellent buffer for his soul power, so he could control a fifty-percent ratio of Heaven and Earth Essence as soon as he grasped the basics.

Now, with the Inner Landscape's help, he raised that ratio again.

By the time he felt pressure once more, the Heaven and Earth Essence had reached a hundred percent.

In other words, the total amounts of soul power and Heaven and Earth Essence within his body were now equal.

Heaven and Earth Essence was an external force, and direct contact with his fragile meridians could easily damage them.

Although it was far gentler than another Soul Master's soul power invading his body, the danger of an amount of Heaven and Earth Essence equal to his soul power leaking into his meridians was self-evident.

What was more, now that the two were equal in quantity, restraining the Heaven and Earth Essence with soul power was extremely difficult!

Su Yu strained to circulate the soul power within his body, carrying the Heaven and Earth Essence contained inside it through his meridians.

As he did so, he opened tiny holes in the surface of the soul power enveloping the Heaven and Earth Essence, allowing it to seep out and strike his meridians directly.

At the same time, he used soul power to bolster and strengthen his meridians, allowing the Heaven and Earth Essence to temper them in a targeted manner without causing damage.

Soon, sweat covered Su Yu's forehead.

By the time he slowly exhausted this portion of heaven-and-earth vital energy, little of his soul power remained either. He kept the Meditation Method running, devoting part of his attention to meditating and restoring his soul power while continuing to explore the Inner Landscape.

Once his soul power had fully recovered, Su Yu found a clump of red substance.

He tried merging with and absorbing the red substance.

Then he used the Vital Energy Secret Method to temper himself again.

When the Heaven and Earth Essence and the red substance tempered his meridians at the same time, Su Yu felt caught between ice and fire.

Only then did he realize that the red substance improved his body not by destroying it, but by nourishing it.

The scorching sensation, as though his meridians were burning, came purely from how intense that nourishment was.

To put this state of ice and fire in simple terms, one side was overtaxing his body while the other replenished it.

The sensation was agonizingly exquisite.

Su Yu felt as if he were soaring into heaven one moment and plunging into hell the next.

Of course, the efficiency of his body tempering also shot straight up.

When the secret method ended, Su Yu did not even feel a sting in his meridians.

In theory, after cultivating for so long, my meridians should already have reached their limit.

It looks like there are still plenty of details in cultivation for me to uncover.

He once again devoted part of his attention to maintaining the Meditation Method and restoring his soul power, while searching the Inner Landscape for red substance.

To Su Yu's delight, this time he did not find any red substance, but instead discovered an entirely new mysterious substance.

This mysterious substance shimmered with a hazy blue glow. It was not as dazzling as the red substance's crimson light and looked much gentler.

After a moment's hesitation, Su Yu still stepped forward to touch the clump of blue substance.

The next instant, a cool sensation washed over Su Yu's entire body, as if a stream of water were rinsing him clean.

A kind of fatigue he had not previously sensed emerged like filth lurking in darkness exposed by a demon-revealing mirror, then was swiftly eradicated.

Su Yu felt refreshed in body and mind. It was not merely physical-even his consciousness within the Inner Landscape felt the soothing relief left by that coolness!

The Inner Landscape truly deserves to be called the human body's hidden treasury. It really is wondrous!

Marveling at this, Su Yu began searching for mysterious substances again.

In the blink of an eye, three full months had passed.