Chapter 67 Chi Ping’s first soul tool, Tiandou Auction House
A soul tool is a man-made device that is driven by soul power and exerts special effects. Its production requires the use of special rare metals and gemstones to carve the core circle.
In this era, the production of rare metals and gems on the mainland was extremely low, and raw materials were insufficient. The development of soul guides was greatly restricted.
The loss of soul guidance devices used in combat is too great and cannot be developed at all, so that the existing soul guidance devices are basically auxiliary tools, and the impression of their weakness has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Soul masters take pride in fighting, and naturally sneer at soul guides that cannot assist in combat.
The lack of ideological support makes the development of soul guides even more difficult.
Only major powers such as the royal family, Wuhun Palace and the seven major sects would collect books on soul guidance devices and study soul guidance devices in order to comprehensively develop and enrich their heritage.
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Chi Ping is very optimistic about the future of soul guides.
Even for extraordinary civilizations, artifacts are one of the most effective ways to improve one's abilities. In those fantasy fairy novels of the past life, the importance of magic weapons is self-evident. In a sense, the soul guide is Douluo Continent's "magic weapon".
In addition, Chi Ping has always wanted to use soul guides to replace the gravity training environment in the mycelium simulation academy.
People are changeable and tools are difficult to adapt to.
It can be called the foundation of the school. It is really unstable to maintain the inheritance by cultivating the same type of soul masters. Soul guidance devices that can be mastered by more people are obviously more suitable for long-term development and survival.
There was no such condition before, but now that there is an opportunity, Chi Ping will naturally not let it go.
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The Royal Soul Guidance Tool Workshop is the exclusive workshop for the research and production of soul guidance tools for the Tiandou royal family. It is small in area, close to one thousand square meters. Most of it is a material storage room. There is a large studio that covers less than one-tenth of the area. There are 25 workstations in the studio, 13 of which are occupied.
Xue Qinghe arranged a workstation with an area of less than three square meters here for Chi Ping, a nine-foot-old man who was an apprentice.
"Well done. As an apprentice, you learn very quickly." Liu Wenzhi commented while holding a fine iron ball the size of a child's fist, carved with various patterns.
Liu Wenzhi, the chief master of the workshop, is the person with the highest level of soul guidance in the Tiandou Empire. He looks like an elegant scholar in his thirties, wearing a pair of crystal glasses, but in fact he is almost fifty years old, with a Soul Sect cultivation level and a martial soul carving knife. Now he is Chi Ping's soul tool teacher.
The iron ball in his hand is the result of Chi Ping's learning in the three months since he joined the workshop, a full-scale model of the core of the defensive soul guide.
"It seems that you are not here to do gold plating or to be funny." Liu Wenzhi adjusted his glasses and said bluntly.
These glasses are soul guides made by himself and have functions similar to magnifying glasses.
The workshop has a complete assessment process, and only those who pass the assessment can join. Chi Ping was directly inserted into the workshop by Xue Qinghe without going through any procedures, and Liu Wenzhi had always been unhappy with him. In addition, Chi Ping's disguised appearance was too rough and did not look like someone who could do fine work, which made him even more unhappy.
Chi Ping understood this. After all, he was a person who studied soul guidance devices in this era when soul guidance devices were not taken seriously. It was normal for him to be aloof.
He handed over his hand and said, "It's all thanks to your teachings."
Liu Wenzhi waved his hand, "You work hard, you have good talent, and your brain is not bad. What does it have to do with me if you learn quickly? You have practiced basic skills for three months and you want to get started, right? Take this and go to the warehouse old Chen. Get a standard sapphire."
Liu Wenzhi carefully placed the fine iron model made by Chi Ping on his work station, then took out a piece of paper from the side and wrote the words "A Standard Primary Defense Soul Guidance Device Specification Blue Jade, Approved" Throw it to Chi Ping.
"If you mess up, get out of here!"
After saying that, Liu Wenzhi turned around and immersed himself in his research.
Chi Ping stepped back carefully.
A standard specification refers to two 5 cm square pieces of sapphire, with one error allowed.
Sapphire, as the name suggests, is a kind of sky-blue jade. Produced in the northern province of the Tiandou Empire, it is a special jade material with water properties that can be used to make the core of a defensive soul guide. After activation, a protective soul barrier is generated, which can defend against century-old offensive soul skills used by soul masters below level 20. It is the main product of the Royal Soul Guidance Workshop, and the workshop is rated as a primary soul guidance tool.
