Jiang Ping An lightly tapped the leaf. The Immortal Runes on it activated, projecting into the air and illuminating the room.
"These Immortal Runes themselves suppress Water Attribute power. That is why, although you thought you had already balanced the attributes of the materials, the immortal artifact never took shape. The Immortal Runes caused the imbalance."
"Only by making the powers of the two attributes uneven during forging—by using slightly more Water Attribute material—will the finished immortal artifact be balanced."
"The piece I broke off was Fire Attribute Immortal Material. Removing that small piece lets the Water Attribute Immortal Material gain the upper hand. Now, we only need to restore the Immortal Runes, and the immortal artifact will be complete."
As he spoke, Jiang Ping An waved his fingers and drew several runes in the air, restoring the portion of the Immortal Runes he had destroyed.
The instant the Immortal Runes fused into the immortal artifact, a fire dragon and a Water Phoenix soared up from either side of the leaf, their powerful energy sweeping through the entire room.
Before the leaf immortal artifact could erupt with even greater power, Jiang Ping An raised a hand and pressed the fire dragon and Water Phoenix back down.
"All right, it's finished."
Jiang Ping An returned the leaf to her.
This immortal artifact had already been forged very well; it merely had a flaw. Once that flaw was resolved, it was officially complete.
Xing Ling'er stared blankly at the leaf immortal artifact before her, scarcely daring to believe it.
"Th-this solved it?"
This problem had plagued her for a long time. To complete the forging, she had racked her brains every day until she was nearly bald from tearing at her hair, yet she could not solve it no matter what she