Chapter 88: Trouble

“Bzzz…”

In the distance, Li Yanming’s Magnetic Sword followed the very active red Magnetic Sword like a babysitter.

He was afraid it would cause trouble.

“After finding a Soul Pact Master and signing a Life Soul Pact, this little thing will have an owner, and its Spiritual Intelligence will develop. That should improve its current state. That look in your eyes…”

Professor Yan seemed to think of something from Li Yanming’s strange expression. “Could it be that the research base over there already tried this? This method doesn’t work?”

Li Yanming shook his head.

“They didn’t just try it once; they tried it countless times.”

“What do you mean?” Professor Yan had a bad feeling.

The Soul Pet Research Base at the Xiyue Continent headquarters was much larger than theirs.

Their research equipment, staff, and variety of Soul Pets were all superior.

Moreover, they also had very capable Soul Pet professors there.

Finding a Soul Pact Master was such a simple solution; if he thought of it immediately, surely they had too.

This was likely a big problem.

“By the time I took this little thing away, the Soul Pet Base at the Xiyue headquarters had already found at least a dozen Soul Pact Masters.”

Li Yanming coughed. “They tried to sign a Life Soul Pact with this little thing, after all, the Magnetic Sword is a rare Mechanical Soul Pet. These Soul Pact Masters included everyone from professionals to outstanding students.”

“However, not a single one succeeded in signing the pact.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Yan felt completely overwhelmed.

The Magnetic Sword was a rather special type of Mechanical Soul Pet.

Its origins were already very unique.

What was even more special was that its Racial Potential was highly unstable.

Because its origins were quite extraordinary, the Racial Potential of each Magnetic Sword varied extremely widely.

Some were very strong, some were very weak.

Their evolved forms were also completely different.

The Magnetic Sword was also called the Magnetic Light Sword.

Besides the sword form, it had many other forms and could change significantly.

It did not possess magnetism itself, but due to its special ancient Soul Guiding Device material, it had unique Mechanical Energy that could affect the magnetism around it.

This Mechanical Energy, when combined with the Soul Power in the air under imbalanced magnetic field conditions, would emit a blue light.

However, because the ancient Soul Guiding Device material of each Magnetic Sword was different, the light it emitted after awakening over time also varied.

Blue was the color of most Magnetic Swords.

Additionally, depending on the change in color, it could produce different Soul Skills and abilities.

This one was the only Magnetic Sword Professor Yan had seen so far that emitted a red light.

Generally, blue Magnetic Swords, with sizes within the normal range, had a Racial Potential between two hundred and four hundred, with some fluctuation.

The reason for this fluctuation was the difference in the Martial Soul Power required for the Magnetic Sword’s creation.

Magnetic Swords were formed when the Martial Soul Power of ancient human experts, after their death, coincidentally merged with ancient Soul Guiding Devices.

Different Martial Soul Powers resulted in significant differences in the Magnetic Swords that evolved from them.

Therefore, the Racial Potential varied within a wide range.

“This little thing is even more bizarre than a typical Magnetic Sword.” Li Yanming coughed. “The magnetic field around it is more unstable. Their research found that its Racial Potential is also erratic. Currently, the staff helped train it to about a hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation and discovered that its growth fluctuated every year… Most of the time, its growth was extremely low.”

“But occasionally, its growth in a year was astonishing, even greater than the annual Soul Power Cultivation growth of an Ultra-Rare Soul Pet.”

“Its abilities were also very strange… Tests showed that its speed was sometimes fast, sometimes slow… It could occasionally cause large-scale magnetic field disturbances, creating significant trouble for the research base. But most of the time, it was very weak.”

Li Yanming sighed. “And because its color was different, it was isolated by other Magnetic Swords. The Xiyue headquarters wanted to continue researching it, but it remained a problem. Since you don’t have any Mechanical Soul Pets here, they asked me to bring it to you for study.”

After saying this, Li Yanming took out a stack of documents and handed them to Professor Yan.

“These are the research materials from there…”

Then, Li Yanming immediately stood up. “I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave now.”

Li Yanming quickly waved to his Magnetic Sword.

“…” Before Professor Yan could react, Li Yanming took off and left…

Professor Yan cursed under his breath, that old fool!

He picked up the materials and looked at them.

Name: Magnetic Sword (?)

Spiritual Intelligence: Two years old (?)

Cultivation: Hundred years (?)

Soul Skill: None (Currently unable to learn any Soul Skills)

Description: This Soul Pet is twenty centimeters long. Its size has not increased with its Soul Power Cultivation. Its growth pattern is currently unknown. Its preferences are uncertain, its temperament is mischievous, and it is extremely difficult to tame. It is the only red Magnetic Sword among the Magnetic Sword forms discovered so far. Notably, its color turns blood-red when it is angry.

When active, it flashes red.

When unhappy… Well, it is never unhappy.

When angry, it must be placed into a special Soul Pet Treasure Box.

Or one must wear insulated clothing.

Otherwise, proceed at your own risk.

The Soul Pet Treasure Box was a special Soul Guiding Device used to hold Soul Pets.

Generally, if a hatched Soul Pet could not enter the Soul Domain Space for special reasons,

and it was not suitable to carry around, the Soul Pet Treasure Box was used. Inside, it was similar to the Soul Domain Space, allowing the Soul Pet to be stored and displayed.

However, long-term storage was not advisable.

If the Soul Domain Space was the Soul Pet’s home,

then the Soul Pet Treasure Box was like a hotel—only for occasional stays.

Staying too long was very bad for the Soul Pet.

The first page of the material contained relatively simple information, with some research data following.

“This is bad.”

After reading the data, Professor Yan sighed. This little thing was nothing but trouble here.

“No, I must… find a way…”

As Professor Yan was thinking,

the red Magnetic Sword flew over to him.

“Bzzz…” It emitted a high-pitched sound.

“Ahem… Hello there.” Professor Yan felt his scalp tingle… He moved step by step toward the nearby display stand.

The Magnetic Sword seemed curious, probably because it saw a new face, and it slowly floated after Professor Yan.

Professor Yan faced the Magnetic Sword, leaning back against the display stand, and reached into his back pants pocket to pull out a small Soul Pet Treasure Box.

He planned to put the red Magnetic Sword inside first.

“Bzzz…” The Magnetic Sword hovered in front of Professor Yan.

On its ancient sword hilt, a small eye faintly appeared, as if giggling foolishly.

Its body’s light shimmered along with it.

But when Professor Yan took out the Soul Pet Treasure Box,

the Magnetic Sword seemed to notice immediately, or it was very sensitive.

Whoosh—its color changed instantly.

Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered unsteadily, then went out with a pop.

Only the blood-red glow emanating from its body remained, making Professor Yan even more uneasy.

The next moment, its light flickered even more intensely, and it released a small, red, lightning-like Z-shaped arc that struck Professor Yan.