"Xuanzi, you're getting carried away."
A calm voice sounded in everyone's ears.
"Elder Mu!"
"Pavilion Master!"
Everyone immediately stood and saluted respectfully.
"Enough with the formalities."
The kindly old man in a wheelchair quietly appeared in everyone's field of vision.
"I've paid attention to that child. His spiritual power is strong, high in quality, and his temperament is gentle and compliant. His heart is set high."
Looking at the blazing sun burning quietly in the distance, the old man continued:
"Since when has Shrek Academy been a noble faction? We may have trained many nobles, but Shrek is, first and foremost, an academy."
"What use is a noble title to you, Xuanzi? And you as well, Fan,nobles need Shrek, but Shrek does not need nobles."
The old man enjoyed the warm sunlight, feeling just as he did the last time he met that young fellow…
"Excuse me, elder, could you move a little? I need to get the book over there."
The old man sunbathing in the top-floor aisle of the library was interrupted by a boy.
"Don't you know to respect your elders?"
"I've been waiting for half an hour and you still didn't wake up."
"Oh…" Hearing this, the old man moved his chair aside. His aura had been too faint, so he hadn't paid attention. He decided not to sleep in the aisle next time.
"You're a second-year student, aren't you?" The boy was wearing the second-year uniform.
The boy pointed at his clothes but didn't answer, and simply went to fetch the book he needed.
"The Secret of the True Martial Soul? Why is a little guy like you interested in this?"
The boy had barely just broken through to Grand Soul Master, and yet he was reaching far beyond his level. The old man couldn't help finding him interesting.
"Everyone says the True Martial Soul state enhances all attributes. I think that statement is incorrect."
"Oh? And why is that?"
Glancing at the book's author,quite an old publication,the old man finally studied the boy more closely.
"Mentally speaking, the True Martial Soul still strengthens the body's mental resistance and perception abilities. But there is one state it does not enhance."
"And what is that?"
The old man smiled and leaned in.
"Intelligence."
The boy tapped his head. "This is a very serious issue. In most people's subconscious, intelligence is not considered a form of strength."
"In all the power that Title Douluo pride themselves in, intelligence is not included. It's rather sad."
Imagining a group of spirited Title Douluo acting like fools amused the old man.
"How does a fire-attribute soul master make fire?"
"By igniting it with soul power."
"What about besides that?"
The old man was stumped. He didn't answer "with soul devices," because those also required soul power.
"How do you make fire without soul power?"
The old man wanted to answer, but after thinking for a while, ultimately shook his head.
The boy took two stones out of his spatial ring.
Crack!
Sparks burst from the collision.
"Someone discovered that striking certain stones together creates sparks, then quickly told others. Soon, everyone knew how to make fire."
"Someone discovered that fire-attribute soul power can also ignite flames, but ultimately only fire-attribute soul masters can do it."
"…So what you mean is?" The old man fell into thought.
"Soul power is a means, but not the end, Elder Douluo."
…
"I quite like something he said: soul devices are not swords or spears."
Elder Mu returned to himself and slowly wheeled away.
"He might be able to change this lifeless world. Understand? Learn more technology. This is an opportunity. Just give him proper protection."
Xuan Lao and Fan Yu exchanged looks. That evaluation was extremely high.
…
Unknowingly two months passed. During this time, Chen Fu had been renovating Mo Ling's floor, adding many alloy structures and decorating it with the original flowers from Lanxiang Pavilion.
During this period, she also completed twenty custom soul devices, all of them Grade Five. Some customers provided extra rare metals for custom work,Chen Fu welcomed such people greatly.
Her production speed was extremely fast, and most orders were for small soul-tool weapons. When paired with her martial soul, countless invisible tendrils rapidly drew circuit paths. A standard Grade Five soul device could go from raw frame to finished form within two hours.
Meanwhile, Chen Fu slowly cleared her inventory, selling scrap materials and practice pieces from her spatial bracelet in the Lin Pavilion exhibition hall.
After deducting costs, she earned about a hundred thousand gold a month.
A Grade Five soul device normally cost just over five thousand, with custom ones much more expensive.
Finishing the last sealing process on the bracelet-shaped soul device in her hand and marking it with her "Lin" symbol, Chen Fu let out a breath of relief.
"Finally done. Handmaking integrated circuits is such a hassle."
Compared to the endless trial and error involved in crafting Nirvana, along with the complex spiritual purification techniques, this soul-power filtration device was far easier. She managed to complete it during spare moments across two months.
"It uses the mimicry technique of the Jade Scale Snake, and I mixed plenty of its scales into the alloy. I'll call it Emerald."
The bracelet was platinum in color, covered in emerald snake patterns. When it activated, as snake venom accumulated, the patterns would become a deeper green.
Once the toxin reached a threshold, the core processing program would activate, driving the specially prepared jade-scale alloy to devour it.
Given enough time, Emerald could condense the Jade Scale Snake Emperor's venom.
Of course, Chen Fu calculated Mo Ling's toxin accumulation speed,one drop every fifty years, even with diligent training.
Going downstairs, she called over Mo Ling, who was currently trying to sell flowers to customers. Chen Fu had received quite a few complaints over the past two months,complaints that a woman kept disturbing them while they were choosing soul devices. Chen Fu was helpless.
Maybe she should consider teaching her plant-cultivation technology? Chen Fu thought.
"This is what you wanted. Try it." Handing Mo Ling the box containing Emerald, Chen Fu looked forward to the result.
When the snake patterns rippled on Emerald and she saw Mo Ling's delighted expression, Chen Fu knew the goal was achieved.
"These books,read them when you have time. They're my thoughts on plant cultivation. Use them for reference."
Tossing a spatial ring to the excited "big hamster," Chen Fu went back upstairs.
As for the spatial ring, Chen Fu optimized internal space usage,maintaining one cubic meter of storage in a ring form. Very convenient.
She planned to refine it further as next month's regular soul device.
As for differentiated ring designs, she needed a dedicated apprentice for that. Chen Fu guessed this person would arrive soon.
As for soul power,great news. Chen Fu advanced one level in two months, reaching Level 42. The cultivation maniac next door in the inner courtyard reportedly advanced two levels, and was close to Level 58.
Wasn't the rule that the higher you go, the slower you cultivate? Why wasn't she following the script?
Who knew what motivated her,she had buried herself in training for two straight months and hadn't come to bother her. Quite nice, actually.
Chen Fu enjoyed the peace and used her free time to study her own soul ring structure. The yellow-yellow-purple-yellow combination felt awkward to her.
The first yellow-yellow-purple was experimentation with martial-soul soul skills, eventually revealing that her martial soul, like the Nine-Hearted Begonia, always produced only one skill regardless of the ring added. The last yellow was a final test, proving that her soul skill's strength didn't decrease.
But compared to the "no-skill" Nine-Hearted Begonia, Chen Fu's Technology Throne had some participation. Her Forced skill increased strength exponentially with each ring, and she could adjust the amplification based on how many rings she activated.
Normally, her material analysis speed was 1. With one ring it became 2, with two rings it was 4, three rings 8, four rings 16. Of course, the cost also rose exponentially.
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