Am I really as talented at inscribing spirit patterns as Uncle says?

“Whew...”

Chad Brooks let out a long breath, lifted the spirit needle, and nodded slightly in satisfaction.

Perhaps it was because his true energy had improved, or perhaps because his spiritual power had just broken through, but this time he managed to inscribe a bit more spirit patterns than before.

Although this extra bit wasn’t very obvious, with the assistance and calculations of the intelligent spirit, he could clearly see his own progress.

Looking up, he immediately saw a pair of eyes filled with a strange expression.

Such a look appearing in a young girl’s eyes was even more surprising, and it made him feel tense as well.

“Ahem.” Chad Brooks coughed lightly and said cautiously, “I’ve finished inscribing.”

The girl seemed to awaken from a dream, letting out a soft gasp, and her cheeks instantly flushed red.

Just now, as she watched him inscribe the spirit patterns—especially the seemingly flickering yet actually steady inch-long light emitted from the short needle—she had become completely absorbed.

Now, realizing her loss of composure, she couldn’t help but feel both embarrassed and annoyed.

With a light snort, she put on a stern face, snatched the longsword from Chad Brooks’s hand, and immediately infused it with true energy.

Chad Brooks’s expression changed slightly. The moment the girl made her move, he instinctively wanted to dodge. But for some reason, that seemingly delicate and powerless jade hand moved as fast as lightning, and with a single reach, she effortlessly took the longsword from his hand.

He was secretly shocked. Just what was this girl’s background? Not only did she possess such precious elixirs, but her skills were also so formidable.

A moment later, the girl’s expression returned to normal as she said, “Hmph, your skill isn’t bad. Although there are breakpoints on the blade, they’re handled well and won’t have much impact on the sword’s overall performance.” Though she spoke lightly, her heart was already in turmoil. If not for her thin-skinned nature, she would have cried out in surprise long ago.

This boy’s technique in handling breakpoints wasn’t anything special, which showed he hadn’t truly learned how to inscribe spirit patterns. However, what amazed her was that, although there were obvious breakpoints on the sword, their effect on the flow of true energy was minimal—almost negligible.

There was only one explanation for this: when he was inscribing the spirit patterns, his control over true energy had reached an incredibly meticulous level.

The power released by the spirit-inscribing needle was distributed evenly across the weapon, with almost no deviation at all. Even at the breakpoints, the loss was minimized.

Such skill and ability wouldn’t be surprising in the hands of a renowned master. But for a mere boy with only first-level cultivation to achieve this...

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes and noticed the unusual white light on the spirit-inscribing needle, she would never have believed it.

Because even her own Uncle might not be able to achieve such skill and spiritual power.

Yet, the more outstanding the other party’s performance, the more jealous she felt inside. And being used to acting superior, she couldn’t bring herself to show her true feelings, so she could only put on a look of disdain to cover it up.

Chad Brooks looked at her suspiciously. For some reason, he just felt that this girl’s behavior was a bit odd.

However, since he knew nothing about inscribing spirit patterns, he didn’t understand much. Since the other party said it wouldn’t affect anything, he felt half relieved.

With a sigh, he shook his head regretfully and said, “It’s a pity my true energy is insufficient. If I could finish it all at once, there wouldn’t be any impact at all.”

The girl’s expression became strange again. She hesitated for a moment and said, “Actually, there is a way to make up for it a little.”

Chad Brooks’s eyes lit up. “What way?”

“After you’ve completely finished the spirit pattern, you can do some smoothing at the breakpoints.” The girl rattled off a series of special techniques.

These techniques might be baffling if not explained, but once laid out, they gave a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Smoothing—the main feature of this technique was to smooth out the breakpoints as much as possible.

As long as the breakpoints were smoothed, it was as if they never existed. The two directions at the breakpoint would be unobstructed, and naturally, there would be no further impact on the whole.

However, what Chad Brooks didn’t know was that not just anyone could learn this smoothing technique.

This technique didn’t require much true energy, but the demand for true energy control was almost absurdly strict.

Only those craftsmen with great prestige might be able to master such a technique.

This girl’s attainments in inscribing spirit patterns were already not below David Brooks. But she was only talking about it and had no intention of actually demonstrating it.