The government-run ironworks of Eastern Commandery stood beside a small hill ten li outside the city. Rammed-earth walls enclosed the grounds, which contained workshops, warehouses, and forges. A small river flowed nearby for convenient access to water.
One master craftsman oversaw the place, with more than twenty artisans under him, responsible for making weapons, armor, farming tools, and other items. Jiang Hao had now taken over the place. Han Zhong and his men had rounded up all the craftsmen, who now sat uneasily in the warehouse, guarded by a ring of Qin soldiers. No one dared make a sound.
Inside the workshop,
Jiang Hao paced around the enormous Heavenly Star meteorite, examining it closely while countless questions ran through his mind.
Although the Heavenly Star meteorite had appeared in the film The Myth, it had never been explained in detail. Its only connections were the Indian temple and the "Heavenly Palace" in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor Qin.
It was after he entered the Heavenly Palace that he had somehow traveled here. Thinking of that journey, Jiang Hao suddenly remembered the Tiger Tally. Did the two have some kind of connection? He immediately took the Tiger Tally out of his storage space.
But the instant Jiang Hao took out the Tiger Tally, he abruptly discovered that it was actually exchanging energy with the Heavenly Star Gemstone. The change startled him.
Jiang Hao had previously tested the Tiger Tally in all sorts of ways, including with spiritual power, but it had shown no reaction whatsoever. It had seemed like an ordinary piece of jade. Yet now, in front of the Heavenly Star Gemstone, it was producing obvious energy fluctuations.
Jiang Hao pondered silently.
Could it be that only when the Tiger Tally and the Heavenly Star meteorite were together would