Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 105 List Carving Knife

"Here, before the next round of shooting begins, take a look at this." Tong Tingting handed Qian Renxue a soul guide core.

"What is this?" Qian Renxue took the core and examined it curiously.

This is a very ordinary level-two core magic array, with simple charging and acceleration magic arrays on it.

"If I needed to make a soul-guided rifle right now, how do you think I should optimize the core?" Tong Tingting asked.

Qian Renxue touched the small object. It wasn't difficult to make. In the past three months, she had made hundreds, if not thousands, of soul guide cores.

"If it needs to be installed in a rifle, then the charging and acceleration arrays inside are not enough." Qian Renxue played with it for a moment, without thinking, "For example, the soul-guided pistol I just used has two charging and two acceleration arrays in its soul-guided core array, while a soul-guided rifle requires higher accuracy and a longer range."

"Okay, continue." Tong Tingting nodded.

"If it's a general optimization, it's actually quite simple. We just need to add two more acceleration arrays and one charging array to this little thing. This will allow the soul-guided rifle to have a greater initial velocity and acceleration when it's fired, and the soul-guided ray will also become less prone to dissipation due to the increased charging."

Tong Tingting shook her head: "This isn't your level. I want to hear your own understanding."

Qian Renxue chuckled: "If it were me, I might modify these soul-guiding arrays themselves to make them more precise."

"For example, we can modify the original charging array to give it the function of compressing soul power as well." Qian Renxue fiddled with it for a moment. "You see, the workmanship here is obviously not detailed enough. I just need to do this first, and then this..."

As she spoke, she took out her small carving knife and began to draw on it.

"Crack—" The core cracked.

Qian Renxue sighed: "This thing isn't hard enough."

Even geniuses have their troubles; you can't just take some random piece of junk and expect her to turn it into gold.

Tong Tingting was speechless when she saw the cracked soul guide core. She had only wanted to hear Qian Renxue's design ideas, but she hadn't expected her to start working on it so directly.

"Actually, I just wanted to hear your thoughts, I didn't expect you to act so quickly." Tong Tingting shrugged. "However, I already know your thoughts."

"Oh, I see..." Qian Renxue chuckled awkwardly.

"However, there's something you should pay attention to," Tong Tingting suddenly said. "I feel that when you're inscribing the magic array, sometimes your movements don't keep up with your thoughts, is that right?"

Qian Renxue nodded slightly: "A bit. It's a very strange feeling, just like when a Soul Master is in battle. You might have some brilliant ideas, but your Martial Soul or Soul Skills aren't enough to support them."

"A very clever analogy. But this isn't actually your problem; it's that your carving knife can't keep up with your thoughts." Tong Tingting pointed to the small knife in her hand.

Qian Renxue moved her right hand fingers, and the small carving knife immediately danced in her hand.

"This little thing is indeed a bit weak. When carving some core magic arrays, it feels not sharp enough, or rather, it cannot carve more intricate things," Qian Renxue said.

"Actually, this carving knife can only support the carving of a level one core magic array," Tong Tingting said in a low voice, "but you've already been able to use it to try a level three core magic array. I haven't mentioned this because I wanted to see where your limits were."

Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment, then realized it was true. She had been focused on the core magic array and her own techniques, but hadn't considered that the problem lay with the small knife. Because she was a skilled knife user, given a Green Ghost, she could easily defeat a fifth-ring sword fanatic.

Furthermore, she had been consciously imbuing the carving knife with her angelic soul power, so ordinary forging materials naturally could not withstand the pressure of the angelic soul power.

Tong Tingting took out a carving knife and handed it to her: "This carving knife was given to you by Director Lin Jiayi. It's called Onimaru."

Qian Renxue curiously took the carving knife and played with it for a while. "On the continent, there is a ranking list called the List of Carving Knives. There are a total of one hundred carving knives on it, and the ranking is re-established every ten years," Tong Tingting introduced. "And this Onimaru was once ranked in the top fifty a hundred years ago. In the last ranking, it was ranked seventy."

"Give away such a good thing so easily?" Qian Renxue had heard of this list. It was said that nearly eighty of the engraving knives currently on the list were in the Sun Moon Empire.

"Although Fatty Lin is a bit eccentric, he knows that geniuses need to be nurtured," Tong Tingting said. "After seeing your research results recently, he seems to have gone to see the head of Mingde Hall. I don't know much more about that."

"If you see other carving knives at any auctions later, you can bid on them. But I estimate they won't be cheap," Tong Tingting concluded.

Money? Qian Renxue doesn't seem to lack money now. She still gets ten million in pocket money every month, and she doesn't have any expenses right now, so she has saved up a huge sum of money.

"Get ready again. Didn't you say you wanted to do another shooting test?" Tong Tingting tossed the soul-guided pistol to her.

"Thanks." Qian Renxue waved the Onimaru carving knife and put it into her storage soul tool.

When she first grasped the carving knife, she had a strange feeling. It felt as if the carving knife could absorb the soul power of a soul master and better attach soul power to it.

Unlike before when she forcibly attached angelic soul power to the small carving knife, this Onimaru carving knife seems to have this function. In other words, the carving knife itself seems to be a powerful soul tool.

During this time, she had an idea: if she could condense and release the angel's soul power like a ray, perhaps it would have a better effect when carving? Just like laser carving.

Seemingly because she had received something good, her mood improved: "Teacher Tong, give me a larger quantity."

She gripped the small pistol tightly, watching the twenty moving, floating targets falling around her, her figure becoming ethereal.

……

"Miss!"

Just after Qian Renxue finished another round of shooting, a voice called out at the entrance of the training ground. Qian Renxue looked over and saw Shen Yuanyi waving at her, with Xue Di beside her.

"Why are you here?" Qian Renxue breathed a sigh of relief and walked over.

Shen Yuanyi jogged over: "It was Fatty Lin who called me. He said that the two teams from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy have returned from their training outside."

Qian Renxue pondered for a moment: "You mean, the team that's about to participate in the competition?"

"That's right!" Xue Di wasn't as impulsive as Shen Yuanyi. She walked over slowly. "Director Lin told us last time that he would let us spar with the reserve team members or something."

Qian Renxue herself wasn't particularly interested in the competition, but considering that she could use it to revive the Spirit Hall's former glory and fulfill her promise to Teacher Ye Xishui to win the championship herself, she agreed.

"They should be here soon, right?" Tong Tingting walked over. "I know those fourteen people too. Most of them were trained by me before. It would be a good thing if you could join them."

Qian Renxue nodded. Although Tong Tingting was only the head teacher of the beginner class, she was actually also an instructor at this Soul Guidance Trial Ground, responsible for a lot of practical training. Due to the pressure of her work, she taught classes in the beginner class.

"Speaking of which, the captain of that reserve team, Xiao Hongchen, is the grandson of the head of the Mingde Hall and is hailed as the number one genius of the younger generation in the Sun Moon Empire." Tong Tingting smiled, "Don't let yourself be fooled."

Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow: "The number one genius?"

(End of this chapter)