“Father!
Stay your hand!
This era is different from the one you lived in!”
Qian Daoliu gripped the Angelic Sacred Sword in his hand, looking at the judge who held his blade high, and shouted hoarsely, “In this era, a thousand-year first spirit ring is not without protection, and the process and technology are very sound!”
Qian Daoliu’s roar, mixed with the profound Soul Power of a Level 99 Peerless Douluo, fell accurately into Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang’s ears.
Far away on the treetops of a towering ancient tree, the siblings Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue, who were enveloped within a Soul Power barrier, also reacted after the fact.
The two siblings looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
After all that, it turned out that Great-Grandfather’s sudden rage, and even his willingness to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice, was because of this matter.
The iron rule of the Douluo Continent for ten thousand years was that the limit for the first spirit ring’s age could absolutely not exceed five hundred years.
Even because of the differences in a Spirit Master’s Spirit and constitution, there were still gaps between Beast Spirits and Tool Spirits.
Spirit Masters who could achieve a four-hundred-year first spirit ring were a minority among minorities.
If not for a great, era-transcending discovery like Whale Glue, two six-year-old children like them…
…trying to absorb a thousand-year spirit ring as their first would be nothing more than exploding and dying like firecrackers; it was no different from seeking death.
No wonder Great-Grandfather would directly use his ultimate move on Grandfather.
Great-Grandfather had just been resurrected, and they hadn’t had time to tell him about the Whale Glue yet, so a misunderstanding was inevitable.
“Great-Grandfather, please show mercy!
This is all a misunderstanding.
Take it easy, old man, don’t overexert yourself.”
Qian Renheng looked at that sword that pierced through heaven and earth, fearing that a single slip from Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang would send Qian Daoliu to the afterlife.
“Yes, Great-Grandfather, it’s all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!
You and Grandfather please stop fighting!”
Qian Renxue was on the treetop, stomping her feet in anxiety.
She wasn’t as thick-skinned as Qian Renheng and was truly a bit scared.
“Misunderstanding?!”
In mid-air, Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang, who currently looked like a god, frowned slightly upon hearing this.
A hint of hesitation flashed in his golden-brown eyes.
Since his two precious great-grandchildren both said it was a misunderstanding…
…then there must be some secret he didn’t know.
At the same time, he felt a bit guilty for not giving Qian Daoliu a chance to explain just now.
*Swish—*
With a thought, the high-raised Blade of Judgment dissipated into golden light that filled the sky.
Following that, the thousand-meter-tall Angel phantom also followed suit, decomposing into pure energy in the sky.
He withdrew his Seraphim Spirit into his body and slowly floated down from the air, landing not far from Qian Daoliu.
“Whew—”
Seeing his father disperse the Spirit Ability, Qian Daoliu was like a deflated ball; his tense muscles instantly relaxed.
“Hahaha…
I survived.
That was terrifying!” he murmured, slumped on the ground without any sense of decorum.
He gasped for breath, the back of his robe already completely soaked with cold sweat.
The more he thought about it, the angrier and more aggrieved he felt.
“Father, did you really want to kill me just now?
That was your strongest Spirit Ability, Angels Descent!”
To think that he, the dignified High Priest of Spirit Hall, the world-revered Invincible of the Sky, the Rank 99 Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu…
…was almost cleaved by his own father?!
Was that even okay?!
Qian Daoliu’s index finger trembled as he pointed at Qian Renheng on the distant treetop and said crossly:
“Little Heng!
You come here.
You come and explain to your Great-Grandfather exactly what is going on.
After all, you’re the one who discovered it!”
Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang ignored Qian Daoliu, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, and with a casual wave, dispersed the Soul Power barrier.
Then, a gentle breeze carried the two little ones, landing them steadily in front of him.
“Little Heng, Little Xue, what exactly is going on?” Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang asked with a look of confusion, his tone so gentle it was almost unbelievable.
He didn’t look at all like the man with the cold gaze and frost-like face who seemed ready to judge Qian Daoliu just moments ago.
