#106 - Manufacturing machine tools
“I'm not like you; I'm right-handed, and my left hand isn't as nimble as my right.” Huo Wu replied, surprised.
“That's perfect. This opportunity is just right to help you train your left hand. Your soul skill should be usable with both hands simultaneously, right?”
Recalling his duel with Huo Wu, Quan Yi was deeply impressed by her final strike.
At the time, he thought that if Huo Wu had used a double whip, it would have been much harder for him to handle.
“Yes.”
After answering, Huo Wu quickly realized Quan Yi's deeper meaning.
“That's perfect. Train your left hand, and you can use double whips simultaneously. Two whips are definitely stronger than one.”
“Okay.”
Huo Wu's eyes lit up. Quan Yi's suggestion was a direction she had never considered.
Huo Wu's right-hand whip gradually dissipated.
Then, it re-condensed in her left hand.
“Clap. Round two, continue.” Huo Wu struck the ground forcefully, announcing excitedly.
“Clap, clap.”
The accuracy and speed were slightly inferior to her right hand, but not by much.
Huo Wu's talent was indeed astonishing. The dexterity of her left hand was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If this continued, it wouldn't be long before Huo Wu's left hand could quickly catch up with her right.
Fifteen minutes later, continuous full-force attacks had her drenched in sweat.
Quan Yi was also sweating profusely from the high temperature.
Moreover, the soul power consumption was greater than he had imagined.
Unlike Quan Yue's attacks, Huo Wu's attacks eroded Quan Yi's soul power.
A brief contact wouldn't consume much, but over a long period, the soul power consumed would be significant.
Judging purely from the difficulty, Huo Wu's effect was comparable to Quan Yue's.
“Rest for half an hour, then continue.”
“Okay.”
The two sat cross-legged, using meditation to recover their soul power.
“Time's up.”
Fifteen minutes right hand, fifteen minutes left hand, and half an hour to recover soul power.
The two repeated this process twice.
Quan Yi was very satisfied with the training effect.
“Good work.”
After Huo Wu left, Quan Yi continued to practice his boxing in the training ground for another hour.
Dinner time.
Quan Yi, eating the meat of a six-hundred-year-old soul beast, clearly felt that the soul beast meat was not as effective as before.
Firstly, it didn't have the immediate recovery effect it used to.
Now Quan Yi's consumption wasn't high, so he could still endure using the meat of a six-hundred-year-old soul beast.
However, once he resumed his limit-state training, the meat of a six-hundred-year-old soul beast would definitely be unable to support three limit workouts a day.
This was also a very troublesome part for Quan Yi.
The next day, Quan Yi opened his eyes in the academy's simulated environment training ground.
“After advancing to the Soul Grandmaster realm, the speed of level advancement has actually decreased so much.”
Quan Yi's cultivation speed hadn't changed; in fact, because of the soul power cultivation method Quan Yi had organized himself, it was even faster than before.
However, the amount of soul power that needed to be accumulated for each level in the Soul Grandmaster realm was much more than in the Great Soul Master realm.
According to the current speed, Quan Yi's cultivation speed had gone from four levels a year to about two and a half to three levels a year.
That is to say, Quan Yi would need to spend about two years to break through to the Soul Elder realm.
The decrease in speed made Quan Yi a little unaccustomed, but his speed was already at the top level on the continent.
“Don't be greedy, take it one step at a time.”
Quan Yi adjusted his mentality and walked out of the meditation room.
After the start of school, Quan Yi also returned to his normal cultivation routine.
Quan Yi's training content increased a lot.
There was physical exercise, meditation, boxing practice, and flow training.
From Monday to Friday, Quan Yi was at school.
On Saturdays and Sundays, he would go to the research institute to study new types of gunpowder and firearms.
Two weeks later, on Saturday.
Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop.
Quan Yi and Yuan the Blacksmith were studying a huge blueprint.
The blueprint was composed of multiple drawings combined.
This was a machine tool blueprint.
It was another attempt by Quan Yi.
“Young Master, with such a large size, relying on the remaining personnel here will take more time.”
The huge blueprint spread out in front of him made Yuan the Blacksmith feel embarrassed.
The machine tool was huge, and it was composed of various parts, making the forging difficulty far beyond imagination.
Moreover, a large portion of the blacksmith shop's manpower had been transferred, and relying solely on the remaining people couldn't speed up the progress.
“It's okay, we don't need the help of others. Today, let's try an alternative forging method. Are the parts I asked you to prepare ready?” Quan Yi revealed a confident smile.
“They're ready. Please come with me.”
Yuan the Blacksmith led Quan Yi into his forging room.
Entering the forging room, what caught the eye was a long, rectangular iron table.
Beside the wooden table were various miscellaneous parts.
Quan Yi's goal was to make a boring machine for making firearm barrels.
The biggest problem with hand-forged gun barrels was the unevenness inside the barrel.
Not all blacksmiths had Yuan the Blacksmith's level, unable to make the inside and outside of the barrel equally smooth.
But this had a huge impact on the range of the firearm, and so on.
Now, Quan Yue and Su Ling'er were acquiring many mines.
Places like saltpeter mines, these neglected mining areas, were places where they could find bargains.
However, before Quan Yi officially expanded production, he wanted to further optimize the firearm.
Quan Yi picked up a sharp and pointed boring tool and examined it carefully.
This was the most important part of the entire machine tool.
It was a new version of alloy metal forged from iron essence mixed with other metals.
It was the latest product of the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop, with very high hardness, enough to serve as a boring tool.
“Young Master, with just the two of us, how can we assemble these parts together?”
The combination of metal parts was very difficult because there were no connecting devices such as screws.
Yuan the Blacksmith was also very curious about Quan Yi's method.
“Just watch.”
Quan Yi took out two pairs of goggles from the Heart of the Scorching Sun, handing one to Yuan the Blacksmith and putting the other on his own head.
“Put them on.”
Yuan the Blacksmith was astonished by the novel shape and the dark lenses.
Although it was a bit strange, he still imitated Quan Yi's movements and put them on.
The moment he put them on, the light in the room obviously dimmed by several points.
Although it was dark, he could clearly see the situation in the room.
Seeing that Yuan the Blacksmith had put on the goggles, Quan Yi summoned his soul weapon.
Scorching Sun Gauntlets.
Right hand, hand simulating a sword finger.
“Puff~!”
A five-centimeter-long ray of flame emerged from the tip of the sword finger.
Then, Quan Yi used his left hand to press the part onto the metal table.
Then, his hand became gun-shaped, aiming the ray at the edge of the part and pressing down.
“Tzz Tzz Tzz~”
The lightning-like rumbling sound and the splashing sparks frightened Yuan the Blacksmith.
Moreover, the part where the flame laser touched the metal bloomed with a strong white light.
Even though Yuan the Blacksmith had put on goggles, he still squinted slightly.
“This is!”
Yuan the Blacksmith saw that the place where the flame flashed would be fused by high temperature, and then welded together with the metal below.
Yuan the Blacksmith had never seen such a convenient method.
