The Definition of the Soul Guidance Department

Hearing this, Xia Linyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed he hadn't even officially joined the Soul Guidance Department yet, had he?

"Teacher."

Hearing Xia Linyuan call him "Teacher" without the slightest hesitation, Qian Duoduo felt as if the bones in his entire body had softened; he felt light, as if he could float away at any moment.

"Ahem!" Having enjoyed the moment enough, Qian Duoduo coughed and said solemnly, "From now on, you are my, Qian Duoduo's, first disciple, and also my closing disciple. I will do everything in my power to cultivate you."

"However, I must remind you that there has always been a competitive relationship between the Soul Guidance Department and the Martial Soul Department. With your talent, becoming a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department is a certainty, so your studies here in the Soul Guidance Department must remain confidential for the time being, to avoid any overreaction from that old fox, Yan Shaozhe."

"Yes."

"Also, although you are now a student of our Soul Guidance Department, your foundation as a Spirit Master must still be solid. Therefore, at least until you complete your third-year studies, you must remain in the Martial Soul Department to continue learning various subjects. Furthermore, I require you to focus your main energy on the cultivation of your Martial Soul. Spirit Power is the foundation of everything, and that is no different in the Soul Guidance Department."

"Go back and pack your things. Starting tomorrow, before the semester officially begins, you will stay in the Soul Guidance Department and begin learning about soul guidance devices with me. Once the semester starts, the Martial Soul Department usually finishes classes around four in the afternoon every day. After class, come directly here to find me. You will study soul guidance devices for two hours every day, and on your one day off each week, you will also need to come here to study."

Tomorrow? Was it really that soon? Xia Linyuan was slightly startled by Qian Duoduo's speed, but he nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Teacher."

New students would have a freshman assessment three months after the start of the semester, and at least two-thirds of the students would be eliminated. For Qian Duoduo to start teaching Xia Linyuan about soul guidance devices now was perhaps a bit too hasty.

However, if it were anyone else, Qian Duoduo might truly be worried. But his disciple was Xia Linyuan; he didn't believe that Xia Linyuan, who had been on the front lines at age seven and was hailed as the Young War God, would be eliminated by a mere freshman assessment.

His Spirit Power level of thirty-five alone was enough to crush the other freshmen and even most second and third-year students. Even the great-grandson of Elder Ge was only level thirty-seven at fourteen years old.

To put it bluntly, aside from needing to win an Oscar for Best Actor, how could he lose when he was already holding all the winning cards?

Qian Duoduo took out a black necklace hanging with a dark gold tag, which was engraved with several core soul guidance arrays. "With this tag, you can freely enter and exit all areas of the Soul Guidance Department's outer courtyard. Alright, go back for now. Don't forget to come find me tomorrow."

"Yes, Teacher."

"By the way, although that girl Zhou Yi has a very fiery temper and her thoughts are somewhat hard to fathom, she is actually quite a decent person. At the very least, she is very protective of her own. You can go to her if you have any trouble."

Qian Duoduo suddenly added this sentence, causing the corner of Xia Linyuan's mouth to twitch slightly.

Sorry, I don't want to have anything to do with that moody madwoman. Although she is protective, she is protective of Huo Yuhao, not me.

After leaving the Soul Guidance Experimental Zone, Xia Linyuan did not wait until the next day as Qian Duoduo had requested. Instead, he returned to his dormitory, simply packed his things, and returned to the Soul Guidance Experimental Zone.

Seeing Xia Linyuan so diligent, Qian Duoduo was overjoyed. He looked at Xia Linyuan the way a mother-in-law looks at a son-in-law—the more he looked, the more he liked him.

Qian Duoduo asked, "Linyuan, tell me, what is a soul guidance device?"

"A soul guidance device is the primary productive force and driving power that promotes the progress of human society."

Hearing this shocking answer, Qian Duoduo was stunned.

This answer ran counter to the philosophy he had always held: that "soul guidance devices are weapons driven by a Spirit Master's Spirit Power," that "every type of soul guidance device is closely related to a Spirit Master's Spirit Power," and that they are "tools that use a Spirit Master's Spirit Power as a guide to assist people in their daily lives and work."

"Linyuan, why do you think that?"

"Teacher, before I answer your question, may I ask what you believe a soul guidance device is?"

Qian Duoduo pondered for a moment and said, "Our Shrek Academy's concept of soul guidance devices has always been that they are weapons driven by a Spirit Master's Spirit Power. Every type of soul guidance device is closely related to a Spirit Master's Spirit Power, even the Fixed-Projectile Soul Guidance Device, which has the least reliance on Spirit Power."

"Beyond that, soul guidance devices can also be tools that use a Spirit Master's Spirit Power as a guide to assist people in their daily lives and work."

"Sigh." Xia Linyuan sighed and said, "Teacher, forgive my bluntness, but our Shrek Academy's concept of soul guidance devices is far too backward. Do you know how the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy defines soul guidance devices?"

Qian Duoduo, no longer caring about his dignity as an elder, couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"

"Their definition is that soul guidance devices have nothing to do with Spirit Masters. The significance of the existence and progress of soul guidance devices lies in promoting the evolution of human society. Researching soul guidance devices is for the better promotion of human society's evolution, making humanity a more powerful existence. I think if you went to the streets of the Sun Moon Empire and asked anyone, you would get the same answer."

"But..." Qian Duoduo couldn't help but ask, "Soul guidance devices require a Spirit Master to guide them to be used. How can ordinary people without Spirit Power use them?"

"Teacher, have you forgotten the Milk Bottle? Even a soul guidance device like the Milk Bottle, which stores Spirit Power, has been created. Do you think it's far off for ordinary people, who lack Spirit Power, to use soul guidance devices by relying on energy-storage devices similar to the Milk Bottle? The emergence of every new thing is not an accident, but an inevitable coincidence."

"Taking Spirit Master usage as the direction for research is, in itself, a flawed mode of thinking. Spirit Masters are only a portion of the elite among humanity; they are a tiny minority. They cannot represent the vast majority of ordinary people. If the development of soul guidance devices cannot enter the world of ordinary people, then they will never become a cross-generational existence that truly promotes the evolution of the human world."

"Taking Spirit Master usage as the research direction is one thing, but researching soul guidance devices solely to be used in war... I'm sorry, but if the Soul Guidance Department's philosophy remains so pedantic and inflexible, then I can only say that the Soul Guidance Department seems to have lost its reason for existing."

With just a few simple sentences, Xia Linyuan overturned Qian Duoduo's understanding of soul guidance devices. This was no longer just a gap in concepts; it was a gap in vision.

While feeling amazed that the Sun Moon Empire researched soul guidance devices to better promote the evolution of human society, Qian Duoduo couldn't help but be shocked once again by Xia Linyuan's broad perspective.