Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 601: Master Chongxiao

Everyone turned to look at Su Yuan with curiosity.

Su Yuan rose and bowed to everyone, “Seven Stars pays respects to all of you! I just arrived in Black Flame City and there are many things I don’t understand. I hope you’ll give me some guidance and support, so we can help each other and progress together!”

Master Youhe applauded, “Artificers in Black Flame City are of one spirit and one root. I believe Master Seven Stars will feel everyone’s warmth here.”

Everyone responded with an approving cheer.

However, most people were not overly focused on Su Yuan; only a few were watching him closely.

Many artificers no longer made standardized equipment as a business, so they cared less about Su Yuan’s affairs. Those paying attention were mainly artificers whose business might conflict with his.

Green Forest Recluse was one of them. He had already received outside news: there was no clue inside Su Yuan’s shop indicating mass production of standardized equipment. Clearly the secret still lay with Su Yuan himself.

While he pondered this, Master Youhe continued to preside, “The first phase of tonight’s banquet will still be brewing Divine Source Wine. Please bring forth the Divine Source Well!”

Under everyone’s gaze, a huge octagonal well slowly rose from the center of the banquet.

Eight furnace mouths extended from around the well, clearly meant for forging artifacts!

Master Youhe smiled, “Anyone wish to step forward and try?”

Someone respectfully suggested, “Master Chongxiao’s skill is superb. Could he step forward and demonstrate for everyone?”

Master Chongxiao at the front of the crowd smiled faintly, “Heh, of course! I’ve recently researched a new forging method. I hope fellow practitioners will critique it.”

Master Youhe nodded, “Please, Master Chongxiao, demonstrate for us.”

Master Chongxiao bowed slightly to Youhe, then launched himself up and landed beside the eastern furnace of the Divine Source Well. As he landed, dense Chaos Flame immediately ignited within the furnace. The ferocity of the blaze startled even Su Yuan.

Su Yuan could tell the furnace was excellent. It contained numerous Chaos Dao Patterns, including strong Time and Space force to speed up forging, and other patterns to stabilize Secret Patterns, adjust material conflicts, and so on.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Master Chongxiao gestured to the surroundings.

Flame sprites swirled through the air, carrying one refined raw material after another—materials that had been polished for a long time—placing them before Chongxiao.

Master Chongxiao smiled gently at the flame sprites, then placed those materials into the furnace one by one.

He first placed nine kinds of materials. With exquisite technique, those nine materials were smelted into one. Then Master Chongxiao began to inscribe one Chaos Secret Pattern after another into the materials.

One Chaos Dao Pattern after another, under Chongxiao’s control, perfectly fused with the materials.

This process inside the furnace lasted a full thirty thousand years.

Three full days passed in the outside world.

Everyone studied Master Chongxiao’s forging techniques.

Although public forging would never reveal the deepest tricks, the inscription methods already displayed left many artificers deeply impressed.

“Master Chongxiao’s forging skill is indeed exquisite. For the foundational build, he actually fused nine materials as one, perfectly integrating nine special Dao Principles into a single whole, casting a nine-tier Chaos Dao Pattern! The base construction is superb.”

“Yes. Once you stack on top of that, subsequent layers will be much easier.”

Listening to the surrounding comments, a trace of doubt flickered through Su Yuan’s mind. This Master Chongxiao’s forging flow was completely different from his. Su Yuan smelted all materials together, then sculpted all the Chaos Dao Patterns as one integrated formation.

But this so-called Master Chongxiao first used nine materials to construct the Chaos Dominator Artifact’s foundation, then continued to stack subsequent layers almost like building a house.

Sure enough, just as Su Yuan thought, after constructing the first Chaos Secret Pattern, the master took out other materials and smelted them. This time he used eight materials, forging them into a lump that wrapped around the original core. During the fusion, he constructed the second Chaos Dao Pattern.

The second layer and the core layer combined in an extremely delicate way, but Su Yuan observed that they were not in a perfectly fused state, which would have a certain effect on the final performance of the Chaos Dominator Artifact.

Next came the third layer of seven materials, then the fourth layer of six materials, and so on, until nine layers of materials ultimately formed a complete Chaos Dominator Artifact.

Nine Chaos Dao Patterns forcefully pushed the artifact to an eighteenth-tier level. The initial first layer had nine-tier power; after stacking nine layers, the contained Chaos True Intent was driven up to 1.8 times.

After constructing the complete Chaos Dao Patterns, Chongxiao began shaping the exterior of the Chaos Dominator Artifact. With a gentle flick, a long spear appeared before everyone.

Chongxiao smiled slightly. With the final sealing step, the Chaos Dominator Artifact was successfully forged!

“Amazing! Incredible!”

“A single, uninterrupted flow—this is absolutely breathtaking!”

“Layer upon layer, steady and sure, smooth as flowing clouds. No wonder it’s Master Chongxiao!”

Praises rose one after another. Guests unfamiliar with the difficulty of forging expressed surface-level admiration, while knowledgeable artificers were even more awed.

Master Chongxiao took out the spear, and clear signs of nine segmented forms were visible on it.

“This is the Nine-Dragon Soul-Slaying Spear, it has nine forms. Each time a Chaos Secret Pattern is activated, it unleashes an additional measure of Chaos True Intent. Stack all nine layers and you can boost Chaos True Intent from the original 1.8 to a full 2.7!”

Pride filled Chongxiao’s face.

“Excellent, excellent method!” Master Youhe applauded.

Everyone else was full of admiration.

Master Youhe smiled, “Master Chongxiao, why not drop the Nine-Dragon Soul-Slaying Spear into the Divine Source Well so that everyone present can taste the effect of this Nine-Dragon Soul Divine Source Wine?”

“Haha, please wait a moment!”

Master Chongxiao tossed the spear into the Divine Source Well.

The spear rapidly ‘melted’ in the Divine Well. The originally colorless well water gradually took on a deep purple hue; the light liquid had been transformed into mysterious Divine Source Wine!

An intensely rich aroma exploded from the well mouth, spreading outward in all directions.

Everyone showed looks of intoxicated bliss. With a single breath, their Chaos Origin rose noticeably.

“What a scent!”

“Just smelling it makes me crave more!”

“Haha, we’re in for a treat. Master Chongxiao personally crafted this—no ordinary affair!”

Above the well near Chongxiao’s side, a line of text appeared: “Eighteenth-Tier Superior Divine Source Wine!”

This represented the Divine Source Well’s appraisal result.

Master Youhe laughed, “Since the Divine Source Wine is ready, I will distribute it. Let us all taste what makes this well wine special.”

With a wave of his hand, an invisible force covered the Divine Source Well. The liquid leapt out, forming cup after cup of fine wine, which fell before the guests.

On Su Yuan’s table, a cup of purple liquid also appeared.