"Greetings, Senior Su Yao." Ling Yu immediately bowed.
She nodded and walked behind Ling Yu without a word.
"Senior Su Yao has a quiet disposition. Please don't take offense, Worthy Younger Brother Ling." Xue Qinghe smiled faintly.
"Not at all, not at all."
"Then let me show you around this residence. The attendants were all transferred from the palace. You may direct them as you please."
"Thank you for going to so much trouble, Brother Xue."
After everyone had toured the residence, Xue Qinghe asked, "What do you think, Worthy Younger Brother Ling?"
"I'm very satisfied."
"Good. This residence will be transferred into your name shortly. I'll arrange for someone to bring all your luggage over. Let's leave it here for today. Tomorrow at nine in the morning, I'll take you to meet the three board members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy."
"Sorry for the trouble, Brother Xue." Ling Yu immediately bowed.
"Not at all. This is the token Father has bestowed upon you. With it, you can collect materials from the Imperial Supplies Hall at any time." Xue Qinghe took an exquisite golden token from his Storage Soul Tool, engraved with the character for "Heaven."
"Thank you for His Majesty's generous gift!" Ling Yu bowed and accepted it with both hands.
Xue Qinghe nodded. "Also, this is my token. If anything comes up, you may come to the Crown Prince's residence to find me at any time." With that, he took a simply designed token from inside his robe and handed it over.
"Thank you, Brother Xue!" Ling Yu reached out and accepted it.
"I'll be leaving, then. Familiarize yourself with your own home, Worthy Younger Brother Ling. No need to see me out." Xue Qinghe smiled and headed outside.
"Take care, Brother Xue!"
After seeing Xue Qinghe off, Ling Yu looked at the mansion before him with some emotion. In his previous life, he had come from an ordinary family and had been hospitalized not long after starting school. His background in this life was not very good either. Now that he had suddenly acquired such a fine place to live, he inevitably felt somewhat unaccustomed to it. The rooms, in particular, were so large that they gave him a sense of panic.
Since I'm here, I should make myself at home, he murmured inwardly.
"Senior Su Yao," Ling Yu called softly.
"Here!" A cool voice came from behind him.
"Can I use the token His Majesty bestowed upon me to read in the palace library?"
Su Yao glanced at Ling Yu in surprise. She had considered many possibilities, but had never expected him to go there.
"Of course."
"Then, sorry for the trouble, Senior, but could you lead the way?"
"Your Highness needn't be so courteous." With that, Su Yao summoned a servant to arrange a carriage to the palace.
Inside the Worship Hall in Spirit City-
Enshrined Qian Jun appeared in a flash, holding a letter sent by Qian Renxue. "Eldest Brother, Xue'er has sent a letter."
Qian Daoliu nodded, took the letter, and began reading.
In an instant, his pupils shifted.
"Eldest Brother, what is it? Has something happened to Xue'er?" The enshrined were all supreme experts and naturally noticed the change in Qian Daoliu's expression. They felt somewhat worried. After all, for even someone like Qian Daoliu to lose control of his emotions, what was written in the letter surely could not be simple.
"Read it yourselves." Qian Daoliu handed the letter to Enshrined Golden Crocodile for them to pass around.
"This... Whale rubber actually has such an effect?"
"A thousand-year second ring! Doesn't that mean finding older whale rubber could even allow a thousand-year first ring?" The enshrined were somewhat shaken.
"If only it had appeared sooner. With Xue'er's aptitude and talent, she could certainly have had a thousand-year first ring and a ten-thousand-year fourth ring. I held her back!" Qian Daoliu sighed.
"What an extraordinary boy, to discover such an effect. His Soul Skills are so unusual, too. Fortunately, Xue'er has already begun making plans," Enshrined Golden Crocodile remarked.
"His cultivation talent is indeed very high. His Innate Soul Power was only rank five, yet he broke through to rank twenty-three at nine years old. There is certainly more to him than meets the eye," Enshrined Azure Luan also praised.
