Douluo: Reborn as a Dragon, I am the Lord of Soul Beasts

Chapter 37: Prototype, Soul

Under Ying Qian's guidance, the two finally returned to Mingdu in half a month. From a distance, Ying Qian and Meng Hongchen saw the hexagonal Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. When flying over the border of Mingdu, the soldiers below all looked up without exception and saluted Ying Qian respectfully.

In the Sun-Moon Empire, Ying Qian is the only one who can fly freely over Mingdu without a flying soul guide.

"You should go back and have a rest first! Think about it carefully, and don't be too anxious about the remaining tests. In a few months, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition will be held. I hope that this year you can end Shrek Academy's ten thousand year winning streak." Ying Qian said to Meng Hongchen.

"Hehe, don't worry! Teacher, I feel so strong now." Meng Hongchen said with a smile. His martial soul was upgraded to the ultimate ice, and he also obtained an extremely powerful fifth soul ring. Meng Hongchen even believed that he could represent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy as a regular player.

"Yeah. It's good to be confident, but it won't go wrong to be careful in everything." Ying Qian still warned with concern.

Why is Shrek undefeated for ten thousand years? Besides his abnormal education method, Ying Qian still thinks that the biggest reason is related to the God Realm. The Silver Dragon King once said that Shrek Academy has a way to connect to the God Realm. In the world of Douluo Continent, there are only a few ways to become a god.

Collect the power of faith and accept inheritance. The so-called faith is to collect faith and become a god by the power of faith. The person who represents this way of becoming a god is the Sea God. Originally, the Sea God did not think of this way of becoming a god. It was difficult to become a god by the normal way of cultivation, so he had to find another way. When he saved lives and calmed down the chaos at sea, he gained the faith of the sea creatures and felt the power of faith.

He believed that as long as he collected enough power of faith, he would have the hope of becoming a god at level 100 with the help of the power of faith. In this way, he has been doing justice on the sea, saving lives, and eventually he traveled all over the sea and gained countless power of faith. Finally, he became a god at level 100 and became the god of the sea, and thus possessed the power of the sea. Only on the sea, he had endless power.

In today's Douluo Continent, the legendary story of the original Shrek Seven Devils has become a legend, spreading to every corner of the continent. Their heroic deeds and endless power of faith seem to have merged into the soul of the earth and exist forever. This power of faith, like an invisible thread, connects the glory of the previous generation with the hope of the next generation.

As the birthplace of the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, Shrek Academy has become a symbol of inheritance and development. In this ten thousand year old academy, the inheritance between the God Realm and the Underworld is connected, and generation after generation of students are brainwashed and spread here. Therefore, if you want to change the current situation, Shrek Academy must be the first obstacle that Ying Qian must remove.

The two of them walked and talked all the way, and soon the gate of the teaching building was in sight. And at the gate there was a slightly bloated figure, wasn't it Lin Jiayi, the teaching director of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy!
He seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. After seeing Ying Qian and Meng Hongchen, Lin Jiayi dragged himself forward and said respectfully: "Senior Ying, the dean invites you."

"My grandpa? How did he know we were back?" Meng Hongchen was full of doubts.

"Senior Ying's aura is unmatched. When you just entered Mingdu's sphere of influence, the dean had already told me to wait here." Lin Jiayi said with a kind smile.

But Meng Hongchen didn't seem to buy it, and said arrogantly: "Humph, I just came back, and grandpa didn't even come to see me, and he called my teacher away. Really..."

Hearing this, Lin Jiayi's smile immediately turned into a bitter smile, and then he looked at Ying Qian for help.

Ying Qian looked at him with a strange look, but considering that Jing Hongchen might be looking for him for something, he had to comfort Meng Hongchen and said, "Meng Hongchen, go back to the dormitory first! Your grandfather might want to talk to me about something."

Meng Hongchen still grumbled in dissatisfaction after hearing what Ying Qian said, but nodded and turned away. Lin Jiayi looked at Meng Hongchen who was leaving, smiled gently at Ying Qian, and expressed his gratitude.

