novelraw Chapter 624 204: Have him contact me immediately!_6
Chapter 624 204: Have him contact me immediately!_6
Master Shen Ji waved his hand. The mountainside transformed, revealing a series of steel stairways at their feet. Master Shen Ji gently opened one and bowed.
"Senior, please!"
Wang Mu walked in.
Behind him, Yu Tianshu craned his neck and asked, "Master, is this the real person?"
"Confirmed..." Master Shen Ji's eyes flickered with intricate, mechanism-like patterns. He continued, "It matches Dongfang Mu's appearance with 100% certainty. It's him indeed. I'm just unsure if he can recreate the scene from the Sword Sect. I want to see how my Mechanical Man was blown to pieces with a single move."
"I want to see too," Yu Tianshu said.
"You haven't reached the Divinity Transformation Realm yet, what good would watching do you?" Master Shen Ji said. "I'm afraid it might affect your Cultivation if you watch."
"It's alright, my Taoist Heart is very steadfast," Yu Tianshu said.
"Well then…" Master Shen Ji mused as he followed them in. "This Wang Mu truly has some impressive Divine Skills… to be able to enlist even such a figure…"
「A moment later.」
Light and shadow converged, and a simple practice chamber appeared within Wang Mu's line of sight.
This seemed to be a practice chamber exclusively used within the Tianji Sect. Inside, apart from the Mechanical Man, there were various other small mechanical devices.
Wang Mu looked around.
"Senior, this is our Tianji Sect's Mechanical Man, identical to the one at the Sword Sect," Master Shen Ji said. "This is quite special. Although it looks ordinary and is only suitable for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators, these Cultivators are the most numerous in the Nine Provinces. Hence, these Mechanical Men are very durable."
"Until now, aside from being blasted apart by you, Senior, with a Cultivation below the Foundation Establishment Realm, not a single one has been destroyed. At most, they suffer some superficial damage, which our Tianji Sect personnel repair..."
With such good quality, the earnings must come from maintenance... Wang Mu thought.
"Shall I make a move now?" Wang Mu asked.
Master Shen Ji waved his hand, and the other Elders quickly retreated.
Suddenly, the room lit up, and lines resembling pipelines began flashing from all sides.
The Mechanical Man gently activated and stood at the forefront.
Master Shen Ji's eyes twinkled with an array of strange symbols, as if dials were rotating, until a certain instant.
The room emitted a soft sound.
"We're ready now. Senior, you may make your move," Master Shen Ji called out from a distance.
Wang Mu nodded. He wasn't sure of the Mechanical Man's importance to the Tianji Sect, but if he could obtain the Mechanism Creation Technique this easily, it would be rather effortless.
Closing his eyes, he focused, clenching his fist and suppressing his Cultivation to the level it was at that time.
A punch imbued with golden light shot out.
It couldn't be said to be exactly the same. Back then, Wang Mu had not yet perfected his Body Refining Technique, but he had suppressed his power very well now.
It was nearly 99% similar; the fluctuation of his aura was truly at the Qi Cultivation Peak.
Under the Beautiful Fist, the Mechanical Man once again shattered into pieces.
It felt completely effortless.
But the numerous lines in the room exploded one after another.
In the distance, the pupils of the Tianji Sect's higher-ups, led by Master Shen Ji, constricted sharply.
"Did you feel that?"
"It seems like... the aura of the rules..."
"How can someone in the Qi Refining Realm touch upon such a state?"
"This punch is too bizarre... No wonder even the infinitely-restoring Mechanical Man... would be reduced to dregs by a single hit..."
"To think that the Mechanical Man, which embodies the very foundation of our Tianji Sect's Cultivation... would be obliterated in such a way..."
"It seems the problem isn't with us... it's with this Ancient Sage..."
The Elders exchanged shocked comments.
Wang Mu withdrew his hand, approached Master Shen Ji, and asked, "Is that satisfactory? Do I need to do it again?"
"No need, no need at all!" Master Shen Ji hurriedly said.
"Then don't go back on the promise you made to my friend," Wang Mu said, waving his hand. "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
"No problem," Master Shen Ji said, urging him to stay. "Senior, why don't you rest for a few days at our Tianji Sect? You've only just arrived and you're already leaving..."
"There's no need. I have other matters to attend to."
Wang Mu left the practice chamber.
The next day, Wang Mu visited the Tianji Sect again.
"Brother Wang, let's go. Follow me to meet the Master," Yu Tianshu personally greeted him and led Wang Mu to Master Shen Ji.
"That Senior didn't cause any problems, did he?" Wang Mu asked.
