Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 705: Massive Replacement of Seven Stars Dominator Artifacts

Li Long could not believe it, tens of millions of Dominator Artifacts?

Could these be Dominator Artifacts accumulated by that high-level master-level artifact crafter during past forging processes?

No wonder no one had ever heard news of this artificer before, apparently he never put his works up for sale!

At the same time, Li Long began to understand why Su Yuan was exchanging Dominator Artifacts at such high prices.

This was probably meant to raise his reputation. As for any deeper intentions, he could not guess.

“I understand. Master Seven Stars, you take control of this yourself. If you need the association’s cooperation, just tell me directly!” Li Long said.

Su Yuan nodded, “I will. Thank you for the association president’s help.”

After a brief round of courtesies, Li Long left.

After he exited, he proactively organized the queue for Su Yuan’s shop, using numbered tickets so people wouldn’t need to line up physically; otherwise the whole street would be blocked.

The waste-to-new Dominator Artifact exchange continued, and its popularity steadily rose.

As the number of exchanged Dominator Artifacts reached into the tens of millions, it finally alarmed official personnel.

A 70th Tier Chaos Dominator, introduced by Li Long, came to see Su Yuan.

A middle-aged draconic man approached Su Yuan politely and said, “I am Chalis, Deputy City Lord of Black Dragon City. Greetings, Master Seven Stars!”

Su Yuan asked, “Deputy City Lord Chalis, what do you need from me?”

“I come under orders from the military department to negotiate with you. I heard you set up a trade-in shop in the association and exchanged a massive number of Dominator Artifacts. The military wants to secure a share. Would Master Seven Stars agree?”

Su Yuan answered calmly, “The military? That’s simple. You can send people to the shop to exchange Dominator Artifacts. As for the quantity, take what you can until it’s gone. I cannot guarantee how many will be left. I have already put my own stock in the shop.”

Deputy City Lord Chalis, hearing this, looked a bit frustrated and said, “Could the military get priority in the queue?”

Su Yuan waved his hand, “I cannot do that. Those in line have the same right to exchange Dominator Artifacts. I cannot deprive them of their opportunity. The military can negotiate with them directly to obtain queue positions if they wish, that’s not my business, but I will not personally intervene!”

“I understand!” Chalis nodded. “Thank you very much for Master Seven Stars’ kindness. Your trade-in activity has made a huge contribution to improving Black Dragon City’s overall strength. The corresponding contribution will be converted into Merit Points and registered under your name. You may use those Merit Points as you wish!”

Su Yuan smiled, “Thank you, Deputy City Lord Chalis!”

“You deserve the thanks!” Chalis smiled back.

Their discussion concluded.

Chalis left the VIP room and went outside Su Yuan’s shop.

Many people recognized Chalis and looked over curiously.

Chalis addressed the first dozen people in the queue, “Fellow cultivators, I am Deputy City Lord Chalis. I need one queue number now, and I’m willing to exchange a single 50th Tier Dominator Artifact for it. Is anyone willing to swap?”

His words stunned the onlookers, and many immediately changed color.

In an instant, everyone understood Chalis’ motive — the officials wanted a slice of the pie. Those farther back in line panicked; if the officials intervened, what chance would those behind have?

Those originally at the front had been considering agreeing, but they suddenly felt innumerable gazes on them.

They were no fools. If they accepted, they would become targets of collective hatred; after that, they might not be safe going out, and maybe not even safe at home.

Those few immediately steeled themselves and refused.

Seeing that, Chalis sighed and did not try to raise his offer.

He looked at Li Long and asked, “President Li, what number are we at now?”

“Let me check!”

Li Long glanced and said, “Right now, three hundred sixty millionth in line!”

“How could it be that many?” Chalis exclaimed.

“Well, there are several hundred thousand queued online already, and even more signed up through online registration, which is very convenient, so the registered number is huge.”

Chalis shook his head. “Forget it, I’ll leave for now.”

Li Long, understanding, nodded. “Deputy City Lord Chalis, I’ll see you out!”

Both felt the military didn’t need to queue for exchanges and departed directly.

The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.

Then worry crept in for many: how many Dominator Artifacts did that shop actually have? Those behind might run into an out-of-stock situation at any time!

Nevertheless, the line kept moving quickly, with both online and offline exchanges proceeding rapidly.

Unknowingly, the number of Dominator Artifacts already exchanged had reached a hundred million.

But because the data was not made public, people only vaguely sensed a huge number; no one knew the exact figure.

Anyway, more and more people learned of the situation and signed up to try.

Once they confirmed they could exchange, they remotely transmitted their old Dominator Artifacts to the shop first and awaited delivery of the replacements.

Meanwhile, the finished-product market experienced violent fluctuations. A large volume of Dominator Artifacts appeared, and finished-product prices immediately dropped by ten to twenty percent!

Many people hurried to recoup capital, lowering prices on their finished artifacts, which stirred considerable turbulence.

Numerous master-level artifact crafters wanted to talk to Su Yuan, but by then they could not find him.

Not only the crafters, even President Li Long could no longer find Su Yuan.

The offline shop had closed at some unknown time, leaving only the online shop still carrying out Dominator Artifact exchanges; how many people had completed exchanges remained unknown.

Until one month later.

The Seven Stars Artificer Pavilion’s trade-in business was completely shut down, and the pavilion itself had vanished without a trace.

The forum immediately exploded with messages.

“Ha! The Seven Stars Artificer Pavilion closed! Good thing I already completed my exchange! I now hold twenty-eight brand-new Dominator Artifacts!”

“Huh, I exchanged successfully too. I was worried people would be jealous, but now that the pavilion is closed, who cares. Time to show off.”

“I exchanged successfully as well! I queued at forty-eight hundred million and thought I wouldn’t make it!”

“What? Even rank 4.8 billion could exchange? If I’d known, I would’ve gone!”

Messages spread quickly.

Soon, more and more people noticed something amiss.

If everyone who queued succeeded in exchanging, then the total number of Dominator Artifacts exchanged would be terrifyingly large, wouldn’t it?

This matter fully alarmed the Supreme Speakers’ Council.

Nine Speakers gathered to hear reports from below.

Chalis swallowed and reported, “According to collected data so far, the Seven Stars Artificer Pavilion exchanged a total of seventy-seven trillion Dominator Artifacts. The low-end ones were 30th Tier, while high-end ones included 72nd-order Dominator Artifacts, all successfully exchanged! Additionally… the warehouse’s ten quadrillion units of discarded Dominator Artifacts were all exchanged by Master Seven Stars using massive amounts of Merit Points, and those included a large amount of Dominator Artifact materials.”