Bei Bei sat down on the floor, feeling a tightness in his chest. After a light cough, he felt a little better.
It seemed that six times gravity was already his limit. At seven times gravity, he would be in danger.
That was without activating his Martial Soul. Bei Bei felt that once he used Martial Soul Possession, he could withstand at least two more times gravity.
After a round of tests, Bei Bei had gained a clear understanding of his physical condition.
After resting for a while, Bei Bei adjusted the gravity in the Gravity Chamber to five times normal.
He began doing simple exercises in the fivefold gravity field to train his body.
He kept at it for an hour before finally ending his workout.
When he walked out of the Gravity Chamber, sweat soaked him from head to toe. Every muscle ached terribly, and his stomach in particular felt ravenous.
Back in his room, Bei Bei hurried to find something to eat and wolfed it down. Meat was especially appealing to him. His stomach seemed like a bottomless pit, quickly digesting and absorbing all the nutrients.
Once he was completely full, his aching muscles had recovered somewhat. He couldn't help marveling at the formidable physiques of Soul Masters with dragon-type Martial Souls.
He went into the bathroom, washed off the sweat, and changed into clean clothes.
Back in his room, he began meditating and cultivating.
As he cultivated while utterly exhausted, Bei Bei felt some of the Soul Power in his body nourishing his physical form.
Sea God Pavilion.
The meeting hall.
The four deans and vice deans, along with the four elders, had all gathered.
"Now that everyone's here, let's begin. Lin'er, you called this Sea God Pavilion Meeting, so you can chair it," Mu En said warmly.
"All right, Teacher." Xian Lin'er bowed slightly to Mu En.
Everyone's eyes naturally turned to Xian Lin'er, and they couldn't help feeling somewhat surprised.
Ever since the Shrek Soul Tool Department had been established, it had remained in a rather lukewarm state. Major events requiring a Sea God Pavilion Meeting had been few and far between.
"Our Soul Tool Department recently built an ultra-gravity regulating Soul Tool that can help Soul Masters train their bodies. It could also be called a Gravity Chamber," Xian Lin'er introduced it to everyone. "We have my teacher's great-grandson, Bei Bei, to thank for the idea. It was ultimately built by Fan Yu, a teacher in the Soul Tool Department."
Qian Duoduo took out the materials he had prepared and handed them around.
Xian Lin'er continued, "Our tests have shown that training the body in a Gravity Chamber is remarkably effective, far surpassing conventional training methods.
"Conventional training may seem to push Soul Masters past their limits, but in practice, it's difficult to train every last part of their bodies."
"Moreover, under high gravity, you can train every muscle, meridian, and bone in a Soul Master's body, even their internal organs. It improves their strength, speed, and stamina evenly. Soul Masters with beast-type Martial Souls benefit in particular. Given sufficient nutrition, their training results can improve by at least threefold."
Everyone in the Sea God Pavilion looked down at the materials in their hands. They contained the Soul Tool Department's tests and statistics from the past few days.
Even Xuan Zi, who was usually rather lazy and rarely concerned himself with affairs, picked up the materials to read.
Yan Shaozhe was even more excited. As dean of the Martial Soul Department, how could he fail to see how much the Gravity Chamber could improve a Soul Master's physique?
This completely overturned the Soul Masters' everyday training model, offering a brand-new and highly efficient method.
Yan Shaozhe was confident that they could cultivate many more powerful Soul Masters.
The Gravity Chamber's arrival would be of immeasurable value to Shrek Academy's Soul Master training.
Xian Lin'er continued, "The gravity in a standard Gravity Chamber ranges from one to ten times normal. High-grade Gravity Chambers can reach fifty times normal gravity, but they require Soul Tools of a correspondingly higher quality."
"Excellent! The Martial Soul Department wants a hundred of these Gravity Chambers," Yan Shaozhe said to Xian Lin'er.
"Dream on! A hundred Gravity Chambers? Do you know how many resources it takes to build just one? Why not sell off our whole Soul Tool Department while you're at it?" Qian Duoduo glared at him, thinking he had some nerve.
"These Gravity Chambers are meant for the students to train in. If you can't build them, why bring them up?" Yan Shaozhe said indifferently. As long as the Gravity Chambers were installed for him, he couldn't care less about anything else.
Yan Shaozhe continued, "I'll set aside an area in the Martial Soul Department. We can install all the Gravity Chambers there."
"Impossible. The Gravity Chambers can only be built inside the Soul Tool Department. These are large Soul Tools that need maintenance. Do you know how to do that?" Qian Duoduo would never agree.
They weren't running a charity. Their goal was to help more Martial Soul Department students understand Soul Tools and change their preconceived notions about them, not simply hand out benefits.
"At worst, we'll allocate more of the academy's resources to your Soul Tool Department in the future," Yan Shaozhe offered.
"The Soul Tool Department's resources need to at least double, and we should get a certain number of promising new students every year," Qian Duoduo stated his demands clearly.
"Qian Duoduo, you're dreaming! Your demands are completely unreasonable!" Yan Shaozhe was stunned by his outrageous demands and slapped the table.
"Even if I asked for twice as much again, it still wouldn't amount to half the resources your Martial Soul Department gets each year. How is that unreasonable?" Qian Duoduo wasn't intimidated. He slapped the table too and glared at Yan Shaozhe.
"Soul Tools are nothing but clever little tricks. They don't need that many resources," Yan Shaozhe said scornfully.
"Do you know how many powerful Soul Masters our Martial Soul Department sends to the Inner Court every year? They all need resources to cultivate! Your Martial Soul Department should know when to stop. Now you want talented Soul Masters too? You'd just be wasting them!" Yan Shaozhe said.
"You old fossil! What age do you think we're living in? Do you think it's still thousands of years ago?" Qian Duoduo grew angry at his words and rebuked him. "This is the age of Soul Masters working in tandem with Soul Tools. Look at the whole continent over the past few decades. Which power hasn't developed Soul Tools? Even the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament now allows Soul Tools! You're shutting yourself off from the world!"
Yan Shaozhe naturally refused to back down and was about to keep arguing.
"Enough. Stop arguing," Mu En interrupted them. The two immediately fell silent and returned to their seats.
Then Mu En turned to Xian Lin'er and asked, "How many Gravity Chambers can we build right now?"
"Teacher, with the Soul Tool Department's current funding, we can build at most fifty high-grade Gravity Chambers and a hundred low-grade ones. We expect to finish within two years," Xian Lin'er replied.
"That will do. The Soul Tool Department will be the site. From now on, the Soul Tool Department's resources will be doubled, and we'll allocate a few more places for new students to join it." Mu En settled the matter then and there.