"Can this thing really be eaten?"
Meng Zhongqi muttered inwardly. In the past, when preparing medicines, he had always chosen hundred-year whale rubber or even thousand-year whale rubber. This was his first encounter with swallowing ten-thousand-year whale glue raw.
"Don't worry, Grandpa!"
"Whale rubber has plenty of benefits. Once you use the method I taught you, you'll see its wonders."
Whale rubber could not only increase a Soul Master's Soul Power, but also help them absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits. Its benefits were numerous.
But Meng Qianqiu did not spell it out. There were some things he could not say too much about. Fortunately, Meng Zhongqi did not ask, either, or things would have been awkward.
"All right!"
"Then I'll put these old bones on the line today and join you in this madness. If it really doesn't work, I'll think of something else."
Meng Zhongqi did not have much faith in this stuff. Although ten-thousand-year whale glue was extremely rare, did it really have such powerful effects?
He had never tried it himself.
Scorching Soul Power surged from Meng Qianqiu's palm, forming a flame that slowly roasted the piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue.
As time passed, a peculiar fragrance soon began to fill the air. This was the scent of ten-thousand-year whale glue.
" Hiss... it seems this stuff's medicinal potency isn't weak!"
Meng Zhongqi sniffed lightly, and even the Soul Power within him stirred. Perhaps there really was something to this ten-thousand-year whale glue.
"Grandpa, we can begin!"
After being roasted by the flames, the ten-thousand-year whale glue had turned into a mass of golden, amber-like gelatin, filling the room with an unusual fragrance.
"All right!"
Meng Zhongqi picked up the piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue with one hand and tipped it into his mouth, quickly swallowing it.
Boom!
The moment the ten-thousand-year whale glue entered his stomach, its immense medicinal potency erupted. Meng Zhongqi's face flushed, swiftly turning red all over.
"Grandpa, hurry and circulate the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique!"
The medicinal potency rapidly rose. If it was allowed to continue unchecked, not only would it fail to nourish him, it would cause tremendous damage instead.
Meng Qianqiu hurriedly reminded Meng Zhongqi to circulate the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique and absorb the medicinal potency of the ten-thousand-year whale glue.
Vast Soul Power flooded Meng Zhongqi's body. Only after breaking down the medicinal potency did he truly realize that this was no joke.
"What immense Soul Power! What overbearing medicinal potency!"
"Ten-thousand-year whale glue has exceptionally overbearing effects. Without a method to circulate it, ordinary Soul Masters would struggle to absorb its medicinal potency."
"In terms of increasing my Soul Power, this piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue truly rivals absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring."
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
"Truly wonderful beyond words!"
Meng Zhongqi closed his eyes and felt his Soul Power surge. After absorbing the piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue, his Soul Power had risen by an entire level.
His Soul Power had now reached level 89. Only a thin line separated him from breaking through to level 90 and becoming a Titled Douluo.
"What good stuff!"
"This piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue saved me three years of bitter cultivation outright. My Soul Power has now reached level 89."
Meng Zhongqi opened his eyes. Feeling the Soul Power within him, he could not help speaking aloud. This truly was an unexpected surprise.
"Only level 89?"
Meng Qianqiu felt somewhat regretful. It seemed the effects of ten-thousand-year whale glue were quite limited after all, and it had not helped Meng Zhongqi break through his limit.
"You, don't overthink it!"
"Our Meng Family's foundations go beyond your imagination. If I'd wanted to break through to Titled Douluo, I probably would have done it long ago."
"Back then, our Meng Family's ancestor was a Super Douluo. After he fell, he left behind a set of inherited Soul Bones."
"Over the years, apart from the Head Soul Bone your father absorbed, the other five Soul Bones have all remained in my possession."
"I originally intended to leave them to future generations. After all, my body was deteriorating by the day. Absorbing these Soul Bones would have been a waste."
"But now, things are no longer as they were."
Meng Zhongqi had originally suffered greatly from fire poison and cold poison. After undergoing the baptism of ten-thousand-year whale glue, his body had been cleansed.
Ten-thousand-year whale glue possessed the heaven-defying ability to cleanse the marrow and refine the bones.
After undergoing this cleansing of marrow and refining of bones, Meng Zhongqi's once-tormented body seemed to have returned to its youthful state.
"With the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul, there is fire within the cold in one's body, and cold within the fire. Balancing the cold poison and fire poison within the body is extremely difficult."
"I've suffered terribly all these years!"
"Now that my body has undergone a cleansing of marrow and refining of bones, the cold poison and fire poison within me have been cleared away, briefly establishing a new balance."
"For me, this is a tremendous opportunity!"
Meng Zhongqi laughed heartily, pointing at the grime on the surface of his body. All of it was cold poison and fire poison that had accumulated within him.
Now that all the cold poison and fire poison had been expelled, his body was cleared of them. This had resolved his immediate, eyebrow-singeing crisis.
"Congratulations, Grandpa! Congratulations!"
The Meng Family's Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul had the same flaw as the Jade Phosphorous Serpent: the longer one cultivated, the more toxins accumulated within the body.
Now that his marrow had been cleansed and his bones refined, expelling the cold poison and fire poison within him, Meng Zhongqi could enjoy at least fifty or sixty years of peace.
For him, this was a truly joyous occasion!
"Absorbing the ten-thousand-year whale glue this time was extraordinarily dangerous. Its effects are overbearing. Without the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique helping circulate its medicinal potency, I'm afraid my chances of survival would have been slim."
"This Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique of yours complements our family's meditation method beautifully-one still, one moving, one internal, one external."
"This is our greatest gain this time!"
Meng Zhongqi's discerning eyes blazed like torches. Ten-thousand-year whale glue was ultimately an external resource. Good as it was, it had nothing to do with their foundations and could not be passed down as a legacy.
But the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique was different. Paired with their inherited meditation method, this Daoist internal-strengthening technique was enough to forge a flourishing family.
This was something truly worth passing down through the family!
"This Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique came from my Martial Soul inheritance. I never imagined its effects would be so overbearing!"
So Meng Qianqiu said. Certain special Martial Souls manifested a Martial Soul inheritance upon awakening; this was not an isolated case.
For instance, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Meditation Method came from a Meng Family ancestor with Innate Full Soul Power. He had also created that meditation method.
"As expected of a detached Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, to possess such a Martial Soul inheritance! Heaven truly blesses our Meng Family!"
Meng Zhongqi did not harbor any doubts. After all, Meng Qianqiu's Martial Soul was truly rather special, so having a Martial Soul inheritance was understandable.
"But we also need to gather ten-thousand-year whale glue as soon as possible."
"This stuff is worth a fortune. The improvement an ordinary piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue gives a Soul Master is equivalent to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring."
"The key is that no one has discovered its value yet. We need to stockpile more while we have this window."
"Grandpa!"
"What do you think?"
Meng Qianqiu looked at Meng Zhongqi. Ten-thousand-year whale glue was good stuff. Once its value was exposed, its price would quickly be driven up.
While it was still cheap, they needed to hurry and stockpile some.
"All right!"
"Leave this matter to your grandpa!"
"Our Meng Family is already a prominent medicine-making family. Stockpiling a batch of high-age ten-thousand-year whale glue would be perfectly normal for us."
"This is good stuff. People simply haven't discovered it yet."
Meng Zhongqi nodded. Having experienced it himself, he had also discovered the value of ten-thousand-year whale glue. This stuff truly deserved to be called a heavenly treasure.