I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 248 - 18: This Is the Mythical Era (3/3)

At the edge of Yunmeng Marsh, within a massive factory.

The reason it's called a "factory" instead of a "workshop" is that it not only has gigantic steel furnaces, but the production methods also differ completely from the handcrafted workshop style.

Nearly a hundred people were working fervently in this factory.

They first poured the completely broken Bronze Beasts into the steel furnaces and then used specific molds to recast them into exquisite parts.

Throughout the process, the use of water power, wind power, and aerodynamics was evident everywhere.

After the parts were demolded.

The workers would repeatedly hammer and polish them until they fully met the standards.

Since these workers were all mountain people and couldn't read or write, they didn't understand what standardization meant.

So the finely polished precision parts would be handed over to Blacksmith Li for inspection and approval before being allowed to be used on other damaged Bronze Beasts.

"Old Li, Moya Village has sent another damaged Bronze Beast..."

Just as Blacksmith Li was inspecting the latest batch of parts, a hurried voice suddenly came from outside.

When Blacksmith Li looked up.

He saw Shan Zhu, who had only recently completed his apprenticeship, rushing in clumsily.

Shan Zhu was one of the first graduates of the Li Family Village's enlightenment class and an apprentice blacksmith from Gaotun Village.

Due to his robust physique and quick hands, he was eventually assigned to this factory for repairing Bronze Beasts.

"Moya Village again?"

"What did they feed the Bronze Beast this time?"

Although Bronze Beasts are creations that are half biological, half mechanical in nature.

They still require food to operate, following the most basic conservation laws of physics.

Under normal circumstances, most villages would treat the Bronze Beasts like they were pampering a master, feeding them mostly with their own rice.

But Moya Village was an exception.

The Bronze Beast they sent last time had eaten some unknown aquatic plants, which eventually led to internal parts being damaged, scrapped, and unable to function.

"This time it wasn't about feeding them anything..."

"The Bronze Beast they sent this time crashed into a big tree, causing the aphorisms on its body to be destroyed."

Upon hearing this, Blacksmith Li was taken aback.

"The aphorisms are destroyed? How can we fix that then!"

"We only replace parts and don't understand these complex aphorisms..."

Before he could finish speaking, Blacksmith Li suddenly seemed to remember something and turned his gaze to Shan Zhu.

"Shan Zhu, if I remember correctly, you've learned how to draw Talismans, right?"

"Did Big Girl ever teach you how to repair these aphorisms?"

Shan Zhu, slightly bewildered, shook his head vigorously and said.

"I only learned the simplest Thunder Talisman, how could I understand these aphorisms?"

"Moreover, Talismans require a single, uninterrupted completion. Even a slight pause would render the whole Talisman ineffective."

"Even if I complete the aphorisms on the Bronze Beast by following the pattern, I can't make it move again."

Shan Zhu, not being very bright, didn't go to Mountain Village to make talisman paper.

So Blacksmith Li asking Shan Zhu to repair something more complex than Talismans was simply making things difficult for him.

"Then why are you standing there in a daze!"

"Just have them melt down that Bronze Beast and recast it!"

"Although it can no longer move, the bronze itself cannot be wasted."

After advising Shan Zhu, Blacksmith Li frowned and continued.

"As for Moya Village?"

"They've already ruined two Bronze Beasts, and the one they've sent now can't be repaired either."

"If these wastrels want to buy another Bronze Beast, they should speak with Grandma Xuan Si themselves."

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A moment later, within the mists of Yunmeng Marsh.

Led by Shan Zhu, several villagers from Moya Village cautiously ventured into this mist.

For the first time entering so deeply into Yunmeng Marsh, beyond fear, they couldn't help but curiously observe everything around them.

As for Shan Zhu, walking at the forefront?

Though he led the group, he wasn't actually showing the way.

A giant spider several meters tall flitted in and out ahead, guiding the group deeper into the mist.

Though it was called a spider, its lower half was indeed a spider, but the upper half was an enchanting woman.

She would pause from time to time, waiting for the rest to catch up.

Having just arrived at the factory, Shan Zhu was not familiar with this Spider Lady.

He only knew she was Grandma Xuan Si's offspring, responsible for liaising with the factory.

According to Blacksmith Li, the day Shan Zhu arrived, this Spider Lady secretly watched him from within the mist.

About this, Shan Zhu was half skeptical.

But undeniably, this Spider Lady was indeed quite kind to him.

"Sister Eleven, how much further do we have to go?"

Entirely ignoring the expressions of fear on the villagers' faces, Shan Zhu actively started a conversation with the Spider Lady ahead.

"How many times have I told you, don't call me sister, it makes me feel old."

"If calculated by your human age, I'm actually only three years old this year..."

"But I'm ranked eleventh among my siblings, hence the others call me 'Sister Eleven'."

"Just call me Eleven, or Eleven Little Sister if you like."

Shan Zhu wondered if it was just his misperception, but he seemed to detect a hint of shyness in the Spider Lady's cool voice.

"As for how much longer we have to go?"

"Actually, we're almost there. It's just that you ordinary humans can't see it."

As if to confirm her words.

The Spider Lady in the lead suddenly stopped.

The closely following Shan Zhu and the villagers immediately halted in their tracks.

Everyone heard the gentle sound of flowing water, which came from Yunmeng Marsh.

"Here it is, this is your destination."

As the fog slowly dispersed, a seemingly endless lake appeared out of nowhere in everyone's view.

This lake was as clear as a gemstone, and even the mist couldn't hide its beauty.

"Cai Gu, the people from Moya Village are here to buy a Bronze Beast."

With the Spider Lady's gentle call, the calm surface of the lake suddenly surged with waves.

The next second, a colorful large fish emerged from the lake bottom.

Simultaneously, countless schools of fish surged and gathered, forming a narrow "Fish Bridge" on the lake surface that only allowed one person to pass.

"The old rule still applies, you can only take one person across."

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