"No," Yu Tianshu shook his head. "It was truly astonishing. Even someone of our Master's Realm was shocked... Never mind, you might not understand even if I told you. These Ancient Sages are indeed extraordinary…"
"Speaking of which," Wang Mu then asked, "what's so special about your Mechanical Man?"
Yu Tianshu smiled. "There's no harm in telling you. Do you know what materials are used to make the Mechanical Man?"
"They must be extremely rare materials, right?" Wang Mu guessed.
"Hahaha…" Yu Tianshu paused, then pointed to some discarded scrap metal and refuse by the roadside. "Not at all. They are made using these."
Wang Mu stared, nonplussed. He looked and saw it was just ordinary rubbish: a mixture of waste stones and metal scraps.
In the Tianji Sect, such refuse was a common sight. Normally, when Artifact Refining failed, it resulted in this kind of junk.
The Mechanical Man is made from *these* things?
"Incredible, isn't it?" Yu Tianshu smiled faintly. "The Mechanical Man is, in essence, made from these materials, but they are transformed."
"What do you mean?" Wang Mu asked.
"Some materials are extremely hard to find in the Cultivation World," Yu Tianshu explained. "If you were to cultivate the Mechanism Creation Technique, you would understand. Everything in the universe is composed of special energy particles. Therefore, through a special method, all things can be broken down into their most basic particles and then reassembled."
"In short," he continued, "it means turning this rubbish into heaps of Divine Ore."
Hearing this, Wang Mu gasped.
My God! Is the Tianji Sect trying to defy the heavens?
"Of course…" Yu Tianshu sighed softly. "That's just the principle. Actually achieving it is extremely difficult. The materials for the Mechanical Man are converted and reformed by Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm or higher, using the Mechanism Creation Technique. This process requires a vast amount of time."
"It's extremely costly. After the conversion, assembly, polishing, and fitting are still required. The key is the difficulty of the material transformation. For a single Mechanical Man, a Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Realm must spend months, constantly replenishing their energy, just to convert the necessary amount of materials."
"Without continuous replenishment, it would take several years. Even for Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation or Tribulation Crossing Realms, the conversion process is terrifyingly draining."
"So, although a Mechanical Man seems simple, it has a profound impact on our Tianji Sect. Currently, this technique is only used for this application. If we wanted to convert other materials, the resource consumption would be even more frightening."
Yu Tianshu shook his head repeatedly. "The so-called Mechanical Creation is, in essence, transforming and recreating all things in the world at will. It's easy to say, but actually achieving it is harder than ascending to the heavens."
Arriving at the Tianji Sect's main hall, Wang Mu met Master Shen Ji.
Displayed in the hall were numerous proud creations of the Tianji Sect, including countless models of Immortal Boat Magical Artifacts.
Suddenly, Wang Mu's gaze shifted, and he spotted a familiar Magic Artifact.
His eyelids twitched.
"Master, may I ask, what is that?" Wang Mu pointed to one of the Magic Artifacts.
Master Shen Ji looked over and smiled. "My young friend, you have sharp eyes to spot one of the Tianji Sect's treasures so quickly."
"This object is called the Divine Light Mirror. It's something our Tianji Sect's founding ancestor once dreamed of creating."
"It was designed to transmit information across billions of miles, which would have been incredibly practical. Regrettably, this Magic Artifact only ever existed as a concept; it could not actually be created in the Cultivation World."
Saying this, Master Shen Ji sighed. "Our founding ancestor vanished long ago. Such a pity…"
"Where did your founding ancestor disappear?" Wang Mu asked.
"Hundreds of years ago, our founding ancestor was traveling in the Li State area and never returned," Master Shen Ji explained. "All that remains is a blueprint of the Divine Light Mirror. We could only make a model like this to commemorate him."
Wang Mu's heart stirred. Truly interesting. Who would have thought the Divine Light Mirror originated here? Could it be that the founding ancestor ascended to the Upper Realm with Xiao Li and his entire nation?
As he pondered, the Divine Light Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness stirred again.
This Immortal sure is restless… How long has it even been?
Wang Mu frowned, made an excuse to step away for a moment, and opened the Divine Light Mirror.
[Moon God: Um, there's something.]
[Wang Mu: I'm busy right now…]
[Moon God: No, listen. Add an Immortal, and do as I say.]
[Wang Mu: What happened?]
[Moon God: It's rather complicated and very troublesome right now. Just do as I tell you in a moment, or this Divine Light Mirror of yours will be gone.]
[Wang Mu: Add who?]
[Moon God: Let me see… Her name is: Mr. Lee.]
[Wang Mu: …]