Douluo Continent: Ghost Rider, Heavenly Blade Burning Soul!

Chapter 73 The Down-on-His-Luck Xuan Ziwen

the next day,

Qin Hao waited for most of the day but received no news of the Blood Demon, so he had no choice but to finish today's lessons first.

The Royal Academy of Sun and Moon uses a flexible class system.

There are no fixed classrooms; everyone can choose open classes according to their own needs.

The Royal Academy of Sun and Moon offers only two types of open courses: theoretical courses and experimental courses.

The theoretical lessons introduce the development direction of Soul Masters and the cutting-edge technological exploration of Soul Tools.

It leans towards theoretical stuff.

You can meet many masters here.

Experimental classes consist of either engraving a single soul guide core or crafting a single component.

The experimenter is responsible for teaching students how to inscribe the core, and it generally does not involve finished soul guide devices.

As for the finished product, it needs to be completed in the supervisor's teaching and research laboratory.

It generally involves the assembly of multiple soul guide cores and components, a complex process that requires specialized teacher guidance.

On the first day of classes, Qin Hao and Vina chose only theoretical instruction courses.

To make significant achievements in the field of soul tools, one must clearly define one's development direction and the current forefront of soul tool technology.

The theoretical courses of the Sun and Moon Empire are undoubtedly the most valuable treasure on the entire continent.

In one day, they encountered two powerful soul tool users.

Xuan Ziwen and Ye Yulin.

Ye Yulin described the high-altitude orbital ultra-long-range strike soul guide device and the humanoid mecha soul guide device.

Its concept is incredibly advanced; it was created specifically for war.

Even though only inner court disciples could choose the courses, the lecture halls were always packed.

Xuan Ziwen's course focuses on civilian soul tools.

Even though it was completely open to both internal and external departments, very few people actually attended the lectures.

Including Qin Hao and Vina, there were fewer than ten people in the classroom, which was meant for fifty.

"Brother Qin Hao, this course is too boring. I want to go listen to Master Ye Yulin's class."

Vina was interested in various civilian soul tools.

However, what Xuan Ziwen described had no power at all; those things were all created by low-level Soul Masters and had nothing new.

What about baby bottle technology, monitoring technology, sensing technology, communication technology, sound transmission technology, and soul-guided vehicle technology?

Qin Hao explained to Vina, "These courses are in no way inferior to Master Ye's. If these techniques are developed, they could enable ordinary people to defeat powerful Soul Masters. In particular, the baby bottle technique, if developed, would be no less effective than food-type Soul Masters, and could influence a large-scale war."

Vina retorted, "But Teacher Xuan Ziwen also said that baby bottle technology currently faces significant bottlenecks. Storage efficiency is very low, and the cost is very high. There's simply no way to popularize it among the general public, and it's rarely even used in the military."

"Soul guidance technology will continue to advance. As long as the direction is right, his research will be very promising, and it will be a vast blue ocean."

"High-altitude soul-guided strike technology and humanoid mechs are impressive, but those are the Empire's most advanced technologies, requiring a large number of technical personnel to support them. To make any progress, a lot of time must be spent."

"Don't underestimate what Teacher Xuan Ziwen said. A super-large, long-range strike soul guide device requires multiple technologies to complete. Technologies such as baby bottles, monitoring, sensing, and communication are definitely used extensively in it."

Master Ye Yulin's "Sun and Moon Divine Needle" is terrifying; it can rise into the sky and gain an extremely long-range attack range.

However, the core technologies are beyond the reach of novices like Qin Hao and Vina.

Sometimes, aiming too high is not a good thing.

"Okay! Got it."

Vina pouted and continued to concentrate on the lesson.

……

The course has ended.

Qin Hao immediately stepped forward to stop Xuan Ziwen.

"Professor Xuan, I benefited greatly from your course and am very interested in your research. Does your lab still accept students?"

"I'm sorry, student, my lab is full and I'm not accepting any more students."

After saying that, Xuan Ziwen left without looking back.

The teachers do not have specific quotas for the number of students the lab admits.

If you accept it, you will receive a certain amount of Gold Soul Coins as a subsidy.

However, master-level figures look down on these gold soul coins.

They can have countless gold soul coins with just a few clicks.

They wouldn't even consider that tiny bit of subsidy.

They will only select outstanding students from previous major works competitions.

Or they might take in students who got in through connections.

The words Xuan Ziwen said above were clearly just polite remarks.

Xuan Ziwen is passionate about research and believes in the principle of "it's better to do less than more," so he rarely takes on students.

The arrangement of theoretical courses is also a mandatory requirement of the college.

Qin Hao had expected to be rejected by Xuan Ziwen.

How could an eighth-level Soul Master accept students so casually without demonstrating any strength?

Qin Hao chased after him again.

Hand him a classic text—"The Complete Guide to Tang Clan Hidden Weapons"

This was obtained from the group of people in the Haotian Sect, and now it's being put to good use.

"hidden weapon?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Xuan Ziwen's eyes.

The term "hidden weapon" is a very obscure one in the Sun and Moon Empire.

However, Xuan Ziwen was originally from the Heavenly Soul Empire, so he naturally had some knowledge of hidden weapons.

Hidden weapons were once prevalent in the Heavenly Soul Empire, giving ordinary people power comparable to Soul Masters.

However, only a small portion circulates within the military, and ordinary people rarely have access to it.

With the rise of soul tools, hidden weapons once disappeared from the historical stage.

Qin Hao noticed the curiosity in Xuan Ziwen's eyes and coaxed, "Teacher, Tang Sect hidden weapons don't require soul power; they can unleash considerable power using mechanisms. The direction you mentioned regarding making soul tools more accessible to the general public, if combined with Tang Sect hidden weapons, might produce unexpected results."

Xuan Ziwen opened the Complete Guide to Tang Clan Hidden Weapons and flipped through it a few times.

A great wave of emotions surged within me.

The analysis of hidden weapons within is incredibly comprehensive.

It even includes the specific parts.

As long as it is made according to the instructions, it can be completely replicated.

Although Tang Clan's hidden weapons have faded from the historical stage, the main reason is that very few people know how to make them, and their knowledge is not widely disseminated.

Weapons that can be activated without soul power have a large market everywhere.

The specific production method is even more invaluable.

Xuan Ziwen asked excitedly, "Classmate, could I borrow this complete guide to hidden weapons from you for a few days?"

"It's not impossible, but I need two spots in the lab."

Qin Hao is a generous person; he showed Xuan Ziwen the complete guide to Tang Clan hidden weapons, so he wasn't afraid that Xuan would secretly learn these things.

Given Xuan Ziwen's personality, he is definitely a grateful person. Getting him to share some of his skills in the future will be a piece of cake.

As for whether or not they will follow me and run away, there will be plenty of ways to deal with that later.

If they don't want to go, then we'll just pack them up and take them away.

"Sure," Xuan Ziwen readily agreed.

The Tang Clan's hidden weapons gave him a new direction; the stuff in the lab was nothing. At most, he'd just waste a little time giving guidance.

After handing over two access cards, Xuan Ziwen hurriedly left.

(End of this chapter)