Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 329 346347—The widespread use of mental shielding soul guides leaves tech thief Huo with nowhere to go!

The instrument is a tall, vertical cylinder with a crystal column running from top to bottom on the front, and a circular platform on the ground in front of it. The entire instrument is about 2.5 meters tall.

Xu Tianzhen walked forward a few steps with ease and stood facing the crystal pillar.

"Relax your whole body, let's begin." As Lin Jiayi spoke, a dense wave of soul power suddenly emanated from his body, most noticeably on his arms, where a white halo could be clearly seen shimmering.

Immediately afterwards, a white light shone from the top of the soul conductor instrument. The light was fan-shaped and covered an area of ​​about one square meter, slowly descending from top to bottom.

The white light slowly scanned downwards, taking half a day to reach Xu Tianzhen's chest from her head.

"Physical strength, level 50; physical resilience, level 45; soul power fluctuation, level 47; height, 1.62 meters; weight, 44 kilograms; left arm length, ...; no soul bone attachment."

Overall rating: Soul Master, Physical Strength, Soul Master, Physical Power, To be tested.

As expected of a princess, the food is quite good! Her soul power level of forty-seven is actually equivalent to a physical strength level of fifty.

"Sister-in-law, look, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this. Let's go up quickly!"

Xu Tianzhen skipped and hopped down from above, spun around in front of Qian Lingyun, showing that she was perfectly healthy.

"Alright!"

With the mindset of "the sooner the better," Qian Lingyun stepped forward, staring blankly at the pillar, awaiting the test results.

When the light from the Soul Conductor began scanning downwards, Lin Jiayi's expression was as ferocious as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Even the volume of his voice noticeably increased.

Height: 1.78 meters, Weight: 500 kilograms!

"Physical strength exceeds the test level! Physical resilience exceeds the test level! Soul power level exceeds the test level..."

At this point, even Jing Hongchen, who was standing to the side, looked astonished. Putting aside the fact that all the indicators were above the test level, what on earth was this about a weight of 500 kilograms? ①

"Beep, beep, beep, beep..." The Soul Conductor Meter suddenly emitted a strange sound. Lin Jiayi stared in disbelief and said, "The data... the data is malfunctioning, the Soul Conductor Meter is malfunctioning..."

When Lin Jiayi looked at Qian Lingyun again, a mixture of shock and fear even showed in her eyes.

"Ahem, I can tell this machine is broken, but with the height and weight, making school uniforms shouldn't be a problem, right!?"

After clearing her throat twice, Qian Lingyun blurted out another witty remark: "Speaking of making school uniforms, do you want me to give you my measurements? I'm afraid you don't know the sizes and will make the clothes too small and constrict me!"

Jing Hongchen, Lin Jiayi, and Xu Tianzhen (with confused expressions): "Do you want to hear what you're saying?!"

"It looks like there's something wrong with the machine here and it needs to be repaired. Why don't you two go back and rest first, and then come back to test the others after the repairs are done?"

Jing Hongchen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said somewhat guiltily.

The data that follows may be incorrect, but the height and weight are definitely correct.

The weight of 500 kilograms really shocked him; he needed to go back to his office to calm down.

Unexpectedly, Qian Lingyun suddenly blocked his way and said with an awkward smile, "Your sudden enrollment must have caused you a lot of trouble, Hall Master. In the future, I may need your care and help. To express my gratitude, I would like to give you a gift privately."

"A gift for me?" Jing Hongchen was immediately intrigued. After all, a gift from the royal family couldn't be too bad.

Jing Hongchen stroked his chin, a half-smile on his face, and said, "If word gets out that Your Highness the Crown Princess gave me a gift, aren't you worried it will cause trouble for His Highness the Crown Prince? After all, His Majesty has clearly stipulated that princes cannot have private contact with me."

"There are only four of us here, what's there to worry about?" Qian Lingyun frowned slightly, displeased. "Besides, it's just a small gift, what difference will it make if others find out!"

As she spoke, Qian Lingyun raised her right hand, touched the ring on her index finger, and took out a metal square box, handing it to Jing Hongchen.

"Master, this is just a soul tool invented by my friend. If you need to use it, just do it like this..." Qianling said, and then thoughtfully demonstrated it to Jing Hongchen a few times.

If the Third Elder were here, he would definitely notice that the metal square box that Qian Lingyun gave to Jing Hongchen is exactly the same as the one he gave to Qian Lingyun…

Jing Hongchen took the metal box and examined it in his hand.

Although it was just a prototype, this soul tool was made with exquisite craftsmanship. Both the core magic array and the outer shell assembly were almost flawless.

Soul Masters who possess this technique are at least at level eight. Considering its other effects, it truly deserves the honor of being a masterpiece.

