"Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue contains a lot of impurities. Wuchen, do you know how to remove them?"
As a Titled Douluo, he would have no trouble eating Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, but it would be nearly impossible for his six-year-old son to absorb it perfectly.
Gu Wuchen continued:
"Father, completely envelop the glue core with your Ultimate Ice Soul Power, then slowly lower the temperature until it freezes through. Take advantage of the fact that the effective life-essence energy has an extremely high density and a freezing point far below that of the impurities.
"Let the impurities condense into solid ice flakes before the essence does, then use your spiritual power to precisely strip away every frozen layer of impurities, leaving only the high-purity essence liquid that hasn't completely frozen."
Huo Yuhao had removed the impurities by using his Martial Soul, Spirit Eyes, together with the Snow Empress. Where in the Far North would he have found a Soul Master with Ultimate Fire?
So this method using Ultimate Ice was entirely feasible.
Gu Linchuan was somewhat surprised. His son had even thought of that. He was indeed worthy of inheriting the cleverness and wisdom of the Gu family.
Gu Linchuan followed Gu Wuchen's instructions and began removing the impurities from the Whale Rubber, while Shen Suwei took the opportunity to ask Gu Wuchen what he thought.
"Wuchen, which elementary academy would you like to attend?"
Gu Wuchen paused, then said, "School? I've only just awakened my Martial Soul. Is there such a hurry?"
"Of course. How could we not hurry? If you really don't know which academy is good, Mama will suggest one. How about the Spirit Hall Elementary Academy?"
Gu Wuchen was taken aback. "The Spirit Hall Elementary Academy? Does our Gu family have any ties to Spirit Hall?"
Shen Suwei said, "Of course. Besides the Gu family's cooperation with the major powers, Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined, Qian Daoliu, personally came to the Far North to recruit us into Spirit Hall's Elder Hall!"
"He invited your father to become the eighth enshrined and me to become a Spirit Hall elder, but we turned him down. I've had enough of all that fighting and killing, and I have no interest in joining either."
"However, before Qian Daoliu left, he also said that if our child was born and wanted to study at the Spirit Hall Academy, he would be happy to teach him personally!"
As Gu Wuchen listened, Qian Daoliu's abacus beads practically bounced into his face.
"Qian Daoliu was thinking, 'If I can't recruit the two of you, I'll recruit your child instead,'" Gu Wuchen said.
"That's true, but having a Spirit Hall Great Enshrined and Spirit Hall's resources is still quite good."
Shen Suwei wanted Gu Wuchen to have better resources. The Far North was lacking in them to begin with.
Even though merchants of all sizes from across the continent had come to open shops in Ice Arrival City, turning it into the wealthiest city in the Far North, it still couldn't compare with the imperial capitals on the continent.
"I just want you to have a better life. Of course, I won't force you. If you don't want to go, that's all right too."
Shen Suwei still wanted to know what Gu Wuchen thought.
Gu Wuchen thought it over. Setting aside his current circumstances, having a Great Enshrined personally teach him was definitely a good thing.
On top of that, there were seven enshrined and his parents, two Titled Douluo.
Even a dog walking past me would get a slap.
Gu Wuchen said, "Since you've put it that way, Mother, as your son, I certainly can't disappoint you. I agree."
Shen Suwei nodded with a smile. "I knew Wuchen was the best-behaved. I'll contact the Great Enshrined right away."
"All done!"
Having finished, Gu Linchuan glanced at the Whale Rubber in his hand. It had shrunk considerably and had a hint of golden color.
Seeing his chance, Gu Wuchen immediately reached out and took the Whale Rubber.
"That's it. Mother, please stand guard for me."
With that, Gu Wuchen swallowed it in one gulp and refined it in an instant!
"He just swallowed it like that?" Shen Suwei's eyes widened, and she hurriedly raised a barrier around Gu Wuchen.
It was to keep him from being disturbed while he refined it.
As soon as he swallowed the Whale Rubber, a scorching sensation swept through him, and a flush appeared on his fair cheeks.
That power was changing his body.
He called upon the Dustless Sword's cold Qi, gradually suppressing the scorching sensation within him.
Seeing this, Gu Linchuan also took out a golden token Qian Daoliu had left years ago. An angel was engraved on it.
He injected Soul Power into it, and the token emitted a faint golden glow.
At that moment, far away at Spirit Hall.
In a magnificent palace, beneath a massive Angel God Statue.
A handsome man suddenly opened his golden eyes.
He took a token from his robes.
"It seems their child has awakened his Martial Soul."
Qian Daoliu murmured to himself.
After waiting eight years, he had finally seen this day arrive.
Qian Daoliu set off for the Far North at once.
Meanwhile, back at the Gu family home, Gu Wuchen caught his breath for a while after absorbing the Whale Rubber's power.
"That feels so good!"
Shen Suwei bent down and gave him a teasing smile. "How good?"
Gu Wuchen looked up at his mother, whose face was full of mischievous amusement, and chose to keep his mouth shut.
"He's gotten smarter. He's not so easy to fool anymore." Seeing that Gu Wuchen hadn't fallen for it, Shen Suwei found it somewhat dull.
"Linchuan, take Wuchen to get a Soul Ring. I'll make dinner to celebrate."
As a housewife, Shen Suwei hadn't hunted Soul Beasts in a long time.
It was better to leave hunting Soul Beasts to Gu Linchuan!
Gu Wuchen and Gu Linchuan left the Gu family home at once. The sooner they left, the sooner they would return.
As soon as they stepped out of the Ye family home, their neighbors greeted them.
"Where are you going, Wuchen? Grandpa just made some delicious ice-heart cakes. Would you like to come try some?"
A gray-haired old man leaning on a cane called out to him.
Seeing how warmly the old man invited him, Gu Wuchen didn't refuse. "Grandpa, I'll come get some after Father and I finish our business and come back."
The old man nodded and laughed heartily, saying no more.
As they left the city, many people warmly welcomed and invited them in.
It was all because the Gu family had revitalized Ice Arrival City. Business there had originally been dismal, and many people couldn't earn any money. They had been preparing to leave the city and make a living in the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire.
Then the Gu family suddenly appeared, and together with the product Gu Wuchen had proposed a year ago, they directly brought quite a few people to invest in Ice Arrival City.
The Gu family was always held in high regard by everyone in Ice Arrival City.
After they finally left Ice Arrival City, Gu Linchuan asked, "How old a Soul Beast are you planning to get?"
"Fifteen hundred years."
"The Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue has improved my physique enough to hunt a thousand-year Soul Beast."
After hearing this, Gu Linchuan was somewhat worried, but he still went along with his son's wishes.
Soon, the two arrived at the edge of the Far North's outer region, where goose-feather snowflakes danced through the sky.
Gu Linchuan quickly spotted a Northern Ice Spirit Fox foraging in the snow.
"That's the one!"
The Northern Ice Spirit Fox was definitely suitable.
Gu Wuchen said, "Father, be careful not to kill it by accident."
As a Power Attack System Titled Douluo, Gu Linchuan really might accidentally finish the Northern Ice Spirit Fox off.
"You underestimate me. I'm the most meticulous man there is."
"How meticulous?"
Gu Linchuan froze and looked at Gu Wuchen, who wore a wicked grin.
"Stop fooling around."