"...Above is my entire teaching plan. Do any of you have questions?"
In the meeting room, Huo Yuhao calmly laid out his teaching plan. Of course, calling it a "plan" was generous; it was more like a task assignment. Since they had all offered to help him, how could he not make proper use of this group of "tool men"?
After speaking, he sat back down and looked at the high-ranking officials of the Soul Tool Department gathered around him.
"No questions."
Xian Lin'er was the first to speak.
Since Qian Duoduo had brought back the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」 from Huo Yuhao a few days ago, Xian Lin'er had tested it immediately.
Upon finding that its effectiveness was exactly as Qian Duoduo had described, Xian Lin'er gained full confidence in the opening of this soul tool class.
The reason soul tool masters could not be successfully promoted in the three original empires of the continent—aside from the existing cultural atmosphere—was that the threshold for becoming a soul tool master was, in a sense, even higher than that of a Soul Master.
First, to become a soul tool master, the prerequisite was being a Soul Master. Second, you needed knowledge. After that, you needed a large amount of metal as consumables. Only after years of intensive study could one finally become a soul tool master.
However, even after becoming one, if you wanted to climb to higher levels, you still had to rely on your own Soul Master cultivation.
The energy required to become a soul tool master certainly exceeded that of a Soul Master of the same rank.
A normal Soul Master only needed training, meditation, and the acquisition of soul rings to naturally break through bottlenecks and reach higher levels. For a soul tool master, it was far more troublesome.
But now, the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」 provided by Huo Yuhao directly solved the problem of being unable to cultivate while researching soul tools.
If this could be popularized, she believed that promoting the path of the soul tool master would become much, much easier...
Huo Yuhao did not know what Xian Lin'er was thinking. If he did, he would certainly tell her, "Impossible."
If one truly wanted to implement the way of soul tools in the three original empires, there was only one method: unification. And that unification would have to be carried out by the Sun Moon Empire.
Every single one of the three original empires knew the importance of soul tools and the role they could play in war, yet they simply refused to develop them vigorously.
As for the reason, it was the decayed thinking of the major sects, clans, and nobles.
They firmly believed that the power of a Soul Master was everything, viewing soul tools as mere external objects—useless trinkets.
Simply put, their heads were filled with the ideology of "power above all."
This was a thought deeply rooted in the minds of the vast majority of people in the three empires. It could not be uprooted; it could only be severed by an external force. And the Sun Moon Empire was the best external force for the job.
Sitting in his seat, Huo Yuhao watched the group begin to discuss how to quickly push the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」 to the students. In his mind, however, he was calculating how to implement the complete version of the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」 in the Sun Moon Empire.
Hmm... I'll need an opportunity for that.
...
The first day of school was also the first day of the soul tool class. Huo Yuhao briefly introduced the class rules and taught the "Youth Version" of the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」. After some simple guidance, the morning passed by.
The purpose of establishing this class was to propagate the soul tool technologies and combined Soul Master research products Huo Yuhao had developed, such as 「Artificial Soul Rings」, 「Engraved Soul Skills」, and 「Soul Tool Soul Bones」.
The core objective was to reduce humanity's dependence on soul beasts, ultimately reaching the ideal state of "being able to cultivate to Titled Douluo without needing soul beasts."
This would likely be a very long process, but by promoting this, the level of acceptance within the three empires would be much higher.
That was the state of the Douluo Continent. Huo Yuhao only needed to provide the products for them to choose from; the headaches belonged to the three empires.
After finishing with the soul tool class, Huo Yuhao took Jiang Nannan to the laboratory.
Having a second chance at life, Huo Yuhao had many advantages. One was that he no longer had to spend time and energy getting to know someone's character; he could easily find someone trustworthy who could be entrusted with heavy responsibilities—someone like Jiang Nannan.
Jiang Nannan followed obediently behind Huo Yuhao, her rabbit ears twitching occasionally, her golden eyes filled with restraint and a hint of curiosity.
"Remember the way here. In the future, you can come here directly after class. There is a specialized miniature mimicry cultivation area inside; I don't use it much, so you can have it."
"Thank you, Teacher!"
"Mhm... don't call me Teacher. Call me Sir." It was fine when Ning Tian called him Teacher; they were the same age, so it didn't feel that strange. But hearing Jiang Nannan call him Teacher gave Huo Yuhao a weird feeling.
So, a change in title felt more comfortable.
"Understood... Sir, I understand!" Jiang Nannan quickly replied.
"Mhm. I will train you as my assistant. Compared to your classmates in the soul tool class, there will be far more things for you to learn here. The energy and time required will be several times what you would normally expend. So, I hope you are prepared."
"Yes! Sir!" Jiang Nannan said seriously.
Yesterday morning, after Huo Yuhao gave her those 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, she had immediately rushed back to the house she rented for her mother in Shrek City with Tang Ya's company. She then took her mother to see a doctor.
She spent a full 6,000 Gold Soul Coins to hire a Soul Ancestor level healing Soul Master to act, which managed to barely stabilize her mother's condition.
Although the healer said her mother's illness stemmed from meridian blockages in her internal organs due to years of exhaustion, compounded by a very serious congenital heart defect that would be hard to uproot—requiring at least a Soul Emperor level healer to fully cure—her mother's body could now at least hold on for another five years.
Five years was enough time for her to become successful in her cultivation. By then, earning money would surely be no problem. And as long as her teacher—no, now "Sir"—as long as Sir didn't expel her, she could continue receiving the stipend.
With money... she would definitely be able to cure her mother!
This was Jiang Nannan's simple thought process.
She came to Shrek, she wanted to earn money—everything was simply because she wanted to save her mother.
Pulling her thoughts back, Jiang Nannan watched Huo Yuhao intently as he introduced various equipment and precautions in the lab. Her mind was made up.
She had to work hard!
Whether it was for her mother or to not let down Sir's expectations of her—regardless! She had to work hard!
Brimming with fighting spirit and under Huo Yuhao's guidance, Jiang Nannan first practiced the 「Engraving Cultivation Method」 she had learned that morning, and then began her training in full swing.
Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction. Leaving the lab to Jiang Nannan, he turned and opened a teleportation gate to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy.