#80 - Two months

This time, forging the first flintlock gun consumed dozens of kilograms of iron essence, all thanks to the tireless efforts of dozens of blacksmiths.

Although these blacksmiths are not as skilled as Blacksmith Yuan, they are still leaders in the industry. The weapons and equipment hidden in the Quan family's basement were all made by this group.

This group is the foundation of the Quan family, and also the clansmen that Quan Yi is responsible for.

However, so many excellent blacksmiths spent weeks of effort to barely create a single flintlock gun, which is a serious waste of resources.

According to Blacksmith Yuan's standards, the labor, consumables, and transportation costs are all enormous expenses.

The efficiency is too low, and the consumption is too high.

In this situation, Quan Yi became even more determined to set up an assembly line.

Su Ling'er walked through the forging space and went deeper. At this moment, Quan Yi saw a tightly closed door.

Deep inside the forging room, there was actually a solitary, independent space.

Su Ling'er pushed open the door and walked into the room.

"Come in and take a look."

Walking into the room, the interior was a relatively spacious resting room for one person, with a bed.

Moreover, the temperature inside the room was unusually high.

The forging room was already sweltering due to the furnace, but the temperature in this space was even higher.

Before long, fine beads of sweat began to appear on Quan Yi's body.

"What is this place?" Quan Yi asked.

"You should feel the difference yourself, right?" Su Ling'er asked back.

"Yes, the feeling here is exactly the same as the simulated environment."

In fact, Quan Yi had felt the soul power in his body cheering from the moment he entered the blacksmith shop.

Unlike the first time when it was empty and unmanned, this time Quan Yi's feeling was unusually strong, even vaguely surpassing the lava environment in the academy.

"That's right, this forging room is a different kind of simulated environment, which can play the role of simulated environment cultivation.

Moreover, it can simultaneously satisfy the two characteristics of the Fiery Sun Gauntlets, simply put, it is a combination of a hidden armory and a fire vein.

When I was expanding the scale of the underground forging room, I noticed the uniqueness of this place.

This room is built with special materials, which can achieve the effect of sound insulation.

Moreover, ventilation ducts are arranged underground and inside the walls of the entire room, and the heat from the furnace will pass through these pipes.

This can concentrate the heat into this room and maximize the effect of the simulated environment."

"Did Mother expect me to live here a long time ago?" Quan Yi asked, looking at the carefully prepared room.

"No, I just thought that there should also be a training room outside the academy, and such a suitable simulated cultivation environment for you is extremely rare, how could I miss it?" Su Ling'er didn't think too much at the time, she just did it casually.

However, this just happened to solve Quan Yi's cultivation problem outside the school.

With this space, Quan Yi can perfectly balance soul fighting, cultivation, and research on firearms.

With the accommodation and cultivation problems solved, Quan Yi was completely free from worries.

In the next two days, Blacksmith Yuan quickly forged a high-quality flintlock gun with refined iron.

Although its quality was far inferior to the first flintlock gun, it did not diminish its power in the slightest.

Moreover, in order to reduce the burden, Blacksmith Yuan simplified the structure of the gun, streamlining each component to the extreme, further reducing costs.

Afterwards, Blacksmith Yuan set the specifications for each part based on this refined iron flintlock gun.

After setting the specifications, Quan Yi decisively divided the blacksmiths into several groups, each responsible for one part.

When placing bets, Quan Yi could only consider soul fights with odds between 2 and 3.

In Quan Yi's opinion, only soul fights of this level are the most likely to have reversals.

The odds represent the difference in strength between the two sides to a certain extent.

Soul fights with too large a gap in strength, or those with similar strength, cannot meet Quan Yi's requirements for making money.

In these two months, Quan Yi participated in more than a dozen gambling fights, and the gold soul coins he earned now are basically equal to the principal.

Although soul fights as unexpected as the first one are only a minority.

However, fortunately, Quan Yi's luck was not bad, and he was able to choose the winning side every time.

In addition to luck, the current achievements are also due to Quan Yi's broad knowledge and excellent reasoning ability.

After carefully studying and observing more than a dozen soul fights, Quan Yi had a deeper understanding of the soul master's battle, and what he heard and saw was transformed into experience and integrated into his body, and his vision was also trained in this process.

In the afternoon, Quan Yi would return to the research institute.

In two months, the assembly line that was initially set up also made breakthrough progress.

After two months of running-in, the assembly line for the refined iron flintlock gun has been completely completed.

More than fifty blacksmiths are responsible for manufacturing a part respectively, and finally the Yuan family and his son assemble it.

Depending on the difficulty of forging, the number of people assigned by Quan Yi will vary.

For example, the most difficult part, the barrel, requires half of the blacksmiths to be arranged in order to match the production progress of other parts.

Two months later, the daily output of this assembly line reached an astonishing fifty pieces. And the quality is no less than that of the one personally built by Blacksmith Yuan.

You must know that Blacksmith Yuan can only manufacture one piece a day.

When Blacksmith Yuan saw the various parts pouring towards him one after another, he truly realized what Quan Yi's so-called assembly line meant.

This production method will indeed have various problems at the beginning, but when the blacksmiths are skilled, their accuracy and speed are constantly accelerating.

Moreover, it will continue to accelerate with the passage of time.

Two months later, inside the Great Soul Arena.

Generally speaking, the morning is the time when there are the fewest spectators.

And the branch soul arena has only a few people.

However, at this time, the thirteenth branch soul arena was full of spectators.

This was still in the sparsely populated morning.

At this time, a man in a black swallowtail coat walked to the center of the soul fighting platform and saluted the audience. Then, holding a megaphone-type soul guide, he introduced to the audience.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. This time, I, Li Yu, will preside over the first one-on-one soul fight in the thirteenth branch soul arena.

Next, two Soul Grandmasters will appear. One is the Battle Soul Grandmaster Wang Qing, who has the Beast Soul Ironclad Turtle. Master Wang Qing has accumulated a five-game winning streak, and his strength should not be underestimated.

And the other one is the Battle Soul Grandmaster One-Punch Superman, who has the Tool Soul Fire Pattern Gauntlet.

Soul Grandmaster One-Punch Superman has emerged like a meteor, and has been undefeated since registration. In just two months, he has accumulated a terrifying fourteen-game winning streak. Moreover, as long as he wins another victory, he can be promoted to Iron Soul.

Without further ado, please invite the two Soul Grandmasters to appear."

As soon as the voice fell, a huge roar erupted from the audience.

The entire audience was shouting a word.

"One-Punch, One-Punch, One-Punch..."

At this time, a young man wearing a black and red mask walked onto the soul fighting platform, stepping on the sound waves.

The young man only had black animal skin shorts covering his body, and he didn't even wear shoes.

The exposed attire revealed the young man's strong body. The muscle lines on the young man's body were clearly visible, and the tight and powerful muscles exuded a barbaric aura.

The young man held his head high and chest out, looked forward, and swung his arms naturally. The young man's posture revealed a noble temperament.

When the young man took the stage, the atmosphere in the arena became even more frenzied.