After slightly activating his soul power to sense it, Jing Hongchen was surprised to find that there were more than ten miniature magic arrays inside this metal square, and some of the miniature magic arrays were even deliberately combined together.

Miniature combined core magic array!

This is a technique used by a level nine Soul Master to show off. It seems that the creator of this Soul Tool is also a level nine Soul Master, just like him.

Following Qian Lingyun's instructions, Jing Hongchen injected soul power into the soul tool, and a nearly transparent milky-white barrier emerged, creating a square-shaped force field barrier!

"Is this... a shielding device?" Jing Hongchen exclaimed after briefly testing the soul tool's effects, "It's actually a mental shielding soul tool!"

"Thank you for this gift, Your Highness! I will accept it!"

"Wait!" Qian Lingyun raised her hand, her beautiful eyes fixed intently on Jing Hongchen, and said softly, "Doesn't the Hall Master want to know where this is most suitable to be placed?"

"Where?" Jing Hongchen asked subconsciously.

"As far as I know, our exchange program with Shrek Academy will begin in a few months, right?" Qian Lingyun coaxed patiently.

"So what?" Jing Hongchen looked at Qian Lingyun, clearly not understanding the point of her question.

Seeing Jing Hongchen's bewildered expression, Qian Lingyun also began to ponder where the problem lay.

In the previous Soul Master Competition finals, Ma Xiaotao was absent from the competition, so the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy naturally did not bring out the Sword of Judgment to make a splash.

Without the Sword of Judgment, there was naturally no way for Elder Xuan to bully the weak and forcibly seize the sword.

Since the Sword of Judgment wasn't lost, Jing Hongchen naturally didn't go to the Sea God Pavilion to retrieve it. Without going to the Sea God Pavilion, Hongchen's protection and those level eight and nine soul-guided cannons weren't taken away by the Shrek Academy members.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao has not actually attracted much attention from Jing Hongchen.

"I've met your grandchildren before. During the Soul Master Competition, there was a student at Shrek Academy named Huo Yuhao who possessed twin martial souls. Does the Hall Master remember him?"

Qian Lingyun looked at Jing Hongchen with a smile, hoping he could come up with something.

After pondering for a while, Jing Hongchen seemed to remember such a person. He said:

"Hmm... I think there is such a person, but I don't remember him. What's so special about him?"

Good grief, you actually can't remember at all, you're just saying this to keep me entertained?

So you really think you can ignore others just because you won the championship?

However, it seems surprisingly reasonable...

After all, Huo Yuhao was just a lowly Kara with a second-ring cultivation level back then, while Jing Hongchen was a ninth-level Soul Master with a status almost equivalent to that of a national advisor!

If I were him, with two Soul King juniors around fourteen or fifteen years old, I wouldn't even bother with this kind of trash, even if they had twin martial souls.

Thinking of this, Qian Lingyun swallowed and immediately activated the mental detection sharing function, intending to analyze everything in the room for Jing Hongchen.

Jing Hongchen sensed the intrusion of external spiritual power into his spiritual sea, and he instinctively wanted to resist.

However, whether they resisted or not, the spiritual sharing achieved fusion so easily.

In other words, you have to accept it whether you agree or not.

In an instant, everything in the room became completely three-dimensional, and a 360-degree 3D pattern appeared in Jing Hongchen's mind.

Analysis of the internal structure of both people and soul-guided devices inside rooms.

"what!"

Jing Hongchen's pupils contracted as he stared in astonishment at Qian Lingyun, his hands trembling uncontrollably: "This is..."

"Yes, Huo Yuhao also has this soul skill. So, now you know why I gave you a mental shielding soul tool, right?"

Qian Lingyun withdrew her shared mental detection and looked at Jing Hongchen with great interest, chuckling, "Bringing someone with such a soul skill to Mingde Hall, a sacred place for soul tools, shouldn't the Hall Master's wisdom make it easy to imagine what will happen, right?"

"The secret soul tools of my Sun Moon Empire and even the Mingde Hall will be easily stolen by them! Then they'll turn them into their own and use them against us!"

At this point, Jing Hongchen's face still held a hint of coldness. He was now fully awake, and it seemed necessary for him to call a halt to this exchange student program!

"No, no, no, I think it's better not to stop this activity!" Qian Lingyun smiled and looked out the window, teasingly saying:

"Isn't it more interesting to deal with tech thieves by making them gain nothing and wasting their time?"

"What does the Crown Princess mean..." Jing Hongchen looked at the mental shielding soul tool in his hand, as if he understood something but couldn't say it outright. He could only look at Qian Lingyun, hoping that her answer was the one he wanted to hear.

"I not only have the original of this soul tool, but also a blueprint."

