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With Jiang Wanyu's walking speed, he soon arrived at the southwest corner of Gengxin City. After asking around, he came to a slightly dilapidated blacksmith shop.
Everyone who asked along the way looked surprised when they heard the name Pan Linlong.
But seeing Jiang Wanyu's extraordinary temperament and luxurious clothes, no one said much.
This made him even more certain that there was something hidden behind this!
When I walked into the blacksmith shop, I could hear the sound of hammering.
I walked in quietly and looked at the various ironwares on the wall, but there was always an indescribable weird feeling, as if it was more... simple than a few years ago?
Although the styles are all decent, he has been in that shop for so long that he is naturally very familiar with Pan Linlong's skills.
It was not until he saw the figure hammering the iron that his pupils suddenly shrank!
The person is still the same person, but now Pan Linlong is more decadent and unwilling than before!
The most important thing is that he did not sense any soul power fluctuations from Pan Linlong!
He seemed to know why the other party's craftsmanship seemed to have regressed!
"Brother Pan!"
Pan Linlong, who was working as a blacksmith, froze up, then turned around abruptly and looked in the direction of Jiang Wanyu.
Bang!
The forging hammer fell to the ground, and two lines of tears gradually flowed from Pan Linlong's wide eyes.
Through tearful eyes, Jiang Wanyu gradually merged with the simple but resolute figure from before.
"Brother Jiang!"
"You...why are you here?"
Pan Linlong ran to Jiang Wanyu and wanted to hold his hand, but he hesitated and did not dare to hold the young man in front of him.
Jiang Wanyu didn't think too much about it and tightly held the hand that Pan Linlong extended.
"Of course I came to see you. How about it? I promised you that I would spread my fame to Gengxin City. You must have heard about it, right?"
"I heard about it, of course I heard about it! I thought it wasn't you at first, and even went back to Nottingham..."
Having said that, Pan Linlong paused, a look of reminiscence appeared on his face, and then he continued.
"I've been back to Notting City twice, but I've never heard that your news has reached Gengxin City."
"The first time I saw the key you left behind, I took it with me and made you an identical one and left it there, thinking you would come back one day and use it."
"But it wasn't until three years ago, when I was framed and my hard-earned forging achievements were stolen, that I entrusted the key to a blacksmith who had returned to Nottingham to retire..."
Pan Linlong, a grown man in his thirties, shed tears of unwillingness when he spoke of this. The sadness in his heart was probably only known to him.
Men don't shed tears easily, but they do when they are sad.
"Brother Pan, please tell me the whole story. What happened to your soul power? Why did it disappear?"
Jiang Wanyu tried to use a gentle tone to comfort Pan Linlong. At the same time, a strong floral fragrance appeared, slowly soothing the latter's emotions.
"This story started three years ago. When I came to Gengxin City, I worked hard to learn forging techniques, and I also participated in the occasional forging competitions."
"Once, I won a competition and received a jar-like soul storage device."
"At the time, I was curious about how it achieved the storage effect, so I started to study and research."
"Finally, I imitated the patterns engraved on it and successfully extracted a simple set of patterns. Through forging and engraving, combined with the injection of soul power to activate it, I made a simple storage soul guide!"
Speaking of this, a hint of fanaticism flashed in Pan Linlong's eyes. What a great success!
Then, his eyes dimmed again and his expression became painful.
"But I never imagined that I would be framed by my so-called friend. Not only did they take away my research results and all the evidence, but they also used an unknown drug to seal my soul power!"
"Later, he reported me first. I didn't have anything to prove myself, so relying on my so-called research process alone wasn't enough!"
"Most importantly, I can't use my soul power, so I can't replicate it, and I lose the qualifications to argue further."
"Furthermore, that person used my technology to win over many blacksmiths and formed a so-called research group, claiming to lead blacksmiths to advance their professional status!"
"So, I can only forge some ordinary iron tools here now. Aside from a few blacksmiths who know the truth and keep their distance from them, there are only a few neutral people who haven't joined in."
"At that time, I was ostracized and could only survive by relying on the support provided by Gengxin City for blacksmiths. I was unwilling to leave in such disgrace, so I stayed here."
Having said this, Pan Linlong laughed as if to comfort himself.
"Fortunately, what comforts me is that this huge research group has achieved nothing in the past three years!"
There was regret in his tone. He felt regret that they had achieved their own success but had no results, and he felt regret for the profession of blacksmith.
Listening to Pan Linlong explain what happened one by one, if Jiang Wanyu hadn't helped him calm down, he would probably need great courage and a lot of time to digest every time he recalled it.
"I see. Great, it's really great!"
"President Lou, you should know these things, right?"
It was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry in his voice, but Zhao Tianxiang, who was standing respectfully beside him, knew it.
But he knew that at this time, remaining silent was the wisest choice.
Lou Gao walked in from the doorway, bowed solemnly, and then said, "Dean Jiang, I do know this, but this is all for the advancement of the entire blacksmith profession. You also support this matter, so I think you can understand..."
"Shut up."
Jiang Wanyu coldly interrupted Lou Gao's explanation, with no emotion in his eyes.
He has already reached the point where "there is thunder in the chest but the face is as calm as a lake", but the brewing thunder will eventually fall like a divine punishment from the nine heavens.
When Lou Gao heard Jiang Wanyu's order, he immediately shut his mouth and dared not say another word.
"Why do I support and even promote it? What do you think I am doing this for?"
"Now that it has happened, I don't want to discuss the right and wrong anymore."
Jiang Wanyu came to his senses and shook his head.
"Lou Gao, I don't care whether you are obsessed with research or motivated to make progress. I don't care."
"This is not a reason for you to ignore justice and make arbitrary judgments about right and wrong."
"All I know now is that my brother has been wronged, and I need revenge and retribution."
"I'm telling you clearly here, you can try and see if you can stop me, but the premise is, do you have the ability to do so?"
A large bow appeared in Jiang Wanyu's hand, with red and blue lights floating around, and a solemn atmosphere began to spread.