Martial Master

Then there's this Xuantie sword. The characteristic of Xuantie is its extremely high strength, making it invulnerable to any weapon's hardness and highly lethal. It's an excellent material, with the only drawback being its weight. To enhance the destructive power of this Xuantie sword and reduce its weight, you actually added a small amount of Xuanwen Steel."

Indeed, with the addition of Xuanwen Steel, the weight of this Xuantie sword decreased by twenty percent compared to a typical Xuantie sword. However, the fusion between Xuanwen Steel and Xuantie isn't optimal, which could easily cause damage to the sword's structure. To prevent the sword's structure from being compromised, you had to add some Qingyao Stone!"

Alas, Qingyao Stone does improve the fusion between the two, doubling the integration of Xuanwen Steel and Xuantie without damaging the sword's structure. However, Qingyao Stone is a material with weak True Qi tolerance, which significantly reduces the Xuantie sword's True Qi threshold."

These issues aside, to further enhance the sword's attack power, you added a second-level Armor-Piercing Array. Brother, didn't your formation tutor tell you that Qingyao Stone isn't suitable as a formation base? Its weak True Qi tolerance prevents the Armor-Piercing Array from being effective. Additionally, the long-term True Qi gathering in the formation patterns exacerbates the damage to the sword's structure."

A perfectly good Xuantie sword ended up looking like this because of your crafting. I didn't call it trash, just mediocre, to spare your feelings. Yet, you are shouting at this Young Master so loudly that I don't know what else to say."

Qin Chen shook his head repeatedly, looking utterly speechless.

Cold Mo's face turned red, sweat covered his head, and he was so angry that he nearly spat blood.

"Damn brat, what nonsense are you spouting? Though you make some valid points, Qingyao Stone isn't ideal for a formation base and its True Qi tolerance is weak. But it perfectly fuses Xuanwen Steel and Xuantie, reducing the sword's weight. With the same force, the sword's power increases by at least ten percent."

In crafting, one must balance and fuse various materials. After comparing dozens of materials, I chose Qingyao Stone because it offers the best result. If you insist on this flaw, I have nothing more to say. Could you find a better crafting method?"

At this moment, Cold Mo no longer dared to see Qin Chen as an ordinary person.

Qin Chen's points were valid; many issues he hadn't considered due to his limitations.

For him, this was the best crafting method.

Qin Chen's nitpicking annoyed him greatly.

Anyone can nitpick, even a crafting apprentice might find flaws in his crafted weapon.

But the key is whether solutions can be found.

Just nitpicking without solutions is mere armchair strategy, a laughing stock!

Qin Chen smirked dismissively, "Who says I don't have a solution?"

"What, you can't solve it either. Since there's no better way, what's wrong with my crafting?" Cold Mo retorted coldly. Suddenly, he froze, like a duck grabbed by the neck, stunned for a while before exclaiming, "What, you have a solution?"

His eyes were wide with disbelief.

Are you kidding!

The characteristics of Qingyao Stone and Xuanwen Steel have troubled the Western Five Nations' crafters for years. I've reviewed many historical records without finding answers.

Even in the entire Daqi Kingdom, not even the Hall Master of the Daqi Kingdom's Instrument Hall might know how to handle it. Could Qin Chen, a mere youngster, solve it?

"Hahaha, brat, even nonsense requires rehearsal. You can solve it? If you can, then I've seen a ghost. Do you know how complex and difficult this is?"

"Remove Qingyao Stone, reduce Xuanwen Steel's weight by thirty percent, and add a small amount of Luomu Rock and Devour Iron Essence. Try again," Qin Chen said calmly.

"Add Luomu Rock and Devour Iron Essence? Hahaha, what a joke. Luomu Rock can enhance True Qi activity, but it's not a crafting material because its characteristics are unstable. It's generally only used in formation disks. As for Devour Iron Essence, it's... huh?"