Huo Yuhao was brought to the experimental area, which had exclusive soul-guided platforms for making soul tools.
Looking at the full screen of basic metals available for selection on the soul-guided screen, he barely hesitated before successively checking off Hard Steel Metal, Quake Iron, Purple Copper, and a series of other metals.
This scene made Lin Jiayi and Shi Xuan’s eyelids twitch.
Generally speaking, a Class 1 soul tool core formation used at most two kinds of metal.
This kid just selected so many different types of metals all at once—what on earth was he trying to do?
Out of trust, neither man spoke, simply waiting for Huo Yuhao to begin production.
They also wanted to see what kind of surprise this child could bring them.
Huo Yuhao was already immersed in his own world, paying no attention to the two men.
He was going to make something that could greatly accelerate the processing of soul tools.
That’s right—a soul-guided lathe!
A contraption that would immensely aid in perfecting the shapes of metal materials.
This idea had been lingering in his mind for quite some time.
He had no idea why, when soul tools had developed to this stage, most soul engineers still chose blacksmiths for metal forging.
It was as if their technology tree had been locked.
Was the Power of the Clear Sky truly at work?
If this were the Dragon King’s Legend era ten thousand years from now, Spirit Forging and Heavenly Forging indeed had their unique merits.
But right now, don’t play out those blacksmithing dramas, okay?
The Sun Moon Empire actually had water forging, but its efficiency was still low.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao had a premonition that this new gadget of his might just bring about a minor revolution in soul tools.
Of course, he only provided the idea, basic theory, and a rough soul tool model that could operate stably.
As for how to perfect it later and make its functions more comprehensive, that was not his concern.
As long as Mingde Hall wasn’t blind, they would absolutely follow up on this project.
Under the Iceworm True Body, Huo Yuhao’s spiritual attributes were tripled, and his spiritual power consumption was massively reduced.
Spirit Detection Sharing allowed him to clearly see the minutiae when engraving core formations to the greatest extent.
The Hard Steel Metal, Quake Iron, Purple Copper, and other metals of differing properties were quickly crafted by Huo Yuhao into core formations with varying functions.
Blacksmithing?
Even without a machine tool, if he used spiritual power to shape the metal later on, he would absolutely never do blacksmithing!
A full ten hours.
The core sector formation, the core execution unit formation, the support and structural operation core formation, and the auxiliary core formation were successively engraved by Huo Yuhao.
Even with his tripled spiritual power, producing four top-tier Class 1 core formations back-to-back left him feeling a profound exhaustion.
But it wasn’t time to relax yet.
He needed to make these formations operate and form a unified whole with one another.
Only then would today’s assessment be truly complete.
Another four hours passed.
When Huo Yuhao finally finished his work, he felt his head spinning and almost collapsed straight to the floor.
Fortunately, Lin Jiayi caught him in time.
Looking at Huo Yuhao, who had fallen into a deep sleep in his arms, and the unbelievable piece of work laid out before him, Lin Jiayi was almost speechless.
“Shi Xuan, quick, verify the functions of this soul tool for me.”
Shi Xuan didn’t dare delay.
As a Class 5 Soul Engineer, he could naturally see just how stunning this massive contraption was.
If it weren’t restricted by the core formations, the shock this thing would bring would be absolutely unprecedented.
“Director, verification complete.
The soul tool Yuhao made is absolutely epoch-making.”
Lin Jiayi no longer cared about anything else.
Huo Yuhao had only fainted from sheer exhaustion.
Right now, he just wanted to take this piece of work and hurry to Jing Hongchen’s place to show it off.
“Give this child a perfect score!
Double perfect scores in theoretical knowledge and soul tool production!
At the same time, award him the Class 1 Soul Engineer badge.
According to the academy’s standards, give this child double…
no, triple the rewards!”
“Yes!” Shi Xuan was also struggling to contain his excitement.
He never expected that one day, he could actually teach an epoch-making genius in his own class.
Storing the Class 1 soul-guided lathe Huo Yuhao made into a storage soul tool, Lin Jiayi didn’t delay for a second.
After dropping Huo Yuhao off at his dorm, he headed straight for Mingde Hall.
Bang!
The sound of a door being violently kicked open rang out.
Jing Hongchen, who had been leisurely sipping tea, instantly sprayed the tea from his mouth.
Looking at the panicked Lin Jiayi, the veins on his forehead throbbed.
“If you don’t have something important today, I guarantee I’ll make you clean the academy’s toilets for the next month.”
Lin Jiayi completely ignored Jing Hongchen’s threat.
He directly pulled out Huo Yuhao’s piece of work and placed it right in the middle of the room.
“Dean, one month!
The child Yuhao went from never having touched soul tools to building the soul tool in front of you.
He only used one month!” Saying this, he uncharacteristically took off his glasses.
“Dean, you absolutely cannot imagine how many core formations this soul tool links together.
You absolutely cannot imagine what the function of this soul tool is!”
By now, Jing Hongchen had calmed down.
Looking at the strange object in front of him, he felt a bit curious.
Was it about that child again?
To actually go from a novice to being able to independently produce a Class 1 soul tool in just a month?
And looking at Lin Jiayi’s expression, the ability of this soul tool was quite impressive.
“Let me take a look.”
As Jing Hongchen tested it, his normally calm eyes could hardly conceal a mix of joy and shock.
“Genius design!
This thing is absolutely epoch-making for processing metals required for soul tools!
Not only does it allow metals to be shaped quickly, but the efficiency is several times faster than water forging!”
“This is child Yuhao’s work?”
Jing Hongchen could tell that this soul tool could only handle basic metal materials, and some of its functions weren’t fully refined.
But so what?
The answer was right here.
Who doesn’t know how to copy homework?
Mingde Hall would naturally perfect it later.
“Yes!
When I first saw that child engraving several soul core formations back-to-back, I thought he wanted to show off his skills.
Who knew he would actually produce such a huge surprise!”
“Dean, although this kind of soul tool is novel, its structure isn’t complicated.
Why did we never envision this before?”
Jing Hongchen didn’t know how to answer.
After all, constrained by conventional thinking, he had also previously believed that water forging and blacksmithing were excellent ways to process metal.
He truly had never considered a contraption like this.
“Alright.
Since that child has become a Class 1 Soul Engineer, distribute double the rewards to him.
Notify the academy: that child will have an unlimited supply of his monthly Class 1 metal quota!
I expect that child to continue making history!
Once Mingde Hall evaluates the value of this soul tool, I will have someone reward the child.
Let’s consider this soul tool authorized to Mingde Hall for research!
“His talent is beginning to show.
If that child can continue to break the time record for becoming a Class 2 Soul Engineer in the future, then I will definitely take him as my closed-door disciple.”
Lin Jiayi was puzzled.
“Dean, is there a problem with child Yuhao’s identity?”
Shaking his head, Jing Hongchen smiled.
“News has come from Star Luo.
The child’s identity is indeed exactly as he said.
There are no problems.”
“Then why doesn’t the Dean take him as a disciple right now?
What if someone else beats you to it…”
Jing Hongchen first stored away the soul-guided lathe Huo Yuhao made, then answered, “It’s not time yet.
Besides, how do you know that child doesn’t share my exact thoughts?”
(END CHAPTER)