Jiang Nannan Wants to Work Hard

"...That concludes my teaching plan. Do you have any questions?"

In the meeting room, Huo Yuhao calmly laid out his entire teaching plan. Of course, calling it a plan was more like assigning tasks. They had said they would help him, so how could he not make proper use of this bunch of willing tools?

After speaking, he sat back down and looked at the senior members of the Soul Guide Department around him.

"No objections."

Xian Lin'er was the first to speak.

Ever since Qian Duoduo had brought back the "Engraving Cultivation Method" from Huo Yuhao a few days ago, Xian Lin'er had immediately tried it herself.

After discovering that its effects were exactly as Qian Duoduo had described, Xian Lin'er had gained ample confidence in establishing the Soul Guide Class.

The reason Soul Engineers could not be promoted throughout the original three great empires of the continent, aside from the prevailing attitudes within those empires, was that becoming a Soul Engineer was, in some ways, even more demanding than becoming a Soul Master.

First, to become a Soul Engineer, one had to be a Soul Master. Second, one needed knowledge. After that, one needed vast quantities of metal as consumable materials. Only after years of research and study could one finally become a Soul Engineer.

Yet even after becoming a Soul Engineer, one still had to rely on one's own Soul Master cultivation to climb to higher levels.

The effort required to become a Soul Engineer was inevitably greater than that required of a Soul Master at the same rank.

A normal Soul Master only needed training, meditative cultivation, and Soul Ring acquisition to naturally break through bottlenecks and advance to higher levels. Soul Engineers, on the other hand, had it far more difficult.

But now, the "Engraving Cultivation Method" provided by Huo Yuhao directly solved the problem of being unable to cultivate while researching Soul Tools.

If it could be promoted, the spread of Soul Engineers would surely become much, much easier.

Huo Yuhao did not know what Xian Lin'er was thinking. If he had, he would definitely have replied, "Impossible."

If they truly wanted to promote the path of Soul Guides throughout the original three great empires, there was only one way: unification. And it had to be the Sun Moon Empire that did the unifying.

Among the original three great empires of the continent, every one of them understood the importance of Soul Tools and the role they could play in war, yet none of them were willing to develop them vigorously.

The reason lay in the rotten thinking of the great sects, clans, and nobles.

They firmly believed that a Soul Master's strength was everything, that Soul Tools were merely external objects and utterly useless.

Simply put, their minds were filled with the belief that strength reigned supreme.

This belief was deeply rooted in the minds of the vast majority of people in the original three great empires. It could not be eradicated, only severed by external force—and the Sun Moon Empire was the best such force.

Sitting in his seat, Huo Yuhao watched the others begin discussing how to quickly promote the "Engraving Cultivation Method" among the students, while he was calculating how to spread the complete version of the "Engraving Cultivation Method" throughout the Sun Moon Empire.

Hmm. This would require an opportunity.

The first day of school was also the first day of the Soul Guide Class. Huo Yuhao briefly introduced several class rules, taught them the youth version of the "Engraving Rune Method," and offered some simple guidance. The entire morning passed just like that.

The purpose of establishing this class was to spread research products that combined Soul Guide Technology and Soul Masters, such as "Artificial Soul Rings," "Engraved Soul Skills," and "Soul Guide Device Soul Bones," all developed by Huo Yuhao.

Its fundamental goal was to reduce humanity's dependence on Soul Beasts, ultimately reaching the ideal state where one could cultivate to become a Titled Douluo without needing Soul Beasts.

This would most likely be a long process, but promoting it this way would also make it far more acceptable to the three great empires.

That was how Douluo Continent worked. Huo Yuhao merely needed to provide products for them to choose from, while the original three great empires of the continent had far more to worry about.

After settling the matters of the Soul Guide Class, Huo Yuhao took Jiang Nannan to the laboratory.

Having lived a second life, Huo Yuhao possessed many advantages. One of them was that he no longer needed to spend time and effort figuring people out. He could easily find people he could trust and entrust with important responsibilities, such as Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan obediently followed behind Huo Yuhao. Her rabbit ears swayed slightly from time to time, and her golden eyes held both restraint and a trace of curiosity.

"Remember the way here. After class from now on, you can come here directly. There's a dedicated miniature simulated cultivation ground inside. I rarely use it, so you can."

"Thank you, Teacher!"

"Mm, don't call me Teacher. Call me Sir instead." Ning Tian calling him Teacher was not much of an issue. They were the same age, so it did not feel that strange. But hearing Jiang Nannan call him Teacher made Huo Yuhao feel oddly uncomfortable.

So it would be more comfortable to change the form of address.

(In truth, terms like teacher and student were easily censored. So... ahem.)

"Alright, Sir. I understand!" Jiang Nannan quickly replied.

"Mm. I'll train you as my assistant. Compared to your classmates in the Soul Guide Class, you'll have much more to learn here. The effort and time you spend will be several times what you would normally need, so I hope you're prepared for that."

"Yes, Sir!"

Jiang Nannan answered seriously.

After Huo Yuhao gave her those ten thousand Gold Soul Coins yesterday morning, she had immediately rushed back to the house her mother rented in Shrek City with Tang Ya accompanying her, then took her mother to see a doctor.

She spent a full six thousand Gold Soul Coins to hire a Soul Ancestor-level Healing Soul Master, who barely managed to stabilize her mother's condition.

Although that Soul Ancestor-level Healing Soul Master had said that her mother's illness stemmed from blocked meridians around her internal organs, as well as the most severe issue—her congenital heart disease—it was a condition caused by years of exhaustion and innate bodily weakness. It would be difficult to cure at the root. At the very least, a Soul Emperor-level Healing Soul Master would need to act to completely heal her.

Still, after treatment from that Soul Ancestor-level Healing Soul Master, her mother's body could at least hold on for another five years.

Five years would be enough for her to achieve something in her cultivation. By then, making money definitely would not be a problem. And as long as Teacher—no, Sir—did not expel her, she could continue receiving her stipend.

With money... she would definitely be able to cure her mother!

That was Jiang Nannan's simple way of thinking.

She had come to Shrek because she wanted to earn money. Everything she did was simply for the sake of curing her mother.

Drawing in her thoughts slightly, Jiang Nannan looked seriously at Huo Yuhao, who was introducing the various things in the laboratory and the precautions she needed to take, and came to a decision.

She should work hard!

Whether it was for her mother or to avoid disappointing Sir's expectations, in any case, she had to work hard!

Filled with fighting spirit, Jiang Nannan first familiarized herself once again with the "Engraving Cultivation Method" she had learned that morning under Huo Yuhao's guidance, then began cultivating with full enthusiasm.

Huo Yuhao nodded in satisfaction. After leaving the laboratory to Jiang Nannan, he turned and opened a portal to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.