Three Tokens!

A middle-aged man stood at the door, dressed in white official robes. His posture was straight as a pine, but his temples had already turned white.

Beneath his white brows, his eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, as if they could see straight through a person's heart.

The four guards behind him were clad in armor and armed to the teeth. Their hands rested on their sword hilts, and they radiated power!

Chu Men steadied himself and asked, "May I ask who you are?"

The middle-aged man cupped his fists in greeting. His voice rang out loud and clear. "Wu Potian, Minister of Military Affairs of the Heaven Dou Empire!"

Chu Men placed Xiao Wu behind him and frowned. "Lord Wu, may I ask what brings you to my little shop?"

"I want to purchase a batch of Soul Tools for the Empire's legions."

Wu Potian got straight to the point. A trace of weariness flickered in his eyes before they sharpened again.

"The nation is in turmoil. The Empire's knights need to be armed!"

Chu Men instinctively wanted to refuse, but he still ushered everyone inside.

"With the scale of the Imperial Army, how could a little shop like mine possibly supply you?"

Repairing Soul Tools by the batch is one thing, but making them by the batch too? Does he think they're cabbages in a blacksmith's shop? Chu Men grumbled inwardly.

Wu Potian took a sip of hot tea, then sighed. A bitter smile appeared on his face.

"After all, Soul Masters are a minority in the Imperial Army. This old man has no choice but to think of every possible way to improve their combat strength."

Then he changed the subject. "I heard about your Soul Tool lesson this morning. How much are you asking for the Lightning Soul-Guided Device? Rest assured, I'll speak to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in person."

Chu Men pondered for a moment before replying slowly.

"You may not know this, but repairing Soul Tools and making them are two entirely different matters! It's difficult to supply them to the army in batches. At most, I could outfit a single squad. Still, something is better than nothing."

Wu Potian nodded. He knew that batch production was difficult and required a great deal of time and effort.

But he had come in person. He couldn't leave empty-handed!

He took out a silver-white token and handed it to Chu Men.

"Mr. Chu, this is the Empire's military procurement token. With it, you can receive priority access to the Empire's mines, workshops, and transport corps, as well as the best tax benefits."

His sincerity was plain to see!

Chu Men took the token. It felt cool in his hand. The words "Heaven Dou" were engraved on it, surrounded by seven silver stars.

In a way, this was even more practical than the tokens from Spirit Hall and the Crown Prince's Mansion!

After all, the former represented a personal favor, while this one was business!

"Don't worry, Lord Wu. I'll take the order to equip one squad!"

After seeing Wu Potian off, Chu Men laid the three tokens in his hand side by side on the table.

The Spirit Hall Deacon Token, the Crown Prince's Mansion token, and now a token from the Imperial Army.

Chu Men's fingers traced over the three tokens, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes!

Spirit Hall's black token represented the largest network of Soul Masters on the entire continent.

The Crown Prince's Mansion's golden token meant political backing from the Crown Prince's Mansion.

And the silver token Wu Potian had just given him represented the industrial resources and transportation arteries of the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

With these three stepping stones, Chu Men was ready for anything!

Now it was time to let these natives of another world see what true industrial productivity looked like!

[Three tokens! Tsk, tsk. The streamer's playing both sides now!]

[You know, each of these tokens really does have its own advantages...]

[Great Emperor Chu Men, may you rule for a thousand autumns and unify the world!]

[Soul Guidance Empire! Soul Guidance Empire!]

Xiao Wu bounced out from the inner room and curiously peered at the tokens on the table, reaching out to poke them.

Her adorable little face was simply too cute!

Seeing this, Chu Men burst out laughing.

The grand ambition symbolized by the tokens probably meant less to the little girl's innocent eyes than the carrots on a chopping board.

It seemed Chu Men himself was the one who had become too attached to appearances!

Chu Men reached out and pinched Xiao Wu's cheek, then took a box out of his Soul Tool.

It looked exactly like the box that had held the snacks before.