After seeing Meng Hongchen leave, Ying Qian said to Lin Jiayi, "Let's go!"

Lin Jiayi nodded quickly and led the way for Ying Qian. Under Lin Jiayi's leadership, Ying Qian and his team passed through three checkpoints. Some were guarded by soul masters, and some were directly guarded by soul guides. Entering the building, Ying Qian saw twenty elevators arranged in an arc. Each elevator was full of metal texture. It could accommodate more than ten people.

Lin Jiayi led Ying Qian into an elevator and scanned his identity card on a soul guide. Then he raised his hand and grasped the metal column in the center of the elevator. He injected soul power into it. The elevator immediately fell slowly downwards.

This process took nearly two minutes to complete. Ying Qian secretly calculated the time of descent. According to the descending speed of this elevator, in two minutes, it would at least go more than a hundred meters underground!
During the descent, the interior of the elevator was completely enclosed and you couldn't see outside, with only a small white light providing a certain amount of light.

During the whole process, Lin Jiayi carefully explained to Ying Qian that this was the rule of Mingde Hall, and even as the director of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Lin Jiayi had to strictly abide by it. He hoped that Ying Qian would not mind or anything, but Ying Qian just nodded lightly and did not say much. If Mingde Hall's confidentiality was not good enough, then who knows how many core technologies would be leaked out!
The metal door of the elevator slid open, and after about five or six minutes of driving along the long mechanical corridor, another metal door appeared in front of Ying Qian and the others. Lin Jiayi nodded to Ying Qian to signal him to wait, and then walked out first. He put his face close to the soul guide display on the metal door. After a while, two series of "beep" instructions sounded, and the heavy metal door slowly opened with a heavy sound.

"Facial recognition? That's pretty high-tech." Ying Qian thought.

Seeing Lin Jiayi bowing to him, Ying Qian hurriedly followed.

On the other side of the door was a room of nearly 500 square meters, with tools piled up everywhere around the room and even in the corners. Rare metals, even the incomplete, most of the complex core array was exposed, and it looked like a soul guide of at least level 6. This was like a private soul guide production site!

After completing the task, Lin Jiayi quietly left here and closed the door of the laboratory. His task was to bring Ying Qian to Jing Hongchen's laboratory. As for what the dean and Senior Ying Yingqian talked about, it was not something that a small dean of teaching could listen to.

"Haha! It's really embarrassing for you to see my messy lab!" Jing Hongchen came out of a room inside the lab with a hearty laugh. There was another man following behind him.

His appearance showed a deep and focused look. He was tall and straight, and he exuded confidence and majesty when he stood. His thick black hair grew in all directions in a mess, and his beard on his chin was also uneven, making him look a little sloppy. But his eyes were his most attractive feature, deep and dark, as if engraved with endless wisdom and persistence. When he was focused on his research, the light in his eyes was like the stars in the sky, emitting a mysterious and powerful power.

"Let me introduce you first. This is Xuan Ziwen, the chief researcher of our Mingde Hall. After I listened to Senior Ying's views on the future that day, I immediately found Teacher Xuan according to Senior Ying's ideas. Teacher Xuan's research can be said to be the most consistent with what Senior Ying said." Jing Hongchen introduced with a smile.

"Yeah." Ying Qian looked calm on the surface, but he was actually getting active inside.

Xuan Ziwen is the chief researcher of Mingde Hall. His research direction is mainly auxiliary. His representative works in the original novel include all-terrain self-propelled soul guide turret, soul ring storage, sealed milk bottle, etc. It has to be said that Xuan Ziwen is indeed a rare talent in soul guide. However, he was moved by Huo Yuhao's words in the later period, defected to Shrek Academy, joined the Tang Sect, and used jamming bombs when the Sun Moon Empire army attacked Xingluo City, causing countless imperial soldiers to die tragically.

