Even though that didn't include the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy's treasured and exotic soul tools, Huo Yuhao's contributions were enough to advance Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department's research by at least a hundred years.

　　Elder Xuan had mentioned before in one of his reply letters that Huo Yuhao was already considered a true hero within Shrek, and n.o.body could rival his contributions to the academy. He had proposed to the Sea G.o.d's Pavilion that Huo Yuhao be given a seat on the council, and that motion had subsequently pa.s.sed. Even though he wasn't back at the academy yet, Huo Yuhao was already a part of the Sea G.o.d's Pavilion. He was equal to Fan Yu, who was the Soul Tool Department's vice-Dean, in terms of status within the academy - he was perhaps even higher.

　　Fan Yu was a Cla.s.s 8 soul engineer, and he naturally understood how difficult it was to design formation arrays and create blueprints, even though Huo Yuhao had a spiritual-type martial soul, and thus enjoyed a considerable advantage. However, he could only design and innovate, at night as he had to forge soul tools and conduct research in the day. It could be said that it was considered fortunate if Huo Yuhao could enjoy four to six hours of rest every day, and those hours were spent in meditation.

　　Huo Yuhao's soul power didn't improve much over the past two years. Fan Yu knew him too well, and he could sense that Huo Yuhao was drastically different, to the point where even Fan Yu felt a little confused and dumbfounded when Huo Yuhao talked about some principles and concepts regarding soul tools. Xuan Ziwen once said that Huo Yuhao would be a Cla.s.s 7 soul engineer if he had enough soul power.

　　How would Jing Hongchen of the Ill.u.s.trious Virtue Hall feel, if he had known that this exchange program brought him so much trouble?