Give Douluo a technological shock

"That's enough for today's sword techniques. Your friend is here to see you."

Yang Xiao, who was sitting cross-legged on the playground with the Azure Cloud Bamboo Blade resting horizontally on his lap, practicing sword meditation amidst a faint azure aura, stopped at the right moment and addressed the two senior female students who had come to him seeking their "humble advice." Since Dean Long replaced his [Azure Cloud] Pandora Core with the [Azure Cloud] last month, Dean Long's duties seemed to have ended. He didn't need anyone to teach him the speed of his soul power cultivation, and as for the path of intent, he had his own cultivation rhythm.

As Xiaoxiao ran closer, she pushed out her panting contracted soul beast—a hundred-year-old dark gold dinosaur bear—to show everyone, and excitedly said:

"Look, I've contracted a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear! Ah! It's so cute!"

As she spoke, Xiaoxiao couldn't help but vigorously rub the golden bear cub's round head.

"Wow!"

Looking at the fluffy golden bear cub, Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan couldn't help but gasp. The sight of a well-fed, golden bear cub was incredibly appealing to the girls. As for why Wang Dong is considered a girl, it's because after entering the Star Dou Martial Soul Research Institute, she discovered she was the last to know the fact that "only women can inherit the Goddess of Light Butterfly." Ultimately, she stopped pretending to be a tomboy, and after Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan arrived, having made friends with them made her much more cheerful.

"You little rascal, you don't look very old, do you?"

"Yes, that's right. A senior student named Su from the Engineering Department said that the Soul Ring Contract can not only enlighten the mind, but also accelerate the cultivation speed of Soul Beasts."

The dark gold dinosaur bear cub, whose head was being held by Xiao Xiao's hands, had a clear and innocent stupidity in its round eyes that no one could dislike.

"Moreover, it's obvious that you guys don't know much about the information from the Academy of Engineering. The latest announced classification of soul beast realms is based on White Realm, Yellow Realm, and Purple Realm. Using years to classify them isn't very scientific."

Faced with Wang Dong and his companion, who were only focused on cultivation and ready to solve problems with their fists, Xiao Xiao, an inconspicuous person who was running around trying to attract attention, made them understand what it meant to be "learned but without friends, one becomes ignorant and ill-informed."

Although Xiaoxiao sometimes presents herself as a well-behaved and docile young lady who doesn't compete with others, it's clear from her early addition of spirit rings to her second spirit, the Three Lives Cauldron, that she actually desires to receive things from others. After arriving at the Star Dou Spirit Academy, she was filled with curiosity about everything new and was willing to actively try new things.

"It's not that simple to divide them. White is called White Rainbow, purple is called Purple Radiance, and yellow is still being considered. We don't know yet. They also want to divide some special soul tools in this way."

Yang Xiao, who had been quietly listening to Xiao Xiao's boasting, also offered his own more up-to-date information, since he had a vice dean as his mentor and thus had relatively high authority.

"Hearing it this way, it does make a lot more sense. Some soul beasts cultivate quickly and can reach the level of a hundred-year soul beast in just over ten years. The previous kind of cultivation was indeed very disjointed."

Jiang Nannan, who had been studying at the Spirit Academy for almost two months, nodded. Here, she often saw some intelligent and powerful spirit beasts bringing their own cubs to study, and they were very receptive to learning.

"The reason why the Soul Ring Contract can accelerate the cultivation speed of Soul Beasts while activating their intelligence is because of a chance discovery by Senior Su from the Engineering Department. The intelligence of Soul Beasts will subjectively affect their absorption of Soul Power."

Yang Xiao then added some information that Xiao Xiao had missed.

The reason why soul beasts cultivate so slowly has been studied by the Academy of Engineering and the Martial Soul Academy. However, what they did not expect was that it would be explained by the "wisdom influence theory" proposed by a new student.

Based on Chen Fu's theory of soul power level cultivation, he boldly hypothesized that "soul beasts have a very low absorption rate of soul power due to their low intelligence." He also criticized the original bloodline supremacy theory that "some soul beasts can fight against thousand-year-olds in a hundred-year period, and against ten-thousand-year-olds in a thousand-year period." In his theory, these powerful "hundred-year-old soul beasts" only represent that they have lived for a hundred years, but do not represent that their cultivation level is only a hundred years.

At the same time, combining the backgrounds of these super soul beasts, they even obtained orders from the higher-ups of Star Dou to go to the territory of super soul beasts like the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear for in-depth analysis. Some soul beasts are more efficient at absorbing soul power because of their bloodline, but others are just naturally smarter!

Don't be fooled by the seemingly innocent and foolish appearance of the dark gold dinosaur paw bear cub in Xiao Xiao's hands. The fact that it can stay quietly in Xiao Xiao's hands without making a fuss and doesn't react aggressively to the three strangers around it already shows that this bear cub can distinguish between friend and foe.