“Could it be that I really misunderstood Qian Daoliu?” Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang thought to himself, then shook his head slightly.
“But in this world, how could there be a Spirit Master who can absorb a thousand-year spirit ring as their first?”
“This completely goes against the endurance limits of the human body!”
“Great-Grandfather, actually, it’s like this…” Qian Renheng smiled bitterly, took a step forward, and organized his thoughts.
He explained clearly how Whale Glue was discovered, how it was experimented with, and how it was applied.
“In other words, Little Heng, you discovered it by chance four years ago when you were reading in the Library Hall?”
The Spirit Hall’s Library Hall was divided into five floors.
The first and third floors were the most common and were open to the public.
Starting from the fourth floor of the Library Hall, the things recorded became extremely precious.
That was the accumulation of their Spirit Hall over ten thousand years.
No one could say for sure what was inside.
Only the high-ranking members of Spirit Hall, holding a token, could enter to read the books they needed, and they couldn’t take them away.
“But isn’t this Whale Glue only used for…”
Speaking to this point, Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang’s old face reddened, and his voice trailed off, as he simply couldn’t bring himself to say the rest.
Little Heng and Little Xue were only six years old.
Mentioning the aphrodisiac and virility-enhancing effects of Whale Glue in front of children would truly be a loss of his dignity as a super Douluo!
“Great-Grandfather, what you’re talking about is all unprocessed Whale Glue, which is full of impurities.”
Little Heng’s face didn’t change as he solemnly explained, “Ordinary Whale Glue that hasn’t been highly refined, even if it’s ten-thousand-year Whale Glue, is more harmful than beneficial to a Spirit Master!”
“Using that stuff as a…
ahem, Great-Grandfather, you understand, it’s fine.
But long-term consumption will damage a Spirit Master’s foundation!”
“After more than two years of extensive secret research, our Spirit Hall discovered that as long as Whale Glue is completely melted at extremely high temperatures…”
“…and the impurities are completely removed, it will be transformed into a treasure that is of great benefit to a Spirit Master’s physical body!”
Qian Renheng’s tone was filled with pride.
Although he said he had discovered it by chance in the Library Hall…
…only he knew what was really going on.
“Below the ten-thousand-year spirit ring level, the limit for a Spirit Master to absorb a spirit ring has never been some fixed, dead rule.”
“Rather, it is determined by the Spirit Master’s own physical fitness and the resilience of their meridians.
In other words…”
At this point, Qian Renheng directly transformed into a Spirit theory master, a super-enhanced version of a certain Great Master.
“As long as a Spirit Master polishes their physical fitness to be strong enough before awakening their Spirit and absorbing a spirit ring!”
“Never mind a thousand-year spirit ring, even absorbing a nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year ring as the first is theoretically possible!”
“In the two years before your resurrection, Great-Grandfather, our Spirit Hall used a large number of criminals for clinical trials.”
“After consuming refined Whale Glue, a Spirit Master’s constitution will be greatly enhanced.
At first, the first spirit ring could break the five-hundred-year mark!”
“And then, the first spirit ring became six hundred years, seven hundred, eight hundred, nine hundred, and then a thousand!”
“By now, our Spirit Hall already possesses a sound system and process for absorbing spirit rings beyond the age limit.”
“Spirit Masters who consume highly refined Whale Glue have absolutely no side effects, and absorbing a thousand-year first spirit ring is absolutely no problem!”
“Therefore, the chance of my sister and me encountering risks while absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring is very, very small!”
“Besides, even if something unexpected happens, aren’t Grandfather and Great-Grandfather here?
You can forcibly interrupt it then!”
*Hiss—*
Great-Grandfather Qian Wushuang gasped, listening with complete fascination, his old eyes wide and round.
This thing produced from the brains of whale-type Spirit Beasts, which was looked down upon by Spirit Masters…
…actually had such a logic-defying, inconceivable, and heaven-defying effect after being refined?
This simply brought a massive shock to him, a man of the old era!