Reaching Class 1 Soul Engineer in one month and breaking the Sun Moon Empire’s record for the fastest Class 2 Soul Engineer are two entirely different matters.
If Huo Yuhao could continue to break the Class 2 record in the shortest amount of time, then taking him as a disciple would be much more justifiable, wouldn’t it?
“By the way, keep the news of Huo Yuhao becoming a Class 1 Soul Engineer a secret.
Don’t let those old guys notice,” Jing Hongchen instructed.
“This child Yuhao can only become my, Jing Hongchen’s, disciple in the future.”
What else could Lin Jiayi say?
He naturally indulged this arrogant Dean.
“Understood, Dean.” But then he remembered something and reminded him, “However, Dean, Teacher Shi Xuan was also present during Yuhao’s exam today.
He is good friends with Xuan Ziwen.
It’s hard to guarantee he won’t tell him.
Should we…”
Jing Hongchen waved his hand dismissively.
“No need.
If he knows, he knows.
That guy Xuan Ziwen is always immersed in his own research; he won’t be interested in this kind of thing.
As long as Yuhao doesn’t enter the sights of the old men in the Worship Hall for now, it’s fine.”
Such a genius could only be his!
If the Class 10 old man from the Worship Hall found out about Yuhao’s aptitude, he might fight him for the disciple, and that would be trouble.
The next day.
Following Lin Jiayi’s instructions, Shi Xuan brought the academy’s generous rewards and the guarantee of an unlimited supply of Class 1 basic metals to Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao’s expression was complex.
Unlimited basic metal supply already?
It seemed that passing the Class 1 exam in a month and creating that soul-guided lathe really had stunned the higher-ups.
As for Shi Xuan conveying Lin Jiayi’s request—asking if he could authorize the subsequent research rights of the lathe to Mingde Hall—Huo Yuhao agreed without hesitation.
Before he figured out how to shape metal with soul power, the early forging tasks naturally fell to the academy.
The more complete the lathe’s functions, the better.
He just wondered how many gold spirit coins or Class 2 core formation blueprints they would give him as a reward later.
Now that his soul power had reached level 16, just one step away from level 17, it was time to start learning Class 2 soul tool knowledge.
With the free cafeteria card and the basic metal quota, Huo Yuhao had used less than half of the 10,000 gold spirit coins Lin Jiayi had invested.
Now, as a Class 1 Soul Engineer, he had received a large amount of rare metals as a reward, plus the unlimited basic metal quota.
Huo Yuhao felt the path to Class 2 Soul Engineer was fully paved.
He no longer needed to worry about resources.
However, aside from Lin Jiayi, the big shots he wanted to see still hadn’t appeared.
Huo Yuhao had some guesses about this.
Do they want to see my limits?
Since that’s the case, I’ll keep grinding.
The shock brought to the Sun Moon Empire would continue.
The original Huo took eight months to become a Class 2 Soul Engineer, so he set a goal for himself: three months.
Including the month it took for Class 1, he’d see if the higher-ups could still keep their composure then.
Carrying Lin Jiayi’s list, Huo Yuhao continued his daily routine between the classroom, library, experimental area, and dormitory.
In the classroom, he learned about the Sun Moon Empire’s history, customs, and basic soul tool knowledge; in the library, he self-studied Class 2 theoretical knowledge; in the experimental area, he engraved Class 2 core formations; and in his dorm, he cultivated his soul power, beginning to practice the academy’s basic meditation technique.
Many students in Class 3 of the first year were curious about this elusive classmate.
Especially the female students.
Every day, countless love letters stuffed Huo Yuhao’s desk, and even many upper-year female students came admiring his reputation.
But Huo Yuhao couldn’t care less and threw all the letters aside, making many boys grind their teeth in jealousy.
Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, Library.
After searching around, Huo Yuhao sat down with several books like Class 2 Core Formation Introductory Selections, Refining and Characteristics of Class 2 Soul-Guided Metals, and Specialized Courses for Spiritual-Type Soul Engineers.
“Xiao Hongchen’s research notes on metal resonance?”
Just as he sat down, he suddenly noticed a strange notebook placed at his usual spot.
Looking at the highly suggestive name on it, he speechlessly pushed it aside.
Metal resonance?
Sorry, he wasn’t interested in that right now, nor could he do it.
Reading this thing was worse than studying the price differences of soul tools in the black markets between the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek.
Good thing he wasn’t short on gold spirit coins right now, otherwise, following the black market rule of “ten units of metal for two Class 1 core formations,” he could quickly turn himself into a rich man.
Not far away, a white-haired boy clenched his fists tightly, looking at Huo Yuhao with a face full of fighting spirit and anticipation.
Just like that, the days passed fulfilling for two months.
Huo Yuhao’s Class 1 soul-guided lathe provided immense inspiration to the researchers at Mingde Hall.
It didn’t take long for more advanced and complete soul-guided lathes to be created, vastly improving metal processing efficiency.
Even the water forging areas in the academy were replaced with these advanced lathes, benefiting countless soul engineers and students.
It could be said that in a short time, the metal processing speed of the entire Sun Moon Empire would level up significantly.
This was why Lin Jiayi had been so excited and Jing Hongchen called a mere Class 1 soul tool “epoch-making.”
Of course, it was still far from CNC-level precision or mass-production assembly lines.
There was a long road ahead.
The soul tool wasn’t important, the core formations weren’t important; what mattered was the entirely new path of metal processing Huo Yuhao had pioneered.
However, the name of the lathe’s creator, Huo Yuhao, was deliberately concealed by Jing Hongchen.
The reason was obvious: before Huo Yuhao became a Class 2 Soul Engineer, he didn’t want to expose such a peerless genius to others.
But he still privately rewarded Huo Yuhao with a Profound Water Pill, a Spirit Ascension Pill, and three million gold spirit coins.
This generous reward left Huo Yuhao dizzy.
Who cares about fame?
Come on, ravage me severely with resources and gold coins!
I can take it!
The same location, the Teaching Department’s Soul Tool Experimental Area.
After two months of study, our classmate Huo Yuhao was about to begin his Class 2 Soul Engineer exam.
And this time, it wasn’t just Lin Jiayi and Shi Xuan who came.
Two unexpected figures also appeared.
In the observation area separated by glass outside the experimental zone:
“Xuan Ziwen, why aren’t you tinkering with your soul tool projects in the Research Department?
What are you doing here at the Teaching Department?”
(END CHAPTER)