Wow! Yang Xiao, you know so much!

Xiao Xiao only knew bits and pieces of information, but she never expected that Yang Xiao, who was usually calm and unassuming, knew everything.

"By the way, Wang Dong, Mama Xiong has a baby bear. Do you want to try and see if you can adopt it?"

The dark gold dinosaur cub in Xiaoxiao's hands also has a brother bear, but Xiaoxiao only adopted one due to limited energy.

Regarding the theory that spirit ring contracts can increase the cultivation speed of spirit beasts, the Academy of Engineering currently holds a conservative attitude. However, many super spirit beast parents will give up the rare spirit ring contract experiment slots to their offspring in order to give them a better growth environment so that their children can win at the starting line.

At the Awakening Plaza in the core of Star Dou, over a thousand ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts have been gradually gathered. Under the beasts' commands, they operate strictly according to the order set by the Star Dou Engineering Institute. Ning Yi, the former city lord of Nine Treasures City, is preparing to build a giant city centered on the Awakening Plaza. This plan has been approved by Chen Fu, the dean of the Star Dou Engineering Institute, and has been named: Star Dou City.

"Me? I think I'll pass..." Wang Dong thought that if he had a bear cub on his already not-so-sunny days, he probably wouldn't be able to take good care of it.

Although the official term is "contracted spirit beast," humans privately prefer to call it "adopting a spirit beast baby." According to the family values ​​of spirit beasts, once the offspring leave, they are considered independent.

Moreover, most soul beasts currently cannot understand the difference between the meanings of "contract" and "adoption".

"It's alright, it's a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear! A super soul beast! It's the same species as Lord Bear! Don't you want to adopt a silly Lord Bear and take it home?"

Seeing that Wang Dong didn't seem too resistant, Xiao Xiao intensified her verbal offensive. After all, she had been entrusted with the task of taking care of Wang Dong by a certain boy who was recently obsessed with soul tools.

And after Xiaoxiao learned that Wang Dong was a girl, oh ho ho! she became even more enthusiastic.

"We can go later. We can go to the Academy of Engineering now and see what's going on. They're doing a really cool experiment there. Youlan told us we can go check it out."

Yang Xiao, standing to the side, had his foldable battle spirit device flashing with light, and then he extended an invitation to everyone.

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Chapter 90: Feeling the flow of energy, unifying intention and energy, boom! The seventh soul ring without skills!

Chapter 96 Feeling the flow of energy, unifying intention and energy, boom! The seventh soul ring without skills!

When the group arrived at the grand gate of the Star Dou Engineering Academy, led by Yang Xiao, the Son of Authority, they could already feel the enormous fluctuations of soul power inside, and the surrounding area was filled with students arriving one after another.

"It seems they've arrived at just the right time."

As human students and small spirit beasts began to walk into the Star Dou Engineering Academy, Yang Xiao, standing in the crowd, addressed them:

"The Heavenly Dao has given us instructions: we need to observe within a designated area, otherwise we risk injury. Have you received them?"

Just as Yang Xiao finished speaking, the [Heavenly Dao], which detected the battle spirit device signals of Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan, also sent out location planning in a timely manner.

"I feel like I'm superfluous."

Seeing that they had already scurried all the way to the gate, and were about to sneak in, [Tiandao] finally sent a message to include them as "one of our own." Xiaoxiao, holding her teddy bear, felt as if she and the others were just freebies that were worthless, and her face immediately fell.

"[Heavenly Dao] sends messages according to the hierarchy of permissions. If you want to get more, you'll need to upgrade your permissions."

As Yang Xiao led the three of them and Xiong into the Star Dou Engineering Institute with practiced ease, he turned back to explain to them. Although his cultivation level was currently low, he came from a commoner background and was quite mature for his age. In addition, he was two or three years older than Xiao Xiao and the others, so he could easily perceive their emotional changes.

"But you haven't been here any longer than us, so how come you have such high privileges? Hey, did you get in through connections?"

As Xiao Xiao entered the Starry Sky Engineering Institute, she looked around. This was her first time entering such a place. Normally, as a nobody, she wouldn't have any permission to enter.

"Me? Of course not."

Leading the three along the path instructed by the [Heavenly Dao], they arrived at a high ground. Looking at the dense golden soul energy fluctuations in the distance, Yang Xiao continued:

“I currently owe the Chinese Academy of Engineering a large sum of money, which perhaps reflects the saying: ‘Those who owe money are the boss.’ Moreover, the more you owe, the more carefree you become.”

"Look, they've started again over there. I wonder what kind of experiment they're conducting; the fluctuations are so huge."

It turns out that Yang Xiao also had information he didn't know, or rather, the entire Star Dou knew very little about the purpose of this experiment.

