Although Qin Yun obtained the sphalerite, he was not prepared to absorb it immediately.
“Dean, I might still need something.”
Flender was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes.
“What else do you want?”
He instinctively pressed the money bag at his waist.
Qin Yun naturally noticed this instinctive action of Flender, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help curving up slightly.
But then he restrained his smile and said with a serious expression,
“This time I am not spending money to buy any Ores, I need your help to find something — — whale glue.”
“Whale glue?” Flender repeated.
“I have indeed heard of that thing.
The fishermen by the sea sometimes dig it out from the carcasses of stranded whales.
It’s a sticky, massive chunk, and it is said that it can be used as a medicine guide or mixed into paint.”
“However, it seems no one in the Spirit Master’s world uses it to Cultivate, right?”
“What trick are you brat trying to pull again?”
“You will know when the time comes!”
Flender was silent for two breaths, then let out a long sigh.
“Fine, fine, fine.
Anyway, we’ve spent so much today, one more trip won’t hurt.”
“The seaside town is not far from here.
Walking east for a little less than half a day will get us there.”
“Let’s go.
While it is still early, let’s finish up quickly and head back.”
Afterwards, the two changed direction, walked out of the east gate of the City of Metal, and headed east along a winding dirt road.
The fields on both sides of the road gradually decreased.
After walking for about two hours, a grayish-blue blurred outline emerged on the distant skyline.
Along the way, they passed several small villages and towns built along the sea.
The houses were low, and bamboo poles were placed horizontally in front of every household, covered with drying fishing nets and dried salted fish.
Several women mending nets sat under the old locust tree at the entrance of the town.
Raising their eyes to look at them for a moment, they buried their heads again to continue the work in their hands.
Finally, before the sun tilted, a small-scale coastal town appeared before them.
Flender was a veteran Jianghu traveler of many years, and he quickly inquired about where whale glue could be found.
The third shop in the west of the city, the one with a whale bone sign hanging at the door, was the only place in this area that could produce High Grade whale glue.
The two followed the guidance to find it.
The storefront was not large, and the light was dim.
Behind the counter sat an old fisherman who was also a sea Spirit Master.
Hearing Flender’s words,
he got up, moved an earthen jar down from the wooden shelf behind him, opened the lid, and took out a large chunk of whale glue from inside.
This piece of whale glue was about the size of two adult fists, with a deep, moist, semi-transparent amber color, and a salty, fishy smell could be smelled when brought close to the nose. Get faster updates on novelping.com.
At present, no one in the Spirit Master’s world on the Douluo Continent had yet discovered the wonderful use of whale glue in Body Refining and enhancing spirit ring bearing capacity.
Therefore, the price was ordinary and far from being rare.
“Is this enough?”
Flender leaned over to take a look.
“If it’s not enough, we’ll look for more.
Anyway, since we are already here.”
“It’s enough.”
At this time, it was already late.
The two prepared to stay here for a night before leaving.
To save money, Flender only asked for one room.
Qin Yun placed the ten-thousand-year whale glue flat on the table, and took out the sphalerite from his arms and placed it beside it.
Then he spoke with a solemn expression,
“Dean, I am going to start condensing my fourth spirit ring.”
“Sorry to trouble you to act as my Protector.”
Flender nodded.
“Rest assured, I am keeping an eye outside.”
Qin Yun didn’t say much more, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes slightly, and adjusted his breathing first.
He reached out to take the package of whale glue, unpacked the oiled paper, and put the amber-colored gelatinous substance into his mouth.
The moment the whale glue touched the tip of his tongue, it melted, carrying a strong salty and fishy smell.
At the same time, he felt a warm current surge into his body.
This power was not violent, but exceptionally lingering and steady.
After about half an hour, the energy of the whale glue completely integrated into his body.
Qin Yun did not rest; he took a deep breath, reached out to take the sphalerite, and brought his hands together to press it against the center of his palms.
Slowly closing his eyes, he probed his spirit power into the interior of the Ore.
The fluctuation of gallium was captured by him first.
This was a docile and sensitive metal element with an extremely low melting point.
Qin Yun’s spirit power probed in, stripping a wisp of gallium element from the lattice structure of the Ore, and converging it into his body following the traction of his spirit power.
The moment the gallium element was accepted by the elemental atlas, a soft silver-white light lit up at the thirteenth position of the fourth period.
Followed by germanium…
The moment these two light patterns lit up simultaneously, all elements of the fourth period were lit up.
Making a resonance-like buzzing sound inside Qin Yun’s body.
Qin Yun only felt that all the Meridians in his body were simultaneously filled with a vast power at this moment.
Gritting his teeth, he slowly brought his hands together in front of him, guiding this huge energy to circulate along the Meridians, one circle, two circles, three circles…
And the fourth spirit ring was also gradually condensing and forming.
Qin Yun’s first three spirit rings were all purple.
Making Qin Yun’s physical fitness far exceed ordinary Spirit Masters, coupled with the whale glue he took,
his fourth spirit ring directly reached the level of a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
I saw a pitch-black ring quietly floating three feet in front of Qin Yun.
The edge shimmered with a deep ink-colored luster.
However, the changes did not stop there.
His first three purple spirit rings trembled simultaneously, and the deep purple luster seemed to be injected with a drop of thick ink, spreading outward from deep within the center of the rings.
The black completely swallowed the purple.
Four ten-thousand-year spirit rings slowly rotated in the night wind, rippling circles of invisible spirit power.
Flender stood not far away.
His gaze was nailed tightly onto the spirit rings on Qin Yun’s body, his lips slightly open, unable to close for a long time.
That face, which usually always carried a bit of shrewdness, now only left a kind of undisguised shock and disbelief.
“I seem to…
have encountered a real monster.”
He paused, then repeated it again, with a hint of pride in his tone.
“However, it is Flender’s monster.”
When Qin Yun walked out of the house, his face still carried a trace of blush that had not faded due to the massive enhancement of his spirit power.
The improvement of the four ten-thousand-year spirit rings caused subtle changes in his entire demeanor.
His spirit power was profound, and his sharp edge was restrained.
Early the next morning, the two retraced their steps along the original path.
The return trip was much lighter and faster than when they came.
The two returned to Shrek Academy at noon.
The academy gate was still that creaking broken wooden door, and the playground was still ordinary yellow soil.
But the moment Flender entered the door, his gaze fell on a strange figure in the courtyard.
A middle-aged man dressed in gray with a thin face was standing there.
This person was of medium build, with a slightly bald forehead, and an air of gloomy preoccupation from years of studying scholarship between his brows.
Flender’s footsteps paused slightly, then he smiled and hurried forward to greet him.
“Yo, Xiaogang, why are you here?”
“Why didn’t you give a heads-up earlier!”
Hearing the sound, that person turned his head back.
And said: “I am here to see my Disciple!”
“Tang San is my apprentice, is he not in the academy?”
Flender said,
“Zhao Wuji should have taken them to acquire spirit rings.”
“Xiaogang, this is the peerless Genius I discovered, Qin Yun!”
Yu Xiaogang hummed in acknowledgment and didn’t take it to heart.
In his eyes, his Disciple Tang San had the best talent.