Seizing Destiny From Heavens Hands

Chapter 417: The Inheritance of Divine Craftsman Ou Ye - The Colossal Machinery Classic

After Shen Mo and Li Heitan put down their luggage,

The two of them arrived in front of a warehouse.

Li Heitan mustered all his strength, using every ounce of effort as if trying to lift a mountain, but no matter how hard he pushed, the heavy door didn’t budge an inch.

His face flushed red with exertion, and in the end, he had no choice but to step back in frustration.

Shen Mo stepped forward, placed both hands lightly on the surface of the door, and gave it a gentle push.

The door creaked open.

Li Heitan looked at Shen Mo with admiration, then quickly darted into the warehouse and lit the torches inside ahead of him.

Only then did the vast warehouse fully reveal itself before Shen Mo.

The warehouse was labeled “D.”

It was referred to as the D-grade warehouse.

Most of the equipment stored inside were relatively small-scale military weapons.

Such as catapults, cloudship cannons, iron battering rams, and so on.

Of course, even “relatively small” meant massive machines compared to the Demon Suppression Guards, whose average height was under one zhang.

As for the other three warehouses—C-grade, B-grade, and A-grade—

The equipment stored in them was even larger and more important.

The A-grade warehouse could only be accessed by Wang Xing'an himself.

“Wow, these are the weapons in the armory. They look so fierce!”

Li Heitan was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, immediately excited as he rushed to examine the devices.

Breathing warmly on them, stroking them with care.

Anyone who didn’t know better might think he was looking at a naked beauty.

Shen Mo smiled.

Li Heitan’s reaction showed he truly loved tinkering with military equipment.

When Shen Mo had first arrived at the Demon Suppression Fortress and met Li Heitan, he had noticed the man possessed a purple fate pattern called “Mechanism Expert.”

He was naturally inclined toward crafting and mechanical devices.

Unfortunately, he came from a poor family and had never had the chance to study such things.

Fortunately, he had achieved success in cultivation and was able to pass the Demon Suppression Guard selection, gaining entry to the fortress and bringing honor to his ancestors.

“Heitan, you go ahead and tinker here for now. I’m going to check out the other warehouses.”

Shen Mo smiled and left the D-grade warehouse, heading to the C-grade warehouse.

That opportunity related to Lin Dongtian lay within the C-grade warehouse.

[Upcoming Opportunity: When the demon race invades, Lin Dongtian is ordered to the armory to dispatch armored cloudships and other equipment. While wandering around, he accidentally discovers a jade slip hidden inside the mast of a Snow Sculpture Cloudship in the C-grade warehouse.

Lin Dongtian obtains the jade slip and realizes it contains the inheritance The Colossal Machinery Classic left behind by the divine craftsman Ou Ye.

After over ten days of study, he is unable to grasp its essence and eventually gives up, leaving it forgotten in a corner of his storage ring.]

Lin Dongtian had obtained the jade slip, but due to lack of talent, was unable to comprehend the Colossal Machinery Classic, and gave up in the end.

A treasure like this—if left to gather dust in the corner of Lin Dongtian’s storage ring—would be a terrible waste.

“To carry forward the Colossal Machinery Classic—that is our unshirkable duty!”

The corners of Shen Mo’s mouth lifted as he began searching within the C-grade warehouse.

The C-grade warehouse mainly stored standard cloudships.

There were speed-focused ones like the “Thunder Falcon Cloudship.”

There were offense-focused but poorly armored ones like the “Black Hawk Cloudship.”

And there were large-capacity transport ones like the “Snow Sculpture Cloudship” used for carrying goods between fortresses.

However, most of these cloudships were grounded and inactive.

Only the Thunder Falcon Cloudships could still be barely used.

Nowadays, even the Thunder Falcons had to take on the roles of both Black Hawks and Snow Sculptures—

Used for both attack and transport.

They were expected to be fully scrapped within twenty years at most.

The Demon Suppression Guards in the armory clearly knew how to slack off.

Once the door opened, all the cloudships within sight were wiped clean.

But if you went deeper past those cloudships,

Every ship inside was coated with dust.

So much so that stepping on them would leave clear footprints.

