After eating the thousand-year whale rubber, Yu Tianheng felt all his muscles burning. A faint red flush spread across his skin, as though some force were strengthening his muscles and bones.
"This... doesn't feel all that special?" Yu Tianheng clenched his fists in puzzlement.
"The effects of whale rubber take time to absorb."
Yu Tianming explained, "It won't increase your Soul Power. It only strengthens your body, making your physique tougher."
Yu Tianheng nodded, then asked, "Then would eating another piece still work?"
"Yes, but the effect will be weaker."
Yu Tianming smiled. "You can eat up to five pieces of thousand-year whale rubber. Any more won't do anything, but you can still take higher-quality ten-thousand-year whale glue."
Yu Tianheng fell silent for a moment, then glanced down at his crotch and smiled awkwardly.
"This stuff really packs a punch..."
Even after whale rubber was softened, its original aphrodisiac effect would not disappear.
Watching his brother's face grow redder, Yu Tianming chuckled. "Brother, stop letting your thoughts run wild. Hurry up and close your eyes, circulate your Soul Power, and absorb its medicinal effects properly."
"Mm!"
Yu Tianheng nodded and sat cross-legged.
The whale rubber's power flowed through his body, gently and steadily nourishing his muscles, bones, flesh, and blood.
A faint golden glow spread over his skin. His muscles grew more defined, and his body continued to strengthen.
Seeing that his brother had settled into it, Yu Tianming took out a piece of thousand-year whale rubber as well.
Dragon Energy surged in his palm, its scorching heat quickly softening the hard whale rubber into a mass of flowing golden liquid.
Then,
he swallowed the liquid whale rubber without hesitation.
Gentle power spread through his body, seeping into every inch of muscle.
Yu Tianming circulated his Soul Power and Dragon Energy and practiced the Indestructible Vajra Body technique, guiding that power to strengthen his entire body.
A bronze sheen appeared over his fair arms, its color growing deeper.
What delighted him even more was that the whale rubber's power produced a wondrous resonance with his Dragon Energy.
The Valstrax Martial Soul flickered behind him, and silver-blue dragon-scale patterns flashed across his skin.
With every heartbeat, a dragon's roar seemed to echo through his blood.
By the time Yu Tianming opened his eyes again, it was already the hour of the tiger.
Yu Tianming gently clenched his fist. A faint pop sounded in the air-the sound of sheer strength compressing the air.
"My strength increased by about ten percent..." Yu Tianming nodded in satisfaction.
The stronger the body,
the less noticeable the effects of whale rubber became.
With a body comparable to a Soul King's, gaining ten percent more strength from a single piece of thousand-year whale rubber was already very good.
Besides that, Yu Tianming had also grown taller, by roughly four or five centimeters.
Afterward.
Yu Tianming looked at Yu Tianheng, who was still meditating, and noticed that his physique had clearly strengthened as well.
He estimated that it would improve by at least sixty or seventy percent.
Normally, absorbing one piece of thousand-year whale rubber could raise the age of the Soul Ring a Soul Master could withstand by about five hundred years.
But a ten-percent improvement to a Soul King-level body would raise that limit by roughly a thousand years!
This was because Yu Tianming had combined Dragon Energy and the Indestructible Vajra Body while absorbing the thousand-year whale rubber, improving its absorption effects.
After absorbing the whale rubber, Yu Tianming and Yu Tianheng cultivated quietly all night.
When the morning sunlight streamed through the window into the room, Yu Tianheng finally opened his eyes.
"How do you feel?" Yu Tianming asked with a smile.
"It's incredible!"
Yu Tianheng stood and stretched his muscles and bones. "My physical fitness feels like it's improved by more than half-about sixty or seventy percent."
He clenched his fists. "This whale rubber really is good stuff, and it's so gentle to absorb."
Yu Tianming took out six pieces of thousand-year whale rubber. "Brother, I want to share these with Sister Yanzi, Lingling, and the others."
Yu Tianheng's eyes lit up.
"Good! Then we can have them help us look for thousand-year whale rubber and ten-thousand-year whale glue too!"
"Mm. I'll also send Grandpa another letter and ask the clan to buy as much whale rubber as possible to improve the overall strength of the sect's disciples."
Yu Tianming continued.
If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan bought whale rubber, even secretly and in batches, it would inevitably draw the attention of other factions. Its effects would be exposed sooner or later.
But he did not care. As long as the clan could acquire enough whale rubber, they would have seized the initiative!
A short while later.
Yu Tianming, Dugu Yan, and the others sat in a circle on the lawn.
Yu Tianming took six small boxes out of his Storage Soul Tool and handed them out one by one.
"Tianming, what is this?"
Dugu Yan picked up the small box without opening it. Her emerald eyes shifted as she asked.
Ye Lingling and the others were also very curious.
"Whale rubber."
Yu Tianming smiled faintly.
"Whale rubber?!"
Dugu Yan's hand shook, and she flung the small box away.
Fortunately, Yu Tianheng, who sat opposite her, reacted quickly. He reached out, caught the box, and set it back down in front of Dugu Yan.
"Yanzi, keep your voice down!" Yu Tianheng said irritably.
Dugu Yan's face instantly flushed bright red, her emerald eyes full of embarrassment and anger. Pointing her fair, slender finger at Yu Tianming, she said,
"You little scoundrel! I don't like it! How could you give something like this to a girl?!"
It was only because it was Yu Tianming. If any other boy had given her whale rubber, Dugu Yan would certainly have flown into a rage and had her grandfather poison him to death.
At the same time.
Ye Lingling's hand, which had been about to open her box, froze in midair, and a blush colored her fair cheeks.
The brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo, along with Yu Feng and Osler, opened their boxes with great interest.
Shi Mo even leaned in and sniffed it. "This is my first time seeing this stuff. It smells a bit fishy!"
"Everyone, calm down."
Yu Tianming helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead. "Sister Yanzi, hear me out."
"Whale rubber does have an aphrodisiac effect, but its real value is that it can strengthen your physique and improve your physical fitness."
Yu Tianheng hurriedly added, "Tianming and I both took some last night. My physical strength improved by sixty or seventy percent."
Dugu Yan eyed the brothers suspiciously. "Really?"
"Then why have I never heard anyone mention it?"
"Because..."
Yu Tianming looked around, making sure no one was eavesdropping. "Right now, the only people who know this secret are my brother and me."
"Keep your voices down, all of you. Don't let anyone else hear."
Ye Lingling nodded thoughtfully. "...Rarity makes things valuable."
"Then how do we take it?" Yu Feng asked curiously.
"Soften it with Soul Power, then swallow it directly," Yu Tianming explained. "Its power will gently strengthen your bodies."
Something suddenly occurred to Osler. "Yanzi, if you're afraid to eat it, you can give it to me."
"Get lost!"
Dugu Yan snatched up the box and clutched it to her chest, but she still muttered quietly with a red face, "...I need to check with Grandpa first."
Hearing this.
Yu Tianming hurriedly said, "There's no need to trouble Senior Dugu. Would I lie to you?"
If Dugu Yan told her grandfather and failed to explain it clearly, who knew what Dugu Bo, that doting slave to his granddaughter, might do.
Just imagine Dugu Bo hearing his precious granddaughter say, "Grandpa, my friend gave me a piece of whale rubber..."
Dugu Bo would absolutely bristle on the spot!