Seeing Grey Wolf looking so bored, Qian Duoduo slapped his forehead, inwardly chiding himself for being so muddleheaded.
He'd actually been talking about things beyond its understanding with a Martial Soul that had never seen the world.
Grey Wolf was Feng Tianyu's awakened Martial Soul. It had only just learned about Soul Tools from books and had never even seen a Fixed Soul Tool with its own eyes. How could it possibly know how terrifying they were?
Qian Duoduo stopped explaining Fixed Soul Tools and instead stood up. He took a metal tube from the wooden rack, about one and a half meters long and as thick as an adult's arm.
"Take a look. This is a Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannon. Only a Level 5 Soul Engineer at the Soul King level can use one. It consumes a great deal of Soul Power, but the energy shells it fires are powerful enough to rival a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill."
As he spoke, Qian Duoduo's hands blurred through a flurry of movements, leaving countless afterimages in the air. In the blink of an eye, he had taken the metal tube apart into a heap of pieces.
"The structure of this Soul Guidance Cannon is like this. The outer shell is the cannon's barrel, made from tough, wear-resistant Tungsten Steel Alloy. It can withstand the high temperatures and pressure produced when firing an energy shell without twisting, warping, or throwing off its trajectory."
"The inner shell is the main body of the cannon. It's made from Red Essence Copper, which conducts Soul Power with very little loss. And this spiral structure helps compress the energy shell."
"The Soul Guidance Array is the cannon's true core. It's made of the rare metal Earth Origin Crystal, and it has seventy Core Arrays engraved on it. They compress the input Soul Power into an energy shell."
"Here, feel it for yourself. The texture, the weight..."
Grey Wolf's tail swayed back and forth as it accepted the pile of parts from Qian Duoduo. The chill of the metal, its heavy weight—its wolf claws rubbed over each piece, one by one, etching every detail into its mind.
Then it gave a cheeky grin. Under Qian Duoduo's astonished gaze, it quickly reassembled the Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannon. Every piece fit perfectly, without the slightest mistake.
Qian Duoduo's eyes widened. He was astonished by Grey Wolf's ability to learn: it had watched him take the cannon apart just once, and it could already put it back together.
He was thrilled!
He took even more Soul Tools from the wooden rack and disassembled them one by one in front of Grey Wolf, explaining their construction, the material, purpose, and dimensions of each part...and, most importantly, their Core Arrays.
With a grandmaster-level, Level 8.5 Soul Engineer like Qian Duoduo personally taking apart so many Soul Tools to demonstrate, Grey Wolf's understanding of them grew at lightning speed.
When Feng Tianyu had finished bathing, changed his clothes, and returned to the workshop, he saw Qian Duoduo talking up a storm as he explained the principles behind all kinds of Soul Tools to Grey Wolf.
Grey Wolf listened, eyes shining. It compared the ways Soul Tools made use of Soul Power with the scientific knowledge in its mind, and inspiration bubbled up like a fountain.
Its two wolf claws clenched and relaxed, then clenched again. It looked eager to get started, unable to wait any longer.
Seeing this, Qian Duoduo waved a hand.
"That's enough for today. Time flew by, and it's already afternoon. You two haven't had lunch yet, have you?"
"Before you go back, I'll take you to try the Soul Guidance Department's nutritious meal. Now that you've come to the Soul Guidance Department, you're one of us. We'd never shortchange our own."
"Spend the rest of today cultivating your Soul Power. Whether you're a Soul Master or a Soul Engineer, you need a deep reserve of Soul Power."
"Come back tomorrow. Tianyu, keep practicing your blacksmithing so you can produce a proper piece of Soul Guidance Metal as soon as possible. Grey Wolf, practice engraving Soul Guidance Arrays on scrap material first. Once you've got some experience, you'll be able to engrave them on Soul Guidance Metal."
"Heh, other Soul Engineers have to practice both blacksmithing and engraving Soul Guidance Arrays. There just aren't enough hours in the day."
