Douluo Continent, my martial soul is a mushroom.

Chapter 72 Their respective situations

Cracking five level 6 soul tools is no easy task.

Taking melee soul tools like swords as an example, they can be divided into three parts: the hilt, the blade, and the guard.

Although its soul guide core is concentrated in the hilt and tsuba, some inscriptions are also "hidden" inside the blade and sword, and these hidden inscriptions are often quite important.

Furthermore, the Soul Guidance Core is a three-dimensional structure with some inscriptions inside, making it impossible to obtain information without destructive disassembly.

His cracking can be divided into 3 steps.

First, the finest mycelium invades every corner of the soul tool, recording all information that can be recorded, while simultaneously consuming all the soul power stored inside, in order to prevent triggering any confidential self-destruction mechanisms and to serve as an overload protection mechanism.

Second, disassemble the main body and slice the components. Larger parts are disassembled whenever possible, and inscriptions hidden within the material are located by slicing the components. The slicing method involves preparing a corrosive solution, using mycelium as a carrier, and corroding and dividing the parts bit by bit. Countless mycelia die during this process.

Third, analyze and record. Experimentally analyze the function of the inscriptions, record, classify, deduce, experiment, and repeat the cycle.

It took Chi Ping seven months to decipher all the inscriptions on the first blade-shaped soul tool, which consisted of five 6-soul tools.

After the soul tool was deciphered, Chi Ping felt that he had benefited greatly and that his future was bright.

Of course, he couldn't replicate or design a new level 4 soul tool. Chi Ping's knowledge and experience required for innovation are far from sufficient; perhaps it would be possible after he deciphers several soul tools. For the current soul master world of Douluo Continent, this is still a completely new field.

……

It's July again, and the heat is intense. There are still 3 years and 4 months left until the five-year agreement is fulfilled.

Chi Ping's cultivation level reached level 58.

In the Green Bamboo Garden, after organizing the inscription data, Chi Ping immersed his consciousness in the sand table model in front of him.

The fifth generation of mycelium has been developed. Its affinity with earth element grants it the ability to sense fluctuations, transform earth element, and conceal itself within the earth. This also further enhances the mycelium's efficiency in converting soul power.

The research on Qi and Blood has made no progress. Perhaps it's due to hitting a bottleneck, insufficient accumulation, or perhaps it's because Chi Ping has rarely fought in the past year or so, or perhaps he hasn't experienced a life-or-death situation again. In short, the power of "Qi and Blood" can never be maintained; it can only be used when one is in a certain state.

On the contrary, his intuition is improving in an orderly manner. This is a skill that requires an extremely calm mind, and Chi Ping's mind was indeed very "calm" when he was researching soul tools.

Another factor is his intuition, which is why he provided Xue Qinghe with precise intelligence on the slave trade at the auction house.

……

The slaves at the Tiandou Auction House can be divided into two sources: those trained from childhood and those captured.

The former's mental cognition has been altered and requires long-term management, while the latter still has the possibility of being directly saved; once found, it can be eradicated with swift and decisive action.

This is possible.

It is a consensus that the slave trade cannot be conducted openly.

The laws of the Heaven Dou Empire still have some effect.

Since slaves would eventually have to be sent to the auction house, all the people who had contact with the slaves could be found by observing their comings and goings at the auction house, including the supervisors and slave traders.

Based on his experience carving the core of a soul tool, Chi Ping first used mycelium to build a model of the auction house. It was a miniature model; basically, every room in the auction house could be found on the model.

Then, Chi Ping remotely controlled the mycelium to land on everyone entering and leaving the auction house. The mycelium fed back these people's movement paths to the model, eventually finding the slaves and using this information to identify those involved in the slave trade. Further intelligence on slave transactions was then determined based on these individuals' actions.

With this intelligence, Xue Qinghe was able to precisely target the slave trade.

As a result, the slave-hunting business of the Tiandou Auction House was basically cut off.

While cracking down on the slave trade at auction houses offended some people, it also won over others. After all, the fact that a law banning slavery could be proposed and implemented, forcing the slave trade within the Heavenly Dou Empire to operate in the shadows, meant that there must be people who supported this law, and these people must be quite powerful.

Of course, the biggest benefit of this action was winning over the hearts and minds of the people.

The common people were the only ones truly harmed by the slave trade. With proper propaganda, they would be Xue Qinghe's most steadfast supporters.

……

The sand table in front of the pool is not the one at the auction house. This one has smaller items, a larger area, and more information. It is a miniature model of Tiandou City.

"The people we kidnapped this time are locked up in the east of the city," Chi Ping murmured to himself.

All prohibited businesses are extremely profitable, and the more prohibited a business is, the greater the profits.

The slave trade is a prime example. This is a crime that must never be stopped!

Ikehira planned to hand over the intelligence records to Yukichika later.

"Hey! They're checking people up again!"

A joyful sound came from behind.

Without turning his head, Chi Ping said, "You've been coming to my place more and more often lately. Also, I don't like being disturbed when I'm working."

"But we're friends, aren't we? Friends' conversations aren't considered intrusive. Besides, I can't bother you." Xue Qinghe walked to the sand table. "No matter how many times I say it, it's unbelievable! This little gadget can monitor the entire city."

"This is my masterpiece!" Ikehira exclaimed.

"That's amazing!" Xue Qinghe exclaimed. "So, could you make one for me too, as a token of friendship?"

"Dream on! You know how complicated this thing is to make! Besides, its main function is inseparable from my martial soul. And didn't I give you the data last time? The craftsmen you found still haven't finished making it?"

Xue Qinghe said without any blushing, "That's why I came to you to beg for money, because I can't do it myself."

"Give up, I don't have time!"

Xue Qinghe shook his head and sighed, taking out three thick letters with his right hand and patting them with his left. "What a pity! I was planning to exchange these three letters with you. The growth of the new crown prince of Xingluo and his fiancée, the exchange trip of Dean Four-Eyed Cat-Owl of Shrek Academy and his personal disciple to Tianshui Academy, and the adventure of the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader and her son-in-law to the northern lands—truly 'important' intelligence!"

Chi Ping finally made a move. He stood up, "shaved" to Xue Qinghe's side, took the letter that he was already holding loosely, and went into an empty room.

"Someone will be sent to pick it up in three days. Only a basic version of the functions is available."

Xue Qinghe looked at the closed room and said with a smile, "It seems that the little genius really cherishes his companions. It's a pity that we can't gather information on Tang San and Xiao Wu, otherwise you would be even happier. Give me the sand table in seven days; a good mood leads to a good work."

After saying this, Xue Qinghe left Qingzhu Garden.

Inside the room, Chi Ping muttered to himself as he read the letter.

"Mu Bai and Zhu Qing have really become the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, that's good... Letting Davis and Zhu Zhuyun off the hook is a good thing, after all, they are blood relatives..."

"Hongjun and Shui Bing'er are getting very close... I knew my judgment was right..."

"Xiao Ao and Rongrong went on a trip to the north, a pre-wedding trip, I didn't expect them to be so romantic..."

"That's great!"

(End of this chapter)