" Ju Zi, Senior Lou Gao, don't panic." Luo Can looked at the two anxious people and reassured them, "Here's what we'll do: find a Soul Elder or a disciple of the Soul Ancestor and have him try operating this armor."
Ju Zi and Lou Gao exchanged a glance, their faces full of confusion, but they still immediately did as instructed.
Before long, a disciple with the cultivation level of Soul Ancestor was hurriedly summoned to the testing ground.
The disciple looked at the several powerful figures in front of him, so nervous that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet. He had no idea why the head and deputy head of the Soul Tool Hall, as well as the Pavilion Master and Vice Pavilion Master, had called him over.
"Don't be nervous." Luo Can looked at his tense appearance and said gently, "Next, you just need to follow my instructions and complete the test of a Soul Tool. You won't be responsible for any problems that arise."
Upon hearing the Pavilion Master personally reassure him, the disciple immediately felt relieved and bowed respectfully, saying, "Please give your orders, sirs! I will cooperate fully!"
With Ju Zi's simple guidance, the Soul Ancestor disciple quickly donned the Silver Giant Armor and, imitating Ju Zi's earlier actions, infused his soul power into the armor.
The next moment, something astonished Ju Zi and Lou Gao happened: this Soul Ancestor disciple was actually able to control the giant armor in front of them!
With his control, the Silver Giant Armor punched, kicked, and deployed its Soul Tool Cannon Array. Its movements were fluid and smooth, without the slightest hesitation. Once he became more familiar with the operation, he could even unleash attacks comparable to those of Spirit Emperor using this giant armor!
The two stood there, staring at each other, their eyes filled with bewilderment. They had clearly replicated the Firefly Battle Armor exactly, so how could the final product be so easily controlled even by Soul Ancestor?
According to their rules, only Spirit Emperor could control it!
"I knew it." Luo Can looked at the scene before him, his tone very certain. "What you created is not Battle Armor at all, but another kind of humanoid Soul Tool — Soul Tool Mecha."
" Soul Tool Mecha?" Ju Zi immediately looked over curiously, her eyes full of doubt.
"That's right, Soul Tool Mecha are a variant of Battle Armor." Luo Can explained slowly, "The biggest difference is that they cannot be deeply integrated with Spirit Master, but their advantages are also obvious—even ordinary people or low-level Spirit Master can easily control them, and they can unleash power far exceeding their own cultivation level by relying on the mech itself. Just like now, a Soul Ancestor can exert the combat power of Spirit Emperor."
Recalling the relevant information he had read in his previous life, he added, "Moreover, the Soul Tool Mecha can not only be controlled in real time, but also remotely. You can add a closed cockpit inside to protect the pilot, and you can even install an independent backup energy core to minimize the burden on the pilot's soul power."
After hearing this, Ju Zi was both amused and exasperated. "But what we originally wanted to build was Battle Armor!"
Lou Gao, standing to the side, also wore a strange expression. He had forged countless items in his life, but this was the first time he had encountered something like this—he had made a one-to-one replica of the original, but the final product was something completely different.
Luo Can shrugged and said helplessly, "My understanding of Battle Armor isn't much deeper than yours. I only know that to forge true Battle Armor, you need an extremely special forging technique; otherwise, Battle Armor wouldn't be called the ultimate creation of Soul Tool."
"However, since you've stumbled upon the Soul Tool Mecha, it might not be a bad thing," Luo Can said with a smile, changing the subject. "You can definitely try mass-producing this kind of mech. Once it reaches a certain scale, the overall strength of our Fate Defying Pavilion will experience a qualitative leap."
Hearing this, Ju Zi and Lou Gao had no choice but to accept the outcome. They exchanged a glance and nodded, "Alright, that's the only way."
"We used up a lot of rare metals just to make this thing, and in the end it was all for nothing." Lou Gao sighed, his face full of heartache.
Despite their complaints, the two quickly cheered up and got together to discuss the mass production plan for the Soul Tool Mecha.
After some discussion, they decided to first improve the blacksmiths' overall forging skills and the level of Soul Guidance Array inscription, and then test-build two weakened versions of the Soul Tool Mecha to verify the feasibility of mass production.