"But you two have it made. One human and one wolf can divide the work between you. Compared with other Soul Engineers, you have a natural advantage."
By the end of his explanation, Qian Duoduo couldn't help but marvel at it.
Afterward, Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf mooched a meal from the Soul Guidance Department. Taking the scrap piece of Soul Guidance Metal that Qian Duoduo had ruined while hammering it into shape, they returned to their dormitory to cultivate their Soul Power.
Just as Qian Duoduo had said, whether you were a Soul Master or a Soul Engineer, you needed a deep reserve of Soul Power.
Feng Tianyu wanted to raise his Soul Power quickly, and as it happened, he had two Soul Raising Pills on hand.
In Dormitory 316!
When Feng Tianyu returned, he saw that Beibei had already been back for some time.
Seeing Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf, Beibei went over to meet them, his voice tinged with concern.
"Tianyu, you've been gone all day. Don't tell me you really are transferring to the Soul Guidance Department?"
"Grade 1 Class 1 has a new homeroom teacher. His name is Wang Yan. He's mild-mannered, has an extremely strong theoretical background, and teaches students according to their aptitudes. He won't resort to corporal punishment or expel students on a whim."
"With your talent, you should stay in the Martial Soul Department. I'm sure Teacher Wang Yan's theoretical knowledge can guide your mutated disembodied Martial Soul in the direction that suits it best."
Faced with Beibei's advice, Feng Tianyu smiled calmly. He took a jade bottle containing pills from his Storage Soul Tool, uncorked it, and poured out a Soul Raising Pill. Then he capped the bottle and tossed it, along with the remaining pills, to Beibei.
"Beibei, I'm already an intern in the Soul Guidance Department. The academy has given me three years, but I don't think it'll take long for me to prove myself."
"Grey Wolf, time to cultivate!"
With that, Feng Tianyu took off his shoes and jumped onto his bed. He swallowed the Soul Raising Pill and began circulating his meditation method to absorb its medicinal power.
Grey Wolf followed close behind, cultivating alongside Feng Tianyu.
It and Feng Tianyu were one. When Feng Tianyu swallowed the Soul Raising Pill, Grey Wolf felt a surge of energy sweep through its body as well.
Blue light enveloped Feng Tianyu and Grey Wolf. Soul Power flowed back and forth between the human and the wolf, rapidly digesting the pill's medicinal power and sending their Soul Power climbing higher and higher.
Beibei casually put away the jade bottle containing the Soul Raising Pills, his heart filled with emotion.
"Tianyu, I can hardly see through you anymore. You actually got the academy's higher-ups to give way for you. Dean Yan isn't someone who's easy to talk to—unless my great-grandfather put in a word for you."
"I'd planned to look out for you in your studies, but then you ran off to the Soul Guidance Department. Well...there's always next time."
At that moment, Feng Tianyu was immersed in the joy of his rapidly rising Soul Power. It surged like he'd been injected with chicken blood, increasing at an astonishing pace.
The medicinal power of one Soul Raising Pill was roughly equivalent to the Soul Power a Soul Master gained from going from level 30 to level 31—about the same as a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Feng Tianyu was only a tiny Soul Master at level 13.5. The pill's immense medicinal power quickly carried him through the half-level bottleneck. He broke through to level 14 Soul Power, and it kept climbing.
This time, he absorbed the Soul Raising Pill's power until nightfall. In the end, Feng Tianyu broke through to level 15 Soul Power.
Six years old, with level 15 Soul Power!
Across the entire continent, there weren't many who could do better than Feng Tianyu.
And part of the Soul Raising Pill's medicinal power remained in his body. For some time to come, it would greatly increase his cultivation speed.
He and Grey Wolf cultivated together, already giving them double the cultivation speed. Add in the pill's lingering medicinal power, and—tch, tch...Feng Tianyu could already imagine how delightfully fast his Soul Power would rise from now on.
With that thought, Feng Tianyu pulled Grey Wolf along and cultivated until the middle of the night. Only in the small hours did they finally fall asleep, recovering the energy they'd spent that day.
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