18: Chapter 18 Level Two Soul Master, That Man's Attention

"Kid, are you really ready to take the Level 2 Soul Engineer assessment?"

Although Jing Hongchen was even more excited inside than Mu Qingci, the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

Mu Qingci nodded: "Rest assured, Senior, this junior is completely confident."

In fact, in private, Mu Qingci had already experimented and successfully crafted quite a few Level 2 spirit tools. He was just waiting to receive the Level 2 Soul Engineer badge so he could sell them and accumulate some wealth.

"Good, follow me. Mengmeng, you come too."

Jing Hongchen called Meng Hongchen over to allow her to learn some of the techniques Mu Qingci used when crafting spirit tools.

Jing Hongchen had to admit that even though Meng Hongchen was already a Level 4 Soul Engineer, there were still things she could learn from Mu Qingci.

"Alright!"

Hearing that she could observe Mu Qingci crafting spirit tools up close, how could Meng Hongchen be unwilling?

The three of them arrived at the laboratory together, where Jing Hongchen had already prepared the necessary materials.

"For this assessment, I will once again increase the difficulty. I hope you can understand."

Mu Qingci hurriedly shook his head: "Senior is doing this to temper me; naturally, this junior has no objections."

Jing Hongchen nodded, then raised his hand to point at the laboratory table: "Craft two Level 2 spirit tools within four hours, and they must be fully functional for you to pass."

The normal difficulty for the assessment was usually to craft one Level 2 spirit tool within four to five hours, so Mu Qingci's assessment difficulty was effectively doubled.

However, compared to the triple difficulty increase last time, this was much kinder, as Jing Hongchen hoped he would pass this time.

Mu Qingci walked to the laboratory table and picked up two blueprints to browse.

One was a Level 2 spirit dagger, and the other was a Level 2 spirit ray. Both were quite difficult to craft.

The Blade of Living Beings appeared in his hand, and Mu Qingci immediately began carving the core arrays.

It only took him the time it takes for an incense stick to burn for Mu Qingci to complete the carving of the main core array; next came the other core arrays.

Basically, at an average of ten minutes each, Mu Qingci's carving knife danced in his hand, with every stroke precisely carved in the corresponding position.

Watching this scene, Jing Hongchen felt his Worldview being impacted once again.

He had originally thought that if Mu Qingci couldn't craft two within this time and only managed one, he would still let Mu Qingci pass.

But who would have thought that, based on this guy's pace, he probably wouldn't even need four hours to successfully craft two Level 2 spirit tools.

Sure enough, not long after the first hour had passed, Mu Qingci successfully crafted the Level 2 spirit dagger.

The Level 2 spirit ray was slightly more complex than the Level 2 spirit dagger, so Mu Qingci took five minutes to carefully observe the blueprint before he began to carve.

Jing Hongchen picked up the spirit dagger and handed it to Meng Hongchen, who was standing to the side.

Meng Hongchen's mouth was already agape in an "O" shape; Mu Qingci crafting a Level 2 spirit tool in such a short time was something she definitely couldn't have done when she was a Level 2 Soul Engineer.

She held the dagger in her hand and then injected Soul Power. As the spirit dagger began to react, the expression on her face became even more animated.

As a Level 4 Soul Engineer, Meng Hongchen easily judged the quality of this spirit dagger: peak Level 2.

She shot a glance at Jing Hongchen beside her, and he immediately understood.

Jing Hongchen turned his gaze back to Mu Qingci, and watching him wield the carving knife with such flair, his appreciation grew even stronger.

"Hmph, although I am very unwilling to admit it, it seems only this kid is worthy of my Mengmeng..."

He only said this in his heart; after all, young people's affairs should be decided by the young people themselves. He just hoped his granddaughter would have a good match.

Mu Qingci soon finished crafting the second Level 2 spirit tool, taking less than three hours in total.

"Senior."

Just as he was about to hand it over, Jing Hongchen pushed it back: "You test this yourself; attack me directly."

Mu Qingci knew his attacks definitely couldn't hurt this Titled Douluo, so he didn't decline.

He equipped the Level 2 spirit ray on his right hand, injected Soul Power, and fired it at Jing Hongchen opposite him.

A ray as thick as a mineral water bottle shot out and was easily blocked by Jing Hongchen.

But Jing Hongchen's heart was not as relaxed as his appearance suggested.

"Is this kid a monster? I really don't know what to say!"

As the person being attacked by the spirit ray, he was the one who could best feel the intensity of the spirit ray.

The intensity of that spirit ray just now was clearly approaching that of a Level 3 spirit ray.

Is this really just a First-Class Soul Engineer coming to take the Level 2 Soul Engineer assessment? Even those who had been Level 2 Soul Engineers for a long time wouldn't dare claim they could craft a Level 2 spirit tool of this caliber before promoting to Level 3 Soul Engineer.

"Ahem, I'll consider you to have passed."

Jing Hongchen waved his hand, and a badge flew toward Mu Qingci.

Mu Qingci raised his hand to catch it, and saw that the octagonal badge had two diamond stars on it, symbolizing the status of a Level 2 Soul Engineer.

"Many thanks, Senior!"

Mu Qingci was just about to leave when he was stopped by Jing Hongchen: "Right, leave that Level 2 spirit ray of yours behind; I have a use for it."

"But, Senior, I was planning to exchange it for money." Mu Qingci hesitated; this Level 2 spirit tool could sell for much more than a First-Class spirit tool.

"Look at your lack of ambition!"

Jing Hongchen casually tossed out a card, which Mu Qingci caught steadily: "There are 100,000 gold coins in the card. Consider this me buying your spirit tool; is that enough?"

What else was there to say? Since the big spender had spoken, Mu Qingci hurriedly took off the spirit ray he was wearing and gave it to Jing Hongchen: "Then many thanks, Senior!"

Watching this contrasting behavior from Mu Qingci, Meng Hongchen couldn't help but chuckle: "I didn't expect it, Qingci, you're quite the little money-grubber."

After the two left, Jing Hongchen also hurried away from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy without delay.

In a large hall.

Jing Hongchen stood there respectfully. On the high platform in front of him stood an old man dressed in yellow robes. His entire aura was extremely steady, making him as unfathomable as a great mountain.

"You are saying that he promoted two levels in three months to become a Level 2 Soul Engineer?"

His voice was extremely resonant, carrying an invisible pressure.

Even a Titled Douluo like Jing Hongchen felt like a junior when facing this person, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Reporting to Master Kong, that is indeed the case. I personally supervised both of his assessments, and the difficulty was at least twice that of a normal assessment."

"Interesting. Bring his work for me to see."

That's right, this old man whom Jing Hongchen called Master Kong was none other than the current head of the Enshrinement Hall of the Sun Moon Empire, the strongest in the World of spirit tools, and the first to subsequently break through to become a Level 10 Soul Engineer, the Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming.