Chapter 30: Fan Yu's Test

Su Yu fixed his gaze upon a middle-aged man. He was about one meter eighty tall with very broad shoulders, wearing simple cloth garments; his thick, sturdy arms were exposed, revealing muscles like granite.

His face had distinct lines, and his gaze was deep and heavy. Standing there, he gave one the feeling of a mountain standing firm.

This person was the Director of the Soul Guidance Department, Fan Yu, who was also Zhou Yi's husband.

"Hello, Teacher Fan Yu. I am a student of Teacher Zhou, and I hope to join the Soul Guidance Department in the future."

Su Yu spoke straightforwardly, which actually piqued Fan Yu's interest. "I rarely see students take the initiative to come to my Soul Guidance Department and ask to join. Tell me, why do you want to join the Soul Guidance Department?"

"I believe that the future development of the Douluo Continent will inevitably be inseparable from Soul Guidance Technology; the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Technology is enough to sway the development of the Douluo Continent!"

Su Yu did not choose to beat around the bush. In fact, compared to Shrek, Fan Yu, as a teacher in the Soul Guidance Department, knew the function of Soul Guidance Devices better than anyone.

"Since you brought Zhou Yi's Token, I want to know what ability you have that makes you think you can join the Soul Guidance Department?" Fan Yu's meaning was actually very simple: if Su Yu had no strength or aptitude, it would be the same everywhere, and the Soul Guidance Department was not something anyone could join.

"My martial soul is a Mirror, and my first spirit skill is Mirror Reflection, which can replicate all of an opponent's movements. I am a Level 20 Control System Battle Soul Master and have not yet obtained a Second Soul Ring."

Su Yu directly displayed his martial soul and strength. Aptitude was something useful no matter where one went. With his strength, if he wanted to be able to master his own destiny, he would inevitably be inseparable from the help of Soul Guidance Technology, unless he could obtain the inheritance of a god...

"Cai Tou, come over and let him try; see if he can replicate your movements. Go install a Soul Guidance Cannonball for me." Fan Yu beckoned, and a person in the distance walked toward Su Yu.

Judging by his face, his age was about the same as Bei Bei, only two or three years older than Su Yu. His build was extremely tall. Looking at that big guy who had already grown to over two meters, Su Yu looked at himself and Wang Dong, those little beans, and fell into deep thought.

Wang Dong, who was on the side, had long since run off somewhere. Wang Dong had an instinctive rejection of Soul Guidance Devices, but that was also normal; in the original work, as the daughter of the first Tang Sect Sect Master, she naturally had an inextricable bond with Hidden Weapons.

However, Wang Dong was extremely repulsed by things like Soul Guidance Devices in the original work. Although he didn't know why, Su Yu estimated that nine times out of ten, it was Tang San's doing.

He Caitou was shirtless, revealing dark, tanned muscles, and his head was completely bald. It was hard to imagine that after suffering the tragedy of his family being wiped out, He Caitou could still hide so well. If it weren't for Huo Yu Hao, He Caitou would likely have been the main candidate for the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan.

He Caitou had once talked to Huo Yu Hao, hoping Huo Yu Hao could help him destroy the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire, but in the end, Huo Yu Hao did not do it. It was a pity that He Caitou's hope was shattered, but in the end, this blood feud of a family massacre could actually be whitewashed in the original work to make He Caitou let it go—how many sarira could a heart burn out to write such a plot?

To this, Su Yu could only say: stand further away, don't splatter sarira all over me!

He Caitou picked up a pile of parts and quickly assembled a simple Soul Guidance Cannonball. This kind of simple Soul Guidance Cannonball was actually similar in principle to a cannonball bomb, except that the power source of the cannonball was the application of soul power and metal.

He Caitou's movements were simply too simple in Su Yu's eyes. Su Yu solved the assembly of a simple Soul Guidance Cannonball in a few moves. He placed the Soul Guidance Cannonball in front of He Caitou and said, "Brother Cai, I didn't assemble it wrong, did I?"

He Caitou's real name was Xu He, and he was a very easygoing person, but because of his personality and appearance, he was a bit withdrawn. If the main candidate for the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan was really Xu He, would the future Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire really be Xu He?

Of course, speculation was ultimately just speculation; nothing could be taken as truth.

Although He Caitou had always been very friendly to him, Su Yu was incomparably clear about one thing: he ultimately did not have the protagonist halo of Huo Gua, and everything needed to be fought for by himself.

"Little brother, you really have talent in the aspect of Soul Guidance Devices." Looking at the Soul Guidance Cannonball Su Yu assembled, He Caitou was a bit surprised. He didn't expect that a youth with a Spirit Eye martial soul had come a while ago, and now another youth with even better aptitude had arrived.

"Let me see if you can also imitate others' movements in operating Soul Guidance Devices. Cai Tou, go fire at a moving target and see how much deviation there is between what he hits and you?"

Fan Yu pointed to the field in the distance and continued speaking; clearly, he was also weighing whether Su Yu really had this strength.

