Following Ren Qingquan's words, the coachman changed his path and entered a different path from what he used to visit Black Flame Tavern from the Ren family's house.
While on the way, Ren Qingquan opened the system map while using [Scan] on every item and person he could see. [Scan] is extremely important, and Ren Qigquan wants to have the good habit of scanning everything.
When staring at the system map, several blue dots caught his attention as they were moving at a pretty high speed. Based on their speed, they might soon arrive near the carriage.
With that in mind, Ren Qingquan looked outside the window and could see someone wearing a black robe being chased by several city guards.
As Ren Qingquan used [Scan] on the black-robed person and one of the city guards, the following panels appeared.
[Human: Ren Qingchen, unable to devour
Age: 15
Realm: Ninth Stage Martial Apprentice
Technique: ???
Please study more about martial arts, anatomy, and other arts related to humans for further details.]
[Human: ???, unable to devour
Age: 27
Realm: Fourth Stage Martial Master
Technique: Sword-Body Unity (Martial Master)
Please study more about martial arts,anatomy, and other arts related to humans for further details.]
Looking at the system panel, Ren Qingquan feels a mix of gloating, confusion, and shock.
'Just what does Ren Qingchen do to be chased by so many people? Well, I am not a nosy person, and it's not my problem, so I am too lazy to care.'
Looking at Ren Qingchen's Realm it basically solidified his position as a main character in Ren Qingquan's mind.
Increasing his martial arts realm by two levels in two days is wild. It requires a fortuitous encounter, a genius talent, or a mix of both.
Furthermore, Ren Qingchen seems to have a powerful movement technique, as he could escape from a group of guards in the martial master realm.
No matter from which angle, he is blessed with a huge amount of luck. The only mystery is what kind of main character Ren Qingchen is.
'Guess I will ask someone to check his past experience later.'
Soon, Ren Qingquan sent everything to the back of his mind as he finally arrived at a blacksmith store. It is a pretty large workshop with not-so fancy decor and many displays of weapons like swords, sabers, arrows, bows, and armor. There are also daily items like a pitchfork, plate, fork, and spoon.
When Ren Qingquan entered the door, a bulky man who looked like a blacksmith, wearing a blacksmith like cloth, with a blacksmith like facial hair, and was most likely a blacksmith arrived and asked him.
"Sir, how may I help you? Everything available for purchase is placed on the display shelf. We also accept custom orders, although the price may increase slightly."
"I will look around first."
Ren Qingquan ignored the blacksmith guy and just started to use [Scan] on the item from the shelf.
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[Sword, devour for ? Point. Detail: made using steel and iron. Please study more about metallurgy and smithing for further details.]
The metal weapon on the shelf mostly weighs around one kilogram and doesn't meet the amount he wished for at all. And so Ren Qingquan asked the blacksmith guy who had been accompanying him.
"Do you have more metal? A mix of steel, iron, and bronze could do. I need a total of around 200 stones in total weight."
The stone Ren Qingquan just said is one of the units to measure weight in this world. It is approximately 55 to 60 kilograms each, as Ren Qingquan heard it differs from region to region. Remembering the weight system that could change depending on the user's mood, Ren Qingquan couldn't help but sigh.
'Should I introduce a weight system here? Never mind. I'm too lazy to do that.'
"My apologies, sir. We only have 5 stones of steel in storage. Even if iron and bronze were included, it would not weigh more than 10 stones."
"Then I will purchase everything you have. Also, load it into the carriage."
With those domineering words that Ren Qingquan has been waiting to say since his previous life, he asked for the price and paid the blacksmith in full using silver notes released recently by the Martial Spirit Sect, a force half a level higher than the three great empires.
Now that he thinks about it, is the cost of metal pretty low in this world, or is Ren Qingquan's pocket money from his dad incredibly huge? The amount of purchase today actually barely makes a dent in his savings. He calculated that even after purchasing all the metal at this price, it might only cost him slightly more than six months of pocket money.
Now, Ren Qingquan is a bit confused about how rich he is, as the old Ren Qingquan spent most of his time training. And at most, he will follow fatty Zhang to drink. Even then, fatty Zhang is the one who paid for his food. It resulted in Ren Qingquan having no idea how much money he actually has.
After purchasing those metals from this blacksmith, Ren Qingquan just went home and stopped purchasing metals. He doesn't want to cause chaos over the price of metal in the city. So, Ren Qingquang asked the coachman to immediately return to the Ren family.
Arriving at the Ren family's house, Ren Qingquan feels a bit disappointed as he doesn't get to see Ren Qingchen get chased by someone.
Asking for the coachman to bring the box of metal he purchased to his storage room first, Ren Qingquan followed the path in his memory. Actually, Ren Qingquan wanted to bring those metals himself, but looking as the coachman nearby started to pale and stopped him when he tried to do so, Ren Qingquan just let him bring them.
On his way to his room, Xiao Ling somehow arrived, as if she had a built-in radar to detect Ren Qingquan's presence.
'She arrived at the right time'
Before Xiao Ling could say anything, Ren Qingquan asked her.
"Could you ask my father where I could purchase several hundred stones worth of steel, iron, and bronze?"
Hearing the sudden request, Xiao Ling was dumbfounded but replied nevertheless.
"I will ask the master immediately."
As Xiao Ling went to report the news to Ren Shiluo, Ren Qingquan finally arrived at his room.
***
Ren Shiluo's study room
Xiao Ling arrived with a knock at the door and an answer from Ren Shiluo. She entered the room and reported to Rent Shiluo.
"Sir, young master Qingquan wished to purchase several hundred stones's worth of metal. I have asked the coachman, and he said the young master got that idea after he visited Black Flame Tavern. Should I ask his reason for purchasing those metals?"
Ren Shiluo stopped reading the documents and answered with a smile.
"There is no need, someone probably invited him to do some business. At most, he might get duped once or twice, which might be a good thing. Just tell him to be careful during his business endeavors."
Listening to that word, Xiao Ling left and went to Ren Qingquan's room.
***
Ren Qingquan's room
Xiao Ling finally returned with some good news.
"Master said he could help you use the family's connection to buy it. He also asked you to be careful so as not to get tricked in business."
Listening to Xiao Ling's words, Ren Qingquan guessed his father might be misunderstanding something, but he was too lazy to correct it. The misunderstanding is beneficial to him anyway.
"Alright"
Now, with material for his secret plan ready, Ren Qingquan went to visit the library to continue his work of scanning the books on the first floor, just in case there was some important secret hidden inside. He definitely doesn't store those novels to read. Especially not the one about demons with illustrations included.
In just two hours, Ren Qingquan finished his scanning work and returned to his room. Looking at the sky that is getting darker, after having a bath and changing the bandage on his wound, Ren Qingquan slept amidst excitement.
After all, tomorrow his wound will be healed, and he could practice martial arts!