Jet Engine

"Wait, Hall Master! I don't think Y uhao should be given an Artificial Soul Bone." Xuan Ziwen immediately interrupted Jing Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao was also stunned when he heard this. Could it be that Teacher Xuan, the man who in the original story had joined the Tang Sect just to research Soul Tools, had some objection to me receiving an Artificial Soul Bone?

Could Teacher Xuan demand that Jing Hongchen replace the Soul Bone with rare metals, then make me immerse myself in the sea of Soul Tool crafting?

Thinking of how Huo Gua in the original story had been required by Teacher Xuan, after returning from outside, to achieve something in Soul Tools or else not be allowed to leave the house, Huo Yuhao felt a headache coming on.

"Oh? What insights does Teacher Xuan have?" Jing Hongchen showed sufficient respect for the Mingde Hall Chief Researcher.

Xuan Ziwen said, "I think the quality of Artificial Soul Bones is simply too poor. Rather than giving Y uhao an Artificial Soul Bone, it would be better to give him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that can strengthen his Soul Skills. That would bring out Y uhao's potential more effectively."

The method for creating Artificial Soul Bones was very simple. Take the Secret Method Soul Bone, for example. As long as one found a hundred identical soul beasts, killed them all within two hours, and then used a secret method to guide them, there was a ten percent chance of obtaining a Soul Bone.

The quality of this type of Soul Bone was indeed poor, but its acquisition rate was far higher than that of other Soul Bones, and it also possessed fusion properties.

"A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that enhances Y uhao's Soul Skills?" Jing Hongchen was somewhat helpless. "A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone is manageable, but a Soul Bone whose attached Soul Skill can strengthen Mental Detection Sharing... that requirement is rather difficult to fulfill."

"Y uhao is a child with ideas, and his Soul Skills have also undergone a qualitative transformation. He will definitely become a powerful Soul Engineer in the future and should receive the academy's full support.

If his First Soul Skill, Mental Detection Sharing, can be further strengthened by a Soul Skill attached to a Soul Bone, then Y uhao will become a god of war!

If we specially create some Standard Soul Cannon Shells with exceptionally long range for him, Y uhao might be able to stand in Mingdu, aim directly at the Star Dou Great Forest, launch Standard Soul Cannon Shells, and bombard the Star Dou Great Forest!"

Excitement appeared on Xuan Ziwen's face. It was not that he had any issue with the Star Dou Great Forest; he simply thought such Soul Cannon Shells would be very interesting.

Huo Yuhao froze. What kind of intercontinental missile theory is this?!

But with the technology tree of Peerless Tang Sect natives, they probably can't develop something with such a long range, right? Even if they really can make something that outrageous, my detection range still isn't enough. The distance between Star Luo City and Mingdu is simply too great!

Teacher Xuan truly deserved to be the man who had cobbled together the Ice Extreme War God Armor with Huo Gua. He had ideas!

But where am I supposed to find such a bizarre Soul Bone that enhances the range of my First Soul Skill? I can't exactly turn Shrek's Mo Xuan into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and have him drop a Soul Bone, can I?!

"That actually seems to make sense. Y uhao is only a one-ring Soul Master, yet his detection range is already twelve hundred meters. What if he becomes a Titled Douluo?

And he can share this Soul Skill with others too. Hiss... perhaps Y uhao can elevate the Soul Engineer Legion to another level. Several Soul Engineer Legions with extraordinary range and extremely high accuracy... just thinking about it is terrifying." Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen's brainwaves connected at that moment.

Although he felt that firing shells from Mingdu and accurately striking soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest was indeed rather absurd, this might truly be a path suited to Huo Yuhao.

"But a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and its attached Soul Skill must strengthen a Soul Master's existing Soul Skill..." Jing Hongchen immediately developed a headache.

He felt that such a Soul Bone would be difficult to find. Perhaps only the royal treasury possessed one, but the odds of getting His Majesty to agree to let him enter the treasury and search for a Soul Bone were actually very low.

So he looked at Y uhao. "Y uhao, what do you think?"

Huo Yuhao's expression shifted slightly. "I think Teacher Xuan's idea is very interesting, so I came up with a way to extend the range of Standard Soul Cannon Shells. I call this idea—the Jet Engine!"

"A Jet Engine?" Jing Hongchen was somewhat confused.

Xuan Ziwen beside him did not understand either, but that did not stop him from anticipating Huo Yuhao's idea.

Thus, Huo Yuhao explained the operating principles of a Douluo Continent version of the jet engine. In the Tang Family Continent, Soul Power was an all-purpose energy source, so it could completely replace the fuel inside an engine. As for the steps of operating the engine, those could all be handed over to the Core Array.

He believed that as long as the Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire were willing to put in the effort, they should be able to create a Douluo version of the jet engine and thereby extend the range of Standard Soul Cannon Shells.

"So that's how it is. This really is a good idea. Y uhao, you were born to be a Soul Engineer." Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao with admiration. "I think one of the difficulties lies in how to store Soul Power. It seems I need to create the Sealed Milk Bottle as soon as possible. If this research continues, we might truly be able to fire Standard Soul Cannon Shells from Mingdu all the way to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Y uhao, I will report this to Old Kong and assign some Soul Engineers to research the Jet Engine. I will also explain the Soul Bone matter Teacher Xuan mentioned to Old Kong."

Jing Hongchen had also recognized the strategic significance of the Jet Engine. Whether Standard Soul Cannon Shells could hit accurately was one matter, while whether they could fire far enough was another. One had to eat one bite at a time—first solve the range issue, then study the accuracy issue.

"Of course, I will not forget to give you your reward. Although that Artificial Soul Bone is low in quality, you can consider selling it in exchange for rare metals." Jing Hongchen immediately gave Huo Yuhao all the rewards he had promised.

Among these rewards, the so-called Artificial Soul Bone was the Mystic Soul Right Leg Bone, while the four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins were issued in the form of a Universal Card.

As for the rare metals worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins that he could collect every month, they were actually five or six table-sized chunks of rare metal, highly suitable for crafting First Level Soul Tools and Second Level Soul Tools.

Divine Realm.

Tang San stood with his hands behind his back amid the clouds, his expression somewhat gloomy. "Who exactly is interfering with my plan? Xiao Qi has already enrolled, yet she still has not encountered that Rising Star. By all logic, this should not be happening."

"Which link went wrong? Anyone capable of interfering with my plan must possess at least God King-level strength. Otherwise, as the Asura God and Sea God, there is no way I would be completely unaware!"

"Could it be the God Forbidden Zone? Or that fellow Destruction? Or perhaps the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil?"

Tang San had many suspects. He felt that the person most likely to obstruct him was the God of Destruction.

After all, the fellow in the God Forbidden Zone had always remained sealed, while the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil had always been on good terms with him. Otherwise, they would not have entrusted the Divine Realm Central Hub to his control.

However, it was precisely because he controlled the Divine Realm Central Hub that the God of Destruction had always opposed him at every turn. The other party's philosophy leaned toward expanding the Divine Realm, while his own leaned toward conservatism.