Chapter 414 288: Su Jian's Invitation, the Wind-Thunder Predicament! Han Feng Takes Action

Su Jian didn't respond.

He stepped aside, revealing Han Feng behind him.

"Masters, please, calm down for a moment."

"Let me introduce you. This is Han Feng. He's also... the one who's been making a name for himself in the Black Market recently."

The two men, who had just been glaring and fuming, immediately focused their gazes on him when they heard the words "Black Market" and "Han Feng."

As veterans who had been in this circle for decades, they had never met Han Feng in person.

But the legend of the man who could craft "Pseudo Tier Four" items was all they had heard about for the past two days, to the point their ears were ringing with it.

Ouyang Zhen sized Han Feng up and down, his brow furrowing slightly. "So young?"

He had originally assumed the "Divine Artisan" would be a venerable old master who had been immersed in this Dao for decades.

Tie Hong, on the other hand, stared at Han Feng's hands with great interest, as if trying to discern some secret from those long, fair fingers.

"I hear you can refine ordinary Tier Three Materials to achieve a Quasi Tier Four effect? Kid, you've got some skills."

Although their tones were polite enough, they couldn't hide the condescending, scrutinizing air about them.

After all, as the chief Craftsmen retained by the Su Family, they had their pride.

Han Feng didn't mind. He simply gave a calm nod. "Just a bit of luck. The materials did most of the work."

"Well, since you're here, let's all take a look together."

Su Jian played the peacemaker, pointing to the long spear on the workbench.

"Brother Han, this is my Wind Thunder Spear."

"The main materials are Tier Three Peak 'Purple Lightning Python Bone' mixed with 'Wind Thunder Stone.' It's currently stuck on the final step: setting the Spirit Patterns."

Han Feng stepped forward.

He didn't touch it right away. Instead, he activated [Spiritual Vision].

His vision switched instantly.

The spear's internal structure became transparent and clear in his eyes.

He had to admit, the Su Family's financial resources were truly immense.

This Purple Lightning Python Bone had been processed to near perfection, with an impurity removal rate of ninety-eight percent. The energy fusion of the Wind Thunder Stone was also very uniform.

It was just that…

Han Feng's gaze fell on the junction between the spearhead and the shaft.

Two completely different Energy Circuits were entangled there.

One was light, nimble, and wild—the wind. The other was heavy, dense, and explosive—the thunder.

It was like two incompatible roommates forced into the same room, ready to fight at any moment.

"Do you see it?"

Seeing Han Feng staring at the junction without a word, Tie Hong couldn't help but test him.

"The biggest problem with this spear right now is the balance between wind and thunder."

"I want to enhance the thunder's explosive power, but this old fool Ouyang insists on weakening the wind's flow for the sake of stability."

Ouyang Zhen snorted coldly.

"Balance is the only way to ensure longevity."

"With your method, the Energy Circuits are too aggressive. If the True Qi input wavers even slightly, the Spirit Patterns will collapse."

"So, the difficulty now is compatibility?" Han Feng asked, retracting his gaze.

"Not compatibility, but finding the optimal solution," Ouyang Zhen corrected him. "With the current plans, we either sacrifice twenty percent of its power for stability, or we maintain its power but drastically reduce its durability."

"What if... and I'm just saying, what if."

Han Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it held a strange sort of Penetration Power. "We try a different approach?"

The workshop instantly fell silent.

"We don't have to sacrifice power, nor do we have to reduce its durability."

Han Feng looked at the two disbelieving Great Masters, his tone sincere as if discussing an academic problem.

"Wind and thunder... since it's hard to balance them at a single 'point,' why not try to guide them along a 'line'?"

"Seniors, I admire your skill in creating Spirit Patterns. The structure is very rigorous."

"But I feel that perhaps we could stop seeing them as energies that need to be 'imprisoned,' and instead... give them a smoother path to follow?"

Ouyang Zhen and Tie Hong exchanged a look.

His words sounded abstruse, but upon reflection, they seemed to hold some truth.

"Kid, anyone can talk theory."

Ouyang Zhen frowned. "We've run simulations on this Spirit Pattern architecture hundreds of times. It's a seesaw. You can't have your cake and eat it too. That's a fundamental physical Law of Artifact Refining."

Tie Hong also grinned.

"It's good for a young man to have ideas, but this is a Quasi Tier Four foundation. The internal Energy Circuits are incredibly complex. Move one line incorrectly, and the whole spear is ruined."

"That 'guiding' approach of yours is just too difficult to execute."

Su Jian also hesitated. "Brother Han, this spear... it was quite expensive, after all."

The Purple Lightning Python Bone alone cost him three million Contribution Points.

Han Feng didn't explain further.

He just reached out, his fingertips resting lightly on the spear's shaft.

[All Things Identification] activated.

'Material fusion rate ninety-two percent, Spiritual conductivity eighty-five percent. It really is a good base,' Han Feng thought to himself.

'A high-completion semi-finished product like this is actually the easiest for me to work with.'

'I don't need to reforge it like a piece of scrap metal. I just need to enter a state of Man and Sword Unity and 'fine-tune' it a little.'

'It's like smoothing the ruffled fur of an angry cat.'

"There's no need to change the design."

Han Feng looked up, his gaze clear.

"The structure is fine. I'd like to try using my unique method to perform some 'softening' on the existing patterns."

"It will only take ten minutes. I just need to borrow your furnace."

"This..." Su Jian was hesitant.

"Young Master, this is no joke!"

Ouyang Zhen grew anxious. "This spear is already eighty percent set! If it goes back into the furnace now, and the heat control is off by even a little, its entire Spiritual nature will be lost!"

Tie Hong, however, remained silent, just staring at Han Feng with a strange glint in his eyes.

He was a tech fanatic, and Han Feng's earlier phrase, "give them a smoother path to follow," had sparked something in his mind.

Han Feng ignored Ouyang Zhen's objection, merely looking at Su Jian quietly.

There wasn't the slightest ripple of emotion in his eyes.

As Su Jian met that gaze, the terrifying pressure Han Feng had unleashed in the Black Market teahouse suddenly flashed through his mind.

'This man never does anything he's not confident about.'

"Fine!"

Su Jian gritted his teeth and made the decision.

"Uncle Ouyang, Uncle Tie, let him try!"

"If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility!"

"Young Master! You can't..." Ouyang Zhen tried to persuade him further.

"Fire up the furnace!" Su Jian's voice rose a few notches.

Ouyang Zhen sighed, shot a hateful glare at Han Feng, and turned to operate the control console.

"Kid, I'll say this up front: the temperature of this furnace is extremely difficult to control. If you ruin the materials, don't blame this old man for cussing you out."

"Thank you for the opportunity, Senior."

Han Feng smiled. Not only was he not angry, but he also appeared graceful and composed.

He picked up the hundred-jin-heavy spear with one hand as if it were a weightless reed and walked straight toward the furnace room.

The heavy alloy door slowly closed, blocking everyone's view.

Outside the workshop.

Ouyang Zhen stared at the fluctuating temperature curve on the data screen and said irritably:

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"

"How can Spirit Patterns that have already solidified be adjusted again?"

"Not unless he can crawl inside the spear and rearrange the Energy Particles one by one!"

Tie Hong leaned against the workbench, pulling out a cigarette and sticking it in his mouth. Though he didn't light it, he also seemed agitated.

"Theoretically, it really is impossible."

"Artificially inscribed Spirit Patterns will always have flaws. To achieve a state of natural perfection... that's a Trait only legendary 'Innate Spiritual Artifacts' possess."

He glanced at Su Jian and couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, is this kid really that incredible?"