"Then, Eldest Brother, should this letter...?" Enshrined Lion did not finish, but everyone knew what he meant.
"I'll make a trip to the Pope's Hall. This concerns the foundations of Spirit Hall." With a thought from Qian Daoliu, the letter returned to his hand. He then left the Worship Hall in a flash.
Inside the Pope's Hall-
Bibi Dong abruptly pressed her pen onto the desk. "Does even the mighty Great Enshrined skulk about like this?" Qian Daoliu's figure appeared before her.
"Xue'er sent a letter." As soon as he finished speaking, the letter appeared on Bibi Dong's desk.
She did not read it immediately, but stared at Qian Daoliu. Only after a long while did she pick up the letter and read it.
"Is this true?" Bibi Dong's pupils shifted.
"Would Xue'er lie?"
Only after a stretch of silence did Bibi Dong ask, "What do you intend to do?"
"Since Heaven Dou already knows, leave the whale rubber available on the market alone, lest we cause trouble for Xue'er. They don't have many talented people to nurture anyway."
"Organize a group of trustworthy water-attribute Soul Masters to secretly hunt whale Soul Beasts at sea. Make it into a secret medicine and distribute it to our own people who meet the requirements." Qian Daoliu had once served as Pope himself, so making such arrangements came easily to him.
"Very well."
"As for Xue'er's reward, think of it yourself." With that, Qian Daoliu left the Pope's Hall in a flash, leaving Bibi Dong behind with clenched fists.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace library-
"A normal Soul Master's mental power and Soul Power increase in tandem, but mental-type Soul Masters absorb more Soul Beasts with the Mental Attribute, giving them an advantage in the quantity of their mental power. Thus, they can crush Soul Masters of the same rank."
"Why does mental power increase? Because as the total amount of Soul Power increases and the body grows stronger, more mental power is needed to control the body."
"So Titled Douluo can fly essentially because a leap in their total mental power enables precise control over their bodies."
As Ling Yu searched through the books, he recorded his deductions in his notebook. Su Yao cultivated at his side, occasionally glancing at him. After noticing the contents of his notebook, she could not help marveling inwardly, A genius. Only someone like this could discover the effects of whale rubber.
A short while later, he stretched, closed his eyes, and murmured inwardly:
The essence of the Purple Demon Eye is an eye technique and the enhancement of mental power. It takes in a wisp of Purple Qi to temper mental power and draw it into the pupils, which is why it has the ability to see through illusions.
So mental power can be enhanced within pure Primordial Qi that is highly compatible with the human body.
But I don't have a cultivation method for absorbing it. All I can do is try to improve the meditation method, and that requires a diagram of the human body's meridians.
Having thought things through, Ling Yu opened his eyes and continued reading. Only when the sky gradually darkened and the librarian reminded them of the time did Ling Yu leave and return to his residence.
Looking at the magnificent residence, thoughts stirred in Ling Yu's mind:
I do want to bring Grandpa Jack here to enjoy a comfortable life, but that's just wishful thinking on my part.
Older people still prefer places filled with their own memories. Then I'll do my best to make Holy Soul Village better so everyone can enjoy a good life together. I wonder when the people handling the conferment will reach the village.
They probably won't send high-ranking Soul Masters there. After all, the empire doesn't have that many talented people, and this isn't a major matter. At least Xiao Wu is safe.
Once the things bestowed upon me are delivered to the school, she should know I'm safe.
After dinner, Ling Yu began cultivating.
Late that night, a figure flashed past and appeared at the Crown Prince's residence-
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"How is he?"
"Diligent and broad-minded. Truly a rare sight."
"Oh?" Qian Renxue's expression shifted. For him to earn such an appraisal from Su Yao was rare indeed. As she listened to her recount everything that had happened in the library, the corner of her mouth lifted.
"He truly is a rare talent."
"You may return." Qian Renxue waved a hand, and Su Yao left in a flash.
It will be time to act in a few days, lest he become too deeply tied to Heaven Dou, Qian Renxue murmured inwardly.