"Alright, I'll have someone prepare the materials for you right away." Xu Lin didn't say much more and immediately contacted the soul guide phone to arrange for the materials.
In less than five minutes, a middle-aged man arrived at the office, bringing three sets of materials.
After sending the man away, Xu Lin took Yun Ze and Gu Yue Na to his exclusive workshop, where the metallic atmosphere was particularly strong.
Numerous rare metals were displayed on shelves along the walls, a wide variety with an abundance of high-level metals that could be found there.
However, most of the metals were high-grade, and none suitable for making a level-three soul guide device like the one needed; otherwise, Xu Lin wouldn't have had them prepared.
"I've had three sets of materials prepared, meaning you have three chances," Xu Lin said, giving Yun Ze room for error.
Yun Ze merely smiled and looked at Gu Yue Na, who handed him a silver-white engraving knife.
Seeing this, Xu Lin couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have your own engraving knife?"
Generally, soul masters would have their own engraving tools, as a knife they were familiar with would help them better inscribe the soul arrays.
"I don't. This is actually my first time making a soul guide device," Yun Ze replied naturally, organizing the materials and starting to inscribe the soul array.
These materials were already processed, so there was no need for polishing, only the inscribing of the array and final assembly.
The key part of making a soul guide device is the inscribing of the soul arrays, which Xu Lin wanted to observe, so he had prepared polished metals for the task.
"First time making a soul guide device?" Xu Lin stood frozen, staring at Yun Ze, his expression filled with suspicion.
He remained silent, focusing intensely on Yun Ze's movements, not even blinking in case he missed a step.
Gu Yue Na also watched with great interest, feeling a bit nervous. Would he succeed on his first try?
"This kid must be lying to me. How could someone have such skill on their first try?" Xu Lin thought to himself, irritated.
Yun Ze's movements were not only smooth but also remarkably skillful. The force was perfect, and the lines of the engraving were flawlessly done, without the slightest hesitation.
The starting point, the mid-track, and the ending point of the array were all chosen with great precision, almost perfect, to the point that Xu Lin couldn't find a single flaw.
"This kid is really a genius!" Xu Lin's face showed signs of shock, and he could hardly hide his excitement.
An expert can tell right away, and as a ninth-level soul master, Xu Lin recognized in less than two minutes that Yun Ze was an incredibly rare genius.
The way he handled the arrays and understood the soul arrays was not at all like a six-year-old child; it was more like an expert who had spent decades studying soul guide devices.
For someone who was just over six years old to have such skill in inscribing arrays, the implications were clear. This child had an incredibly high talent for making soul guide devices.
Xu Lin was more and more astonished. After half an hour, his mouth was nearly agape with disbelief, and his stunned expression was frozen in place.
A level-three soul guide laser gun consists of twenty-three components: four main parts and nineteen auxiliary parts.
The auxiliary parts are relatively easier to work on, requiring the engraving of twenty to thirty minor soul arrays, which are connected and fused with relative ease.
However, the key difficulty lies in the main components, where two core arrays and ten to thirty minor arrays must be inscribed. The core arrays can conflict with each other, and handling these conflicts to make them work together as one is the most challenging part of the process.
Yun Ze started with the main components. Over the past half hour, he had completed the inscribing of one of the main parts.
The second main component was almost halfway done, and now he was working on the critical task of inscribing and fusing the core arrays.
Xu Lin's eyes widened, and he moved closer, standing at a position that wouldn't disturb Yun Ze but still allowed him to closely observe.
Yun Ze's handling of the core array conflicts left him in awe. Not only did he solve the conflicts, but he also made the arrays fit together more tightly, enhancing their mutual amplification.
"He improved the array," Xu Lin exclaimed in his heart. His initial guess had been confirmed. Upon closer inspection, he could now state with certainty that Yun Ze had modified the array, making the two level-three core arrays even more intricate and complex than usual, to the point that they were harder to inscribe than many level-four arrays.
Though the device wasn't finished yet, Xu Lin was certain that the final product would have more power than a typical level-three soul guide laser gun.
In fact, this device might no longer be considered a level-three soul guide; it could be classified as a level-four soul guide instead.
The core arrays that made up the soul guide were comparable to level-four arrays!
Upon realizing this, Xu Lin's gaze toward Yun Ze became even more intense. Yun Ze's talent for soul guides had far exceeded his imagination.
Time ticked by. After completing the third main component, Yun Ze paused to take a break.
Though his soul power was much stronger than that of an average soul master, at level twenty-one, it was still somewhat limited.
After continuously inscribing the core-level arrays for a level-three device, completing three main components was already his limit. His soul power was now nearly exhausted, and he needed to rest and recover.
Gu Yue Na handed Yun Ze a prepared soul guide milk bottle, which he took and began recovering his soul power quickly.
"Yun Ze, did you improve this array yourself?" Xu Lin asked, holding the inscribed main component.
His fingers traced the engraving, carefully feeling the intricate lines, as if he was caressing a treasure, reluctant to put it down.
"Yes, while reading, I thought these arrays might work better if they were inscribed this way, so I tried it," Yun Ze replied.
Besides combat, his greatest strength was in alchemy, where he was one of the top three alchemists in the immortal realm.
However, he wasn't limited to alchemy. He had also dabbled in formations and forging, though not as deeply as he had in alchemy.
But even in these fields, his expertise was still extraordinary. After all, he had the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor, with top-tier insight and millennia of accumulated knowledge. How much worse could he be?
This array could be considered a branch of formations, and it was fairly simple. Modifying it was easy for him.
He improved the level-three array on a whim. If not for his limited soul power, he would have perfected it even further.
"You've never worked on an engraving before, but just by thinking about it, you modified it and then did it?" Xu Lin asked, his mouth agape.
"Yes," Yun Ze nodded.
"Wow…" Xu Lin felt his throat go dry, unable to speak. He didn't know what to say.
Inside, a storm was brewing. His heart raced as if waves of water were crashing against him. He couldn't calm down.
"Gu Yue Na, is Yun Ze... the offspring of a god?" Xu Lin asked impulsively.
"Why would you ask such a thing, Dean?" Gu Yue Na feigned surprise, but inwardly, she found it amusing. Yun Ze wasn't the child of a god; he himself was a god.
However, considering his immense talent and bloodline, one could say he was the offspring of a god.
(End of this chapter)