9: Searching for whale glue

Where the chains bound Ye Yuaner, her leather clothes were burned through.

Her delicate skin was flushed red and bore some faint marks.

It looked like she had been mistreated, possessing a somewhat tragic beauty.

These marks quickly faded under the stimulation of Soul Power.

"Aunt Ye, a rune on the oil-paper umbrella fell off, and the Ghost Bride came out. Her Soul Power is at rank twelve, the same as mine, and she has her own spirit ring. If I'm not mistaken, she'll grow stronger as I level up."

"I suspect the remaining eight runes will fall off every ten ranks, and then something will come out from within."

Hearing this.

Ye Yuaner was shocked; it was one thing for a Spirit to have a Natal Weapon, but to have something Sealed inside was another.

Moreover, it was such a unique existence that grew alongside its master.

"Xiao Wen, don't tell anyone about this for now, at least until you've grown up. Of course, you can let your teacher know."

Ye Yuaner felt that Xiao Wen's Spirit was even more special than she had imagined.

She even felt that the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was nothing more than this.

Su Wen opened the red umbrella again, releasing the Ghost Bride.

A tall frame and a well-proportioned figure.

Aside from a slight aura of evil, she was quite pretty.

She was just a bit tall.

Ye Yuaner thought so; standing before her, she felt much shorter.

"Her Spirit Ability should be Binding. That move just now tied me up tightly. There were flames on the chains, but they didn't do much damage to my skin, likely because my Soul Power is high and I have a fire attribute. However, it was very painful. I think it could handle someone at the Spirit Grandmaster level."

Ye Yuaner gave a very certain answer, though there was one thing she didn't say.

She didn't want to be bound again; there was an inexplicable illusion that her Soul was being locked away.

In the evening, Ye Yuaner cooked a table full of Dragon meat.

The meat was taken from the essence of the Hellfire Dragon King.

Su Wen felt hot all over after eating.

He sat on the bed to meditate and Cultivate, refining the power absorbed into his body.

After a night passed, he had improved by about half a rank, and his physique had also increased.

He was sturdier and bigger!

"Xiao Wen, I'm going to handle the final matters of the Platinum Bishop, then I'll go see the Supreme Pontiff and enter the Elder Palace. Remember to go see the Supreme Pontiff as well."

Not long after Su Wen had fallen asleep, Ye Yuaner leaned over and whispered instructions in his ear.

The spirit ring had been obtained, and according to Bibi Dong's wishes, he had to go see her.

"Mhm!"

Su Wen responded groggily. By the time he woke up, the sun was high in the sky.

After washing up, he rummaged through the cabinet for Ye Yuaner's gold coins, grabbed a handful and put them into his spirit tool, then jogged out of the Ye family home, grabbing some candies on the way.

After eating the Dragon meat last night, Su Wen thought of a treasure in the Douluo Continent that had not yet been discovered.

Whale Glue!

Whale Glue could improve physical fitness and increase the upper limit for absorbing spirit rings.

If Whale Glue was used well, the second spirit ring could start at the thousand-year level.

Unfortunately, no one knew about this treasure yet.

People only treated it as an aphrodisiac.

After eating it, they would just vent it.

Su Wen bit into a candy, hands in his pockets.

Today's Spirit City was more crowded than usual.

Many six and seven-year-old children appeared on the streets.

Su Wen inquired and found out that today was the day Spirit Hall offered free Awakening to commoners.

It happened for a month or two every year.

If you missed this period, you would have to wait until the next year.

"Ouch!"

As Su Wen wove through the crowd, he turned and bumped into something soft, knocking it to the ground.

He looked down.

A little girl on the ground, about six years old.

Short orange-yellow hair and yellow eyes with a slight hint of gray.

She wore a gray dress with two small patches on it.

Su Wen could tell at a glance that this was a child from a nearby orphanage.

Only they would wear patched clothes in Spirit City.

"Are you okay?"

Su Wen crouched down to help her up. She was tiny and quite cute.

The little girl looked at the person in front of her, a hint of nervousness on her face, her pink lips slightly parted.

"N-no, I'm fine!"

The little girl inadvertently saw the candy in Su Wen's hand.

Her throat moved slightly.

A hint of shyness immediately appeared on her delicate little face.

"You're probably here for your Spirit Awakening, right?"

"Mhm!"

Su Wen reached out to tidy her messy short hair.

Looking at the porcelain doll before him, he was quite satisfied.

This little girl's features were quite well-defined; she would be extraordinary when she grew up.

He was suddenly startled.

He thought of an important figure.

Placing the candy in her palm, he said softly, "Go on, you'll definitely awaken a good Spirit!"

The little girl stared at the candy in her hand, dazed.

Then her shyness grew even deeper.

Her little action had been noticed.

When she looked up.

Su Wen had already disappeared into the crowd.

"Sister, why are you here? I've been looking for you for ages. There are so many people Awakening their Spirits today. Stay close to me, let's go queue up first. What are you looking at?"

Just then, a silver-haired boy came to the little girl's side and looked over in confusion.

Following his sister's gaze downward, he saw the candy in her palm.

The exquisite packaging made it clear at a glance that it was a gift from some adult.

He showed a hint of helplessness: "After our Spirit Awakening, we'll be Spirit Masters too. Then we can collect subsidies from Spirit Hall, and I'll buy you the best ones right away."

The little girl shook her head and walked toward Spirit Hall. The silver-haired boy followed behind, speaking enthusiastically: "Yan's Spirit is the Flame Lord. I wonder if we can beat him?"

"Definitely better than that stinkbug Yan!"

...On the other side, Su Wen found a shop.

He went to the counter, stood on his tiptoes, rested his hands on the table, and looked up at the clerk.

"Do you sell Whale Glue here?"

"Hehe, what a cute little brother!"

The clerk saw Su Wen's heterochromatic eyes and chubby cheeks, which looked like they would feel great to pinch.

"Do you have it?"

"Yes, hundred-year Whale Glue costs a hundred gold coins, and five-hundred-year costs a hundred and fifty. Little brother, which one does the adult in your family usually eat?"

"Do you have thousand-year or ten-thousand-year ones?"

"There's one that's two-thousand years old for two hundred gold coins, but we don't have any ten-thousand-year ones."

As the saleswoman spoke, she didn't forget to take a jade box from the shelf.

Once opened, there was a fishy smell.

"This two-thousand-year one is two hundred gold coins. Little brother, if you really want it, I'll pinch your cheek and give you a ten-gold coin discount!"

"Hmph, I don't care about that!"

Su Wen took out a bag of gold coins: "I'll take all the Whale Glue. For the extra money, let me pinch you!"

...After leaving the shop, Su Wen visited several more.

He didn't miss any hundred-year or thousand-year Whale Glue.

Aunt Ye wasn't short on money!

When he ran out, Su Wen charged it to her name.

The status of a Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall was very useful.

After one trip, he had bought dozens of portions, and even a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Glue.

"As I forgetting something?"

Seeing the sky gradually darken, Su Wen felt like he had forgotten something important today.