In the testing room, the conversation between Mu Jianling and Principal Hong was held privately, and no one else knew about it, let alone Ji You.
Ji You is very distressed now.
She thought that Teacher Mu Jianling was right in saying that despite consuming so much Candy Beans, her spiritual power threshold only increased to level D. She really is—a complete fool among the incompetent.
Ji You couldn’t help but gather her spiritual power and peered into her Spiritual World:
Boss was snoring away in deep sleep.
Second and Third were chasing and frolicking with each other...
And Fourth? Who knew where he had run off to, his figure was nowhere to be seen.
Old Five was sluggishly lying down, looking listless. Ji You guessed that it might be because she had overexploited Old Five last time, and during the battle with Dominate the Universe yesterday, Old Five had once again shown its prowess without reservation, leaving it completely wilted now.
Well-behaved kids are easy to bully.
Ji You’s eyes suddenly widened:
Why did a hair tie suddenly appear on Old Five’s head? The hair tie wrapped around Old Five’s entire head looked just like Sun Wukong’s Magic Ring... At first, Ji You was truly startled, thinking that something abnormal had happened that affected Old Five’s physical development, but after carefully looking around, as her nervous mood relaxed, her expression inevitably darkened:
It turned out to be Fourth, the troublemaker! No wonder Fourth was not found earlier; it seems it had shrunk its body into a small ring, bold and lazily sitting on Old Five’s head napping from time to time, and occasionally sticking out its tail to slap Old Five’s head. Every time Old Five was hit, it would suddenly lift its head to look around, but futilely could not find the culprit...
Seeing this scene, Ji You didn’t know what to say anymore.
She was somewhat annoyed that Fourth kept bullying Fifth and also frustrated with Fifth’s own lack of competitiveness—
All she could say was—
Pitiful strands, there must be something hateable about them.
Sixth was struggling to chase after Second and Third, wanting to join their play, but unfortunately couldn’t catch up. Those two didn’t think much of it and didn’t want to include it...
If she kept watching, Ji You felt she would become depressed again.
These six strands, none of them normal, none of them worry-free, all just troublesome. No wonder her spiritual power threshold hadn’t increased much till now, relying on these six lazy strands?
When would that day come?
After morning classes, Ji You went to the cafeteria for lunch and immediately returned to her dormitory because her Soul Device had been delivered.
Ji You eagerly unpacked the parcel and retrieved the Soul Device.
This Soul Device, created by Master Lin Feng, was made of the same material as the Jade Knife displayed by Teacher Cheng Yu in class, and its appearance was also very similar, including the carved patterns...
But there were still some slight differences between them.
As for what the differences were, Ji You couldn’t tell. She guessed that perhaps each Soul Device has its own unique aura. Just like the Soul Devices Ji You made herself, even with the same designs, once completed, each one possesses its unique temperament and presence, recognizable at a glance as being different.
This is also the unique charm of Soul Devices; they can be created using the same techniques, the same Arrays, even by the same person, but the finished products will never be exactly the same.
Ji You watched intently—
The pattern on this jade knife soul device was very clear, flowing slowly...
Ji You picked it up, about to take a closer look, when suddenly—
The originally lustrous and glossy jade knife instantly became dull and lackluster, and the entire piece of jade also shattered in an instant...
Ji You was greatly startled.
Ji You felt so heartbroken that she could barely breathe—
Cheng Yu’s jade knife didn’t have this kind of problem, could it be that there are defective soul devices? Did I unluckily buy a defective one?
No, that’s not right.
Although Master Lin Feng isn’t very famous, he is still a soul artifact maker and also the distinguished apprentice of Master Kong Zhe. He would definitely not intentionally ruin his own reputation, nor the reputation of Master Kong Zhe.
Without a second thought, Ji You immediately concentrated to examine her spiritual world. Upon seeing it, she was so infuriated she could barely breathe.
She only saw a small jade knife quietly standing in her spiritual world, and at this moment, the previously sleeping Boss, Second and Third who were chasing each other, and Sixth following behind them, Fourth who was dishonest and sneaky, and wilted Fifth... all surged over the moment the jade knife appeared, with unbelievable speed, the Six Strands competed to be the first, afraid to be even a moment behind...
Ji You was guessing who could be the Lucky Goose when suddenly—the Iron Plate hidden in the dark depths suddenly emerged, and at that moment, it absorbed the jade knife into its body—
The Iron Plate was emitting a luminescence.
One by one, the Six Strands were pounding their chests in frustration—
These few strands are no pushovers. Without needing anyone’s reminder, they instantly transformed their shapes and circled around the Iron Plate, the luminescence coming from the Iron Plate getting fainter and fainter, until it was gone.
What about the jade knife?
After being swallowed by the Iron Plate, this poor little knife, nobody knew where it had gone, maybe nothing was left of it at all.
Shocked beyond belief.
What does this indicate?
This shows that the soul device is useful for the Iron Plate, useful for the Spiritual Silk, useful for oneself too... The only annoying thing is, her own manufactured soul device, wasn’t needed by the Iron Plate or the Spiritual Silk.
Upon learning this truth, Ji You felt happy, but also stifled, and uncomfortable.
As a soul artifact maker, to be unable to be self-sufficient, how frustrating.
The Six Threads tightly coiled around the Iron Plate, showing no signs of relaxation.
And the Iron Plate? After swallowing a low-level soul artifact, those faintly visible patterns on its originally dark and mysterious body became clearer. If before Ji You was unclear, now she knew these patterns were of great importance.
She wanted to understand the Iron Plate, and must examine all the patterns on it thoroughly, thus Ji You wasted no time, took the opportunity while the patterns were clearer, and hurried to scrutinize them closely.
Having stared for less than 2 seconds, before she could see anything clearly, Ji You felt a sudden pain in her head, and at the same time, the Six Spiritual Threads coiled on the Iron Plate were one by one bounced off...
The Iron Plate mysteriously appeared, and then mysteriously disappeared again.
The Six Threads each raised their heads, looking at Ji You with accusing stares, as if saying, "Look what you’ve done."
Ji You looked up, gazing at the sky, "What wonderful weather today."