"Wait, Hall Master! I don't think we should give Yuhao an artificial soul bone." Xuan Ziwen imdiately interrupted Jing Hongchen's action.
Huo Yuhao was montarily stunned. Teacher Xuan, the man who was so obsessed with researching soul tools that he even joined the Tang Sect in the original story does he actually have an issue with receiving an artificial soul bone?
Is he going to ask Jing Hongchen to replace it with rare tals instead and throw into the ocean of soul tool crafting?
Thinking about how, in the original story, Brother Huo had barely returned before Teacher Xuan forced him to make achievents in soul tool research or be forbidden from leaving the lab, Huo Yuhao felt a headache coming on.
"Oh? Teacher Xuan, what's your reasoning?" Jing Hongchen showed due respect to Mingde Hall's chief researcher.
Xuan Ziwen explained, "I think artificial soul bones are of poor quality. Instead of giving Yuhao one, we should give him a ten thousand year soul bone that can enhance his soul skill. That way, he can reach his full potential."
The process of creating artificial soul bones was relatively simple. For instance, the Secret Soul Bone thod required gathering a hundred identical soul beasts and killing them all within one hour while using a secret technique to guide the energy. This thod had only a 10% success rate for producing a soul bone.
While these bones were of lower quality, they were much easier to obtain than natural soul bones and had the added benefit of being fusion compatible.
"A ten thousand year soul bone that enhances Yuhao's soul skill?" Jing Hongchen sighed. "A ten thousand year soul bone isn't too hard to find, but one with an ability that strengthens Spiritual Detection Sharing? That's an incredibly difficult requirent."
"Yuhao is an exceptional student. His soul skill has undergone a qualitative transformation, and he has the potential to beco a top tier soul engineer. The academy should invest in nurturing him.
"If his first soul skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing, could be enhanced through a soul bone's ability, he would beco the god of war!
"If we custom made long range fixed soul guided artillery shells for him, Yuhao might even be able to stand in Mingdu and precisely bombard the Great Star Dou Forest!"
Xuan Ziwen's eyes glead with excitent. He had no particular grudge against the Great Star Dou Forest he just found the idea of such powerful soul guided shells incredibly fascinating.
Huo Yuhao was montarily speechless. Is this so kind of intercontinental missile theory?!
But with the technological path of the Douluo Continent, they probably haven't unlocked the ability to develop such long range weapons yet! Even if they did, my detection range isn't nearly enough. The distance between Star Luo City and Mingdu is way too far!
No wonder Teacher Xuan was able to work with Brother Huo to create the Ice Extre War God Armor his thinking is truly out there!
But where would we even find a soul bone that enhances my first soul skill's range? It's not like we can turn Shrek's Mu En into a hundred thousand year soul beast and make him drop a soul bone…
"That… actually makes a lot of sense. Yuhao is just a one ring soul master, yet his detection range is already 1,200 ters. What if he becos a Titled Douluo?
"On top of that, he can share his soul skill with others… Hmm, maybe Yuhao could take soul engineer corps to an entirely new level. Imagine several corps with extrely long range and highly accurate firepower that's terrifying."
At this mont, Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen were completely on the sa wavelength.
While the idea of firing shells from Mingdu and precisely hitting soul beasts in the Great Star Dou Forest sounded absurd, this could be a suitable path for Huo Yuhao.
"But a ten thousand year soul bone that enhances an existing soul skill… That's going to be a headache to find."
Jing Hongchen frowned. A soul bone like that would likely only exist in the royal treasury. However, convincing His Majesty to let him into the treasury to search for one was highly unlikely.
He turned to Huo Yuhao. "Yuhao, what do you think?"
Huo Yuhao's expression shifted. "I find Teacher Xuan's idea really interesting, so I ca up with a way to extend the range of fixed soul guided artillery shells. I call it the jet engine!"
"Jet engine?" Jing Hongchen was confused.
Xuan Ziwen also didn't quite understand, but that didn't stop him from being intrigued.
Huo Yuhao then explained the working principles of a Douluo Continent version of a jet engine. Since soul power was an all purpose energy source in this world, it could replace conventional fuel. The actual operation of the engine would be handled by core formations.
He believed that if the soul engineers of the Sun Moon Empire dedicated enough effort, they could develop a Douluo version of a jet engine, thereby extending the range of fixed soul guided shells.
"I see… This is a brilliant idea. Yuhao, you're a born soul engineer." Xuan Ziwen looked at him with admiration. "I think the key challenge will be how to store soul power. I need to finish developing a sealed milk bottle as soon as possible. If we keep researching in this direction, we really might be able to fire fixed soul guided shells from Mingdu to the Great Star Dou Forest!"
"Yuhao, I'll report this to Elder Kong and assign so soul engineers to research the jet engine. As for the soul bone that Teacher Xuan ntioned, I'll also present the request to Elder Kong."
Jing Hongchen had realized the strategic value of the jet engine. Whether or not a fixed soul guided shell could hit its target was one thing, but extending its range was another. First, they had to solve the range issue then they could focus on accuracy.
"Of course, I won't forget your reward. Even though the artificial soul bone is of lower quality, you could consider selling it to exchange for rare tals."
Jing Hongchen then handed over all the promised rewards to Huo Yuhao.
Among these rewards, the so called artificial soul bone was a Secret Soul Right Leg Bone, and the 400,000 gold soul coins were issued in the form of a universal card.
As for the monthly supply of rare tals worth 100,000 gold soul coins, they amounted to about five or six table sized blocks perfect for crafting first and second tier soul tools.
God Realm.
Tang San stood atop the clouds, his hands clasped behind his back, his expression dark. "Who is interfering with my plan? Xiao Qi has already enrolled at the academy, yet she still hasn't encountered that rising star. That shouldn't be possible…"
"Where did things go wrong? Whoever is ddling must at least have God King level strength. Otherwise, as the Asura God and Sea God, there's no way I wouldn't have noticed!"
"Could it be the Forbidden Land of the Gods? Or that guy, Destruction? Or perhaps the twin God Kings, Kindness and Evil?"
Tang San had many suspects, but he felt the most likely culprit was the God of Destruction.
After all, the being in the Forbidden Land of the Gods was still sealed, and Kindness and Evil had always been on good terms with him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have entrusted him with control over the God Realm's Core.
However, because he controlled the God Realm's Core, the God of Destruction had always opposed him. Destruction's philosophy leaned toward expanding the God Realm, whereas Tang San's approach was more conservative.
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