Chapter 295: A Hundred Attempts Without Gains
"Due to the unique nature of the soul, while the array hub devices can be mass-produced, each hub within the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array must be personally activated by an array master.
“Furthermore, to ensure the array's precision, periodic debugging and calibration by an array master are necessary.
"And that is precisely the reason you are all here for this intensive training."
A small golden sphere suddenly appeared in Ji Hongdao's hand, the very same item distributed earlier along with their trainee attire.
"This is a Soul-Gathering Pearl, forged from Nether Spirit Jade. As the name implies, it has the function of collecting and imprisoning souls.
"See the golden light within? Those are all Souls Contracts of cultivators from the Five Elders Council!"
At Ji Hongdao's words, the expressions of the cultivators present shifted dramatically.
From the live demonstration of soul extraction earlier, everyone had learned that the golden light within a Five Elders Council cultivator's soul was the mark of a Soul Contract.
But each cultivator's soul only produced a faint trace of golden light.
To condense this seemingly tangible golden radiance... just how many souls were required? A thousand? Ten thousand?
The more they thought about it, the more horrified they became.
Some of these array prodigies had been immersed in the study of arrays since they began their cultivation journeys, and were rarely exposed to such brutal aspects of the cultivation world. Their faces now paled, hearts growing unsettled.