From this point of view, Ying Qian had some doubts about Xuan Ziwen's character. It was just like the slogan that people in the previous life always liked to shout, "Science has no borders." Science is indeed borderless, but the weapons you made do. The Sun and Moon Empire trained you, but you turned around and betrayed your motherland. On this point, no matter what the reason, Ying Qian could not agree.

As for Ying Qian, Jing Hongchen naturally needs no introduction. Now in Mingdu, as long as they are not ordinary people, basically everyone knows Ying Qian.

"Senior Ying, we have already completed the preliminary work on the theory you proposed earlier. I invited you here this time just to let you see it." Jing Hongchen said proudly.

Hearing this, Ying Qian also became interested. How could the technology of artificial spirit rings take shape so quickly? Sure enough, the spirit guide technology in this world was not weak, but it had been researching in the wrong direction.

Then, Jing Hongchen pressed the button in his hand. The ground in the middle of the laboratory immediately opened up to both sides, and a large object with a unique shape slowly floated up from below.

It was a tall and majestic mechanical structure, full of technology and mystery. The entire model was made of silver alloy, and the surface was covered with delicate runes and decorations, as if it was a sculpture from the past or future world.

The center of the model is a number of huge metal halos, which are shining and emitting powerful energy fluctuations. The halos are surrounded by sophisticated mechanical devices and controllers, and each component has been carefully designed and debugged to ensure the stability and efficient operation of the model.

The exterior design of the model is full of the characteristics of future technology, with smooth and simple lines and no extra decoration. The whole model exudes a charm of mechanical aesthetics. It seems that Jing Hongchen is still an obsessive-compulsive disorder! Without sacrificing performance, he also beautified the appearance of the soul guide to make it look more acceptable.

Ying Qian exerted his mental power, and the soul power fluctuations emitted by the big metal lump in front of him were actually much stronger than those of Jing Hongchen, a ninth-level soul engineer.

"Tell me! What stage has this thing reached now?" Ying Qian asked.

Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen looked at each other, and Xuan Ziwen stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Senior Ying, according to your idea, Hall Master Hongchen and I have improved my original sealed milk bottle technology, making this soul guide have the characteristic of permanently retaining soul power. At the same time, I have also absorbed some of the functions of the soul ring storage device. This soul guide can now combine mental power and soul power, and can continuously merge autonomously. But this is all we can do for now."

"What do you mean?" Ying Qian turned around and asked Xuan Ziwen with burning eyes.

"Senior," Xuan Ziwen's voice trembled a little, and a little cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

Ying Qian forgot that he was still releasing his mental power, and immediately retracted his powerful mental power, looking at Xuan Ziwen and motioning him to continue speaking.

"Huh!" Xuan Ziwen felt as if he had been freed. In this cool underground laboratory, his back was soaked. How strong must one's cultivation be to have such terrifying mental power! Xuan Ziwen thought with some fear.

Immediately, Xuan Ziwen continued, "Senior, although we can keep our soul power from dissipating, we cannot inject soul into this so-called soul power. In other words, although this soul guide in front of us can give soul masters enough soul power to advance, it cannot give them soul skills. It's like an oversized super milk bottle."

"Hmm!" Ying Qian also thought of this. If it was so easy to solve the cultivation system of Douluo Continent for tens of thousands of years, the soul beasts would not be suppressed so badly. But there is no need to rush. Ying Qian is already very satisfied with the progress he has made now.

"Senior, I have a way." At this time, Xuan Ziwen continued.

"Hmm? Tell me about it." Ying Qian was stunned. He was very satisfied with what he had just said. He didn't expect that Xuan Ziwen actually had a solution. This gave Ying Qian a little hope.

"I was thinking, if I can obtain the soul of a soul beast and then inject the soul of the soul beast into this soul guide, maybe..."

"No." Xuan Ziwen was still talking, but he heard Ying Qian's angry shout, directly interrupting his proposal.

(End of this chapter)