With the resources Li Chen now commanded, he already had enough to establish a power of his own and call it a sect.
But as an outstanding Grand Artisan who might earn a mention in the Complete Book of the Puppet Master Order, he aspired to something greater: a school that transcended regional powers.
He wanted to become an academic faction in this world, not merely a strongman among ordinary regional powers.
Thus, Li Chen built Jixia Academy, spread the mortal pathway, and open-sourced his rune script dao, even teaching methods for manufacturing electronic chips and other devices.
Hua Wucuo, Mo Chen, Li Baiyan, and the others-elite talents serving various Grandmaster Artisans and schools-could all be put to use.
By now, Li Chen had gathered a group of Guest Puppet Masters, some belonging to him and others staying temporarily to exchange knowledge and learn.
As he upheld scientific principles and vigorously promoted the mortal pathway, the influence this generated spread rapidly outward like ink.
But at this point, Li Chen began considering another important question.
It was his development plan for the next ten years.
One day, after finishing his busy schedule, Li Chen sat in his residence in the Inner Valley of the Spirit Peak and ordered Heavenly Pivot to activate the Ultrawave Communicator, contacting Hua Wucuo far away in Chess Mountain.
Hua Wucuo had now accepted Li Chen's appointment as acting protector of Chess Mountain Domain, carrying out a series of projects and technological conversions for Cultivation Mortalization.
They had discussed this matter many times recently. Now that Li Chen had successfully designed a modification package for mortals, pushing ahead with the entire civilization transformation plan had become imperative.
"Fellow Daoist Hua, I've finally decided to postpone the construction of the Six-Star Battle Puppet, the Heavenly Hero Divine