Chapter 533: Chapter 525: That Being Said
After leaving the instance, Qian Qi discovered that more than a month had passed in the real world.
While trying to contact Su Xingchen, she glanced at recent news on the Light Brain and found that the Magic Beast Tide, which had finally stabilized half a month ago, had started to stir again, with advanced Magic Beast Tides reappearing in places, causing people to panic.
While she was researching, Su Xingchen answered the call, "Qian Qi?"
"It’s me. I heard there’s a master who can craft S-level Defense Armor. Can you give me a contact?"
Su Xingchen paused for a moment on the other end, "Did you go out of town to hunt an S-Class Magical Beast?"
"?" Qian Qi denied, "No, I can’t defeat an S-Class Magical Beast."
Su Xingchen didn’t seem sure whether to believe her or not, but quickly sent Qian Qi the person’s Light Brain Number.
Maybe Su Xingchen had explained something, and the other party quickly accepted the friend request.
[Master Just Master: ?]
[I am your uncle: Hello, do you take commissions? I have a bunch of A+ Lanshan Python Scales here and want to make them into Combat Armor.]
[Master Just Master: Lanshan Python? Haven’t heard of it.]
[I am your uncle: It’s not available on the market, I just recently got it.]
[Master Just Master: ...]
[Master Just Master: Let me take a look.]
Qian Qi took a video of the Lanshan Python Scales and soon after, the master on the other side initiated a video call.
As soon as the call connected, Qian Qi’s eardrum was nearly pierced, "Let me see again! Damn it! It’s actually free-stretching Scale Armor! I’ve been looking for it for decades and never found it! Where did you find it!"
Qian Qi rubbed her ears, "It’s inconvenient to say where I found it, so can you make it?"
"I can, but you must be present!" The master was excited, "I’ll give you an address! Come right away!"
With that, he hung up the phone.
The other party wasn’t at all worried that Qian Qi would give up on commissioning him to make the Battle Armor, after all, in this world, he was the only tailor capable of crafting S-level Battle Armor.
Qian Qi followed the provided address to find the master’s office in Hai City.
Contrary to Qian Qi’s imagination, the master’s workplace was not in a tall building of a big corporation, but in a simple and rustic storefront with a tattered sign outside that read "Tailor Shop."
Ordinary people probably couldn’t imagine that the few available S-level Defense Armor and Battle Armor in the world all came from here.
Dragging several burlap bags, Qian Qi pushed open the door and entered, finding the tailor shop decorated in an ancient style. A white-haired old man sat at the counter, holding a purple wooden pipe in his hand, with smoke gently burning inside, the smell not at all irritating but rather calming.
This white-haired old man was the master Qian Qi had video called with. Qian Qi went up and greeted, "Hello, master."
"I am your uncle?" The white-haired old man glanced up at Qian Qi.
Qian Qi: ...
System: [Hahahahaha—got taken advantage of, right! He who takes advantage of others will eventually be taken advantage of!]
Qian Qi didn’t respond to the white-haired old man’s question, but instead threw the burlap bags on the counter, proving her identity through action, "Lanshan Python Scales."
Seeing the ragged burlap bags that looked like they came from a junk shop, the white-haired old man suspiciously glanced at Qian Qi, lifted his hand to untie the bag’s rope, and upon seeing the Lanshan Python Scales inside, his eyes widened, fondly playing with the flexible and expandable scales.
"Good stuff, really good stuff!" The white-haired old man murmured, "You want to make a Battle Armor? It can actually be made into weapons too. You have so many Lanshan Python Scales, more than enough to make a few retractable weapons..."
"No need." Qian Qi declined, "I want two Combat Armors, and the rest to be made into Defense Armor."
She then handed over a paper, "These are the measurements for the Defense Armor."
The white-haired old man took a look and was a bit surprised, "All children’s sizes?"
Qian Qi raised an eyebrow, "Not allowed?"
"I only make Defense and Battle Armor for accomplished S-level Awakened. Didn’t Su Xingchen tell you that?" The white-haired old man’s expression showed some dissatisfaction, "Do you think I have nothing better to do?"
