It had been nearly three weeks since Chen Miao obtained the instructions for making the Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword. During that time, he had used ordinary peach wood to produce four relatively flawless templates.
The first template was the basic Peach Wood Sword Blank.
The design of the Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword differed somewhat from what Chen Miao had previously found online.
The Peach Wood Sword Blank he had made using those online instructions had been fifty centimeters long overall.
The Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword, however, had an overall length of two chi and four cun-approximately eighty centimeters.
Its blade was one chi and eight cun long-approximately sixty centimeters-three cun wide-approximately ten centimeters-and six fen thick-approximately two centimeters.
Each of these dimensions carried its own symbolic meaning:
Two chi and four cun symbolized the twenty-four mountains feng shui formation.
One chi and eight cun symbolized the number of levels in the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
Three cun symbolized the Three Powers: heaven, earth, and humanity.
Six fen corresponded to the guardian divine generals of the six ding and six jia.
Although the sword could not truly possess the powers represented by those symbols, these specifications had to be followed to maximize the Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword's strength.
Chen Miao had found a special note in the crafting instructions he had redeemed.
Off by one fen, and its power dropped by ten percent!
Off by half a cun, and its power dropped by half!
Off by one cun, and it was no different from holding a Peach Wood Sword Blank!
In other words, if he failed to follow the specifications, even a sword made from century-old peach wood might only have the power of one made from fifty-year-old peach wood.
That was why all the Peach Wood Sword Blanks used as