"If all of your believe battle armor masters are merely that, then you are all gravely mistaken." Shen Yi said.
"Battle armor masters are completely different from mecha pilots," Shen Yi firmly stated.
"A mecha pilot puts clothes on their person, but a battle armor master puts clothes on their martial soul because at their core, they are still soul masters. This is the fundamental difference between the two. Let me emphasize this. One-word battle armor masters are simply the beginning. Only at two words, when you're one with your armor and it becomes an extension of your body and martial soul, are you truly considered a battle armor master."
"It is for this reason that you must fuse your battle armor with your martial soul first. They must resonate with each other, attract each other until they become whole."
"There are four levels of battle armor: one-word, two-word, three-word, and four-word battle armor."
"Four levels may not seem like much, but the gap between each one is immeasurably deep. If you want to become a battle armor master, you must pick a secondary profession relating to building the armor. At the moment, the most efficient professions are mecha maker and mecha designer. Mecha makers carve circuits into their battle armor, easing the fusion of battle armor and martial soul. Designers create battle armor that perfectly complements their martial soul as you know yourself better than anyone. I suggest you all choose one of these two. Of course, you're all free to choose to become a blacksmith or a mecha mechanic instead. Blacksmithing is both demanding and strenuous, and forging armor is much more difficult. However, it is the most appropriate profession for creating powerful battle armors."
"Not one person can reach the peak of all four professions, so choose wisely. Don't forget that you also need others to help you finish creating your armor, so consider how to best earn contribution points in order to commission them. If their work is good, I suggest befriending them and helping each other out. Personal relationships is a part of one's strength too."
"The strength your battle armor can exert depends on your compatibility with it. Perfect unity can boost your power by twenty soul ranks."
"The requirement to become a one-word battle armor master is five soul rings and the third rank in your second profession. Not only that, the metal must be thousand refined, the design drafted by a grandmaster designer, and the armor assembled by a grandmaster maker. Its compatibility rate must be at least sixty percent, and at least nine pieces of armor are needed for it to be considered battle armor."
Now I am firmly regretting my choice of not learning a secondary profession.
I wasn't a designer. Then it's between mecha maker and blacksmith.
Blacksmithing was something I haven't tried before. I should at least try it, maybe I am a one in a thousand genius.
Let's try both and then I will choose the easier one later. Because no matter how better an occupation is once Shrek gets destroyed, only my personal strength could help me.
*Few days later*
Fan Lin was enjoying his life in Shrek. He had already moved to the working students dormitory and become a working student for it. The situation of the dormitory didn't matter to him that much. He spent most of his night outside training in the forest. Most of the time he fell asleep there after training. None of the working students had seen him in the past days. They may not even know that he lived in the dormitory.
The food in the cafeteria was far better than both the Shining Moon Academy and The Eastsea Academy. The cafeteria made many Vegetarian dishes for him at a slightly higher cost. His appetite was higher than others but since he paid for the food, the chef was happy.
The boundless training area was the place that he used the most. Training there was far faster for him than train anywhere else. Due to his evolved blue silver energy grass and his first spirit soul ability, his speed was way faster then before. He was able to increase one whole level in just 7 days.
He had become level 27 Soul Grandmaster. He just needed to increase his food amounts to increase his energy generation capacity. If the situation continued then he would able reach level 30 in less than a month.
During these days, the class representative was chosen. It was still the same as the novel.
Although all seven representative positions were occupied,there were only four representatives: class president and forging representative Tang Wulin, vice-president and designer representative Gu Yue, vice-president and mechanic representative Wu Siduo, and lastly, maker representative Luo Guixing
He directly withdrew from the competition. There was not much to gain. He didn't lack wealth and he didn't have time to waste on babysitting kids.
He was learning mecha designing. It was the most easiest among the secondary profession and was like making traps. it was not the designing that he he thought it was.
He had already fixed an appointment with an information broker since he needed information on the workings of the Shrek Academy and Shrek city.
* On the appointment day*
Fan Lin went to the bar to meet the broker. The broker looked like a middle aged man in his fifties.
"Hi Sir, are you the one who will provide me my intel?" I asked the man.
"Fan Lin, 13 years old, Blue Silver grass martial soul, level 27 Soul Grandmaster, possess a mutated second spirit ring and massacred 61 cities' criminals, death count 120,045. Current location: Shrek Academy, is a working student and lives in their dorm."
" Nice to meet you kid. I want you to work for me?" Said the man as if it was already decided.
Fan Lin was terrified. He tried his best to not show it on his face.
'He knows about me. Where did the problem occurred? I thought it would at least take half an year. It hasn't even been a month'
"I refuse" Fan Lin replied.
His reply stunned the old man.
"Do you even know who you are refusing to?"
"I don't care." Fan Lin replied calmly.
"You dare. Do you think that I will allow you to get out of this room alive?" Replied the man indifferently.
"You will" he said to the old man.
"Oh. How?" The man was amused.
" If I could not get out of here alive and well today. Then a few days later, my men will expose all the files on corruption, nepotism and every other dark things that I have collected in the past 7 years. Whether it's Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, Tang sect or the federal government, all had done many dirty things. Things which even the evil sects would praise them for . Even if they appeared as white as a blank paper to the outside world, they all have things they want to hide."
"I don't know who you are and I don't care. But will you be able to bear the pressure from the public after things get out? There are many people who are good, righteous; there are also people who wants to get attention; and finally there are people who want to appear as good and righteous in front of the masses."
" What would happen if you guys got their attention. They all would slowly tear you apart and eat it. You guys will be destroyed to increase their fame and all."
" The world never lacked madmen nor does it lack stupid ones. "
"So are you able to bear it ? If you can then I dare you to kill me." I replied trying to appearing as calm as I can.
" Who are you kidding kid? You are just bluffing." The man sneered at me.
" I planned the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people. I amassed their wealth. What do you think I did with that money?"
"Do you really not think that I would not prepare any back doors for me. If just spending a few Billions can guarantee my life then why wouldn't I spend it?"
"I prepared it as a leverage in case I am threatened and my final revenge in case I am killed. So even if I am killed by you today, you will be joining me shortly after Sir. I will make sure to wait for you."
I replied with a smile on my face. A smile so fake that even an amateur could tell.
The man frowned. Fan Lin was panicking deep inside his mind. There would be no point of the backup if he died.
He calmly got up and went to the door. The man didn't react to him. He got out of the reserved room. His back was drenched. If not for the fact that he was wearing his coat, he would have already exposed himself. After getting to a distance, he madly ran directly to Shrek Academy.
