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Huo Yuhao said firmly: "Master Hongchen, I believe this problem will be solved in the future. With the continuous development of soul guide technology, the threshold for using soul guides will continue to decrease. By then, even ordinary people will be able to use soul guides."
Jing Hongchen couldn't help but pause when he heard this, and a gleam of light seemed to burst out from his eyes:
"Do you really think so?"
Chapter 194 Jing Hongchen's Appreciation
Huo Yuhao immediately replied respectfully: "Yes, Master Hongchen, this is what I have always wished for."
The look in Jing Hongchen's eyes when he looked at Huo Yuhao suddenly changed.
Before he met Huo Yuhao, he only felt a little interest in Huo Yuhao, but now, a hint of recognition appeared in his eyes.
After a brief moment of contemplation, the Mingde Hall Master said with some emotion: "When we founded Mingde Hall, we had an original intention, which was to research soul guides that even ordinary people could use."
"It's a pity that this original intention is just talk. Many people, including me, don't think it will be realized. At least I don't think I will see it in my lifetime."
"Now, I actually find it funny to hear this wish from you."
As he spoke, Jing Hongchen laughed at himself, and then looked at Huo Yuhao with a malicious smile: "Huo Yuhao, this hall master is asking you a question now."
"Are you really planning to stay at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy?"
Huo Yuhao nodded: "Yes, after finishing this year's study, even if I don't pass the college assessment, I plan to stay in Mingdu and not return to Xingluo. With the level of Xingluo's soul guides, it is too difficult to realize my idea."
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes and asked, "Haha, you should know that doing this is working for our Sun Moon Empire. The Xing Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire are enemies. If we go to war with the Xing Luo Empire in the future, and this hall master orders you to develop weapons against Xing Luo, what will you choose?"
Huo Yuhao’s expression changed instantly. After a long while, he rejected the offer and said, “Master, if that day ever comes, please forgive me for rejecting you.”
Jing Hongchen frowned and said angrily, "You know what? If you choose to agree, based on the ideas in your mind, this hall master can promise to let you join Mingde Hall and help you realize those ideas."
"But now, you have missed such a good opportunity."
A silent pressure was released from Jing Hongchen.
Huo Yuhao didn’t look happy, but he still looked at Jing Hongchen with a firm gaze.
His face was a little pale as he said, "You can let me do theoretical research in the back and let me make the soul guide to attack Xingluo by myself, but I can't do it."
Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao for a while, then put away his pressure and said calmly, "But this hall master is also a person who loves talents, so I can allow you to continue studying in the academy first."
"Go to the next room for a while and let Director Lin come in."
"Yes." Huo Yuhao suddenly felt relieved and walked out of the office. Soon, Lin Jiayi knocked on the door and entered.
Jing Hongchen closed his eyes and asked calmly, "You should have heard our conversation. What do you think? Can this Huo Yuhao be trusted?"
Lin Jiayi replied: "Master, I think he is trustworthy."
Jing Hongchen still didn't open his eyes, and asked calmly, "What's the reason? Why can't he be an undercover agent of the Xing Luo Empire?"
Lin Jiayi took the design drawings of the soul-guiding machine tool and said, "He is willing to hand over the drawings to the academy unconditionally. This kind of sincerity is something that an undercover agent would never be able to show."
"The only explanation is that his love for soul guides forced him to stay in the Sun-Moon Empire at all costs."
"And as far as I know, this student is also a genius spirit master. The Xing Luo Empire would definitely not be willing to let such a genius be an undercover agent."
Jing Hongchen nodded slightly.
For soul engineers, design drawings are often more valuable than the actual objects, and the soul guide drawings designed by themselves are of even more extraordinary significance.
Being able to hand over the drawings of the soul guide machine tool without hesitation, Huo Yuhao has already proved his sincerity with practical actions, not to mention the new fields that this drawing may open up.
