Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

Chapter 1293: Chapter 436: Rocket-Like Boost for the New Profession (Part 3)

Although this was his own family industry, to be honest, he had never thoroughly learned about the production process of the leather workshop.

Because every field has its specialization, he, as a Titled Knight and the star of hope for the Snyder family, focused daily on enhancing his own combat power. Matters of business were managed by specialized personnel.

“What a freak!”

However, when he saw Rein watching with great interest, Luther could only suppress the churning in his stomach and continue on, though inwardly, he couldn’t help but complain.

“This counts as the preliminary process of tanning, where the hides are soaked to remove hair and dirt, then repeatedly scraped.”

Old Henry pointed to more than ten apprentices standing on slanted boards, using thick-edged knives to scrape off fat and residual hair, and introduced them.

Rein glanced around and had a basic understanding of the process of turning raw hides into treated hides, which involved soaking in clean water, cow urine, pigeon dung, scraping, and drying.

“Thinking back, it was indeed the right choice to first learn blacksmithing in Flashgold Town. This tanning environment is too harsh; if one’s constitution isn’t strong, it’s easy to fall ill,” Rein couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

“Master Henry, I plan to give it a try.” Rein pointed at an apprentice washing raw hides in a large circular clay vat and said.

The leather apprentices were stunned, dumbfoundedly watching Rein when they heard that this apparent noble wanted to enter the vat of cow urine mixture and wash raw hides with them.

“Lord Rein… this…”

Rein just smiled. Before Old Henry could recover, he took up a half-jacket made of thick waterproof leather and put it on.

Soon, amidst the astonished gazes of everyone, Rein stepped into the large vat and began to knead a piece of sheepskin.

And beside him, Luther widened his eyes, watching Rein.

He never would have thought that Rein really intended to learn tanning and that he’d do it hands-on!

As for Rein, because the Metal Energy Particles had long covered his hands, the corrosive liquid posed no threat to him at all.

He moved swiftly and soon had most of the fat and hair on the raw hides cleaned. Then, he placed the sheepskin on the slanted board and gently scraped away the remaining hair and dirt with a file.

Even though it was his first time, Rein, with his Legendary Peak’s extraordinary physical control and perception, performed more meticulously and professionally than those apprentices who had worked on it for years.

“This… Lord Rein truly has a knack for tanning,” Old Henry couldn’t help but praise.

“Don’t speak carelessly!” Luther, staring blankly at Rein’s actions, snapped back to his senses upon hearing Old Henry’s words and whispered a rebuke.

“Ah! Right! Right! I was just impressed, Lord Luther. It took me at least two years to reach Lord Rein’s level in tanning.”

“With Lord Rein’s control… never mind, you wouldn’t understand. Old Henry, keep in mind that you must treat Lord Rein with even more respect than you treat me, understand?”

“Understood, Lord Luther,” Old Henry nodded repeatedly.

As if fully comprehending Old Henry’s explanation just now, Rein had only scraped a piece of raw sheepskin when the system notification sounded:

[You have participated in tanning sheepskin, gaining insight!]

[You’ve learned a new skill — Tanning]

[Your skill in creating tanned hides has improved, Experience +1]

[Congratulations! You’ve triggered the profession panel — Apprentice Tanner]

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“It’s triggered as expected, and just as anticipated, it’s an apprentice-level profession panel!” Rein thought to himself.

Rein glanced at the new profession panel; ‘Apprentice Tanner,’ although the least noticeable among the many Transcendent profession panels, with no glow, he felt quite pleased.

This meant the subsequent path of the tanning profession would likely be similar to tailoring, allowing for multiple profession advancements.

In other words, he would gain a large amount of skill points and attribute points in the future.

“Lord Luther, you go ahead with your work.” Rein, naturally noticing Luther who was not taking the smell lightly, smiled and said.

“Uh… alright! Old Henry, you must take good care of Lord Rein here.” Luther nodded after some thought.

“Rest assured, Lord Luther, it is indeed an honor for me that Lord Rein is willing to learn tanning skills!” Old Henry bowed him out.

“Lord Rein, treat this workshop as if it’s under your name; use whatever material at will, and charge it to me.” Luther specifically reminded, then turned and left.

Next, it was time for Rein’s real performance.

Having generated the Apprentice Tanner profession panel, naturally, Rein had every reason to elevate it quickly.

With Rein’s physical strength, he likely wouldn’t tire even if he continued the current process for a week without rest.

Thus, with the support of the Witch Pattern Tailor’s (Transcendent) core skill ‘Concentration,’ Rein proceeded with the process of scraping the hides while accumulating a large amount of experience points.

After Luther left, in just two hours, Rein advanced the Apprentice Tanner from lv1 to the full level of lv3, gaining two attribute points and two skill points.

The two large piles of scraped raw hides beside him were Rein’s labor results.

Coupled with his remaining points, his leftover skill points rose to 5 points, just 6 points short of the 11 needed to enhance the new witchcraft ‘Sawtooth Ring’ at once.

However, just now, the system’s advancement information had also appeared:

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[The prerequisites for advancing to Skin Tanner are: 1. Apprentice Tanner at lv3 full level; 2. Agility above 5 points, Strength above 5 points, Constitution above 5 points; 3. Produce at least ten qualified treated hides!…. Current conditions not met! Advancement to Skin Tanner failed!]

Since Rein had been performing the process of scraping, he naturally hadn’t counted as producing a finished treated hide.

“Master Henry, I’ll select a few sheepskins for the subsequent processes. If there is anything lacking, please point it out to me immediately.”

“Of course, no problem, Lord Rein.” Under Luther’s instructions, Old Henry naturally complied with Rein’s requests.

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