Upon hearing Kong Deming's words, the two immediately lowered their heads and left. Before leaving, however, Xu Tianran gave Huo Yuhao a meaningful look.
Watching the two depart, Kong Deming sighed helplessly and looked at Huo Yuhao with an apologetic expression.
"Yuhao! I'm sorry. The imperial family is like that. Pride is extremely important to them."
Huo Yuhao waved his hand, utterly unconcerned about such matters. He had seen plenty of people from the Three Douluo Kingdoms who thought highly of themselves despite lacking ability, so he no longer felt anything about it.
"Let's go. We'll head back first. In the coming days, you need to prepare for your breakthrough to a sixth-rank Soul Engineer. Work hard!"
Kong Deming offered a word of encouragement. After all, Yuhao had only recently broken through to Soul Ancestor, so he needed to consolidate his cultivation.
"Don't worry, Elder Kong! If I could obtain fifth-rank Soul Engineer with the cultivation of a Soul Elder, then I'm definitely confident about sixth-rank Soul Engineer!"
Kong Deming smiled at Huo Yuhao's confidence. He did not refute him, merely nodded. Deep down, he believed in Yuhao's talent.
"I heard that your sixth-rank Heavenly Cycle soul engineering formation has hit a bottleneck? Do you need this old man to explain it to you?"
Kong Deming smiled kindly. He had learned from that smiling brat about the difficulty the two were currently facing: how to incorporate the operating patterns of the Heavenly Cycle into a sixth-rank soul engineering formation.
"Yes, Teacher. Look!"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took a carved sixth-rank soul engineering core from his Soul Tool. Upon closer inspection, however, the patterns on it were unlike those of ordinary soul engineering formations.
"Oh? Your carving technique is correct, and there are even no mistakes, but something here is