Chapter 119 Preparing for Battle_1

"Don't worry, I'll do my best,"

Qin Xiao said with a smile, waving to Wang Dong.

He meant it too. He had always wanted to lift Wang Dong up and give the Tang God-King a great surprise.

"Mhm, mhm."

Wang Dong nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with hope.

And so, he watched as Qin Xiao disappeared into the heavy rain.

However, it wasn't until the rain fell once again on his cheeks that he realized—Qin Xiao had actually not left the umbrella for him.

How could he be so heartless!

That was just too much.

...

When Qin Xiao walked into the laboratory, Ju Zi immediately came up to greet him.

"Uncle-Master, it's pouring outside. You didn't get wet, did you?"

"Of course not. Have you forgotten? I have my soul tool umbrella,"

Qin Xiao said, shaking the soul tool in his hand.

"That's true."

Ju Zi nodded, then heard Qin Xiao continue, "Although I'm fine, I did witness someone getting soaked like a drowned rat in a scene today."

"Really? Really?"

Ju Zi was very surprised.

After all, this was the Soul Academy. Even if not everyone was a top fighter, they should at least have some self-defense soul tools. Getting soaked like a drowned rat was just too much.

Qin Xiao pointed towards the window, "You should still be able to see him if you look outside the window."

Upon hearing Qin Xiao's words, Ju Zi immediately sprang into action and rushed to the window to look outside.

After searching for a moment, she found the unfortunate soul drenched like a drowned rat, "Really! Hahaha, how can there be such a foolish Soul Master."

"Alright, the person is out of sight now, no need to keep looking. I need some materials now; can you help me gather them?"

Shortly afterward, Qin Xiao had written a list of materials.

"Uncle-Master, are you going to craft some powerful soul tool?"

Ju Zi was very curious.

Because the lab had all sorts of intermediate and even advanced soul tool materials. Now that Qin Xiao was asking her to prepare some things separately, it was hard for her not to think otherwise.

Besides, with Qin Xiao's current level, he wouldn't be making anything too low-level.

"You'll know when you see it..."

Qin Xiao shook his head slightly. He was thinking that what he was making today was indeed not any high-end product.

Without a doubt, he was going to make another pendant for Wang Dong that could suppress the Divine Power of the Tang God-King.

Of course, the quality this time had to be higher than the last.

The last time it was a First-Class Soul Guide. This time, Qin Xiao planned to make a Level Two Soul Guide Device.

He wanted Wang Dong to feel that the 8.8 million golden soul coins were well-spent.

"I do want to see what it is."

Ju Zi took the shopping list from Qin Xiao's hand and started to inspect it seriously.

The more she looked, the more puzzled she became.

With a frown, she asked, "Uncle-Master, if I'm not mistaken, these are materials for making low-level soul tools, right?"

Qin Xiao replied cheerfully, "You're right, they indeed are materials for low-level soul tools. Our lab doesn't have such low-grade stuff, so that's why I asked you to help me gather them."

Ju Zi said, "I can help you gather them, but can you tell me what you want all these low-grade materials for?"

Qin Xiao answered with a chuckle, "To be honest, someone offered a high price for me to customize a low-level soul tool for him."

"What?" Ju Zi looked shocked, "To go through all that trouble to find you, just to have you make a low-level soul tool? Isn't that a waste of your skills?"

"Originally, I was planning to refuse, but the price he offered was simply too high," Qin Xiao spread his hands, looking helplessly resigned.

Confused, Ju Zi asked, "How much could a low-level soul tool possibly be worth? Enough to sway Uncle-Master like you?"

Truth be told, she didn't believe Qin Xiao would do something just for money.

The academy provided for all his needs and didn't charge Qin Xiao a dime.

Moreover, thanks to the patent for the 'Electro-optical Poison Dragon Drill,' Qin Xiao was already worth tens of millions. A mere hundred or two hundred thousand wouldn't even catch his interest.

Of course, what Ju Zi didn't know was that Qin Xiao's trip to Shrek had earned him tens of millions of golden soul coins...

"Cough cough, don't put it that way," Qin Xiao coughed lightly, "If someone offers a price of 8.8 million golden soul coins, what do you think I should do?"

"How much?"

"8.8 million golden soul coins?"

Ju Zi suddenly gasped, "Uncle-Master, are you serious?"

"Have I ever lied to you?"

"No, you haven't," Ju Zi hurriedly shook her head.

She could never have imagined that a low-level soul tool could fetch such a terrifying price.

It was truly astonishing.

That was, without a doubt, an exorbitant price!

"Uncle-Master, I have a question, just out of curiosity. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer," Ju Zi said timidly, fiddling with the hem of her garment.

"You must want to know who the big spender is, willing to spend 8.8 million golden soul coins to buy a low-level soul tool, right?" Qin Xiao saw right through Ju Zi's thoughts.

Of course, this was also because the girl never hid anything from him.

Ju Zi always held absolute trust in Qin Xiao.

"Yes, yes, that's right."

"Do you remember the soaked rat you saw just now?"

Ju Zi, upon hearing this, felt like she'd been struck by lightning, "That guy has sunk to such depths, and he's still so rich?"

You can't judge a book by its cover; appearances don't show who is the foolish spender."

After hearing Qin Xiao's words, Ju Zi burst into laughter.

"I can't handle it, I just can't. Uncle-Master, you're really terrible, I'll go prepare the materials for you right now," she said.

Ju Zi staggered out of the lab's door.

Still holding her stomach with her hand.

What she didn't notice was that she almost bumped into Xuan Ziwen, who was coming in her direction.

"Ju Zi, what's wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?" Xuan Ziwen asked with concern.

"Teacher, I'm not..." Ju Zi shook her head and quickly ran away.

Once inside the laboratory, he found Qin Xiao looking at him, asking, "What's the matter today, why are you so late?"

"The academy called a meeting for all the soul masters from Mingde Hall, so I was late today," Xuan Ziwen replied.

Speaking of this, Xuan Ziwen looked visibly worried.

It was clear that he wasn't happy.

"I guess they've already started to mobilize?" Qin Xiao ventured.

"How did you know?" Xuan Ziwen was somewhat surprised.

This was supposed to be a secret, after all.

Qin Xiao waved his hand, "Don't look at me so suspiciously, I'm not a spy. Have you forgotten where I've been before?

The information you know was brought back by us. Now that Shrek Academy is weak and at odds with the three great Empires, isn't it the perfect time to wage a war?"

Hearing this, Xuan Ziwen sighed, "Indeed you've guessed it. Today's meeting was mainly to notify us to be ready for battle at any moment. We might have to rush to the front lines any day to fight with the three great Empires, or even against Shrek Academy.

Once this war begins, it will again be a calamity for the living. And this time, it definitely won't be like ten thousand years ago. No matter which side wins, only one voice will remain in Soul Land."