While the dean and vice dean of the Soul Tool Department argued their case in the Sea God Pavilion, Lu Yi spent several days enchanting more than a dozen shell components for a Flying Soul Tool.
The entire shell's weight dropped by over ninety percent, from several dozen jin to a single-digit figure. It had become incredibly light.
The enchantments on the supports were the key to making it fly.
Although these components were far weaker than his Thousand-Refined Tungsten Steel, there was little difference between them as long as they suffered no heavy blows.
Once Lu Yi assembled all the shell components, his work was done.
He did not need to worry about the missing Core Array.
When he delivered the shell the next day, Fan Yu told him something important.
The Academy had made a decision: starting in the third year, all Outer Court students could take blacksmithing as an elective.
It had also announced that outstanding Outer Court students could earn extra Credits and receive a modest advantage in the Inner Court entrance assessment. The appeal was undeniable.
This was especially true for students with strength-based Martial Souls. They all belonged to the Power Attack or Defense Systems, the two systems that had the hardest time entering the Inner Court.
The Power Attack System simply had too many geniuses, making competition fierce. Anyone who relied on strength alone and had few other tricks would struggle to survive among the Inner Court's formidable students.
The Defense System had been caught in the crossfire of that competition. Without an exceptional Martial Soul—like Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Shield, which contained Black Tortoise Power, or Xie Huanyue's thick-skinned, tough-fleshed Rubber Elephant—a student could never withstand those ferocious Power Attack assaults.
The new policy would directly benefit these students.
In fact, the Academy's