117: Chapter 117 Looting Corpses, Craftsman's Experience

The Vice Principal's arranged visitation plan included two cities in total.

Qilian Fort and Cinnabar City.

Qilian Fort was once a Holy Land where the artisans of Da Shun gathered.

Although its status was not as high as Liulin Pass, it provided a very good habitat for artisans.

Artisans could completely calm their minds in Qilian Fort and focus all their thoughts on researching their crafts.

Unfortunately, these good times only lasted for over thirty years.

At that time, Cui Dao, who was revered as a Grand Master Craftsman, died in an accident.

There was no conspiracy; it was simply an accident that occurred while he was forging a Magical Artifact.

Many artisans watching nearby also lost their lives.

After this Grand Master Craftsman's death, Qilian Fort lost its pillar and the person who presided over the overall situation.

Because Cui Dao died unexpectedly, he hadn't even arranged for a successor.

The unexpectedly deceased Cui Dao never thought he would die.

At that time, he was still considered to be in his prime.

A Grand Master Craftsman did not lack resources, and he had several Medicinal Pills for longevity in his hands.

Relying on those Medicinal Pills, Cui Dao could have easily lived for another fifty years.

Leaving twenty years to train a successor would have been more than enough.

It was a pity that even the heavens were jealous of his exquisite craftsmanship and did not give him the chance to pass on his Legacy.

In the world today, a bit of his technique should have been passed down.

Back then, many people in Qilian Fort had seen him forging Sharp Weapons and Magical Artifacts.

To some extent, they all learned some of Cui Dao's methods.

But the essence of his skill, the core essentials, had mostly been lost.

As Li Yuan listened to the Vice Principal talk about the situation, he felt that the man was also fabricating a lot of content.

Cui Dao had been dead for too long.

The Vice Principal didn't want to use too many ambiguous words to describe it, so he must have made up quite a bit in his speech.

Departing from Heavenly Ridge Mountain, they traveled for about a day and a half.

Upon arriving at Qilian Fort, Li Yuan and Vice Dean Shao Lin went to pay their respects.

Compared to the massive crowds at Heavenly Ridge Mountain, Qilian Fort was clearly a bit deserted.

There were still many artisans in this city.

They relied on some family-inherited skills to make a living.

But among those top-tier Martial Artists who had some status in Da Shun, who would be willing to come to Qilian Fort to find an artisan?

Divine weapons and Magical Artifacts often affected a Martial Artist's life and safety.

When it came to such things, they naturally sought perfection.

It wasn't like eating or drinking, where any food would do as long as it filled the stomach when hungry.

After entering Qilian Fort, Li Yuan and the Vice Principal asked for the location to pay their respects.

They could just go straight there; there wasn't even anyone in charge of managing it.

The two of them bought some offerings and arrived at the enshrined workshop.

An artisan spends most of their life in a workshop.

When commemorating these Grand Master Craftsmen, their remains were also placed within the workshops.

Offering the sacrifices, Li Yuan and Vice Dean Shao Lin bowed together.

This former Grand Master Craftsman didn't even have a single stick of incense before him now.

Li Yuan performed the ritual of respect and subsequently used the Corpse Looting Technique.

[Corpse Looting Technique (Level 5): Picked up Cui Dao's artisan skill experience, thirty years of Martial Dao Internal Energy, 'Three Hundred Strategies of Artisan Common Knowledge', and 'Seven Vajra Hammering Method'.]

Seeing the items obtained from the corpse looting, Li Yuan found a restaurant to stay in temporarily after paying his respects.

He calmed his mind alone to first study the contents.

First was Cui Dao's artisan skill experience; after obtaining his experience, it wasn't to say he immediately mastered the artisan craft.

At the very least, Li Yuan could now very easily judge the quality of divine weapons and Magical Artifacts.

He could also tell what techniques were used on these items, whether they were mundane and ordinary or exquisite and divine.

While resting and focusing his mind, Li Yuan meticulously analyzed Senior Cui Dao's artisan experience.

Senior Cui Dao specialized in refining weapons; back then, almost every Ninth-Grade Supreme would ask him to refine weapons.

He was the most authoritative artisan in Da Shun.

Sharp Weapons required mastering a certain balance.

Hardness and toughness.

Lacking toughness, a divine weapon would be easy to snap and break.

Lacking that degree of hardness, its power would be greatly reduced.

Cui Dao's brilliance lay in this specific point.

The 'Seven Vajra Hammering Method' was his top-tier artisan technique, capable of significantly discharging Impurities through hammering.

These seemed basic, yet they were incredibly important points.

Of course, this great artisan Cui Dao was not only skilled in this one area.

His skills were also far ahead in other aspects, though they weren't as stunning as the Seven Vajra Hammering Method.

Even if someone else did the subsequent hammering and shaping on the refining blanks Cui Dao produced, the quality would still improve by a large margin.

Sitting cross-legged in the restaurant's private room, Li Yuan carefully examined Senior Cui Dao's experience.

From his experience, Cui Dao considered himself the number one Master Craftsman of the world.

Of course, the 'world' he referred to was the era from a thousand years ago.

How much of his experience would still be considered advanced today, Li Yuan found it hard to judge for the moment.

But one thing was certain: the things he obtained through the Corpse Looting Technique could completely help him become an artisan.

It could even allow his strength and skill to reach a relatively high-level stage!

What he needed to do was spend some time slightly practicing the hand techniques.

Artisans relied heavily on hand dexterity; this point was even used to evaluate an artisan's talent.

In fact, a top-tier Martial Artist like Li Yuan had a great advantage in learning artisan skills.

A Martial Artist's power control was excellent, and when using various techniques, their hand control was not inferior to that of an artisan master.

Normally, while practicing their craft, artisans would also practice martial arts to increase their strength and physical fitness.

But because the improvement of both required a massive amount of time and energy...

Even though artisans knew practicing the Martial Dao was beneficial, it was impossible for them to devote too much energy to it.

Li Yuan was different; he possessed the Corpse Looting Technique, so his cultivation and learning speed were extremely fast.

Throughout history, perhaps he would be the first top-tier artisan to step into the Ninth Grade!

Having thought this through, Li Yuan called Vice Dean Shao Lin and set out again for the next place to pay respects.

Li Yuan planned to acquire more artisan experience.

One person's view might be biased, but with two people, one could compare.

A gathering of experience from three or more people would be even clearer.

Traveling all the way to Cinnabar City, he relied on the Corpse Looting Technique to obtain the artisan experience of three more master craftsmen.

These three master craftsmen had passed away no more than two hundred years ago.

They still had a clear influence on the current world, and their disciples and descendants were still the mainstays of the Da Shun artisan world.

After obtaining the experience of these three master craftsmen, Li Yuan began to combine their experience with that of Senior Cui Dao.

This combination resulted in a outcome that greatly surprised Li Yuan.

Cui Dao's era was so much more ancient, yet some things he could solve were completely unmanageable for these more modern master craftsmen.

The gap between top-tier master craftsmen could actually be this large!

The only slight advantage was that these three master craftsmen's techniques had improved upon some old methods.

After the improvements, they were slightly more labor-saving and time-efficient.

This kind of improvement benefit was optional for Li Yuan.

He didn't need to save labor at all; as a Ninth-Grade Martial Artist, would he care about that little bit of effort?

Having understood this, Li Yuan devoted himself entirely to learning from Senior Cui Dao's experience.