Chapter 86

Artificial Soul Ring: Jerry Approaches Renxue

Chapter 86 Artificial Soul Ring: Jerry Approaches Qian Renxue

"Master, have you found the few level 10 Soul Masters I asked you to find?"

Jerry, knowing that the people sitting next to Chrysanthemum Douluo were not outsiders, asked directly.

"Found them, someone will take them there in a bit."

Chrysanthemum Douluo knew that every time his disciple came to him, it was for something, and it was always something unrelated to teaching or cultivating. Ever since he took Jerry as his disciple, it seemed that Jerry had never come to him about cultivation. No one else could be such a master. His disciple was too monstrous, and as a master, he didn't have to do anything but support him.

"By the way, call the Grand Elder and the high-ranking elders of the Spirit Hall. This time we're conducting a public experiment. Golden Crocodile Douluo mocked me yesterday, so today we're going to slap him in the face."

Chrysanthemum Douluo said with a sly smile, as if he could already see Elder Golden Crocodile being slapped in the face.

"Okay, I'll let you know in the group now. Master, please come back soon. We'll start the artificial spirit ring experiment as soon as you get back. I'll do some preparatory work first."

After Jerry finished speaking, he prepared to start preparing for the experiment.

"Okay! You go ahead and get busy!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo hung up right after he finished speaking, but there was still a slight smile on his face, indicating that he was thinking of some bad ideas.

Those nearby noticed Chrysanthemum Douluo's expression. Serpent Spear Douluo and Porcupine Douluo seemed to barely recognize him. In the past, Chrysanthemum Douluo was just a bit sarcastic, but now he seemed like a completely different person, capable of playing dirty tricks.

"An artificial spirit ring? Chrysanthemum Douluo, can we go?"

Upon hearing about the artificial spirit ring experiment, Qian Renxue and the other two Title Douluos were very interested. Before Qian Renxue could speak, the excited Porcupine Douluo asked first. The Serpent Spear Douluo was also about to ask, but before he could utter a sound, Porcupine Douluo beat him to it.

"That's great, you're also high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo readily agreed, believing that the more people who witnessed such a glorious moment, the better.

Chrysanthemum Douluo led a few people directly to the research department, and they arrived at the innermost part of the research department, a separate courtyard, guarded by two Title Douluos.

The presence of a titled Douluo guarding the area caused Qian Renxue and her companions to be slightly shocked.

A place guarded by two Title Douluos must be a secret location of the Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue and her companions became increasingly curious about it.

Chrysanthemum Douluo led the three of them straight in, and the titled Douluo guarding the entrance didn't stop them. After all, Chrysanthemum Douluo was the master of the person inside, and the background of someone brought by Chrysanthemum Douluo personally was certainly not to be underestimated.

After Qian Renxue went inside, she saw her grandfather.

Because Chrysanthemum Douluo and his group arrived last, everyone turned around to look when the door was opened. Qian Daoliu also saw his granddaughter and was extremely excited.

When Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu's eyes met, Qian Renxue could no longer suppress her emotions. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she ran quickly towards her grandfather, throwing herself into Qian Daoliu's arms.

"Grandpa, I'm home!"

All her unspoken words boiled down to "I'm back," Qian Renxue said, her voice choked with emotion.

"Yes, it's good to be back, it's good to be back. You've had a tough time all these years!"

After Elder Qian Daoliu finished speaking, his eyes were red, but he still held back and patted Qian Renxue on the back.

The bond between grandparents and grandchildren is strong. Qian Renxue has always been the apple of Qian Daoliu's eye. To complete his mission, he has not seen his granddaughter for many years, and Qian Daoliu has always suppressed this feeling in his heart.

Now that his granddaughter has returned, Qian Daoliu silently thought to himself that he must keep her in Wuhun City and never let her go out to adventure again.

At this moment, everyone around also realized that this girl was Qian Daoliu's granddaughter, a girl from the Spirit Hall.

Many people didn't recognize Qian Renxue, but at this moment they all came closer to take a look at her. As a girl from the Spirit Hall, her status in the Spirit Hall was not to be underestimated. They had to remember Qian Renxue's appearance and were determined not to offend her.

"Miss Qian Renxue, hello! My name is Jerry. I've admired you for a long time, and it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Jerry finally met Qian Renxue, whom he had always wanted to meet. He was very excited and walked up to her to introduce himself, while unconsciously extending a hand.

Qian Daoliu slapped Jerry's hand with his backhand.

"Snapped!"

"Elder, what are you doing? I just wanted to get to know Miss Qian Renxue, why are you so agitated?"

Jerry looked at Qian Daoliu with resentment. He had only wanted to say hello, but the elder had slapped him across the face.

"My granddaughter just got back, she doesn't understand anything, don't bully her. She was just saying hello, why are you extending your hand? Do you want to shake hands? You're trying to take advantage of my granddaughter."

