The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1529: Chapter 1529: Master’s Admiration

Lin Feng tilted his head, completely puzzled.

Kong Zhe said, ”I observed Qingyou’s Soul Device and realized it was indeed because my method of using spiritual power was inappropriate that led to failure.”

Lin Feng listened silently, not wanting to interrupt his teacher, but he couldn’t help asking, ”Teacher, why do you call Green Glaze Master a friend? How do you know if she’s old or young? Maybe she’s even older than you.”

Kong Zhe was momentarily lost for words, somewhat doubting his choice when he accepted this student; this kid was not just slow-witted, but downright foolish.

—Because he actually dared to question his judgment?

Hmph.

Kong Zhe flicked his sleeve and said solemnly, ”As long as someone’s spiritual power is strong enough, they can easily sense another person’s spiritual fluctuations. For instance, your current fluctuations indicate your mind is in chaos. Man-made Soul Devices retain the spiritual traces of their creators. From the slightest trace, I deduced it was made by a lively, mischievous, yet diligent person.”

Lin Feng opened his mouth, ”You can even deduce this?”

Kong Zhe gave him a dark look and said, ”What do you understand? You’re not even a hundred years old. How could you possibly comprehend? Such things are profound and need to be experienced personally. Talk to me again when you’re three hundred.”

Lin Feng: ”...”

Kong Zhe continued, ”If one were to use spiritual power as a medium to create a Soul Device without any other carriers, I can’t say for sure, but I’ve analyzed that it must meet two minimum requirements. The first is a 100% Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate, meaning your Spiritual Silk must be completely under your command to extract your spiritual power as a medium. The second comes from the Array Diagram; the diagram used must be extraordinarily stable, an indescribable level of firmness, as it must support the spiritual power of countless humans. Otherwise, it would just be a regular Soul Device, not one that can be used by countless people.”

Lin Feng felt as if his ears were deceiving him.

First, a 100% Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate? Is that even human? Is that achievable by humans?

The Array Diagram is supposed to support the spiritual power of countless people... Is this still the Array Diagram he knows?

...

”Lin Feng...” Kong Zhe sighed, ”The world is vast, and the Universe is boundless. What you think you know is just what you think. Never confine yourself to a single frame.”

Lin Feng was shocked, realizing the profound wisdom in his teacher’s words. He thought, indeed, he’d been limiting himself and losing creativity all along.

Lin Feng was silent for a moment before saying respectfully, ”I understand, Teacher.”

Kong Zhe saw that Lin Feng genuinely comprehended this time and continued, ”However, her Soul Device can’t be said to be a complete spiritual power medium-based Soul Device. It’s more of a patched-together half-finished product.”

Lin Feng was slightly taken aback, ”Teacher?” He didn’t quite understand what a half-finished product meant, especially a patched one. Just now, his teacher said it already was a complete Soul Device.

Kong Zhe spoke with regret, ”As soon as I touched Qingyou’s Soul Device, it shattered because half of its medium was fragile Companion Stone slices, and the other half was spiritual power. The two mixed together seamlessly for ordinary Spiritual Silk touches, providing impenetrable firmness. But with my level of Spiritual Silk strength, its structure loosens, and those joints crack open.”

Lin Feng didn’t say anything this time, quietly listening. This conversation had opened his eyes; he didn’t know Soul Devices could be made this way, nor did he know there could be a person with 100% Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate in the world. Moreover, he realized he had no idea of his teacher’s true capabilities.

With just a few minutes of observation, his teacher could grasp insights about Green Glaze Master, while he, facing Green Glaze Master, felt like he was looking at a vast ocean or endless starry skies...

Kong Zhe was silent for a while before suddenly speaking, ”I should also adjust my direction. Perhaps I shouldn’t have pursued a 100% spiritual power medium in the past and should have used some materials to patch it together.”

Lin Feng: ”Teacher?”

Seeing his teacher so serious, Lin Feng hadn’t seen this side in a long time. His teacher’s eyes even sparkled with starlight, a joy of rediscovering something he had sought all his life, impossible to conceal.

”Using spiritual power and physical medium patchwork, while reducing manufacturing difficulty, also lowers the requirements for the creator. Ingenious...” Kong Zhe’s Spiritual Level had already reached SS+, on the verge of breaking through to SSS-level, but his Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate was only 91%.

91% might not sound like much, but at such a high level, even a tiny progress is exceedingly difficult. Ten years ago, Kong Zhe’s Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate reached 91%, and to this day, it’s still 91%.

”Through a third-party Star Network platform, realizing multi-person Soul Device sharing... this method is also incredibly clever!”

”Cheap Companion Stone slices act only as anchors for the Array Diagram, like a simple framework, while spiritual power climbs like vines in between, intertwining, making it even more stable. Ingeniously!”

”And there’s an even more ingenious point—it’s cheap!”

”So cheap!”

”Such a low-cost Soul Device exists in this world!”

Kong Zhe muttered to himself, even pounding the table in excitement, startling Lin Feng out of his daze. Lin Feng couldn’t help but ask, ”Teacher, just how cheap is it?”

Kong Zhe calculated and said, ”Even if I overestimate, creating this one Soul Device costs at most 100 credit points.”

Lin Feng’s hand shook, ”What?”

He scratched his ear, sure he misheard, mumbled, ”Indeed very cheap, only 1 million credit points.” There’s no way it’s just 100 credit points!

Absolutely not!

Kong Zhe looked at Lin Feng’s self-deluding expression, feeling it was absurd. Why should this kid care about someone else’s low cost? Why couldn’t he accept it?

”100 credit points, even considering I’m overestimating. Those Companion Stone Fragments, you could probably dig up a pile from the trash; they’re effectively free. The only thing she likely spends is her spiritual power. As long as she isn’t injured, spiritual power recovers over time, so this Soul Device is virtually costless.”

Speaking of this, Kong Zhe was deeply moved and continued, ”Before, I thought the Soul Device she made by modifying junk was already cost-efficient. Now, she can use one piece of trash and sell it thousands of times. Qingyou’s level of waste utilization is truly at its peak, and people of my generation must respect her skills.”

Lin Feng: ”...”

Respect?

Forget it, I’m not worthy.