Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 61: Xu Tianxi's performance is limited by materials: Soul Masters and Soul Guidance Devices are not incompatible (Happy New Year)
The next day, under everyone's attention.

Xu Tianxi walked out of the single dormitory and followed Jing Hongchen to the entrance test site.

"Tianxi, you already know the requirements. This is just a formality. You can do whatever you want."

Jing Hongchen patted Xu Tianxi on the shoulder, telling him not to feel pressured and to relax.

Xu Tianxi said "hmm" and walked to the metal workbench in the middle of the field. He picked up the standard carving knife in his right hand and a piece of metal in his left hand. He handled the rare metal with ease. The blade in his hand was cold and flashing, and he carved the patterns of the magic circle, which attracted everyone's attention right away.

Lin Jiayi was surprised and said, "Dean, he moves very quickly. It seems that he came here to carve a second-level soul guide."

Jing Hongchen stared intently, his gaze fixed on her, as he whispered, "I don't think his technique is limited to carving a second-level soul guide core array..."

"what do you mean……"

“There wasn’t enough material on the table, which probably limited his performance.”

Half an hour later, Xu Tianxi hammered and pounded, completing the shaping, casting, quenching and polishing of the soul guide shell on the workbench. Everyone was dazzled and their eyes gradually narrowed into a line.

They are very familiar with this thing, a fixed-type soul-guided artillery shell and artillery shell launcher, and it is a level two one!
"My soul guide is ready." Xu Tianxi raised the second-level fixed-type soul guide cannon loaded with shells and waved it to Lin Jiayi.

"Dean, this..." Lin Jiayi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he looked at Jing Hongchen in embarrassment.

In the previous entrance examinations, no one had ever made a second-level fixed-type soul guide cannon shell, and they made it in just half an hour, but they only gave one day!
Among the three major types of soul guides, fixed-type soul guides are the most powerful and the most expensive. It is more difficult to make a second-level fixed-type soul guide shell than many third-level soul guides!
Moreover, the power of this thing is much more terrifying than the attacks of most fourth-level soul guides. Once it is fired, not to mention hundred-year soul beasts, even weaker thousand-year soul beasts can report directly to the King of Hell. Why is there any need for an assessment?
"It's a normal assessment, just proceed as you should."

Jing Hongchen gave the order with his eyes closed. Now he probably knew why Xu Tianxi's master uncle had brought in so many fixed-type soul guide shells.

The obsessed look in the kid's eyes when he was making the cannonball just now didn't seem fake, and his technique was amazingly skillful, far beyond the level of a second-level soul engineer. He must have made fixed-type soul guide cannonballs of level three or above.

Moreover, even for a third-level soul engineer, one must be extremely cautious when making a second-level fixed-type soul guide shell. If one makes a mistake, he must start all over again. However, Xu Tianxi's movements are as smooth as flowing water, and his strength is also top-notch among third-level soul engineers.

His talent in soul guides is definitely no worse than Xiao's!

"Ouch~!"

The century-old coyote used in the assessment came out of the cage, baring its fangs and claws, and pounced on Xu Tianxi.

Xu Tianxi dodged and stepped back, set up a gun mount like a rocket launcher, pressed the button, and a high-temperature shell was fired out, leaving a trail of fire.

"Boom!"

The shell exploded with a shock wave, and the hundred-year-old coyote died painlessly in the light and heat, and a hundred-year-old soul ring rose in its place.

"Don't waste it, collect it quickly." Jing Hongchen ordered when he saw this.

Lin Jiayi immediately went down and used a special soul guide that could store soul rings to collect the hundred-year soul ring.

"Very good, passed perfectly!"

Jing Hongchen led the applause, looking at Xu Tianxi meaningfully and admiringly, "Your talent is enough to enter the fourth grade directly. Do you want to join directly or start from the first grade?"

"I haven't taken any certificate exams, and I haven't learned any knowledge. Of course, I still have to start from the basics of the first grade. Just like a great building starts from the ground." Xu Tianxi said with a smile.

Jing Hongchen said, "Okay! Then from now on, you will report to the first grade. Director Lin and I will follow your studies throughout the whole process."

"As long as you can pass the exam and obtain a certificate of a sufficient level, I will allow you to skip a grade at any time. I look forward to you breaking Xiao's record."

"By the way, Xiao, you've seen Tianxi's strength, right? You should have a sense of crisis... Hey Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Tianxi looked in the direction of the voice and found that Hongchen, who had been smiling beautifully before, had suddenly become extremely solemn with his brows furrowed, as if he was lost in thought.

Meng Hongchen covered his face and pushed Xiao Hongchen aside, waving his hands and saying with a wry smile: "It's okay, it's okay. He didn't sleep well last night. He will be fine after he goes back to sleep for a while."

Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianxi nodded slightly, and chose not to see it at the same time.

Young people are under a lot of pressure, I understand.

"By the way, Xiao Xu, do you have any other requests? Feel free to ask."

"If you ask me... I plan to use my mother's surname for the next period of time. You can just call me Kong Tianxi. Dean, please keep it a secret for me."

"why?"

