From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 6 Beware of Academic Thieves! [Please read on! Please vote!]

Inside the Spirit Hall branch in Soto City, after tidying up, the rather handsome Chen Lin, accompanied by Chen Hong, entered the room of the Spirit Hall Soto City Bishop under the guidance of guards.

"Your Excellency! Chen Lin and his son from the Chen family's blacksmith shop say they have something important to report to you!"

"Oh?" The white-haired Bishop Soto, sitting in the simple reception room, paused slightly, seemingly pondering the identities of Chen Lin and his son. The next moment, as if remembering something, he said, "Come in!"

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As soon as the door opened, Chen Lin and his son saw Bishop Soto sitting behind his desk, engrossed in processing documents. The two immediately went up to greet him.

"Greetings, Bishop Soto!"

"Hello, Grandpa Bishop!"

"Hehe, what brings you and your father here?" Bishop Soto looked up from his desk and chuckled at Chen Hong, the quick-witted boy next to Chen Lin, "Haven't you caused your father any trouble lately, have you?"

Chen Hong immediately retorted, "How could that be! Grandpa Bishop, I'm usually very obedient at home!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Be good, be good! Sigh, I wonder who it was that got caught by the City Lord's men at the casino last time, and they only released him after the Spirit Hall came."

Bishop Soto chuckled. He still remembered Chen Hong, the clever kid who had appeared in his jurisdiction. This impression came partly from Chen Hong's special martial spirit and partly from the fact that Chen Hong had been smart since he was a child.

He had previously invited Chen Hong to the Martial Soul Branch Hall to help him organize some documents and work as a clerk. Although Chen Hong was young, he was precocious and possessed a soul skill called "Sage Time" that Bishop Soto found quite interesting. All of this deepened Bishop Soto's impression of Chen Hong.

Moreover, Chen Lin is a pretty good person. Although he's only a level 37 Battle Soul Master, his equipment forging skills are superb. Many standard equipment items at the Soto City Martial Soul Branch Hall are made by Chen Lin. Chen Lin's forging techniques are quite complex, with a set of strict standards, and he's willing to teach his techniques to other blacksmiths. In Bishop Soto's eyes, this makes him a Soul Master of high moral character, worthy of his kind treatment.

"Ugh!!! Grandpa Bishop, you're really determined to mess with the casinos, aren't you! I was originally going to tell you something about the Soul Guiding Mithril Mine, but now you've offended me!"

Compared to Chen Lin's restraint, Chen Hong was much more relaxed. After all, how could Bishop Soto possibly argue with a child? Besides, only the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and Chen Hong wouldn't give up the opportunity to further deepen his connection with Bishop Soto.

"A soul-guided mithril ore vein?" Bishop Soto was taken aback upon hearing this, then exclaimed in surprise, "Is this true?"

"You've offended me, I'm not telling you anymore!" Chen Hong was still arguing. Chen Lin couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Chen Hong away. Then he respectfully reported to Bishop Soto, "Your Excellency, we have indeed discovered a place where there may be a mineral vein. We did not continue to dig deeper for fear of leaking the news, but we estimate that there is at least a small mineral vein there."

"When the ore is smelted, it turns silver and is relatively soft. It is called mithril, and because it has a good soul-guiding effect, it is also called soul-guiding mithril."

"And we have successfully extracted samples, proving that what we said is true."

As he spoke, Chen Lin took out a small piece of silver metal from his pocket and respectfully handed it to Bishop Soto.

Bishop Soto took the Soul Guiding Mithril with surprise in his eyes. As soon as he touched it, he quickly discovered the peculiar effect of this mithril metal. His soul power could really flow in it!

"This...this is soul tool material!" Bishop Soto sensed it briefly with his mental power and couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "It really is! Excellent soul tool material!"

"Hmph! I'm the one who discovered it!" Chen Hong snorted, then looked up at a 45-degree angle.

Chen Lin: "."

Bishop Soto chuckled as he stood up and walked over to Chen Hong. He patted Chen Hong's head gently and said, "Alright, alright! I won't expose your shortcomings next time! At such a young age, why do you have to learn to be so concerned about saving face? That's not good."

Bishop Soto knew that the main reason Chen Hong didn't live in Soto City with Chen Lin was that ever since the city lord's guards detained Chen Hong in the street for disturbing their casino, causing Chen Hong to lose face, Chen Hong, who was then rescued by the Spirit Hall, stubbornly carried his small bundle and returned to his hometown, Baiyun Village, without looking back.

"Alright, tell Grandpa how you found out, and whether the news leaked out."

As Chen Lin stared in disbelief, Bishop Soto crouched down and softly asked Chen Hong in front of him.

Does being young give him the right to do whatever he wants? That's a bishop with a higher status than the city lord! Chen Lin really wanted to know what was going on in Chen Hong's head, how he had so easily and unknowingly brought the Chen family closer to the Bishop of Soto!

"The news didn't leak out. It started when a villager gave me a stone. After I subconsciously melted it down, I accidentally obtained the Soul Guidance Mithril. Luckily, I'm a Soul Master and have a certain advantage in mental power, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to discover the characteristics of this Soul Guidance Mithril."

"However, we still need to report to the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall before the City Lord's Mansion reacts, and send people to completely pocket the mineral vein."

Chen Hong explained to Bishop Soto in detail how he discovered the Soul Guiding Mithril. As for the Soul Motion Machine, he didn't mention it; that was another trump card he held in his hand.

Furthermore, the current soul-engine is too rudimentary, and its effects do not meet Chen Hong's expectations. It is easily imitated by blacksmiths from other factions, which is something Chen Hong does not want to see at the moment. He needs to upgrade the soul-engine to the point where it forms a certain technological barrier before he will proactively share the design concept of the soul-engine.

As an ordinary and unremarkable researcher, Chen Hong did not have the kind of mindset of being complacent and self-satisfied. He simply wanted to leave a good reputation. After all, there is no patent law in this world. Chen Hong is currently weak, helpless, and pitiful. If someone were to actually transfer his Soul Motion Machine to the Sharingan, although the effect would be good for Chen Hong, the other party could claim that they were the inventors of the Soul Motion Machine.

So Chen Hong could only vent his anger in a fit of rage.

Unless the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall are willing to support him, Chen Hong will not casually publicize his research results.

In particular, it seems there really is a notorious academic thief in this world!

Moreover, that person has extensive connections within the Spirit Hall!

Chen Hong has to be on guard!

Xiao Hun's motives are unimportant; what's important is that Chen Hong will find it disgusting!

Imagine you painstakingly write a test paper, and then someone suddenly organizes it and casually changes the title. Wouldn't you be furious?

(End of this chapter)