Breaking the Record! Xiao Hongchen's Reaction! (Please Follow and Read!!! Please Collect)

Illustrious Virtue Hall.

This place represented the highest level of Soul Tools across the entire Douluo Continent.

Obtaining Soul Engineer certification from Illustrious Virtue Hall was a source of pride for any Soul Engineer.

Led by Yang Chengyu, Su Yu arrived at the assessment area of Illustrious Virtue Hall and was soon arranged to undergo his assessment.

"Level Two Soul Tool: Soul Tool Dagger."

This time, Su Yu would be crafting a relatively common Level Two Soul Tool, the Soul Tool Dagger.

He first tested the Forging Hammer, carving knife, and other tools provided for the assessment.

Only then did he begin the actual crafting.

Forging.

After a month of practice, Su Yu's forging skills had become exceptionally refined. He had advanced beyond Proficient Level and reached Mastered Level.

Carving.

With similarly extensive practice, his carving skills had also reached Mastered Level.

After these two processes, much of a Soul Engineer's true ability could already be seen.

"His foundations are solid." Jing Hongchen watched Su Yu's movements on the screen and sighed in admiration.

It was truly difficult to imagine that, in merely a month, he could hone such fundamental crafts to this extent.

Earning even Jing Hongchen's assessment of having solid foundations was no easy feat.

Even Xiao Hongchen had once been reprimanded by Jing Hongchen repeatedly for having unstable foundations.

Besides inscribing Core Arrays, one could not neglect forging and carving techniques either.

Xiao Hongchen had only realized the importance of this after encountering a bottleneck before advancing to a Third-Level Soul Engineer.

Even now that he had broken through to become a Third-Level Soul Engineer, Jing Hongchen still did not consider his foundations solid.

The fact that Su Yu could receive such an evaluation showed his skill. Yet he had reached his current level after only a month of practice!

Jing Hongchen began to cherish his talent.

After carving the casing of the Soul Tool Dagger, Su Yu began crafting its true core.

He hammered the Sinking Silver repeatedly, tempering it through countless strikes and making its internal structure denser.

Using the tools on the workbench, he polished it into a smooth metal sphere. Then, Su Yu began carving the Sinking Silver sphere, adding patterns to its surface to facilitate the later inscription of the Core Array.

With all preparations complete, he poured Soul Power into the carving knife.

Stroke by stroke, he outlined the Core Array.

Observation room.

Jing Hongchen sighed in admiration several times, expressing his satisfaction with Su Yu's crafting process.

The proctors beside him also nodded repeatedly, echoing Jing Hongchen's remarks.

They could indeed tell that the young man undergoing the assessment possessed skill in Soul Tool crafting that ranked among the better Second-Level Soul Engineers.

Perhaps the variety of Soul Tools he knew could not compare to senior Soul Engineers who had remained at this level for a long time, but he had tempered the crafting techniques of the Soul Tools he knew to an exceptionally refined level.

The crafting was quickly completed.

Only three hours had passed from start to finish.

As Su Yu assembled the metal sphere glowing with blue light into the casing, a Soul Tool Dagger was completed.

Su Yu poured Soul Power into it, and from the dagger's hilt, a sharp blade formed from condensed energy emerged.

"High grade!"

Receiving this evaluation meant that Su Yu's work was flawless.

"Su Yu, this is the Dean, as well as the Hall Master of Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen."

Before Su Yu was awarded his Second-Level Soul Engineer badge, Yang Chengyu introduced Jing Hongchen, who would present him with the badge.

"Student Su Yu greets the Dean."

"Su Yu, you're very good!"

Jing Hongchen smiled and handed the badge in his hand to Su Yu.

"From today onward, you are a Second-Level Soul Engineer. I hope you will keep working hard and become a Ninth-Level Soul Engineer as soon as possible!"

A Ninth-Level Soul Engineer!

This was Jing Hongchen's expectation for Su Yu.