"I have a few acquaintances in the former Three Kingdoms, and I'm thinking of giving them a surprise in two years."

"I'm stupid, really."

Xiao Hongchen raised his lifeless eyes and continued:
"I only knew that Xu Tianxi couldn't be verified and could only make some simple soul guides. I didn't expect that he specialized in the most difficult to make fixed-type soul guide shells, and his skills were so amazing!"

"From the excitement that flashed across his face while he was making the shells, I can be sure this guy is an expert. Not to mention the second-level fixed-type soul guide shells, I'm afraid he's even tried to make third-level, or even fourth-level ones!"

Meng Hongchen asked curiously, "Why are you so sure?"

"Ha! As the Sun-Moon Empire's greatest genius in a thousand years, I understand too well the arrogance that comes with geniuses. People like us all love to push our limits! He definitely can't bear the loneliness and has even challenged a Level 4 fixed-type soul guide cannonball!"

Xiao Hongchen said with a confident look on his face and a beaming expression.

Meng Hongchen looked at their current position and asked doubtfully:

"So this is why you dragged me to the roof of the first-grade classroom to eavesdrop on their class? Sneaking around isn't the way of geniuses, is it?"

"Ahem, ahem, isn't this just to get to know him better? Geniuses also need encouragement, so they can progress faster."

Xiao Hongchen covered his mouth and coughed a few times, then his face showed emotion and he sighed deeply:

"Meng, you don't know how lonely I've been in the academy these past few years. I finally met a genius who might catch up with me. I'm so excited."

Meng Hongchen turned his head away and didn't look at him, silently reminding him, "Xiao Xu has finished introducing himself, and Director Lin has gone up to take over the class."

"Huh? Director Lin is actually going to give a lecture? That's rare, but it won't be another bunch of sleep-inducing nonsense, will it?"

"...I think you guessed right."

Meng Hongchen looked at Lin Jiayi who wrote on the blackboard "In the long run, will soul mentors completely replace soul masters?" and couldn't help but sigh.

These old antiques just like to talk in circles. They won’t teach you the real skills even if they have them. Isn’t explaining some high-end soul guides better than this?
"Students, today I'm here to discuss with you the future development trends of soul guides. Our academy has always believed that when soul guide technology develops to a very high level, that is, when soul guides can be used without the need for soul power, the profession of soul master will be replaced and disappear in the long river of history."

"However, there is also a completely different voice in the academic community. They believe that the development of soul masters is also of paramount importance. I invite all students to speak freely on today's topic. I, an old antique, am all ears. I am just here to hear the opinions of you young people."

On the podium, Lin Jiayi, enjoying the admiring gazes of many students, finished his opening remarks in a rhythmic manner. The students in the audience immediately started chattering and expressing their opinions.

"I believe that soul guides are omnipotent. A soul master only has nine soul skills at most. How can they compare to the variety of soul guides?"

"I think the importance of soul master training cannot be ignored. Sometimes you may get unexpected soul skills."

"How many gifted soul masters are there in our Sun-Moon Empire? If you want to have unique soul skills, you must also have a powerful martial soul."

"Researching soul guides consumes a lot of energy, leaving little energy for martial soul cultivation. I think you can't have both. I can only cultivate soul guides. Don't forget that soul guides can turn soul masters of the same level into a hornet's nest if they keep a distance..."

"In a one-on-one fight, a powerful spirit master might be able to defeat a spirit guide, but if they were to fight in full force, a spirit guide army would be able to blow up a spirit master army of the same size, unless the opponent had a strong formation of Titled Douluo-level warriors..."

"..."

All kinds of noisy sounds jumped into Lin Jiayi's ears. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and his eyes swept across the crowd and fell on Xu Tianxi, who had not said a word from beginning to end.

The dean has emphasized that teaching should be tailored to the students' abilities, so I have to first understand Xu Tianxi's views on soul guides.

"Everyone's speeches are very meaningful, but I would like to hear more. Mr. Kong Tianxi, do you have any unique opinions?"

When the dean spoke, the classroom fell silent. All the students looked at him silently, waiting to hear the opinion of this temporary transfer student.

"My understanding of soul guides is still very superficial, but from my personal point of view... I think that simple soul masters and soul guides are not the ultimate direction of history."

Xu Tianxi, who had been silently pondering the technology tree of Douluo Continent over the past ten thousand years and summarizing the theoretical knowledge of soul guides, was not flustered when his name was suddenly called. He stood up calmly, stared at Lin Jiayi and said slowly:
"I believe that the best direction for individual development is to use one's martial soul ability as the foundation, combining the soul guide with the martial soul or the soul master himself, taking advantage of each other's strengths to make up for their weaknesses or enhance their strengths, and reach the peak of individual strength."

"In my opinion, developing soul guides and soul masters aren't actually in conflict with each other. It's just that in the Three Kingdoms, they generally looked down on the role of soul guides, and here, the power of individual soul masters is somewhat insufficient. This has led many people to the misconception that 'soul guides and soul masters are incompatible.'"

"As for the military, I know nothing about it, so I won't comment on it, lest I become a laughingstock."

In a nutshell: Soul Masters and Soul Guidance Devices are not incompatible.

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