Then, Wang Teng opened the last magic box.
Hint: Obtained—Cosmic Soul x4.
Hint: Obtained—Bone Hyperplasia Fluid x1 (1000ml)
"Damn it, what the hell is this bone hyperplasia fluid! What kind of nonsense is this? The Cosmic Souls are good, though."
The effects of Cosmic Souls are obvious; they can improve the quality of Martial Souls, which Wang Teng needed. After all, his mother's Martial Soul, the Mystic Light Cross, was of high quality, and his younger brother Wang Chong's Martial Soul, the Mystic Light Armguard, was the same—both high-quality Martial Souls.
Now, with four Cosmic Souls, he could evolve both of their Martial Souls into top-tier Martial Souls. The only thing left was that bottle of bone hyperplasia fluid, which seemed to be 1000ml?
He then looked at the bottle of bone hyperplasia fluid.
"Damn it! You little trash!"
The effect of the bone hyperplasia fluid was simple: it could increase the age of Soul Bones. Each 1ml of this bone-building fluid can increase the age of a soul bone by one year. In other words, this 1000ml bottle of bone-building fluid can only increase the age of a soul bone by a thousand years.
For Wang Teng, this is practically useless, equivalent to only 1000 units of Lord's Origin. Taking out the bottle, Wang Teng looked at it. It resembled a bottle of unlabeled soda, all black, except it didn't bubble?
However, Wang Teng thought about it. This thing wasn't entirely useless. After all, Lord's Origin could only increase the age of soul bones for himself or summoned subordinates, but this bone-building fluid could be used by others as well.
It seemed like it was meant to be drunk directly? However, the age was still far from sufficient.
"Is it 1000 years that I lack? It's a 100,000-year soul bone, okay?"
This statement made sense. In Wang Teng's eyes, what he gave his family would be at least 50,000 years old, and preferably 100,000 years old. Trying to upgrade a low-level soul bone to 100,000 years using bone-building fluid is probably impossible; the difference is too great.
I wonder if they'll ever get super-sized bottles of bone-building fluid in the future? Like 100,000 ml?
"Then it probably wouldn't be called a bottle anymore, right? It should be called a bucket?"
For now, the bone-building fluid is useless, so Wang Teng complained for a while before putting it away.
...
That evening, the family had a small celebration for Wang Teng. After dinner.
"Mother, this is for you. Xiao Chong, this is yours."
When Wang Teng took out the Cosmic Soul, everyone present, except for Natya, had their own martial souls begin to stir.
"What is this?"
Wang Chengkun suppressed his martial soul and asked Wang Teng with surprise.
"Father, don't ask about it. It's a good thing anyway. After refining it, it can improve the quality of your Martial Soul. It's similar to the previous Immortal Herb, except it can't add any innate talent; it can only be used to improve the quality of your Martial Soul."
"*Hiss*, how come there's such a thing?"
The whole family was puzzled. How did Wang Teng have so many good things? First it was the Immortal Herb, and now there's something that can directly evolve your Martial Soul.
The Immortal Herb was easier to understand, since it obviously grew from the ground, but this Cosmic Soul that can directly evolve your Martial Soul was clearly not a natural product.
Wang Teng didn't know where the Cosmic Soul in the Magic Box came from. After all, in his previous life's game, he remembered that it was obtained by challenging the Abyss dungeon and defeating the Abyss monsters, or simply by dismantling golden epic equipment.
As for his own system, it seemed that he couldn't challenge the Abyss? He didn't understand.
"Mother, if you and Xiaochong each refine two, it should be enough to evolve your Martial Soul."
"Brother, really?"
Wang Chong's eyes lit up. This was Martial Soul evolution! Putting everything else aside, just the fact that his Martial Soul evolved would greatly increase his strength.
Why were those geniuses able to challenge opponents of higher levels? Excluding the factors of Soul Rings and Soul Bones, the quality of the Martial Soul was also crucial.
After Martial Soul evolution, not only would the total amount of Soul Power in the body increase significantly, but the quality of Soul Power would also improve. After all, meditation and cultivation were done through the Martial Soul, and the quality of the Martial Soul had a great impact on one's own Soul Power.
"That's good. Go back and refine them."
His mother, Li Chan's, evolved Martial Soul was probably similar to Wang Teng's Holy Light Cross. He wondered if Wang Chong's Profound Light Guanlet Martial Soul would be like his father's, directly transforming into a complete set of armor?
Wang Chengkun's Profound Iron Armor Martial Soul wasn't just a simple defensive Martial Soul; it was both offensive and defensive. After all, once the Profound Iron Armor Martial Soul was attached to his body, the armor on his arms was significantly thicker than the other parts, indicating considerable power.
"My Soul Power level has reached 30! Senior Sister, take me to Sunset Forest tomorrow."
"Okay." Natya nodded.
With family present, Natya was his senior sister. However, Wang Teng's family had some questions: why couldn't they see Wang Teng's teacher? —Well, that's not the point.
Upon hearing that Wang Teng had already advanced to level 30, Wang Chengkun immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"My son, Wang Teng, truly lives up to his title! He's already a Soul Master at the age of nine!"
Wang Chengkun said with pride.
Wang Chong, standing beside him, also looked on with envy. He was still only a level 12 Soul Master! His older brother was only a year and a half older than him—the difference was enormous!
Fortunately, his martial soul was about to evolve, which made him quite happy. Afterwards, everyone returned to their rooms. Wang Teng led Natya to his small courtyard.
"Here, these are the two inheritance sets I obtained today, they're both for you."
Wang Teng took out two inheritance sets and handed them to Natya.
"Wow, really?"
Natya's eyes lit up; she knew how much an inheritance set could boost her strength.
"Here you go. Work hard, follow your boss, and you'll have bread and milk!"
Wang Teng, with the face of a capitalist, patted Natya's shoulder.
"Yes, yes, thank you, boss!"
Natya nodded like a chick pecking at rice. After a mouthful of toxic chicken soup (Useless Motivation), Wang Teng had become a capitalist.
But Wang Teng was a capitalist to begin with, and a ruthless one at that. His unassuming little shop, though selling a small quantity of recovery potions, produced high-value items that typically sold out early each day, yielding a profit margin of up to 90%.
One wonders if Emperor Xueye will regret granting him the tax exemption certificate once he learns of the shop's profitability.
Even without the certificate, Wang Teng wouldn't pay taxes; he couldn't support imperialism. Of course, if Wang Teng were to overthrow Emperor Xueye, that would be a different story.