"Chapter 184 Anti-Corrosion Alloy Secret Research Institute."
Huo Wu looked around the unfamiliar scene with curiosity.
"Where is this?" Huo Wu asked curiously.
Quan Yi replied, "This is a Research Institute for ironware."
"Ironware?"
Huo Wu hadn't expected Quan Yi to bring her to a Blacksmith Shop.
Blacksmiths are a low-level profession in this world.
Therefore, although people don't necessarily despise them, they inevitably look down on them.
However, everything here opened her eyes.
Several huge wooden display cabinets were divided into countless neat small compartments.
Each small compartment was covered by a small glass door.
Through the small glass, one could see various strange minerals stored inside.
In total, there were nearly hundreds of compartments.
These were the mineral display cabinets they had spent years expanding and collecting.
From the original one display cabinet, it quickly expanded to the current four.
Huo Wu had never imagined that there would be so many different kinds of minerals in this world.
"Young Master, do you need me to do anything at this time?"
Blacksmith Yuan was puzzled by Quan Yi's arrival.
"I'm here to re-forge my Weighted Equipment," Quan Yi stated his purpose.
"No problem, we still have some Iron Essence left. How much weight does Young Master want to add?"
"Ten thousand kilograms."
"Ten thousand kilograms!" Huo Wu was also shocked by this number.
She herself was learning from Quan Yi, using three hundred kilograms of weight, but ten thousand kilograms was more than three hundred times that.
This weight, added to her body, could easily crush her bones and flesh.
Even if someone could bear it, the ground could not bear its weight.
Just standing would crack the hard stone brick ground.
"We don't have that much Iron Essence in reserve for ten thousand kilograms."
Blacksmith Yuan wasn't too surprised.
"It's okay, I have a reserve of six thousand kilograms here."
Quan Yi took out the Weighted Equipment he was wearing from the Blazing Sun Heart.
Quan Yi, who had broken through the Soul King realm, although there was a significant decrease in the speed of Soul Power improvement, the improvement in strength did not diminish at all.
On the contrary, the purity of Soul Power was of greater help to the improvement of strength.
This was also the reason why Quan Yi wasn't too worried.
Condensed Soul Power could bring Quan Yi a greater increase.
Therefore, in a battle with Soul Masters of the same level, Quan Yi would have an absolute advantage in all aspects.
"Okay, I will contact other Blacksmith Shops to refine the remaining weight together."
"Well, by the way, I have another thing to discuss with you here."
"Please tell me," Blacksmith Yuan had already prepared himself.
"I want to know, how far has the research progress on alloys developed?" Quan Yi asked.
Blacksmith Yuan didn't answer immediately, but glanced at Huo Wu before answering.
Quan Yi keenly noticed Blacksmith Yuan's gaze, a gesture that further reassured Quan Yi about Blacksmith Yuan.
Blacksmith Yuan's meticulousness wasn't just on the surface; he noticed every detail in various complex tasks.
This was why Quan Yi entrusted him with important responsibilities.
"It's alright, Xiao Wu is one of my people," Quan Yi said affirmatively.
Huo Wu, upon hearing this, glanced at Blacksmith Yuan with a hint of smugness.
With her strength, she had naturally noticed Blacksmith Yuan's actions.
However, she also knew that now wasn't the time for her to act willfully.
But now, with Quan Yi backing her, she also became more assertive.
Blacksmith Yuan, receiving the confirmation, finally felt relieved and began to report to Quan Yi.
"We followed the prescribed steps and order, testing and fusing various materials one by one, and by adjusting the content, we created all kinds of alloy products.
Among them, through testing, we discovered many interesting alloys."
The research on alloys was, more accurately, research on metallurgy.
Metallurgy is the process of extracting metals and metal compounds from ores and then using various methods to make metal materials with certain properties.
When Quan Yi instructed Blacksmith Yuan to collect minerals, he also instructed Blacksmith Yuan to research alloys.
Now, on the display cabinets placed around them, were stored the most basic minerals.
However, through their years of research, they had created countless alloys through tens of thousands of tests.
In this process, they discovered many alloy products with special properties.
"What I want to know about is a material that has both hardness and strong anti-corrosion properties."
In fact, this was the most important reason for Quan Yi's visit to the Blacksmith Shop.
Blacksmith Yuan pondered for a moment, "Anti-corrosion? May I ask, Young Master, what do you want to use this metal for?"
There were many substances that could corrode metals, such as acids, salts, moisture, and so on.
And the factors affecting each metal would vary greatly.
Blacksmith Yuan had to understand the specific use of the metal in order to choose a suitable alloy.
Quan Yi's eyes became deep, as if looking at the distant horizon.
"Seawater, I want a metal that can resist seawater corrosion."
"Seawater?"
Huo Wu and Blacksmith Yuan both had some questions.
As two people who had lived in the center of the continent for a long time, the sea was a distant fantasy.
They could only obtain some information from books and word of mouth, and outline pictures in their minds.
Moreover, the sea contained countless ferocious sea Soul Beasts, so people on the continent subconsciously had a fear of the sea.
Therefore, people living in the center of the land might never think of going to see the sea in their lifetime.
"Seawater corrosion? Young Master, are you going to make iron armor wrapped around the outside of the hull?
If so, there are indeed alloys that meet the requirements. And there is more than one."
Speaking of seawater corrosion, the first thing Blacksmith Yuan thought of was this.
Quan Yi was immediately delighted when he heard Blacksmith Yuan's reply.
"Yes, that's the case at this stage. Before long, we will need a lot of Anti-Corrosion Alloy to equip the hulls of ships sailing the sea.
So, from today onwards, I would like to entrust you to focus on the research and experimentation of anti-corrosion metals."
"Ships? Is Young Master preparing to go to the sea?"
"It's not just me, our entire Quan Family will gradually move to the seaside. To this end, we must have enough ships, and these metals are prepared for that time."
Few people within the family knew about the relocation of the territory, and Blacksmith Yuan, who was far away in the south, was of course not very clear about these matters.
Now hearing Quan Yi's words, he finally understood Quan Yi's thoughts.
"So that's how it is, I understand."
"Our future demand for this kind of metal will only increase, so I want you to pay attention to its cost-effectiveness and the universality of the materials when you are doing research."
Quan Yi's eyes were very serious, and the thoughts in his mind could not be completely revealed yet.
But, now he can start working on it.
Wrapping wooden boats with iron armor is no longer a rare technology on Douluo Continent.
However, they stopped there and did not go any further.
Now Quan Yi intends to start with the most basic things and gradually advance the plan in his heart.
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