Li Chen stood up and discovered that it was already completely dark outside. Inside the Ironstone Tower, lamps powered by Spirit Essence had been lit, their pure white light illuminating the corridors outside as brightly as daylight.
For a moment, Li Chen almost felt as though he were back in a city from his previous life.
The cultivation world of this life had long since advanced far beyond Earth. Unfortunately, no one cared about such minor matters as ordinary people's livelihoods or had the patience to develop those fields. Commoners, meanwhile, lacked the necessary skills and could only live backward lives resembling those of ancient times.
Only when the occasional ruler like Li Chen introduced such things could the people within his territory experience any change.
Li Chen had heard that the Sky Cities possessed advanced craftsmanship, and that everyone there was like a dragon among men. They truly rivaled the alien societies depicted in Past-Life Earth's science fiction, or the immortal paradises that ancient cultivators had yearned for.
But the Puppet Masters in those Sky Cities did not necessarily consider the people on the ground their own kind, much less descend to guide the development of the mortal world.
"Auxiliary Brain, generate an apprentice ranking and advancement system, using the Creation Sect's standard assessment criteria as a reference."
Li Chen withdrew his gaze and issued another command to Dominator, the Auxiliary Brain inside his skull.
This time, he was planning the educational qualifications and apprentice ranks within his own Ink Gate.
He decided to abandon the traditional master-disciple model used in Yunshan Valley and follow the material Qi Yuetian had provided, dividing apprentices into ten levels. Only those who surpassed level ten would become full-fledged Craftsmen.
This was a modern classification system intended to distinguish the knowledge and skills