Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 205: Overcoming Skill with Simplicity, First Glimpse of Talent

"The main structure of the formation, I completed long ago." Luo Feng's tone carried confidence, but also a hint of defeat. "I used the 'Nine Revolutions Solar Yang Formation' as the foundation, supplemented by the 'Seven Stars Stabilizing Element Chapter,' which is sufficient to guide and refine over ninety percent of the violent fire spirit. In terms of the intricacy and power of the formation itself, I am confident it does not lose to any formation of the same tier."

"The problem lies in... the carrier for the 'formation core.'" Luo Feng pointed to the node in the jade slip where the energy flow was most violent. "The spiritual energy here is too explosive. I tried seven different third-tier spiritual materials, and even used a small piece of 'Millennium Fire Marrow Jade' as the core. But they either shattered prematurely due to conflicting spiritual energy attributes, or because the natural spiritual patterns within them created imperceptibly minute 'spiritual pattern interference' with my formation. Under sustained operation, this would form extremely subtle 'spiritual vibrations,' causing the foundation of the formation to become unstable. At most, within half a month, cracks would inevitably appear in the formation core."

Luo Feng looked at Su Ming, his expression complex. "I consulted the ancient texts. The conclusion was, either find a fourth-tier or higher spiritual material with perfectly compatible attributes and absolutely uniform internal structure, but the cost is too high; or, I would need a grandmaster artifact forger who could completely disperse and reshape the internal spiritual patterns of the material, turning it into a pure 'blank carrier.'"

He paused, his tone carrying a tentative curiosity. "I observed Junior Brother Su handling those low-tier formation plates, especially in material purification and basic rune inscription. You seem to have some... unconventional methods. I wonder, for this requirement of making a material 'absolutely obedient,' or even 'absolutely blank,' do you have any ideas?"

Su Ming instantly understood the crux of the problem.

"Spiritual pattern interference," "spiritual vibrations," "blank carrier"... These issues, which seemed mysterious and profound to traditional cultivators, were, from his and Lin Yu's "scientific perspective," actually problems of uneven internal stress within the material, energy resonance, and microstructural defects.

"Senior Brother Luo's problem, I might have some ideas about." Su Ming didn't speak in absolutes. "I dare not claim to solve it, but I can try to make a 'carrier' sample for Senior Brother to verify."

"Oh?" A gleam flashed in Luo Feng's eyes. "What kind of spiritual material do you need? I'll go prepare it immediately."

"No need." Su Ming shook his head and walked towards his workbench. "Just use the most ordinary 'Mystic Iron Essence.'"

"Mystic Iron Essence?" Luo Feng was stunned. That was a basic material rarely used even for first-tier magical tools. "Junior Brother Su, the spiritual energy impact at the core formation eye of the Earth Fire Cavern is comparable to a strike from a Golden Core cultivator. Mystic Iron Essence would probably vaporize instantly...""No harm in trying." Su Ming smiled, offering no further explanation.

He took out a piece of Mystic Iron Essence. He didn't use any fancy tools, just that same engraving knife marked with a standard ruler and his pure water spiritual energy.

and scrutinizing gaze, Su Ming

inscribe any complex formations, nor did

acted like the finest probe and scalpel, penetrating deep into the interior of the Mystic Iron

goal wasn't enchantment, nor inscription.

water spiritual energy, gentle yet tenacious, he forcibly combed the chaotic, disordered microstructure within the Mystic Iron Essence into order. He washed away and

utilizing the penetrating and accommodating properties of water spirit, he performed "annealing" and "quenching" at the molecular level, making its structure denser

"structural optimization" in modern industry more

of Mystic Iron, its surface smooth as a mirror, its color deep and dark, without

but the material itself had become incredibly pure and

inscribing your formation core's key runes onto

Feng took it with a mixture of doubt and belief. It felt slightly heavy and

spiritual energy, and began carefully inscribing the complex and powerful core fire-control rune he had designed into

moment, his eyes

Smooth!

Unbelievably smooth!

receptivity to his spiritual energy and divine sense! Its interior was like an absolutely calm, absolutely uniform "sea

pattern interference, no attribute conflict, because it was itself almost "attribute-less"! It was merely

piece of Mystic Iron glowed faintly before returning to its plain

clearly sense that a stable miniature spell formation had perfectly taken shape within it, merging with the Mystic Iron itself into a

"lump of iron" in his hand, feeling the powerful, stably