At the same time, Feng Piaoling began to secretly scheme in his heart.
Previously, he had only promised Zhongli Wu to find a Holy Virgin for the Holy Ghost Cult in exchange for the Level 9 soul tool, the Spiritual Barrier. He hadn't thought about what to ask them for regarding the other request yet.
Since he had run into Na Na, using it to save her soul and the souls of her parents was instead a pretty good choice.
Just as Feng Piaoling front-foot carried Na Na away from the cafeteria, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo far-foot followed over from a distance.
Seeing Feng Piaoling and Na Na separate after saying just a few words, they greeted him at the first opportunity. Lan Susu asked, "How did it go, Boss? Did she refuse to join our sect?"
Lan Luoluo could not wait to speak up by the side, "Boss, how about I go try talking to her again?"
Feng Piaoling stroked the cute little heads of the two sisters, shaking his head as he said, "It doesn't exactly count as a refusal, but don't worry, I will have a way. In addition, you two come find me tonight at the place where I usually cultivate. I will impart the third tier of the Azure Lotus Sword Formula to you."
Hearing that Feng Piaoling was going to impart the third tier of the cultivation technique to them, a look of excitement that was difficult to conceal could not help but surface on the faces of the two sisters.
Following that, they seemed to think of something, and Lan Susu suddenly said, "Oh, right, Boss. For the past half a year, you haven't gone to class at all. That Teacher Xuan Ziwen whom you had the academy arrange for you has a very big opinion of you. Director Lin asked us to remind you that it's best for you to go over to the Third Laboratory to find him as soon as possible..."
Lan Luoluo wrinkled her delicate nose and said, "I met that Teacher Xuan Ziwen once; he's so fierce. Boss, you'd better be careful. If it really doesn't work out, just switch to a different teacher."
"For the past half a year, I was solely focused on cultivating and forgot about this matter entirely. Alright, I will go over and take a look right now." In any case, his sword intent had already reached the verge of comprehension. To truly comprehend it, he still needed an opportunity, and it could not be enhanced within a short period of time.
It just so happened that it was also time to raise his own soul tool technology.
Furthermore, this Xuan Ziwen was quite extraordinary; the Soul Hall needed this kind of talent.
...
Separating from the Lan sisters, Feng Piaoling pulled out the academy map, took a brief look, and arrived at the Third Laboratory.
Inside the laboratory, a young teacher who looked to be in his thirties was currently engraving a soul tool formation array onto a diamond-shaped piece of metal.
He was precisely Xuan Ziwen.
Sensing Feng Piaoling's arrival, he merely cast a glance at him indifferently before continuing to tend to his own business.
Feng Piaoling did not disturb him either. Instead, he casually looked around, and finally came before a testing bench. From a pile of materials, he picked out a piece of azure metal with the finest texture.
Lifting his right hand, five dark gold blades extended from his fingertips. Flicking his five fingers in rapid succession, the five dark gold blades instantly turned into afterimages. Within moments, this piece of metal was divided into thin, fish-scale-like slices of uniform size.
Feng Piaoling swung the Dark Golden Terrorclaw and began engraving formation arrays onto the thin metal slices.
At first, Xuan Ziwen did not pay much attention, merely assuming that Feng Piaoling was showing off his skills and playing to the gallery.
However, when the formation arrays on those thin metal slices connected in a series, a moved expression finally surfaced on his face, and he murmured to himself, "Defense, amplification, connection... This seems to be a Level 4—no, it should be a Level 5 defensive-type soul tool instead..."
Xuan Ziwen's voice was not soft, but Feng Piaoling was completely immersed in his own world.
One hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Three hours passed, and Feng Piaoling finally finished engraving all the formation arrays.
He then connected all the thin metal slices in a series.
Forming an exquisite azure inner armor.
Right at this moment, Xuan Ziwen, who had watched from the side for a long time, finally walked over. "Can you let me take a look at this inner armor of yours?"
