After visiting the living environment of this tribe, Ye Zan and his party came to a more important place, which was a cave also dug in the cliff. However, this cave is much larger than the place where people live. The width and height of the cave entrance alone are more than ten meters. What's even more special is that there is a bronze door installed at the entrance of this cave, unlike the wooden doors where people live.
In front of the gate of this cave, there are four golden elixir masters guarding the left and right, but they are all lowering their heads and playing with the Thousand Miles of God in their hands. In a place like this, in such an environment, there are four golden elixir masters dedicated to guarding it, which shows that this cave is unusual.
When Ye Zan and his party came here with Supreme Shenji and others, the four guards quickly put down the Thousand Miles of God in their hands and saluted to Supreme Shenji and others. Of course, they did not leave out Ye Zan and others, and when they looked at Ye Zan, their eyes were full of curiosity and admiration. They have experienced the magic of traveling thousands of miles, and they also know that Ye Zan has deployed an extremely huge communication network in the sky of the wilderness. Therefore, even though Ye Zan is only a cultivator in the Yuanshen realm, the height he looks up to in their eyes is no worse than his own supreme being.
The Supreme Shenji waved his hand to signal a few people to excuse themselves, and then said: "Open the Tianji Pavilion!"
"Disciple, I obey!" the four guards responded in unison.
The four guards put away the Qianli Chuanshen that they had put down, then turned around and came to the bronze door. Each of them grabbed a knocker on the door and pulled it open to both sides. Following the movements of the four of them, the bronze door creaked and was slowly opened to both sides, exposing the appearance of the cave.
Ye Zan stood in front of the opened bronze door, looked up into the cave, and saw that the space inside was even more spacious.
Going inside from the bronze gate, there is first a piece of ground that is level with the outside, but then there are steps diagonally downwards. Obviously, the ground inside is much lower than the outside. This is understandable. The cliff is a barrier for the tribe. Digging forward into the cave will only make the barrier "thinner". Therefore, in order to maintain the thickness of the barrier, digging downward is the best option.
Moreover, this is the territory of the ascetics after all, and it is the ascetics who maintain everything here. Therefore, even if the cave is lower than the ground outside, there is no need to worry about rainwater pouring back.
To put it simply, the space inside the cave is a bit like a half-level underground, except that this half-level may be much deeper.
"Fellow Taoist, please!" The Supreme Shenji gestured to Ye Zan, and then walked towards the cave.
Ye Zan had no worries, and immediately followed the Supreme Shenji in, and asked: "Senior said before that Tianji Pavilion, is this the place where your sect stores the machine puppets and other things?"
"Yes, the inheritance of our lineage is the mechanism technique of Tianji Pavilion of the ancient creation sect, so it is natural to make mechanism puppets. Although this Tianji Pavilion is a bit crude, it is crucial to our sect. This place is not only a place where a large number of machine puppets are stored, but it is also a place where machine puppets are made." The Supreme God of Machines waited for Ye Zan to follow, and introduced to Ye Zan and others while walking down the steps.
"Oh, so this place should be regarded as the core secret of your sect. Isn't it a little inconvenient for us to go in?" After listening to the introduction of the Supreme Shenji, Ye Zan immediately understood the significance of this place, and his steps immediately He seemed a little hesitant.
However, the Supreme Shenji smiled indifferently, turned to look at Ye Zan, and said: "Fellow Taoist Wuji, you don't have to worry about this. When Taoist fate is in the fortress of fellow Taoist, don't you also take those thousands of miles away?" Have you shown us the secret of the creation without any reservations? Besides, with Taoist friends’ attainments in weapon refining and mechanical skills, there’s nothing for us to worry about.”
Although Qianli Chuanshen embodies Ye Zan's weapon refining method, the automated production line that makes Qianli Chuanshen is very similar to the mechanism technique. Therefore, when Daoyuan Supreme first saw the factory where Thousand Miles of Legends was manufactured and saw the rows of production lines that automatically manufactured products, he determined that Ye Zan's attainments in mechanical skills were unusual.