Arriving at the edge of the testing field, He Caitou patted the dark belt around his waist. With a flash of light, a black metal tube about one meter long appeared in He Caitou's hand; its cross-section diameter was about fifteen centimeters, the tail was slightly larger than the front, and it was engraved with many strange patterns.

Looking at that familiar thing, something came to Su Yu's mind: 150mm caliber recoilless (I dare not write the words that follow)...

He Caitou very skillfully held it in his hands. His right hand pressed twice behind the metal tube, and a cover immediately popped out, revealing a gap about twenty centimeters long and ten centimeters wide.

His left hand quickly patted his waist again, and a shuttle-shaped piece of metal arrived in his hand. He carefully placed the shuttle-shaped metal into the gap revealed by the opened cover of the metal tube, and then closed the cover. With a lift of his right hand, the metal tube was on his broad shoulder.

He Caitou, who had previously given people a very honest feeling, had his temperament change instantly the moment this metal tube was hoisted onto his shoulder. Watching He Caitou's movements, Su Yu could also guess that the shot to follow was definitely not simple; if it were simple, it naturally wouldn't be possible for He Caitou to demonstrate it in front of him.

"Su Yu, you come try it too." He Caitou's voice rang out, and then he aimed at the moving target that was about to appear.

Su Yu's soul ring rose from beneath his feet, a yellow Century Soul Ring appeared, and a mirror also appeared along with it. The mirror surface unfolded, and the high-speed moving disc emerged within the mirror.

A disc popped out from a corner in the distance, moving rapidly in the air. However, just as He Caitou was about to fire, Su Yu said, "Brother Cai, aim a bit to the left before firing."

At the same time, a strong fluctuation of soul power erupted instantly from He Caitou's body. Two yellow and one purple, three soul rings appeared simultaneously. The metal tube on his shoulder was trembling slightly, and a thick layer of black halo flowed on the surface of the metal tube.

He Caitou's body was also turning slightly; what the metal tube pointed at was exactly where the high-speed flying disc was.

Following Su Yu's instruction, He Caitou specifically veered a bit to the left.

"Boom!" A violent roaring sound rang out. A cluster of dazzling black light instantly burst out from within the metal tube. The massive airflow that appeared suddenly made Su Yu feel like he was almost unable to stand steady.

Bang!

A sound of shattering came again. The flying disc was directly smashed into fragments filling the sky. Looking at the shattered disc, He Caitou's eyes widened in surprise, and Fan Yu on the side also looked at He Caitou with some confusion.

"Hm? What's going on? It actually hit?" He Caitou looked at Su Yu in a daze.

Fan Yu walked over, looked at Su Yu, and said, "Su Yu, can your first spirit skill also imitate the movements of non-living objects?"

"That's right. Compared to living beings, the movement trajectories of non-living objects are easier to replicate. Naturally, I can also predict the position of the disc through replication." Su Yu nodded. It seemed that the first spirit skill was too chicken-rib-like, but once Su Yu had offensive spirit skills, once an opponent made a move, Su Yu would inevitably be able to find a corresponding method to deal with it!

What seems like a chicken rib, as long as it is used well, is entirely possible to surpass Huo Yu Hao's Spirit Detection!

Fan Yu suddenly realized: "That is to say, your spirit skill seems to be replication, but it can also predict the opponent's actions, and can even copy the opponent's movements. If your spirit skill can also replicate the production process of Soul Guidance Devices, then I permit you to join the Soul Guidance Department!"

"I can try, but I cannot guarantee that I can replicate it one hundred percent, but I will do my best!" Hearing Fan Yu's words, Su Yu knew that the ability he displayed was definitely enough to enter the Soul Guidance Department, but to get the opportunity for a Core Disciple, he still needed the upcoming final exam!

Su Yu entered the Soul Guidance Department with the goal of going to the Sun Moon Empire to study in the future.

As the saying goes, when poor, use precision strikes and tactical infiltration.

When rich, use firepower coverage—blow it all up for me!

By then, if my martial soul can create a mirror clone, and everyone has a Level 10 Soul Guidance individual missile, come on! Don't talk about Limit Douluo; I can even shoot down the gods in the sky!

Saying this, Fan Yu took Su Yu to another place, called He Caitou over again, and let He Caitou start making a simple Level 1 Soul Guidance Device. This counted as a simple type of thruster, but its efficacy was pitifully small; after all, it was a simplified version. Fan Yu thought that for something too difficult, a rookie like Su Yu who had never been in contact with Soul Guidance Devices simply wouldn't be able to make it.

The production of the thruster was not that complicated, but there were some exquisite points that gave Su Yu a headache. Movement replication was one aspect, but whether Su Yu's body could support him in making the movements was another.

These two things could not be lumped together. If that were the case, then this spirit skill could not have appeared on a 300-year-old Mirror Beast; it might have been a ten-thousand-year one...

After several attempts by Su Yu, he finally lived up to expectations and made a defective product. For a novice like Su Yu, this was already an extremely terrifying thing. However, all of this did not stem from talent, but benefited from Su Yu's first spirit skill.

Mirror Reflection!