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After learning of Su Yu's intentions, Kong Deming began explaining Soul Tools to him.

Su Yu learned as soon as he was taught and understood at a single hint.

More than once, Kong Deming inwardly exclaimed that he had found a treasure.

"Your foundation is solid, but you still have shortcomings. The types of Soul Tools you have mastered are far too limited."

Kong Deming handed Su Yu a Storage Soul Tool ring.

"Inside are the manufacturing principles and blueprints for Level One and Level Two Soul Tools. Within three months, you must master them all."

After returning to the academy, Su Yu carefully examined the Soul Tool manufacturing blueprints in the ring Kong Deming had given him.

"As expected of the strongest Soul Engineer. His collection of basic Level One and Level Two Soul Tool blueprints is truly extensive."

Three months... probably only he had any hope of completing it, right?

Any other Soul Engineer would not have had that ability.

Having successfully transferred to the Soul Tool Department, Su Yu did not change dormitories. He felt there was no need. Besides, Qian Buduo, his roommate, had unexpectedly passed the assessment as well—he had passed the theory assessment.

Su Yu did not return to the dormitory. As a Core Disciple, he had his own Soul Tool workshop.

Even for him, the task Kong Deming had assigned was no small one. To ensure he completed it without delaying his regular Martial Soul cultivation, he could only make every second count.

For the first time, he entered his Private Workshop and rearranged everything inside according to his own preferences.

Before the Production Platform, Su Yu took out an engraving knife.

A chilling gleam emanated from the knife, and its sharp aura caused a prickling pain even without being driven by Soul Power.

This was Kong Deming's welcoming gift to him.

It was not a Ranked Carving Knife, but it was by no means ordinary.

The blade was forged from Thousand-Year Cold Iron Essence, while the handle was made from Purple Spirit Gold, giving it excellent Soul Power conductivity.

The entire engraving knife was covered inside with densely packed patterns.

Even the array inscriptions on its outer shell had already surpassed the standard of a Fifth Level Soul Tool!

This showed just how precious the engraving knife was.

This was the Eighth Level Soul Tool Kong Deming had made, the Spirit Engraving Sculptor. Due to material limitations and the vast number of intricate array inscriptions within it, there was only one such tool in the world.

"This Spirit Engraving Sculptor contains the culmination of my life's work. It is the Soul Tool Engraving Knife most suited for making Soul Tools.

"A Memory Array is engraved within it, allowing it to store Soul Tool Arrays you commonly use. When engraving a Core Array, it can guide your Soul Power through the inscription process."

Those had been Kong Deming's exact words.

Its ability to store Core Arrays was the Spirit Engraving Sculptor's greatest feature.

Nearly half of its intricate Core Arrays existed solely to achieve this function.

Moreover, the most complex Core Arrays the Spirit Engraving Sculptor could store could reach the Eighth Level!

As long as he mastered the core patterns within an Eighth Level Soul Tool, he could store them all!

Even when using it to make a Ninth Level Soul Tool, it could reduce the burden of engraving Core Arrays by twenty percent!

That was why Kong Deming had said the Spirit Engraving Sculptor was the engraving knife best suited for making Soul Tools.

Su Yu tried activating the Spirit Engraving Sculptor.

Dense patterns on the engraving knife in his hand lit up. As his Soul Power circulated, Su Yu could sense the complex routes through which the Soul Power flowed inside it.

After an hour of exploration, Su Yu had gained a preliminary grasp of the engraving knife.

He activated its memory function and began recording the Core Array patterns he had mastered.

The engraving knife possessed a memory function, but in order to use that function well, the user still had to personally master the arrays stored within it.

That was because when truly using the engraving knife's ability to replicate array patterns, minute adjustments were still required. It merely provided a template to modify from.

Another hour later.

Only then did Su Yu truly begin using the engraving knife to make Soul Tools.

His treatment was even better than what Yang Chengyu had initially promised. Because of Kong Deming, Su Yu's benefits had doubled.

He received an allotment of two hundred kilograms of Rare Metal every semester.

That was enough for him to practice making Soul Tools.

Su Yu sorted out the Level One Soul Tool blueprints in just ten minutes and began production.

Every day, Su Yu absorbed the Horizon Purple Qi on schedule.

He used the Horizon Purple Qi to nurture the Condensation Rune, increasing the purple qi circulating within the rune, then used a portion of that purple qi to cultivate the Purple Qi Soul Gathering Method.

This was the cultivation routine he had found to offer the best value.

He made Soul Tools during the day and cultivated Soul Power at night.

After making Soul Tools, he would also cultivate the Purple Qi Soul Gathering Method during his recovery periods.

As for developing a new soul cultivation method and refining his Soul Power Cultivation Method, he did both during cultivation.

Every day, Su Yu lived an extremely fulfilling life.

Meanwhile, seemingly stimulated by Su Yu, Xiao Hongchen buried himself every day in improving his Soul Engineer skills.

Meng Hongchen, on the other hand, would run into Su Yu by chance every day, finding topics to chat with him for a while.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, three months had gone by.

Bang!

A shackle within his body shattered, and Soul Power surged forth.

Ever since absorbing the Exploding Heaven Chili and breaking through to Level Thirty-Three, this was Su Yu's second breakthrough.

His Soul Power had reached Level Thirty-Five.

Without the experiences of the past five months, Su Yu would never have believed that cultivating Soul Power could be so easy.

The daily Nutrient Meals accelerated his Soul Power cultivation.

His teacher, Kong Deming, would occasionally give him pills that increased Cultivation Speed.

His entire Soul Power cultivation was like riding a rocket. In just half a year, Su Yu had risen by two levels!

In fact, if calculated carefully, Su Yu had only entered his fastest period of Soul Power cultivation after acknowledging Kong Deming as his teacher three months ago.

He had broken through to Level Thirty-Four half a month after becoming his disciple.

In other words, it had taken him only two and a half months to break through another level afterward.

"I've finally found the circulation method in the Body Tempering Method that speeds up the refinement of Primordial Energy."

Finding that circulation method meant that Su Yu's Body Tempering Method had become more efficient, and it could finally be considered a true cultivation technique.

Its effect was simply too singular, only able to accelerate the absorption and refinement of Primordial Energy.

But that already fulfilled the most important function of a genuine cultivation technique.

"Continue refining the Body Tempering Method."

"And the meditation method needs an upgrade too."

After acknowledging Kong Deming as his teacher, Su Yu obtained the highest-grade meditation cultivation method.

Compared to the Intermediate Meditation Method, this Advanced Meditation Method was somewhat more complex.

It involved methods of utilizing one's Martial Soul to improve cultivation efficiency.

Overall, the Advanced Meditation Method was one to two times more efficient than the Intermediate Meditation Method.

The Advanced Meditation Method Su Yu obtained could offer cultivation efficiency twice that of an ordinary Intermediate Meditation Method!

Of course, the amount of Soul Power a Soul Master could increase each day was limited. Even after switching to an Advanced Meditation Method, it merely shortened the time needed to reach that limit, leaving more time for other pursuits.

For example, condensing Soul Power, researching Soul Tools, or cultivating Soul Skills.

As these gains gradually accumulated, the gap would grow larger and larger.

Within three months, Su Yu perfectly completed the task Kong Deming had assigned him.

And Kong Deming had told him long ago.

Once he completed the task, there would be a reward.

What exactly will the reward be? A reward my teacher can offer should not be bad. Su Yu quietly looked forward to it.