Could it be, the Holy Maiden is truly a genius?

Having been rescued from an awkward situation by Holy Maiden Lin Wan'er and granted a new lease on life, Jiang Bai became exceptionally attentive.

Ordinarily, he only needed a quick glance to roughly grasp the direction guided by a Soul Guidance Array. Yet now, he carefully studied the array Lin Wan'er had completed first, step by step. The worry in his eyes turned to surprise, then into deep shock.

Could it be... could the Holy Maiden actually be a genius at crafting Soul Tools?

"Th-this-this... Lord Di Tian, this is incredible!"

As he looked at the Soul Guidance Array Lin Wan'er had created and injected Soul Power into it to confirm that it could operate, an unusual flush appeared on Jiang Bai's face.

This array possessed a reliable power source and driving mechanism, and the array cores inscribed within it contained no errors whatsoever!

If the carving knife in Lin Wan'er's hand had not been of such poor quality—merely a disposable tool used by Outer Courtyard apprentices for practice—the damage caused by the Soul Power he had just injected would have been even less.

"What are you making such a fuss for? Just say what you mean. Stop keeping us in suspense."

Di Tian, who was not skilled at delicate work, merely glanced at the arrays made by the Holy Maiden and the Co-Lord before turning his attention to Jiang Bai, the Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device Master who had suddenly become inexplicably excited.

Seeing everyone's attention gather on him again, Jiang Bai swallowed and hurriedly said, "The Holy Maiden was able to create a graded Soul Guidance Array immediately after first coming into contact with them. That alone proves she has displayed extraordinary talent in this field. As long as she studies more under the masters of the Inner Courtyard, her future standing will undoubtedly far surpass mine!"

Jiang Bai's words were certainly flattering Lin Wan'er, but she still had no idea what level the Soul Tool she had casually made would be rated as under the standards of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Level one, or quasi-level one? That was the question.

After she raised the question, Jiang Bai, who had been patiently examining the Soul Guidance Array beside her, revealed a troubled expression.

Although he knew that what the Holy Maiden had made met the assessment standards for Soul Tool registration, it was difficult to reach a conclusion without a series of rigorous tests and evaluations.

After all, the Soul Guidance Array Lin Wan'er had created was not what he had just taught. Using the lesson on array cores as a foundation, she had privately modified its internal structure and added some of her own understanding.

"Since you can't judge the Soul Guidance Array made by the Holy Maiden, take a look at mine first."

Gu Yuena, her long hair purple, spoke calmly as she pointed her slender, fair finger at the small array on the workbench.

Jiang Bai, who had been caught in a dilemma, quickly turned around. He adjusted the glasses on his nose and carefully examined the array Gu Yuena had completed.

After dismantling and reconstructing it, Jiang Bai, a certified Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device Master, once again wiped the sweat from his forehead. Then, brimming with enthusiasm, he said, "Congratulations. You have successfully created an offensive array that only a Second-level Soul Guidance Device Master can produce."

If he had not learned from Beast God Di Tian that the purple-haired little girl before him was the ruler of the soul beast race of Douluo Continent, Jiang Bai, as a Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device Master, might have sounded much more shocked.

Rather than respectfully congratulating Gu Yuena on her immediate success as he did now, while wearing an expression that said he had expected nothing less.

Everyone present was sharp enough to notice that the respect in Jiang Bai's voice was much stronger, while his surprise was far less than when he had seen the Soul Guidance Array Lin Wan'er had made at the same time.

For a moment, Gu Yuena, now displaying the temper of a child, said dissatisfiedly, "Then what level is the Soul Guidance Array the Holy Maiden made?"

At that, Jiang Bai once again showed an uncertain expression and hesitantly said, "How about I trouble everyone to come with me to a dedicated Soul Guidance Array testing site for an evaluation?"

Looking at the clearly unconvinced, elderly Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, Lin Wan'er could not help twitching the corner of her mouth.

What was there to be unconvinced about? Back when she had been cultivating in the Star Dou Great Forest and comprehending Star Power, she had spent no small amount of time thinking about how Soul Tools from the Peerless era should remedy their flaws and amplify their strengths.

If she could not outperform Gu Yuena, who had only just begun to encounter and understand Soul Tools, then wouldn't all the effort she had spent pondering those problems that made humanities students go bald have been wasted...

"Let's go, let's go. I also want to know what level Instructor Jiang Bai would rate my Healing Array."

Lin Wan'er gave Jiang Bai a reminder, explaining that her modified Soul Guidance Array leaned toward an auxiliary Soul Tool. Its core purpose was to heal soul masters, soul beasts, and even ordinary people, so there was no need to find a combat training ground specifically for the assessment.

Having received the Holy Maiden's verbal hint, Jiang Bai paused for a second as he stepped out the door, then naturally headed toward the buildings near the Outer Courtyard where ordinary soul masters lived.

When he first heard that the Holy Maiden's Soul Guidance Array was auxiliary-type, his instinct had been to head toward the soul beast training ground.

But upon further thought, the Holy Maiden was the Holy Maiden of the soul beast race, Di Tian was the Beast God of the soul beast race, and the quiet purple-haired girl standing beside them was the master of the Beast God.

If he dared bring these people to the training grounds where students tested Soul Tools and soul beasts were confined, then even ten thousand lives would not be enough for the three behind him to kill.

Thus, he decisively changed direction and successfully saved his own life.

After winding along the paths for a while, the group soon arrived at a small villa. The elderly man living in its courtyard was a level-thirty Soul Grandmaster who had once been responsible for registering new Outer Courtyard students.

However, due to his poor health in recent years, the considerate royal academy had arranged for him to retire in this courtyard early. When he had nothing to do, he would stroll around campus and take on odd jobs.

"You aren't planning to use my Healing Array on an elderly man, are you? Is this kind of evaluation really reasonable?"

Logically, an auxiliary Soul Tool should be evaluated by an auxiliary Soul Guidance Device Master, or tested on a battlefield to enhance soul masters of comparable strength, allowing its effects and various data to be roughly determined.

How had Jiang Bai turned it into a healthcare device for a retired old man? Lin Wan'er could not help suspecting that Di Tian had secretly sent him a voice transmission, fearing that the Silver Dragon King would lose face if she lost in Soul Tool crafting.

"Holy Maiden, I truly don't mean it that way. It's just that this elder used to look after me. Moreover, his martial soul is a Sunshine Tree, making him an auxiliary soul master to begin with. If he judges the data and describes it himself, I can make a fair assessment as well."

After Jiang Bai, who was walking in front, explained himself, Lin Wan'er nodded behind him and did not complain further.

Once the Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device Master Jiang Bai had communicated with the elder and injected Soul Power into Lin Wan'er's Healing Array, a beam of bright yellow light shone upon the elder's somewhat hunched body.

Then, a miracle occurred.

The elder's once-hunched back gradually straightened, while the plants in the surrounding grass changed from lush greenery into withered leaves, their vitality already completely gone.

This meant that the core power of Lin Wan'er's Soul Guidance Array was to absorb the life force of nearby plants and feed it back into a soul master's body, improving a soul master's depleted vitality.

"Could the Holy Maiden truly be a genius?"

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