Of course, there is a certain degree of "self-effacing" in the statement that the Divine Machine is Supreme. It does not mean that his machine skills are not as good as Ye Zan's. It's just that he didn't think that someone with Ye Zan's level of skill in the machine arts would covet the inheritance of the machine arts in their hands. He even had some thoughts, hoping that by displaying the machine puppets, he could stimulate Ye Zan's desire to communicate, and maybe he could learn something.
At least, Shenji Supreme is very interested in the assembly line production method.
"In that case, I'd like to thank you senior!" Ye Zan cupped his hands and thanked him, and finally stopped hesitating and followed him.
Soon, the group of people walked down the steps and truly arrived inside the "Tianji Pavilion". The structure in this cave is not complicated, it is just a huge cave hall, and then there are some caves on the left and right that are considered compartments. After all, even if it is a cave dug by ascetics, the load-bearing problem of the cave roof must be considered, and it is impossible to directly dig out a huge hall.
In addition, those caves that serve as compartments must also have different functions. The Divine Machine Supreme also said before that this is not only used to store machine puppets, but also a place where their disciples make machine puppets. Therefore, space is needed to store the machine puppets, space is also needed to store the materials for making the machine puppets, and finally, a room that serves as a workshop is needed.
Let's talk about the cave hall first. There are some statue-like machine puppets placed against the rock walls on the left and right, as if they are the guards of those compartments. These machine puppets are all humanoid puppets, but they are not as lifelike as Daoyuan Supreme, so it can be seen at a glance that they are not real people.
"These machine puppets do not belong to individuals. They are the internal guards of Tianji Pavilion. They only obey the orders of the master. Even I can't force them to do anything without the master's token." Seeing Ye Zan here. Looking at the puppet guards, the Divine Machine Supreme made a special introduction.
"I have to say that Guizong's mechanism skills are indeed an eye-opener for me!" Ye Zan withdrew his gaze and said with admiration.
Ye Zan didn't mean this as a compliment, but he was really impressed by the other person's works. Others thought that his techniques were mechanical techniques, but he himself knew that they were technologies, technologies he brought from the technological world. Therefore, after putting aside the technological things, he really does not have any profound attainments in real mechanism skills.
Seeing those puppet guards, although Ye Zan did not dismantle them directly, he could still see some of the mysteries in the mechanism puppets with his insight. It was precisely because he could see those things that he knew how difficult it was to realize them, or how magical the other party's methods were.
"Fellow Daoist Wuji is serious. With his accomplishments in mechanism skills, these puppet guards are nothing." Supreme Shenji thought Ye Zan was being modest and quickly followed suit.
"Haha, senior... these words make me a little embarrassed." Ye Zan couldn't explain anything, so he had to brush the topic aside and look elsewhere.
The Supreme Shenji didn't care about Ye Zan, he just thought that Ye Zan was a little embarrassed, so he led Ye Zan to continue walking inside and said: "This is where our sect stores the puppets of the mechanism. There are some left behind by our predecessors." Yes, there are also new ones made by later generations.”
As the Supreme God of Machines spoke, he pushed open the door of a compartment next to him, showing the scene inside to Ye Zan and others. This compartment was not very large, but was filled with mechanical puppets of various shapes. However, these mechanical puppets were very small, and it looked like entering a child's toy room.
However, no one, including Ye Zan, showed any strange expressions regarding the size of the machine puppet. After all, it is actually a very common thing to use the methods of ascetics to refine and shrink some large items. Therefore, anyone can guess that these machine puppets that look like dolls must have been shrunk by that method.
However, the little Loli who has been following Ye Zan does not know the "common sense" of so many monks. Seeing the room full of "dolls" appearing in front of her eyes, the little Loli's eyes widened with excitement. She pulled Ye Zan's sleeves and shouted: "Oh, Daddy, there are so many dolls! That's a little pig, That’s a puppy and a little monkey!”
"Senior, please forgive me, but my little girl doesn't understand the method of size change, so when she sees these mechanism puppets, she still treats them as ordinary playing dolls!" Ye Zan helplessly rubbed the little Loli's head, turned to the Divine Machine Supreme and others Man explained.