Qian Lingyun took out the blueprints for the mental shielding soul tool and waved them in front of Jing Hongchen. Qian Lingyun and Jing Hongchen exchanged a smile and said in unison:

"For the next few months, we'll combine these things with the noise shields into one device and then install it on all the soul tools!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, great minds think alike!" Qian Lingyun squinted at Jing Hongchen and couldn't help but ask:

"I own a soul tool processing factory with enough manpower. Do you want to ask me to order the finished products directly? I'll try to deliver them to you within three months."

"So you came here with the intention of doing business with me!" Jing Hongchen looked at Qian Lingyun with a wry smile and said slowly:

"Name your price! Although we at Mingde Hall have many Soul Masters, we primarily focus on research. I can't possibly have them working day and night to build this thing."

"Let me calculate, how about 15,000 pieces first! I'll calculate the blueprints separately! How about it?"

"Pfft! You're not kidding, are you?! How many? Fifteen thousand pieces? Can you even use them all?"

Qian Lingyun choked on her words and coughed a few times, saying incredulously, "You don't mean... you're going to cover everything up at the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, do you?!"

"Why not? These 15,000 pieces might not be enough. We have 5,000 research tables in Mingde Hall! Not to mention other things!" Jing Hongchen said aggressively.

"Then you should just cancel this exchange student program! You look exhausted from trying to spread all this information!"

Qian Lingyun gently advised, after all... she still has two big orders in hand. If she takes on another order of 20,000 pieces, her soul masters will probably have to work eight hours a day in front of the control panel!

"That won't do! My grandchildren still need to go to Shrek Academy to learn about Soul Master knowledge! I don't mind the hardship or the expense, but the children's education can't be neglected!"

At this moment, Qian Lingyun finally understood why Jing Hongchen, upon learning the news, only thought of canceling the exchange student program in the first second, and then immediately thought of spending money.

Jing Hongchen was incredibly shrewd. If it weren't for wanting his grandchildren to experience the atmosphere of the First Soul Master Academy, he would never have let himself do this sure-fire, unprofitable deal.

As for spending money, there's really nothing we can do about it!

Mingde Hall is so big and so advanced!

Although the mass-produced mental shielding soul tools are only level four soul tools, tens of thousands of them are still an astonishing number.

"How about this? We want 20,000 of these soul tools. Mingde Hall will cover all the rare metals used this time, and we'll pay 10,000 gold soul coins for the processing fee for each soul tool! What do you say?"

Jing Hongchen spoke very frankly, and even Qian Lingyun was moved.

Most types of level four soul tools cost around 10,000 gold soul coins, but Jing Hongchen not only provided the materials but also offered an extremely high processing fee.

Twenty thousand pieces, with a processing fee of ten thousand per piece plus materials... and so on, she counted the zeros first.

Yes, a single transaction netted 200 million!

Originally, Qian Lingyun's plan was to obtain materials according to the specifications of a level 5 soul tool, and while making money, deduct the cost of materials to earn an extra profit.

However, as the saying goes, the most important thing in doing business is integrity!

It's better to have a full meal every day than one full meal. Even evil soul masters wouldn't stoop to the level of the Tang Sect, which sells inferior goods and acts like they're above the law by relying on their monopoly.

"Good, Master is indeed straightforward!" Qian Lingyun extended her hand and gave Jing Hongchen a high five, confirming, "Three months from today, we will deliver these 20,000 mental shielding soul tools according to the specifications, materials, and wear and tear of level four soul tools. You have no objections, right?"

"Okay!" Jing Hongchen nodded, her eyes softening with gratitude as she looked at Qian Lingyun.

As the saying goes, no merchant is without guile! He originally thought that Qian Lingyun would take advantage of his lack of knowledge about goods and his tight schedule, and inflate the material costs so that he would suffer in silence!

But who would have thought that this Crown Princess was actually a rare honest person when it came to business!

He was so damn touched!

(Many metals have very high density; a small piece can easily weigh several kilograms. For example, the siege hammer mentioned in the original text, which was only a few cubic meters in size, weighed several hundred kilograms. The density of a siege hammer is several times lower than that of water, which is simply outrageous!)

(Original text: There are surveillance facilities everywhere, including sound monitoring. This is the main soul tool manufacturing base of Mingde Hall. I don't know the area it occupies, but it is at least half the size of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy mentioned above. There are a total of 5,000 experimental tables.)

In addition, during the first Soul Master Competition, Meng Hongchen, a Soul King, defeated several Shrek Academy members in succession, and in the end almost replaced the White Tiger Soul Emperor.

After studying at Shrek Academy for a few years, she, who had reached the Soul Emperor rank, could only play against Little Kara and in games where she was ahead.

She consistently suffers setbacks against stronger opponents. I really wonder what she learned at Shrek Academy? She seems much weaker than when she was a Soul King!

(End of this chapter)