Xiao Wu let out an eager "Awooo!" and pounced on it. Her little legs kicked excitedly in midair.

"That girl..."

For the rest of the afternoon, Chu Men discussed technical problems with the engineers in the livestream.

Xiao Wu sat beside him wearing a makeshift pink hard hat, looking just like a little site supervisor.

Every so often, she handed over a tool. Most of the time, she was busy eating snacks and drinking milk tea, enjoying herself immensely.

Meanwhile, with technical support from so many professionals, the problems Chu Men had found complicated were easily resolved.

Especially when Chu Men was refining Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Battle Armor: the technical experts in the livestream flocked in, each showing off their skills!

They pooled their wisdom and worked with enthusiasm, their sense of participation through the roof!

Every so often, they even offered Xiao Wu some guidance. With such a cute girl for a student, the viewers' urge to teach others flared to life.

They broke down and explained all kinds of technical theories in painstaking detail. The viewers practically wanted to teach Xiao Wu as if she were their own daughter!

In the viewers' minds, Xiao Wu, with her Innate Full Soul Power, was already a genius.

A born scholar!

As for the streamer, he was nothing more than an emotionless mouthpiece. Just look at him—he didn't even seem old enough to have come of age. What did he know about mechanical engineering or aesthetic design?

They admired him, and they were proud of themselves, but people whose minds were full of technical knowledge were just that straightforward!

After debugging the flamethrower and flight-boost functions, Chu Men followed the viewers' strong and unanimous recommendation and replaced the "dragon" character on the armor's chest with a lifelike dragon head!

[Now that's imposing!]

[I wonder if Sister Erlong will be touched when she sees the armor I designed for her. Hehe!]

[Those toy workshops, hurry up and get to work! This is a fortune dropping from the sky. Can't you even copy it?]

Night fell.

Beneath the bright glow of the lighting Soul Tool, the final polishing was complete.

The finished Fire Dragon Battle Armor appeared before everyone's eyes!

The crimson armor lay quietly on the workbench.

Each scale had been polished to a brilliant shine, and every line represented the optimal stress-bearing structure.

From helmet to boots, its streamlined design fitted the human body perfectly!

Its specially crafted wings could spread like a fire dragon's and be mounted on the armor whenever desired.

Chu Men had wanted to pair it with a halberd, but all he found in the warehouse was a sword blank. It suited the Western fantasy style well enough.

"Wow! That armor looks so cool!"

When Xiao Wu saw the gleaming armor, she slipped inside while Chu Men had his back turned.

But the armor was far too big, and she disappeared completely inside it. When she stood up, she looked utterly ridiculous.

She wobbled as she walked, like a clumsy little penguin.

"Creepy uncle, this armor's so heavy!"

As she complained, Xiao Wu marched around the room on her tiny legs, bumping into everything.

[Hahahaha, Sister Xiao Wu is still the same bossy big sister! She hasn't changed a bit!]

[Too bad this armor can't adjust itself to fit the wearer. I remember the Eight Treasures Wish-Fulfilling Soft Armor in the original story could do that. Streamer, remember to go learn how when you get a chance!]

[Liu Erlong: Xiao Wu, you're still "little." You can't handle armor this big!]

Chu Men had seen Xiao Wu behaving herself all day, so her sudden burst of energy left him both amused and exasperated.

It took a great deal of effort to pull Xiao Wu out of the armor.

"Stop fooling around. I made this for your Sister Erlong."

Chu Men tapped Xiao Wu on the nose.

"The rain outside has finally stopped. Perfect timing—we'll go explore the night market!"

He wasn't just saying this for Xiao Wu to hear. He was also telling the viewers in the livestream—and, of course, Lin Xiaoyu, who had been watching the whole time.

Xiao Wu cheered happily and grabbed Chu Men's hand, ready to run outside.

The girls' dormitory at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"Yanzi, Lingling, are you going out?"

"We're going to the night market! We'll bring you back something tasty. Bye~"