Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains!

He grasped the essence of spear fighting at the age of seven.

The Five Elements Spear Technique unleashed its strongest strike, uniting the five elements and unleashing the power of the five elements simultaneously. The spear intent exploded, and at that moment, Xu Yuan's spear pierced through the void.

"Perfect score," Cai Yue'er gave the score.

The other two teachers also received full marks.

Xu Yuan got his fourth perfect score as he wished.

"Your martial spirit is outstanding, with two forms. The spear form has its own spear aura, and the pen form seems to be in harmony with the elements of heaven and earth? I still suggest you choose one path and stick to it firmly, rather than trying to do too much."

Too much to chew.

Xu Yuan, however, did not think so.

However, he didn't need to argue with this old man Cai.

Old Cai had a typical eccentric temperament.

Although Xu Yuan could sense from the later parts of the original work that Cai Lao's initial difficulties with Tang Wulin and the others were pre-arranged with Zhuo Shi and the others, and that she was just playing the bad cop, there was no doubt that her temperament was eccentric.

An old woman who's been single her whole life...

Fortunately for Xu Yuan, Elder Cai did not propose to take him on as a disciple because of his talent in elemental control.

Xu Yuan guessed that it was because his uncle had given Zhuo Shi a heads-up in advance.

"The next challenge will test your secondary profession." Wang Hao led Xu Yuan into the next room, where Cai Yue'er was already seated on the judges' panel.

"Do you have a choice of secondary professions? If not, it's fine. You're only seven years old. I can decide whether or not you can get a zero on this assessment and it won't affect your joining the inner academy," Cai Yue'er said calmly.

Rules are dead, people are alive.

Moreover, the rules were set by the Sea God Pavilion, and as an elder of the Sea God Pavilion, she certainly had such authority.

"I have quite a few side jobs."

"A bit too much?" Cai Yue'er didn't react.

"I've studied mecha design, mecha manufacturing, and mecha repair, as well as forging, and I've also learned auxiliary forging techniques," Xu Yuan explained about his secondary professions.

Wang Hao stared at Xu Yuan as if he had seen a ghost.

Cai Yue'er frowned and looked at Xu Yuan.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. Your martial soul already has two forms. Although you didn't refute me when I told you, I could feel that you still insisted. That's fine, after all, it's a natural martial soul. And for a soul master with twin martial souls, you have to cultivate two martial souls. I can understand your situation."

Her tone became stern.

“However, cultivating two forms of martial spirit is not easy, especially since it involves two areas that require focused attention: elemental control and spear techniques. Under these circumstances, why would you choose four secondary professions?”

“Xu Yuan, your talent is undeniable, but you must understand that there are many geniuses in this world, but even they only choose one secondary profession. You have chosen four, which is a bit too disrespectful to others.”

Faced with Mr. Cai's guidance, Xu Yuan first bowed in gratitude.

"Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Cai, but I still want to give it a try. Actually, the three secondary professions of mecha design, manufacturing, and maintenance are more like one profession to me. Although the theoretical learning is complicated, I am confident that I can digest it. As for practice, there is no need to do it separately. I only need the same practical experience to verify the three secondary professions at the same time. Moreover, the verification process complements each other, which is enough to make my understanding of the three professions more thorough."

Xu Yuan's statement was not merely a display of confidence; it stemmed more from his existing achievements and a solid foundation of confidence.

"Oh? What level are you at for your three secondary professions now?"

"Level two," Xu Yuan said calmly.

Level 2!

Cai Yue'er's pupils contracted.

This level isn't high; in fact, it could be said to be at the bottom among all Shrek students, yet Xu Yuan has only been cultivating for a year.

How long can he study?

Don't forget, Xu Yuan also needs to cultivate his soul power, practice his spear techniques, and hone his elemental control.

She opened her mouth, but finding she had nothing more to offer Xu Yuan regarding his choice of a secondary profession, Cai Yue'er closed her mouth again.

"Let me show you."

In front of Xu Yuan were four rows of sixteen testing platforms, which were the four assessment positions for the four major secondary professions.

Xu Yuan scanned the tables at the front and walked to a mecha design assessment table.

Mecha design, Level 2 assessment, is basically just answering questions.

The test included questions on the theory of mecha structure, as well as the design of combinations of magic arrays and their effects.

Xu Yuan quickly provided the answer.

The test questions are generated randomly, but there are basically fixed answers, and the results are generated in just a moment.

Full marks.

The fact that Xu Yuan got full marks on the test proves that he has a perfect grasp of the theoretical knowledge of mecha design at level two and below.

