After class.
Lin Yuan brought the girls to that cultivation room once again.
Lin Yuan looked at the girls in front of him and smiled. "Do you want to know why my second spirit ring is a thousand-year one? And why my third spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year one?"
As soon as he spoke, the girls subconsciously replied, "Yes!"
Ye Lengleng said somewhat hesitantly, "Lin Yuan, this is your own secret. If it's inconvenient, we..."
"It's fine. I called you here today because I planned to tell you. After all, we are partners."
With a flip of Lin Yuan's hand, three jade bottles filled with dark-gold Medicinal Pills appeared. "The Medicinal Pills I've prepared for you are so that you can also achieve the feat of absorbing spirit rings beyond your level!"
"Here."
Lin Yuan distributed the jade bottles to the three girls.
"This Medicinal Pill is called the 'Whale Gum Body Tempering Pill'. It's refined using ten thousand year whale gum as the main ingredient."
"One pill can probably increase your Physique strength by an amount equivalent to a thousand-year cultivation Spirit Beast."
"Of course, the specific amount of improvement depends on your individual absorption efficiency of the pill."
"However..."
Lin Yuan added, "This thing also has drug resistance. A person reaches their limit after taking about five pills; any more won't be of much use."
Hearing the words 'whale gum,' a blush instantly appeared on Ye Lengleng's originally cold and pretty face.
"Whale gum?"
She looked at the jade bottle in her hand in disbelief. "Lin Yuan, you aren't joking, are you?"
"Isn't this thing used on the market by those noble lords for... aphrodisiac purposes?"
What did Lin Yuan want them to do by giving them this to eat?
Could he have *those* kinds of thoughts?
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 even kissed him in public yesterday, practically begging to throw herself at him.
Lin Yuan looked at Ye Lengleng's shy and puzzled expression and couldn't help but smile. "Sister Lengleng, you only know one side of it, not the other."
"Low-year whale gum is indeed only used as an aphrodisiac, considered a great tonic by those nobles."
"But high-year whale gum, in addition to that effect, can also significantly increase a Spirit Master's Physical Body strength and toughness."
"However, if taken directly, the side effects are quite large (prone to arousal), and it's difficult to absorb."
"That's why I refined it into Medicinal Pills."
At this point, Lin Yuan glanced at Xiao Wu beside him. "Actually, Xiao Wu and I have already verified the effects of whale gum."
"You can take a look at Xiao Wu's current second spirit ring."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu nodded obediently.
spirit power surged within her, and two spirit rings rose from beneath her feet.
One yellow and one purple!
"This..."
Looking at that deep purple thousand-year second spirit ring, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lengleng both widened their eyes.
Then, the three girls looked at Xiao Wu with eyes that seemed to carry a hint of resentment.
Well then!
So you, this little rabbit, knew the secret of whale gum long ago and actually kept it from us!
Xiao Wu felt a bit embarrassed being stared at; she stuck out her tongue and hid behind Lin Yuan.
Actually, she didn't hide it on purpose; it was mainly because such a significant secret would never be spoken of by her without Lin Yuan's permission.
Moreover, once the secret of whale gum is leaked, its market price will definitely skyrocket and might even be monopolized by major powers.
Although the three of them were partners, each had their own powers and interests behind them.
In the past, they might have reported it for their Family interests, but now, with their relationship with Lin Yuan, they naturally stood on his side.
But what about the others who have a diary instance?
For example, Bibi Dong, far away in Spirit Hall.
As the Supreme Pontiff with great power, if she learned about the effects of whale gum from the diary, she would definitely not hesitate to buy it up to nurture the younger generation of Spirit Hall.
And then there's Qian Renxue, and even Posey on Sea God Island.
They were all leaders or heirs of top powers, so they naturally knew how important such a resource—one that could improve the Physique and allow for the absorption of spirit rings beyond one's level—was.
Especially Posey.
Living on Sea God Island and ruling over the endless ocean, obtaining high-year whale gum would be as easy as turning over her hand for her.
It seemed they had to keep it a secret.
Ning Rongrong was the first to react; she was exceptionally shrewd in such major matters. As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, she understood the value of such resources best.
"Brother Lin Yuan, don't worry," Ning Rongrong patted her chest and guaranteed. "Except for us, absolutely no one else will know about this."
"Even to my dad, I won't say a word."
A flash of cunning crossed Ning Rongrong's eyes. "If others find out and everyone becomes stronger, wouldn't we lose our advantage?"
She knew how to keep quiet and make a fortune.
Lin Yuan glanced at Ning Rongrong; as expected of a future Sect Master, her awareness was high.
Don't be fooled by Ning Rongrong's apparent disloyalty to her Family; Lin Yuan knew she had a diary instance, so this behavior was actually looking at the long term.
If Ning Rongrong told her Sect about the effects of whale gum, that would be truly stupid.
"Although I have removed most of the side effects from this Medicinal Pill, it is still refined from ten thousand year whale gum, and its medicinal power is extremely overbearing."
"You can only eat one pill a day. If you eat more..."
Lin Yuan grinned mischievously:
"...you might end up feeling hot all over from over-supplementing, and even have certain indescribable urges~"
"If anyone can't hold back when the time comes, don't blame me for not warning you."
Hearing this, the faces of the three girls instantly turned crimson, like ripe tomatoes.
"Rogue!"
Dugu Yan huffed coquettishly, but her hands were not slow as she directly poured out a dark-gold Medicinal Pill and swallowed it.
Ning Rongrong and Ye Lengleng also took theirs one after another.
As the pill entered their stomachs, a surge of heat instantly swept through their bodies.
That feeling was like soaking in a hot spring; their bodies began to heat up.
A moment later.
The three of them finished absorbing.
They indeed felt their bodies were warm, and their skin became tighter and more lustrous.
However, among the three, Dugu Yan's feeling of improvement was the least obvious.
Because she was a Level 38 attack system Spirit Elder, her Physique was already the strongest among the three, and she had previously taken the Detoxification Pill refined from the blazing apricot delicate plant and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
That pill also had a certain body-tempering effect.
So the improvement from this first Body Tempering Pill was relatively smaller for her.
But for support system Spirit Masters like Ning Rongrong and Ye Lengleng, the improvement was very significant!
"Hehe!"
"Then I'll wait five days, finish all five pills, and then go to the Spirit Hunting Forest to get my second spirit ring."
"When that time comes..."
Ning Rongrong was very excited. "Wouldn't I be able to try absorbing a five-thousand-year Spirit Beast as my second spirit ring?"
"Just thinking about it feels unbelievable!"
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