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Having paid their respects to the Faceless True Immortal Statue, the relationship between the two seemed to have become much closer.
"Artisan friend, you’ve gone through great effort to establish the Elemental Spirit Sect and collect Source Force, but for what purpose? To tell you the truth, I was only interested in the Vital Element Art of the Myriad Beings because it allowed multiple people to cultivate together conveniently, so I took over the big undertaking of the Elemental Spirit Sect. As for how to extract and use the Source Force, I’m completely in the dark!" Li Fan asked with a smile as he brought the Craftsman around the Spirit Tree Realm to visit the Flesh Puppets that automatically cultivated the Vital Element Art of the Myriad Beings.
"Having a separate Small World as a base does make things a lot more convenient. When I was in the Elemental Spirit Sect, I wouldn’t dare to place these flesh cultivator puppets so blatantly in the square. I always had to cover them up; otherwise, it would cause unrest among the subordinates and lead to all sorts of chaos," said the Craftsman with an envious tone during the tour.
Only afterward did he answer Li Fan’s question, "Apart from creating Celestial Mechanism Puppets, most of the Source Force was stored by me for unforeseen needs."
"Theoretically, every cultivator can use the refined desire power to rapidly enhance their cultivation base. Have you heard of the legends where Immortal Gates bestowed rewards and the disciples achieved enlightenment overnight, breaking through several major realms in succession? That’s the effect of Source Force."
"But in this Xuanhuang World..." The Craftsman clicked his tongue and shook his head slightly.
"This godforsaken place is indeed unsuitable for cultivators to live. Not to mention the resources needed to breakthrough each major realm, just the bottleneck of the Heavenly Calamity here is much more severe than in other Immortal Cultivation Worlds," Li Fan also said in agreement.
"It’s a pity that we’ve had no choice for a long time," the Craftsman sighed.
"However, these limitations only exist between cultivators. Constructs like the Celestial Mechanism Puppet are not restricted. By extension, Magic Treasures and the like also have no restrictions on their use. Perhaps this is why the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals charges me a large portion of Source Force every time," the Craftsman said with implications afterward.
"You mean... the Tianxuan Mirror?" Li Fan reacted instantly.
"Not just that. Undoubtedly, the Tianxuan Mirror is of the Immortal Instrument tier. Source Force to it is actually rather insignificant. However, within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, any Magic Treasure that hasn’t ascended to the tier of Immortal Instrument can be enhanced by absorbing Source Force," the Craftsman said with a smile.
"So there’s such a wonderful use for it," Li Fan muttered thoughtfully as he looked at the Final Separation Disk within his Spirit Consciousness.
Next, with the enthusiastic help of the Craftsman, a Mechanism Fortress was built beside the Flesh Puppet Square in the Spirit Tree Realm.
It took the shape of a sphere, with two metal rings rotating continuously around the outside.
When the Craftsman finished the engravings on these two metal rings, Li Fan faintly sensed the overflowing source energy that was originally flowing toward Li Qing’s clone.
It was now converging toward the Mechanism Fortress instead.
Like a gentle stream becoming a mighty river, it formed droplets of golden substance, which fell and were stored inside the sphere.
Upon closer observation, Li Fan found that these droplets of Golden Source Energy were of a clearly lower tier compared to the Essence of Source Power formed by the Faceless True Immortal Statue, also known as the Flower of Tao.
Nevertheless, they still held a fatal attraction to cultivators.
While it didn’t render one as senseless as seeing the Essence of Heaven and Earth, it still stirred up waves of greed from deep within the heart.
"Finally sorted that out. It seems that because the restrictions of heaven and earth are weaker in the Small World, guiding the Source Force here is much easier than in the Xuanhuang World," the Craftsman said with some joy as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"This is called the Mechanism Fortress; aside from guiding Source Force, it should also have protective functions, right?" Li Fan remarked incisively.
The Craftsman did not hide the fact, "That’s right, because our Celestial Mechanism World has limited resources, we often aim for the ultimate integration of functions when developing constructs."
The Craftsman pointed lightly toward the nearby sphere, and a burst of light flashed.
The newly constructed building suddenly vanished from in front of Li Fan.
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"Hmm? That’s quite interesting..." Not only was it imperceptible to the naked eye, but even spiritual consciousness couldn’t detect it.
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Only by leaping forward and touching it with one’s hands could one find its existence.
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"This is the hidden form, which requires a certain amount of Source Force to activate. It can almost achieve the same level of concealment as [Ancestor], and even an Immortal Expert might not necessarily perceive any clues," the Artisan said proudly.
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Next, the Artisan showed Li Fan the offensive and transfer forms of the Mechanism Fortress.
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Indeed, it lived up to its name of "Celestial Mechanism".
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Li Fan was quite satisfied.
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"The only pity is that Source Force is not easy to come by. It needs to be painstakingly extracted from every cultivator practicing the Elemental Spirit Technique."
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"It’s impossible to achieve the [Ancestor]’s self-sustaining cycle, an everlasting motion."
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"I wasn’t able to bring out the [Ancestor]’s energy core component when I fled those years ago. Perhaps I’ll never have the chance to unravel this mystery now," the Artisan said, looking at the Mechanism Fortress in front of him, as if recalling his hometown. There was a look of regret in his eyes.
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"Heh heh, there will be an opportunity," Li Fan said with a smile.
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The Artisan didn’t take Li Fan’s words seriously.
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After completing the explanation, the Artisan very conscientiously gave Li Fan the highest authority over the Mechanism Fortress as well.
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A thought crossed his mind, and suddenly information about how much Source Force was stored in the fortress, how long various functions were expected to last, and the detailed projections of the surroundings of the Mechanism Fortress...
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All of it appeared in Li Fan’s spirit consciousness in an instant.
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This gave Li Fan a different kind of illusion.
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He increased the output power of the Source Force in the fortress and covered the entire Spirit Tree Realm with its protective field, then activated a permanent hidden state.
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As a result, the Source Force that could be stored was very limited, almost to the point of deficit.
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However, Li Fan was not worried. Instead, he had Li Qing, his avatar, increase the efforts to practice the Vital Element Art of the Myriad Beings in various Small Worlds.
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It was foreseeable that with the further promotion of the Vital Element Art of the Myriad Beings, it wouldn’t be just the harvest of Source Force.
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Even the quantity of Essence of Source Power generated from gratitude toward the Crimson Compassionate Immortal would see a qualitative boost.
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As this matter gradually got on track, adhering to the attitude of making the best use of everything, Li Fan did not let the Artisan idle.
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Summoning Tianyang over to him, he had the Artisan take a close look.
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"My junior brother here, due to the limitations of his physical aptitude, could not break through to a higher realm. Hence, he took an alternative path, shape shifting and entrusting his spirit in a puppet. Afterwards, he absorbed a thousand years of Terrestrial Flame Power and finally achieved God Transformation."
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"Although I later helped him devour the Essence of Heaven and Earth and step into the threshold of Unity-Path, this might very well be his limit."
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"Tianyang has been by my side for many years, loyal and devoted. I cannot bear to see him stop here..."
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"Artisan friend, please help me see if there is a way to help Tianyang advance further," Li Fan asked, somewhat seriously.
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