Huo Yuhao's life at Sun Moon Academy entered its second stage.
Through his fabricated identity as the heir to a Northern Land family's legacy, he had secured a tremendous investment from Jing Hongchen. Of course, his remarkable talent for Soul Tool research had not disappointed Jing Hongchen.
Now, with no outside pressure in the short term, Huo Yuhao felt utterly unburdened, and he could finally make full use of Sun Moon Academy's abundant resources.
Jing Hongchen had granted him exceptionally high clearance and freedom. He could enter and leave the Illustrious Virtue Hall at will, without being subject to any supervision.
His current research work reported directly to Xuan Ziwen and Jing Hongchen. This was unprecedented among Level 5 Soul Engineers; even many Level 7 Soul Engineers did not have such high clearance.
After roughly four months of development, the Level 7 Soul Tool Machine capable of manufacturing Level 3 Soul Tool workbenches finally emerged. In less than half an hour, it could produce a fully functional Soul Tool Machine.
Jing Hongchen was shocked when he heard the news. He had never expected development to progress so quickly, or production to outpace manual work by such a wide margin.
Running continuously day and night for a month, the Soul Tool Machine could produce over a thousand workbenches.
They expected to finish all the thousands of workbenches the Illustrious Virtue Hall needed within six months.
But Jing Hongchen saw even greater potential in it.
Even after the Illustrious Virtue Hall's needs were met, production could not stop. The extra workbenches could be sent to the Imperial Palace and Mingdu Academy.
This would increase the Illustrious Virtue Hall's income while also providing young Soul Engineers with vital tools for learning and production, allowing the Sun Moon Empire to cultivate more and more