@HazardousMind
Thats true for all master-only bluetooth modules. The nicer ones can dynamically change, which is why phones can go both ways but the BC417(HC-05 modules chip set) chip can not do that.
Also, I have figured it out. The modules came with a baud rate of 9600,1,2 but never worked properly, I had tried increasing it to 115200,0,0 but that didn't work either. While researching I found some documentation that the default baud rate for the Linivor firmware and BC417 chip should be 9600,0,0. I set both modules to that and got it working