Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 30 Test
Donghai College gave students one day to pack their belongings before classes officially started the next day. Lin Xingyu didn't spend much time moving into his new dorm; in less than half an hour, he had it neatly organized.

Looking at the empty room, Lin Xingyu thought for a moment and decided to go out. He boarded the soul train, and the scenery outside the window quickly receded. He couldn't help but be lost in thought, secretly glad that he was not a train-carrying killer like Tang Wulin.

Lin Xingyu's skin was as white as snow, with a cool, jade-like radiance. At first glance, he looked like a finely crafted porcelain doll. But his golden-red eyes, like molten gold and crimson flames, attracted a lot of attention the moment he boarded the bus.

"Mom! That guy is so handsome!" A little girl with pigtails pointed at Lin Xingyu and said, hugging her mother's legs. The woman smiled and corrected him, "That's a little brother. You should describe him as handsome." She gave Lin Xingyu an apologetic smile. Lin Xingyu smiled back.

When they were about to arrive at the station, he walked up to the little girl and teased her, "But you, little girl, are not as pretty as your brother!" The little girl's smile froze instantly.

Lin Xingyu walked out of the station quickly, feeling particularly happy as he listened to the crying sounds coming from behind him. This real and interesting world was truly fascinating.

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Lin Xingyu casually took out the key and opened the door. As soon as he walked to the door, the old housekeeper came out to greet him. The old housekeeper was a little surprised to see him come back and asked, "Young Master, what's the matter?"

"No! I came back to get some things. Grandpa Chen, please help me collect more magnets, tungsten steel and white iron. I will come to pick them up next week." Lin Xingyu said and walked into the meditation room.

Pushing open the door of the slightly rustic meditation room, a creaking sound shattered the tranquility. Inside, a series of formidable suits of armor were lined up in every corner: Mingguang armor, chain mail, fish scale armor, each in a different style.

The armor in the center was forged by Lin Xingyu himself, hammer by hammer, after a thousand forgings. Advancing from level one to level four for a secondary class is relatively easy, but level five is a qualitative leap. Leveraging his martial spirit and martial arts, he was able to achieve a thousand forgings within six months of his spirit awakening. After all, the first step, a thousand forgings, was simply metal purification, requiring minimal effort from a spirit master; any dedicated blacksmith could achieve this feat.

However, the transition from Thousand Forging to Spirit Forging is a huge leap, requiring extremely high soul power, physical fitness, and mental strength, and the slightest carelessness can damage one's essence. After discovering the wonderful application of "high-dimensional vision" in mecha design, he had no shortage of money, so he kept all the Thousand Forging products, forged them into armor, and built a simple martial soul mimicry training ground in the meditation room.

The sixteen sets of armor at the center were forged to mimic their own martial spirits, each piece of metal being a thousand-forged, first-grade piece. Lin Xingyu gently stroked the patterns on the armor before storing them in his soul storage device. The school's four-person dorm was small, but now that he had a suite, he could store his armor in his room, further accelerating his soul power cultivation.

At noon, the old housekeeper carefully prepared lunch for twelve people, which was ready in just an hour. Lin Xingyu was so satisfied with the meal that he didn't even want to go back to school. Picking up the white iron, Lin Xingyu left home.

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The next day, Lin Xingyu got up according to his daily rhythm to exercise, wash, and eat. When he stepped into the first grade class zero classroom, he found that he was the last one to arrive, which surprised him a little.

As soon as he entered, Wang Jinxi and the other five people all stared at him, a stare that made him feel awkward for a moment. Lin Xingyu wondered, "Why are these five so eager? Tang Wulin and the other three are out of the question, but I don't usually see Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi come this early."

However, he still greeted each of the five people with a smile on his face, and everyone returned the greeting. Lin Xingyu looked at the seating arrangement: Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie sat together, while Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi sat together. He then walked over and sat next to Wang Jinxi.

As soon as everyone was seated, Wu Zhangkong walked into the classroom and announced, "Starting today, we'll have practical classes in the morning and theory classes in the afternoon."

Then he announced that he would take everyone to undergo a series of physical tests.

Wu Zhangkong led everyone to a room in the laboratory building. Opening the door, they saw a room paved with silver metal, and a variety of instruments neatly arranged. These instruments were the latest models, carefully purchased by East Sea Academy from the Federation and the Spirit Pagoda, and their data accuracy was extremely high. Tang Wulin had never seen them before, and even Lin Xingyu and others, who came from a family of spirit masters, found them novel.

It has to be said that Donghai College is indeed unique in resource acquisition and channel expansion, which makes people secretly admire it.

Wu Zhangkong turned on the instrument, picked up a table, looked at the people, and said, "Wang Jinxi, you go first!"

Lin Xingyu was shocked when he heard this. Is Wu Zhangkong that powerful? How could he estimate this person's mental strength just from a single battle?
Wang Jinxi sat down directly. After scanning his head, the instrument displayed a number: twenty-two.

Lin Xingyu was surprised. In the original novel, Wang Jinxi's spiritual power was 18 points. Was it because he had defeated him three months ago that he felt so stimulated? Had he worked harder in the past three months? An increase of four points?

Wu Zhangkong said calmly, "Wang Jinxi, you need to focus on improving your spiritual power in the next few years. You're still in the early stages of the Lingyuan Realm, not yet at the Lingtong Realm. At level 30, you can only fuse with a ten-year-old soul, which is a huge gap."

