"Listening to your words was worth ten years of study. Watching you make a Soul Tool today has benefited me immensely."
"I've learned a great deal."
Xian Lin'er struggled to hide the shock on her face as she looked at the man before her and spoke from the heart.
Her tone was utterly earnest. This was the first time she had truly realized that such monstrous talents really existed. He had improved its quality after seeing the blueprints for the very first time. It was terrifying.
Other than her own teacher, Mu En, there had never been a second person Xian Lin'er admired, but the man before her had genuinely become one.
"I didn't really do much."
Faced with Xian Lin'er's attitude, Chu Ge hurriedly shook his head and replied modestly.
If anything deserved praise, it was the ridiculously powerful talent the system had given him. After all, even he hadn't expected to produce a Level 7 Soul Tool on his very first attempt.
"You're too modest."
Xian Lin'er couldn't help exclaiming. What was there to be modest about?!
He had raised a level 6 creation made by an Level 8 Soul Engineer by an entire level. Even if his current abilities fell short of hers, he would certainly surpass her in the future.
Becoming a Level 9 Soul Engineer might not even be a distant dream for him. Perhaps he would become the Douluo Continent's first Level 9 Soul Engineer...
Why was I able to make something of this level on my first attempt? Could it be because...
My cultivation is already at the Titled Douluo level, so the Soul Tool abilities I can bring to bear started out pretty high?
Ignoring Xian Lin'er's shock, Chu Ge felt a flicker of confusion before quickly arriving at that thought. That seemed to be the only explanation for why he had made a level 7 tool on his first attempt.
In fact, that might not even be his limit.
At that thought, his hands began to itch. He clearly wanted to try again and see what level of Soul Tool marked his limit.
Level 9 was obviously impossible, but level 8...
That probably wouldn't be much of a problem at all!
I don't know if I'd definitely succeed if I tried making a Level 8 Soul Tool now, but I think...
It shouldn't be much of a problem.
Chu Ge thought silently to himself.
"Thank you for letting me use your workbench, Dean Xian Lin'er. I might be coming here more often from now on..."
"That won't be a problem, will it?"
A moment later, Chu Ge looked at her with a smile and spoke.
His meaning was perfectly clear: he needed at least one workshop in the Soul Tool Department. This couldn't even be called a hint; it was practically an outright request.
If she might previously have worried that their earlier friction would leave him on bad terms with the Soul Tool Department, he now had no concerns whatsoever on that front.
As the saying went, talent decided everything. Another saying held that only a strong fist spoke the truth.
And now, not only was his talent as a Soul Engineer frighteningly strong, but he was also a Titled Douluo himself.
Who would support his wishes, and who would oppose them?
"Of course not."
"Just treat our Soul Tool Department as your own home from now on. Come whenever you like. I'd quite like to watch you make Soul Tools and build up my own experience."
Xian Lin'er spoke earnestly, a smile on her face.
With a powerhouse who possessed both strength and talent for Soul Tools, why wouldn't she treat him well? Was she supposed to hand him over to Yan Shaozhe on a silver platter?
Dream on! She wanted him too.
Previously, Chu Ge and her disciple had already fallen out over Zhou Yi. Now that she finally had a chance to make amends, she had to get along with him.
In fact, remembering that the Soul Tool Department currently had no director, she even wanted to offer him a nominal position.
But with the former director, Fan Yu, standing right beside her, she held her tongue.
"Then thank you, Dean Xian."
"I'll visit often. I'll be going now."
Having received her approval, Chu Ge nodded with a smile, then headed outside after saying those words.
This trip certainly wasn't wasted. My circumstances for developing my Soul Tool abilities are much better than I imagined.
As he walked, he couldn't help thinking to himself.
With talent like this, if he didn't become a Level 9 Soul Engineer within a year, he would think there was something wrong with his brain.
There's also the reward the system gave me earlier, the blueprints for an upgradable Soul Tool. Let me see what that's about...
Hmm? This is...
The smile on Chu Ge's face gradually faded into a calm expression. He focused on the Soul Tool blueprints in his mind, looking thoughtful.
Depicted on the blueprints was a pair of guns-handguns that looked exceptionally striking. Their appearance alone already gave him a certain inkling.
"This is..."
"A pair of guns?"
Chu Ge murmured, looking thoughtful.
Would twin guns provide the answer?
"Chu Ge..."
"He really is an extraordinary man."
Watching Chu Ge's departing figure, Xian Lin'er's eyes brimmed with admiration, her heart filled with endless emotion and respect.
On his first attempt at making the Infinity Edge, he had raised this level 6 Soul Tool, whose crafting difficulty rivaled that of a level 7 tool, to level 7 quality. His talent was simply terrifying.
For him, making a Level 8 Soul Tool would be no problem at all, and level 9 was no distant dream either.
He was a legend.
A legend who would surely leave his name in the annals of history, wielding immense status and ability in both the Soul Master World and the world of Soul Engineers!
She had to befriend him-she absolutely had to build a strong relationship with him.
He is very impressive, but why do I feel like Elder Xian's heart is about to be stolen away by that man...
Fan Yu believed Xian Lin'er's words without a shred of doubt. His guiding principle was that whatever his master's wife said was right.
But very soon, a deeply thoughtful expression appeared on his face. Something was wrong.
Chu Ge was outstanding, but surely that didn't warrant such an emotional reaction? A Titled Douluo having some involvement with Soul Tools wasn't particularly unusual.
After all, weren't both of their Soul Tool Department's Level 8 Soul Engineer deans also Titled Douluos?
I keep feeling there's something strange about my master's wife.
Fan Yu pondered.
In all fairness, he admitted that the man's abilities were genuinely impressive, his looks were truly exceptional, and his strength was at the Titled Douluo level. He could honestly be called everyone's dream husband.
Not only that, but he had casually made a Level 7 Soul Tool, directly raising the Soul Tool design Xian Lin'er had worked on to a whole new level...
Fan Yu held immense respect for a man who could undoubtedly leave his name in history, and Xian Lin'er seemed to feel that way even more strongly.
Unlike him, however, she was a woman.
Mutual attraction and sparks flying between a man and a woman were perfectly normal. There was nothing wrong with any of that, of course.
Chu Ge winning Dean Xian Lin'er's affection wasn't something he ought to worry about either. But the crucial point was that she was his master's wife!
He knew that the relationship between his master's wife and his own teacher, Qian Duoduo, wasn't particularly wonderful or close. They could only really be considered husband and wife in name. Still, they were at least very harmonious on the surface. The current situation was a serious problem.
"Why does it feel like...
"My master's wife is about to fall in love?"
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