Chapter 47: The NPC Who Hasn't Suffered a Beating Yet

"My philosophy is also like this: the development of Soul Guidance Devices does not necessarily have to be directed toward weapons; the future development of Soul Guidance Technology must be diverse. In my view, Soul Guidance Devices have nothing to do with Soul Masters; the development of Soul Guidance Devices should be what drives the development of the era."

At this point, a strange look appeared in Xuan Ziwen's eyes, and he began to take the youth before him seriously. His words seemed to coincide perfectly with his own thoughts.

"In the past era, the development of Soul Guidance Devices was not as rapid as one might imagine. If not for the collision between the Sun Moon Empire and the Three Great Empires, Soul Guidance Devices would still be developing incredibly slowly. However, the emergence of the Sun Moon Empire changed this situation, but today's Soul Guidance Devices have fallen into a bottleneck, and this bottleneck is the key point for why the progress of Soul Guidance Devices has been slow to this day!"

Seeing that Xuan Ziwen had been piqued by his words, Su Yu continued, "The original intention of developing Soul Guidance Devices was to design them for Soul Masters. If we could make it so that the common people could also use Soul Guidance Devices, then the development of Soul Guidance Devices would inevitably enter a new era!"

By this point, Xuan Ziwen's interest had been completely stirred up, and he had not interrupted Su Yu's words from beginning to end.

Every word from the youth opposite him spoke to his heart. If not for the large age gap, he would have wanted to grab Su Yu's hand with tears in his eyes and say, "A soulmate, you are truly my soulmate..."

With just a few short sentences, Su Yu had already completely changed Xuan Ziwen's opinion of him.

Such a philosophy, at such an age—if this youth truly possessed such ability, perhaps he could really realize his own pursuits. But where would this youth get enough research funding and space for him...

"Then, may I ask Teacher Xuan Ziwen, can I join your class now?" Looking at the brilliant expression on Xuan Ziwen's face, Su Yu knew his goal had been achieved.

"You can, but I want the blueprint for that Soul Guidance Device of yours. If you can hand it over to me, it will surely allow my research to have a breakthrough. So, student Luo Yu, can you sell that Soul Guidance Device to me?" The way Xuan Ziwen looked at Su Yu was as if he had seen prey, and that burning gaze made Su Yu feel a bit creeped out.

Su Yu thought for a moment, then said, "Not for the time being, but Teacher, I can promise you that I will definitely give it to you as a gift when I finish my apprenticeship."

"Really? That's great, it's a deal!"

Xuan Ziwen readily agreed to Su Yu's condition; it was nothing more than teaching one extra student. To him, with his knowledge as a Level 7 Soul Engineer, making a tiny Level 2 Soul Engineer admire him was as easy as pie.

Su Yu understood very well why he agreed so readily: what Xuan Ziwen needed was not power or status, but a place where he could put his lifelong learning to use. However, the current Mingde Hall and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy simply could not satisfy Xuan Ziwen's needs.

But Su Yu was different. If one were to ask how rich his family was, Su Yu himself wasn't sure; he only clearly remembered his old man always complaining at night about why having money brought so many troubles...

It seemed that back when his family took root in the capital of the Star Luo Empire, they had scattered vast amounts of money without the slightest heartache. If it came to how rich they were, if Su Yu were to cry poor, there wouldn't be many rich people left in the Douluo Continent.

Although he couldn't expose himself for the time being, as long as the timing was right, Xuan Ziwen would definitely be someone working for him—but not for the Tang Sect!

However, to express his sincerity, Su Yu tactfully handed over one-fourth of the design drawings, but he didn't provide the precise parts, blueprints, or assembly instructions—unless Xuan Ziwen wanted to spend a great deal of time wasting it on the research and development process.

Following Xuan Ziwen to the laboratory, Xuan Ziwen handed Su Yu a crystal-like token. "This is the token to enter my laboratory. Future Soul Guidance experiments will all be conducted in the laboratory. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me. Of course, you can also ask your seniors."

Seniors?

Could it be the royal family member Wang Shaojie, the handsome youth Zi Mu, the fire-cannon tigress Keke, and Ju Zi...

