High Martial: I Use Everything as Swords

Chapter 271: Chapter 223: Artifact Refining Skill Advances to Proficient, News of the High-Energy Particle Melting Furnace

"You... You..."

Zhao Yu pointed at the dagger hovering inside the furnace chamber, then at Han Feng, completely stunned, like a malfunctioning robot.

"How did you do that? Is this... Telekinesis?

No, that’s not right. You’re only in the Meridian Passage Realm. How could your Spiritual Power possibly interfere with reality to this extent?"

Han Feng calmly shut down the cooling system, and the furnace chamber door automatically slid open.

He held out his hand, and the silver-gray dagger floated gently into his palm.

"Something like that."

Han Feng replied casually, "I was... stimulated a bit in the Secret Realm. My Spiritual Power seems to have mutated. I can barely control a few things. It’s unstable, so I’m still figuring it out."

The corner of Zhao Yu’s eye twitched as he listened.

’What does he mean, "stimulated a bit"? What does he mean, "barely control a few things"?’

’This is almost on par with the Divine Thought Manipulation that only a Grandmaster at the Divine Containment Realm can achieve!’

Zhao Yu scrambled over to the console in a few steps and snatched up the small, still-warm blade.

He was a B Level Engineer. Although he specialized in engines, he was also quite knowledgeable about materials science and weapon manufacturing.

At first glance, the blade was unremarkable.

It had no fancy patterns, nor had it undergone any subsequent polishing. The entire thing had a raw, matte metallic finish.

But the moment Zhao Yu’s fingers touched the blade, his expression changed.

As a Martial Artist with one foot in the Meridian Passage Realm, he had already condensed his own Inner Qi.

When he tried to inject a trace of Inner Qi into it, the seemingly ordinary metal blade accepted his energy without any resistance whatsoever.

There was no lag.

No loss.

It was like water flowing through a pre-laid pipe.

"This... internal etching?"

Zhao Yu’s head snapped up, and he stared at Han Feng as if looking at a monster.

The conventional process for creating Spiritual Energy Weapons is to first cast a blank, let it cool and set, then have an engraver carve Spiritual Energy Circuits onto the surface before finally sealing it.

The disadvantages of this method were obvious. The surface circuits were prone to wear, and the energy conduction efficiency was low.

Higher-end pieces use a "multi-layer lamination forging" technique, sandwiching the circuits between metal layers.

But Han Feng’s blade was different.

Zhao Yu couldn’t find any trace of lamination forging.

It was a perfectly integrated whole. The energy-guiding circuits were like veins that had naturally formed within the metal itself during its creation.

"How did you do it?"

Zhao Yu’s voice jumped an octave. "Metal is extremely unstable in its liquid state! It’s impossible to solidify circuits inside it. Once it cools, the internal stress would instantly destroy any pre-set channels."

This was common sense.

It was like trying to write on flowing water.

"Is it that hard?"

Han Feng shrugged. "You just have to be fast enough—fast enough to lay down the paths in the exact instant the molecules lock into place."

Zhao Yu’s mouth hung open. He finally managed to choke out a single word: "Freak."

That kind of timing and micro-control wasn’t something a human should be capable of.

’Is this the terrifying power of a telekinetic?’

"Stop staring. It’s a failed product."

Han Feng casually took the small blade back from Zhao Yu and tossed it into a nearby scrap bin with a CLANG, as if he were throwing away trash.

"It explodes if you use a little force. The structural integrity is terrible. It’s junk."

Zhao Yu’s mouth twitched.

That blade’s Energy Guidance efficiency was at least 30% higher than a standard-issue dagger. It would have fetched several thousand on the Black Market.

’He just threw it away like that?’

’Are all A Level Students this wasteful?’

Han Feng paid no mind to Zhao Yu’s anguish.

He had just been warming up.

He had judged the small blade to be a "pseudo" Magical Artifact because he hadn’t yet mastered the proper technique.

On his system panel, the Skill Proficiency bar for [Artifact Refining·Entry Level (1/100)] was particularly glaring.

This level of skill was nowhere near enough to refine something that could be used as a Flying Sword.

He took a pile of metal materials from his Void Stone Ring, letting them fall to the floor with a loud CLATTER.

In the pile were salvaged fragments from an exploded "Judge" missile, core components from a dismantled "Ghost" drone, and various ores he had gathered in the Secret Realm, all emitting a faint Spiritual Power glow.

"Zhao Yu, mind if I borrow your furnace again? I want to practice some more. I’m still not very proficient."

Zhao Yu glanced at the pile of clearly extraordinary materials, then at the "failed product" that had been tossed aside like trash. The corner of his mouth twitched again.

’He calls *that* not proficient?’

He didn’t ask any more questions, though. He just quietly stepped aside and found a place to sit.

He decided he wasn’t getting any other work done today. He was going to see with his own eyes just what this so-called "Spiritual Power mutation" could really do.

As an expert in the field of Spiritual Energy Engines, Zhao Yu also had a deep understanding of Rune Arrays.

The mainstream Enchantment technique in East Sea Fortress City involved a professional Rune Master etching or carving runes onto the surface of a weapon or piece of equipment *after* it had been forged, then activating them through an infusion of energy.

This method was like soldering circuits onto a computer motherboard—effective, but with limitations.

The Runes and the base material remained separate entities. Under extreme stress, this could lead to incompatibility or even cause the runes to peel off.

What Han Feng had just done, however, was a completely different concept.

He had constructed the Energy Circuits from within while the material was still in a liquid state!

That was like perfectly embedding rebar and conduits while pouring concrete!

Such a technique was unheard of!

Theoretically, in a weapon made this way, the Runes and the body would be completely fused. Its durability and energy conduction efficiency would reach terrifying heights.

But theory was just theory.

The difficulty of using intangible Spiritual Power to perform such a delicate operation inside a liquid heated to several thousand degrees... Zhao Yu couldn’t even begin to imagine it.