Douluo: The Thousand-Faced Angel in Dragon King

Chapter 18: The Red Dust Family? Beginner Soul Guidance Device
The gentle young man with white hair and green eyes adjusted the monocle on his face, with a faint smile on his lips.

"I am a traitor, please give me your guidance."

Qian Mo curled his lips. Considering this name and his identity as a soul engineer, he couldn't be from that family.

To confirm his guess, Qian Mo asked tentatively, "What is your relationship with the Hongchen family?"

Duan Hongchen stroked the teacup with his left hand, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect that there are still people who remember my Hongchen family now."

Qian Mo leaned back in his chair, smiled calmly, and said softly, "How could a family of soul guides who was in charge of Mingde Hall ten thousand years ago and was once very popular be unknown?"

A trace of desolation and reluctance flashed across Duan Hongchen's eyes. He clenched his right fist, smiled bitterly, and said, "You also said that it was ten thousand years ago. The current Hongchen family is just an unknown small family in Tiandou City."

Ten thousand years ago, during the time of Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen, the then head of the Hongchen family, founded Mingde Hall, a holy place for soul guides, in the Sun-Moon Empire, which greatly promoted the development of soul guides.

But when Jing Hongchen successfully supported Xu Tianran, the prince of the Sun and Moon royal family, to ascend the throne, Xu Tianran turned against him and appointed Jing Hongchen as the mayor of Tiandou City. In fact, it was a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality, kicking him out of the center of power.

It now seems that after Jing Hongchen, the descendants of the Hongchen family did not escape the predicament, but gradually came to an end with the changing times.

However, Qian Mo observed Duan Hongchen carefully and secretly estimated in his heart that although he was only in his early thirties, he was already a seventh-level soul engineer. He just didn't know whether his Soul Saint cultivation was the result of real practice or the result of taking drugs.

If it was achieved through real practice, then this generation of the Hongchen family would have the potential to be truly extraordinary!
Qian Mo's eyes flashed, and after pondering for a moment, he changed the subject and asked about the questions that concerned him more.

"Mr. Hongchen, you are a seventh-level soul guide. How could you condescend to be a teacher to a kid like me who has just entered the field of soul guides?"

Duan Hongchen gently crossed his fingers and placed them on the table, still wearing a proper smile on his face, and replied: "The work is easy, the salary is high, and it's close to home, so I came here."

"However, I now feel," Duan Hongchen smiled mysteriously, "that this will probably be a very interesting experience."

Qian Mo snapped his fingers and said briskly, "Great minds think alike, and I think..."

Leaning forward, Qian Mo said in the same mysterious tone, "This will be your chance."

Duan Hongchen gently pushed his monocle, a smile on his lips, and said lightly: "I'm looking forward to it."

"Well, Mr. Hongchen, please give me your guidance for the next period of time."

Qian Mo and Duan Hongchen smiled at each other, and the atmosphere between them was quite harmonious.

The next afternoon, Qian Mo finished today's lessons at the Blacksmith Association, had lunch, and after a good rest, he returned to his big villa.

After saying hello to Chen Luo and Gu Yuena who were training in the backyard, Qian Mo walked straight into the innermost room of the villa.

When the room was opened, it was a spacious room with large and small equipment neatly arranged. It was actually a soul guide laboratory. Duan Hongchen, wearing a white coat, was sitting in front of the laboratory table, writing and drawing with a pen.

This soul guide laboratory was temporarily built to facilitate Qian Mo's learning of soul guides. The facilities are average, but sufficient.

Qian Mo changed into a small white coat, sat down next to Duan Hongchen, and called out, "Teacher Hongchen!" Duan Hongchen asked without even looking up, "What do you think is the most important part of a soul guide?"

Qian Mo was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "Core array!"

Duan Hongchen nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Indeed, soul guides are actually a technology created by carving core magic arrays on rare metals and gemstones."

"So, from today on, I will teach you how to carve the core magic circle."

"Look carefully. I will now teach you how to carve a basic first-order core magic circle."

After saying that, Duan Hongchen picked up a hexagonal metal block, held the carving knife in his hand, and slowly demonstrated the carving process to Qian Mo clearly.

When engraving the core magic array, the soul master needs to have certain skills and concentration, because the core magic array is very complicated and any carelessness will lead to failure.

But these are nothing to Qian Mo. Qian Mo's extremely high mental strength and the concentration cultivated through brutal training can help him notice the details of the complex core magic circle. His hands don't shake at all during the entire magic circle engraving process.

After Duan Hongchen demonstrated the engraving process of the first-order core magic circle, Qian Mo closed his eyes and went over it in his mind, then he picked up the engraving knife and copied it perfectly one-to-one.

When Duan Hongchen saw this scene, he remained silent on the surface, but was secretly shocked in his heart. Qian Mo's talent was so terrifying. It seemed that this teaching trip would not be ordinary.

After sorting out his thoughts, Duan Hongchen began to explain to Qian Mo the essence of the soul guide from the inside out, why the effect of engraving like this is release, why the ability engraved in this shape is absorption, etc.

Qian Mo listened very seriously, as this would be his capital for creating soul guides in the future.

At the end of the soul guide device study, Duan Hongchen handed Qian Mo a notebook and instructed: "This records some of my understanding of soul guide devices. Read it often. Nowadays, the soul guide device system is almost complete. If you want to make a breakthrough, your research direction still needs to be in the direction of mecha, battle armor, or large soul guide devices."

Qian Mo nodded in agreement. The mechas in Douluo Continent are divided into two types: large mechas and battle armors. Among them, battle armors are the best developed and the favorite of soul masters.

But large mechas are the exact opposite, becoming the perfect cannon fodder. Even the god-level mechas that were praised to the skies in the original novels, giving people the feeling that wearing them would make them the strongest in the continent, but when you look at the winning rate...

"0!"

Yun Ming killed one person with one gun, Tang Wulin killed one person with one punch, and even Muye, who loved mechas very much, only transformed his god-level mecha into a big sword and swung it in his hand a few times during the battle.

Why not wear the mecha outside? That god-level mecha may not be as strong as Makino's body, so what's the point of wearing it?

The original protagonist, Tang Wulin, also loves mechas and has engaged in numerous mecha battles. However, the more Qian Mo read the original novel, the more he felt that using mechas limited Tang Wulin's power, diminishing his combat effectiveness rather than increasing it.

Moreover, large mechas are divided into white, yellow, purple, black, and red from low to high. Starting from the purple-level mecha, there are considerable requirements for the operator's soul power and physical fitness.

This means that the strong ones dislike using this large mecha, while the weak ones cannot use it. This development is truly a failure.

(End of this chapter)