That mechanism puppet is probably as important to those who practice mechanism art as flying swords are to sword cultivators. Therefore, Ye Zan is not sure whether his daughter's childlike remarks will hurt the feelings of these people. Anyway, it is better to express his apology first.
"Oh, fellow Taoist, you don't have to be like this. When Dao Yuan was harassing fellow Taoist before, he didn't prepare any meeting gifts for your lady. Now, since your lady is interested in these machine puppets, she might as well go in and pick one as a gift from me. "The Supreme Shenji didn't pay much attention, but asked the little Loli to choose one as a gift.
Of course, the mechanism puppets that can be placed here do not mean how precious they are. For an mechanic, the puppet that he relies on the most must always be with him. Just like those sword cultivators, no one would store their swords anywhere, but would carry them with them every step of the way and have "heart-to-heart communication" with them at all times.
Before, the Supreme Divine Machine also said that the machine puppets stored here are either left behind by predecessors or newly made by future generations. The legacy of the predecessors means that the owner of the machine puppet is no longer there, and the machine puppet has not found a suitable new owner, so it can only exist here. As for the new creations made by later generations, it means that either the other party felt dissatisfied and gave up, or it has not been officially sacrificed yet. In short, there is still no owner.
Ye Zan also understood this, so he glanced down at the little Loli who was looking up at him eagerly, nodded and said: "In that case, I will thank you on behalf of my little girl."
After knowing that she could go in and pick a "doll", the little Loli seemed very happy and walked into the room cautiously. However, there were too many "dolls" in the room, and they all looked strange. After the little Loli walked into the group of "dolls", she couldn't make up her mind for a while.
"Linglong, you can only choose one you like best, don't be greedy!" Seeing that the little loli was having trouble making up her mind, Ye Zan reminded him funny outside the door.
After hearing this, the little Loli nodded, stood there and turned around a few times, and finally her eyes suddenly lit up, and she walked towards a corner of the room. After crossing several rows of "dolls", she came to the corner and stretched out her little hand to pick out a "doll" from the darkness. Then, she didn't look carefully, or even looked at the other "dolls", and jumped to the door of the room.
"Daddy, do I want this?" The little Loli came out of the room and came to Ye Zan, raising the doll she chose with both hands.
Ye Zan took a look at the doll, which looked like a female human being. It looked like a Barbie doll in the little Loli's hands. It is impossible to expect to find leaks. This mechanism puppet is not much better than other mechanism puppets, it is just more lifelike in appearance. It was probably because of this lifelike quality that he was chosen by the little Loli. There was no mysterious chance.
"This is a gift from Senior Shenji. You have to ask Senior Shenji." Ye Zan reminded little Loli.
The little Loli quickly turned around and turned to the Supreme God Machine next to her. She lifted up the machine puppet and asked, "Grandpa, Linglong wants this doll, okay?"
"Well, sure, as long as you like it." Shenji Supreme said with a kind face.
Seeing that both Shenji Supreme and Ye Zan agreed, the little Loli happily held the machine puppet in her arms, turned around and came to Ye Zan's side. Speaking of which, the little Loli's strength is already at the Yuanshen level, and this mechanism puppet is only at the level of Yuanying to Yuanshen. Therefore, for little Lolita, this is really just one more toy.
Afterwards, Ye Zan and his party, under the guidance of Shenji Supreme and others, visited other rooms in Tianji Pavilion, especially the "workshop" where machine puppets are made. Although he did not directly read the inheritance of mechanism skills, Ye Zan already understood a lot of this aspect just from the unfinished mechanism puppets in the workshop.
"Senior Shenji, I have a question. It may be a bit presumptuous, but I don't know if I should ask it or not." When walking out of Tianji Pavilion, Ye Zan suddenly said to Supreme Shenji.
"Oh, fellow Taoist, if you have any questions, just ask." The Supreme Shenji said nonchalantly.
"I wonder if seniors have heard of or recognized someone who claims to be a Taoist from Baiji?" Ye Zan asked curiously.