Manufacturing Soul Tools

"Yanzi, I think it's fine. On the contrary, under this sunlight, I actually feel very comfortable."

Ye Lingling, who was dressed just as lightly, didn't feel the same way as Dugu Yan. She gave a perfunctory reply, stuffed a piece of Ice Cream into her mouth, and ate it happily, feeling extremely refreshed.

These days, her impression of Xu Yang had changed considerably, and she was also willing to become close friends with this disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Nearby, Yu Feng, Osler, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo sat quietly with their eyes slightly narrowed, silently watching the two girls. They were practically drooling, and didn't seem to feel the slightest discomfort from the High Temperature.

Yu Tianheng, meanwhile, sat cross-legged not far from Xu Yang, cultivating bitterly with his eyes closed.

"Can I be the same as you?!"

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes. Normally, this temperature was nothing to a Spirit Master with Soul Power. Once their Soul Power circulated, it could dispel the feeling of dryness and heat.

But she was different. Snakes were inherently cold-blooded, and the Jade Phosphor Serpent was even the emperor among snakes, possessing an especially strong yin-cold nature. She had never liked High Temperature environments. More importantly, she could feel the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison inside her stirring under the sunlight's energy.

It was precisely the combination of the Poison Attribute from her restless martial soul and snakes' preference for cold, shady places that made her feel so uncomfortable at that moment.

That was right. Ever since she had awakened her martial soul and attached her Soul Rings, she had known that she was poisoned by her own martial soul. After all, she herself was also a Poison Attribute Spirit Master. How could she fail to sense the Potent Poison inside her body? She simply hadn't known how to bring it up with her grandfather, and had assumed that, like him, she would naturally be able to ignore the poison once her cultivation became profound enough.

"I almost forgot that you're a Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Master, Yanzi!"

There wasn't the slightest sincerity on Ye Lingling's face. She wrapped her arms around Dugu Yan's arm, laughing as she stuffed the half-eaten Ice Cream into Dugu Yan's mouth to express her apology.

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes but didn't mind. She swallowed the Ice Cream in her mouth, easing the dryness and heat.

Turning to look at Xu Yang, who was still cultivating, she said enviously, "It's truly enviable. Xu Yang's martial soul actually has the effect of accelerating cultivation. No wonder Ning Sect Leader accepted him as a disciple, and no wonder he reached rank twenty-three in less than two years."

Ye Lingling nodded in agreement. They were extremely envious of the martial soul's ability to assist and accelerate cultivation. As descendants of great families, they understood very well, through what they had heard and seen, just how important it was to cultivate during the golden period of physical development.

"This is a characteristic of his martial soul. You can't envy it into being yours! Instead of wasting time complaining, you might as well hurry up and cultivate to close the gap between us. Look at Yu Tianheng—he's doing quite well."

Just then, Xu Yang's voice suddenly rang out. The two girls looked over and saw that he had already finished cultivating. He was smiling at them and gesturing that they should learn from Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng had truly been provoked by Xu Yang. As someone carrying the pride of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, after seeing Xu Yang's astonishing cultivation speed, he wished he could cultivate twenty-four hours a day. Since he couldn't surpass him in strength, he didn't want even his Soul Power cultivation to be overtaken.

The two girls rolled their eyes in unison and turned their heads away, intending to ignore this show-off.

Seeing that neither of them paid him any attention, Xu Yang shook his head and decided not to make a fool of himself. Instead, he went to the table nearby, took several Deep Blue pieces of metal and an Engraving Knife out of his Storage Ring, and began carving. His expression was intensely focused.

He circulated his Soul Power to the sharp tip of the Engraving Knife and carefully carved Array Patterns into the metal. This was a first-order Soul Tool recorded in a book about Soul Tools that Xu Yang had found in the Heaven Dou Royal Library. It was used to assist in forging Soul Tools and was similar to a microscope from his previous life.

He planned to make it in the shape of a monocle, which would make it more convenient to study other Soul Tools later.

According to the theory in the book, so-called Core Array Patterns were actually corresponding Soul Power Circuits engraved onto metal or gemstones. They had to be precise down to the slightest detail. All Soul Skills had corresponding Soul Power Circuits, so any Soul Skill could be studied and transformed into an Array Pattern for engraving, ultimately forming a Soul Tool.

Therefore, as long as one understood the core principles of Soul Tools and possessed sufficient cultivation, it was possible to independently research some simple high-level Soul Tools.

When Dugu Yan saw that Xu Yang was ignoring her and was once again fiddling with those pieces of metal, she immediately grew a little angry. When had a beauty like her ever been ignored so completely?

She walked over and sat down beside Xu Yang, asking curiously, "Xu Yang, I've been meaning to ask you this. What are you making?!"

"I'm making a Soul Tool. Earlier, I found several books about Soul Tools in the school library. I became very interested, so I copied down their contents and decided to try making one myself!"

Xu Yang replied without even looking up. With Heart Separation Control, he could completely carve while answering Dugu Yan's questions.

He was genuinely interested in Soul Tools. In his previous life, he could barely be considered a technical enthusiast who enjoyed tinkering with mechanical parts. After coming to this world and seeing things like Soul Tools, he wanted to research them himself.

"Oh!" The moment she heard that it was a Soul Tool, Dugu Yan immediately lost interest. Seeing how serious Xu Yang was, she advised him, "A Spirit Master should focus primarily on their own strength. If you keep neglecting your proper work like this, it'll be easy to delay your cultivation!"

"No, it won't! As long as I don't become obsessed with it or let it take up my cultivation time, making Soul Tools won't slow down my cultivation. On the contrary, it can train my ability to control Soul Power!"

With the final stroke completed, Xu Yang looked up at Dugu Yan and explained with a smile. The training that making Soul Tools provided for Soul Power control was truly formidable. In just one or two weeks, he already felt that his control over Soul Power had doubled.

Just imagine carving a complex Core Magic Array onto a piece of metal the size of a fingernail, while also requiring every stroke to be perfectly precise under the control of Soul Power. How difficult was that? After repeating the process again and again, how could his control over Soul Power fail to improve?

As he spoke, Xu Yang shifted his gaze to the Deep Blue metal plate in his hand. His eyes were filled with delight. This was the fortieth piece of Azure Sea Gold he had used, and he had finally succeeded in carving out the central Soul Power Circuit.

Then, under Dugu Yan's shocked gaze, Xu Yang assembled the metal plates on the table with a mirror polished from a transparent gemstone, turning them into a monocle.

Xu Yang held the monocle in his hand and examined it carefully. After confirming that there were no problems, he directly put it over his eye, infused it with Soul Power, and began testing it.

From Xu Yang's perspective, the Engraving Knife on the table could be magnified and reduced at will as he adjusted his Soul Power. Although he wasn't sure exactly how many times it could magnify something, the image was extremely clear. He could even see the damage on the Engraving Knife caused by the sunlight's Soul Power.