Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 133 Ordinary Students

"Director Lin, are you really going to equip the students participating in the Soul Fighting Competition with that self-propelled soul guide cannon?"

In the soul guide test area, Ma Rulong's father looked at Lin Jiayi with a bad face, "You are also a soul guide, you know how long it takes for a soul guide to become familiar with a soul guide device that he or she does not understand."

"For the past few months, we have been constantly adjusting their soul guides and combat methods according to their strengths and preferences. Now, with only a few days left until the Soul Fighting Tournament, adding another one would probably be counterproductive."

"Teacher Ma, I understand your concerns." Lin Jiayi seemed much calmer. "That's one of the reasons why I'm optimistic about the self-propelled soul guide cannon."

"It's not just our students. As long as my disciple takes out his soul guide, even a soul master who has never touched a soul guide before can fully master its use in just a few hours, and the effect will not be too bad."

"How could such a soul guide exist?" Ma Rulong's father was clearly unconvinced. "Even for students in the Control Department, it would take a long time to understand a soul guide before they could fully utilize it. How could there be a soul guide that could be used the moment it was touched?"

Lin Jiayi sighed softly, "So the Sun-Moon Empire has never lacked soul guides with unique ideas. Before I saw it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that soul guides could be used in such a way."

"It's just an ordinary soul guide cannon right now. If his technology continues to develop, it can be applied to other places and used in more advanced soul guides. It may even change the situation on the entire battlefield."

"I think Lin Xiao is right. The Soul Fighting Competition is limited by the arena. Although Soul Masters have a natural advantage in attack range among mid- and low-level Soul Masters and Soul Masters, it is ultimately limited in the arena. What matters more is the endless emergence of Soul Guides and different tactics."

Seeing that Ma Rulong's father still looked somewhat dissatisfied, Lin Jiayi persuaded him again, "Why don't you go and see the soul guide I mentioned in person later? Once you see it, I think you will understand my idea."

"Dad, do you want to go check it out later?"

Ma Rulong came over at some point.

"You didn't go to training, what are you doing here?"

"Dad, I've met that Senior Lin before. He's not the type to speak casually."

"Have you seen him before?"

"You forgot what I told you before." Ma Rulong moved closer. "Those wolf skins were sold to me by Senior Lin a few years ago."

Ma Rulong's father took another look and nodded, "You can try it, but even if it really works, it can only be used as a means to deal with Shrek."

"As the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy's Soul Fighting Competition, if you lose to other academies, you will apply to withdraw from Mingde Hall."

"Yes!" Ma Rulong smiled and nodded repeatedly.

On the other side, Lin Xiao, who was being talked about by Ma Rulong and his son, was busy making the soul guide in his hand. All he could hear was the sound of the soul guides polishing the materials. The teacher in charge of the exam kept walking past the laboratory table, occasionally stopping to take a few glances and nodding slightly.

Lin Xiao was not idle either. As metal fragments continued to fall, soul guide arrays gradually took shape in his hands.

Lin Xiao didn't pay much attention to the sound of the invigilator's footsteps behind him, but the figure stopped beside him and didn't leave.

Lin Xiao turned his head slightly and saw the teacher who brought them here looking at the finished materials on his laboratory table with great interest.

"You left so many interfaces for charging soul tools on it, is it to reduce the burden on soul masters? What is this empty part for? Is it for receiving commands?" A voice that seemed to be talking to itself rang in his ears. Lin Xiao turned his head and saw that the teacher was also looking at him.

Looking around, he saw that the other students around him were still busy making their own soul guides and were unaware of the situation here. He nodded helplessly.

I didn’t expect that the invigilators here also like to see the candidates’ answers.

"As expected, if that's the case, your soul guide should be able to receive commands from your soul guide remotely. Are the fixed actions set in advance and triggered by simple commands, or are specific commands issued on the spot?"

After all, he was a ninth-level soul engineer. Just by looking at Lin Xiao's unfinished product, he had guessed how the self-propelled soul guide cannon worked.

Lin Xiao has tried both methods. If certain movements are set in advance, it is inevitable that they will be a little slow in actual combat. However, issuing specific instructions is equivalent to asking the soul engineer to do multiple things at the same time, which also places extremely high demands on the soul engineer.

His solution was simple: let the residual souls control the soul guides, allowing them to judge the battlefield situation on their own. However, this method was definitely not something that could be discussed here.

The invigilator seemed to realize that this was still the Mingde Hall examination. Seeing that Lin Xiao was silent, he did not continue to ask questions. He just said softly, "After entering Mingde Hall, if you are interested, you can come to me. I can discuss with you the improvement of this soul guide."

After that, he didn't look any further and continued walking forward.

Lin Xiao glanced at the teacher's back, then quickly looked away.

It is indeed a happy thing that the self-propelled soul guide cannon is valued by a ninth-level soul guide. Just as Lin Jiayi said, the guidance of a ninth-level soul guide is quite rare.

But this person in front of me...

If Lin Xiao's guess was correct, he would be liquidated by Jing Hongchen soon. Even if he could survive by chance, it would be difficult for him to continue staying in Mingde Hall.

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Lin Xiao refocused his attention on the soul guide. Even if it was just a formality, he had to produce a complete soul guide.

Now that Sleepy Nightmare Douluo is dead, Nangong Wan doesn't have much time to care about him, which is a very good opportunity to learn about soul guides.

He neither thought that soul engineers had to surpass soul masters, nor did he think that soul guides had no effect on high-level soul masters. These were all means to improve strength, and the people here were nice to him, so he was quite happy to stay in Mingde Hall to study.

"Okay, you can leave now. Students who pass the assessment will receive a notification in two days. Those who don't receive a notification can prepare for the next assessment."

A day passed quickly. Those who were able to take part in the Mingde Hall assessment, even if they might not be able to enter the Mingde Hall, still had the ability to complete a fifth-level soul guide within a day.

As the invigilator collected everyone's soul guides, the students began to walk out gradually.

It was already night outside Mingde Hall. People around were talking to each other, and occasional bursts of laughter could be heard.

Lin Xiao looked up at the bright moon in the sky. In the past few months, he seemed to have really become an ordinary student.

(End of this chapter)