Diary System - Chapter 22: Dai Yichen's Vision for the Future: The Role of Whale Glue!
[Thank You @Chimera For Joining My Patreon]
All kinds of reasons combined led to Tang San needing to practice the Mysterious Heaven Skill for about two years before he could master it at the first level of perfection.
However, if the theory of "whether congenital deficiency and malnutrition will affect innate soul power" is to be verified, conscious experiments are necessary.
For example, he was more impressed by the fact that Old Jack's martial soul in the Holy Soul Village was a radish, while the martial soul of some villagers was a sickle.
Generally speaking, the former can be classified as a food-type martial soul, while the latter can be classified as a strong attack-type martial soul. If Dai Yichen wants to classify them, both belong to the category of ordinary martial souls rather than the category of useless martial souls, such as blue silver grass.
However, he was confused when he learned that these two individuals had not awakened their soul power. Could this also be related to their congenital deficiencies?
Dai Yichen suddenly had this idea in his mind. When he became stronger and gained the right to speak, he could use several civilian villages near Star Luo City as test sites.
If there are newborn babies, the Star Luo royal family will be responsible for all their nutrients before the awakening of their martial souls. If the number of civilians awakening their soul power increases, it will provide some data support for the theory proposed by Dai Yichen.
Now that he is the prince of the Star Luo Empire, everything he does is not only for himself but also for the entire empire.
Since the Spirit Hall can awaken martial souls for civilians for free, why can't the Star Luo Empire?
No money?
Will the nobles object?
As long as his strength reaches a certain level, what do those nobles who only know how to enjoy themselves matter?
As a modern man in his previous life, Dai Yichen understood the importance of people's livelihoods to an empire. Water can carry a boat but can also overturn it. The Spirit Hall grasped this point and continuously expanded the group of soul masters they had.
The two empires did not care much about this and regarded civilians as pariahs, which allowed the Spirit Hall to become the focal point of people's livelihoods. By the time the two empires reacted, it was too late. The Spirit Hall already had enough strength to establish the Spirit Empire!
Moreover, a large part of the soul master subsidies issued by the Spirit Hall to civilians were still funded by the two empires, and the Spirit Halls in various places issued them on behalf of the empires. These civilians who received the subsidies would only remember the benefits provided by the Spirit Hall, not by the two empires.
Of course, the reason why the two empires paid this money was largely due to the Spirit Hall's overwhelming power, which intimidated them into compromise.
If he were reborn as a commoner in this world, his heart would lean toward the Spirit Hall; after all, he genuinely received help. However, he is now the fourth prince of the Star Luo Empire, so he must consider his empire. He can't just watch the Spirit Hall attack them once it becomes powerful, right?
Gradually, Dai Yichen formulated a preliminary plan. At the latest, after defeating Dai Weisi at the age of twelve, he would find a way to encourage Dai Yutian to implement a series of reforms!
Anyway, the rules of royal competition would be changed by then; one more contender wouldn't be too many!
Why is the Spirit Hall able to set up branch halls in most of the towns in the empire?
Why should those civilian soul masters belonging to this empire continue to be absorbed by the Spirit Hall?
He will gradually change this situation and ensure that these civilian soul masters serve the empire!
As for whether these civilian soul masters will be scorned by the nobles because of their identities, there will naturally be corresponding solutions at that time!
As Dai Yichen was writing in his diary, some ideas suddenly popped into his mind. He knew that it would be difficult to realize these ideas, and they might be thankless. As a noble who was born with full soul power and a system, it was the most logical choice to focus on his advancement.
Yet, he always felt the need to do something. Perhaps he was influenced by memories of his past life. Born into a royal family, he had a special sensitivity to issues of people's livelihoods and a strong desire for unification.
Now he was realizing the benefit of writing in a diary every day. By documenting his thoughts on various individuals in the continent, he deepened his understanding of this world and sometimes provoked inner reflection. For example, he set a small goal for his future.
While Dai Yichen was pondering, the girls were also a little confused. Why did Dai Yichen's diary suddenly stop?
Wasn't it only halfway done? What had happened to the events involving Tang San and Ah Yin?
Zhu Family
At this time, Zhu Ming, the head of the Zhu family, returned home and asked the servants, "Where are Zhu Yun, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Qing?"
"They have returned home. The second young lady went to practice early this morning, and the eldest young lady just went to wake up the third young lady, who hasn't come out yet."
Zhu Ming sighed. He knew how much pressure his second daughter was under. Currently, her relationship with his eldest daughter is not very good, given that they would likely clash in a few years.
Zhu Ming thought to himself, wait a little longer; better days will come!
Dong Dong Dong—
"Zhu Yun, Zhu Qing, are you up?" Zhu Ming's voice called from outside.
Zhu Zhuyun opened the door not long after, looked at her father, and said, "Father, Zhuqing is awake. What's wrong?"
Zhu Ming smiled at his daughter. "Yesterday, when Yichen's martial soul awakened, it was proven that taking whale glue can improve the physique of soul masters. His Majesty has decided to secretly search for some high-quality whale glue from all over the continent for the royal resource library."
"And our Zhu family, as a duke's mansion tied to the royal family, has naturally acquired a lot of it. We can provide some that are currently suitable for you three sisters to absorb, laying a solid foundation for the future."
Among the three sisters, Zhu Zhuqing stands to benefit the most, having not yet awakened her martial soul. If she consumes 100-year-old whale glue for a while, the age of the first soul ring she absorbs in the future will surely not be low. Accumulating more later will enable her to have significantly more soul rings than her two sisters, which can represent a considerable level of combat power!
"Father, isn't whale glue used to make aphrodisiacs? Can it also be used to improve physical fitness?"
The effects of whale glue are quite well-known in aristocratic circles. The older the whale glue, the better the effects. Moreover, whale glue can be used not just to make aphrodisiacs but has aphrodisiac qualities as well!
Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Zhu Yun, you are correct. Whale glue does have those properties, but according to our findings, these are merely side effects of consuming it. The older the whale glue, the more pronounced the side effects become. However, if the whale glue you absorb is of the right age, your body will digest it appropriately, and you won't have a strong reaction."
(End of this chapter)