Jing Hongchen sat in his spacious chair, deep in thought.
Over the past two years, he had dealt with Wang Dong'er quite a bit.
In Jing Hongchen's eyes, if Wang Dong'er devoted herself entirely to Soul Tools, then with all her wild ideas, she could undoubtedly enter the ranks of Rank Nine Soul Engineers at the fastest possible speed and become the youngest Rank Nine Soul Engineer.
The various devices and designs that did not require Soul Power as a source of energy were even more astonishing.
But the price of obtaining all that was allowing Xuan Ziwen to join Wang Dong'er's faction.
As Mingde Hall's finest researcher, Jing Hongchen truly did not want to give up Xuan Ziwen.
Yet Wang Dong'er had proposed a devilish suggestion.
Xuan Ziwen could remain in Mingde Hall as a researcher assigned there from outside and continue his research.
How was that any different from abducting Xuan Ziwen?
Yet although Jing Hongchen understood the implications, he still agreed to Wang Dong'er's proposal.
Because the technology Wang Dong'er could produce, as well as her ideas for the development of Soul Tools, far surpassed Xuan Ziwen's...
For example, Humanoid Soul Tools, aircraft capable of carrying dozens or even hundreds of people, spacecraft that could break beyond the planet, Battle Armor that assisted Soul Masters in combat, super-large mecha constructed on the foundation of Soul Tools... Every one of these ideas made Jing Hongchen's heart surge.
Mingde Hall had actually begun researching the Humanoid Soul Tool Wang Dong'er mentioned long ago, but their progress had remained stuck at a bottleneck.
If Wang Dong'er could participate, would that stalled progress improve?
Jing Hongchen had thought about it more than once.
However, Humanoid Soul Tools were a project the imperial family watched closely. If Wang Dong'er joined it, those