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When Wu Ning presented the thesis in his hand with a face full of disdain, a flicker of embarrassment appeared on Bibi Dong's face. Bibi Dong didn't even need to guess who it belonged to if it could make Elder Wu Ning look that disgusted.
It was Yu Xiaogang's.
To this day, Bibi Dong still believed in Yu Xiaogang's scholarship; she refused to believe that he could be inferior to Xiao Lin and the others. Thus, she prepared herself to look through Yu Xiaogang's latest work.
"'On the Optimal Selection of Soul Rings for Food System Soul Masters'... the title seems decent enough."
The corners of Bibi Dong's mouth curled slightly.
As expected, Xiaogang still possessed great wisdom, even if his papers over the last few months had all been rejected.
"Your Holiness, how can this be considered 'decent'?" Wu Ning's expression turned scornful.
"A vast amount of the data in this paper was taken directly from our Spirit Hall records. It is essentially a 're-skinned' thesis."
"Furthermore," Wu Ning continued, "This paper plagiarizes many viewpoints from Xiao Yan's previous works."
"Your Holiness, I suggest we stop collecting Yu Xiaogang's papers to avoid wasting manpower. It would be best to blackball him permanently."
Wu Ning gritted his teeth, offering his advice bluntly.
Hearing this, Bibi Dong felt even more awkward.
"There is no need to actively collect Yu Xiaogang's papers anymore then. Reject this one."
Although Wu Ning didn't hear the news of a permanent ban on Yu Xiaogang's submissions, he felt a sense of satisfaction upon hearing Bibi Dong's rejection.
If you have the ability, go write a high-quality paper. What's the point of spending all day spinning your own thoughts around other people's ideas?
"Yes, Your Holiness."
As Wu Ning withdrew, a look of helplessness crossed Bibi Dong's face.
Xiaogang used to be so incredibly knowledgeable; how had he become like this?
Bibi Dong had originally hoped that Xiaogang might be able to help her research a theory to cleanse her of evil thoughts. Now it seemed his theories were only useful to some low-level Soul Masters.
With a slight sigh, Bibi Dong crushed the paper in her hand with soul power, letting the fragments drift to the floor.
Meanwhile, on the training grounds of Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang was currently drilling Ma Hongjun and Oscar's physical bodies. Regarding the matter of the thesis, Yu Xiaogang was still blissfully unaware. To this moment, he firmly believed that his new paper would be wildly popular.
This was his most perfect masterpiece.
Every Food System Soul Master would surely thank him for his painstaking efforts.
Not to mention, he had included Oscar's first soul skill as a case study. That effect of restoring physical stamina and soul power reached a height that even the top-tier Support System martial souls couldn't match.
Now, seeing Oscar and Ma Hongjun growing rapidly under his special training, the pride in his heart swelled.
So what if he is the son of the Clear Sky Douluo? Could he possibly have a training method as scientific as mine?
Seeing their growth, Yu Xiaogang even formulated a daring idea.
That was to have the two of them absorb thousand-year soul rings for their next stage, reaching an unprecedented height.
At the same time.
Inside the secret base in Nuoding City.
The originally dim basement was now as bright as day.
"Clap! Clap!"
Xiao Lin tapped on the blackboard, which displayed the "Self-Condensing Soul Ring" project. The reason the basement was so bright was entirely because they had purchased new lighting tools: illumination Soul Tool.
Ever since Su Yuntao—Big Brother Tao—obtained a storage Soul Tool, he had traveled to Fasinuo Province alone to handle the auction. Su Yuntao had claimed he needed a lot of money to pursue a girl.
At that time, the way Xiao Lin looked at Su Yuntao changed; "simps" truly had it rough. Fortunately, Xiao Lin had over 20,000 gold soul coins from Tang Hao, so he didn't really need to buy anything.
