37: Chapter 37: The Shy Qian Renxue

Hearing the explanation from the child before her, light swirled within Qian Renxue's purple eyes.

Lu Jing's explanation was logically clear and intrinsically linked to the fundamentals of a Spirit Master's cultivation, so she could not help but take it seriously.

Looking into Lu Jing's eyes, which were incredibly serious and far beyond his age, the suspicion in her heart was gradually replaced by a strange sense of trust.

"Raising the absorption limit of a spirit ring..." she repeated, muttering, her gaze becoming burning hot.

For any Spirit Master aiming for the pinnacle, this was an irresistible temptation!

Thinking of this, she no longer declined, clutching the jade box tightly, and said with a serious face: "I believe you! Then... how do I use this?"

"It requires powerful Soul Power to refine and purify it, removing impurities while retaining the purest essence."

Lu Jing explained: "It is best if a fire-attribute Spirit Master, or a powerhouse with heaven-defying cultivation like your grandfather, performs it."

A flash of light appeared in Qian Renxue's eyes: "In that case, let's go find Grandfather for help!"

She acted with swift resolution, immediately grabbing Lu Jing and heading straight to the hall where Qian Daoliu meditated.

"Grandfather!"

Qian Renxue held the jade box and walked quickly to Qian Daoliu, her tone carrying a hint of imperceptible excitement as she said hurriedly: "Quick, help me refine this whale glue!"

Qian Daoliu had just finished his meditation. His golden eyes opened, carrying a hint of coldness from being disturbed and the majesty of an elder.

His gaze swept over the jade box in his granddaughter's arms, then looked at the calm Lu Jing beside her, his brows slightly furrowed: "Whale glue? Xiaoxue, what do you want this for?"

As someone who had lived for over a hundred years, he naturally had heard of the "unconventional" uses of this item.

"Grandfather, it's not what you think!" Qian Renxue hurriedly repeated Lu Jing's explanation, especially emphasizing its effects on body tempering and raising the spirit ring absorption limit.

After listening, a clear ripple appeared in Qian Daoliu's golden pupils for the first time.

His scrutinizing gaze fell upon Lu Jing, as if wanting to pierce through his soul: "A discovery from ten thousand years later? Raising the spirit ring absorption limit? Is this true?"

His voice was low and carried immense pressure, and the air in the entire hall seemed to stagnate.

"This junior would not dare to speak falsely. This is one of the recognized secret methods in the Spirit Master's world of the future." Lu Jing nodded, indicating that it was indeed so.

Qian Daoliu was silent for a few moments.

He had lived a long time, had extensive knowledge, and knew deeply that the world was full of wondrous items with infinite uses.

Lu Jing's identity and his firm, assertive attitude made him choose to believe.

After all, even if it were useless, there was no real loss.

But if it were truly as he said, then for Spirit Hall and for Qian Renxue, the significance would be too great!

"Good!"

Thinking of this, Qian Daoliu no longer hesitated. After nodding in agreement, he said: "I will refine it for you!"

He extended his right hand, spreading his five fingers, and a vast, ocean-like, pure, and divine golden Soul Power instantly enveloped the two pieces of whale glue in the jade box.

Under the tempering of the 99th-rank super Douluo's extremely pure Soul Power, the two pieces of ten-thousand-year whale glue melted into liquid at a speed visible to the naked eye, their impurities stripped away and burned off strand by strand.

The whale glue, which already appeared extraordinary, now emitted a surging life essence like a tide, its color becoming like the purest liquid amber, crystal clear and shining brilliantly!

A strange, refreshing fragrance that made one's entire body feel comfortable and bones hum filled the hall.

Looking at the two clusters of extremely pure amber liquid floating in her grandfather's palm, and feeling the massive energy contained within, a brilliant light flickered in Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes.

"Oh, right."

Just then, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Lu Jing, her gaze carrying a hint of inquiry as she asked: "Why did you think to give me this piece of whale glue to absorb? Shouldn't it have been for Wang Donger?"

Lu Jing shook his head, his tone flat: "I gave it to her, but she didn't want it."

"She didn't want it?" Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu simultaneously showed expressions of astonishment.

Such a precious treasure, and she actually refused it?

"Yes."

Lu Jing nodded, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness, and replied: "She said she ate it as a snack too much when she was young and got tired of it long ago, which is why her second spirit ring could be absorbed at the thousand-year level."

"What?!"

"Second spirit ring? Thousand-year level?!"

Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu exclaimed in shock almost simultaneously!

