Mingdu, the Imperial Palace.
Ju Zi took out a token from her bosom. It was a token entirely dark-gold in color, engraved with a ferocious, claw-baring fire dragon.
When the Royal Soul Engineer Guard saw this token, they immediately all knelt to the ground and respectfully saluted.
Ju Zi invited Xuan Ziwén and the three people including Su Qingfeng into the imperial palace, proceeding inward without any obstruction along the way.
Ju Zi was somewhat puzzled as to why her teacher wanted to invite this Feng Qingsu together with Gu Yue Na into the palace. Even if they possessed Evil Eye Tyrant bones of extremely high quality and had powerful spiritual strength, their age was there—they shouldn't exceed Level Seven Soul Engineers, so their usefulness shouldn't be very great.
"Su Su, this human imperial palace looks quite beautiful. Do you want one of your own?"
Gu Yue Na followed beside Su Qingfeng along the palace corridors. She curiously looked around at the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace, finding everything very novel. It was quite different from some royal courts she had seen hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Inside the Sun Moon Palace, there were patrols from the Royal Soul Tool Corps and supervision from inspection teams. Between the palaces, there were even soul tool railways, with luxurious soul tool vehicles strictly traveling along predetermined routes.
Gu Yue Na could also sense that within the Sun Moon Empire's imperial palace, there were hidden bursts of enormous energy—likely one of the trump cards protecting the palace's safety.
Xuan Ziwén couldn't put down the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator bone that Su Qingfeng had sold him, constantly playing with it.
Although this wasn't a soul bone, in terms of value—especially research value—it was even rarer than a ten-thousand-year soul bone.
Xuan Ziwén's inner thoughts:
The density of this bone is the highest I have ever seen in my life!
Within this bone, faint streams of aura flow. It must not have been taken from the soul beast very long ago. But upon careful sensing, even my own mind trembles.
This bone is absolutely the perfect material for crafting mental-type soul tools. It is sufficient to carry the energy and inscriptions of an eighth-rank, or even ninth-rank, soul tool gem.
After realizing this, the way Xuan Ziwén looked at Su Qingfeng and Gu Yue Na was like how an archaeologist would look upon the most precious relic in history.
This was material capable of bearing the main body of a ninth-rank soul tool, yet this kid seemed to treat it as nothing?
The material of the mask on his face should have come from the same soul beast as this bone, and he vaguely felt that the position used for the mask was even better than the piece in his hand—yet it was only made into a seventh-rank soul tool. What an outrageous waste of heavenly treasure!
Very soon, they arrived at a side hall deep within the Sun Moon Palace.
The side hall was luxurious yet retained an ancient elegance. Eight-clawed fire dragon patterns could be seen everywhere on various furnishings, but there was a faint smell of blood lingering in the hall.
With Su Qingfeng's current spiritual power and eyesight, he immediately noticed resentful spirits lingering inside the hall, with bloodstains remaining on the ground—it seemed the deaths had not occurred long ago.
Su Qingfeng secretly used necromantic magic to absorb and guide these undead to rest.
When Xu Tianran saw that Xuan Ziwén had personally arrived, he actually pushed his wheelchair forward and came to greet them himself:
"Master Xuan, I wonder if Ju Zi has already told you—inviting you to the palace this time was truly out of necessity. You are the empire's soul tool grandmaster, proficient in carving and crafting soul tools. Your sculpting ability far surpasses that of ordinary painters and wax sculptors. Having you personally create a statue of Su Qingfeng is the most appropriate choice."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwén frowned.
Gu Yue Na smiled and sent a voice transmission to Su Qingfeng:"Su Su, your charm is really great. Even the imperial family here wants to carve statues of you and sing your praises."
Su Qingfeng gave a bitter smile. If that were truly the case, it would be fine—but he feared things were not that simple.
Sure enough, after some introductions, Xu Tianran soon led Xuan Ziwén and Su Qingfeng to one of Mingdu's top-tier soul tool manufacturing rooms.
Although Xuan Ziwén greatly admired Su Qingfeng, and although Xu Tianran appeared polite toward Su Qingfeng on the surface, in his heart he still valued Xuan Ziwén the most. After all, Xuan Ziwén was an eighth-rank peak soul engineer who had researched in Mingde Hall for many years and had considerable experience in crafting humanoid soul tools.
However, Gu Yue Na caused Xu Tianran's eyes to light up. Even as a prince of the Sun Moon Empire who had seen many outstanding beauties, all of them paled in comparison to Gu Yue Na. This icy, peerless beauty stirred Xu Tianran's heart and ignited a fiery feeling within him.
But he was destined to suffer a setback.
Gu Yue Na didn't care whether he was a prince, a crown prince, or even the emperor. If he dared provoke her, she would kill him.
Xu Tianran said:
"There are some requirements for this statue. It must be built according to soul tool standards. First, the statue must be able to move. Second, the entire surface structure of the human body must be present, including the head, hands, feet, torso, and even the bouncy parts and that. The dimensions must also be manufactured strictly according to the blueprint."
