Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Long Lei and Yu Xinshou left quietly before Tang Ya regained consciousness, while Bei Bei and Long You handed over the soul bone to Tang Ya after she woke up.

Clearly, Tang Ya, feeling she had already gotten a huge advantage, was unwilling to accept such a precious gift. Faced with this situation, Long You simply gave Bei Bei a look, letting her handle the matter herself. Then, Long You began to dismantle the tent.

Long You, who was dismantling the tent, had no idea what Bei Bei had said to Tang Ya. However, judging from their expressions, they had clearly reached an agreement.

Unless absolutely necessary, the Soul Beast Forest is clearly not a good place to absorb soul bones. The sky is already starting to darken, and if the trio doesn't want to spend the night in the forest, they need to hurry on their way.

Having confirmed that his father was nearby, Long You, who had become the leader, abandoned some less necessary reconnaissance, thus increasing the team's speed.

Despite this, the trio still couldn't leave the jungle before nightfall. Fortunately, the map and the thinning trees indicated that they were on the edge of the forest where spirit beasts were kept. This area was usually free of spirit beasts, so the trio decided to continue their journey in the dark.

After groping around in the dark for about twenty minutes, Long You successfully led Bei Bei and Tang Ya through the still-guarded gate of the captive soul beast forest and into the now quiet soul beast forest town.

"Phew, finally out. After I got back this time, I studied night vision goggles. To my surprise, the Insight Glasses didn't have night vision function at all."

"Alright, Xiao You, stop complaining and go to the inn to rest. This town looks lively during the day, but as soon as it gets dark, it becomes as quiet as if no one is there. I feel uncomfortable staying in this dark place and can't relax at all."

"This is the Soul Beast Forest Town. The Soul Masters who come here are all thinking about hunting Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Forest, so they've all gone to rest early. Since the Soul Masters are resting, the merchants who do business in this town naturally rest as well."

Although Long You didn't feel the same discomfort as Bei Bei, humans accustomed to light do subconsciously feel uneasy in the dark. So, while saying it was normal for the town to be quiet at this time, Long You still walked quickly towards the inn he had booked before entering the forest.

Back in Heaven Dou City, Long You fully realized his shortcomings in strength and the inadequacy of his soul tool configuration. Therefore, in the days that followed, unless absolutely necessary, Long You devoted all his energy to the creation of soul tools and the cultivation of soul power.

Although Long You had passed the Level 1 Soul Master assessment by the end of his first year at the Junior Soul Master Academy, the number of Level 1 Soul Tools he could produce at that time was actually very limited.

Therefore, during the remaining time of the three-month vacation, Long You concentrated his efforts on creating and familiarizing himself with various first-level soul tools in the Pearl of Imagination, so that his identity as a first-level soul master was truly worthy of the title.

After school started, Long You began to think about some new tricks. The battle in the Soul Beast Forest during the holidays made Long You realize that the soul tools he was equipped with were not very convenient to use, at least not in line with his own expectations.

Take the detection soul tool as an example. Although Long You only had a level two detection soul tool at the time, the detection results returned by the detection soul tool could only show small dots of moving life forms, which was too poor.

Therefore, Long You's first step was to target the signal receiving and transmitting devices of the soul-guided detector. Without connecting a camera, Long You didn't expect to be able to see the other party's appearance directly on the detector's feedback screen like watching surveillance footage, but a general outline was necessary. At the very least, he needed to be able to distinguish between a human and a beast.

It took Long You nearly five months to improve this. During this time, Long You not only developed the high-definition camera, but also reached the bottleneck of level 20 in his own soul power.

The acquisition of the second spirit ring still involves choosing a suitable spirit beast from the captive spirit beast forest of the Heavenly Soul Empire. However, compared to Tang Ya, who was "isolated and helpless," Long You was obviously much happier, as he could directly ask his parents for help without any hesitation.

Having already assessed their son's strength during this trip to the Soul Beast Forest, Long's parents deliberately trained Long You, keeping him as a backup plan in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Long You did want to clarify whether his strength had actually improved after more than half a year of hard work.

The verification results were quite good; Long You had indeed made some progress. With the increase in the types of soul tools on his body, Long You had many more options for dealing with various situations. In the end, Long You relied on his own abilities to kill an 800-year-old earth-attribute sub-dragon soul beast—the Diamond Earth Armor Dragon.

Long's parents were pleasantly surprised by their son's progress, but Long You himself was not satisfied with the process of this operation.

Let's start with the specially improved detection soul tool. According to feedback from user Long Ba, the improved detection soul tool is much more effective than those sold on the market, except for its detection range (soul tool level).

However, even as a user, this detection soul tool still couldn't meet Long You's expectations. Long You's original plan was to connect a high-definition camera to the detection soul tool.

There's really no way to move around, but once you set up camp, you can set up a video surveillance and detection system around the camp so that you can directly observe the situation outside.

However, the transmission and reception of video signals, or rather image signals, are clearly different from the reception and transmission of sound wave signals. Longyou, who hadn't considered this difference beforehand, undoubtedly failed in practice.

Returning to the academy from the forest where soul beasts were kept in captivity, Long You continued to dedicate himself to improving the soul-guided probe. Unfortunately, having no prior knowledge in the field, Long You could only rely on the Book of Witness to deduce various directions for optimization and improvement based on the existing sound wave signal receiving and transmission array.

This uncontrolled optimization and deduction is like a lottery; no one knows when they will win the prize they want.

Fortunately, no matter which direction the development goes, it is ultimately an optimization compared to the original version, and it always has its value. Moreover, all Long You has to give up is some soul power and mental power that can be restored.

This process took another three months. From the successful experiment in the Pearl of Imagination to the successful production in reality, it seemed that Long You's second year of studying at the Junior Soul Master Academy was coming to an end.