#57 - Yuan's Blacksmith Shop

Although his face was pale due to significant water loss, Quan Yi's eyes were bright, and joy溢于表面.

Quan Yi took out the prepared water bag from the Heart of the Scorching Sun and drank it in small sips.

The biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage of the academy's simulated environment training ground is the high temperature.

Therefore, even Quan Yi could not meditate and cultivate for a long time in a high-temperature environment. Twenty hours was about Quan Yi's limit.

This seclusion took longer than expected, but fortunately, it didn't exceed the time limit, and, this seclusion broke through level twenty in one fell swoop, everything was worth it.

The next day, morning, the teacher's office.

"Teacher Bai Yan, I would like to ask you for a leave of absence. I may be late for the next semester, and I am not sure of the specific date. I wonder if it can be approved." Quan Yi knew that Teacher Bai Yan was still in the academy, so he came to ask the teacher for a leave of absence, lest it would take too much time to obtain the Soul Ring and be late.

"Okay, I approve."

Bai Yan didn't ask much, because she understood Quan Yi, he was a person of his word. Moreover, she probably guessed the specific reason.

As someone who often fought with Quan Yi, Bai Yan was of course the clearest about Quan Yi's strength.

Obtaining the Second Soul Ring, the reason for asking for leave should be this.

"Thank you, teacher, you have worked hard."

"Yes, be careful."

Quan Yi understood, it seemed that the teacher had already noticed something.

After he said goodbye to the teacher, he walked out of the office and also out of the academy.

Quan Family Boutique.

"Uncle Ying, please send this letter to my parents."

Quan Yi wrote to his parents every month. Through the long letters, Quan Yi not only talked about his life in the academy, but also discussed some of the confusions he encountered in his studies.

Although it was not as convenient as a mobile phone in his previous life, traditional letters sometimes better reflected the feelings of both parties.

However, the main content of this letter was to notify his parents that he wanted to meet directly in the Soul Beast Forest.

"Okay, then when exactly should we set off? Considering that it will take some time for the letter to reach home. We can leave a little later."

"That's right, I also have some things I want to deal with during this time. Then let's set it for a week later."

"Yes. I'll go arrange it now."

While constantly collecting Soul Beast meat over the years, the Quan family has also collected a large amount of Soul Beast information.

And half a year ago, Quan Yi learned from his parents' letters that someone had witnessed Soul Beasts that met Quan Yi's requirements in a certain Soul Beast Forest.

Just in time, this time he broke through level twenty, a delay could lead to changes, Quan Yi decided to go directly to that Soul Beast Forest.

However, before that, there was a place Quan Yi wanted to visit.

In the afternoon, the scorching sun ruthlessly baked this large city.

There were few pedestrians on the avenue at this time. At this moment, a brisk sound of hooves broke the silence of the street.

This was exactly the carriage carrying Quan Yi.

Quan Yi's destination was far from the city center, located on the edge of the city, so Quan Yi chose to travel by carriage.

After half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of a shop.

Quan Yi got off the carriage and looked up at the plaque, only to see the five characters "Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop" written on it.

This was exactly Quan Yi's destination.

"Welcome, guest, are you here to commission the creation of ironware?"

A muscular young man walked out of the door and warmly greeted Quan Yi and the others.

"Hello, big brother, I'm not here to customize anything this time, I want to visit the owner of your shop."

Quan Yi also politely expressed his intention to the young man.

However, the young man, who was still very enthusiastic just now, visibly collapsed his expression and shouted weakly towards the shop.

"Dad, there's a guest looking for you."

Quan Yi carefully looked at this middle-aged man, not tall, but his whole body was full of strong muscles, with a momentum of being as immovable as a mountain.

Moreover, this man was meticulously groomed from head to toe, looking very neat and comfortable, and seemed to have very high demands on himself.

"Blacksmith Yuan, hello, my name is Quan Yi, I have something to talk to you about. Do you still remember the matter of someone commissioning the creation of iron balls and iron pipes half a year ago?"

As he spoke, Quan Yi took out a dark iron pipe and several iron balls from his arms, one end of the black iron pipe was closed.

"Yes, I remember, is there a problem?" The middle-aged blacksmith glanced at the objects in Quan Yi's hand and saw that these were the objects he had personally created.

"May I ask if these were made by Blacksmith Yuan?"

"Of course."

Master Yuan nodded confidently.

"That's good, actually, I'm here this time to acquire the master's shop."

"What? Acquire the shop, this is our Yuan family's ancestral shop, even if I am in dire straits now, I will not sell it."

The middle-aged man's eyes widened in anger, and he slammed the table hard.

Recently, the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop was in a crisis of bankruptcy due to poor management, so some people came to discuss the sale of the shop.

Therefore, Yuan Blacksmith was a little sensitive to Quan Yi's proposal.

"No, no, Master, you misunderstood, what I mean is that I want to buy everything, including you. Moreover, from now on, our Quan family will continue to fund the master's forging in this shop."

The middle-aged man was also confused by Quan Yi's words. Originally, he thought they were here to rob the shop, but he didn't expect that the other party's goal was actually himself.

"Boy, what are you joking about, how could I sell myself?"

Yuan Blacksmith was amused by Quan Yi's absurd proposal.

"Blacksmith Yuan, I very much appreciate your forging ability, but forgive me for speaking frankly, Blacksmith Yuan is completely ignorant in business. Now that the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop is in such a predicament, a large part of it is because of you. If my Quan family acquires this shop, you can stop considering management issues and devote yourself wholeheartedly to forging."

Quan Yi's eyes did not back down, and he seemed very serious.

Half a year ago, Quan Yi had commissioned Quan Ying to customize the same items in all the blacksmith shops in the city.

And the craftsmanship of the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop is also one of the best among many blacksmith shops.

However, although the Yuan family's craftsmanship is very good, they don't seem to be good at managing the shop. Yuan Blacksmith is serious in character and strictly demands himself, blindly pursuing higher and better quality.

This also leads to the high price of ironware. More importantly, the market demand for high-quality ironware is not large.

Therefore, since Yuan Blacksmith took charge of the blacksmith shop, the operating conditions have been getting worse and worse.

Moreover, what's even more deadly is that, in order to sell ironware, the Yuan family began to drastically reduce prices without reducing quality and cost, but this is undoubtedly a slow suicide.

This has led to the fact that, apart from this large shop, the Yuan family is now struggling to maintain it with only the Yuan family father and son.

However, Yuan Blacksmith's character of insisting on excellent quality is exactly the reason why Quan Yi made up his mind to acquire this shop.