During the more than one-hour conversation, he couldn't help but develop a sense of admiration for Huo Yuhao's talent, and the fact that his grandchildren were defeated by him was no longer a big deal to him.
Jing Hongchen picked up the drawing again, looked at it again in detail, and then looked at the actual object.
There is no self-destruct device and no encryption, and the design drawings are still here. It is much easier to replicate and reverse engineer them.
Unfortunately, he already had a lot of research going on, and didn't have much energy to conduct new research.
It had to be delegated to other researchers and teachers.
Jing Hongchen murmured, "Jiayi, you know what? Many of his ideas coincide with our core secrets."
"The idea of artificial soul bones is very similar to Plan No. 1, and the high-altitude soul guide weapons are very similar to soul guide satellites. And...if I hadn't confirmed that the people involved in these secrets were all core members who strictly kept them confidential, I would really suspect that the secrets had been leaked."
Lin Jiayi nodded in response.
Jing Hongchen thought for a long time and said, "Just arrange a sixth-grade teacher for him and arrange an assessment for him as soon as possible so that he can enter Mingde Hall directly."
Lin Jiayi said: "Yes, which teacher should be assigned to him?"
Jing Hongchen said to himself, "Let's arrange it for Xuan Ziwen."
"It just so happens that he originally came from the Heavenly Soul Empire, and he is not a Sun and Moon person. He also always talks about developing soul guides for ordinary people."
“By the way, let him lead Huo Yuhao in the research of advanced soul guide machine tools. He will definitely be interested in this.”
Lin Jiayi responded respectfully and left the office.
Jing Hongchen took out a voice transmission soul guide and said calmly, "Xiao, please come to my office when you have time."
……
Huo Yuhao left Mingde Hall, said goodbye to Lin Jiayi, and slowly walked towards the dormitory area.
His expression returned to calm, and all his performances in front of Jing Hongchen were deliberate performances.
The conversation with Jing Hongchen just now went so smoothly that it was somewhat beyond his expectations. Lin Jiayi told him that the hall master thought highly of him and would make an exception to allow him to study in the sixth grade.
Huo Yuhao knew that he had demonstrated his value to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. If everything went as expected, the first step to breaking into Mingde Hall should be successfully completed.
But he didn't feel too excited in his heart. On the contrary, an awkward feeling lingered in his chest.
"Alas... I say one thing to one person and another thing to another. If I want to achieve some goals, I can't avoid saying things against my will. I really don't like this feeling."
Huo Yuhao said with some melancholy.
"I'm afraid that if I tell too many lies, I'll forget who I was in the beginning."
Tian Meng asked with concern: "Yuhao... why do I feel like you are feeling wronged..."
Huo Yuhao sighed and said, “After today, I will be caught in a vortex of multiple forces. The Body Sect, the Xingluo Empire, the Sun Moon Academy… and my own interests.”
"If I handle it properly, I will have access to a wealth of resources. But if I don't handle it well, I will offend a lot of people."
"I don't think I can find a perfect solution that can take into account the interests of everyone."
“I’m afraid that I, Huo Yuhao, will have to change my name to Huo Fengxian from now on.”
"Therefore, I can only try my best not to offend any party, and then repay them according to how much they help me. During my time in the Sun-Moon Empire, I will try my best to research and produce some results for them."
Bingdi said coldly: "You don't have to do this at all."
“How can we do that?” Huo Yuhao said helplessly, “After all, we are trying to steal a priceless treasure.”
"Alas... I didn't expect Brother Hao to do something like forced buying and selling."
Chapter 195 Xuan Ziwen (Part )
Another day passed, and early in the morning, Lin Jiayi took Huo Yuhao and slowly walked towards the sixth grade teaching building.
"Student Huo Yuhao, congratulations. You are very honored to be recognized by the hall master. In view of the soul guide machine tool concept you proposed, the academy will make an exception and allow you to enter the sixth grade. You will also be assigned an excellent teacher who is an eighth-level soul guide."