"Yes, Teacher Wu."

Next up is Xie Xie, with 30 points of Spiritual Power. He suffers from the same issues as Wang Jinxi, and even though his Spiritual Power is higher, it's more severely impacted by his Spiritual Power. In Wu Zhangkong's eyes, his Spiritual Power is still a drag. The third, Zhang Yangzi, has 47 points of Spiritual Power, six points higher than in the original novel. Holy crap, have you two been together for three months? While your Spiritual Power hasn't improved much, your Spiritual Power has. Still, your Spiritual Power is a drag.

It was Tang Wulin's turn to test his mental strength, and the result showed 66 points, reaching the high level of the Spiritual Origin Realm. Among his peers, this result was quite outstanding, not to mention his cultivation level and ten-year soul.

Wu Zhangkong gave him a favorable evaluation, earnestly urging him to continue improving his mental strength, adding that perhaps this would help him better control his mutated powers. Tang Wulin nodded in agreement. This significant increase in mental strength had truly exceeded his expectations, leaving him filled with surprise and anticipation.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi stared at Tang Wulin in amazement, as if he were a monster. This guy was just a spirit master, and he was equipped with a ten-year-old spirit.

You know, in this era, the rapid improvement of a spirit master's spiritual power is largely due to the soul. The older the soul, the stronger the help to the spiritual power. But Tang Wulin broke their cognition. With such a configuration, he possessed a high level of spiritual power, which was truly incredible.

Wu Changkong's gaze moved back and forth between Lin Xingyu and Gu Yue. After a moment's hesitation, he decided to let Gu Yue undergo the mental power test first.

Gu Yue Luoluo walked forward gracefully and sat firmly on the instrument. In an instant, the color of the instrument representing spiritual power quickly changed from white to yellow like a ignited flame. Finally, the number froze at 224, which was Gu Yue's spiritual power data.

"Spiritual Realm!!" Wang Jinxi and the others could no longer suppress their inner shock and shouted in unison.

Wu Zhangkong was also slightly startled. Although he knew Gu Yue was exceptionally talented, he hadn't expected her mental power to improve so dramatically. In his opinion, a nine-year-old reaching the Spiritual Realm of Spiritual Power already placed her in the ranks of genius.

When Gu Yue walked down from the test bench, he glanced at Lin Xingyu intentionally or unintentionally. There seemed to be dissatisfaction in his eyes, and he was not very satisfied with his own data.

This made Lin Xingyu wonder, secretly speculating: Could it be that after seeing a powerful human genius, she secretly "cheats" herself to improve her talent? Could it be that she started to exert herself secretly after losing the game?
Finally, it was Lin Xingyu's turn. He walked steadily to the instrument, turned around and sat down without rushing, and the test began. This instrument used the Douluo Continent's standard color grading system to display mental power: white, yellow, purple, black, and red. The moment Lin Xingyu sat down, he quietly entered a state of "high-dimensional vision."

In an instant, the color on the instrument flashed like lightning, jumping from white to yellow. "Another Lingtong Realm?!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise. Zhang Yangzi even shouted excitedly, "Close to the Linghai Realm! I'll have something to brag about in the future!" Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi all nodded in agreement. Such an achievement was truly something to be proud of.

At this point, everyone realized that Wu Zhangkong had arranged the test sequence based on the strength of each person's spiritual power, from low to high. This discovery made Wu Zhangkong even more mysterious in the eyes of everyone.

As the test progressed, Lin Xingyu's final data was fixed at 498. He thought to himself that without a strong background to support him, he had to keep a low profile.

After all, if you are one step ahead of others, you will be regarded as a genius; but if you are ten steps ahead of others, you will probably be targeted and even face the risk of being dissected and studied.

Wu Zhangkong gathered himself together, looked at the crowd, and said, "Next, let's have a strength test." Gu Yue took the stage first, his fists exerting a force exceeding 100 kilograms. Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi were so shocked that their facial features contorted. Wu Zhangkong was also surprised.

"Zhang Yangzi!"

Zhang Yangzi walked forward numbly, his left hand weighing 63 kilograms and his right hand weighing 71 kilograms. Comparing himself with Gu Yue, his heart was filled with tears.

Then Xie Xie came on stage, his fists weighing over 150 kilograms, and he managed to maintain his dignity in close combat.

Wang Jinxi's left hand weighs 435 kilograms, and his right hand weighs 473 kilograms, which is quite good among the powerful attacking soul masters.

It was Tang Wulin's turn. He took a deep breath and his aura was like a giant beast awakening. His left hand weighed 1,224 kilograms and his right hand weighed 1,350 kilograms, shocking everyone.

Wu Zhangkong asked him to try again with the scales on his right hand. After being covered with the diamond-shaped golden scales, his strength soared to 2,700 kilograms, and Zhang Yangzi and Xie Xie became numb.

Finally, it was Lin Xingyu, whose right hand held 5,999 kilograms and his left hand 5,981 kilograms. Wu Zhangkong was silent, while the others were horrified. Tang Wulin was also shocked. After all, he had been transformed by the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and ingested spiritual objects, which gave him such strength.

Lin Xingyu was very satisfied. The effect of martial arts in increasing strength was significant. He planned not to hide his physical strength. After all, there were many ways to improve the physical body in this era, so he was not afraid of being seen as an outsider.

(End of this chapter)