Chapter 133: Don't Worry, I Won't Tell Father
After class.
Lin Yuan once again brought the girls to the same training room.
Looking at the girls standing before him, Lin Yuan smiled slightly.
"Do you want to know why my second soul ring is a thousand years old? And why is my third soul ring ten thousand years old?"
The moment he said this, the girls answered almost instinctively.
"Yes!"
Ye Lingling hesitated slightly before speaking.
"Lin Yuan… this is your personal secret. If it's inconvenient for you to say, we…"
"It's fine. The reason I asked you all to come today was precisely because I intended to tell you."
Lin Yuan waved his hand, and three jade bottles filled with dark-gold pills appeared in his palm.
"After all, we're companions."
"The pills I prepared for you are meant to help you achieve the same thing—absorbing soul rings beyond your level."
"Here."
Lin Yuan handed the jade bottles to the three girls.
"This pill is called the Whale Rubber Body-Tempering Pill. Its main ingredient is ten-thousand-year whale rubber."
"One pill can roughly increase your body's soul ring absorption limit by one thousand years."
"Of course, how much improvement you actually gain depends on your individual absorption efficiency."
"However…"
Lin Yuan added,
"This thing also has tolerance. A person can only take about five pills before reaching the limit. Taking more than that won't produce any further effect."
The moment she heard the words "whale rubber," a blush instantly spread across Ye Lingling's usually cool and composed face.
"Whale Rubber?"
She looked at the jade bottle in her hand in disbelief.
"Lin Yuan, you're not joking, are you?"
"Isn't that the thing nobles on the market use for… aphrodisiac purposes?"
If Lin Yuan was giving them something like that to eat, what exactly was he trying to do?
Could he possibly have that kind of intention?
But then she thought, if Lin Yuan really had those thoughts, given Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong's attitude toward him, he wouldn't need to use such methods at all.
Especially Dugu Yan; she had publicly kissed him yesterday. If anything, she practically wanted to throw herself at him.
Seeing Ye Lingling's shy yet confused expression, Lin Yuan couldn't help laughing.
"Sister Lingling, you only know half the story."
"Low-year whale rubber is indeed only used as an aphrodisiac, considered a great tonic by those nobles."
"But high-year whale rubber has another effect besides that—it can greatly strengthen a soul master's physical body and resilience."
"However, if consumed directly, the side effects are quite strong. It's difficult to absorb, and… well, it can easily cause certain impulses."
"That's why I refined it into pills."
At this point, Lin Yuan glanced at Xiao Wu beside him.
"Actually, Xiao Wu and I have already verified the effects of whale rubber."
"You can take a look at Xiao Wu's second soul ring."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu obediently nodded.
Soul power surged around her body as two soul rings rose from beneath her feet.
One yellow.
One purple.
"This…"
Seeing that deep purple thousand-year second soul ring, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling both widened their eyes.
Then the three girls looked at Xiao Wu with faintly resentful expressions.
So that's how it is!
You little rabbit already knew the secret of whale rubber and kept it hidden from us all this time!
Under their gaze, Xiao Wu felt slightly embarrassed. She stuck out her tongue and hid behind Lin Yuan.
In truth, she hadn't intentionally kept it secret.
It was simply that such an important secret couldn't be casually revealed without Lin Yuan's permission.
Moreover, if the secret of whale rubber spread, the market price of whale rubber would skyrocket instantly and likely be monopolized by major factions.
Although the three of them were companions, each of them had powerful forces behind them.
If this had been in the past, they might have reported it for the sake of their respective factions.
But now, with Lin Yuan involved, they naturally stood on his side.
However, what about the other people who possessed diary copies?
For example, Bibi Dong in the distant Spirit Hall.
As the Pope, wielding immense authority, if she learned about whale rubber's effects through the diary, she would certainly begin purchasing it without hesitation to cultivate the younger generation of the Spirit Hall.
And there was also Qian Renxue and even Bo Saixi from Sea God Island.
All of them were either rulers or heirs of top-tier forces. Naturally, they understood how valuable a resource capable of improving physical constitution and enabling higher-level soul ring absorption would be.
Especially Bo Saixi.
Living on Sea God Island and commanding the endless ocean, obtaining high-year whale rubber would be extremely easy for her.
It seemed they would need to keep this secret carefully.
Ning Rongrong was the first to react.
When it came to major matters like this, she was exceptionally sharp-minded. As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she understood the value of resources better than anyone.
"Brother Lin Yuan, don't worry."
Ning Rongrong patted her chest confidently.
"This matter will remain known only to the few of us. Absolutely no one else will find out."
"Even my father, I won't tell him."
A mischievous glint flashed in Ning Rongrong's eyes.
"If others found out and everyone became stronger, wouldn't we lose our advantage?"
She clearly understood the art of quietly accumulating wealth.
Lin Yuan glanced at her approvingly.
As expected of a future sect leader, her awareness was impressive.
Although it seemed as though Ning Rongrong was siding with an outsider over her own sect, Lin Yuan knew she possessed a diary copy. In reality, she was simply thinking long-term.
If she revealed the effects of whale rubber to her sect, that would actually be a foolish decision.
"This pill may have had most of its side effects removed through refinement," Lin Yuan said.
"But it's still made from ten-thousand-year whale rubber, and the medicinal power is extremely domineering."
"You can only take one pill per day. If you take more than that…"
Lin Yuan grinned mischievously.
"You might become overheated from excessive nourishment… and even develop some indescribable impulses."
"So if someone can't control themselves when that happens, don't blame me for not warning you."
The moment they heard this, the three girls' faces instantly turned red like ripe tomatoes.
"Pervert!"
Dugu Yan huffed angrily.
Yet her hands moved quickly as she poured out a dark-gold pill and swallowed it immediately.
Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling also followed suit.
The moment the pill entered their stomachs, a warm current spread through their entire bodies.
It felt as though they were soaking in a hot spring.
Their bodies gradually warmed.
A moment later.
The three of them finished absorbing the pill.
Their bodies felt pleasantly warm, and their skin had become noticeably firmer and more radiant.
However, among the three of them, Dugu Yan experienced the least obvious improvement.
After all, she was already a Rank 38 Power Attack System Soul Elder, possessing the strongest physique among the three.
Moreover, she had previously consumed the detoxification pill refined from Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
That pill also had certain body-tempering effects.
Therefore, this first Body-Tempering Pill brought relatively smaller improvement for her.
But for support-type soul masters like Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, the enhancement was extremely obvious.
"Hehe!"
Ning Rongrong giggled excitedly.
"Then I'll wait five days and finish all five pills before heading to the Hunting Forest to obtain my second soul ring."
"At that time…"
She looked extremely excited.
"Wouldn't I be able to try absorbing a five-thousand-year soul ring as my second ring?"
"Just thinking about it feels unbelievable!"
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