Cai Yue'er's gaze flickered slightly.

Full score!

She calmed herself down and gestured for Xu Yuan to continue the demonstration.

Xu Yuan also walked towards the second mecha manufacturing platform.

Chapter 30 The Bias of the Brain Martial Soul

Both mechs and battle armor require rare metals as materials, and the most basic metals cannot meet the needs of mechs and battle armor.

However, lower-level yellow-grade mechs do not require overly sophisticated forging techniques; they do not even need to be forged a thousand times, a hundred times is sufficient.

However, even the lowest-grade Battle Armor requires rare metals of at least the thousand-times-forged level, and it must be of the first grade of the thousand-times-forged level to withstand the operation of the powerful core magic array of the Battle Armor.

In the forging process, the blacksmith also needs to hammer the metal into the corresponding shape.

Mecha manufacturers also have this step. While manufacturing the mecha, they also need to perform in-depth processing on each part. However, the basic shape still requires the cooperation of the forge master.

Of course, Xu Yuan's mecha manufacturing level is still low, and the metal he needs is only at the hundred-fold forging level, which is a relatively easy metal to forge into shape.

Once the metal reaches the highest level of forging, such as the first grade or even the spirit forging and soul forging, the metal itself possesses spirituality. Mech manufacturers who do not understand forging will not arbitrarily change its shape; they can only ask a blacksmith to do it.

Normally, this situation wouldn't occur at that level.

Whether it's a normal high-level mecha or a battle armor, the correct manufacturing process always involves the mecha designer providing the design concept and ideas, completing the core magic array design, and even standardizing and organizing the external dimensions of each component. Then comes the blacksmith's step. After the metal is forged, the mecha manufacturer will inscribe the core magic array on the forged metal.

He took a fist-sized piece of metal from the testing platform.

"This is the blueprint for a part of the gauntlet of a Yellow-level mecha. You have half an hour to manufacture it."

Mecha engineers begin their real practice from level two onwards, inscribing magic arrays on rare metals and truly participating in the manufacturing of mechas.

Of course, Level 2 mecha manufacturers only play a supporting role, responsible for manufacturing individual and very small parts of the mecha, such as the mecha's hand armor.

The enormous mecha, even its gauntlets, was larger than half the body of Xu Yuan, a seven-year-old child. The metal he was holding was clearly insufficient to forge the gauntlets; this was merely one part of the gauntlets.

Xu Yuan glanced at the blueprints and already understood.

This is the palm part of the gauntlet.

This is the most complex part, and it's the core of coordinating the magic arrays in different parts of the gauntlet.

But none of them are major problems!

Xu Yuan focused his attention, and the Heavenly Origin Spear appeared in his hand.

The Heavenly Origin Spear in his hand was no longer a spear, but had transformed into a palm-length needle, with the power of the five elements gathered at its tip.

The Heavenly Origin Spear swept across the metal surface, easily leaving a scratch on the hundred-fold refined metal. Xu Yuan's soul power flowed into the scratch.

Xu Yuan's hands were very steady.

He was extremely focused at that moment.

As the spear tip contacts the metal, soul power must also flow into the metal through the spear tip.

Currently, it's just the manufacture of ordinary Yellow-level mechs. If we were to manufacture battle armor, even just a single-word battle armor, the first-grade metal used would already possess some initial spirituality. While inscribing the magic array, we would also try our best to communicate with the spirituality of the metal, so that the core magic array and its spirituality would be perfectly combined.

This process can complement the blacksmith's communication with the spirit during the forging process.

Therefore, Xu Yuan was right about one thing: different side jobs can indeed complement each other.

Of course, all of this can only be done with sufficient learning ability.

Xu Yuan was confident in his learning ability.

Once his mental strength breaks through 500 points and reaches the Spirit Sea Realm, he can absorb a second purple soul spirit. At that time, he will add a soul ring to his brain martial soul, further enhancing his advantage in mental strength.

At present, breaking through 500 points of mental strength is not too far away for him.

......

The spear tip traced scratches on the surface of the hundred-times-forged metal; these scratches were merely the outermost magic array patterns.

Not difficult.

As long as you memorize the magic array, master the various techniques for inscribing it, and steadily inscribe the entire magic array in one go, you will have succeeded.

These were all too easy for Xu Yuan.

The real challenge lies with the Level 3 Mech Builders. It's not just about simply replicating the magic array; they also need to be able to adjust it on the spot to make the core magic array more compatible with each piece of rare metal. This is where the theory of the core magic array itself begins to be applied.