Walking on the road toward Oscar's laboratory, Aosqin couldn't help but think of Tang San. That great deity-level guy had been so quiet recently that his presence had practically approached zero.
Although he knew Tang San's current state was probably not very good, Aosqin also had no way to resolve that situation.
"This kind of troublesome matter should be left for Master and Tang San, that teacher-student pair, to handle themselves," Aosqin thought.
"However, based on my observations during this period, Tang San seems to have some kind of skill handicap when it comes to using soul-tools."
Tang San's talent in soul-tool manufacturing was beyond question—he was now fully capable of making soul-tools by himself.
Although he was only making Class-1 soul-tools, it was clear that in the near future, Tang San would completely rely on his own ability to assemble his personal soul-tool set, rather than being like Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others who bought the soul-tools made by Aosqin and Oscar.
But in terms of using soul-tools, Tang San's performance was somewhat unexpected.
For close and mid-range soul-tools, Tang San's control was quite good. Although he still couldn't compare to Aosqin, he was already not inferior to Dai Mubai.
But once the soul-tool used was switched to a long-range soul-tool, Tang San's control ability plummeted in a straight line—he couldn't even compare to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, or Zhu Zhuqing.
After thinking carefully, Aosqin realized that Tang San's abnormal performance was very likely due to his inability to adapt to the ranges of long-distance soul-tools.
Those sight-limit and even beyond-visual-range attacks completely broke Tang San's lifelong aiming habits, making it impossible for him to grasp any aiming pattern.
Although Tang San was only twelve years old, he had a previous life. Counting the two lives together, Tang San's age wasn't much younger than the teachers of Shrek Academy.
In terms of combat methods, just like the academy teachers, Tang San had already formed his own battle style and system. Long-range soul-tool attacks had never appeared in their tactical frameworks.
It was like someone who had spent a lifetime using throwing knives and bows would find it hard to adapt to firearms;
Someone skilled with a pistol would not necessarily be able to handle a sniper rifle.
In his previous life, Tang San had long formed a very fixed hidden-weapon combat model. The way mechanical hidden weapons were operated wasn't very different from soul-tool beams and similar tools, but the difference in range was enormous.
Because of this difference in range, if Tang San wanted to manually aim at targets, he needed to use an entirely different aiming-parameter system.
It wasn't that he couldn't install an auto-aiming system on soul-tools, but combat was ever-changing, and auto-aim often became a liability.
This was like real firearm masters—many would rely on instinctive aim instead of what they saw through a scope. There simply wasn't enough time.
For Tang San to bring out the effects he wanted with long-range soul-tools in real combat, he was essentially trying to reshape his combat habits of both lifetimes.
Wanting to overcome decades of muscle memory and mental habits formed over two lives and then rebuild an entirely new system was practically impossible.
The evidence proving this was the teachers of Shrek Academy: aside from Teacher Shao Xin, who originally had no fixed combat system, none of the teachers forcibly changed their combat habits.
They mainly used soul-tools for close combat, defense, or acceleration, and seldom used long-range soul-tools.
Tang San was obviously a smart person. He had no intention of challenging himself in that way—he didn't plan to completely rebuild his combat system and mindset.
Aosqin noticed that after realizing he couldn't adapt well to long-range soul-tool attacks, Tang San decisively abandoned long-range soul-tools…
And shifted his focus to mid-range soul-tools, which had about the same range as mechanical hidden weapons like the Zhuge Divine Crossbow and Silent Sleeve-Darts.
With soul-tools, his control-type martial soul, and powerful throwing-type hidden-weapon methods like One Thousand and One Nights, Aosqin could imagine how terrifying Tang San's mid-range killing power would become in the future.
"Since ancient times, archers have always… well, had their perks. Being long-range is truly sweet."At this moment, Aosqin fully affirmed his resolve to play safe at long range.
After taking a Big Sausage from Oscar and telling him to bring his lunch back to the dorm, Aosqin returned to his room and lay down to recover his spiritual power.
In the afternoon, as usual, Aosqin went to the field for physical training, and then he needed to make a trip to Soto City's metal-trading market.
The core formation of the Artificial-Intelligence Soul-Tool required a rare metal called Feiling Gold, fused together with Mithril. Thinking about the amount of Gold Soul Coins needed to buy both metals made his heart twitch in pain.
One kilogram of Mithril cost 40 Gold Soul Coins.One kilogram of Feiling Gold cost 100 Gold Soul Coins.
These were the prices Aosqin found after entering the metal market.
The core array of the artificial-intelligence soul-tool required 1.5 kg of Mithril plus 2 kg of Feiling Gold.Meaning that just for forging the core formation, Aosqin had to pay 260 Gold Soul Coins.
If he included Yuxing Silver for the inner shell and Cloud-Copper for the outer shell, then the total production cost would reach a shocking 670 Gold Soul Coins.
"No way. Once it's built, I definitely need to charge those guys when they use it. Otherwise I'll lose way too much."
After gathering all the rare metals he needed and looking at their prices, Aosqin paid while gritting his teeth, gloomily thinking to himself.
Aosqin returned to Shrek Academy with a dark expression, radiating an aura called "heartache darkness."
Oscar, who originally planned to eat with him, instantly made a smooth turn and sat beside Ning Rongrong instead.
After dinner, Aosqin went to the laboratory, soul-refined the Mithril and Feiling Gold individually, and turned them into rectangular plates with identical shapes except for thickness.
Without rushing into the next step, he returned to his dorm, washed, got into bed, meditated, and entered the Omniscient Library.
This was his first time soul-forging, and he was using such precious rare metals, and even mixing two types at once, with a strict 40-minute time limit.
Aosqin had to simulate everything carefully in the Omniscient Library to ensure success—and most importantly, avoid over-exerting his spiritual power and damaging his soul origin.
Oh, right—Aosqin's forging hammers had been replaced three years ago with Soul-Refined Heavy-Silver Twin Hammers.
His previous Soul-Refined Iron-Essence hammers were no longer sufficient when facing rare metals of ever-increasing hardness, so he could only retire them.
Time moved forward—five days remained before special training began. Aosqin continued simulating the soul-forging process and still had not performed it in reality.
But he wasn't anxious. Based on his current progress, he would definitely complete the metal soul-forging for the core array before the special training started.
Because his task wasn't that urgent, Aosqin took some extra time to pay attention to the special-training base.
After confirming that the teachers were constructing a mechanism-filled corridor, Aosqin proactively asked Tang San for a few trap designs capable of training a soul master's reactions and surprise-combat ability, and had Cohen deliver them to the teachers.
From the footage Cohen brought back, the distance he filmed from wasn't very far, and he wasn't in stealth mode. The teachers must have noticed him. Since they didn't stop him, Aosqin felt no need to pretend ignorance.
Two days before training began, Aosqin finally began working on the Mithril and Feiling Gold in reality.
Using the furnace soul-tool, he heated both rare metals to suitable temperatures and automatically had them moved onto the anvil—Mithril on top, Feiling Gold below.
The twin hammers alternated as they struck the stacked metals. Both metals had undergone soul-refining and possessed their own spirituality.
What Aosqin needed to do now wasn't just perfectly fuse the two metals together—He also had to perfectly merge their spiritualities into one, forming a new, stable spiritual-essence crystallization.
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