The flagship product of the workshop is a defensive soul guidance device that can defend against the soul master's thousand-year soul skill, and is rated as a high-grade soul guidance device.
There are three steps to making a soul guide: embryo making, carving, and assembly.
Embryo making is to polish the core material into an embryo and prepare other components at the same time. Engraving is to carve the magic array on the core material. This is the core process of making the soul guide. Assembly is to assemble the core and other components together.
Use tools to polish the sapphire into a standard spherical shape. Then Chi Ping began to prepare for carving.
A mycelial arm sprouts from the left shoulder.
This is the martial spirit of Chi Ping, the nine-foot tall man, called the Hand of Change. It is a tool hand that can be deformed at will. The essence is that Chiping controls mycelial plasticity. It's the same principle as the left arm shaped by Chi Ping and broadcast in Wuhun City.
Fix the sapphire ball with a special tool, then hold the carving knife in your right hand. Mycelium spreads from your left arm to wrap the sapphire ball, leaving only the carving area. The changing hand holds a small fan blade to act as a low-power fan, and is always ready to help Chi Ping Change tools.
In a state of intuition, Chi Ping began to carve.
Time passed by, but his body was as motionless as a sculpture. A few fingers controlled a small carving knife, slowly carving with the infusion of soul power. The fine powder was blown away by the fan and fell to the table.
The studio was quiet, everyone was busy doing their own thing, there was the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching the paper, and the clicking sound of the carving knife picking apart metal or jade.
It is a place where people can work quietly.
When the last knife was carved slowly, the breeze blew away the fine metal shavings, and Chi Ping's movements stopped.
Carefully turn off the mycelium fan, retract the mycelium covering the sapphire ball, and remove the completed core from the fixture.
Input soul power, and the core emits soul power fluctuations.
Chi Ping walked into the testing room with Core.
Completely activate the core, as if a breeze is blowing on your face, a sky-blue eggshell-shaped defensive barrier unfolds outside the body.
Chi Ping put his hand on the barrier and exerted force until the barrier broke.
He let out a breath.
"It's considered to be the standard."
The soul barrier inspired by the blue jade primary defense soul guide is a two-way defense, but because of its shape, the external defense is stronger.
"One success, I'm great!"
After praising himself, Chi Ping walked out of the testing room and looked out the window.
--Um? Is it already dark?
Chi Ping increased his hand speed, put the core into a metal shell, added a handle, and a sapphire primary defensive soul guidance cane was completed.
He brought his walking stick to Master Liu Wenzhi's workstation.
"It's done in one go, not bad." Liu Wenzhi took the cane, looked at it briefly and then nodded. (Actually, at Liu Wenzhi’s level, it was impossible to judge the pros and cons at a glance, but he had quietly followed Chi Ping’s work all afternoon, so he knew he didn’t need to open it for inspection.)
“Three days later, the workshop and the first A batch of works will be auctioned at Tiandou Auction House, and your piece will be added to it. Come with me when the time comes."
"I see."
"Well, go back and rest. The prince has good taste. Remember to come on time tomorrow, and I will teach you how to make the next soul guidance core."
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Three days later, Tiandou Auction House.
This is a semicircle buckled on the ground, with a diameter of at least 500 meters, and the highest point is more than 80 meters. The door of the auction house is also semicircular, with the same architectural style as the whole, and is milky white. There are four tall girls standing in front of the door.
The Royal Soul Guidance Workshop has its own shop, but this does not prevent it from cooperating with the Tiandou Auction House. Every quarter, the Royal Soul Guidance Workshop will take out a batch of products and put them up for auction at the auction house to prove that their products are excellent.
Liu Wenzhi put Chi Ping's first work on the auction list, which shows his appreciation for Chi Ping. Of course, this also requires Chi Ping's skills to pass the test, otherwise it would be ruining the sign of the workshop!
The setting of soul guides in Dou Yi is very strange. It is said that the production method has been lost, but it feels like they can be found everywhere. There are amplified soul guides in the fighting arena, and the Wuhun Palace can use a large number of soul guides to reinforce the arena.
This article assumes that there is a production method, but it has not been developed due to material reasons
At that time in Wuhun City, many throat models were made with mycelium, and the vibration information of the oath was repeated, using matching mycelium loudspeakers and Mycelium air sac controls activation. After being familiar with the mycelium arm for more than a month, Chi Ping's ability to control the mycelium has been greatly enhanced and he can perform more precise operations.
(End of this chapter)