In the end, he asked Su Yuntao to help buy some Soul Tools, and Tang San did the same, asking him to purchase some rare metals. Only Xiao Wu asked Su Yuntao to buy local specialties and delicious snacks.
As of now, Xiao Wu was the wealthiest of the three—a proper little rich lady.
Because Xiao Wu didn't know how to save money, spent without restraint, and was easily cheated by adults, her money was now kept by Tang San. This included some gold soul coins from Xiao Wu's original storage Soul Tool.
(Money from Soul Masters who had died at the hands of the Titan Giant Ape).
It was precisely because of this that Xiao Lin realized just how rich Xiao Wu was. With over 60,000 gold soul coins, Xiao Lin didn't even know how long it would take him to earn that much.
Xiao Lin's reason for buying Soul Tools was simple: he wanted to understand how to self-condense a soul ring through them. Both Tang San and Xiao Wu were well aware of this.
The reason Xiao Lin felt that Soul Tools would help with self-condensing soul rings was entirely due to his own memories. In his few scattered memories, he recalled someone using an offensive Soul Tool to release a soul skill.
It seemed to be some kind of blade?
Of course, it was possible his memory was muddled; it might have been an offensive Soul Tool sold at an auction in the second book. Regardless, Xiao Lin remembered that these offensive Soul Tools could release soul skills.
Similarly, defensive Soul Tools could release defensive soul skills. Therefore, after Xiao Lin prepared to research self-condensing soul rings, he began studying Soul Tools.
As Xiao Lin had mentioned before, the speed of self-condensing a soul ring might not even be as fast as finding a suitable one. But this time, it wasn't just for himself; both Xiao Wu and Tang San had become interested.
Xiao Wu's motive for wanting Xiao Lin to research this was obvious.
As for Tang San, he wanted to create even stronger hidden weapons. After encountering the terrifying destructive power of the Titan Giant Ape, Tang San began to worry that his hidden weapons might become obsolete.
He feared they weren't powerful enough to protect Xiao Lin and Xiao Wu, or to pass down the Tang Sect's legacy in this world. He hoped his Tang Sect would become the most powerful sect.
Naturally, Soul Tools capable of releasing soul skills became Tang San's primary objective. Since he had managed to recreate powerful hidden weapons in his past life using only fragments of text from secret manuals.
He had fresh confidence in this life to create something new. Even if he couldn't perfectly integrate the effects of a soul skill into a Soul Tool in this life, he had to try.
"Ahem. Since you both want to research self-condensing soul rings, our next topics will be the compression of soul power and self-condensation."
"At the same time, don't let your cultivation speed drop too much. Physical and mental training must continue as well."
After adding those final reminders, Xiao Lin began to seriously explain the concept of self-condensing soul rings.
"Regarding self-condensing soul rings, my research isn't very deep, but I have a certain hypothesis. First of all, a self-condensed soul ring should be—no, it must be—a circuit. You don't know what a circuit is? It's fine, I've prepared props."
Xiao Lin took out his props: two wires and a small tungsten filament light bulb (a low-quality version forged by Tang San). Quickly, Xiao Lin connected the wires to the bulb and then held one wire in each hand.
"Little San, Xiao Wu, look. My body is now connected to the wires and the bulb."
As Xiao Lin spoke, Tang San and Xiao Wu both nodded with solemn expressions.
In the next second, Xiao Lin controlled his soul power, funneled a portion of soul power carrying the lightning attribute into one end.
Crackle! Pop!
Without any surprise, the light bulb couldn't handle Xiao Lin's power and exploded instantly. However, before it shattered, it released a final burst of radiance that Tang San and Xiao Wu saw clearly.
"Brother Lin? You succeeded! Is this a Soul Tool?"
A purple light flashed in Tang San's eyes.
He had stared unblinkingly at the scene just now and saw it clearly. The lightning soul power traveled from one end to the other and was then re-absorbed by Xiao Lin.
"No, this is different from an illumination Soul Tool, but you should have clearly seen the circuit."
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