"You misunderstood, I meant that I am not hiring any Artifact Forgers right now," Jun explained.
"Is that so." Yuan Hua was disappointed, he wanted to find a backer who could provide him with resources to advance to the Artifact Forging Apprentice level.
"Thank you for giving me your precious time Shop Owner." Yuan Hua said dejectedly and turned around to leave the shop.
Just as he was about to step outside of the shop, a voice came from behind. "Wait."
"Do you know a blacksmith who has a high cultivation base?" Jun asked.
Initially, he had wanted to sell [Artifact Forging Apprentice] talent to Yuan Hua, but Yuan Hua's level was too low.
If Jun decides to sell the talent to Yuan Hua, then he will have to wait again until Yuan Huan is able to pay, just like Ding Xue.
That's why, Jun decided to look for a blacksmith to sell the talent.
After all, what kind of blacksmith refuses to become an Artifact Forger?
"I do know some Blacksmiths with a high level of cultivation. But, why do you want to know about them?" Yuan Hua asked with a puzzled expression.
"In that case, can you invite them to the shop? If you do so, I will hire you." Jun said with a smile.
He decided to directly sell the talent scroll to the blacksmith with the highest level of cultivation and as for others, he has other plans.
After hearing Wu Jun, Yuan Hua was overjoyed, he immediately agreed and ran towards the city.
After a while, Yuan Hua arrived at the shop with 4 middle-aged men and an old man.
"Shop Owner Jun, this is..." Yuan Hua introduced them one by one.
Amongst the 5 blacksmiths, three of them were at the 7th stage, one was at the 8th stage and the last elderly one was at the 9th stage of Qi Condensation Realm.
Jun's gaze directly fell on the elderly man, who had a long white beard and a muscular physique.
If it wasn't for the wrinkles on his face, people would mistake him for a middle-aged man.
Jun invited the elderly blacksmith to the third section of the shop, which was the secretive place to sell talent scrolls.
Meanwhile, Yuan Hua and others waited in the first section.
Inside the third section, Jun and the elderly man, Wong Chou, sat facing each other.
After Jun showed the talent scroll to Wong Chou, he was about to cry.
His dream which he has worked so hard for decades was about to come true.
"Thank you so much lord. I will always remember this favor of yours. I will burn an incense every day for you." Wong Chou knelt on the ground gratefully with watery eyes.
Jun immediately supported Wong Chou up. It didn't feel good to see an elderly kneel in front of him.
"You don't have to do all this. If you want to repay me, then just become the official Artifact forger of my shop." Jun said.
"How can I dare to refuse." Wong Chou agreed without hesitation.
Jun nodded to Wong Chou's decision and sold him the talent scroll, receiving 30 tokens.
Wong Chou's cultivation also fell to the 6th stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.
'Why did Wong Chou's cultivation only decrease to the 6th stage while Qi Baishi's cultivation fell to the 4th stage? Could it be..' Jun realized something important.
When he sold the talent scroll to Qi Baishi previously, his cultivation was similar to Wong Chou, but his cultivation directly decreased to the 4th stage after buying the talent.
While, unlike Qi Baishi, Wong Chou's cultivation only decreased to the 6th stage.
The only thing that could explain this was the difference in Spiritual roots.
Qi Baishi only has mortal-grade low-level spiritual roots while Wong Chou has mortal-grade high-level.
Other than this, there wasn't any other explanation.
"May I ask something from you, great lord?" Wong Chou asked sincerely.
Jun nodded...
"If you just wanted to sell me this talent scroll, then why did you call for other blacksmiths? Could it be..." Wong Chou was about to say something, but Jun gestured for him to keep quiet.
Jun understood what Wong Chou was thinking.
Wong Chou assumed that since Jun had called for other blacksmiths. There must be more than one talent scroll.
Seeing Jun's reaction, Wong Chou felt embarrassed and apologized.
How could this talent scroll be so common?
"Forget about it elder, you don't have to apologise. I called other blacksmiths because I plan to establish a workshop." Jun said.
"Workshop?"
"Yes, a workshop, where a group of blacksmiths will forge inferior grade weapons."
Although Wong Chou was still a bit confused, he didn't want to pester Jun with his questions.
"I understand my lord. I will immediately talk with them about your plans." Wong Chou said respectfully and went to talk with other blacksmiths.
Jun waited patiently...
A few minutes later, Wong Chou came back with a delighted expression.
"They have all agreed to your offer my lord."
Jun was stunned, it only took him a few minutes to convince them. They decided to accept it just like that?
It looked like Wong Chou had quite a good reputation amongst those blacksmiths, otherwise they wouldn't agree so easily.
"Good, you will be in charge of the workshop from now on. You can come to work from tomorrow onwards. I will provide everyone with blueprints and materials." Jun said.
Wong Chou was a bit confused. He had only seen a talisman hall when he came to the shop earlier. Where would they work? Surely they wouldn't forge weapons in a talisman hall.
Still, Wong Chou didn't ask the question and decided to wait until tomorrow.
[Congratulations to the host, you have acquired 15 reputation points.]
A sudden message notification stunned Jun.
"15 reputation points?"
Previously, he could only get 10 reputation points per day, but it seems like those unique talisman's reputation is also increasing.
Without much thought, Jun decided to use the [Random Talent] function.
[Spiritual Insight (Mortal grade high-level): Comprehension increases by 3 times. You can use this talent to comprehend complex techniques. There's a small chance of gaining enlightenment while comprehending a technique. (Price: 30 tokens)]
Jun raised his eyebrows after reading this talent's description.
This talent could be said to be tailor-made for wisdom cultivators. All of the wisdom cultivators wanted nothing more than excellent comprehension.
"I should look for a wisdom cultivator too," Jun muttered to himself.
He decided to look for a wisdom cultivator later.
[Customer Xuan Jian has defeated a genius inner disciple of the Sword Nurturing Sect and made a name for himself.]
[Host has been rewarded with the 'Mystic Mirage Avatar Technique'.]