"I didn't expect it, that big and burly Teacher Zhao is actually good at cooking chicken soup. Truly, you can't judge a person by their appearance." Aos Qin joked inwardly.
Of course, his mouth wasn't idle either. He countered Oscar, saying:
"It's clearly because your IQ is not good. The soul-tool production task for today is already finished. If at this time I'm not back in the dorm packing up to go home, where else would I be!"
Instantly, Oscar was choked speechless.
Before Aos Qin could even curl up a proud smile at the corner of his lips, he suddenly heard a "huff-huff" sound coming from beside him. Turning his head, he found it was Cohen making the sound.
"This guy… seems, maybe, to be laughing? Is Cohen's intelligence a bit too high? Normally, a ten-year-level soul beast's intelligence isn't much different from an ordinary wild beast. Could it be because of the cultivation method?"
Aos Qin once again fell into his own thoughts. Until…
A basin of cold water poured over his head. Aos Qin instantly jumped up, "Oscar, today it's either you die or I die!"
Shouting ruthless words, Aos Qin pounced toward Oscar. The final result of this "fierce great battle" was the two fighting turning into a chaotic fight of two people and one dog.
The direct consequence of this "battle" was that before going home, the two people and one dog had to wash again and change clothes.
To make his life more convenient, Aos Qin had installed a soul-tool water heater and a soul-tool washing machine in the dorm. Bathing and washing clothes became much easier than before. Indeed, laziness is the most direct driving force of human progress. Just by making these two things, Aos Qin earned one hundred gold soul coins from the academy's teachers.
Oh right, since they now had income from selling soul tools, Flander's financial situation became a bit looser, so he wasn't so stingy anymore. According to the teachers, he finally got to see his salary that he'd only ever heard about before.
Speaking of teachers, after so many years Shao Xin finally broke through to Soul Saint, so aside from Zhao Wuji who stayed behind, all the teachers of the academy went to Star Dou Forest to find a suitable seventh soul ring for him. They also took the chance to test how powerful Shao Xin's full-state level-six mecha was.
It's not that Shao Xin didn't want to make his mecha into a battle armor that merges into the body, but his manufacturing level simply couldn't reach the requirements for battle armor. Even though the theory exists, achieving it in reality is still very difficult. So he took the second-best option and built a mecha.
But even so, Aos Qin was extremely jealous. He also wanted to wear a full set of mecha and then shout "I am Iron Man." Unfortunately, soul power limited this thought. He could only watch the teachers quickly finish soul-tool basics, then equip themselves with high-level soul tools thanks to their strong soul power.
Actually, teachers getting equipped with soul tools wasn't all bad. Since it was also their first time fighting with soul tools—
Although except for Shao Xin, who had a full mecha, the others only equipped soul tools to compensate for their martial soul weaknesses instead of changing their already mature combat system—
Even so, they still had to get familiar with soul-tool use. So for a long time, Oscar and Aos Qin witnessed countless high-level Soul Master battles. Such battles don't happen easily. While feasting their eyes, the two also broadened their horizons.
Alright, Aos Qin's mind wandered again. Pull the perspective back—after showering, Aos Qin threw all their dirty clothes into the washing machine. It would wash and dry automatically, and they could pick them up when they returned to school the day after tomorrow.
Now it was time to head home with his brother. Handsomely mounting the little electric scooter, he twisted the throttle—
The scooter shot forward onto the road home.
"What? Cohen? Let him run himself. Who told him to tease us brothers just now with his speed? Hmph! I, Aos Qin, am just this petty. Isn't your speed fast? Then go run."
Then Aos Qin and Oscar saw a white figure surpass the scooter, which was already at full speed, in just a few steps. In that brief moment side by side, the brothers clearly saw "mockery" in those dark dog eyes.
"Stinky little brother, do you think Cohen's intelligence is too high? He just 'mocked' us, right?"
Through their mental link, Aos Qin heard Oscar asking the same soul-burning question he had asked earlier.
When Shao Xin and the academy's teachers returned, it was already the fourth day after Oscar was fed chicken soup by Zhao Wuji. That means the teachers were gone for seven full days. To be honest, Zhao Wuji already suspected they abandoned him to go have fun.
As soon as Flander returned, Zhao Wuji rushed to demand answers.
Because of the acceleration issue, Zhao Wuji had always been suppressed by Flander.
Now, in Zhao Wuji's own words: "With my acceleration soul tool, would I still fear that bird man?"
So every few days, Oscar and Aos Qin got to watch a bear-and-eagle battle.
Ignoring the two deans' conflict, Oscar and Aos Qin went to the teacher to ask about the trip.
Actually, the academy's teachers were strong and had a proper formation—agility attack, power attack, control, support. Normally they should've come back in two or three days. But they took seven. Obviously something happened.
Sure enough, Shao Xin told them he obtained his soul ring in just one day, and the mecha's combat power was impressive. He alone fought a ten-thousand-year soul beast for half a day.
Though he lost in the end, for a food-type soul master with no combat ability originally, that was an amazing result.
According to the teachers' analysis, as long as he wasn't controlled at close range right away, even a Soul Sage-level Soul Master couldn't keep Shao Xin if he wanted to escape. Once his mecha upgraded to level seven, even weaker Soul Douluo wouldn't be able to stop him.
Back to why they were delayed so long—
In a small town outside Star Dou Forest, Flander heard about a rare high-grade auction in Heaven Dou City that only happens once every five years.
So he checked his soul-tool inventory and noticed he had a rare sonar soul tool with a one-kilometer detection radius, alarm function, and underwater capability—extremely useful for exploring ruins. It should fetch a high price.
Thus, Flander persuaded the others to fly to Heaven Dou City and attend the auction. The teachers each took one or two non-essential soul tools to auction as well. And indeed, they earned a lot.
Since they were all wild-path backgrounds, the auction broadened their horizons. In the end, they even bought rare northern ice-region metals from Heaven Dou's metal exchange and then returned.
Hearing Shao Xin's story, Oscar and Aos Qin simultaneously sighed in their hearts:
"As expected, the dean's greed doesn't change just because he has a little more money."
After that, life returned to routine. The brothers focused on meditation.
In two months, the annual long vacation would come—six weeks, basically autumn break.
They had already finished their current soul-tool assembly tasks, so they wanted to use the next three and a half months to reach level twenty and get their second soul ring when the next school year began. And if their calculations were right, Uncle Aubert could also hitch a ride and obtain his second soul ring.
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