"Once you pass his assessment, you will be eligible to study at Mingde Hall."
Lin Jiayi said with a smile.
"However, all these resources are not given to you for free. You have to assist him in conducting in-depth research on the soul-guided machine tool topic. If you can produce relevant research results, the academy will provide you with generous rewards."
Huo Yuhao thanked him, “Thank you, Director Lin.”
Although he agreed verbally, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.
There are two teaching buildings for the sixth grade, but there are only dozens of students. They can use all kinds of metal materials in the experimental area at will, which shows how much the college values them.
Lin Jiayi brought Huo Yuhao straight to the fifth floor of one of the buildings and stopped in front of a door marked "Third Laboratory".
He held out a nameplate and sensed it in front of the door, and the door opened automatically, revealing a spacious laboratory.
The laboratory is very large, with various soul guides and metal materials on display, and a huge laboratory table placed in the center of the room.
At this time, a young-looking teacher in his thirties was sitting at the experimental table, observing the soul guide in his hand with a frown on his face, thinking hard, and turning a deaf ear to Lin Jiayi and Huo Yuhao who entered the laboratory.
Lin Jiayi coughed and said, "Teacher Xuan, good morning. This is the classmate Huo Yuhao I mentioned to you last night. Huo Yuhao, this is Teacher Xuan Ziwen. You will study with him from now on."
Lin Jiayi did not mention the exchange student matter. Jing Hongchen instructed him to temporarily treat Huo Yuhao as a Sun and Moon student, but to keep him under surveillance in the short term until it was confirmed that Huo Yuhao was no longer suspicious.
Hearing Lin Jiayi's words, Xuan Ziwen didn't even turn his head, but said indifferently: "Director Lin, you know that my recent research has reached a bottleneck, and I don't have the energy to train new students."
Xuan Ziwen and Lin Jiayi are both level eight soul instructors. Although Lin Jiayi is the dean of studies, Xuan Ziwen did not give him any face at all.
Lin Jiayi smiled and said, "Teacher Xuan, you should know that this student Huo Yuhao is the student who designed the fourth-level soul guide device and soul guide machine tool. You should have seen the replica of the design drawings last night."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen put down the test subject in his hand and turned to glance at Huo Yuhao indifferently.
He paused for a moment at the Level 4 Soul Master badge on Huo Yuhao's chest and said, "Director Lin, I admit that the blueprint is very ingeniously designed. Are you sure he is capable of designing it?"
Lin Jiayi affirmed: "Of course, the hall master and I have confirmed it in person."
"The hall master assigned him to you in the hope that you would lead him to conduct in-depth research on soul-guided machine tools."
Xuan Ziwen looked Huo Yuhao up and down and fell into deep thought.
In fact, Lin Jiayi had already come to talk to him last night. When he first heard about it, he was shocked for a while.
Huo Yuhao spoke at the right time and said respectfully, "Hello, Teacher Xuan."
Xuan Ziwen nodded and looked at Lin Jiayi: "Okay, I understand, Director Lin, you can leave him here."
"I hope you get along well." Lin Jiayi did not stay long and turned to leave the laboratory.
Xuan Ziwen took out a copy of the blueprint of the soul guide machine tool, and then took out the actual machine tool that Lin Jiayi gave him last night, and looked at Huo Yuhao with interest.
He asked, "It's a very good design, Huo Yuhao. I'm quite optimistic about yours. You know, most of the young soul masters nowadays are just idiots who can only copy."
"Even many level 6 soul masters can only make them, and they can't design an innovative level 4 soul guide at all."
"Can you tell me why you thought of using a baby bottle as the power source for your soul guide?"
Huo Yuhao answered naturally, “Teacher Xuan, isn’t the spirit power in the bottle originally input by humans? I was just lazy and didn’t want to stay next to the spirit guide all the time, so I did this in vain.”
Teacher Xuan laughed and scolded: "It seems that you are a little guy who likes to be lazy."