As everyone gazed curiously at the dense golden soul energy fluctuations on the distant circular training ground, a slightly tired and hoarse voice suddenly reached their ears:

"Master Chen is verifying the possibility of a soul beast transforming into its own seventh soul ring, and he is also going to perform a soul skill-free martial soul true body possession. The teacher has made a big move again without making a sound."

After they finished speaking, the four of them realized that a dark-circled boy wearing a white and blue coat had appeared beside them at some point.

Xiao Xiao turned her head and saw the boy's pale and weak face, as if he had kidney deficiency. She was almost startled and quickly grabbed the gurgling teddy bear, calling out:

"When did you arrive? Why did you walk so quietly?"

"Yuhao, are you alright?" Wang Dong exclaimed immediately.

Yang Xiao, on the other hand, turned his head with surprise and looked Huo Yuhao up and down. He had seen this person before, but when he first appeared, he was lifeless, which surprised him greatly, as he possessed the "Life Bamboo Blade".

The Azure Cloud Bamboo Blade, though called a bamboo blade, is more accurately described as a blade-shaped bamboo with life force (especially effective against children), thus giving it a strong sense of vitality. [Heavenly Dao] once told him that the origin of his bloodline should be traced back to a 100,000-year-old bamboo spirit beast, and that once he becomes a Soul Saint, he will be able to display a glimpse of the glory of his ancestor—the Azure Cloud Bamboo Emperor.

There is a very special phenomenon in this world: anyone who can reproduce and pass on their lineage, whether they are commoners or Soul Masters, must have had wealthy ancestors; otherwise, they would not have been able to continue their bloodline and genes.

"It's nothing, I've been staying up too late lately, so I'm not feeling very well."

Huo Yuhao, looking pale and with dark circles under his eyes, explained to everyone, his gaze lingering on the teddy bear in Xiao Xiao's hand for a moment before he looked up at the worried girl with short blue and pink hair and said softly:

"Sorry, I've been so engrossed in researching something lately that I haven't been paying attention to the time."

"...You still need to get more rest." Wang Dong's expression was complicated, and he didn't know what to say for a moment. Part of the reason why Huo Yuhao was so engrossed in his work was because of her.

"Okay, okay." Huo Yuhao forced a smile, nodded, then looked up at the golden sky in the distance and said to everyone with a smile:

"Look, it's about to start over there."

At the same time, Huo Yuhao was communicating with Electrolux in his mind:

"Master Yi, isn't Professor Chen's research progressing too fast?"

"...Indeed very fast." Even Electrox, who prided himself on his unparalleled talent, had to admit that Chen Fu's martial soul was simply the sharpest blade on the road of research. Combined with Chen Fu's own research mind, it was like sodium plus water, directly exploding into a white mushroom cloud on the spot.

"Then, is it still necessary for us to create cannonballs using our spirit forging technology combined with necromancy?"

Looking at the huge golden dragon spirit summoning pattern amidst the golden soul power fluctuations in the distance, Huo Yuhao asked Ilex with some uncertainty.

"We should all be thankful that he has now given up on further research into the soul."

In Electrolux's perception, the distant space where soul power folds has been taken over by that electronic undead, which made him feel somewhat emotional.

“You are all now under the control of that little guy [Azure]. If he continues to study souls, then the next step will almost certainly be to pull out everyone’s souls and feed them to [Azure].

Sensing that the Martial Soul projection space had been drawn in by [Azure] using a special magic array, and that it was trying to modify something using different unknown magic arrays, Electrox felt that he should hide his demiplane well and not let that little guy find it, otherwise his home might be raided.

"Is it that scary?" Huo Yuhao was filled with fear when he heard Elder Yi say this for the first time. He had been studying necromancy recently, so he knew how terrifying it was to directly extract a soul.

"According to that person's logic, you should be immortal as ghosts inside that little guy's body, but... his method is that you die in the next second, but you live in the previous second... It's a kind of alternative immortality, but there's no way to counteract it. He gave up researching the soul, probably because of that explosion before, which made him turn back."

As an expert in the study of souls, the former Holy Law Master of the Undead, Electrox, almost instantly deduced his future development plan using Chen Fu's existing technology.

"However... he's also become more difficult to deal with."

Finally, Electrolux silently added a sentence. In the realm of the soul, he was confident he could beat Chen Fu in countless ways for hundreds of years without repeating himself, but that person had returned to his own path, continuing to advance into the dark unknown in a realm Electrolux did not understand.

After all, even as a necromancer, Elex has his strengths and weaknesses.

"Since your work is finished, I can give it to him and then we'll have a basis for communication."

Electrolux never considered giving all the technology to that person, because he was almost certain that the person could deduce his own things from the most basic things.

The forging technology that has reached its peak in one's own world may be the best at present, but it is not the most suitable research direction with the greatest potential for growth.