From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 281 Chen, in his life, disliked fighting, only resolving conflicts. [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

Both empires have their own difficulties, and even if they have the money, the effect of their purchases wouldn't be significant. If one side makes purchases, wouldn't that put pressure on the other? If the other side follows suit, and everyone ends up with something, wouldn't that be a complete waste of public funds?

If you have it, I have it, and everyone has it, then doesn't that mean we don't have it?

Then came the departure of the mermaid Kelly. After leaving behind the "Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms," the mermaid followed the route of the Sea Soul Ship, swimming along the Barak River towards the Western Sea.

"That mermaid girl left you a letter before she left. Would you like to read it?"

In Ning Lu's clinic, Ning Lu took out a letter that the mermaid Kelly had specially given her and handed it to Chen Hong.

Chen Hong took the letter and rolled his eyes at Ning Lu, whose face was full of gossip: "What mermaid girl? That's a soul beast, a thousand-year-old soul beast."

Chen Hong opened the letter. The contents were very simple: a black dot on a white sheet of paper.

Without hesitation, he took out the book "Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms" from his spatial soul tool, opened to an illustration on a certain page, inserted a blank sheet of paper, glanced at it silently, then put the blank sheet of paper into an envelope and threw it into his spatial soul tool.

"What did that young lady write to you?" Ning Lu craned her neck, looking curious, but she didn't get up to peek at Chen Hong's letter.

Chen Hong was somewhat helpless. What little girl? She might be older than your grandmother. Well, Chen Hong didn't dare say that out loud.

"There's a coordinate where eight hundred swordsmen are hiding. They want to lure your son there, kidnap him, and demand the head of the tech guild leader in exchange," Chen Hong told a lie.

(Chen Lin: ???)

Ning Lu was amused and laughed so hard she almost lost her voice.

"Haha. Aren't you afraid your dad will hear you?"

"Don't be afraid, I heard you." Chen Lin walked into the room with a dark expression.

She glared at Chen Hong, who was pretending to be doing nothing, with some dissatisfaction, but finally said with concern, "You still need to change this habit of locking yourself up for a month at a time."

Chen Hong picked up his water glass, scratched his ear, and indicated that he couldn't hear.

Seeing this, Chen Lin felt helpless. Now that his child was older, he was finding it increasingly difficult to manage him.

Finally, he sighed, sat cross-legged beside the two, and said, "The preliminary rounds of the Youth Soul Master Competition have begun. Do you have any thoughts on this?"

The Shrek Seven Devils returned from the Star Dou Great Forest a few days ago with some injuries. After recuperating, they began preparing for the Youth Soul Master Competition.

"What could I possibly want?" Chen Hong rolled his eyes at Chen Lin helplessly, and said, "Do you want me to be both a player and a referee?"

"Hey, you little rascal," Chen Lin raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased, "Weren't you very attentive to the Spirit Hall's affairs before? Why have you suddenly become lazy?"

"But... our favorability with the Spirit Hall is about to explode if we keep pushing it up," Chen Hong said, shrugging.

"Moreover, I'm incredibly strong now. The only thing that can defeat me is my third spirit ring," Chen Hong began to boast.

"Off the charts? Oh well, whatever. We'll see what the Spirit Hall thinks. We won't interfere." Chen Lin was slightly puzzled. Although he was quite curious, he managed to suppress his curiosity.

"The Science and Technology Martial Soul Elementary School is doing quite well." Ning Lu, who had been quietly listening to the father and son bickering, suddenly interjected.

"The training of Soul Masters within the Technology Chamber of Commerce is also proceeding as planned, and more and more Soul Masters are beginning to learn Soul Guidance Device Inscription Techniques," Chen Lin added.

"I might disappear for a while." Chen Hong didn't comment on Chen Lin and Ning Lu's work, but quietly revealed his plans for the future.

"Disappeared? Where are you going this time? To go into seclusion?"

"No, there's a special place where we need to arrange some things and conduct some experiments. There's no need to worry about safety issues; it's extremely safe. We won't see any results in the short term, but within ten years, it will definitely overturn everyone's understanding." Chen Hong chose to answer selectively.

It wouldn't be good to say nothing at all, so Chen Hong still provided some information.

"I'll probably go and watch the finals of the Youth Soul Master Competition, and while I'm at it, I'll empty the Spirit Hall's library."

"I thought you would go to the field and show off your skills."

"Then let's forget about it. I, Chen, have never liked fighting; I only love resolving conflicts."

Chen Linning and the other person: "."

A few days later, in Sunset Forest, in the Valley of Ice and Fire.

Under Qian Daoliu's guidance, Chen Hong once again set foot on this land.

"The path to condensing the soul power crystal core is showing some promise, but it's a bit slow and requires a lot of time to condense." After disengaging from the high-speed flight state, Qian Daoliu put Chen Hong down and then shared his insights from condensing the soul power crystal core over the past month.

"Later, I used the soul power artifact pattern you gave me to condense the liquid soul power according to that model, and I did find that the soul power could indeed be further condensed. However, the conversion efficiency of the soul power artifact pattern you gave me is a bit low, and it feels like a drop in the ocean to try to condense it into crystals."

"I expect that once I enter the state of mind, my control over the spirit rings will be enhanced, allowing me to exert even stronger spirit pressure and further compress the spirit power."

"But the path is correct, and we should see results within five to ten years." Qian Daoliu was only proving to Chen Hong that his path was correct, but he did not seek any other additional help from Chen Hong.

The implication is that given enough time, he can complete the task independently.

This is the confidence of the older generation of strong individuals.

"Senior's condition is much better than I expected," Chen Hong said with a slight smile, then took out a copy of "Martial Soul Classification" from his pocket and handed it to Qian Daoliu.

"I've read through all the files that the senior found for me last time, and I've also organized them. All the contents are in this book, 'Martial Soul Classification'."

Qian Daoliu curiously took the thick book from Chen Hong's hand, glanced at it briefly, and seeing the clear and orderly information, couldn't help but exclaim, "Your book is essentially a summary of the Spirit Hall's vast records of Spiritual Realm information over the past thousands of years! If all the Spirit Master scholars in the world could organize information as neatly as you do and provide the sources, it would at least advance Spirit Master civilization by another step!"

(Yu Xiaogang: Do not call)

Chen Hong was somewhat helpless. He noticed that Qian Daoliu kept mentioning Yu Xiaogang's ID number whenever he spoke.

Perhaps Yu Xiaogang offended Qian Daoliu in some way?

As expected, even a peerless Douluo has his petty schemes.

(End of this chapter)