Xiao Chenyu’s efficiency was truly beyond reproach; he brought everything Lin Nuo needed in just one afternoon.
Although he had failed and been caught red-handed while prying open his father’s private vault, he had received a solid taste of “fatherly love” from the “Seven Wolves” belt.
“Rebellious son!
If you dare stop me from taking this Whale Glue today, you will definitely regret it!”
“Insolent!
You rebellious son, I am the head of this family, and you dare to touch my private stash?!”
This family farce of “father sees son not dead, pulls out the Seven Wolves” only came to an abrupt end when Xiao Chenyu, with a bruised and swollen face, shouted that he was doing this to befriend the peerless Genius with Innate Full Spirit Power at the academy.
Upon hearing this, the City Lord’s belt, held high in his hand, froze in mid-air.
The rage on his face vanished like a Sichuan opera mask change, quickly replaced by immense gratification.
“Son, why didn’t you say so earlier?” The City Lord father put down the belt earnestly, even reaching out to pat the dust off his son’s clothes.
“Since that Genius little friend requested top-quality Whale Glue, as an elder, I naturally must express my sincerity.”
As he spoke, the City Lord glanced at the ordinary Whale Glue in Xiao Chenyu’s arms and shook his head with disdain.
“These things in the vault are just mediocre goods meant to fool outsiders; how can they be presentable?
The truly top-quality Whale Glue must be this piece.”
When Xiao Chenyu stared, dumbfounded, as his City Lord father mysteriously produced a piece of golden, fragrant, six-thousand-year top-quality Whale Glue from his personal spirit tool, he felt completely numb.
Looking at this top-quality item, which was countless times higher in grade than the one in the vault, Xiao Chenyu finally understood why there had been so many crying younger siblings appearing in the City Lord’s mansion over the past few years.
It turns out this old guy was the true expert in this area!
…
The Whale Glue finally delivered to Lin Nuo, besides that six-thousand-year top-quality piece, included several others ranging from a hundred to just over a thousand years.
Regarding this, Lin Nuo naturally did not stand on ceremony and only kept the one with the highest age and best quality, letting Xiao Chenyu take the rest back.
After all, Whale Glue has drug resistance for Spirit Masters.
Once that six-thousand-year top-quality Whale Glue was consumed, these hundred- or thousand-year scraps would be no different from chewing wax to him, providing no effect in strengthening his body.
As for keeping them as “that kind” of supplement?
At only six years old, even if he wanted to do something, he was physically incapable.
After accepting the items, Lin Nuo patted Xiao Chenyu on the shoulder with a gratified look.
“Little Xiao, Cultivate well.
If you encounter any trouble in the future, feel free to come to me.
As long as it is within my capabilities, I will not refuse!”
Xiao Chenyu, stunned by this promise, ran back to report to his City Lord father, who was overjoyed.
The next day, he had his son send over a Storage Ring of several cubic meters, heavily packed with gold coins.
The other party even thoughtfully sent a message saying that these were just some “local specialties” of Nuoding City, merely a gesture of goodwill.
Of course, that is a story for another time.
After sending Xiao Chenyu away, Lin Nuo hurriedly filled his bathtub with bone-chilling ice water.
Locking the door and pulling the curtains tight, he took out the Red Pine wood he had bought at the market from his luggage and set up a small iron pot to light it.
The six-thousand-year top-quality Whale Glue was as hard as iron and had to be roasted and melted at a very high temperature before it could be swallowed.
The terrifying high temperature generated when burning Red Pine wood was even more intense than the flames of some low-level fire-attribute Spirit Masters.
For Lin Nuo, who carried the ten gold coins just issued by Spirit Hall, obtaining this special wood was not difficult.
Lin Nuo stared intently at the iron pot until the piece of Whale Glue, which was originally like dark gold crystal, gradually melted into a semi-fluid, viscous jelly under the high-temperature roasting, and only then did he decisively extinguish the Red Pine wood.
Not caring about the heat, he grabbed the hot mass of Whale Glue and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
As soon as the Whale Glue entered his mouth, a strong, pungent fishy smell rushed to his brain, but it was immediately followed by a unique, fresh fragrance.
The texture was soft, waxy, and viscous, and the taste was slightly salty; it wasn’t exactly delicious, but it was by no means difficult to swallow.
In a few quick bites, Lin Nuo swallowed the entire half-fist-sized piece of six-thousand-year top-quality Whale Glue.
Almost the moment it hit his stomach, a violent, magma-like surge of heat exploded fiercely in his gut!
Lin Nuo dared not delay for a moment and rushed to the bathroom, diving headfirst into the prepared ice water bathtub with a splash, clothes and all.
Children on the Douluo Continent are generally precocious, and with the nourishment of spirit power, their bodies usually mature by the age of twelve or thirteen.
However, Lin Nuo was only six years old, and his body was completely in its “factory default state.”
This six-thousand-year supplement did not trigger any unspeakable primitive lust.
The feeling was more like overheating after a losing streak in a game in his previous life; the hot blood rushed to his head, burning him with dryness and dizziness.
Fortunately, the bone-chilling ice water took effect instantly.
The extreme cold outside suppressed the violent dryness inside, and the vast and pure medicinal power of the six-thousand-year Whale Glue was greedily absorbed by Lin Nuo’s limbs and bones amidst this extreme tug-of-war between ice and fire.
Time passed second by second…
The ice cubes that originally filled the wooden barrel were completely melted by the high temperature radiating from Lin Nuo’s body, and even white mist began to rise from the water surface.
After an unknown amount of time, the torture of ice and fire that seemed to be tearing him apart finally receded like a tide.
Replacing it was a feeling of extreme comfort, as if he had been reborn, sweeping through his entire body.
Lin Nuo could clearly feel that the strength of his flesh, Meridians, and even bones had improved by more than one level!
The surface of his originally fair skin was now covered with a layer of sticky black Impurities, emitting a faint sour, foul smell.
“Comfortable, even more comfortable than that.”
Lin Nuo opened his eyes, let out a long breath of turbid air, and couldn’t help but sigh.
He quickly got up and washed away the Impurities excreted from his body.
According to his original physical strength, absorbing a spirit ring of about 400 years should have been more than enough.
Now, with the strengthening of the Whale Glue, he should have no problem absorbing a spirit ring of 600 or 700 years.
In this way, when he reaches level 20, he will be able to challenge a thousand-year spirit ring.