Arriving at the laboratory, the few of them appeared before Su Yu's eyes without surprise.

But the one who left the deepest impression on Su Yu was Ju Zi. At fifteen or sixteen years of age, her pair of lively, large eyes always carried a hint of sleepy haziness. Her pink, tender skin didn't show a single pore, as if one could squeeze water out of it. That lazy, somewhat naturally airheaded temperament made even Su Yu feel moved.

A person of unfulfilled wishes, an ending of unfulfilled wishes, a Ju Zi of unfulfilled wishes...

"Let me introduce you. This is your senior Ju Zi, over here is Keke, and that one is Wang Shaojie, and Zi Mu."

After the introductions, Su Yu also gave a simple self-introduction: "Hello, seniors, my name is Luo Yu."

"This is your new junior. Don't bully him just because he's young. If something happens, I won't spare you guys."

Nonsense, the remaining blueprints were still in Su Yu's hands; how could he let this guy run away? If he ran away, wouldn't his research be shelved again? No, I absolutely cannot let such a thing happen!

"Yo, another new student. Looks like he's quite good-looking."

A petite girl put down the engraving knife in her hand and carefully sized up Su Yu, who had changed his appearance.

The petite Keke looked soft and weak, but those eyes were fierce like a tiger's, possessing quite a bit of the spirit of a woman who wouldn't yield to men. But for some reason, when she stood in front of Su Yu and looked up at him...

Only one sentence remained in Su Yu's mind.

Where did this milk-fierce little tiger come from?

"Hello, Senior Keke."

Su Yu was very tactful. Now he had to hide himself as much as possible; after all, his identity was indeed too sensitive, and he really couldn't be too flashy. Of course, being overbearing wasn't for now either.

"Mm, not bad, not bad. You know the rules." Keke put her hands behind her back like a little adult, nodded with satisfaction, and then returned to her workbench.

Wang Shaojie's build was exceptionally tall. Although the description in the original work was of him two years later, his height was still over two meters, with a sturdy, robust body and skin as dark as He Caitou's.

"Hello, my name is Wang Shaojie."

"Hello, Senior."

Although Wang Shaojie was a member of the royal family, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Xuan Ziwen, but it was clear he looked down on Su Yu for being a commoner.

Still, he nodded. Then there was Zi Mu; this guy counted as Wang Shaojie's little follower. In terms of talent, he had some ability, but ever since Huo Yu Hao came here, he basically didn't appear much—a textbook example of an NPC meant to be beaten in the plot.

Finally, there was Ju Zi. Ju Zi didn't say much either, just glanced at Su Yu blankly, then continued to lie on the table and sleep...

Ah, this... at least say something back...

Su Yu was already physically speechless at these four guys, not knowing that in two years, they would be beaten until they were looking for their teeth on the ground by a guy named Huo Yu Hao.

Wang Shaojie's Spirit Sea would be shattered, Zi Mu would be given a lifelong fear debuff, Ju Zi would have her heart stolen, and Keke would have her stomach snatched away.

It seemed not one of them could escape the devil's clutches...

Xuan Ziwen's teaching was truly incomparable to Shrek's. Now that he thought about it, calculating why Shrek's Soul Guidance department was so lackluster—with that kind of teaching knowledge reserve and that kind of educational resources, it was really hard not to be lackluster...

However, on the fourth day, some of them were transferred out for training. Xuan Ziwen had originally intended to let Su Yu go as well, but looking at Su Yu's soul power of only twenty-something, he shook his head helplessly and finally chose to let him study Soul Guidance Devices.

He didn't even have three rings; Xuan Ziwen really didn't want to let Su Yu take risks. However, only Keke and himself were left in the laboratory.

"Luo Yu, go help me pass that engraving knife..."

"Luo Yu, go..."

"Luo Yu..."

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While asking Keke for advice, he was also being ordered around by Keke as an errand boy. However, in terms of Soul Guidance attainments, Keke's attainments were indeed high; although not yet the Level 5 of two years later, she had already reached the Level 3 level at this moment!