Le Bai's Homemade Soul Tool

"Le Bai!"

Oscar rushed forward, his speed so great that he didn't look like a Support System Soul Master at all: "You... succeeded?"

"Yeah! Finally finished the calibration!"

Le Bai raised his right hand. On his wrist was a metallic-textured wrist guard that fit his arm perfectly. It wasn't large, looking just like an ordinary leather wrist guard: "I prefer wrist guards. Tell me what style you want, and I can make it for you now."

"Although I really want you to make one for me right away, the teachers are probably about to lose their patience."

Dai Mubai reminded him: "You've spent too much time on Soul Tools over the past six months; the teachers are considering forcing you to give it up. Especially Teacher Zhao—if it weren't for Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and me helping to talk him down, he would have stormed in last month and dismantled your Soul Tool."

"I know."

Le Bai said with a cheeky grin: "But as long as I let the Dean and the other teachers experience this Soul Tool, I believe they will all support me from now on."

"That confident?!"

Dai Mubai raised an eyebrow: "Come on, I'll go with you to the Dean's place. We can talk slowly on the way—what exactly is the effect of this homemade Soul Tool? It actually kept a cultivation maniac like you holed up in your room for half a year."

"Let's not. If I explain it on the way, don't I have to explain it all over again when we get to the Dean's?"

Le Bai suggested: "Let's go to the Dean's together. I'll make one for each of you later anyway, so I can say everything that needs to be said at once. That way, we won't waste time repeating ourselves!"

Dai Mubai thought for a moment and nodded: "Fine."

Oscar shrugged, having no objections.

Ma Hongjun nodded in silence.

"Then let's go."

The four of them walked together toward the Dean's Office.

Three minutes later, Flender looked at the four students standing before him and pushed up his glasses, asking: "You four, what is it?"

Le Bai stepped forward, took off the Soul Tool on his wrist, and handed it over: "Dean, after this period of experimentation, I have finally succeeded in completing this Soul Tool that can effectively assist in cultivation. Since I want to make one for these three and all the teachers in the Academy later, I specifically came to explain it to you, Dean."

"Make one for all of us?"

Flender took the Soul Tool Le Bai handed him: "Since you are so confident, Le Bai, tell me, what exactly is the function of this Soul Tool you spent a precious half-year making? You say it effectively assists in cultivation, but how exactly is it effective?"

"The shape of this Soul Tool can be adjusted at will. As long as it can be in direct contact with the skin, it works. For example, your spectacle frames."

Le Bai began to explain: "The effect, or rather the function, is to apply pressure to our entire body, including internal organs and bones, based on the Soul Power we inject into it. The magnitude of the pressure can be adjusted through Soul Power, or it can be adjusted and fixed using the 'Limiting Valve' I set up. Because the pressure distribution is uniform, the effect is better than weighted training. And because it is pressure rather than gravity, there is no need to worry about sinking into the ground."

"Sounds pretty good!"

Flender pushed up his glasses in surprise: "But the pressure you speak of, what does it feel like specifically?"

"You'll know once you put it on and try it."

Le Bai had Flender put on the Soul Tool: "The size can be automatically adjusted within a certain range, so don't worry about it being too tight. After putting it on, you can slowly inject your Soul Power into it—please take it as slowly as possible. Although I have installed a Safety Valve inside, your Soul Power is too strong and could still cause the Soul Tool to overload. If the pressure increases too much all at once, even you could get hurt."

Flender nodded and tried putting on the wrist-guard-shaped Soul Tool.

The wrist guard, which had been a size too small, automatically expanded when Flender tried to put it on, then shrank slightly once it was on, fitting his wrist perfectly: "Hmm, just looking at the automatic size adjustment, it already has the makings of a Soul Tool. Now, slowly injecting Soul Power."

Flender carefully injected his Soul Power—he didn't want to lose face in front of his students, so he followed Le Bai's instructions strictly.

"Ugh!?"

The sudden pressure made Flender let out a sound, but he immediately held it back, frowning: "The feeling of this pressure is even more uncomfortable than I imagined."

"Uh, it should be fine, right?"

Le Bai scratched his head: "Maybe your Soul Power output is unstable, causing the pressure to fluctuate constantly. Try activating the Limiting Valve. It's that 'switch' inside the wrist guard that you can sense with your Soul Power. Turn it on."

"I'll try."

Flender tried to sense it with his Soul Power and easily found the switch Le Bai mentioned—it was like a light source in a pitch-black room, its presence impossible to ignore.

Using his Soul Power to "flip" the switch, Flender clearly felt the change in pressure. Before the switch was turned on, the pressure fluctuated with the waves of his Soul Power, making it very uncomfortable. After turning it on, the pressure gradually stabilized at a certain level and stopped fluctuating.

As the pressure gradually leveled off, the discomfort caused by the constant changes in pressure began to fade, leaving only the pure sensation of pressure pressing against every part of his body.

Magically, the pressure felt on his body not only didn't slow down the flow of Soul Power within him, but actually prompted the Soul Power to circulate spontaneously through his body, even giving him the illusion that his Soul Power was vaguely strengthening.

Flender took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "Hoo—"

He stopped injecting Soul Power, waited for the pressure to dissipate, and took off the wrist guard to return it to Le Bai.

Le Bai took the wrist guard and asked: "Dean, what do you think?"

"Excellent!"

Flender tried his best to steady his composure, though in reality, he was so excited he wanted to jump up: "The effect of this Soul Tool is of great significance; it is indeed necessary to get one for you all and every teacher in the Academy. However, will this take up too much of your time? And regarding the cost of materials..."

"Dean!"

Dai Mubai stepped forward: "Leave the matter of providing materials to me!"

Flender nodded: "Very well, then the materials are up to you."

"As for the time spent, Dean, please don't worry."

Le Bai waved the wrist guard in his hand: "This was the first one, which took half a year because of repeated calibration. Now that it's calibrated, as long as there are enough materials, I can make five in a single day."

Le Bai wasn't lying, but he hadn't explained it clearly either.

Generally speaking, even if one has mastered the production method, it is impossible to craft five Soul Tools in a single day. This is because the difficulty of crafting a Core Array is quite high, requiring intense concentration and consuming an astonishing amount of mental energy.

However, Le Bai has the guidance effect of his Panel to assist him, so even without intense concentration, he will not make any mistakes. Therefore, the consumption of mental energy can be greatly reduced, which is how he is able to manage five in a day.

"Then it's settled."

Flender made the final decision: "Dai Mubai will provide the materials, and Le Bai will be responsible for the crafting. As for the appearance, I will go ask the other teachers and let you know in three days. Le Bai, you go ahead and start crafting the Soul Tools for the three of them first."

"I understand."

Le Bai replied with a smile, his grin exceptionally bright.

Seeing Le Bai's smile, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai suddenly felt an inexplicable urge to run away...