"Ha ha ha, watch my soul control the machine!"
In the mecha control class, Xie Xie watched as his soul integrated into the training mecha, operating it and enjoying the admiring gazes around him.
They have been at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for some time now.
The learning atmosphere here was more relaxing than they had imagined. Competition certainly exists, but it wasn't as intense as they had anticipated.
Perhaps it was because the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineers placed more emphasis on innovation and practice in soul technology rather than purely on strength competitions?
The entire academy resembles a massive research institute, with students everywhere discussing soul tool designs in groups or testing new core formations, creating a strong academic atmosphere. Xie Xie felt he had adapted well.
The soul-controlled mecha made a smooth turn on the training field, its metal joints producing fluid "click" sounds.
With the enhancement of his soul, the reaction speed of this basic training mecha was noticeably superior to what most people could achieve. Only a few others from mecha families could rival Xie Xie.
He was really showing off.
"Tsk, this guy Xie Xie..."
Zhang Yangzi clicked his tongue, feeling inexplicably angry for some reason.
His own poverty was nothing to speak of, but his teammate's wealth was enough to make him want to die.
The inherited souls from their families could all control mechas, giving them a natural advantage in such classes.
"This is the result of his family's years of effort. No need to envy. We can also leave wealth for our descendants," Wang Jinxi patted his shoulder and smiled.
"Besides, our thousand-year souls were carefully selected by Teacher Luo. They're not much worse than him."
Except for Wu Lin and Xiao Yan, they had all absorbed their second souls, a choice most soul masters made for stability.
After all, a yellow soul could only provide two soul rings, and a purple soul could only provide three. If someone upgraded their first soul to purple, unless they were confident of breaking through from the Spirit Connection Realm to the Spirit Sea Realm by the time they reached the four-ring Soul Ancestor level, they would be in trouble.
Would they have to fuse a hundred-year soul at the four-ring Soul Ancestor level or go overseas to hunt soul beasts?
The former seemed laughable, and the latter would take an unknown amount of time, both being undesirable in this era.
Moreover, the Spirit Sea Realm was considered the threshold for becoming a Titled Douluo. If one wanted to break through to Titled Douluo, Spirit Sea Realm spiritual power was a must.
This was because the upper limit for soul fusion in the Spirit Sea Realm was three. If one fused a yellow, a purple, and a black soul, they could obtain exactly two yellow, three purple, and four black soul rings to advance to Titled Douluo. Occasionally, one could see Titled Douluo with such soul ring configurations.
If one chose to upgrade their first soul to purple and use a ten-thousand-year soul as their second, they would have to reach the Spirit Abyss Realm before the eight-ring Soul Douluo level.
Xie Xie and the others currently lacking such confidence. The reason Teacher Luo had advised Tang Wulin not to rush his soul upgrade was to observe if he could achieve this.
Judging by the speed of spiritual power advancement in the past two years, only Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin had the highest probability.
Hearing Wang Jinxi's comforting words, Zhang Yangzi gradually calmed down and looked at Tang Wulin, who was excitedly tinkering with the training mecha.
He really loved mechas.
Thinking this, Zhang Yangzi whispered:
"We should probably put more effort into our secondary professions. Wu Lin is almost at the Spirit Forging level."
Whatever they thought in the past, after these years with Teacher Wu, they had come to understand that he was right. Battle armor masters were indeed stronger than mecha masters now, and that was a fact.
If they didn't want to always stay under someone else's wing, becoming a battle armor master was the best choice.
"...Can't we just lie back and relax?"
Xu Xiaoyan popped out from a corner, her tone微妙, "Yuhao can handle the design and manufacturing alone, Wu Lin forges, and we just need to learn maintenance."
Among the secondary professions, maintenance requires the least effort. If someone could forge, design, and manufacture battle armor for you, choosing maintenance is the most effortless option...
The people around her were too exaggerated, wanting to take it easy in secondary professions.
"..."
Ouch, buddy, how are we supposed to respond to that? Let us motivate ourselves a bit!
Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi exchanged glances and sobbed inwardly.
They only found out later that Yuhao hadn't fully explained his secondary profession abilities during their first introduction. The gap was even larger than they had imagined.
Xu Xiaoyan spoke up, somewhat puzzled:
"By the way, Na'er's secondary profession is still a designer, right? So who did Yuhao and the others find as their forger?"
