A Deal

"Mu Han, you bastard!" Wu Siduo pulled the bedding over herself to hide her bare skin, her face full of anger and embarrassment.

Last night, he had climbed to the heights of passion with her, and today he was already turning his back on her!

Wu Siduo had acted on a whim last night.

But now, she had suddenly realized something.

She was different from Gu Yue and the others.

Gu Yue and the others had mecha design as their secondary profession. They only needed to provide the blueprints.

After all, there wasn't much difference between designing Battle Armor made from ordinary metal and Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy.

But Wu Siduo was a cultivator, so she would have to rely on herself for most of the mecha manufacturing.

A mecha repairer had to reach level six before they could repair Battle Armor. It was definitely a profession where success came late.

And that was even more true when it came to Spirit Alloy with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate.

Secondary processing high-fusion Spirit Alloy was no easy task.

So when Mu Han said, "I'm afraid I can't help you," Wu Siduo was instantly furious.

Yet she couldn't do anything about him.

She had thought she could take this opportunity to win him over, but she hadn't expected him to turn the tables and get the better of her.

A moment later, she abandoned her usual aloof manner and tugged at the bedding seductively. "Class monitor."

Her voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of innocence.

Mu Han stopped teasing her. "I can take care of the processing."

"I'll work the metal into a semi-finished state. Then you can just trace a few lines on it."

"I'll be the one doing the forging, too, so my secondary processing won't have any additional effect on the metal."

"At the very least, it won't affect how well it suits you."

The reason for participating in the process wasn't just to make the Battle Armor compatible with oneself.

More importantly, other people couldn't do too much of the work.

A mecha designer could design the Battle Armor best suited to them.

But whether they were a blacksmith, manufacturer, or repairer, it was all the same.

They had to infuse their Soul Power into the Battle Armor's prototype as they worked on it.

If they left everything to someone else, the Battle Armor's compatibility would be ruined.

Since Mu Han had done the forging and repairs himself, only his Soul Power was in the Battle Armor.

As long as he held back at the end and didn't complete the final step,

the Battle Armor would essentially remain a semi-finished product.

At that point, anyone could become its "mecha manufacturer."

In fact, Wu Siduo wasn't the first person to do this.

The test subjects for Mu Han's "Beast Soul Weaponization" project—

the reason they had risen from level twenty-nine Soul Grandmasters to Seven-Ring Soul Sages in just three years

was, first, the successive Second Awakenings of their Martial Souls.

Second, their second Soul Spirits were their innate Soul Spirits.

Third, they had received an infusion of power from the Spirit Ascension Platform.

As the Spirit Ascension Platform continually improved their innate Soul Spirits, their cultivation levels kept rising as well.

When a Soul Spirit reached ten thousand years, it needed to form a Soul Core.

And the Soul Core formed by an innate Soul Spirit could also be used by its Soul Master.

So their Soul Cores had actually been formed by their innate Soul Spirits through the Spirit Ascension Platform.

The fourth factor was Battle Armor.

Mu Han had provided each of them with Battle Armor.

None of them had studied Battle Armor as a secondary profession.

After all, they had originally all been level twenty-nine Soul Grandmasters.

But Mu Han didn't need them to know how.

He had hired someone to design a set of "Standardized Battle Armor."

Simply put, it didn't need to enhance their individual Martial Souls.

It only needed to strengthen them.

All the test subjects wore the same Battle Armor.

After Mu Han had made their Battle Armor into semi-finished products, he had them perform the final steps.

In practice, all they had to do was take an engraving knife and trace over the Core Arrays on the semi-finished pieces.

Another difference between Battle Armor and mecha was that mecha were ultimately external objects.

Battle Armor was also an external object, but fusing with it could improve oneself to a certain extent.

Just as Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu had experienced a Second Awakening of her Martial Soul after acquiring Four-Word Battle Armor,

the test subjects had experienced the same thing.

First, One-Word Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy raised their strength by one tier.

Then Mu Han upgraded their One-Word Battle Armor to Two-Word Battle Armor.

Their strength made another qualitative leap.

It was because they had so many things working together that they had risen from level twenty-nine to the Seven-Ring level in such a short time.

With so many test subjects, Mu Han's understanding of Battle Armor had also reached a new level.

That was why he could solidify Soul Skills even with One-Word Battle Armor.

In the original story, Tang Wulin hadn't been able to solidify Soul Skills until he had Two-Word Battle Armor.

And by then, Tang Wulin had already become a Saint Craftsman.

Mu Han's understanding of Battle Armor was simply a little better than Tang Wulin's in the original story.

It wasn't just Wu Siduo—

Mu Han was confident he could help every student in the class complete One-Word Battle Armor within a year.

And not just any One-Word Battle Armor, but Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy.

But was it really necessary?

His relationship with Shrek Academy wasn't especially good. Why should he do something that brought him no benefits?

If he were willing, everyone in the Soul Master World above the four-ring level could get One-Word Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy.

However, Wu Siduo's situation was a little troublesome.

She had Twin Martial Souls and even possessed a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Making her Battle Armor might be more complicated.

In the original story, Yuan'en Yehui had asked a classmate to help with the design, but had never been particularly satisfied with it.

Wu Siduo's situation would only be more troublesome.

But designers were different from practitioners of other secondary professions.

For blacksmithing, manufacturing, and repairs, the difference in cultivation couldn't exceed one ring, and the age difference couldn't exceed three years.

Design had no such restrictions. Put simply, even hiring a level-nine designer would be fine.

Shrek Academy had no level-nine blacksmiths.

But it had plenty of level-nine designers.

Besides, this was only a mere One-Word Battle Armor. Why would they need a level-nine designer?

After Wu Siduo joined the team, it grew stronger still.

Mu Han couldn't take part in the exchange matches for first- and second-year students. The team also lacked a strong close-combat fighter.

Wu Siduo was perfect for filling that gap.

In the exchange match against the second-years, the first-years crushed them across the board.

Without that monster, Yuan'en Yehui, Wu Siduo alone was enough to sweep the second-years.

What's more, the four students representing the first-years now had all received One-Word Battle Armor made from Spirit Alloy.

It wasn't complete Battle Armor, but it was still astonishingly effective.

Quite a few of their classmates and even their second-year seniors wanted to join the team.

Others wanted to ask Mu Han to make Battle Armor for them.

But what kind of status did Mu Han have? How could he waste his time on them?

The days passed, and before long, their first semester at Shrek had reached its end.

The final exam was much the same as in the original story.

But Mu Han still couldn't take part in it.

After all, the exam required students to challenge people in various cities.

And because they were short on time and had to handle their own food, lodging, and travel, all sorts of illegal acts were unavoidable.