It was only because of the existence of Emily Brooks that he was able to control his true qi to such an extraordinary, almost abnormal degree. To be able to use the Inscription Spirit Needle at the first level of true qi—throughout history, such people could be counted on one hand.

A point of white light slowly touched the longsword, moving back and forth over the break.

During this process, the white light maintained an extremely stable state. As it swept back and forth, the resistance caused by the break grew smaller and smaller, until it became almost negligible.

Chad Brooks used his true qi to sense, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Although the resistance at the break had never been great, compared to now, there was still a clear difference.

At this moment, the break on the longsword still existed, but when true qi passed through, there was no longer any noticeable obstruction.

In fact, Chad Brooks knew that the existence of the break would still have some effect, however slight. But this effect had been reduced to the lowest possible level, almost negligible.

He put down the short needle and rested for a moment, letting his true qi recover naturally, then immediately got back to work.

As the sun overhead gradually shifted westward, he finally put down the longsword and the short needle. Of the ten breaks, he had successfully smoothed out five.

Suddenly, he looked up, and the corner of his eye seemed to catch a familiar figure.

“Miss Sullivan, is that you?” he called out in surprise.

“Hmph, if it’s not me, who else could it be? Did you arrange to meet someone else here?”

Yvonne Sullivan gracefully stepped out from the bushes, wearing a pale yellow dress embroidered with tiny red flowers along the hem, making her look even more radiant and charming.

Chad Brooks grinned sheepishly. Before Yvonne Sullivan appeared, he had been eagerly anticipating her arrival. But when she actually showed up, he found himself at a loss.

He muttered inwardly, What’s wrong with me? Could it be that I’ve really been influenced by the original owner of this body, and even forgotten all my skills at flirting?

Seeing Chad Brooks’s honest and somewhat awkward demeanor, Yvonne Sullivan felt her heart soften for some reason. She pouted slightly and said, “Alright, I came today to see how your spirit inscription engraving is going.”

After saying this, her cheeks flushed slightly. She thought to herself, Who does he think he is? He’s just a low-level warrior at the first stage. I can come and go as I please—why do I feel the need to explain myself to him?

Chad Brooks’s eyes lit up at her words. Like presenting a treasure, he held out the longsword and said, “I’ve finished the engraving. Take a look.”

Yvonne Sullivan took the longsword, infused it with true qi, and sensed the presence of the spirit inscriptions. What amazed her was that these inscriptions were distributed perfectly, running through the blade without affecting the weapon’s quality. If she hadn’t seen him engrave them with her own eyes that day, she would have found it hard to believe these spirit inscriptions were the work of Chad Brooks.

Chad Brooks scratched his head and said gratefully, “Miss Sullivan, thank you.”

Yvonne Sullivan was taken aback. “What?”

Chad Brooks said earnestly, “The technique you taught me really works.”

“My method?” Yvonne Sullivan was stunned for a moment, and her expression immediately turned odd, even showing a hint of shy anger.

She had only taught Chad Brooks one technique: how to smooth out the breaks.

But even she herself couldn’t master this method.

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through her mind. Chad Brooks must have tried to use this method to smooth out the breaks after engraving all the spirit inscriptions, but had never succeeded.

Maybe he had even asked his elders at home and already knew this method was beyond his ability, so he was mocking her.

“Hmph.” She glared fiercely at Chad Brooks, but her heart was a little guilty, and her gaze flickered.

Seeing this girl suddenly turn into a little hedgehog, Chad Brooks was completely baffled.

The two of them stared at each other. After a moment, they finally spoke at the same time.

“Sorry…”

“Sorry…”

They both stopped, looking at each other with strange expressions, then suddenly burst out laughing.

Their laughter dissolved the slight awkwardness between them, and their moods instantly brightened.

Chad Brooks smiled and said, “Miss Sullivan, I shouldn’t have used this technique without your permission. I’m sorry. But…” He paused, then said sincerely, “This technique is really amazing. I’ve already smoothed out five breaks.”

Yvonne Sullivan had been smiling sweetly, but upon hearing this, her smile froze. It was as if she’d been hit by a petrification spell—her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at him.

“You… what did you say?” Her voice trembled slightly. “You’ve already smoothed out five breaks?”

“Yes, these five.” Chad Brooks held out his fingers and pointed to five spots on the longsword.

Yvonne Sullivan immediately released her true qi and carefully sensed it.