Still, Shen Mo found what he was looking for among the dust-covered cloudships.

A jade slip hidden atop the mast of a Snow Sculpture Cloudship.

Inside was the inheritance of the divine craftsman Ou Ye—The Colossal Machinery Classic.

Shen Mo gently caressed the jade slip as the image of Ou Ye surfaced in his mind.

Divine craftsman Ou Ye was a master of refining tools who shook the Jing Nation two thousand years ago.

The Nine Revolutions Pill Dao Sect had invited Ou Ye multiple times to serve as its honorary sect master, but Ou Ye rejected each invitation.

After achieving fame and success, he no longer focused on refining various spiritual artifacts. Instead, he turned his attention to crafting large, super-large, and even colossal spiritual devices.

He believed that only by doing so could one stand against the ever-growing numbers of the demon race.

He had repeatedly hoped to be summoned by the Will of Heaven, but the Will of Heaven never responded.

In the end, Ou Ye left behind many colossal machines, and wrote The Colossal Machinery Classic before peacefully passing away.

Many of these machines were handed over by the Jing Nation to the Demon Suppression Fortress for resisting the demon race.

Others were studied by cultivators of the Jing Nation.

Cloudships, in fact, evolved from one such type of machine.

Many sought to seize The Colossal Machinery Classic.

Ou Ye’s descendants were unable to hold onto the classic and ended up selling it to the Nine Revolutions Pill Dao Sect.

Later, after the fall of the Nine Revolutions Pill Dao Sect, it passed through many hands.

Eventually, it vanished without a trace.

No one would have imagined that it had long since left the continent and ended up at the Demon Suppression Fortress—

Silently awaiting a destined one in the dusty C-grade warehouse of the Xuanwu Fortress armory.

Shen Mo took the jade slip and turned to leave the warehouse.

The Colossal Machinery Classic was vast and profound—it required peace of mind and deep contemplation.

Shen Mo’s entry into the warehouse had naturally not escaped Wang Xing'an’s notice.

However, he didn’t pay it much mind.

The D-grade and C-grade warehouses held no particularly important equipment.

Even if Shen Mo was curious and broke something, it didn’t matter.

“This kid showing interest in military equipment isn’t a bad thing. He might just be a promising seedling,”

Wang Xing'an sat atop the roof of the armory’s highest building, gulping down wine, lost in thought.

...

That night.

Li Heitan was snoring loudly in the room next door.

His thunderous snores echoed clearly throughout the armory.

However, Shen Mo’s room had already been layered with various formations, including sound-isolating arrays.

Let others enjoy Li Heitan’s ear-splitting snore concert.

Shen Mo calmed himself and sent his spiritual sense into the jade slip.

He immediately felt as if he had entered a pitch-black world.

A light flickered in the distance.

He couldn't tell whether he was walking toward the light, or the light was surging toward him.

In the blink of an eye, he was swallowed by the radiance.

When he could see clearly again, he found himself standing inside a massive house.

An unkempt old man was busy working inside, practically floating across the floor with constant movement.

Beside the old man stood one colossal machine after another.

By a cultivator’s standards, they could still be considered spiritual artifacts, though their sheer size demanded top-grade spirit stones to operate.

There was no need to think—it was clear to Shen Mo that this old man was none other than the divine craftsman Ou Ye, the one who wrote The Colossal Machinery Classic.

Standing here, it felt as though he had stepped into Ou Ye’s shoes, personally witnessing the creation of colossal machines.

Catapults, giant cannons, cloudships, tower ships, sky shuttles...

As if someone had pressed a fast-forward button,

Time began accelerating rapidly.

Various machines flashed before Shen Mo’s eyes.

Anyone else would have been overwhelmed, their head spinning with confusion.

But Shen Mo possessed the fate pattern “Comprehending Thousands at a Glance”—his comprehension had already surpassed ordinary people by countless times.

As the blueprints of each machine swept past his eyes, his pupils moved rapidly, effortlessly memorizing every detail.

After a long time, the glow of the jade slip dimmed.

Shen Mo’s consciousness withdrew from it.

“The first chapter of the Colossal Machinery Classic—fully understood!” His eyes gleamed with brilliance.

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