Master Artisan Fan was a typical flatterer of those above him. Whatever his superiors told him to do, he did, without asking why.
Moreover, this man enjoyed indulgence and was keen on power and status, yet his craftsmanship was exceptionally outstanding. The Celestial Mechanism Institute held him in very high regard in this respect. He knew that his skill was the source of his power and profit, so he never begrudged the effort he put into honing it.
For this very reason, quite a few of the Creators back then had been entrusted to him for construction. There were few master artisans to begin with, and even fewer whose skills were adequate and who were also suitably obedient to their superiors.
In just one summer, he had written down every Creator built by the Celestial Mechanism Institute that he could recall, then respectfully submitted the record.
When Zhang Yu took it and looked it over, they said one's handwriting reflected one's character, but Master Artisan Fan was different.
His handwriting was grand and dignified, neat and square; no matter how one looked at it, it did not match the conduct he displayed outwardly.
The submitted account was exceedingly detailed, down to the date and hour of every year, the specific arrangements, and so on. Nothing had been omitted. It was indeed worthy of his status as a master artisan.
Most of these Creators appeared to have been made merely as substitutes. Yet now, which was the substitute and which was the true original might not be so easy to tell apart.
After Zhang Yu finished reading, he asked, "Master Artisan Fan, when you went to Jade Capital this time, whom were you intending to meet?"
Fan Shang hurriedly replied, "This criminal has an elder martial brother who now serves under