More than 80 kilometers away from Iron Soul Village, there is a human settlement called Red Stone Village.
"Young Master, Lord Qing Tai has sent a letter. Please take a look."
In the courtyard, Yan Qingshu took a letter from a servant, lazily opened the envelope, and began to read it.
After a couple of breaths, he suddenly sat up straight, a look of disbelief on his face.
"A weapon-refining city? Haha, interesting!"
"I can't believe a weapon refiner would build a city in such a remote place!"
He read the entire letter quickly, skimming through it.
"Butler! Prepare a mount for me, I need to go to Sinai Ridge now. Hurry!"
He shouted orders at his subordinates.
"Yes, young master."
After the servant left, he clenched the envelope in his hand tightly, muttering excitedly to himself.
"Hopefully, this weapon-refining city has sufficient production capacity, which will make the fighting on the front lines a bit easier."
As evening fell, Iron Soul Village welcomed Yan Qingshu, who arrived travel-worn.
"Haha, Yan Qingshu from Nine Yama City, greetings to Chief Chen Mu!"
When Yan Qingshu saw Chen Mu, he greeted him warmly with a cupped-hand salute.
Chen Mu knew that he was the man introduced by the cavalry captain that morning, so he took him to his workplace, which was the room next to the blacksmith's forge.
Many sophisticated instruments are displayed here, most of which Chen Mu brought from the Pan Emperor Continent to analyze the structure of matter.
"Brother Qingshu, please tell me what kind of equipment you want to forge!"
Let me take a look at your requirements first, and then we can continue our discussion.
Chen Mu got straight to the point.
Yan Qingshu was clearly prepared, and immediately had his men present two items to Chen Mu.
"These are the battle swords and armor used by our Yan Lineage arts instructors. Take a look."
Chen Mu took the battle sword and armor, casually touched them a few times, and nodded.
"Not bad. This sword barely reaches the fourth-grade threshold, and the armor is at the middle third-grade level. Are you planning to have it forged to this standard?"
The craftsmanship of battle armor is complex, and its value is much higher than that of weapons. Therefore, although this battle armor is only a mid-grade third rank, its price is higher than that of a low-grade fourth rank battle sword. Many True Spirit Realm cultivators in the outside world may not be able to afford such equipment.
"Haha, Chief, you're joking! This grade of standard equipment is not easy to manufacture."
I brought these two pieces of equipment out so you could have them crafted according to this design. As for the quality, a second-grade low-level armor and a second-grade high-level sword will suffice."
Yan Qingshu smiled and shook his head, thinking Chen Mu was joking.
The Netherworld is somewhat behind the Pan Emperor Continent in terms of weapon crafting, so cultivators in the Qi Nourishing Realm are generally equipped with second-grade treasures, while cultivators in the True Spirit Realm use third- to fourth-grade treasures.
The entire weapon-refining workshop in the entire Nine Yama City produces no more than one hundred fourth-grade treasures in a year, so Yan Qingshu never imagined that Chen Mu would be able to mass-produce equipment of that grade.
Chen Mu was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this. Back in the Pan Emperor Continent, he had already broken through the technology of mass-producing treasures below the sixth rank, so whether it was a fourth-rank or a second-rank treasure, there was not much difference to him.
If the other party wants higher-level equipment, the profit he can earn will undoubtedly be even greater.
However, he didn't want to reveal too much of his abilities; it wouldn't be too late to disclose more information after working together for a while.
"Okay, wait a moment while I check."
He stood up and placed his sword and armor on two glowing tables beside him.
"Based on the performance data of these two pieces of equipment and the current material inventory, design a manufacturing plan for the second item."
Chen Mu tapped a few times on the rune keyboard, then waited quietly for the instrument's analysis results.
Although Chen Mu's knowledge of weapon crafting surpassed that of many masters, as the saying goes, even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice. The underdeveloped transportation industry in the Netherworld and the limited natural resources in the surrounding area meant that he had to analyze the situation to determine whether the current resources were sufficient to forge these pieces of equipment.
Yan Qingshu watched Chen Mu manipulate these strange magical artifacts with great patience.
After a while, Chen Mu got the information he wanted. He walked to the table, took out a brush, wrote a list, and handed it to Yan Qingshu.
"Crafting these pieces of equipment is no problem, but you'll need to provide some materials for each set you craft."
Here's the list, take a look.
During this time, Chen Mu had already compiled and entered the most common materials in this world into the database, so he believed that these materials were nothing to Yan Qingshu.
Sure enough, Yan Qingshu took the list, glanced at it, and nodded indifferently.
"No problem, but I need a large quantity. I need to know your maximum production capacity."
Although the speed of the transformation of Iron Soul Village made Yan Qingshu realize that Chen Mu had a deep foundation, the training of weapon craftsmen could not be completed overnight, and he felt that the production capacity that Chen Mu could provide at present was probably not large.
"I'm sorry, production capacity is a trade secret, I can't tell you."
Just tell me how many sets you need within what timeframe! I believe our production capacity can meet your requirements.
Chen Mu responded calmly.
Yan Qingshu felt a surge of dissatisfaction, thinking that Chen Mu was deliberately praising him. He then stopped being polite and directly stated what he considered a large purchase volume.
"I need five thousand sets. I'll give you three months to manufacture them. Can you do that?"
He didn't expect that Chen Mu would reply as soon as he finished speaking.
"No problem. What's the price? What price are you planning to offer for this batch of equipment?"
Yan Qingshu didn't react for a moment, stunned for a while, his expression gradually changing from surprise to joy. "Really?"
If you can deliver on time, I am willing to purchase this equipment at 20% above the market price.
Chen Mu was unaware that Nine Yama City was about to participate in a war between the Imperial Court and urgently needed to expand its military, which was why Yan Qingshu was so excited.
"Deal! Let's sign the contract, and you'll pay a 20% deposit first."
Chen Mu didn't try to bargain with Yan Qingshu, because it was pointless.
Nine Yama City is the ruling power in this region, and the Yan Lineage is the number one Lineage in Nine Yama City. Dealing with them will not allow you to make huge profits; you'll be lucky if you can break even.
However, maintaining a good relationship with the Yan Lineage is of great significance to the future development of Iron Soul Village, which cannot be measured by profit, so Chen Mu is not at a loss.
Furthermore, the cost of producing these magical artifacts in an automated workshop is much lower than that of manufacturing them by hand. In the end, Chen Mu still made a huge profit.