Chapter 81: Time for Revenge (2/2)

“Yeah, that would be the last step.” Qian Jin tapped the Zhanmadao that was already wrapped as he said with a smile on his face, “Therefore, I’m going to use Slide-Cloud Stone to sharpen it!”

“Slide-Cloud Stone?”

Everyone in the workshop shouted out in surprise. The price for this type of grindstone was very expensive. It was even more expensive than a lot of weapons! Also, it couldn’t be bought simply with money! It required a network and high status to buy one of these grindstones! Even the mayor of Oakland probably wasn’t qualified to purchase a Slide-Cloud Stone. “How could this student from Oakland Academy say that he is going to use such a precious grindstone?” they thought.

Franklin was stunned. He looked at Qian Jin and thought, “I thought I had already become numb to all the surprises this kiddo had been pulling off. I didn’t expect that this young man would continue surprise us with bigger and bigger ticket items!”

“Before I go…” Qian Jin looked at a few pieces of Refined Iron that weren’t used and sitting on the ground. “I’m going to forge something small since it is convenient,” he said.

The crowd looked at Qian Jin again curiously. “What can be forged from these metals? Battle blades? There isn’t enough metal to make a battle blade. A polearm’s head? It seems like there are too many materials for a polearm’s head,” they thought.

After a short half hour passed by, the crowd was stunned again.

Kitchen knife! Qian Jin used the rest of the top-tier materials and forged a kitchen knife! “He could have used these metals to make several arrow heads or polearm’s heads. Why would he forge a kitchen knife?” This thought went through the crowd’s minds.

Qian Jin weighed the slightly oversized kitchen knife in his hand and turned around to sharpen it carefully on a grindstone.

“There is no need…” Franklin curled his lips and thought, “It’s only a kitchen knife. A blacksmith apprentice could have sharpened it. There should have been no need for Qian Jin, who seemed like a Forge Master, to sharpen it himself. It’s just sharpening; everyone knows how to do it…”

On the grindstone, a chilling light reflected off the tip of the knife and shined into Franklin’s eyes! In an instant, Franklin felt the temperature of his blood drop by a few degrees, as if a sharp blade was aiming at his throat. He quickly took a big step back, and then he realized that there was nothing coming at him. It was just the light reflecting off the blade portion of the knife.

“Is this really just a kitchen knife?” Franklin looked at the kitchen knife that was slowly showing its ferocity in Qian Jin’s hand, but he became even more perplexed. “Which family has a kitchen knife this sharp?” He couldn’t help but think.

“I’m finished!” Qian Jin found a box and packed the kitchen knife in it. “Before I sharpen the Zhanmadao on the Slide-Cloud Stone, there is another place that I have to go to.”

Franklin looked at Qian Jin with a questioning expression on his face, “Where are you going? What is more important than sharpening your blade?” he asked.

“As long as I sharpen the Zhanmadao before sunset, it will be fine. There is something that I have tolerated for too long!” Qian Jin grabbed the wooden box that contained the kitchen knife tightly with his fingers as he laughed and said, “Franklin, let’s go.”

“You want me to come along?” Franklin shook his head as he felt the curious stares coming from the crowd. He didn’t know why Qian Jin needed him, and his expression said it all.

While walking on the street in Oakland, Franklin asked in a perplexed tone, “Qian Jin, where are we heading to?”

“Lucas’ Blacksmith Shop.” Qian Jin tapped the kitchen knife that was in the box on his waist. “A while ago, they gave me a big present. It made me pay extra attention to everything. I had to return to the academy before it got dark outside, and I could only leave the academy when the sun came up and there were more pedestrians on the street. The whole thing cost me a ton of time. Today, I will return a big present to him. From today onwards, Franklin’s Blacksmith Shop will be the number one blacksmith shop in Oakland.”