Last night, Yang Xiong stayed alone in his room, carefully examining the hundred-year Whale Jelly before him.
This piece of Whale Jelly should be over five hundred years old, making it quite good among hundred-year specimens.
Originally, Yang Xiong wanted to find thousand-year Whale Jelly, but according to the original work, thousand-year Whale Jelly could increase the absorption limit of a soul ring by five hundred years. A normal Soul Master's first soul ring limit is only four hundred years. If it really had that effect, wouldn't his physical fitness more than double? This completely defied logic, and his body probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
In terms of physical fitness, Yang Xiong was probably the best in the entire Class One, Grade One. In terms of strength, speed, and even physique, Yang Xiong surpassed everyone, even those Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls.
After all, those Soul Masters only meditated with all their might, while Yang Xiong basically spent a large amount of time exercising his body.
After a period of hesitation, Yang Xiong finally decided to take the Whale Jelly and see if it was as effective as the legends claimed. Yang Xiong even specifically chose a hundred-year piece to avoid any accidents.
Normally, if you wanted to use Whale Jelly, you needed to melt it at high temperatures.
Yang Xiong didn't care about all that. He directly got a stove and a copper bowl from the kitchen and placed the entire piece of Whale Jelly in the copper bowl.
Since it was just ordinary hundred-year Whale Jelly, it didn't seem as difficult to melt as the legends said, and it didn't require a fire-attribute Soul Master to handle it.
As the temperature rose, the copper bowl gradually began to turn a little red, and the Whale Jelly slowly started to melt in the heat of the copper bowl. A strange scent filled the entire room, somewhat intoxicating.
Yang Xiong endured the high temperature and special scent in the room, directly using tongs to transfer the liquid Whale Jelly from the copper bowl to a normal bowl, and then swallowed it all in one gulp.
As the scalding Whale Jelly liquid entered his mouth, it felt as if a piece of boiling iron had been inserted into his mouth and throat, causing Yang Xiong to let out a scream of pain.
But as time passed, all the Whale Jelly liquid gradually began to enter his abdomen. The heat seemed to spread rapidly throughout his body. He felt as if he was being roasted over a fire. The skin and muscles all over his body seemed extremely painful. This pain even penetrated deep into his bones.
Yang Xiong gritted his teeth and jumped directly into the cold water bucket he had prepared earlier. His entire body seemed to alternate between hot and cold, and he felt as if he was about to split apart.
As time passed, due to this extremely terrifying pain, Yang Xiong gradually fell unconscious in the cold water bucket.
When Yang Xiong woke up again, he saw that a whole night had passed. The originally clear water bucket had turned black, and his throat and mouth still felt a little burned, his voice even a little hoarse.
After Yang Xiong took another bath and cleaned his body, he felt that his strength seemed to have increased significantly. Especially when he started his morning exercise, the barbell felt much lighter in his hands. According to Yang Xiong's estimation, his physical fitness had increased by at least thirty percent, perhaps even more.
And then came something that troubled Yang Xiong: should he tell others about the Whale Jelly? With his parents' physical fitness, using ten-thousand-year Whale Jelly should have no problem increasing their soul power by one level, and their future development would even be better.
But as members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, there was a very big drawback, which was that the secret of their strength improvement would probably be difficult to hide.
Large sects like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had very comprehensive services for their key cultivation disciples and students, especially with specialized personnel assisting in obtaining soul rings. His first soul ring would be at least five hundred years, and his second soul ring would even be close to a thousand years. How would he explain this to others then?
Furthermore, as a sect disciple, having enjoyed the sect's resources and benefits, he would have to fight for the sect in the future. Without special circumstances, those who betrayed the sect would be scorned by the entire Soul Master world.
Just like the single-attribute four families outside the Clear Sky Sect back then, if they hadn't been abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect, they probably wouldn't have had the chance to leave the Clear Sky Sect at all. The sect couldn't possibly cultivate people for free at a huge cost, could it?
Yang Xiong had deeply experienced this over the years, especially since his parents seemed to fundamentally believe that they were members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Leaving or betraying was simply impossible. The sect system had long been deeply rooted in this world.
Even Yang Xiong himself had unconsciously come to regard the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as his home.
Yang Xiong thought for a long time before muttering to himself, "Forget it, Whale Jelly isn't really a big secret. Others will discover it sooner or later. Perhaps I can exchange this secret for quite a few things with the sect."
Thinking of this, Yang Xiong quickly found his parents. As for his elder brother Yang Wei, he hadn't returned due to staying in the academy for a long time.
Yang Lin and Sun Yu were also a little puzzled. "Xiao Xiong, why are you coming to see us so early today? Don't you exercise by yourself every morning?"
Looking at his parents, they seemed to have meditated all night and only rested for a while afterward.
Yang Xiong said, "Dad, Mom, I've broken through to level ten."
Yang Lin nodded. "Not bad, Xiao Xiong, you've done very well. But why is your throat a little hoarse?"
Yang Xiong didn't pay attention to his father's confusion. "Dad, I've been reading a lot lately and discovered a huge secret that might be very beneficial to our family."
Yang Lin was a bit puzzled. "What kind of secret could you find in books? Xiao Xiong, you still need to spend more effort on meditation."
Yang Xiong said, "Father, look at my soul power."
Yang Lin carefully observed Yang Xiong's body, especially sensing Yang Xiong's soul power. His soul power was very solid, completely unlike someone who had just broken through.
"Xiao Xiong, when exactly did you break through to level ten?"
Yang Xiong said, "Father, I broke through the day before yesterday, but I took a piece of Whale Jelly. I feel my soul power has increased significantly, and even my physical fitness has improved a lot."
Yang Lin seemed a little angry. "Nonsense! What are you doing eating Whale Jelly as a child? Do you even know what Whale Jelly is used for? You're only eight years old, how could you think of such things?"
Yang Xiong quickly said, "Father, I didn't eat Whale Jelly for that reason. I discovered that if you melt the entire piece of Whale Jelly and swallow it all at once, it can not only improve physical fitness and soul power, but also expel impurities from the body. It might improve a person's physical potential and even allow them to absorb soul rings of higher years."
Yang Lin and Sun Yu became serious upon hearing this. If Whale Jelly really had such good effects, it could not only improve the strength of their family members but also make a great contribution to the sect. According to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's clear rules on rewards and punishments, they would likely receive many benefits from the sect.
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