Thousand-year whale rubber, training Zhu Zhuqing!

To amass so many Soul Beast materials, assuming each Soul Beast had only one valuable item or one valuable pair on its body...

The materials piled on the desk would have required killing at least a thousand hundred-year or even thousand-year Soul Beasts.

"Lin En, just how many Soul Beasts did you kill in Star Dou?"

Zhu Zhuqing leaned close to Lin En's ear and asked softly.

"Well, not many. Sageross killed most of them, and some were kindly sponsored by the Star Dou Mercenary Group. I couldn't count them all..."

Lin En explained calmly.

Although he did not know what these things were worth, they were items those mercenaries had hunted with their heads hanging from their belts, so they ought to be worth something.

"This many?"

The appraiser was stunned and looked at Lin En in astonishment.

"What, is there a problem?"

Lin En looked at him expressionlessly, his tone cool.

"Of course not. Everyone, come over and appraise this pile first."

The appraiser hurriedly called over the other staff, and they began appraising the Soul Beast materials.

The appraisal results were soon ready.

The blonde girl presented a Gold Soul Coin card to Lin En with both hands and said respectfully,

"Esteemed guest, your Soul Beast materials are worth a total of three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. Among them, the Storage Soul Tool is priced at fifty thousand and seven Gold Soul Coins and will be auctioned later."

"Good. Take me to the auction hall. I'd like to bid on a few things!"

Lin En took the Gold Soul Coin card and nodded slightly.

"Certainly. Please follow me!"

Afterward, led by the girl, the two arrived on the auction hall's second floor.

At that moment, one round of bidding had already finished onstage, and the next was about to begin.

Lin En took Zhu Zhuqing to their seats. Both wore masks to conceal their identities, as though it had already become a habit.

Zhu Zhuqing rested her slender hands at the tops of her thighs and calmly watched the auction floor below, a little more curiosity in her eyes.

Holding an amplifier, the auctioneer began the bidding with a smile.

As items were displayed and auctioned off one after another, Lin En ate fruit while waiting for his target.

Soon, his chance to act arrived.

"Next, we will be auctioning a rare treasure. Interested guests, please take note, especially our male guests."

As he spoke, the auctioneer gestured below the stage.

A beautiful black-haired woman slowly emerged, pushing an exquisite crystal display case containing six golden, block-shaped objects.

"Thousand-year whale rubber, with excellent nourishing effects for male Soul Masters. The starting price is five hundred Gold Soul Coins!"

Lin En narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, and pressed the button on his seat to begin bidding.

Competition for the whale rubber was not particularly fierce. After all, this stuff was only useful in bed; Soul Masters of this era had not discovered its true purpose at all.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression became quite a sight.

She was naturally no stranger to whale rubber. She had thought Lin En might be different from other people, but men were all the same after all!

Shameless, filthy!

A trace of anger surfaced on Zhu Zhuqing's face. She lowered her head and silently sulked.

Soon, Lin En pressed the button again.

The bidding price had now reached eight thousand Gold Soul Coins, with no sign of rising further.

As the auctioneer's hammer fell, Lin En secured all six pieces of thousand-year whale rubber for eight thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Looking at the whale rubber he had won, Lin En stretched and said leisurely,

"Not bad. Today wasn't a total waste. At least I picked up quite a few good things!"

Lin En turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing, who remained silent with her head lowered, and a smile curled his lips.

"That bitter-melon face isn't meant for me, is it?"

Lin En smiled slightly, lacing his hands behind his head and tilting it back as he spoke to Zhu Zhuqing with a smile.

"Shameless... men are all the same..."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at him with some distaste, an unconcealable disappointment hidden deep in her eyes.

"This whale rubber isn't for using, it's for eating. Don't misunderstand. As for its special uses, I'll explain them to you later."

Lin En clearly knew what Zhu Zhuqing had misunderstood, but he had no intention of clearing it up. Once she used it, she would discover just how good it really was!

"Let's go!"

Seeing that there was nothing else good coming up, Lin En left the Heaven Dou Auction House with Zhu Zhuqing.

A month later, in the Star Dou Great Forest.

" Sageross, use Godspeed! Zhu Zhuqing, watch your dodging and keep up with the pace!"

Lin En reclined against a large tree with a blade of Blue Silver Grass between his lips, lazily watching the battlefield on the ground and giving instructions from time to time.

Below, Zhu Zhuqing was sparring with Sageross.

Lin En had restricted Sageross's strength to around twenty percent, keeping it on par with Zhu Zhuqing's, and even the skills Sageross used were the most basic combos.

The two had been in Star Dou for over a month, during which Lin En had put Zhu Zhuqing through hellish training.

Just as she had said back then, with that declaration of her determination to grow stronger by his side, Lin En had already made his plans.

Naturally, nourishing energy was also indispensable during training.

Lin En gave Zhu Zhuqing the whale rubber he had bought at the Heaven Dou Auction House, heating it for her to eat to strengthen her bones and meridians.

Of course, this stuff had its good and bad points. Every time she ate it, a vivid blush spread across Zhu Zhuqing's cheeks, as crimson as clouds aflame.

Soft moans escaped her lips from time to time.

As though he had anticipated this, Lin En did not take advantage of her at such times, instead taking her to the stream to cool down.

Only after most of the evil fire had faded did he fish her out of the water.

By then, her condition was much more under control.

As for the evil fire remaining in her body, she naturally just had to become a golden miner and comfort herself a little!

However, Zhu Zhuqing seemed very inexperienced; Lin En even had to teach her how to become a golden miner.

Looking speechless, he rummaged through his Storage Ring, found a carrot Xiao Wu had used before, and tossed it to Zhu Zhuqing.

For now, she could only make do with a rabbit-teasing stick. He would get her a cat-teasing stick another day.

More than ten minutes later.

Having exhausted the last trace of Soul Power and stamina in her body, Zhu Zhuqing lay weakly on the ground, her chest heaving violently as she panted out hot breaths.

Sageross flew to Lin En's side, wearing a resolute expression like a warrior who could break through anything.

"Thanks for your hard work, Sageross!"

Lin En raised his hand and stroked Lin En's head, then slowly walked to Zhu Zhuqing's side and asked with concern,

"How are you feeling? Can you still move?"

Zhu Zhuqing's face was flushed. The intense training had reddened her cheeks and ears, and she looked as though she had just emerged from the water.

She shook her head, her throat bobbing, unable to make even the slightest sound.

Lin En chuckled softly, slipped his hands around her calves and the back of her head, and carried her back to camp.

Beside the camp, the fire was burning brightly.

Lin En cut off a small piece of whale rubber and put it in the cooking pot. After briefly heating it, he took it out of the pot with his hand.

After blowing on it to cool it, he fed the softened whale rubber to Zhu Zhuqing, who sat leaning nearby.

Watching his actions, Zhu Zhuqing felt a different sort of emotion stir in her heart.

She raised her head and slowly parted her red lips, eating it in small bites.

Whale rubber did not taste particularly good.

Lin En had eaten it too. It was sticky, like a great lump of snot, and carried a distinctive fishy smell.

If he did not need it to strengthen his physique, he swore he would never touch it a second time in his life.