Douluo: I am the True Master

As the most promising candidate in the soul-guided technology department to break through to Level 9 soul engineering, Fan Yu's appointment as assistant teacher came as no surprise to anyone. 

The strong prey on the weak—it was only natural. 

When Shrek Academy's large group arrived at Tianxing Academy, Xian Lin'er, the lead teacher, discovered that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Academy had beaten them to it. 

"Nice to meet you," Xian Lin'er said flatly. 

Though Jing Hongchen, the Sun Moon Academy's lead teacher, could easily outmatch Xian Lin'er in every aspect, Shrek's pride prevented her from bowing her head. 

Jing Hongchen nodded indifferently and spoke in an impatient tone: "We've been waiting for you for days. Hurry up and get settled—I still need to study this new type of soul-guided device with Tianxing Douluo. If Lord Tianxing hadn't insisted on waiting for you, we would have started learning already." 

Faced with such a pointed remark, Xian Lin'er's expression turned sour, but she didn't say anything further. She, too, was captivated by Ye Wen's soul-guided technology. 

After moving into the dormitory Ye Wen had prepared for Shrek's group, Xian Lin'er immediately led everyone to Ye Wen's residence without delay. 

Contrary to what Shrek's group expected, Ye Wen's residence wasn't a luxurious villa but rather a small wooden cabin nestled deep within a dense forest. 

The group couldn't understand why a transcendent Douluo would live in such a humble place. But Ye Wen knew—it was a remnant of a past he could never return to. 

"You're all here. Find a place to sit over there," Ye Wen said indifferently after glancing at the gathered crowd. 

In Ye Wen's eyes, this so-called exchange of interests was unnecessary. Anything he wanted, he could obtain with minimal effort if he truly desired it. His decision to teach these soul-guided techniques was simply to stir the waters further, making it easier for Huo Yuer and her peers to exploit the chaos. 

However, Tang Wulin's presence did leave Ye Wen slightly displeased. 

This boy was almost identical to his father—someone who liked to claim others' knowledge as his own and brazenly declare himself the rightful heir. 

Still, Ye Wen didn't dwell on it. After all, soul-guided technology was an intricate field, and what he planned to teach only went up to Level 7 soul-guided devices. The more advanced knowledge, like the creation of Battle Armors, wasn't meant for the people of the Douluo Continent—it was reserved for Huo Yuer and her group as a trump card to execute dimension-dropping strikes and even confront the gods in the future. 

On the other hand, the Sun Moon Empire had sent someone who slightly surprised Ye Wen. 

Unlike the somewhat inexperienced Tang Wulin and his group, this individual was a tall, elegant woman exuding an aura of intellect and sophistication. 

"It's time to plant some landmines for the Sun Moon Empire," Ye Wen thought, a faint smile playing on his lips as he felt a sense of satisfaction. 

While wars on the Douluo Continent often emphasized the importance of ground troops, the true determining factors had always been the elite Title Douluos or at least armies composed of Soul Sages. 

With Ye Wen's recent empowerment of the Three Kingdoms of Douluo, they had nearly closed the decade-long gap created by the Sun Moon Empire's soul-guided technology. Moreover, with their larger populations, they might even reverse the situation and overwhelm the Sun Moon Empire. 

But if things were left this way, it would become boring and detrimental to Huo Yuer and her group's future development. 

Now, with the future Empress War God standing before him, how could Ye Wen not take advantage? 

Although Ju Zi's war strategies in the original storyline were crude, there was no denying her talent—at least from the perspective of the Douluo Continent. 

Her only flaw was her lackluster cultivation potential. Ye Wen vaguely remembered that she eventually reached Soul Sage level—and then nothing more. 

But cultivation potential was a trivial issue for Ye Wen. A bit of immortal grass could easily resolve such problems. It just goes to show how worthless the qualifications for godhood were on the Douluo Continent. 

The hardest part was obtaining a god position, which relied on inexplicable luck or connections. 

Though Ju Zi belonged to Crown Prince Xu Tianran, Ye Wen was confident he could persuade her to join his side. 

After all, while her father had died at the hands of the Star Luo Empire, wasn't the Sun Moon Empire also partly responsible? Her father was merely a chef, not a soldier—he had been forcibly conscripted and never returned home. 

Exploiter and exploited—this was an inherent class conflict. 

But Ye Wen wasn't in a rush. He had plenty of time to slowly reel her in. For now, he'd let the young woman adapt to her surroundings first. 

What Ye Wen intended to teach about soul-guided armor technology wasn't just about soul-guided arrays—the most crucial aspect was metal forging. 

Different soul-guided devices required specific soul-guided metals paired with corresponding soul-guided arrays to function effectively. This alone highlighted the importance of metals in soul-guided technology. Yet, metal forging as a craft only flourished in Douluo III. It was a testament to how deeply ingrained conventional thinking could be. 

A simple truth, yet no one had bothered to explore it. 

Perhaps some had tried, but with little influence and low cultivation levels, their efforts naturally fizzled out. 

But now, Ye Wen had stepped forward, and with his exaggerated enhancement effects, he made everyone realize that soul-guided devices could be approached in this way. 

In reality, Ye Wen's dissemination of this technology had ulterior motives. In the lore, a single Soul Sage could withstand thousands of soldiers. 

Faced with overwhelming power, the major empires would no longer recklessly throw ordinary soldiers into battle, sacrificing lives in vain. Such tactics would prove futile, and they would naturally abandon them. 

Ultimately, this would significantly reduce the number of low-level soul masters and commoners sent to the battlefield. 

Because of Ye Wen's intervention, the future Douluo world would deeply analyze and revere Ye Wen as the legendary Saint Teacher. But that was a story for another time. 

At this moment, Ye Wen was instructing everyone on what to bring for tomorrow's lessons. After all, it was generous enough of him to allow them to learn—why would he pay out of pocket for materials? 

Though the Sun Moon Academy had arrived earlier, Ye Wen, claiming he didn't want to repeat himself, deliberately waited until Shrek's arrival to give his instructions. 

When the group heard Ye Wen tell them to prepare metals for tomorrow's forging lesson, they stared at him blankly. 

Meng Hongchen, Jing Hongchen's granddaughter, immediately raised her hand to ask, "Lord Tianxing, we're soul engineers. Why do we need to learn forging? Isn't that a lowly trade?" 

Ye Wen simply looked at her and replied indifferently, "What you consider a lowly trade is merely your perception. When the value of blacksmithing becomes apparent and desirable, even something considered base will rise in prestige. So, just follow my instructions."

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