"Kid, what exactly are you after?"
Blacksmith Yuan was completely baffled by Quan Yi and could only ask him his purpose directly.
"Blacksmith Yuan, our family intends to buy this shop and establish an institute here dedicated to researching ironware. We're also searching the world for skilled craftsmen to join the institute, and you, Blacksmith Yuan, are one of our targets."
In this world, blacksmiths held extremely low status. Because Martial Souls existed, people had very little need for ironware to begin with.
Across most of Douluo Continent, people possessed Tool Martial Souls, and the convenience of Martial Souls reduced people's demand for ironware.
With lower demand, there was no strong driving force for development, so blacksmithing had inevitably become a lowly profession.
Half a year ago, Quan Yi instructed Quan Ying to commission the making of a "Shotgun."
Of course, the Shotgun mentioned here did not refer to the kind from his previous life, but a simple "Shotgun" that could cooperate with Rhino's Mark to launch ranged attacks.
In other words, the Iron Pipe and iron ball Quan Yi had just taken out.
Quan Yi, who had not held much hope for this world's technology, deliberately lowered his requirements and only put forward two demands.
First, the Iron Pipe had to be portable with one hand.
Second, the Iron Pipe's strength had to be extremely high.
Otherwise, if the Iron Pipe exploded when the time came, the ones injured would be his own people.
And among the countless blacksmith shops in this large city, only the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop had created a work that met Quan Yi's requirements.
After testing, the Iron Pipe made by the Yuan family could perfectly withstand three uses of Rhino's Mark. Only on the fourth and fifth times would cracks appear in the