The design spirit had become engrossed in comprehending the Metal God Method. It was not acceptable for Vulcan to blindly cultivate it when Cynthia could have buried other nasty traps within its dense and complicated instructions.
The problem was that his mother's work was so advanced and esoteric that only a cultivation master who possessed nearly equal understanding as her could fully break it down!
This meant that unless Ves managed to capture a powerful Compact sorcerer, he could forget about deciphering the entire Metal God Method!
Ves had already made this determination, which was why Vulcan continued to practice the first chapter despite all of his misgivings.
He wasn't sure how long it would take to complete the first stage, but he estimated that it should only take a few weeks due to the low demands.
The second stage was where the Metal God Method truly came online. Once the Heart of Steel completed its conversion, it was time for Vulcan to engage in creation cultivation by descending into the bodies of a few devout artisans.
"Wait a second." Ves straightened his back as realization struck his mind. "Can I possess my own body?!"
The notion sounded absurd on the surface, but he saw no reason why it shouldn't work.
What mattered was that Vulcan got hands-on by borrowing a willing body to craft his desired products.
Who said that the body couldn't belong to Ves?
His eyes suddenly lit up! This was a great idea! If Ves ever wanted to create a special trinket that was different from a mech, Vulcan could just descend on his body and use his workshop to do his work!
"So long as Vulcan is at the helm, it will be his work for the most part!"
Another advantage to doing this was that Ves and Vulcan could impart both of their advantages to their products.
It was as if Ves was collaborating with another part of himself!
There were just enough differences between Ves and Vulcan to make this weird form of self-collaboration fruitful. Their domains were different from each other which meant that they could add features to a product that their other selves could not replicate by themselves.
The potential to create exquisite products was great!
Ves knew he could test it out as soon as Vulcan hit the 2nd stage of the Metal God Method!
"I can make an excellent set of handbags for my wife!"
If he did a good enough job, then his gifts might convince Gloriana to stop her search for a 5 million MTA credit handbag. It was brilliant!
"Of course, I can't forget about all of the other artisans either."
Though Ves hadn't paid too much attention to the Creation Association as of late, Vulcan had kept much better track of this growing religious organization.
Under the leadership of Director Samandra Avikon, the Creation Association had founded more and more branches in many different middle zones as well as lower zones.
Ves believed that it would only be a matter of time before the Creation Association set foot in the upper zones!
More and more craftsmen of many different industries had come to appreciate Vulcan for various different reasons.
The fact that the Creation Association sold various types of totems that could actively inspire craftsmen after receiving fair remuneration had done much to promote its popularity!
This was the sort of transactional and equitable relationship that Ves wanted to preserve.
Vulcan might not be generous enough to give away his help for free, but he would never steal from his own worshipers!
In any case, Vulcan needed to make use of all of those craftsmen in order to further his cultivation.
Even if Vulcan could borrow Ves' body to engage in creation cultivation, the opportunity cost of doing so was too great.
Ves had better things to do with his time than to let his own incarnation pilot his body like a miniature biomech!
His workload was already huge. It made little sense to give up his time for Vulcan when the latter could easily borrow the body of another willing person.
In any case, Vulcan should do fine for now. The Metal God Method was ultimately better than the Heart of Steel Mantra, so he should continue to cultivate it with an appropriate level of caution.
"This reminds me that I still need to make a bunch of cultivation methods for my kids." Ves recalled.
He originally planned to compose a basic draft before showing it to his mother.
Recent events prompted him to scrap the latter step.
Even if his comprehension of cultivation science was a lot more shallow, Ves possessed enough confidence that he could devise simple cultivation methods that should still be sound enough to work.
There was nothing wrong with adhering to simplicity. His children were all young so it was not as if they needed a huge power boost right away. They might not even be able to control themselves if they grew too rapidly when they were young!
"I can't let them follow the footsteps of their grandmother!"
Ves could not allow his children to inherit whatever caused Cynthia to lose her grip on herself.
Control and stability were paramount. Ves wanted his children to remain just as sane and sober just like their father!