Douluo: Crossing the Yuhao Star Palace Master

Chapter 24 Apprenticeship
Xian Lin'er took out a hexagonal silver token from the soul guide and pressed it on the gate of the ninth test area.

The next moment, a gap opened in the door, fitting her token perfectly. After a surge of soul power, the token popped out of the gap. Then, with the click of gears, the gate to the ninth testing area swung open horizontally.

When the heavy metal door was fully opened, Xian Lin'er walked in with Huo Yuhao.

There was no one else active in the test area at this time. Only Xian Lin'er and Huo Yuhao were in the empty test area.

Xian Lin'er walked towards a soul guide crafting table inside, having even brought an extra stool. Then, she waved at Huo Yuhao, signaling him to come sit.

After Huo Yuhao sat down next to her, Xian Lin'er spoke, "Let me explain first. The production of a soul guide is roughly divided into material selection, raw material extraction, inner and outer shell production, core magic array carving, and finally soul guide assembly. The relevant knowledge involved includes metal materials science, forging and smelting, core magic array science, and other very complex things."

"Soul guides can be roughly divided into three categories: offensive, defensive, and auxiliary. Offensive can be further divided into long-range and short-range, while defensive can be further divided into passive trigger and active release. There are even more auxiliary types, the most representative of which are storage soul guides and flying soul guides."

"Because soul guides are so complex, each soul guide will choose the development path that best suits them based on their expertise. At the elementary level, it's still possible to develop all of them simultaneously. However, once you reach the intermediate level or above, the overly complex system of soul guides will make this possibility infinitely close to zero."

"If you want to learn soul guides, you must think about your own development direction. For example, my research focuses on metal materials and core magic arrays."

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts. "As a spiritual spirit master, my current spirit skills are mostly focused on support and control, lacking offensive means. Therefore, I'm somewhat interested in developing offensive spirit tools. As for long-range or close-range attacks, I haven't decided yet. Besides that, I'm also interested in defensive spirit tools. Perhaps it's because I've been working outside for so long, and I've always wanted to have more ways to protect myself."

Xian Lin'er couldn't help but smile after hearing Huo Yuhao's thoughts. "You're still a little greedy. But if you can balance your martial soul training with your soul guide learning, I don't object. In the early stages, you can try to learn as much as possible. If you lay a solid foundation, it will be much easier when you reach the higher levels."

"After saying so much, I have to demonstrate it to you." Xian Lin'er took a piece of fine iron on the workbench in her hand, and picked up a small silver carving knife on the workbench with her other hand, and slowly began to carve. Her hands were steady and light, and every time the tip of the carving knife fell, it was so precise that it took away some debris.

As she slowly carved, complex patterns gradually appeared on the fine iron.

Huo Yuhao, who was standing next to him, was intentionally using his spiritual eyes to memorize these movements and the pattern of the core magic array in his mind one by one.

Finally, when Xian Lin'er put down the final stroke, the soul guide formation was finally formed.

Xian Lin'er held it in her hand. With the infusion of soul power, the piece of fine iron with the core magic circle carved on it lit up slightly, emitting a faint warmth.

Huo Yuhao asked doubtfully, "Does this formation have a supplementary function like lighting or heating?" "You're right, this formation is used for lighting. The heating function is secondary, an accessory to the lighting function."

"Can I try it?" Huo Yuhao had wanted to give it a try just now, and now he couldn't control his restless heart.

Xian Lin'er handed the carving knife in her hand to Huo Yuhao, and took a new piece of fine iron from the workbench and gave it to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. After taking the piece from Xian Lin'er, he immediately activated his spirit. The first spirit ring, disguised as yellow, shone slightly, and a faint golden halo appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He officially began spiritual detection. After carefully examining the piece of fine iron in his hand and finding the right position, Huo Yuhao immediately began to carefully carve it.

Xian Lin'er's beautiful eyes once again showed a hint of surprise, because Huo Yuhao's spirit rings were arranged in yellow and purple in order and floated behind him.

This kind of super-standard soul ring ratio is not something that ordinary soul masters can have. Even the disciples of the sect rarely can absorb the thousand-year soul ring with the second soul ring. Considering that the soul beasts required for Huo Yuhao's spiritual attributes are extremely rare, and he himself is a child with no background, to be able to achieve this result, his talent can be said to be quite terrifying.

Putting aside other things, the first three soul rings of the current Sea God Pavilion Master, Moon, are just normal ratios, and the second soul ring is still a yellow hundred-year soul ring. It is conceivable how monstrous Huo Yuhao's situation is.

Xian Lin'er temporarily suppressed her repeatedly shocked heart and carefully observed Huo Yuhao's actions. As a result, her heart, which had not yet calmed down, was shocked again.

Huo Yuhao's movements might seem slow to ordinary people, but to a soul master, he was able to do it so effortlessly for the first time, which was already a rare achievement. Most soul masters would probably ruin the materials after just a few attempts at carving a core array.
As Huo Yuhao slowly carved the last line, the core formation was finally complete. Curious, Huo Yuhao brought it close to his face and rubbed it carefully. With his soul power stimulating it, the fine iron successfully emitted a faint glow.

A slight smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's originally tense mouth. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with his pioneering work.

Xian Lin'er didn't know what to say. Generally speaking, a soul engineer who could complete a complete carving with ease for the first time was one in a thousand, and one in ten thousand was the only one who could succeed in carving it in one go and make the core magic circle work.

Xian Lin'er took a deep breath, finally making up her mind. She looked solemnly at Huo Yuhao and began to introduce herself. "Yuhao, I need to introduce myself to you now. I'm Xian Lin'er, the current dean of the Soul Guidance Department. I admire your talent very much, and I'm sure you'll achieve excellent results in the upcoming freshman assessments, perhaps even winning championship."

"With your talent, the Spiritual Martial Arts Department will definitely treat you like a core disciple, and they will definitely not allow you to study in the Spirit Guidance Department. I can assure you that when it comes to valuing you, the Spirit Guidance Department will definitely far surpass the Spiritual Martial Arts Department. They can give you everything the Spiritual Martial Arts Department can, and even what the Spiritual Martial Arts Department can't, the Spirit Guidance Department can still give you! So I want to ask you, do you want to become my disciple?"

The harvest was far greater than expected. Was there any reason for Huo Yuhao not to agree?
He bowed deeply to Xian Lin'er with great respect, then said, "From now on, I will trouble you with your guidance."

(End of this chapter)