As a result, all the high-level blacksmiths in the Soul Tool Hall were gathered together, especially Lou Gao's four personal disciples, who spent every day in the forging room taking classes and studying, leaving only two people at the production line to supervise the daily production of low-level Soul Tool.
the next day.
In the Council Hall of the Fate Defying Pavilion, Luo Can was sitting in the main seat, listening to Ye Qingyu report on the operation of the two pharmacies in Nuoding City and Suotuo City.
"Based on current business data, sales in Nuoding City are better, with monthly revenue of around thirty Gold Soul Coin. Most of the buyers are local ordinary people and hunters."
"As for Suotuo City..." Ye Qingyu paused, carefully choosing her words before continuing, "Even if Spirit Master there is seriously injured in the Soul Fighting Arena, they will almost always seek treatment from a healing-type Spirit Master. Last month, there were only a few scattered purchase records, mostly from passing caravans buying insect repellent."
Upon hearing this, Luo Can nodded in understanding.
This situation was actually within his expectations, because the Spirit Master of the Douluo Continent were already used to relying on healing-type Spirit Master, and naturally had some distrust of these pills and healing medicines. It was only commoners and hunters who would rely more on these inexpensive medicines.
"No rush, good wine needs no bush," Luo Can said with a smile. "We have some medicinal herbs that are beneficial to Spirit Master's cultivation. In a while, I will give Hall Master Yang a new Pill Recipe. The medicine made from it will be very effective even for Spirit Master at the Soul Ancestor level."
He paused, then added, "Once the new medicine is refined, we'll find a few shills, or we'll go directly to the Soto Great Soul Arena for a fight, deliberately suffer some minor injuries, and then test the medicine on the spot, letting everyone see its effects."
"Hmm, that's a good idea." Ye Qingyu nodded immediately and wrote the plan down.
Just as the two were discussing how to make the pharmacy famous, Ye Shengxin strode in from outside.
Seeing that Luo Can was also there, he immediately stepped forward, took out two Red Crystal Card and five Black Crystal Card from his pocket, and handed them to Luo Can.
" Pavilion Master, this is what Dugu got from disposing of that Spirit Bone at the Heaven Dou Auction House, a total of 7.8 million Gold Soul Coin," Ye Shengxin reported.
Luo Can took the crystal card, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Who ultimately won the bid for this Spirit Bone?"
" The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect," Ye Shengxin replied.
"That's quite a generous gesture," Luo Can couldn't help but mutter to himself.
As expected of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, whose wealth rivals that of a nation, they spent a whopping 7.8 million Gold Soul Coin on a 15,000-year-old Right Arm Spirit Bone. Few schools on the entire continent can match their financial power.
He casually pulled out a Black Crystal Card and handed it to Ye Qingyu beside him. "Take this. Those expansion projects that were previously suspended can now be restarted."
"Okay." Ye Qingyu immediately took the crystal card and nodded.
"Oh, right, Dugu kept one million Gold Soul Coin for himself. He said he'd save them for building our academy later," Ye Shengxin added.
"Alright, I trust him to get things done." Luo Can nodded with a smile, said nothing more, got up and left the Council Hall, heading straight for the Soul Tool Hall.
Today, Ju Zi and Lou Gao were still teaching a group of blacksmiths. Luo Can waited outside for a long time until the afternoon class ended before calling Ju Zi out.
He smiled and took out a red soul coin crystal card, handing it to Ju Zi: "Here, with this money, you should be able to support your research on Soul Tool and mass production of Soul Tool Mecha for a long time."
"Looks like you've successfully disposed of that Spirit Bone." Ju Zi took the crystal card, her eyes crinkling with a smile.
"Hmm." Luo Can reached out and ruffled her hair, a doting smile on his face. "From now on, our Fate Defying Pavilion won't be short of money. You can do whatever research you want, and buy whatever materials you want. I'll fully support you."
Ju Zi's mood instantly soared to its peak. She tiptoed, leaned close to Luo Can's ear, and whispered in a sweet, fragrant breath, "Then, as a reward for my good A-Can, tonight, you can do whatever you want with me."