Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 406 Soul-Guided Exoskeleton

With a deft flick of his wrist, the perfectly thin strip of meat seemed to have been briefly seared on the outer flames of the campfire, then flipped over and seared again before gently falling into Ning Tian's bowl.

Under the glow of the campfire, Ning Tian and Wu Feng's faces were rosy, making them look even more attractive.

When Ning Tian looked down, he saw grilled meat glistening with oil, and it seemed to be slightly pink, not fully cooked.

"Eat it while it's hot, it tastes best then."

As Chen Ping gave his instructions, the second piece of meat was already cooked and placed in Wu Feng's bowl.

The two of them loved to eat, and upon hearing this, they didn't care about anything else. They used their forks to pick up the meat strips in their bowls, dipped them lightly in the thick sauce, and then put the meat strips into their mouths.

The sauce wasn't overpowering, but it was incredibly fragrant, and the meat strips dipped in it were exceptionally tender.

After entering the mouth, it only took a few chews before turning into a rich, fragrant juice that flowed down the throat. The smooth and mellow taste almost made Ning Tian and Wu Feng bite their tongues.

"Ha, delicious, delicious! Chen Ping, your cooking is the best. Just for this one bite, Ning Tian and I felt our visit was worthwhile."

Wu Feng swallowed the piece of meat as if it were a date being swallowed whole, and immediately squinted his eyes in comfort, feeling the delicious food slide down his esophagus into his stomach, and then let out a long breath.

Ning Tian nodded subconsciously upon hearing this. Chen Ping's culinary skills, like his stick fighting, had gradually improved over time.

The difference in the original food preparation methods and recipes, coupled with increasingly exquisite food cooking skills, meant that even the dishes served by the chef at window number eight were slightly inferior to Chen Ping's. Naturally, it's no wonder that Wu Feng would say such a thing.

One by one, strips of meat were grilled and placed into the two women's bowls. He himself would occasionally eat a strip from his bowl; the taste was indeed very good.

Even he himself couldn't help but admire it. It was mainly because he was lucky today and caught a roe deer that was perfect for roasting. Otherwise, even a skilled cook can't make a meal without ingredients, and he wasn't confident he could make something so delicious.

A roe deer weighing over ten kilograms can yield four or five kilograms of good meat.

In less than half an hour, all of it had been consumed by the three of them, and the rich and delicious meat juices left them all feeling incredibly satisfied.

Chen Ping was quite impressed at this moment. It was fortunate that this was the Douluo Continent, where there was no wildlife protection law, only awesome animal protection law.

If you have the ability, you can eat whatever you want.

As for what the awesome animal protection law is?
That was naturally the treaty that Di Tian owed after discovering that too many 100,000-year-old soul beasts had been killed in the Star Dou Forest and launching the beast tide, prohibiting the hunting of 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

There was no more romance, and the night passed without incident.

Early in the morning, when Ning Tian and Wu Feng got up, Chen Ping seemed to still be in bed.

Ning Tian looked especially energetic today, with a faint pink tinge on her delicate face.

It looks so appealing that you can't help but want to take a bite, just like the sweetest and juiciest peach.

"Chen Ping, the sun's already high in the sky, aren't you up yet?"

Wu Feng, always eager to stir up trouble, pulled Ning Tian along and excitedly pulled open Chen Ping's tent.

However, what they saw was not Chen Ping's shocked and disheveled appearance, wrapped in a blanket, but Chen Ping with his head down, assembling some strange parts.

"Hehe, don't rush. You two aren't planning to continue traveling using your flying soul tools after you've eaten your fill, are you?" Chen Ping said.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng shook their heads; naturally, they would never choose to do that.

Wherever spirit beasts live, the airspace above them is almost always a no-go zone. Unless you want to become a target or have absolute confidence in your strength, you will never fly over the spirit beast forest.

"So you two better be patient. During my year at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, I spent a lot of time figuring out and researching this soul tool."

Upon hearing this, both Ning Tian and Wu Feng showed curiosity on their faces.

Chen Ping's previous work was a turbojet flight soul tool that changed the entire development direction of flight soul tools, a groundbreaking research and development achievement.

Although Chen Ping continued his studies in the field of soul tools afterward, he did not create a second soul tool that was truly unique to him. But at this moment, Chen Ping said that the parts he was currently assembling were the only soul tool he had researched during his year of study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. How could this not pique the curiosity of the two women?

"Then Fengmei and I will go and prepare breakfast for you."

Seeing that the soul tool still needed to be assembled for a while, Ning Tian volunteered to help Wu Feng prepare breakfast.

Based on Chen Ping's previous words, this soul tool is used to replace the flying soul tool for traveling.

Since that's the case, the sooner Chen Ping eats, the sooner the two of them can play with Chen Ping's new work.

The three of them had a simple breakfast: hot soup, baked buns, and a simple stir-fried meat dish. As soon as they finished eating, the two of them stared intently at Chen Ping.

The two of them were extremely curious about what Chen Ping had been assembling in the tent.

Chen Ping didn't keep anyone in suspense. He casually took out a mechanical sheep scorpion from his storage soul guide. It looked like it was made of different rare metal modules, joint structures, hydraulic devices, and drive modules, and it seemed to have only a spine and four ribs left.

For a moment, Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a glance, looking at each other blankly, truly unable to figure out what Chen Ping's "mechanical sheep spine" was.

"What is this?"

Wu Feng's face showed a "bababa" expression, and then he sincerely admitted that he couldn't understand what it was.

"Want to know? Don't move."

Chen Ping smiled and fitted the spine of the "Mechanical Sheep Scorpion" to Wu Feng's back, and then bound the other rare metal joint modules to Wu Feng's limbs.

After being handled so closely by Chen Ping, Wu Feng's earlobes turned slightly red.

But soon, Wu Feng didn't have time to think about these random things, because Chen Ping pressed a switch somewhere.

"Click."

At the mechanical spine, the first metal module snapped into place precisely, and the embedded soul guidance circuit emitted a faint blue light, spreading out like blood vessels.

Wu Feng felt a chill run down her back. Before she could react, Chen Ping had already quickly adjusted the module's position and gently pushed her shoulder blades with his fingers.

"Crack! Click!"

Two crisp clicking sounds rang out in succession, and the mechanical rib-like support automatically unfolded, clinging to her arms and waist as if it were a living thing.

The metal joints were fastened together perfectly, and the hydraulic system emitted a faint hissing sound, like the breathing of a mechanical beast.

"Don't move," Chen Ping whispered, his fingertip touching a raised soul core on the back of her neck—

"Om-!"

The entire "mechanical sheep scorpion" suddenly lit up, with blue light flowing along the spine to the extremities. The gears at the joints spun rapidly, emitting a dense "click-clack" sound.

Wu Feng felt a strange power spreading from his spine throughout his body, as if his bones were coated with a layer of steel veins.

"Inject soul power into it, then try lifting your leg." Chen Ping took a step back, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Wu Feng instinctively bent his knees.

"Qiang!"

The mechanical joint's auxiliary module responded instantly, the hydraulic rod extending and retracting, pushing her lower leg up in a smooth arc, the metallic clanging sound as crisp as a sword being drawn from its sheath.

Ning Tian's eyes widened as he saw Wu Feng's movements were incredibly light, as if gravity was being quietly swallowed up by the mechanical soul-guiding frame.

(End of this chapter)