"Teacher Lin."
"Hm."
Lin Xiao watched the passing students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy and nodded slightly.
Not long ago, a senior had instantly become a teacher in the academy. The other students weren't too surprised by this; it was not uncommon in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
Moreover, quite a few students deliberately tried to get closer to Lin Xiao.
Those were the children of nobles from Mingdu. Perhaps influenced by what they heard and saw, or perhaps instructed by their families, they always carried a hint of flattery toward the young teachers in the academy.
Especially toward a soul engineer like Lin Xiao, who was young and had been retained in the academy right after graduation, the last one like him had been Xuan Ziwen.
Lin Xiao gradually grew accustomed to the change in how people around him addressed and treated him, but he simply pretended not to notice their overt and covert attempts to curry favor.
He exhaled lightly, swiped open the gate to the Illustrious Virtue Hall, and took the elevator down toward the underground.
It had to be said that the Illustrious Virtue Hall acted quickly. In this world of soul masters and soul engineers, with the full support of the Sun Moon Empire, in less than a month, the Illustrious Virtue Hall had already been rebuilt.
Not only were rooms similar to the previous ones set up, but the entire Illustrious Virtue Hall had been expanded significantly, with more spaces dedicated to soul tool research.
The alloy smelting experiments had been completely moved into the Illustrious Virtue Hall. During the period right after the hall's reconstruction, the researchers in charge had hardly left the place.
Although Lin Jiayi had previously said that if the experiments didn't go smoothly, Lin Xiao would need to help, now it seemed Lin Jiayi had somewhat underestimated the talented soul engineers in the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
They didn't need any assistance from Lin Xiao. Just hearing the idea of alloys, they instantly understood many things, like with the Sealed God back then.
Without needing Jing Hongchen's urging, they threw themselves enthusiastically into the experiments, trying all sorts of new possibilities based on their respective research fields.
In just one day, a brand-new qualified alloy had been produced in the Illustrious Virtue Hall. Though its effects and uses were still unknown, it clearly gave all the other soul engineers a great starting point.
For Lin Xiao, finding suitable combinations among countless materials was mostly a matter of coincidence; the Star Soul Ingot from back then had also been a product of coincidence.
But for the Illustrious Virtue Hall, which gathered so many genius soul engineers, discovering various alloys was inevitable; under massive experimentation, new alloys emerging was only a matter of time.
Some soul engineers had even begun attempting to fuse three or even more metals and observe the results.
"Teacher Lin."
As soon as Lin Xiao stepped out of the corridor, someone called out to him. He turned and saw Xuan Ziwen standing at the corridor entrance with a somewhat haggard look, seemingly about to leave.
"Teacher Xuan." Lin Xiao paused for a moment. "How long has it been since Teacher Xuan last rested?"
"It's fine." Xuan Ziwen shook his head. Though his face was weary, there was a hint of a smile in his expression. "I happened to run into you here. I was planning to mention it to you, the sealed charging soul tool has made a breakthrough."
"And not only that, I've already created a Class 8 charging soul tool."
Lin Xiao had previously participated in the research and development of the sealed charging soul tool, but what surprised him more now was that Xuan Ziwen had produced a Class 8 charging soul tool.
Previously, even in the hands of Class 9 soul engineers, charging soul tools could only be made up to Class 7.
The soul power stored in a charging soul tool was somewhat like the soul power within a soul master's body; the higher the class, the higher the quality and quantity of soul power stored.
To satisfy the needs of providing soul power to a Class 8 soul engineer, the soul power stored inside the charging soul tool was naturally enormous, and storing such vast soul power in a compact soul tool posed a huge challenge to both the materials and the formation arrays.
Thoughts raced through Lin Xiao's mind, and he suddenly realized.
The person rumored in the Illustrious Virtue Hall these past few days to have produced a brand-new alloy in just one day was likely the very Xuan Ziwen before him, and he had quickly applied this alloy to his own research.
This not only broke through the sealed charging soul tool technology but also produced an unprecedented Class 8 charging soul tool.
Xuan Ziwen was indeed a genius; while others were still experimenting, he had already applied the new technology to his own work.
"Congratulations, Teacher Xuan."
"No, this alone is not enough." Xuan Ziwen shook his head. "My teacher has always been dedicated to researching the conversion of other forces into soul power. This material might not only be used for storing soul power."
Lin Xiao paused slightly upon hearing Xuan Ziwen's words.
Others might not know who Xuan Ziwen's teacher was, but Lin Xiao understood that the person Xuan Ziwen referred to was Kong Deming.
Perhaps in the future, a device capable of converting other forces into soul power would appear ahead of schedule under the influence of this new material.
Lin Xiao's eyes flickered as he thought about his own array of floating cannons. If that day truly came, his soul tools could completely detach from himself and become true "autonomous" soul cannons.
"Then I hope Teacher Xuan's idea can be realized soon."
"Hm." Xuan Ziwen nodded. "Although the hall hasn't publicly announced who first proposed this technology, I still heard some news from my teacher."
As Xuan Ziwen spoke, his gaze remained fixed on Lin Xiao. "I roughly understand why, despite not having a background like mine, the Hall Master kept you here. In any case, thank you for allowing my long-standing research to progress."
Lin Xiao shook his head. "As long as soul tools continue to develop, the emergence of such things is only a matter of time. Teacher Xuan need not be polite."
Xuan Ziwen didn't like wasting time on words and didn't continue the conversation with Lin Xiao. He simply shook his head and walked toward the elevator.
Lin Xiao glanced back at Xuan Ziwen's departing figure.
This time, he shouldn't be so easily poached, right?
The current Xuan Ziwen knew quite a lot; if that day really came, he would have to find a way to forcibly keep him.
Retracting his gaze, Lin Xiao temporarily set aside thoughts of Xuan Ziwen, passed through several long corridors, and entered a research room. Inside, the Illustrious Virtue Hall Master Jing Hongchen was discussing with a group of soul engineers what they believed would lead the future development of soul tools: humanoid soul tools.
"Lin Xiao's here? Come over."
Seeing Lin Xiao enter the room, the others didn't find it surprising. Jing Hongchen even beckoned him over with a rather affectionate attitude, as if he had completely forgotten his status.
"We were just talking about having humanoid soul tools and soul masters' powers amplify each other. Previously, this might have been difficult, but now, we can fully utilize alloys of different attributes to create humanoid soul tools that perfectly match the soul engineer's attributes..."
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