Chapter 73: Ambush! (1/2)
Chapter 73: Ambush!
Translator: VickiEditor: Chrissy
”It’s alright...” Francis waved his hands and said, ”I don’t know what you want to do, but no matter what it is, I will give you my full support! The one standing there, push the pig iron trolley over! Just use it as much as you need!”
”This...” The pile was poured down at his feet. Qian jin looked at Francis in reluctance! It was not just a pile of pig iron but money! Being the previous second-ranked blacksmith, and now the temporarily first, the Franklin’s Blacksmith Shop made still far less profits than the Lucas’! The two trolleys were a huge amount for the shop!
”Qian Jin, can’t you be a man and save the useless words? Just use it!” Franklin resolutely waved his arm and he looked impatient. ”I can afford the loss!”
On hearing the words, several blacksmiths around curled their lips. The price of iron ore was not that expensive, but pig iron was not the same! A pound of pig iron could only be produced by ten pounds of iron ore, and the thousand pounds here equaled with ten thousand pounds of iron ore!
The shop was not that rich and the two trolleys of two thousand pounds of pig iron were almost a tenth of Franklin’s property !
A trace of warmth rose in Qian Jin’s chest. He was not sure if it was for the breath inhaled running over his dead reservoir, or he was moved by Franklin! But he secretly determined that he must forge some qualified pieces for Franklin to sale at auctions in the future as repayment!
Again, Qian Jin raised his hammer! The metal collision and the flying sparks dominated the yard once again!
After lunch, no one asked what an unprecedented masterpiece he was going to make, but no one ever left the yard! They all watched the process until midnight when all the pig irons were turned into Purified Irons!
Franklin appreciated the unusual metal in his hand, guessing what exactly this thing was and why it was nothing like the Refined Iron. Even Qian jin had already become an ass-kicking Level 9 or even Level 10 blacksmith, so the thing he forged shall be like Level 9 or 10 Refined Iron or so. But what was the strange metal? He puzzled over the figures for some time without making heads or tails of them.
At the arrival of dusk, Franklin whispered at Qian Jin, who was exhausted on consuming almost all his warrior energy while using Forging Breathing Technique. ”What is this?”
”This,” Qian Jin smiled at him and continued, ”is Purified Iron.”
Wham! The sparkling Purified Iron slipped off to the ground from the hands of Franklin, making a swishing noise all the way hurtling to the fire! He gazed at Qian Jin and drew a blank face.
Purified Iron! The supreme material that would only be used when forging a Warrior Weapon! It only existed in legends, and he saw and touched it today! Was it truly the Purified Iron that was completely different from Refined Iron? Was it truly the Purified Iron that even a Level 10 Refined Iron would be overshadowed?
”You...”
”I have a test in due in a few days arranged by the academy, so I was thinking of forging a useful weapon. And after some pondering, I decided to create a Warrior Weapon of my own...”
Franklin suddenly blocked the mouth of Qian Jin with his hand, lowered down his voice, and said in discretion, ”You will talk to nobody but me about this! I do not care if you can truly forge a Warrior Weapon or not, but you listen to me carefully and bear this in mind: after you finish it, you can give it a try and then wrap it up with canvas immediately! There is only a handful of that in this city! And like a Level 2 or 3 Warrior yourself who is in Grade One, you sound stay low key about the whole thing! Even a Level 8 Warrior would come after you if they knew anything about it! You might get yourself killed!”
”I am afraid, not just the Level 8 Warriors...” Franklin mulled it over for a moment. ”Even the lofty Mayor may be tempted...”