Given Yuhao's abilities, their battle armor should have started production, but they hadn't seen him approach Wu Lin for metals.
"Not sure."
Wang Jinxi shook his head, "Maybe they found a Saint Blacksmith to forge spirit-forged metals? Their progress is way ahead of ours."
Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan nodded silently.
Indeed, there was little they could do to help Yuhao and Na'er...
"Xiao Yan."
A cool voice suddenly rang in the ears of the three. Xu Xiaoyan turned around and smiled softly, "Sister Shen Xing, what's up?"
The newcomer was Shen Xing, her graceful figure and her light steps. Even in the simple school uniform, it was hard to hide her well-proportioned curves.
However, in stark contrast to her charming appearance was her icy, delicate face, which seemed to exude an aura of aloofness, making people feel a sense of awe and not dare to approach easily.
"Can't I just chat with you?"
However, upon approaching Xu Xiaoyan, Shen Xing's cold face broke into a smile, and she chatted with her as if no one else was around.
Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi looked at each other.
When did these two become friends?
Regarding this, Xu Xiaoyan explained that she had already met a girl who liked to keep a cold face and successfully made friends with her.
After all, when it came to approachability and being "favored," she was the top in their group. Shen Xing had already succumbed to her delightful "sister, sister" calls.
'This is also a special strategy to prevent Xie Xie from causing trouble. As long as we become friends, Xie Xie's sarcastic effects will diminish.'
Xu Xiaoyan thought to herself.
Xu Yucheng walked over at some point, "Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, next class is a battle in virtual space. Interested in teaming up?"
Zhang Yangzi looked at him up and down, touched Wang Jinxi, and finally nodded slightly, "Sure."
Their relationship with him was average, but some courses at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy required cooperation, so they had teamed up with Xu Yucheng before and were considered friends.
Xie Xie and Tang Wulin, who had just stepped down from the mecha and exchanged a few words, noticed this scene. Xie Xie's mouth twitched.
They tell me to be careful, but they're the ones making friends.
Thinking this, Xie Xie turned around and found that Tang Wulin also had someone approaching him, leaving him alone.
The world had forgotten him.
"Tang Wulin, can you forge spirit alloys?" Yuan En Yehui asked.
"Yes."
Yuan En Yehui's eyes lit up, "What's the fusion rate of the spirit alloys you forge?"
"Ninety... percent." Tang Wulin almost said one hundred percent but managed to change it at the last moment.
The fusion rate of the spirit alloys he forged was currently at ninety percent, which was exceptional even among Saint Blacksmiths, as many couldn't achieve this.
However, if he handed the metals over to Yuhao, the other could give him a one hundred percent fusion rate alloy, which even a Divine Blacksmith might not be able to achieve!
Tang Wulin didn't know how the other managed it, but he understood that such a thing couldn't be revealed.
Unless he and his companions were making battle armor and mechas, he wouldn't use those special alloys Yuhao gave him.
"I see..."
Yuan En Yehui nodded thoughtfully.
"Then, can I ask you to forge a batch of spirit alloys?"
"Of course." Tang Wulin skillfully took out a soul guidance screen, making Xie Xie's eye twitch, "For one spirit alloy, if you provide the materials yourself, the processing fee is one hundred thousand Federation coins. Is that okay?"
Once a child who could hardly come up with seventy thousand Federation coins, Tang Wulin was now a wealthy man.
He started the bidding at one hundred thousand.
Sure.
Yuan En Yehui nodded without changing her expression, then hesitated for a moment and asked, "You're companions with Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, right? Can you arrange a meeting for me? I'd like to see them."
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie exchanged surprised glances.
Was Yuan En their friend?
"We'll let them know."
Hearing this, Yuan En Yehui sobbed in relief and smiled, "Thank you. By the way, are you interested in participating in an exchange match with Shrek Academy in a few months?"
"An exchange match?"
"Yes, I heard it started two years ago, initiated by Shrek Academy. For them, it seems to be part of their final exams. Teacher Lin has already selected me and is looking for other teammates."
Xie Xie showed an interesting expression.
Does this mean... they have a chance to compete with Shrek Academy again?
Back then, they were just background characters. This time, could they be the main characters?
'But, the end of this semester... isn't that the time we're supposed to go to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well?'
Xie Xie couldn't help but frown.
It feels like there would be a lot of trouble…
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