Chapter 504: Chapter 504

Ji You woke up feeling refreshed. She first checked her account balance and found the credit points earned from selling the soul device neatly lying in there, which made her feel even more energized.

After washing up, Ji You immediately put on a tank top and went downstairs to run laps.

After using Dr. Luo’s prescribed medicine bath to improve physical strength for a while, Ji You realized her physical fitness had truly changed compared to before. When she began running, just one lap around the track would leave her gasping for breath, her run intermittent as she clenched her teeth to keep going.

Later, she began running 2 laps, 3 laps...

After using the medicine bath for a period, Ji You’s limit was 4 laps.

Ji You found that today she ran 4 laps in half the usual time and still felt like she had plenty of energy left.

Without a second word, Ji You continued running.

and a half laps... By then, Ji You felt her legs swelling and dizziness coming over her...

She couldn’t continue.

Ji You started to slow down gradually, and then stopped. She checked her Light Computer timer and found that she had run for 2 hours today, completing 7 and a half laps, 3 and a half laps more than usual. Ji You was very satisfied.

Keep in mind, Sheng Qingyan could only manage 8 laps in two hours, and Chu Jiaojiao, pushing herself to the max, could only run 12 laps in the same time. Thinking of the gap between her physical strength and theirs, Ji You felt hopeful of reaching or even surpassing them one day.

Sheng Qingyan, Chu Jiaojiao, and others approached Ji You.

Ji You, holding a towel, wiped off some sweat beads and looked at them: "You guys finished your run."

Chu Jiaojiao took a quick step forwards, looked at Ji You’s face, her mouth twitched a bit as she forced a compliment: "Classmate Ji You, you look really pretty today, the most charming person on Lanyue Star."

Ji You, touching her still somewhat swollen pig face, spoke somewhat speechlessly: "How can you say such conscience-twisting words? I really can’t hear them."

Chu Jiaojiao, with a pained face, eagerly asked: "Then when will you go treat your face?"

Chu Jiaojiao’s eyebrows furrowed like they could trap flies: "I’ll pay, I’ll buy you a flawless beautiful face, okay?"

Ji You, with a prideful expression, retorted: "My face, do you think you can just buy it whenever you want?"

Chu Jiaojiao gritted her teeth: "Name your price!"

Ji You clenched her teeth: "My face, how can it be measured by money?"

On the side, Sheng Qingyan, who was almost at his limit, stomped his foot and said irritably: "Do you want your face or not? Do you want your face or not?"

Yue Qiyuan: "She has no face."

Yue Qiguang: "She has no shame."

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Shen Changqing timely interjected to prevent the crowd from potential dispute. He looked at Ji You, earnestly saying, "Classmate Ji You, thank you for your generosity yesterday. Last night, I already received the Soul Device. I find this Soul Device very special. Just after wearing it, my Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate, which had been stagnant for a long time, suddenly broke through to 16%."

Star Network Shopping uses Light Speed Express, as long as it’s within the Alliance’s jurisdiction, the delivery speed is very fast.

It’s not surprising that Shen Changqing and Chu Jiaojiao got their Soul Devices the same evening.

Ji You replied with a smile, "I’m glad it’s useful for you."

After all, she also earned a tidy sum in handling fees.

150,000 credit points.

Chu Jiaojiao said, "It’s more than just useful? This Soul Device truly amazed me. I originally thought that Soul Devices made from Companion Stones would be fragile and shatter at a touch, but unexpectedly, mine has held up fine all this time."

While speaking, Chu Jiaojiao pulled out a lanyard from her neck, revealing the Clover Soul Device, and said with a chuckle, "Previously bought low-level soul artifacts would break on me in less than a night. This Soul Device is still very stable. Look at its Array Diagram, I think I can use it for at least a month..."

Shen Changqing also said, "Indeed, it’s very practical." As an S-Level Spiritual Power User, his feelings were profoundest. This Soul Device differed from those he used before, and even, Shen Changqing felt its effects were even better than the Mid-level Soul Devices he had used before.

What makes it better?

Using this Soul Device, when Spiritual Silk contacts it, one can draw nutrients from the Soul Device without feeling almost any resistance, and thereby significantly strengthen oneself.

Furthermore, there’s almost no discomfort felt physically.

Artificial Soul Devices, plainly speaking, are man-made, relying on the creator’s potent spiritual power to carve out an Array Diagram, then extracting a portion of spiritual power to sustain a circulation system autonomously within the Array Diagram. When the Array Diagram collapses, the circulation system also fails... and the user of the Soul Device then nurtures their own spiritual power through the continuously cycling spiritual power within...

However, since it’s man-made, and the cycling spiritual power is from the creator, there is more or less some rejection for external users... and hence, the greater the rejection, the higher the failure rate of the Soul Device.

Smaller rejections lead to longer usage time and better effects.

Thus, a few crucial indicators to measure the level of Soul Devices include compatibility, stability of the Array Diagram structure, and the Spiritual Threshold.

Compatibility, as explained, simply refers to the degree of rejection of external forces by the Soul Device; the smaller the rejection, the higher the compatibility.

Stability of the Array Diagram structure is also easy to understand; the more stable the structure, the less likely the Soul Device is to collapse.

Spiritual Threshold is also easy to grasp. It refers to how much spiritual power is contained within the Soul Device; higher thresholds indicate a higher level of the Soul Device...

As Ji You listened to Shen Changqing’s explanation, her eyes widened: "Are there really so many things to say about a Soul Device?"

She really knows nothing about Soul Devices.

She managed to create so many Soul Devices just by reckless acting and blind messing around... and to think that it actually worked for Ji You; truly, she must admit, providence has granted her a significant Golden Finger.

Shen Changqing gave a gentle smile and said, "From the discovery of Soul Devices to their widespread public knowledge, it has only been a little over two hundred years. The related knowledge involved still needs ample verification and research. What I just mentioned is not comprehensive, which is why the Alliance has not promoted it widely." With technological development up to now, the average human lifespan has reached over 300 years, with some who possess strong Physical Strength and spiritual power living up to 400 years.

The history of Soul Devices, having only been discovered 200 years ago, is not even a span of one person’s lifetime.

Ji You nodded in agreement.

Regarding the difficulty of accessing knowledge about Soul Devices, Ji You deeply resonated as well. As an ordinary person, she too once tried to look up information about Soul Devices but could not find a way in.