Arrived and Immediately Found Three Problems

After speaking, seeing that Xu Tianming made no move, Mavuika simply took the initiative to step forward twice and leaned down slightly, pressing their foreheads together.

The sudden, intimate gesture caused Xu Tianming's heart to race, but a moment later, a stream of memories that did not belong to him suddenly appeared in his mind, gradually becoming clear.

Soon, the memory synchronization was complete, and Mavuika stepped back two paces with crisp efficiency:

"That should do it. Feel it carefully."

Just as Mavuika had said, the memory synchronization was complete. Xu Tianming was pleasantly surprised to find that the complete blueprints for the Chilun Vehicle had indeed appeared in his mind, and every detail was so clear that even a layman like him could grasp the general idea at a glance.

Just then, Xuan Ziwen completed the final step of carving the soul tool array and retracted his carving knife into his storage soul tool.

However, judging by his expression, he did not seem satisfied with this particular engraving.

When he was carving the soul tool array just now, he seemed to deliberately increase the pressure several times. Although it didn't affect the overall completion, it left some flaws in the weapon's finish... Strange, I feel that with his professional ability, such a mistake shouldn't have happened.

Hearing Columbina's words, Xu Tianming immediately followed up:

"Really? You can even sense that he deliberately increased the pressure?"

"Mm. Under the perception of Kuuvahki, those few movements were very obvious. And when he increased the pressure, the corner of his eye twitched noticeably, much like how Sandrone looks when I accidentally disturb her during her research."

Hearing this, Xu Tianming nodded and silently took note of this matter.

After inspecting the Soul Tool Sword in his hand, Xuan Ziwen glanced curiously at Xu Tianming and Ye Guyi, who were standing beside Meng Hongchen, but he did not speak immediately. Instead, he handed the sword to Xiao Hongchen, who was standing to the side:

"You witnessed the entire forging and production process of this Soul Tool Sword by my side. Tell me, what do you think of this sword?"

Once these words were spoken, Xu Tianming understood.

So, Xuan Ziwen was giving Xiao Hongchen a lesson.

However, given this kid's status, why wasn't he being taught by his own grandfather, Jing Hongchen, instead of Xuan Ziwen?

Setting his confusion aside for the moment, Xu Tianming chose to wait patiently.

Upon hearing this, a look of gravity flashed in Xiao Hongchen's eyes. After taking the Soul Tool Sword from Xuan Ziwen, he examined it carefully from the tip to the hilt.

However, perhaps Xuan Ziwen's methods were too sophisticated, or perhaps Xiao Hongchen had not yet mastered the path of soul tools.

After a full quarter of an hour of scrutiny, he gave his judgment tentatively and cautiously:

"The student believes that this Soul Tool Sword forged by Teacher Xuan is flawless and can be considered a masterpiece!"

Hearing this, Xuan Ziwen's expression remained unchanged; he simply asked flatly:

"Are you sure?"

Facing this standard pressure from a teacher toward a student, Xiao Hongchen earnestly recalled the entire forging process and his own inspection results, then nodded confidently:

"Yes, I am sure of my judgment."

Hearing Xiao Hongchen's answer, a trace of disappointment flashed in Xuan Ziwen's eyes, though he quickly masked it.

However, just as he was about to say something, Xu Tianming could no longer hold back.

He stepped forward twice under Meng Hongchen's surprised gaze:

"Senior Brother Xuan, although I arrived a bit late, in the time I've been observing since I got here, I have already discovered at least three issues!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Meng Hongchen was the first to open her mouth in surprise, then suddenly realized she was losing her composure and covered her mouth with her hand.

Meng Hongchen knew better than anyone how high her brother's talent for soul tools was. After all, her grandfather, the Hall Master of Mingde Hall, had publicly praised her brother, Xiao Hongchen, saying that his future achievements in soul tools would certainly not be inferior to his own.

If even a genius like her brother couldn't see a single flaw, could this Fourth Highness really see three flaws in such a short time?

Meng Hongchen had also witnessed Xuan Ziwen's engraving method just now and was confident that she hadn't seen any flaws either.

Based on all this, Meng Hongchen judged that this was most likely a way for the Fourth Highness to grandstand, and his primary goal was likely to attract her attention!

Thinking of this, Meng Hongchen felt it was somewhat amusing:

It seems this Fourth Highness is just like those vulgar boys—cold and aloof on the surface, but secretly calculating how to catch my eye?

But this grandstanding move is a bit unwise.

Not to mention that she already had some favorable impressions of this Fourth Highness, even if he wanted to use someone as a backdrop to show off, he shouldn't have picked on her annoying brother!

Isn't that kicking a steel plate directly?

Looking at the younger generation of the Sun Moon Empire, who has soul tool talent that can rival her brother?

And judging by this Fourth Highness's age, he's probably about the same as her. (Actually, he was even younger than her.)

It looks like this Fourth Highness is going to lose face in a moment. Given my annoying brother's temper, he won't let the other party off easily after being provoked in public... But this is a good thing. As long as I step in to mediate at the right time and help this Fourth Highness resolve the awkwardness, he will surely be full of gratitude toward me!

Meng Hongchen didn't have any malicious intent; she was simply craving Xu Tianming's physique.

And her brother's reaction was exactly as she had anticipated.

Xiao Hongchen froze for a moment, his expression suggesting he was confirming whether he had misheard. After confirming that his hearing was indeed fine, he looked at the imposing Xu Tianming before him and couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"If you were thinking of pleasing me just now, then congratulations, you've succeeded in making me laugh."

After speaking, Xiao Hongchen dug into his storage soul tool, took out 10 Gold Soul Coins, and tossed them carelessly at Xu Tianming's feet:

"These ten Gold Soul Coins are a tip for your attempt to please me. After you take them, just back off obediently, and I'll pretend nothing happened."

Although his temperament was more mature than his peers, Xiao Hongchen was, after all, still a boy under ten years of age.

To be provoked to his face by someone clearly younger than himself in the very field he excelled at—how could Xiao Hongchen possibly remain rational?

Yet, regarding Xiao Hongchen's actions, Xu Tianming merely glanced at him indifferently before ignoring him entirely, turning his head to look at Xuan Ziwen once more:

"Senior Brother Xuan, do you need me to point out the three issues I saw right here?"

To Xiao Hongchen, this act of being directly ignored by Xu Tianming was nothing short of a grave humiliation.

However, just as he was about to stop restraining his temper and erupt on the spot, he did not expect that Xuan Ziwen would actually take the initiative to respond:

"Very well, since you have the confidence, then point them out to me."