The elder ignored Jerry's gaze and spoke without any politeness.

"How could that be? Elder, you've misunderstood. I just wanted to get to know the legendary person with innate level 20 soul power. Reaching out was subconscious, not intentional."

Jerry quickly explained that if the elder continued speaking, it would damage his image, and how could he then approach Qian Renxue or examine her level 20 innate martial soul?

"I'm warning you, don't use my granddaughter for your research. She's incredibly precious; not even a single hair on her head can be harmed!"

Upon hearing Jerry mention that he was at level 20 in the Innate Realm, Qian Daoliu regretted telling Jerry about it. Sometimes, when Jerry was researching, it really felt quite wicked.

Just in case, Qian Daoliu spoke first to warn them.

"Elder, you are being unreasonable! Your accusations are purely malicious and you are defaming my reputation."

Although Qian Daoliu was right, and Jerry did indeed have the idea of ​​researching Qian Renxue's martial soul, Jerry would never admit it if Qian Daoliu said it to Qian Renxue's face.

With a "pfft," Qian Renxue couldn't help but laugh as she listened to their conversation.

"Alright, alright, Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore, how could I be fooled!"

Qian Renxue told her grandfather that she was still very curious about Jerry and felt that he didn't seem like an unreliable person. Moreover, she had been infiltrating the Tiandou Empire for so many years and was outstanding in both knowledge and strategy. How could she possibly be deceived by Jerry?

"That's because you don't understand this kid. Under the guise of making friends with you and doing it for your own good, he's researching your spirit. Yan from the Spirit Hall team has the Flame Lord spirit, which is fire and earth attribute. It's already a high-level spirit. He said something about wood generating fire and fire generating earth, and then he made him absorb a wood attribute spirit ring for his sixth spirit ring. His fire attribute was enhanced, but he often couldn't control it and almost burned himself to death."

When absorbing spirit rings, the common sense is to absorb those with the same or non-conflicting attributes as oneself. However, spirit rings like Yan's, which cause abnormalities after absorption, fall into the category of those that cannot be absorbed. At best, this will result in a sequela; at worst, it will cause the body to explode.

The spirit ring that Jerry had Yan absorb clearly had side effects. Although he didn't die, he couldn't control it and even had difficulty fighting.

Qian Renxue could only have her own granddaughter, and she couldn't let Jerry experiment on her.

"I'm really doing this for his own good. Look, isn't the power increased now? It's because his soul power control is too poor, it's not my fault. He just needs to practice his soul power control more."

The experiment of letting Yan absorb the wood attribute soul ring was quite successful. The only minor flaw was that Yan's soul power control was not good, which caused a small accident. His soul power surged and burned himself.

However, Jerry was nearby and immediately brought the raging flames under control, unlike what the elder had said, that he almost burned himself to death.

"I can't be bothered with you! Take out the gift you prepared for my granddaughter."

The elder clearly didn't want to argue with Jerry anymore; Jerry had too many reasons, and saying too much would be misleading, so he changed the subject.

"Damn it, Elder, you're so unfair! You treat me like I'm some kind of bastard, and you're even tarnishing my reputation. You're so ruthless when it comes to getting things."

Jerry pouted and said irritably.

Then he took out a ring with an angel design and a watch shaped like an angel and gave them to Qian Renxue.

"Thank you, Jerry!"

Qian Renxue liked the angel design very much, thanked it, and quickly accepted it.

"Look, look, even your granddaughter is more polite than you," Jerry teased the elder.

"This soul gauge can monitor your physical condition in real time, assist in cultivation, and also has voice and video information functions, as well as advanced query functions. There's a camera in front that you can point at your soul beast to take a picture, and then you can query relevant information, or you can directly use voice to search for the information you want to know."

"By the way, this ring is a level nine storage ring, and it also has functions such as storing living things, storing soul power, energy shield, energy impact, distress signal, and location positioning."

"There's a soul-guided vehicle specially built for you inside, called the Angel. All the permits have been processed, so you can hit the road right away."

"This soul-guided vehicle also has special functions, such as automatic recharging, four energy storage devices, and internal weapon and defense systems."

"It requires biological binding. Just a drop of blood is enough. After that, no one can touch your car. The defense system can defend against all energy and physical attacks below level 95. It also absorbs energy attacks to recharge the vehicle and comes with three driving modes: land, sea, and air."

Jerry explained the functions of these things to Qian Renxue very seriously, since Qian Renxue had just returned and didn't know anything.

"That's amazing!"

Qian Renxue was a little surprised. Previously, Chrysanthemum Douluo had only mentioned vehicles, which felt completely different from what Jerry had given her.

"Damn it, Jerry, you little rascal, you're keeping this a secret! You have such a great soul-guided vehicle and you didn't tell us. Compared to yours, everything else is garbage. When are they going to start production? I need one first. And that soul watch, why don't ours have so many functions?"

