Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 54, is it not possible?

Is the assessment difficult?

Xu Yuan didn't pay any attention.

The reason these two were able to persevere until the start of the story is that the so-called high difficulty was probably just adding pressure to them.

After all, it's only been half a year, how much progress can you expect?

Sometimes it's possible to get stuck at a bottleneck and not make any progress for six months, although this is relatively unlikely.

Xu Yuan was somewhat interested in the conference held by the Mech Pilots Association.

"Let's go take a look first. Anyway, my progress in the past six months has been transformative, so there's no need to worry," Xu Yuan decided.

Mech Pilots Association.

The once quiet association was now unusually lively.

Even though the event hasn't officially started yet, quite a few professionals have already come here to exchange ideas.

"Junior Xu, you're here too?" Yu Yang greeted Xu Yuan warmly when he saw him.

Yu Yang is an outer court disciple, a sixth-year student, and has no chance of being admitted to the inner court. He will graduate in two and a half years.

The graduation standard for Shrek Academy's outer court is to become a One-Word Battle Armor Master, which includes breaking through to level 50 in Soul Power, because a One-Word Battle Armor Master corresponds to a level 50 Soul King.

Of course, the soul power level is not difficult for Shrek students. The six grades take a total of eighteen years. Adding the age of twelve or thirteen when they enter school, they are basically thirty years old when they graduate from the sixth grade. Thirty years old is more than enough for a student of Shrek's outer academy to become a Soul King.

Moreover, these are students who have passed every upgrade assessment.

The real challenge lies in crafting the One-Word Battle Armor.

This is really time-consuming and laborious.

The direction is the most important. Once the direction of the battle armor is determined, it will be easier to produce two-word battle armor in the future. Therefore, strictly speaking, one-word battle armor is often the one that battle armor masters spend the most time on.

The purchase of rare metals and the production of battle armor both require assistance, and the contribution points spent in this process are unknown.

To put it another way, customizing a Yellow-level mech requires millions of contribution points, while the value of a One-Word Battle Armor far exceeds that of a Yellow-level mech. Moreover, the failure rate during its production is extremely high, resulting in the waste of a significant amount of refined metal.

Millions of contribution points are worth more than one hundred million Federal Credits.

Yu Yang's battle armor is now complete, with only the gauntlet remaining. He is a mecha maker himself, with a high enough level and sufficient experience. He has also prepared the necessary first-grade refined metal.

He simply didn't make the gauntlet so he could continue spending the last two and a half years in the outer academy.

Even if Shrek Academy is just the outer courtyard, it's still a good place. After all, it gathers the most outstanding Soul Masters on the entire continent, and almost all of them will become Battle Armor Masters in the future. It's very suitable for developing connections. Besides, there are Shrek Academy contribution points, so every extra bit helps.

Whether you exchange the money for Federal Coins or exchange it for rare metals through the associations within the academy, you'll make a profit.

Although there are various professional associations outside the industry, there is a significant difference between associations that are open to the public and those that are only open to academics.

"Senior Yu Yang, the battle armor isn't finished yet?"

Yu Yang's lips twitched.

"Isn't it because the gauntlets are difficult to make?"

"Senior, is there anything I should be aware of regarding this exchange activity?" Xu Yuan was still preparing to ask this senior for some details.

After all, judging by the timeline, this senior student may have experienced two such conferences.

"You want to participate? To be honest, your level isn't high enough. Level 2 professionals should just stay on the sidelines and listen to the discussion. Don't even think about getting involved." Yu Yang rolled his eyes, his words quite malicious.

"Senior, my theories are no less than those of a level three professional." Having combined cultivation of multiple professions, Xu Yuan has a deeper understanding of each one.

"If you really want to participate, you can go over there and take a look. They discuss some of the main issues there, while other places are more like... arguing."

Yu Yang pointed in a direction.

"Thanks, senior. I wish you a speedy completion of your gauntlet."

Xu Yuan took his leave and offered his best wishes to his senior classmates.

Yu Yang rolled his eyes.

No way, I'd like to postpone it a bit longer.

Xu Yuan moved closer.

A seven-year-old child standing out conspicuously among a group of teenagers.

Even though Xu Yuan's growth was much faster due to his cultivation breakthroughs, he was still only 1.5 meters tall and had a childlike innocence on his face, which made him stand out.

That's right, seven and a half years old and 1.4 meters tall.

This is also a special case in Douluo Continent.

Physical development is also linked to martial spirit cultivation.

Seeing a child trying to squeeze in, the senior students kindly made way for him, allowing him to get in.

Xu Yuan looked at the sections where several fourth-year students were presiding over the research and discussion topics.

His eyes lit up.

And you know what? There were topics that actually interested him.

For example, the topic of the necessity for a Soul Master to nurture their Battle Armor.

"When a battle armor reaches the second rank, it has already begun to possess spirituality. A battle armor with the third rank may have basic consciousness and be able to communicate with the soul master's mind."

"As we all know, four-word battle armor requires Heavenly Forged Metal, which is forged by a divine craftsman, to be made. However, there is only one divine craftsman on the continent, and Heavenly Forged Metal is extremely scarce. Not everyone has the opportunity to obtain a complete set of Heavenly Forged Metal."

"I once went to the Star Luo Continent for exchanges. The national teacher of the Star Luo Empire was a four-word battle armor master. However, it is said that his four-word battle armor was upgraded by himself."

"Therefore, I raised this question: theoretically, is it possible to replicate the process of nurturing and upgrading a three-word battle armor using a Soul Master's own body? What is the success rate? How can the success rate be increased?"

As Xu Yuan listened to his senior's story, he couldn't help but feel a little disgusted when he was interested.

Isn't this an activity related to the future development of mechs?

Why is it still battle armor?

However, the topic of bypassing the Heavenly Forging to create a four-word battle armor is still very appealing.

"Since there are successful examples, it means there is a theory supporting this path, but..." a female senior student hesitated before speaking.

"Just what?" The senior who asked the question looked at the female senior with shining eyes.

"But you yourself have already set the conditions. That Imperial Advisor is a Limit Douluo, and his fusion with a three-word Douluo stage Douluo armor should be extremely high. Yet, even so, he's the only one who succeeded. This shows that it requires opportunity, and it also needs to be in harmony with one's own opportunity; otherwise, it's impossible to succeed." The senior, ignoring the gleaming senior, analyzed very seriously, "But you must understand, he's the Imperial Advisor, a Limit Douluo. There are probably only a handful of opportunities on the entire continent that could be more effective than his, and it also requires harmony with oneself."

To put it bluntly, an exception is an exception; even if it can be replicated in theory, it cannot be replicated in reality.

Many people around nodded in agreement.

"Since we're going to bypass Heavenly Forging, why not consider other secondary professions?" Xu Yuan asked.

A child interrupted, surprising the older students.

"Little brother, you don't want the mecha designers to design Soul Forging Metal as a Heaven Forging-level metal, do you?" a senior student teased.

Xu Yuan, however, asked in return with great seriousness.

"Isn't that possible?"

It's still five updates a day, but my daily update schedule is from midnight to midnight.

These past few days have been relatively normal; they've been posting in the afternoon and evening.

But this made my sleep schedule very uncomfortable. I spent the whole afternoon frantically typing, at a high intensity, and my hands couldn't take it anymore.

I'm ready to break up.

There's usually one chapter around midnight or 9 or 10 AM, then one each at 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM.

(End of this chapter)