Yet despite Zhao Yuan's extreme caution, failure followed failure. Whenever his carving knife touched the Jade Ring, the Qi contained within the jade would surge out to interfere, catching him completely off guard.
"Argh, this Rune is off by just a tiny bit! It's this damned Qi! It suddenly shot out and threw my carving knife off course!"
"Damn it, how did it shatter again? What did I do wrong this time?"
"There were only a few Runes left, I was so close to succeeding! Why did my hand have to shake? Such a shame!"
At first, Zhao Yuan would fret for ages over every failure. But as the failures piled up, he grew numb and accustomed to it. Eventually, when a jade shattered, his expression wouldn't even change; he would simply grab another Jade Ring and continue carving.
His stubborn personality flared up. Refusing to be intimidated, he vowed to fight this troublesome Qi to the very end.
'I refuse to believe I can't tame this Qi! Let's go again!'
