This other method was actually very simple: raise the Divine Pattern Stone's capacity limit.
To put it plainly, he needed to find a way to raise the stone's limit of one thousand four-star Divine Patterns.
That meant working on the Divine Pattern Stone's own durability.
Since this was a Divine Pattern competition, the rules had surely been set well in advance. Only Divine Pattern techniques could be used during the competition; all other methods were prohibited.
But that wouldn't stump Qin Shaofeng. He only needed to add some reinforcing Divine Patterns to the stone, strengthening it, and that would do the trick.
Once the stone had been strengthened, it would naturally be able to hold more Divine Patterns.
However, Divine Pattern Stones could completely absorb Divine Patterns, yet couldn't change their own nature. That made strengthening one with Divine Patterns rather difficult.
"What Divine Pattern should I choose?"
Qin Shaofeng furrowed his brow slightly and considered his options.
He wouldn't have been so troubled before. Even after becoming Old Bai's disciple, he knew only a handful of Divine Patterns, most of which he'd learned about from Tantai Yi.
But now, the knowledge Old Bai had passed on to him also included a wealth of information about Divine Patterns. After all, both alchemy and Artifact Refining required them.
So Old Bai had bundled all his knowledge of Divine Patterns in with the rest and passed it on to Qin Shaofeng.
There were countless Divine Patterns, but few could be carved into a Divine Pattern Stone without being completely absorbed, while also reinforcing it.
Qin Shaofeng knew a number of four-star Divine Patterns that might work, but getting the stone sturdy enough to raise its capacity limit by a significant amount would be difficult.
It wasn't impossible, but the increase would be