Chapter 569: Not Just Eating One Even a Whiff is Enough
Huo Yuhao looked at Kong Deming and patiently explained, "Elder Kong, my spiritual power has recently made some breakthroughs, which has made engraving core formation arrays significantly easier for me. While you were away from the lab, I used my now stronger spiritual power to successfully engrave all thirteen core formations needed for the alchemy furnace."
For some time now, he had been absorbing faith energy.
At this point, although he had not yet managed to ignite his seventh Ice God Divine Flame, he had successfully made the divinity in his spiritual sea more concentrated than ever before.
Divinity played a crucial role in the transformation of spiritual consciousness into divine consciousness. This process allowed Huo Yuhao's spiritual power to gradually evolve and now, a thousandth of his total spiritual energy had undergone a complete metamorphosis into divine consciousness.
Considering that his spiritual power had already surpassed even the Dream Iceworm at its peak, this thousandth portion was already an immense amount.
With that divine consciousness, engraving nine rank core formation arrays became almost effortless.
After all, divine consciousness was leagues ahead of spiritual consciousness. Even though he hadn't obtained the Melting Ice Blade Technique like in the original story, he was still able to surpass his level and engrave nine rank core arrays.
Moreover, his current body had an exceptional talent for soul engineering. In this era, he could even be called a natural born soul engineer, which significantly helped him when engraving core formation arrays.
For an ordinary eight rank soul engineer, understanding nine rank formation blueprints would be an overwhelming challenge. The complexity of nine rank formations was exponentially greater than eight rank ones, making them nearly incomprehensible to most.
However, Huo Yuhao's exceptional talent allowed him to understand them in a short amount of time, saving countless hours of study.
As for the soul power consumption, he simply relied on Mingde Hall's high grade sealed milk bottles to replenish his energy.
The only real challenge was the tremendous mental and physical strain of engraving a nine rank core formation. It had taken him several days to complete all thirteen.
"I see… Yuhao, your spiritual power has advanced significantly again?" Kong Deming's face lit up with excitement.
If he didn't already know for certain that Huo Yuhao was human, he might have suspected that he was the reincarnation of the Evil Eyed Tyrant Master, given how unnaturally fast his spiritual growth was.
Even among the greatest geniuses of spiritual soul masters throughout history, none had ever progressed this quickly.
Huo Yuhao simply nodded, acknowledging the fact.
Transforming part of his spiritual power into divine consciousness? That was indeed a little bit of progress.
"Yuhao, bring out the core formation arrays immediately I need to inspect them," Kong Deming urged, barely able to contain his anticipation.
He needed to ensure that Huo Yuhao's core formations were flawless. If they weren't perfect, they would have to be redone.
Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao retrieved all thirteen core formations from his storage soul tool.
Each one was engraved onto silver metallic spheres, all of which were made of spirit forged metal.
These metals had a life force of their own, and the moment Huo Yuhao took them out, they began rubbing against him affectionately, behaving almost like sentient creatures seeking warmth.
Huo Yuhao grabbed one metal sphere and handed it to Kong Deming.
Kong Deming tightly gripped the sphere, suppressing its natural resistance with his immense soul power. Then, he infused his soul power into it, carefully sensing the energy flow.
He found no flaws whatsoever.
He then inspected the formation details, but no matter how thoroughly he examined it, he couldn't find a single imperfection.
It was flawless.
One by one, he checked the remaining twelve metal spheres.
Every single one was perfect.
Finally, he returned them to Huo Yuhao, a broad smile spreading across his face.
"Yuhao, congratulations. You can now be considered a half step nine rank soul engineer. I believe that once you become a Soul Douluo, you will truly be a full fledged nine rank soul engineer."
To be honest, the hardest part of crafting soul tools was the core formation arrays.
Now that Huo Yuhao could create nine rank formations at a high level, he had essentially met the requirements of a nine rank soul engineer.
This was an incredible surprise for Kong Deming.
In most cases, a soul engineer's rank was determined by the level of core formation arrays they could engrave.
However, nine rank soul engineers also required a high soul power level and extensive installation and debugging experience.
Moreover, the nine rank alchemy furnace they were crafting while difficult was one of the easier types of nine rank soul tools.
That was why Kong Deming still classified Huo Yuhao as a half step nine rank soul engineer for now.
A Few Days Later
Huo Yuhao completed the inner chamber of the furnace and began installing and debugging the nine rank alchemy furnace.
Due to his lack of experience in high level soul tool installation, he encountered several issues.
However, Kong Deming personally assisted, ensuring that no core formations were damaged.
After all, damaging a core formation would have been a disastrous setback.
Installation and debugging experience could be gained over time, but core formations were irreplaceable.
Finally
The nine rank alchemy furnace was complete!
Huo Yuhao then found Ju Zi and instructed, "Ju Zi, gather the most promising members of the Spirit Transmitting Tower for a special opportunity."
Ju Zi was surprised.
With the current size of the Spirit Transmitting Tower, this was a major operation.
However, she simply nodded and agreed. "Understood, Tower Master. I will make the arrangements immediately."
"Good. I trust your ability to handle it."
Now that the alchemy furnace was ready, Huo Yuhao was prepared to refine the Heavenly Creation Pill.
He had no intention of keeping it all for himself.
Many people had helped him along the way, and he wasn't the type to hoard everything selfishly.
Of course, the entire Spirit Transmitting Tower and Academy had too many members to distribute the pills fairly.
However, the Heavenly Creation Pill, as the most miraculous pill in Soul Land 2, had an extraordinary property.
Its aroma alone had effects.
Not just eating one even a whiff could trigger deep meditation!
In the original story, when members of the Tang Sect merely smelled the pill's fragrance, almost all of them entered a deep meditation state.
The better their talent, the longer they meditated.
Huo Yuhao intended to let promising members of the Spirit Transmitting Tower and Academy experience this effect.
Of course, he couldn't let everyone inhale the aroma the sheer number of people made it impossible to share the scent equally.
After all, the aroma only spread during the pill's refinement he couldn't sacrifice completed pills just to release more fragrance.
After making all necessary arrangements, Huo Yuhao began practicing with cheaper medicinal ingredients, honing his alchemy skills to perfect his technique before attempting to refine the Heavenly Creation Pill.
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