NABC Chapter 14 Divine Soul Guidance Talent, Heavenly Pivot Carving Knife
Chapter 14 Divine Soul Guidance Talent, Heavenly Pivot Carving Knife
Jiang Che held the cyan token and walked briskly toward the experimental building. The experimental building of the Soul Guidance Department was built more solidly than that of the Martial Soul Department, with the outer walls made of reinforced alloy.
He easily made his way to the top floor, which contained only three laboratories.
Jiang Che walked to Laboratory No. 3, which he had used before, and pressed the hexagonal cyan token on the laboratory door.
A miraculous scene unfolded: a gap suddenly appeared in the door, perfectly accommodating his token.
After Jiang Che sensed a brief fluctuation of soul power, the token bounced off the gap, and then, accompanied by a rattling sound, the door of Laboratory No. 3 opened horizontally.
When the door was opened, it was revealed that the door, which was made entirely of metal, was a full two feet thick.
It has rails on both the ground and the top so that it can start slowly.
Jiang Che was already used to this and walked straight into the laboratory without caring.
As soon as he stepped inside, the cold, hard metallic aura of the room hit him. His gaze swept over the high-grade smelting furnace in the center, which gleamed with a dark blue light, and then fell on the neatly stacked material rack next to it. He casually pulled out a palm-sized piece of black iron from the bottom shelf.
The production of soul tools involves processes such as shaping, casting, quenching, and polishing. Of course, the most important step is the final inscription of the core array, which is also the most difficult step.
The inscription of the core magic array often fails due to a tiny error.
Because of this, even though Jiang Che is currently at the peak of a level seven soul master, he doesn't dare to say that he can definitely create a level seven soul tool, since he doesn't have Huo Yuhao's martial soul or the soul ring of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
Jiang Che sat down at the metal table and began purifying the black iron. He then placed it in the smelting furnace, injected soul power to activate the magic array for heating, and precisely controlled the melting point. After the material melted into a liquid state, he poured it into a custom mold for initial shaping. After cooling, he obtained the basic prototype of the soul tool—the Heart Protector Mirror.
Jiang Che took out an eighth-level carving knife from the Watcher's Ring.
He held the breastplate in his left hand and the carving knife in his right, and began to carve. In just a few minutes, a level one core magic array was inscribed.
Then Jiang Che began to make the outer shell, and a few minutes later a level one defensive soul tool was completed.
Jiang Che looked at the panel, and the progress had changed.
[Level 1 Soul Master (In Progress) 1/3]
For the next period of time, Jiang Che went back and forth between Class 1 of the Foreign Languages Department and the Soul Guidance Department laboratory, and he didn't even go to Ma Xiaotao's place often anymore.
……
Finally, two months later, Jiang Che looked at the protective aura soul tool in his hand. This soul tool required a Soul Saint level soul power to activate and could withstand the full force of an ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo.
Jiang Che looked at the panel again and saw that it was very different from the previous two months.
[Level 1 Soul Master (Completed), Level 2 Soul Master (Completed)... Level 7 Soul Master (Completed) 3/3, Level 8 Soul Master (In Progress) 0/3]
Because of his pursuit of high quality, he only spent a month on the first six levels of soul tools, but it took him a full month to complete the last three level seven soul tools, during which he scrapped countless items.
……
Another month passed, and Jiang Che lay slumped on the table, looking utterly hopeless.
"I really am not cut out to be a Soul Master!" For the past month, Jiang Che has been relying on his high cultivation level to relentlessly strive to break through to the eighth level of Soul Master.
However, whether it was because he hadn't acquired a spirit ring yet or because Jiang Che's talent as a spirit master was too poor, Jiang Che always felt that he was really just a little bit away from level eight, but he just couldn't make one.
"Forget it, I can't go on like this." The reward depends on the total breakthrough time. He wasted a month, which has reduced the reward. Now, reaching level eight is still uncertain, and it's time to claim the previous rewards.
Jiang Che opened the panel and claimed the stacked rewards from level 1 to level 7.
[Checking the completion status of the mission. Levels 1-7 Soul Master missions have been completed. Quality assessment in progress... Assessment complete, rewards being distributed...]
[Congratulations, host, on obtaining a God-level Soul Guidance Talent (You will not encounter any bottlenecks until your Soul Guidance level reaches God-level. A Soul Guidance Eye is also included, allowing you to analyze any Soul Guidance Device.)]
[Congratulations, host, on obtaining the divine-grade carving knife—the Heavenly Pivot Carving Knife (Indestructible, containing a set of divine-grade defensive formations that will automatically release in times of danger, capable of withstanding a divine-grade attack; soul tools created using this knife will have their power increased by more than 50%).]
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained 2 x 100,000-year spirit rings (the most suitable 100,000-year spirit rings will be automatically generated based on your martial soul) and the most suitable ultimate spirit ring (the most suitable ultimate spirit ring will be generated based on your martial soul)]
Jiang Che stared in disbelief at the panel in front of him, each reward displayed on it was beyond his comprehension.
Jiang Che was stunned for several breaths before slowly blinking, his fingertips trembling as he reached out and gently tapped the panel.
The next second, a flood of information rushed into my mind. It wasn't dry knowledge, but an almost instinctive understanding.
A god-level soul guidance talent... This was like pulling him out of the mire and lifting him to the top.
The anxiety of being stuck at the bottleneck of level eight soul master, as if an invisible hand had grabbed his throat, suddenly vanished.
Instead, there is a sense of clarity and openness. The patterns of the magic array are no longer complex lines, but as clear as the skeletal structure. The flow of soul power no longer requires deliberate control, but is as natural as breathing.
At the same time, Jiang Che also realized that much of his previous knowledge about soul tools was wrong, and his manufacturing methods were extremely crude when he looked back now.
Immediately afterwards, I felt a slight warmth in my palm.
A small, dark blue carving knife, about half a foot long, appeared out of thin air.
The handle is engraved with intricate starry sky patterns, while the tip is pure white, as if it can pierce through all things in the world. This is the Tian Shu Carving Knife.
Jiang Che subconsciously grasped it, and a warm, gentle power flowed from his palm throughout his body, instantly replenishing his spirit, which had been slightly fatigued from days of refining.
He casually picked up a piece of high-grade metal left over from making the protective shield of qi on the table, and with a thought, the Tian Shu carving knife sliced through the air.
"laugh-"
There was no deafening sound, only a very soft, sharp sound. The high-grade metal, which would have chipped even with an ordinary carving knife, was as smooth as tofu in front of the Tian Shu carving knife, and was instantly cut in half with an astonishingly clean cut.
"A fine blade!" Jiang Che exclaimed, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.
This is not just a tool, but a magical artifact that can save lives in critical moments.
With a thought, Jiang Che's Tian Shu carving knife vanished instantly, while starry patterns appeared on the back of his hand.
As for the remaining spirit rings, Jiang Che didn't touch them. It wasn't the right time yet, otherwise it would be impossible to explain. The only way to get them was to go to the far north.
P.S.: I'll start testing the waters tomorrow, and then resume normal updates starting today.