Jerry's explanation was heard by the others, and Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke first, followed by the other titled Douluos.

"It can't be mass-produced. This is custom-made, and the cost is too high. It took me a month and ten billion to build one, and the Soul Watch also took half a month to complete."

A billion is a bit of an exaggeration; saying it like that is meant to discourage some people.

The main problem is that building one takes too long, and Jerry is currently working on it alone without any help. Jerry is also unwilling to spend so much time on it.

As for why it was designed for Qian Renxue, the main reason was to first get closer to her so that it would be easier for Jerry to conduct research after they became familiar with each other.

"Hey kid! Shouldn't we talk about salary and benefits? There's been so much work lately, isn't it time for a raise?"

The titled Douluo all stood up to express their agreement.

Although Jerry said that the car cost a billion to build, it was still worth it. However, a billion is not a small amount. If he could improve his salary and benefits, it would not be impossible for him to save up a billion.

"Please, everyone, have mercy on me! I promise that once I can increase production, I will prioritize arranging it for you."

A bunch of people were asking for a raise, which gave Jerry a real headache, and he quickly begged for mercy.

"You're just making empty promises now. We have to sign an agreement. We've been lying to you every day, and we don't trust you anymore. We have to sign an agreement."

"Alright, alright, we'll sign the agreement later. Have you all forgotten why we're here today? Now that everyone's here, let's get started."

Jerry quickly changed the subject; if he continued, he didn't know what else he would say.

"First, let me tell you about spirit rings."

What are spirit rings?

[After a Soul Master kills a Soul Beast, they extract the Soul Beast's Soul Power and its Soul to form a ring.]

The color of the condensed soul ring varies depending on the year, so I won't go into details here.

Since it is formed from the soul and soul power of a soul beast, it is possible to create a human-made soul ring.

[We have no shortage of soul power. See those nine enormous energy storage devices behind us? This is a massive energy storage complex that I spent a long time building. Each large energy storage device is connected to ten smaller ones. All devices operate simultaneously, around the clock. When a large energy storage device consumes soul power, it will immediately draw upon the smaller energy storage devices to replenish it.]

This is the core of the entire Spirit City. The spirit guide vehicles outside need to go to the charging station to recharge, and the charging station is connected here. The other side is just an interface.

[Now, every aspect of Wuhun City needs energy, and all the energy is transmitted from here.]

"No wonder every household outside needs to be connected and pays an energy fee every month. Wait a minute, why don't the Spirit Hall's devices need to be connected with spirit power?"

One of the titled Douluo noticed the problem and asked a question directly.

"Complete soul tools all have energy storage devices, but if they were all complete, how would the Spirit Hall make money?"

This titled Douluo is quite impressive. Everyone was listening, and he immediately discovered the key issue in the middle.

"Damn it, what a rip-off!"

Many of them had charged their batteries before and didn't think much of it; it was a normal transaction. But now that Jerry said it, they felt cheated. It was like getting something for nothing, a business with no capital.

[Now that I have soul power, how do I deal with the soul beast's soul? I researched this for a long time before I understood. Actually, it's very simple; all I need is a single cell from the soul beast. To put it bluntly, a single hair, a drop of blood, or a leaf from the soul beast will suffice.]

However, it involves many technologies, such as cloning cell regeneration technology, which is very complex and requires a lot of specialized knowledge, so I won't go into detail here.

[Now I'll demonstrate this artificial spirit ring to you.]

This machine is the Soul Ring Maker. Place a Soul Beast's cell in the material slot on the left, press the start button in the middle, and a Soul Ring will be produced on the right. This is a leaf of Blue Silver Grass that I obtained. Now, let's begin the demonstration.

Jerry placed the Blue Silver Grass leaf in the material slot on the left, then activated the red button. A transparent spirit ring immediately formed on the right, and a beam of light connected directly to the Blue Silver Grass leaf on the left. Soon, the Blue Silver Grass leaf disappeared, and the light also disappeared.

Then another ray of light shot out from the bottom of the right spirit ring position, directly connecting to the spirit ring and slowly beginning to inject spirit power.

As soul power was injected, the transparent soul ring began to change. First, it was a trace of white, and soon the entire soul ring turned white. Then, a trace of yellow appeared, until the entire soul ring turned yellow.

Finally, with a "ding," the light disappeared, and then a voice rang out.

"Spirit ring completed. Reporting the spirit ring attributes: Blue Silver Grass Spirit Ring, age 416 years, attribute: Wood."

"The soul level in the spirit ring is weak. The elimination procedure has been initiated and is complete!"

"Soul skills available: Entanglement, Healing, Detoxification, Recovery. These soul skills are for reference only; the specific skills will depend on the absorption of different martial souls. Note: Please absorb within one hour; they will automatically dissipate after one hour!"

"Report complete! Machine shut down! Welcome to use it again!"

"It's really out! It looks exactly the same!"

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