Was there a golden item that could be infused with divinity?
After hearing about Liu Zhi's task, Mister Xiao nodded slightly.
"Yours is pretty easy, at least. Nothing like the task I got back then. I had to hammer out a sheet of gold that let light through, could hold water, let smoke pass, but wouldn't let wind through."
That requirement left Liu Zhi speechless. What kind of gold sheet was that? Could anyone even make such a thing?
But when he thought about it, Liu Zhi figured that if someone had specialized in that sort of thing, they might actually have found a way to do it.
Now that he had a goal, Mister Xiao had a lot more he could do.
As a mythical goldware crafter, he naturally had the upper hand over Liu Zhi.
So he began to guide Liu Zhi, pointing out all kinds of different directions and having him experiment right there.
Liu Zhi knew this was an opportunity, and he certainly wasn't going to let it go. With Mister Xiao's pointers, he kept making all sorts of weapon decorations.
After watching for a while, Mister Xiao said, "I feel like your style is pretty fixed. It seems like you're making things for someone in particular?"
"My divinity," Liu Zhi replied confidently.
"No, that isn't your divinity. It's the divinity you fused with. You've already been influenced by it, and everything you make is heading in that direction."
Liu Zhi picked up a golden ornament he had just made and examined it.
Then he lowered his head and thought carefully. Was Inca style really right for him? Or was it Maya style?
Neither. He just thought Feathered Serpents ought to look that way.
At that thought, a trace of scornful divinity flickered in Liu Zhi's