If they stopped here, it would be nothing more than a gourd shell, a rough prototype—or at best, a uniquely shaped hammer. This was neither what Yu Qian wanted nor what Chen Che had hoped for.
Otherwise,
Yu Qian would not have volunteered to take charge of the refining, as Jia Chaoyuan and Liang Yuan could have easily made some minor modifications without much trouble.
Since the goal was to create a 'Mother-Child Type' Magical Artifact, magic patterns were naturally indispensable.
"DING!"
A soft chime echoed.
Yu Qian condensed his True Essence, guiding it with his Divine Sense to form a carving knife, and began to tap against the gourd.
"So hard!"
When Chen Che brought his Divine Sense down, he too managed only a single stroke. The rebounding force from the gourd's shell even shattered the True Essence he had gathered. The difficulty far surpassed that of a mortal artisan carving on a stone tablet.