Xu Tianran produced a blueprint, which showed a rough outline of a human body, along with a special small rod. He pointed at it and said:
"This part must be made like this—20 cm, not a single fraction less, and the curvature must follow this angle."
Xu Tianran finished speaking in a gloomy tone. As a man with paralysis of the lower body, saying such things was an enormous stimulus, but there was no choice—this was his adoptive mother's latest demand.
The moment this requirement was stated, Xuan Ziwén flew into a rage. His aura erupted, terrifyingly intense, instantly making the atmosphere tense:
"Our Mingde Hall may have a good relationship with the imperial family, but we also have our own dignity. We research soul tools, not obscene objects. If Your Highness invited me here for such matters, I cannot comply!"
"Young friend, let's go. We'll return to the academy together. I'll find a way to make up the remaining fifty million gold soul coins for you!"
Xuan Ziwén was furious. Although he was not obsessed with female beauty, the blueprint Xu Tianran presented was clearly meant to have him craft a soul tool humanoid designed to satisfy women's needs.
In fact, soul tool humanoids used to satisfy the daily and physiological needs of men and women had already been developed to a very mature level a thousand years ago.
In reality, both continents already had soul tool lovers modeled after Su Qingfeng for sale on the market, but none could replicate Su Qingfeng's appearance— not even one ten-thousandth of his divine charm. What they produced were all crooked and ugly.
Mingde Hall had always classified this series of soul tools as low-end products, meant only to satisfy the physiological desires of civilians, developed by trash soul engineers below third rank to generate income for the soul engineer organization.
A master like Xuan Ziwén would absolutely refuse to touch such things—it would be a stain on his professional career.
After returning, the dean would definitely mock him!
Xuan Ziwén immediately prepared to leave with Su Qingfeng.
Su Qingfeng's mind was already blank.
What was this?Had he already fallen to the level of a "silicone doll"?
Gu Yue Na's expression turned cold instantly: "Absolutely shameless!"
"Master Xuan, wait. Isn't it just fifty million gold soul coins? I'll cover that fee. I'll also add another two hundred million gold soul coins. Whether the 'Su Qingfeng Soul Tool Human' is successfully created or not, all of this will be paid to Master Xuan."
"Additionally, whoever successfully creates the 'Su Qingfeng Soul Tool Human' will receive this top-tier Soul Heart and these treasures."
Xu Tianran offered extremely generous rewards. Two hundred and fifty million gold soul coins was an astronomical sum, and there were also heavenly and earthly treasures.
"This Soul Heart is a top-tier treasure. It can be used for protection and nurturing the spirit, or as the core of a soul tool. If used as a soul tool core, at the very least it can be used to craft a ninth-rank soul tool. Master Xuan, a top-tier ninth-rank soul tool is comparable to a Super Douluo powerhouse. Could that really be inferior to a bit of personal dignity?"
"Moreover, the creation of the 'Su Qingfeng Soul Tool Human' will only be known to those present. It will remain our secret and will not affect Master Xuan's reputation."
As Xu Tianran clapped his hands, a compartment opened in the palace ceiling, and a rain of gold soul coins fell, quickly piling up into several small mountains inside the hall.
At this time, Ju Zi also showed good judgment, removing a soul tool ring from her hand and placing it into Su Qingfeng's hand:
"There are seventy million gold soul coins inside. Fifty million is the remaining payment from my teacher, and the additional twenty million is considered compensation for hiring you to craft the soul tool human."
What Xu Tianran offered was indeed tempting. A ninth-rank soul tool—that was precisely what Xuan Ziwén was currently pursuing. He needed ninth-rank soul tool materials to practice and break through the bottleneck of becoming a ninth-rank soul engineer.
While mid-tier and lower-tier soul engineers were greater in number and overall strength than soul masters, top-tier soul engineers were no more numerous than top-tier soul masters. The reason lay precisely here: the higher the level of soul engineer, the more advanced and rarer the materials required for practice.
To cultivate a ninth-rank soul engineer required consuming vast amounts of wealth.
"Pah! Who would help you craft such a thing? How could an immortal like Su Qingfeng be defiled by you? Let's go!"
Gu Yue Na snorted coldly. She could not accept her little master becoming someone else's plaything—not even a robot.
Xu Tianran slowly took out a purple-black core. Su Qingfeng immediately recognized the dense spiritual power contained within it. His heart stirred. He grabbed Gu Yue Na's hand and said calmly:
"We'll do it."
It was just crafting a silicone doll version of himself.What was the big deal?Obtaining the Soul Heart would likely be enough to let him break through to Level 80 within two months.
It was a top-tier mental-type treasure.
"You'll do it? Young friend, although your spiritual power is impressive, crafting a Su Qingfeng Soul Tool Human is no easy task. If you fail, then you will—"
Xuan Ziwén had wanted to leave, but seeing that Su Qingfeng agreed, he could no longer walk away. Otherwise, his conscience would not allow it.
He was afraid that if Feng Qingsu failed to create it, Xu Tianran would vent his anger on them and kill them.
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