Chapter 31

After Bai Zhou agreed to Xian Lin'er, he moved directly into her laboratory to study with focus.

After all, he was quite interested in this stuff.

The crafting of soul tools is very troublesome. With blueprints, one must first forge the shell of the soul tool, which requires learning shaping, molding, quenching, polishing, and other processes, and finally, engraving the core formation.

The early stages of soul tool shell production actually involve molds and large machines, so there isn't much difficulty in making them.

The most important thing is the engraving of the core formation, which is also the key to determining a soul tool master's level.

On the first day, Bai Zhou read through all the books Xian Lin'er gave him and found that they were all basic content, with absolutely no difficulty.

On the second day, Bai Zhou began to make the shell molds for the soul tools. Although there were large machines for die-casting, many precision parts needed to be crafted by hand. This involved forging, and Bai Zhou remembered that Huo Yuhao seemed to use the Chaotic Wind Hammer Method to do this, with good results.

However, the "Soul Tool Master Cultivation Guide" that Bai Zhou studied also had other forging methods, and with Bai Zhou's current immense strength, he finished it easily with a few claps.

On the third day, Bai Zhou began to learn the engraving of formations.

There was a lot of knowledge involved here; the soul tool master's own spiritual power, concentration, comprehension, soul power, as well as the engraving knife used, the materials for the core formation, and the surrounding environment would all affect the final result.

Before engraving a core formation, one must learn the most basic "formations," because every core formation is composed of at least hundreds of "basic formations."

And there are thousands of types of basic formations. Even though Bai Zhou had studied the "Soul Tool Master Cultivation Guide," he had only memorized over 2,000 basic formations; the water here was very deep.

But this was enough.

Relying on his powerful spiritual power and comprehension, plus the Qilin Arm he had trained for years, his technique was incredibly steady.

He only failed once before basically achieving 100% engraving of basic formations.

Of course, this was still a long way from engraving a Level 1 core formation, but it was more than enough to handle the assessment.

Three days passed in a flash, and Bai Zhou welcomed his final assessment.

"Little guy, how did you learn? Is your brain a mess right now?" Xian Lin'er asked, looking at Bai Zhou with a smile.

Because the Level 9 soul tool she was working on was at a critical moment, she basically hadn't even looked at Bai Zhou for these 3 days and had no idea how he was learning.

However, Bai Zhou had basically stayed in the laboratory for these three days, which was quite diligent and made her feel a little relieved.

But Bai Zhou hadn't asked her a single question in these three days, which made her a bit suspicious. Even though the books she gave him were the most basic, the fact that he didn't ask a single question made her wonder if he was too busy or if he was such a genius that he had no questions at all.

Regardless, a test would reveal the truth.

"Yes, I'm ready."

Bai Zhou smiled confidently.

"Not bad, very confident."

Xian Lin'er nodded, then threw a silver-white metal disc in her hand to Bai Zhou and said: "This is a material for a Level 1 core formation. You only need to engrave 10 basic formations on it, and if you can finally make these core formations unite and successfully activate, you will pass."

"Okay."

Bai Zhou was a bit surprised to hear this; he hadn't expected Xian Lin'er's assessment to be so simple. He thought he would have to engrave at least dozens to pass.

Bai Zhou took the metal disc; it was large, enough to engrave 100-200 basic formations, and Bai Zhou only needed to engrave 10.

Bai Zhou sat at a huge metal round table, took out the engraving knife he used most comfortably, designed the connection path of the formations in his mind for a moment, and soon began to engrave.

"Huh, he thought of a combination of 10 basic formations so quickly, interesting..." Xian Lin'er became interested when she saw Bai Zhou start so quickly.

But when she saw Bai Zhou start engraving, she was stunned on the spot...

"Wait, this speed... this technique... this efficiency..." "Is this really a newcomer who has only learned for 3 days??"

Xian Lin'er was not calm on the spot. If she hadn't known Bai Zhou's roots and investigated his background, she would have really thought Bai Zhou was a hidden high-level soul tool master.

His engraving speed was extremely fast, his technique was seasoned and steady, and his engraving efficiency was extremely high. Such technique was something even a veteran Level 4 soul tool master couldn't achieve.

And now, she was seeing it in a beginner who had only been in contact with soul tool crafting for 3 days; this was outrageous! Just as Xian Lin'er was shocked, Bai Zhou lifted his hand and completed the final touches.

Immediately, he injected a trace of soul power into it, and the 10 basic formations on the small disc instantly connected into one, erupting with a burst of soul power impact.

"Pop~"

It was like a bubble bursting, with no power at all.

But Xian Lin'er was already staring in a daze...

Being able to successfully activate it meant that Bai Zhou had successfully engraved it and completed her assessment.

And the whole process...

Xian Lin'er checked the time; it was less than 3 minutes.

"You, you, you... how on earth did you do it? Have you really never been in contact with soul tools before?"

Even though she was already certain in her heart, Xian Lin'er couldn't help but ask.

"I know a little; I read some materials before coming here." Bai Zhou was slightly humble.

Xian Lin'er:... That's still a pure novice...

Xian Lin'er rolled her eyes, but her heart was filled with ecstasy.

She hadn't expected that the never-reliable old guy Yan Shaozhe would actually send her such a big gift at this time.

However, Xian Lin'er also guessed that perhaps Yan Shaozhe himself didn't know Bai Zhou's true talent, and it was possible that Yan Shaozhe's idea in sending Bai Zhou over was purely to dump some trash...

It really couldn't be ruled out that this was a possibility...

"Alright, let me formally introduce myself. I am the Dean of the Soul Tool Department, Xian Lin'er, and also a Level 94 Titled Douluo."

Xian Lin'er collected her thoughts, turned to look at Bai Zhou, and said with a serious face: "You have passed my assessment. I am willing to take you as my direct disciple. Will you take me as your teacher?"

"Student Bai Zhou, greetings, Teacher." Bai Zhou knelt on one knee and performed the apprenticeship ceremony to Xian Lin'er.

Setting aside Xian Lin'er's strength, no matter how one looked at it, Bai Zhou felt that Xian Lin'er was beautiful and reasonable.

It was just acknowledging a teacher; Bai Zhou naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Good, good, good, you are very good. After you pass the freshman assessment, you will follow me to cultivate."

Xian Lin'er patted Bai Zhou's shoulder with great satisfaction.

"Ah? Join the Soul Tool Department directly? But I want to dual-cultivate both departments, eh."

Bai Zhou was stunned when he heard this. He just wanted to have the best of both worlds; how did he end up joining the Soul Tool Department for no reason?

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(End of chapter)