Seeing the longing in Rodney's eyes, Shi Feng did not rush to answer his question. Instead, he quietly swept his gaze over the second floor.
It had to be said that although the second floor contained quite a few rare materials, it was exceedingly crude.
The mana density throughout the room was far too low. It did not resemble the environment a workshop ought to have at all.
It was like every time he visited Seliora's Blacksmith Workshop.
Although its exterior was simple, many magic arrays had been set up inside, constantly gathering immense amounts of mana and maintaining an extremely high mana density in the workspace.
However, Rodney's second-floor hall had not been designed with any magic arrays at all. Its mana density was no different from the outside world.
In such an environment, it would be extremely difficult even for players to advance into Engineering Masters, let alone NPCs.
Moreover, Rodney had still become an Engineering Master despite working in such an environment, which showed just how outstanding his talent was.
Back then, Rodney had ultimately advanced into an Engineering Master only because players had gathered ultra-rare materials from all over, in addition to providing him with quality engineering tools. These were like the hammers blacksmiths used, or the flames used to refine materials.
Rodney had clearly inherited Dahl Workshop's legacy, yet the engineering tools he used were merely pitiful Bronze Grade equipment. Thus, the final stage of the hidden quest had been to collect a set of Mystic Iron Grade engineering tools.
Put bluntly, Rodney was simply too poor, which was why he had been unable to advance into an Engineering Master for so long.
If word of this got out, who knew what Master Dahl from several centuries ago would think...
"Advancing into a master is