First Steps with Soul Tools--Milk Bottle

Soul Engineering Department, Inscription Room.

Chu Feng lay on the cold chair, legs crossed, waiting for something.

Although Shrek Academy was primarily focused on the Spirit Master Department, the Soul Engineering Department was also developing well. Even though its students made up less than one percent of the academy, its facilities and funding far exceeded those of the Spirit Master Department; in fact, some of the major expenses of the Spirit Master Department even required friendly sponsorship from the Soul Engineering Department.

After all, cultivating Spirit Masters was incredibly costly. Even with the tax revenue from the entire Shrek City, it was still insufficient to meet Shrek's consumption. In the past, it was only through the sponsorship or cooperation of major imperial royal families and merchant guilds that they could barely satisfy the cultivation needs of Shrek students.

It was only in the last millennium, as the Shrek Soul Engineering Department gradually developed, that the academy's financial situation began to improve.

The truth was that the Soul Engineering Department was just too damn profitable; its income accounted for nearly 70% of Shrek Academy's total revenue.

But profitable as it was, the Soul Engineering Department remained a "combat-five-slag." The Spirit Master Department was always invincible in battle, which led to an awkward relationship between the two.

The Spirit Master Department looked down on the Soul Engineering Department from the bottom of their hearts, but whenever they needed money, they had to lower their heads and beg for funding. Such matters usually required the big shots of the Sea God Pavilion to step in.

For instance, the Inscription Room where Chu Feng was currently staying was a room specifically provided for Soul Engineering Department students to inscribe core arrays and create basic Soul Tool molds. Every facility was perfectly equipped, and each Inscription Room cost over 1,000,000 Gold Soul Coins to build, yet every student in the department was assigned one for free.

Chu Feng had spent 100 Gold Soul Coins just to obtain a week's usage rights for this room from a senior in the Soul Engineering Department.

Of course, if he were to reveal even a little bit of relevant technology, he would undoubtedly become a core disciple of the department. However, because his relationship with Zhou Yi had turned somewhat sour, and he wasn't particularly fond of Shrek to begin with, he naturally didn't want to get more deeply involved. Otherwise, if he accidentally became a core disciple of Shrek Academy, it would be difficult to extricate himself later.

Just as Chu Feng was contemplating his future plans, the door outside was knocked.

"Beep-beep~"

Chu Feng waved his hand gently, and the door to the Inscription Room opened automatically. Several faces poked in, leaving Chu Feng stunned on the spot.

"Wu Feng? Ning Tian? Xiao Xiao? Why are you here?" Chu Feng was somewhat dumbfounded.

He had only asked Wang Dong to deliver some materials for him. Who could have guessed that Wang Dong would bring three people along? He could understand Xiao Xiao coming, but why were Wu Feng and Ning Tian joining the fun?

Although they were all classmates, he really hadn't interacted much with Wu Feng or Ning Tian.

"Chu Feng, they heard you could make Soul Tools, so they followed to take a look..." Wang Dong quickly stepped forward, explaining with a guilty conscience, not daring to meet Chu Feng's eyes.

In reality, while he was buying materials with Xiao Xiao, he had run into Wu Feng and Ning Tian in the city. Then, out of a desire to show off, he had bragged a bit about Chu Feng...

Wu Feng and Ning Tian certainly didn't believe it, and then...

They all came together.

"Chu Feng, when did you become a Soul Engineer?" Wu Feng walked in with her arms crossed, her arms pressing against the "bunnies" on her chest, causing them to slightly deform.

"Chu Feng, Wang Dong said you are very good at making Soul Tools. Is that true?" Ning Tian also blinked her large eyes, asking curiously.

"Chu Feng, you're amazing!" Xiao Xiao, however, had unreserved faith in Chu Feng. The eyes she looked at him with were filled with little stars, her admiration for him reaching its peak.

"I'm just a beginner, my level is average. You can watch if you want, just don't disturb my work." Although Chu Feng was speechless, he didn't intend to chase them away; looking wouldn't cost him anything.

Moreover, Ning Tian came from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and was a super rich girl. If he could use her family's channels to sell Soul Tools, it would be much more convenient.

As for Wu Feng, she was a love-struck girl with a fiery temper—a little fire dragon that was hard to tame. Aside from having a great figure, she was useless, so Chu Feng wasn't particularly interested in her.

"The items are all here. Check them; it took me three whole days to gather everything." Wang Dong still felt a bit guilty and quickly handed the storage Soul Tool in his hand to Chu Feng.

As he handed the storage Soul Tool to Chu Feng, Wang Dong looked up at him, a faint trace of expectation in his eyes, much like a child who had scored full marks waiting for praise from a parent.

"Hmm, well done. When I have time, I'll customize a set of Soul Tools for you." Chu Feng patted Wang Dong's shoulder lightly, quite satisfied with his work this time.

As expected of the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, he was efficient. Chu Feng suddenly realized that Wang Dong was very well-suited for the role of a secretary; he could handle anything. As the saying went, if there's work, let the secretary do it; if there's nothing...

"Hehe, you don't even know who I am~" Having received Chu Feng's praise, Wang Dong puffed out his chest, feeling a bit smug, and a strange sense of accomplishment welled up in his heart.

"Alright, find a place to sit yourselves. I'm going to start making Soul Tools." Chu Feng said indifferently.

"Hmph, I don't believe you're really a Soul Engineer!" Wu Feng found a corner to sit in, crossed her legs, and still wore an expression of disbelief.

She would admit that Chu Feng had explosive combat power, but for him to also be a Soul Engineer was something she couldn't accept. It was impossible for such a perfect person to exist in this world!

Chu Feng didn't care at all about Wu Feng's skepticism; after all, a slap in the face was only a matter of time.

Chu Feng walked to the inscription table, then took out a pitch-black carving knife and a palm-sized metal disc, immediately beginning to inscribe the core array.

Although this carving knife wasn't a ranked one, it wasn't cheap either, worth over 10,000 Gold Soul Coins—more than enough for his current needs.

"Da-da-da-da--"

The sound, like a blade tip tapping on glass, emanated continuously from the metal disc in Chu Feng's hand. In just over ten seconds, Chu Feng had completed the inscription of the core array, looking incredibly relaxed.

The array he inscribed this time was called the "Soul Gathering Array," mainly used to create "Milk Bottles" for restoring soul power.

A Milk Bottle could be a Soul Tool of any level, but it required at least a third-level Soul Engineer to create. The main issue was that the production method for Milk Bottles was too complex, especially regarding the control of the core array; making them could be called the nightmare of all Soul Engineers.

However, this meant nothing to Chu Feng, because the currently circulating production methods for Milk Bottles were the trashiest, mainly because their core arrays were of a very low grade.

It was like writing code; for the same function, the current code was at least 1,000 lines long, dense and cumbersome.

But Chu Feng possessed the inheritance of a super-god-level Soul Engineer; he could accomplish the same function with just 10 lines of code, so it was naturally effortless.