Even though Qian Daoliu was accustomed to great storms and waves, his dignified face was now filled with unbelievable shock!

Absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring as a second spirit ring? In his understanding, this was almost impossible!

The spirit ring limit theory was an iron rule in the Spirit Master's world of his era!

Even for his granddaughter Qian Renxue, whom he was proud of, her second spirit ring was only about seven hundred years, nearing the limit!

Qian Renxue was even more shocked, covering her mouth with her hands, her purple eyes wide open.

If the body-tempering effect of the whale glue that Lu Jing mentioned earlier had moved her, then Wang Donger's extravagant treatment of "eating it as a snack so much that her second spirit ring could be a thousand-year one" gave her a huge cognitive shock!

Was the heritage of the Sect ten thousand years later actually this profound?!

"So, she doesn't need it."

Looking at the two shocked people, Lu Jing added: "Sister Xue, you should absorb it while it's hot. The refined essence cannot maintain its state for too long."

Qian Renxue suppressed the shock in her heart, nodded, and carefully used her Soul Power to envelop the cluster of amber liquid that belonged to her.

Just as she was about to absorb it, she seemed to think of something and suggested: "You should also absorb it here together. With Grandfather guarding us, it's the safest."

Hearing this, a rare, boyish embarrassment appeared on Lu Jing's face.

He rubbed his nose, his voice lowering a bit: "I won't stay here."

"Why?" Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu both cast questioning glances.

Lu Jing gave a light cough, his gaze somewhat drifting: "This... although the body-tempering effect of the whale glue is powerful, when refining and absorbing it, especially when absorbing high-quality ten-thousand-year whale glue for the first time... it will... it will cause the blood and qi in the body to boil, and that aspect of... lust will be quite strong, making it hard to control oneself. It requires... finding an absolutely quiet place where no one will disturb you to calm down and resolve it..."

He tried to be as euphemistic as possible, but the meaning was already very clear.

"Lust?!" Qian Renxue repeated it subconsciously, then immediately realized!

Although she was currently a Spirit Elder, and her intelligence far exceeded her peers, her body was, after all, still that of a nine-year-old girl!

Suddenly hearing such direct and slightly taboo words spoken from Lu Jing's mouth, and relating to what she was about to experience herself, an indescribable sense of shyness instantly rushed to her cheeks!

"Swish—!"

That originally noble and cold, beautiful face was dyed with a layer of dripping, bright crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye, like morning glow reflecting on snow, spreading all the way to her petite earlobes and slender neck!

Her hands holding the jade box tightened subconsciously, her long eyelashes fluttering in panic. For a moment, she didn't dare to look at Lu Jing again, let alone Qian Daoliu, whose expression had also become somewhat strange.

The massive life essence aura within the hall seemed to carry a hint of ambiguous heat.

"Wh... what nonsense are you talking about..." she muttered in a voice like a mosquito, so embarrassed she wished she could hide immediately!

Qian Daoliu was, after all, an Old freak who had lived for a hundred years. After the initial astonishment, he immediately understood the crux of the matter.

Seeing his granddaughter's embarrassed look, a trace of understanding and helpless amusement flashed in his eyes.

He gave a dignified cough, breaking the subtle, awkward atmosphere, and said to Qian Renxue: "Xiaoxue, since that's the case, you should do as Xiao Jing is doing and return to your own room to absorb and refine it with peace of mind!"

"Yes, Grandfather!"

Qian Renxue felt as if she had been granted amnesty. Clutching her cluster of amber "hot potato," head lowered, not daring to look at Lu Jing again, she fled like a startled little deer, her thin high heels tapping on the smooth floor, leaving a series of hurried and panicked "clack-clack" sounds as she quickly disappeared around the corner of the hall door.

Lu Jing watched the rapidly disappearing golden figure, rubbed his nose, and bowed slightly to Qian Daoliu: "Sorry to trouble you, High Priest. This junior will take his leave."

After finishing, he also held his portion of the whale glue essence and turned to leave.

In the empty hall, only Qian Daoliu remained.

He looked in the direction where his granddaughter had disappeared, then looked at Lu Jing's departing back, a complex and unreadable expression appearing on his dignified face.

The secrets from ten thousand years later, the body-tempering method that overturned his cognition, and those two little guests with special identities... it seemed to indicate that the landscape of this continent might quietly change because of these two unexpectedly fallen "stars."

His golden eyes narrowed slightly, as if piercing through the barriers of the hall, looking toward a more vast and unknown future.