The Osborn Group had benefited from advanced technology, allowing people to release their suppressed individuality and reflect it in their appearances.
Kamar-Taj, on the other hand, actively pursued tranquility and cast aside unnecessary attachments.
Neither could be called more noble than the other. In a sense, the Osborn employees' self-modification was also a form of "asceticism": sorcerers practiced magic to achieve their goals, while Osborn employees studied technology to achieve the same results.
Here, too, everyone performed their own duties. The aged buildings bore a slight air of weathered age from wind and sun, but they were neither filthy nor disorderly. Towering spires stood quietly upon the earth as clouds drifted slowly overhead.
"How was it?" Ancient One asked the same question Harry had asked.
"Pretty good." Harry shrugged and gave her the same answer.
Kamar-Taj's style was indeed refreshing, and the environment here had calmed Harry's heart considerably.
But as he had said before, neither was inherently better or worse. They were simply different choices—and Kamar-Taj's cultivation model was not useful for everyone.
"So how do I begin my research?" Wanda withdrew her gaze. She was interested in these things now.
"How did you begin your research within the Osborn Group?" Ancient One asked.
"Start with the basics: understanding, learning, application, day after day," Wanda replied.
"That's right—I know you have a Shared and Open Source System internally. Kamar-Taj works the same way. Knowledge can be shared."
"But over there, we have to buy those things with Credit Points." As she spoke, Wanda glanced at Harry.
Harry did not argue. Development required it. I know everyone wants to research interesting things, but I still have to ensure the system isn't scattered by outside forces, don't I?
Besides, even in Kamar-Taj, the Sorcerer Supreme had the authority to halt dangerous