Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 239 The Ice Crystal Project
Therefore, being able to research soul tools with Huo Yuhao is undoubtedly a happy thing for someone like Xuan Ziwen who is extremely fond of soul tools.

Keke looked Xuan Ziwen up and down and said casually, "Teacher Xuan, we students have some talent in soul tools, but not many. If we can become level eight soul tool masters in the future, we'll be thanking our lucky stars."

“But Junior Brother Yuhao is different. His talent in soul tools is beyond doubt. Once Junior Brother Yuhao finishes his closed-door training, he can probably come up with some feasible and novel soul tool ideas for you. As for me, Ju Zi, Wang Shaojie, Zi Mu, and I, we can’t help you with this at all.”

A look of helplessness appeared on Xuan Ziwen's face as he thought to himself that he knew this principle.

Moreover, he knew about Huo Yuhao's trip to sea with a group of people, while students like Ke Ke should not know about it. That's why he thought that Huo Yuhao, who had rarely appeared recently, was in seclusion to cultivate.

Xuan Ziwen knew very well that Huo Yuhao and the others chose to go to sea to undergo the second awakening of their martial souls. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that their research on soul tools had reached a critical juncture and they couldn't easily leave the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he would definitely have gone with them.

After all, as Kong Deming's disciple, he had clearly mastered the relevant knowledge of a level nine Soul Master, but limited by his own Soul Douluo cultivation, he could only remain a level eight Soul Master and could not become a level nine Soul Master.

If he can awaken his martial soul a second time and transform it, he might have a chance to become a Title Douluo!

By then, he will be able to become a level nine Soul Master.

'I wonder when Yuhao will be back.' Xuan Ziwen's mind was filled with thoughts. He looked at the rare metal in his hand, wondering whether he should continue to research the soul tool for storing soul rings.

'If we can develop a soul tool to store soul rings, then theoretically, there's also a certain possibility of developing a soul tool to store soul spirits. But right now, I'm stuck on the first hurdle and can't make any progress.' He reached out and picked up the rare metal, its touch icy cold.

Tap tap, a series of footsteps sounded outside the laboratory door, followed by a click as the silver-white metal door slowly opened. Hearing the sound, Xuan Ziwen subconsciously turned around and looked at the metal door.

The other students all did the same thing as Xuan Ziwen. As the chief researcher of Mingde Hall, Xuan Ziwen had his own laboratory. Most of the time, only Xuan Ziwen and his students would come to this place, and occasionally the higher-ups of the academy would come to inspect it.

Soon, everyone saw Huo Yuhao appear at the doorway.

"Yuhao!" Xuan Ziwen's eyes widened in disbelief. He ran towards Huo Yuhao's location, his hurried footsteps like drumbeats, constantly emitting a deep sound.

“Teacher Xuan.” Huo Yuhao smiled.

Xuan Ziwen walked up to Huo Yuhao, looked him over, and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Huo Yuhao seemed to be in good condition.

Huo Yuhao was, after all, his student, and as his teacher, he naturally hoped that his student could return safely.

At this moment, the others caught up. After exchanging pleasantries with them for a while, Xuan Ziwen got straight to the point: "Yuhao, I'm having some problems with my soul tool."

Then Xuan Ziwen explained his current predicament. Huo Yuhao listened patiently to Xuan Ziwen's words, then pondered for a moment and said, "Teacher, I do have some novel ideas about soul tools, but I feel that some of these novel ideas are too difficult to implement and take too long to put into practice, so those ideas should be put on hold for later."

How about we try to develop humanoid soul tools first? This direction has been proposed by others, but it is still novel and has a certain foundation within the empire. "Soul tools that can store soul rings are certainly very useful, but there is no need to rush into such things. However, humanoid soul tools are different. Such things are actually the prototype of the battle armor in Douluo Continent III."

Especially the Ice God Armor, which is actually the predecessor of Battle Armor. Battle Armor undoubtedly provides an extremely significant boost to a Soul Master's combat power.

Of course, even if he can't create a battle armor right away, creating an Ice Extreme War God Armor would actually greatly enhance Huo Yuhao's combat power.

In the original work, the Ice Extreme War God Armor made by Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen was certainly not perfect, since their skills in soul tools had not reached the pinnacle. Now that Huo Yuhao is in the Sun Moon Empire, he can ask the future level 10 soul tool master Kong Deming for help to further optimize the Ice Extreme War God Armor.

Xuan Ziwen was stunned for a moment, thinking that the production of humanoid soul tools was actually very difficult, so he had long been prepared for a long struggle. However, strictly speaking, this direction was indeed "novel", since no one had yet produced a humanoid soul tool that satisfied people.

"Everyone except Yuhao, please step outside for a moment. I need to discuss some confidential matters with Yuhao," Xuan Ziwen said.

He planned to have a serious talk with Huo Yuhao about this issue. The details and direction of the creation of the humanoid soul tool were actually classified information within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

After all, according to the Sun Moon's higher-ups, humanoid soul tools will inevitably shine in the future, further enhancing the Sun Moon's soul tool corps' combat power.

Within the academy, only high-ranking Soul Masters truly understand what a humanoid Soul Guidance Device is.

Of course, in Xuan Ziwen's view, Huo Yuhao was able to know about the existence of this type of soul tool because of his special identity and his outstanding talent in soul tools.

Upon hearing this, Orange immediately and tactfully walked towards the metal door of the laboratory, her footsteps echoing throughout the lab.

Keke followed and called out, "Ju Zi, why are you walking so fast? Wait for me!"

Ju Zi stopped and waited for Ke Ke to catch up. Then she led Ke Ke out through the door, followed closely by Wang Shaojie and Zi Mu.

Soon, only Xuan Ziwen and Huo Yuhao remained in the entire laboratory, and the atmosphere became extremely quiet.

Xuan Ziwen looked at Huo Yuhao, his expression gradually becoming serious: "Yuhao, the biggest limitation in making humanoid soul tools is actually the materials and the core magic array."

These two factors determine whether a humanoid soul tool is good enough. Because the Sun Moon Empire has only recently begun developing humanoid soul tools, we are still constantly experimenting and making mistakes in order to create a sufficiently excellent humanoid soul tool for deployment in the Soul Master Corps.

Huo Yuhao said, "The core magic array needs time to be studied. However, Teacher Xuan, through the Eye of Destiny, I have glimpsed that the mineral resources in a region of the Heavenly Soul Empire will be mined in the future."

In that region, there's a mineral called Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, a metal possessing life force. I think we can intercept some. With Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, we can try to forge powerful humanoid soul tools.”

(End of this chapter)