"Rather than protection, it looked more like some kind of energy-confinement device." Wen Tianji seemed deep in thought. "It confined pure energy within a certain range, thereby creating a special energy field."
"Mm... that's possible too." Yue Ling shrugged.
In any case, based on the information they currently possessed, they could only make all sorts of guesses. No one knew what it was actually used for.
"But this has given us a new line of thought." Wen Tianji stared at the crystal sheet floating in the white glow, a trace of excitement in his eyes. "If we kept shrinking various formations, could they eventually be carried around? Could they even replace defensive spiritual artifacts?"
The reason spiritual artifacts were spiritual artifacts was not only because of their various special materials. The inscriptions engraved upon them, capable of transmitting spiritual power, were also immensely important. Some spiritual artifacts even used miniature formations directly in place of inscriptions.
Of course, if they truly did that, both the cost and time required would increase severalfold. That was also why spiritual artifacts suited for high-level cultivators were increasingly rare.
"Moreover, judging from what we know so far, these are all standardized items. In other words, they can be mass-produced. Imagine it: if every cultivator could buy the weapons and protective gear they needed at a price several times lower than now, what kind of scene would that be?" Wen Tianji looked toward the future.
Yue Ling thought about it seriously. "A lot of master spiritual-artifact smiths won't have food to eat?"
Wen Tianji: "...That is one aspect of it."
The spiritual artifacts used by cultivators were basically all forged by hand, resulting in low production efficiency. Their exorbitant prices were also beyond what ordinary cultivators could afford.
Monopoly had always been the most profitable