The other Soul Engineers nearby looked on with envy, deeply jealous that the Hall Master had such high hopes for Su Yu.

However, they had just witnessed Su Yu's process of crafting a Level Two Soul Tool, so they naturally knew he was worthy of it.

This was a genius who had broken the Sun Moon Empire's record!

Su Yu calmly accepted the badge and pinned it to his chest.

Watching Su Yu's reaction, Jing Hongchen was even more satisfied.

Crown Prince's Mansion.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Su Yu has successfully obtained Second-Level Soul Engineer certification!"

Xu Tianran sat in his wheelchair with his eyes closed, resting as he listened to his subordinate's report. His reaction was not particularly intense.

From the moment Yang Chengyu had tested Su Yu's potential, the Crown Prince had already known that Su Yu was not destined for the Crown Prince's Mansion.

Even afterward, when Su Yu went to Yang Chengyu's office every day to seek guidance on Soul Tool crafting, he had not sent anyone to recruit Su Yu midway.

"Your Highness, Su Yu became a Second-Level Soul Engineer in two months and broke the Sun Moon Empire's record. Why don't we try to win him over?

He has not completely become Jing Hongchen's man yet.

Moreover, Jing Hongchen already has a grandson, Xiao Hongchen—"

The maid beside Xu Tianran spoke up to remind him.

However, Xu Tianran abruptly opened his eyes, and the cold severity in his gaze made her fall silent.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince." The maid hurriedly dropped to her knees.

Xu Tianran closed his eyes again to rest.

"Brother, do you also not understand why I gave up on Su Yu?"

Xu Kun nodded. He truly did not understand.

He waved his hand, dismissing the subordinate who had brought the news.

Xu Tianran said, "We have not yet reached the point of tearing things apart with Jing Hongchen. He controls all of Illustrious Virtue Hall. Even I cannot afford to become enemies with him."

"But—" Xu Kun wanted to say that as long as Su Yu had not joined Illustrious Virtue Hall, they would not be completely at odds with Jing Hongchen.

"Brother, don't forget. Illustrious Virtue Hall is not Jing Hongchen's domain alone."

Jing Hongchen controlled Illustrious Virtue Hall, but Illustrious Virtue Hall was not solely Jing Hongchen's domain.

If one were to speak of control over Illustrious Virtue Hall, that person might possess the greatest authority.

"Your Highness means Old Kong?"

The Old Kong Xu Tianran and Xu Kun spoke of was Kong Deming.

The Hall Master of the Sun Moon Empire Hall of Enshrinement, the person closest to becoming a Level 10 Soul Engineer, and the foremost among all Ninth-Level Soul Engineers.

Kong Deming possessed one-quarter of the Sun Moon Empire imperial family's bloodline and was loyal only to the imperial family.

It was precisely because such a figure stood guard that the Sun Moon Empire imperial family's position remained as steady as Mount Tai.

Illustrious Virtue Hall was in the hands of Jing Hongchen, who was not of the imperial family, yet the imperial family was unafraid because Kong Deming existed.

Even Jing Hongchen could be considered Kong Deming's student, having received Kong Deming's guidance in Soul Tool studies back then.

Kong Deming had always been impartial and loyal only to the imperial family.

If he spoke, then even if the Crown Prince recruited Su Yu, he would still have to give him up again.

And would Kong Deming speak?

He would.

The Crown Prince knew this very well.

Recently, as his actions became increasingly frequent and the struggle for imperial power intensified, every outstanding talent appearing at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had been recruited by Jing Hongchen.

Although Jing Hongchen's actions irritated him greatly, Xu Tianran also understood Jing Hongchen's purpose in doing so.

"Xiao, I heard your record was broken."

Su Yu's reputation spread.

For a time, it seemed as though the entire Ming Capital had heard of it.

And as the previous holder of that record, Xiao Hongchen finally could not endure it after hearing his sister's words.

"Meng, I'm going to challenge him!"