Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 172 Ten Thousand Years Whale Glue
'Yes, we can't rush it...we can't rush it...we've waited so many years, one more night won't make a difference.'

She sat back down in her chair, but her hands, clasped together and tightly clenched, betrayed her inner turmoil.

"Then... I'll go see him again tomorrow."

She said in a deep voice.

"This is natural."

Yan Shaozhe nodded with a smile, a sly grin spreading across his face.

He looked at his disciples and felt that the time was about right.

"Little Peach."

He spoke earnestly.

“Although you and Yin Chen know each other, you are asking for a favor, and it is a matter of great importance to your life. We cannot come empty-handed, as that would seem insincere.”

Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then realized that what the teacher said made sense.

"Then... teacher, what should we give them?"

She wasn't good at social skills and was at a loss for what to do.

Yan Shaozhe smiled and flipped his hand, revealing a warm, white jade box that emitted a faint glow in his palm.

"I have already prepared everything for you."

He handed the jade box to Ma Xiaotao.

Ma Xiaotao took the jade box, its coolness a stark contrast to her own scorching soul power.

She opened the jade box with some curiosity.

The moment the lid was opened, a rich, powerful life force, seemingly emanating from an ancient ocean, rushed out.

Inside the jade box lay a fist-sized, translucent amber-colored gel-like solid.

Inside the gel, there seemed to be a slow, flowing golden light, radiating a warm glow that calmed the mind.

Just by smelling this aura, Ma Xiaotao felt that the life force she had just lost in suppressing the evil fire had been restored to a considerable extent.

"This is……"

Her eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief.

"Ten thousand years... whale glue?!"

She gasped in surprise.

"Teacher, when...when did you become so generous?!"

Ma Xiaotao looked at Yan Shaozhe with surprise, her words carrying a hint of disrespect, but more so, shock.

“I…I’ve never used a treasure of this caliber before.”

She wasn't kidding.

Even she, the most core disciple, only used the highest quality millennium whale glue for her cultivation.

Millennia-old whale glue? That's a strategic resource that's extremely rare and hard to come by.

Whale glue can only be produced by whale-type soul beasts.

And whale-like spirit beasts are all overlords of the ocean.

Hunting a ten-thousand-year-old whale-like spirit beast on the vast and unpredictable sea is no less difficult than hunting a top-tier spirit beast with seventy or eighty thousand years of cultivation on land.

Without Contra-level strength, leading a complete team is simply unthinkable.

How many Soul Douluo-level powerhouses are there in the entire Douluo Continent?
Most of them hold high positions or important roles in sects or academies. Who would be idle enough to go to the perilous sea to hunt sea spirit beasts?
This has led to whale glue, especially aged whale glue, becoming the ultimate luxury item.

In Shrek Academy's exchange list, Millennium Whale Glue is already incredibly expensive and perpetually out of stock. As for Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, it simply won't appear on the list open to ordinary students; it's a rare reserve that only the Sea God Pavilion has the authority to access.

In the entire inner courtyard, perhaps only Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan, due to her special status, was valued by Elder Mu and thus bestowed with ten-thousand-year-old whale glue to improve her physical fitness.

Now, his teacher, who has always been somewhat stingy, has actually produced a whole piece of ancient whale glue.

How could she not be shocked?
"Cough cough."

Yan Shaozhe felt a little embarrassed by his disciple's words, coughed twice, and then said in a serious tone:

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is only right. After all, the Ultimate Ice is of great significance to you. We need to show enough sincerity so that the other party can do their best to help you, right?"

He paused and added:
"Moreover, you've seen Yin Chen's talent; it's absolutely monstrous. I also intend to focus on nurturing him. This whale glue can greatly improve his physical attributes and lay a more solid foundation for his future cultivation. Consider it an investment in advance."

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao nodded in understanding.

It turns out the teacher had a two-birds-with-one-stone plan.

but……

Yan Shaozhe's next words, however, made her freeze.

"Besides, if you two can be together in the future, what's his will be yours, and what's yours will be his. What's the difference between letting him use it now and letting you use it? I'm thinking about your lifelong happiness, hahaha."

Yan Shaozhe became happier and happier as he spoke, and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if he could already see his future grand-disciple.

"Teacher, what...what are you saying?!"

Ma Xiaotao's face flushed bright red instantly.

The red was even more vibrant than when she was fighting, spreading all the way down to her snow-white neck.

She was both ashamed and angry, and stomped her foot.

"That kid is so young, just a little brat. I would never marry someone, let alone choose a snot-nosed brat."

"What are you talking about?"

Yan Shaozhe immediately straightened his face, his smile vanished, and his tone became serious.

"You silly girl, girls will eventually get married. Besides, can you judge a Soul Master's age by ordinary standards? He's young now, but in a few years, he'll grow up, right? With his talent, his future achievements are limitless, and he's more than a match for you."

"and."

Yan Shaozhe's tone became even more serious.

"To tell you the truth, if you want to completely eradicate the evil fire in your body, instead of simply suppressing it, you and him... probably need to have a more intimate contact. This is the ultimate principle of yin and yang harmony, which cannot be changed by human power."

He was only half telling the truth when he said those words.

While extreme ice can indeed suppress evil fire, dual cultivation is undoubtedly the best and most thorough way to eradicate it completely.

His words made Ma Xiaotao blush even more, and her mind was in turmoil.

'The most intimate...contact...'

Her mind was involuntarily filled with the image of Yin Chen's handsome yet slightly immature face, and her heart skipped a beat.

'No, no, what are you thinking? He's still a child.'

"ok, ok, I got it."

Ma Xiaotao didn't want to listen anymore. She snatched the jade box from Yan Shaozhe's hand, hugged it tightly to her chest, and then started pushing Yan Shaozhe towards the door.

"Teacher, I need to rest now. Please don't worry about me. We can talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow."

She wouldn't listen to the teacher's nonsense.

Asking her to actively pursue a kid so much younger than her? Ma Xiaotao couldn't bear the embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)