Xuan Ziwen: I Suddenly Remembered I Have Heaven Dou Empire Household Registration

"Teacher." Ju Zi spoke, her face full of grief and indignation.

"They are trying to persuade you to commit treason."

"What?" Xuan Ziwen exclaimed.

"Is that what we told you?" Lin Yuan looked at Ju Zi, speechless.

"We only took a fancy to Teacher Xuan's potential and sincerely wanted to hire him as our chief developer to work on a different platform."

"You shameless scoundrels! As expected, people from the three Douluo nations are nothing but uncouth savages! What else could this be but a kidnapping?" Ke Ke, standing to the side, cursed.

"Hmph! Just kill me then. Even if you drag me back, I won't make a single Soul Tool for you!" Xuan Ziwen realized what was happening; they intended to kidnap him to build Soul Tools.

What could the three Douluo nations possibly offer him? Nothing but tying him to an assembly line to churn out the same old Soul Tools he had already mastered.

If Xuan Ziwen were prevented from continuing his exploration into the endless wilderness of Soul Tool research, he would rather be dead.

"Don't be so tense, Teacher Xuan. I believe you will change your mind." Lin Yuan smiled confidently.

Perhaps others truly couldn't offer Xuan Ziwen what he desired, but Lin Yuan knew exactly what he wanted.

He immediately untied Xuan Ziwen, having bound him underground only to prevent him from waking up mid-transport and causing trouble.

He couldn't just keep knocking the man on the head every time he woke up; what if he damaged the brain of this top-tier researcher?

Once freed, Xuan Ziwen rubbed his wrists, eyeing Lin Yuan with a mix of vigilance and confusion.

He had no idea what this kid was planning.

"Master, release his Soul Power seal." Lin Yuan said to Cao Xin.

As the seal was lifted, Lin Yuan pulled a Soul Ray Gun from his Soul Tool.

He immediately handed it to Xuan Ziwen, who was looking for an opportunity to escape, leaving the man feeling bewildered yet sensing something profound.

"Why are you giving me this?" Xuan Ziwen asked Lin Yuan, puzzled.

"Teacher Xuan, take a good look. Is there anything special about this Soul Ray Gun?"

Following Lin Yuan's instruction, Xuan Ziwen skeptically began to fiddle with the device in his hand.

The craftsmanship was truly crude to the extreme, exactly the level of those Soul Engineers from the three Douluo nations.

Xuan Ziwen's face darkened instantly, for he discovered that this Soul Gun seemed to lack a Soul Power input port.

This was a low-level mistake that even a Soul Tool apprentice with less than three days of training wouldn't make; without an input port, how was this any different from scrap metal?

Just as he was about to ask if Lin Yuan was trying to humiliate him, Xuan Ziwen suddenly noticed a movable trigger on the device...

Bang!

The sudden discharge of the Soul Ray Gun startled Xuan Ziwen; he had no idea what had just happened.

"This..." Xuan Ziwen stared at the crudely made Soul Ray Gun in shock, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

"Teacher Xuan, please don't point the muzzle at people." Lin Yuan smiled.

Xuan Ziwen felt his heart racing; he felt as if he had stumbled upon something monumental.

He raised the Soul Ray Gun and aimed it into the distance—

Bang, bang, bang, bang! Click, click, click, click.

Four shots rang out in succession, followed only by the sound of Xuan Ziwen pulling the trigger.

The expression on Xuan Ziwen's face was magnificent, as stunned as a virgin experiencing his first time.

"Due to the limitations of Soul Power storage, this Soul Gun can only hold five rounds at most. I hope Teacher Xuan will forgive us."

Before Xuan Ziwen could react, Lin Yuan tossed a small iron box the size of a palm toward him.

"Teacher Xuan, fly. Do as I said."

Xuan Ziwen took a deep breath, steadying his agitated emotions.

Then, he leaped into the air and flew toward the distant horizon.

"He isn't going to escape, is he? Even if I chase him now, I won't be able to catch up." Watching the figure grow smaller in the sky, Cao Xin asked blankly.

"He won't. Trust me."

"He definitely will!" Ke Ke shouted angrily at Lin Yuan.

"You're finished! Teacher Xuan will call a whole group of Level 9 Soul Engineers to slaughter you!"

"Is that so?" Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow at Ke Ke, looking amused.

"I think he will definitely come back."

"Impossible! Teacher Xuan is a key pillar of Mingde Hall! He will definitely come back to save us!"

"Ke Ke, stop talking." Ju Zi's expression shifted; she vaguely felt that what Lin Yuan said might be true.

"Then do you want to make a bet? If Teacher Xuan comes back and joins us, you will work for us wholeheartedly." Lin Yuan crouched down to look Ke Ke in the eye, his expression playful.

"And if you lose?" Ke Ke retorted with a stubborn gaze.

"If I lose the bet..." Lin Yuan tapped his chin, lost in thought.

He suddenly thought of an animation from his past life called SpongeBob SquarePants.

"Then I'll let you cut off my butt and hang it on the fireplace."

"Deal!"

Although she didn't know what benefit there was to hanging Lin Yuan's butt on the fireplace, Ke Ke simply couldn't stand his playful expression.

Lin Yuan nodded with a smile and took out an iron block from his Soul Tool, identical to the one he had tossed to Xuan Ziwen.

"I call it a Command Block, baby." Lin Yuan pressed the button on it, and a beeping electrical sound emanated from within.

"Alright, Teacher Xuan. You can come back now." Ending the call, Lin Yuan clicked the box off.

Not long after, Xuan Ziwen flew back to the spot with a look of utter disbelief on his face.

"This is truly... the Soul Tool of my dreams." Xuan Ziwen stared at the box in his hands, his expression not unlike Gollum looking at the One Ring.

Ignoring the dumbfounded Ke Ke, Lin Yuan walked up to Xuan Ziwen and said, "Besides this, we have many other Soul Tools here that are waiting to be perfected."

"I can only say that none of them are any worse than the two items I brought out, and there are several super Soul Tools that require you, Teacher Xuan, to lead their development."

Xuan Ziwen felt his blood pumping; it had been a long time since he had felt this way.

"Of course, I, Lin Yuan, have always respected talent. If you are unwilling, Teacher Xuan..."

"I'm willing, I'm willing!" Xuan Ziwen grabbed Lin Yuan's hand with a fanatical look in his eyes.

"You said I would be your chief developer, so how much in the way of resources can I mobilize?"

"We are backed by the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect." Lin Yuan struggled to break free from the madman's grip, looking somewhat troubled.

"You can discuss the specific resources available with my father-in-law; I can't be bothered with such matters."

Xuan Ziwen swallowed hard in excitement. As a native of the Heaven Dou Empire, he naturally knew the weight the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect carried there.

Although they were not as well-endowed with scientific research resources as Mingde Hall, he had only been an eighth-rank Soul Engineer there, and his authority to mobilize resources could only be described as limited.

But in the Heaven Dou Empire, it would be his word that reigned supreme; no matter what, he would have a wealth of resources at his disposal to research Soul Tools.

"When do we leave?" Xuan Ziwen asked eagerly.

"We are waiting for someone to come and meet us right now; judging by the time, they should be here soon."