Although Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department was not peerless like its Martial Soul Department, and still lagged somewhat behind the Sun Moon Empire, it ranked among the best in the world. With the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy taking the lead, and both attaching great importance to soul guidance technology, the Soul Guidance Technology Research Group had an abundance of manpower and material resources.
Together with Ning Qingdeng, Jiang Hai gained a general understanding of the Soul Guidance Technology Research Group's situation.
The Soul Guidance Technology Research Group had seventeen members in total, but every one of them was a high-level soul engineer. They could freely use the resources of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department. Although the department was not the very best, its financial strength was certainly among the greatest. Soul engineers' ability to make money was beyond question. Although the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool departments were stronger than Shrek Academy's, Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department could easily sell its products to all three countries on the Douluo Continent, whereas the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool departments found selling to the Three Great Empires much more difficult. As a result, the soul tool departments of the Sun Moon Empire's top academies were actually less profitable than Shrek Academy's. Even the Sun Moon Imperial Academy required financial support from the Sun Moon Empire every year.
With such abundant resources, research into soul guidance technology progressed extremely quickly. Simplification of the Soul Guidance Electric Light was already complete, and a simplified Level 3 Soul Tool version of the Soul Guidance Flying Vehicle had also been developed. It sacrificed some range and speed, but its production cost was lower as well. Although ordinary families still could not afford it, most minor and middle-ranking nobles with modest wealth could