"Of course you can." Feng Piaoling casually handed this inner armor to him.
After sizing it up carefully for a moment, Xuan Ziwen put it onto his body. The azure inner armor automatically adjusted to fit the human body's size, tightly wrapping around his upper torso and outlining the muscles of Xuan Ziwen's upper body.
As he channeled soul power to charge the azure inner armor, a faint azure light barrier expanded across the surface of his body.
In the large-scale laboratories of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy, there would always be a testing area used to try out the power of newly completed soul tools.
Xuan Ziwen entered the testing area for defensive soul tools. Just as he walked inside, he pulled out a metal iron box resembling a remote control and pressed it lightly. Instantly, countless rays shot toward him from all directions.
The rays landed on the azure light barrier, merely rippling out rings of water-like waves, and the light barrier remained entirely undamaged.
Xuan Ziwen continued to increase the output of the rays. This time, the rays were exceptionally fierce, and the attack of each ray was likely no less than the full-strength strike of a Soul Ancestor.
Yet, it still failed to cause any effect to the light barrier.
Finally, Xuan Ziwen used the maximum power of the rays, and it remained exactly the same.
He walked out of the testing area, looking at Feng Piaoling in surprise. "A Level 5 soul tool with a special defensive function—just how on earth did you manage this?"
"It's nothing more than a defensive-type soul tool inner armor I once conceptualized. Its function is to release soul power to protect the body and amplify one's own defense. For a Soul King and below, it amplifies defense by one hundred percent. For a Soul Emperor, it amplifies defense by fifty percent. For a Soul Saint, it amplifies it by twenty percent, and for a Soul Douluo, it amplifies it by ten percent... With Teacher Xuan Ziwen's Level 8 Soul Engineer skills, this soul tool shouldn't be difficult to understand, right?"
Feng Piaoling said with a half-smile.
Xuan Ziwen's eyes were filled with curiosity as he asked, "No, this soul tool of yours is indeed incomparably ingenious, but what I am asking about is your age."
"Looking at your school uniform, you should be a first-year, right? With your soul tool manufacturing technology, the fact that I have actually never seen you before means you are a freshman, and at most you won't exceed twelve years of age."
"Your soul power fluctuations are also merely at the level of a Soul Elder, having not yet reached a Soul Ancestor."
"Just how on earth did you cross two ranks to manufacture this soul tool? Logically speaking, your soul power and spiritual power shouldn't be sufficient to support you in completing this high-density Level 5 soul tool armor."
It was no wonder he reacted like this. For ordinary geniuses, crossing one rank to manufacture a soul tool in the early stages was already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Feng Piaoling was doing great; he crossed two ranks.
This was already no longer enough to be described as shocking.
"What, want to learn? I can teach you..." Feng Piaoling inexplicably thought of that line by Stephen Chow and said subconsciously.
Xuan Ziwen grabbed Feng Piaoling's hand, saying excitedly, "There actually really is a special technique! Quick, teach it to me, how did you do it? If one truly can cross ranks, maybe I could also... No, sorry, I was too excited. Sell it to me, sell your special technique to me, you can name any price, how about it?"
Although he was already a Level 8 Soul Engineer, if he wanted to become a Level 9 Soul Engineer, apart from raising his own soul tool manufacturing skills, he also had to first cultivate to a Titled Douluo.
Otherwise, it simply wouldn't be sufficient to support him in manufacturing a Level 9 soul tool.
But a Titled Douluo—how could that be so easy to cultivate into?
Looking at the excited Xuan Ziwen, Feng Piaoling also hadn't expected things to actually go so smoothly. He hadn't even exerted any strength yet, and the opponent actually surrendered.
"Teacher Xuan, this is my exclusive secret skill, unless you can promise me one condition," Feng Piaoling said.
Xuan Ziwen said urgently, "What condition? Speak it aloud, as long as I can manage it, I will definitely promise... Right, I don't even know your name yet."
Feng Piaoling said indifferently, "Feng Piaoling."
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