"I’ll give you 10 Lanshan Python Scales."
"It’s not about giving, it’s my principle!"
"20 scales."
"Making an exception to create Battle Armor for you is to pay back a favor to Su Xingchen. If others knew I was making Battle Armor for ordinary people, wouldn’t everyone come to bother me?"
"30 scales."
"Then again, having more friends means having more opportunities." The white-haired old man grinned widely, his smile radiating like a spring breeze, "Deal!"
The white-haired old man carefully took 30 Lanshan Python Scales out of the burlap bag and placed them in a very precious-looking box, then turned to Qian Qi, "The sizes for the two sets of Combat Armor? I need to estimate, and if the remaining Lanshan Python Scales aren’t enough, you’ll have to add more."
This old man is quite shrewd, taking his 30 scales first to avoid Qian Qi running out and going back on her word.
"One set is in my size, and the other in Su Ang’s, you should have Su Ang’s size here, right?" Qian Qi asked.
"Yes." Hearing Su Ang’s name, the white-haired old man examined Qian Qi more closely.
Could this young lady be...
While estimating and recording Qian Qi’s measurements, he casually inquired, "Previously, did Su Ang order a double-sided Battle Armor here for you?"
"Yes." Qian Qi did not hide it.
"Oh!" The old man suddenly became spirited, "So it was you!"
He scrutinized Qian Qi critically, as if pondering what qualities this young lady possessed, "That guy actually melted his own S-level Battle Armor and his mother’s S-level Battle Armor to give you a set of S-level double-sided Battle Armor!"
Qian Qi was slightly stunned.
She wasn’t stupid and had already guessed that Su Ang had re-tailored his S-level Battle Armor to give it to her, as he hadn’t worn that coat for a long time.
But she hadn’t expected that it also included the melted S-level Battle Armor of his mother.
Suddenly, her hand felt like it was holding a hot potato.
"Though your A+ Lanshan Python Scales don’t compare to pure S-level Battle Armor, they excel in flexibility and lightness, not hindering Awakened’s combat. Ordinary S-level Combat Armor, due to the hardness of the Beast Skin Scale Armor, slightly restricts movement..."
The white-haired old man mumbled as he turned to rummage through the multi-layered drawers resembling an ancient pharmacy behind him, searching for suitable materials, "However, adding some S-level Beast Skin to vital parts is better, so as not to be distracted protecting vital parts during S-Class Magical Beast battles..."
"Would Fire Stream Dragon skin do?" Qian Qi suddenly asked.
"Of course it would! Preferably the one that attacked Lan City. From my experience, that Fire Stream Dragon far exceeds S-Class, but unfortunately, it’s been trapped in an S-level dungeon, whereabouts unknown, and even the Seven Great Families haven’t found it..."
Otherwise, it would have already been skinned for weapons and Combat Armor.
Qian Qi nodded, "Alright, wait a moment, I’ll get it for you."
With that, she turned and left without looking back.
The white-haired old man was momentarily stunned, then chuckled, shaking his head amusedly, "This young girl, she talks big, how could that Fire Stream Dragon be easily killed? Probably can’t even find it!"
But he felt some rapport with this young girl, and having observed that Su Ang had gone through such lengths for her to get a Battle Armor made, he didn’t want to see Qian Qi rush to her death in vain, so for once he meddled and sent a message to Su Xingchen.
[Master Just Master: The young lady is going to kill the Fire Stream Dragon, stop her if you can.]
[Su Xingchen: ... Don’t worry about her.]
[Master Just Master (voice message): What? Why? Are you mad that she took your wife’s Battle Armor, so you want to see her die? Wait, then why did you use the favor I owed you to have me make her Combat Armor? Hold on! Do you know she came here to make Battle Armor for Su? Tsk, Su Xingchen, you truly are a despicable and dirty schemer!]
[Su Xingchen: ...]
Is there a possibility, that the Fire Stream Dragon has already been killed by her, just that nobody knows?