Yan Shaozhe's visit, entering Mingde Hall required a ticket, the 100,000-year Mingxiao Scarlet Phoenix (4K)

Mingde Hall, Soul Guidance Laboratory One.

A jade disc hovered quietly, suffused with a deep, elegant indigo glow. Lin Qing's eyes turned dark gold as his Formless Demon Eye activated Spiritual Detection. With his mental-attribute soul skill and machine element working in tandem, he analyzed the disc's structure inside and out, bit by bit. Hand-drawn blueprints covered the entire metal desk.

After the exhilaration of winning the Soul Master Tournament, life returned to peace and quiet. The young, accomplished Earl of Ultimate Metal did not lose himself in hedonism. Instead, he resolutely settled down to refine himself, honing his craft under the continent's foremost soul engineer.

Today's lesson was advanced soul guidance theory, and the teaching aid was none other than the Level 9 defensive soul tool, the Azure Sky Jade Moon. Kong Deming required Lin Qing to draw its soul guidance blueprints based on his own observations and understanding, then propose improvements.

A Level 9 soul tool lay far beyond Lin Qing's limits. Yet this was precisely Kong Deming's teaching style, remarkably similar to the wildly imaginative Xuan Ziwen's.

The two teachers who had instructed Lin Qing followed the same tradition. They refused to teach knowledge rigidly by the book, preferring to let their students reach their own understanding before pointing out their mistakes. That way, the lessons left a deeper impression.

After tracing the final stroke of the Energy-Gathering Soul Guidance Array, Lin Qing set down his brush and repeatedly checked it against the Azure Sky Jade Moon model in his spiritual world. Spiritual Detection paired perfectly with ultimate metal, making his study of soul tools yield twice the results for half the effort.

"Teacher."

Having confirmed there were no flaws, Lin Qing handed in his classroom assessment for Kong Deming to review.

Carefully examining the Azure Sky