"Sure enough, even if I'd gradually forgotten the feeling of training on a conscious level, as long as I followed the Panel's guidance, my body could immediately find that feeling again."
Le Bai did not immediately begin testing his homemade Soul Tool. Instead, he first experimented with the Panel's recording and guidance effects.
The facts proved that if Le Bai had not noticed the Panel's guidance effect, then perhaps only his physical abilities would not decline, while his bodily sensations would gradually fade away with prolonged rest.
Additionally, perhaps because he had not trained in a long time, Le Bai could feel the Panel's guidance effect very clearly.
If the previous sensation had been so faint that it was like someone softly whispering a reminder into his ear, then today it was like someone shouting the instant an action met the standard, making him instinctively hold that position.
Yet there was still not the slightest sense of "force." If Le Bai ignored the guidance, he could completely perform improper movements according to his own will without expending any extra strength.
After gradually accelerating and running five laps, Le Bai finally felt that his body had fully warmed up.
"Five laps barely completed the warm-up. It really won't do without weight."
Le Bai silently thought this as he injected Soul Power into the homemade Soul Tool he wore and activated it.
A sense of pressure suddenly enveloped his entire body, from top to bottom, inside and out, gradually intensifying until even his internal organs could fully feel the pressure.
"Oh! It works! It feels about half as intense as maximum weight!"
Le Bai confirmed that, in terms of function, the Soul Tool he had made had already achieved its intended goal.
"Next, I need to test its safety and stability."
Le Bai activated the Soul Tool's Limiting Valve, fixing the continuously increasing pressure at its current level.
"Hmm... the pressure really isn't continuing to increase, and the Soul Power consumption has also stabilized. Excellent! The Limiting Valve works properly!"
Although it would still need to be tested thousands upon thousands of times afterward, the success of the first attempt was still gratifying.
"Finally, let's check the change in weight—excellent! My feet haven't sunk into the ground, which means that even if my weight changed, it didn't change by much!"
Le Bai looked at the ground beneath his feet. There was not even a footprint, and he clenched his fist excitedly.
All activation tests for the homemade Soul Tool had been completed without any problems.
While marveling at how effective the Panel's guidance was, Le Bai continued testing as he trained.
"Next, let's see whether changes in Soul Power will have an effect."
Thinking this, Le Bai began accelerating the circulation of Soul Power within his body. At the same time, he used Spirit Power Overclocking to increase the total amount of Soul Power in his body, and his running speed gradually increased.
One lap, two laps, thr—laps. Something went wrong.
When Le Bai accelerated into the third lap, perhaps because his Soul Power was unstable or because the Soul Tool's internal structure was not stable enough, the Soul Tool abruptly stopped working.
"As expected. It seems today's training and testing end here."
Le Bai hurried back to his Wooden House...
After that, Le Bai began repeatedly testing and adjusting the Soul Tool.
More than twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.
During those twenty-odd days, Le Bai frequently encountered Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai during his tests while they carried out their daily training. After learning about the progress of Le Bai's research, all three expressed their admiration and stressed that they hoped to see him finish soon.
Unfortunately, testing and adjustments themselves took quite a lot of time. This was also the first Soul Tool Le Bai had made himself, and it was a cultivation-assisting Soul Tool that he intended to use for both himself and others.
So no matter what, Le Bai wanted to—and had to—make it as perfect as possible.
Another two months passed.
It had already been four months since Le Bai began dismantling Soul Tools.
The teachers of Shrek Academy had all realized that it was not good for Le Bai to continue like this.
But on one hand, Le Bai's research was indeed extraordinarily meaningful, and he had already produced results.
On the other hand, no matter how busy Le Bai was, he always found time to complete every task assigned by the academy's teachers without compromise.
Therefore, the teachers were too embarrassed to say much directly to Le Bai. They could only have Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai offer indirect advice.
Le Bai took every one of these well-meaning concerns and words to heart. But whenever he saw the progress bar on the Panel rapidly rising, he felt that he could finish it as long as he pushed through one more stretch, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.
Another two months passed.
Outside Le Bai's Wooden House:
"Hey, Boss Dai, do you think Le Bai can finish that homemade Soul Tool of his before the end of this year?"
Oscar asked with some concern.
"I can't say for sure either. I was right beside him when he first started making it, but honestly, I completely couldn't understand anything Le Bai said about Soul Tools."
Dai Mubai spread his hands, shrugged, and sighed helplessly.
"I think it should be soon."
Ma Hongjun rarely voiced his own opinion. "Haven't you noticed that recently, every time Le Bai comes out to test it, he spends longer doing so, and the tests are becoming less frequent? That means his homemade Soul Tool is getting more stable."
Oscar did not miss the chance to tease Ma Hongjun. "Wow! Fatty, you really have been getting smarter lately!"
"I'm not fat anymore!"
Ma Hongjun stressed seriously, "Whether it's my body or my face, I'm at an ordinary person's level now. Not. Fat. At. All!"
"Alright, alright~"
Oscar immediately looked dejected. "After calling you that for so many years, suddenly not being allowed to call you that makes me feel a little lonely... Hongjun, you really have been getting smarter lately."
Ma Hongjun said unhappily, "What do you mean, lately? I've always been smart, okay?"
Before Oscar could say anything else, a burst of laughter suddenly came from inside the house. "Hahahahahahahaha...!"
Dai Mubai asked Oscar, "Uh, did Le Bai succeed, or did he go crazy?"
Oscar was also somewhat uncertain. "He should have, maybe, perhaps, probably succeeded?"
"He obviously succeeded!"
Ma Hongjun unexpectedly had tremendous confidence in Le Bai. "No matter how you listen to it, that's laughter after success! Is that all the trust you two have in Le Bai?"
As a result, Oscar and Dai Mubai simultaneously cast astonished looks at Ma Hongjun.
"Why are you looking at me like that too, Boss Dai?!"
Ma Hongjun returned the same astonished look. "Is it really that unbelievable that I trust Le Bai?"
"It's not exactly unbelievable."
Dai Mubai tried to explain. "It's just that I usually see very little interaction between you and Le Bai. Every time he assigns you cultivation tasks, you only nod and say nothing. So I always thought you were a bit... you know... toward Le Bai."
"Damn it!"
Ma Hongjun felt that he had been seriously misunderstood. "I don't speak because I trust Le Bai! I trust that the cultivation plan he makes for me is the most suitable one! But companions don't need to be overly polite with each other, so there's nothing much to say!"
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm."
Dai Mubai nodded, his face full of disbelief.
"Ahhh!"
Ma Hongjun grabbed at his hair. "What do I have to say for you to believe me?!"
"It doesn't matter if Boss Dai and Oscar don't believe you. It's enough that I do!"
Le Bai suddenly walked out of the house and greeted them with a smile. "Yo, why aren't you training today? Why did you all come here to watch me?"
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