Li Chen and Qi Maigu hit it off and thoroughly enjoyed their conversation. Both could not help feeling they should have met sooner.
They exchanged contact tokens and agreed to collaborate on their respective Dao Paths once they reached Broad Cloud Peak.
Li Chen was quite interested in the solar Dao Qi Maigu had studied and his related research into divine light. He also wanted to build facilities within his own territory to put it to use. If the conditions were right, it might bolster his strength considerably.
Qi Maigu was likewise interested in Li Chen's Dao of the Heavenly Derivation Array. The fruits of his intelligence research could also be applied to the study of Sun Divine Thunder.
Moreover, Li Chen might rise in a single leap to become a powerful local magnate, at which point he could fund many of Qi Maigu's experiments.
On the Puppeteer Dao Path, cultivation provisions came first. Many methods of empirical certification required actual trials to complete, so merely possessing the research of one's predecessors did not necessarily make those things one's own.
The achievements of their predecessors were right there. Ready-made answers did indeed exist, sparing them the need to grope their way forward anew.
But this was like disciples of the same sect studying under the same elder and practicing the same cultivation method: they could still fall into three grades and nine ranks. Naturally, each person's degree of mastery varied.
Sun Divine Thunder was already beyond his current cultivation realm. To attain mastery of this Dao, he would have to put in some truly hard work.
Qi Maigu admitted frankly that although he belonged to a sect and came from an aristocratic clan with substantial wealth, certain large-scale projects left him as poor as a beggar.
On the Puppeteer Dao