Celestial Craft Hall.
True to its name, "Celestial Craft," this institution was essentially a large factory responsible for manufacturing all kinds of Mystic Implements, Dharma Artifacts, and Gray Crystal Machinery.
Of course.
Since Gray Crystal Machinery was civilian machinery, Celestial Craft Hall only produced its core component, the Spirit Crystal Disk. The remaining parts were manufactured by private factories.
At this moment.
A Grand Artisan with graying hair set down the letter in his hand and began muttering to himself.
"'The changes in all things, including mystic arts, are fundamentally transformations of energy.' Lord Envoy Cheng's words may sound strange, but upon careful consideration, they do make some sense..."
Nearby.
A middle-aged artisan was carving a Spirit Crystal Disk.
Holding an exquisite carving knife, he used agility far beyond that of an ordinary person to inscribe one Spirit Pattern after another. After drawing a pattern, he tested it with a Dharma Artifact before continuing on to the next.
Though the middle-aged artisan appeared completely focused, the flickering of his eyes from time to time made it clear that he was listening to the Grand Artisan while working.
The Grand Artisan began quietly reading from the letter again.
"The essence of a Mystic Adept's path is to increase one's own energy and turn oneself into a humanoid 'Source Profound Crystal.' Mystic arts transform one's own power into other forms of power, such as the thermal energy of fire-element mystic arts.
"The core principle of an Internal Combustion Engine is to convert the thermal energy released by burning fuel into kinetic energy. In a sense, it can also be regarded as a type of mystic art..."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged artisan burst out laughing. "Isn't that fucking nonsense?"
He could not help but grin. "By that logic, if I set a