After listening, Bian Chunchou managed to reach a half-understanding. "So it's like talisman-making: artifact forging is also divided according to the five elements. If they clash, there's no way to fuse them into a complete artifact. Can I understand it that way?"
Shu Jinze propped up his chin. "Under normal circumstances, that's indeed the case. But there are also... extraordinarily heaven-sent opportunities. Just like you, Senior—despite having a Fire-Water Spiritual Root, you can still cultivate. Some forging masters blessed with both talent and luck may, on rare and incredibly coincidental occasions, forge spiritual treasures that can never be replicated. Take the continent-famous Rebel Broken-String Qin, for example. Its strings are broken, yet through spiritual power resonance, it can unleash even more astonishing destructive force than before they broke. There is only one such qin beneath heaven; no one can reproduce its elegance."
But Bian Chunchou's heart stirred. "In other words, if the opportunity arrives at just the right time, even ordinary mortal iron could become a spiritual weapon?"
"Theoretically, it's possible. But anyway, I've never seen it." What Shu Jinze meant by never having seen it was that the Shu Household had never produced one.
Recalling the astonished look on the Shu Household Head's face that day, Bian Chunchou thought that the master who had forged that spiritual sword must have done an exceptionally good job keeping it secret. Finding him would be harder than panning gold from a battlefield. "Then what do you think these things on the table could be made into?"
The Seventh Young Master Shu was equally forthright. "I don't know."
"..."
"Really, I'm not lying to you! I'm only suited to enjoying things that are already made. If you ask me to create something from nothing, I really... can't. During that part of the Lineage