"Master the properties of matter, turn stone into gold..."
"This is a basic art, much like a Qi Refining cultivator drawing qi into the body-only on a much higher level."
In his residence in the Inner Valley below Broad Cloud Peak, Li Chen set down an antique-looking jade slip and let out a quiet sigh.
In fact, every Puppet Master had already encountered this art during their apprenticeship. It was none other than the Ritual Refinement Art, hailed as the cornerstone of the Puppet Dao.
The Ritual Refinement Art used one's own magic power to alter the properties of the primordial energy within an object, imbuing it with greater spiritual essence.
In other words, it raised the object's energy level and total primordial energy through supernatural means, indirectly altering the spiritual essence properties it displayed.
This would not turn a stone into gold. At most, it would fill the stone with primordial energy and turn it into a spirit stone!
Touchstone Transmutation, however, changed the properties of matter independently of those supernatural powers themselves, producing changes that cast aside all concepts of spiritual essence and primordial energy.
It could permanently alter the structure and properties of matter. As long as one wished, the materials in question would be available in any quantity, never running out!
"More than three months have passed now, and I've more or less learned it. Let's give it a try."
Li Chen had not started from scratch. Rather, he had organized his past learning, drawn conclusions, and tried to understand and master this Grand Artisan-level divine ability. Thus, a little over three months could actually be considered ample time.
His Grand Artisan-level understanding of the Creation Great Dao was also enough for him to comprehend the relevant Dao Source characters and construct his own method of