Douluo: From Rusted Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 17: Picking up Soul Bones
However, the struggles between the major forces had little to do with Ji Wuming. When he reminisced with Dean Shui and returned to the village, the sky was already dark.

Ji Wuming used the firelight from his blacksmith workshop to dismantle some of the damaged soul guides he had collected before, especially those whose core arrays were not damaged.

Since it was the first attempt, there was inevitably a lack of experience during the disassembly process. Even if one part was disassembled incorrectly, the soul guide's anti-dismantling device would be activated, and the other parts would fall apart or even be completely scrapped.

"I just don't believe it. I can't even figure out what's inside something after taking it apart!"

At this time, Ji Wuming was struggling with these broken soul guides. He could not sleep all night until the rooster crowed the next day and the sun slowly rose from the sea level. Only then did he barely manage to dismantle the simplest soul guide.

Ji Wuming looked at the soul guide parts one by one and carefully observed them, muttering to himself: "So this is the outer shell and inner shell of the soul guide, as well as the most important soul guide core."

Ji Wuming picked up the most core piece of blue crystal stone, and further examined the incomplete magic circle engraved on it, and took out a stone to copy it.
Although it is a broken magic circle, it is an excellent opportunity for Ji Wuming, who has just started to learn soul guides, to practice. After all, there are very few magic circle cores of good quality in the broken soul guides.

After three or four hours of carving, Ji Wu was unable to carve out the same incomplete magic circle. This was not because his right hand was unstable, but because his soul power was insufficient.
"As expected, the most core component of the soul guide is the soul power array on the water array stone. It is also the most difficult one. It requires soul power of the same level to perfectly carve this incomplete array."

Ji Wuming had more or less some understanding of the array core. The array core was the key to determining the level of the soul guide. The higher the level of the array core, the higher the level of the soul master was required to carve the soul power, otherwise it would easily lead to failure.

After a moment's thought, Ji Wuming regained his confidence and said with a resolute look, "Since the core of this array is too high, I will continue to dismantle other soul guides. Practice makes perfect in dismantling, and I can also become somewhat proficient in carving arrays."

In the following period of time, apart from the unwavering half-day soul power training every day, Ji Wuming devoted the rest of his time to the dismantling task and the carving of some low-level magic arrays.

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Two months later, Ji Wuming officially turned 11, and his research on soul guides had made considerable progress. After perfectly disassembling and reassembling two complete soul guides, he confidently took out the special soul guide he had bought from the auction house.

They carefully disassembled it piece by piece according to their accumulated disassembly experience, fearing that such an important soul guide would self-destruct due to a wrong step.
First, dismantle the outer shell of the soul guide, then dismantle the inner shell of the soul guide, and finally dismantle the core of the magic circle.
"The corrosion on the soul guide shell isn't particularly severe, but the soul power transmission device on the inner shell is severely damaged, and the core of the magic circle..."

Ji Wuming took notes while picking up the core of the magic circle. After carefully examining it, a smile appeared on his lips and his eyes were filled with endless joy.

"Such a complex array stone is surprisingly intact. God is helping me."

For Ji Wuming, a blacksmith, these damage problems to the soul guide's outer shell and the conduction device in the inner shell made of soul power conducting ore are not a problem and can be solved.

"boom--"

Just as he picked up the soul power transmission device to check, a piece of something about the size of two fingers fell to the ground. When Ji Wuming bent down to pick it up and injected some soul power into it,
However, they surprisingly discovered that this leg bone-like thing was different from other conductive devices. It was not without attributes, but had some abnormal energy fluctuations.
Ji Wuming took a closer look, his eyes widened, and then he laughed wildly: "This, this is actually a soul bone? And it looks like it's a right leg bone."

At this moment, Ji Wuming opened his mouth subconsciously, his excitement inexpressible. "Another soul bone! I've been into soul bone hunting lately, encountering soul bones twice in a row, and I actually stole this big bargain." "But why didn't the appraiser at the Hanhai Auction House realize the hidden secrets in this?"

In fact, it was not that the appraisers did not appraise it carefully, but that they did not dare to dismantle this slightly valuable soul guide device, and they did not attach great importance to soul guide devices. Therefore, they did not discover the soul bones hidden in the soul guide device.

But after a while of joy, Ji Wuming looked at the right leg bone in front of him, and his expression gradually became serious.

"This right leg bone is most likely a soul bone capable of concealing auras, which is what allows a soul guide to possess concealment capabilities. Since it was crafted into a soul guide by a powerful ancient soul guide, this means that the age of this right soul bone is generally low, no more than a thousand years at most."

Ji Wuming thought about it. Among the soul bones, except for the extremely special existence of external soul bones, the human body can only absorb six soul bones, and the torso bones are the most important, followed by the head soul bones, and then the left and right arm bones, left and right leg bones,
The right leg bone in front of him was of a low ranking and was young. If he absorbed it, it would be a waste of a soul bone position.

In view of this, Ji Wuming put away his right leg bone and concentrated on studying and repairing the inner and outer shells of the soul guide.

Three days later, a blue-gold necklace-style soul guide was worn on Ji Wuming's neck. The soul power guiding device inside it used water-gold ore, which was better than crystal silver. The soul power guiding speed was more than twice as fast.
"Come on, let's try it out and see how it works."

As Ji Wuming injected soul power into the necklace, the color of the second soul ring rising from his feet changed significantly. The purple soul ring turned yellow and then red, and it could even completely cover up his own aura.

"The effect is quite good. Now all the problems caused by the subsequent spirit rings can be easily solved."

Ji Wuming packed up all the messy things, left the village, and walked towards Hanhai City.

Not long after, after turning into an alley, Ji Wuming put on a black and white suit and a black and white mask that covered his face, and walked towards a dark house 300 meters away.

The guard guarding the door said ruthlessly, "If you want to enter the black market, you must pay three Silver Soul coins first. This is the rule."

Ji Wuming handed them three silver soul coins, and then, under the guidance of the guide, he entered the room, passed through an underground pit about four or five miles long, and finally arrived at Hanhai City, the largest underground black market in the second-tier city.

There were bright lights ahead, and a long street that stretched as far as the eye could see. Besides some vendors, there were also dozens of large buildings on the street. This place looked like another Hanhai City at night without the moon.

"Sir, I wish you a happy time in the black market."

The guide bowed respectfully to Ji Wuming, and after saying this, he returned the same way.

(End of this chapter)