Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 608: The Conspiracy That Collapsed Without a Fight

The banquet thus came to an end.

Su Yuan walked out of Jiaqing Restaurant.

Waves of Fame Points swarmed towards him, causing the insights of Su Yuan’s Chaos True Name to surge continuously.

Beside him, Li Chun said excitedly, “Master, you are now a high-level figure in Black Flame City! Before, no one wanted to come to place orders for Dominator artifacts, but now, anyone who wants to must queue up.”

Su Yuan nodded and said, “Correct! Later, if other people come for custom orders, contact me for those above the twentieth tier. For those below the twentieth tier, you can accept them directly, just require three portions of raw materials. However, when they will be completed cannot be determined.”

Li Chun said excitedly, “This subordinate understands!”

Su Yuan patted his shoulder. “Cultivate well!”

With a wave of his hand, he took out one hundred billion Chaos Jade and handed it to Li Chun.

“Your cultivation level is too low; you need to improve quickly!”

Li Chun took the Chaos Jade, his expression somewhat hesitant. “Master, may I use this Chaos Jade to nurture some of my descendants? Among my descendants, there is one named Li Shanchang who also has the potential to break through to Chaos Dominator!”

“You may, arrange it yourself. Just don’t neglect your own cultivation and the management of the shop,” Su Yuan said calmly.

“Thank you, Master!” Li Chun said excitedly.

If Li Shanchang could break through, he would have less to busy himself with.

When the two arrived at the end of the street, they saw a scene that made them frown.

Su Yuan’s Seven Stars Artifacting Shop had been sealed shut with official strips.

At the same time, the two siblings, Zheng Bowen and Zheng Li, were nowhere to be seen.

Li Chun glared angrily. “Who? Who on earth dares to seal Master’s shop!”

Seeing this, Su Yuan instead understood. “This matter doesn’t require us to handle it. It will be resolved very soon!”

Many people in the surroundings were also secretly watching the situation here, constantly sending voice transmissions to each other, all looking at Su Yuan and Li Chun with strange expressions.

Su Yuan remained utterly composed.

This was originally a plot targeting him—sealing his shop, arresting his people, and then forcing him to hand over the method for low-cost, batch refining of treasures.

However, that was before. Now that he had displayed his superb artifact refining skills and his twenty-ninth tier realm strength, who would dare to offend him like this?

Offending him would only be giving him money.

Sure enough, not long after.

After the banquet ended and all the details from the banquet were thoroughly exposed, almost all the high-level figures in Black Flame City learned of Su Yuan’s news.

And when the news that Su Yuan’s shop had been sealed reached the ears of certain high-level figures, the sky fell for them.

At the City Lord’s Mansion, a Deputy City Lord in charge of commercial management, Jia Jicheng, was reviewing the report on the Jiaqing Banquet as usual. Initially not paying much attention, he soon revealed a look of surprise.

The newcomer, Master Seven Stars, who attended the banquet, turned out to be a super powerhouse with strength equivalent to a Senior Artifact Refining Master!

This made even him take it seriously.

“I have already reached the thirty-second tier in strength, but I lack a suitable weapon. The weapons in the Merit Points Mall are too expensive and don’t perfectly match me. Can this suddenly emerging Master Seven Stars refine a thirty-second tier Dominator artifact? Based on the strength he displayed, it’s very possible he could refine thirty-second tier weapons in the future. After all, this isn’t a major realm barrier.”

“Hmm? Seven Stars? These two words seem familiar. Where have I seen them before?”

Jia Jicheng immediately recalled and locked onto a report he had glanced at earlier. It was a report about a shop disrupting market price order, ordering its closure and rectification. It also imposed a short-term detention of one hundred thousand years on two speculators.

He immediately dug out that report, and his face instantly darkened.

“Which fool actually went and sealed the shop of a Senior Artifact Refining Master?”

Jia Jicheng thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up. “This is actually a good opportunity!”

He immediately dispatched personnel to arrest a street management official who had issued this order.

While that person was utterly confused, Jia Jicheng led him towards the end of the street.

Su Yuan and the other didn’t have to wait long before they saw a group of people approaching from the distance.

The leader’s aura was as deep and steady as an abyss, his eyes sharp as stars. He strode forward and, upon seeing Su Yuan, immediately laughed heartily. “I am Jia Jicheng, Deputy City Lord of Black Flame City. Hearing that Master Seven Stars has come to open a shop in our Black Flame City, I have specially come to congratulate you on the opening!”

“So it’s Deputy City Lord Jia. I am honored! I am merely an ordinary artificer. To receive congratulations from Deputy City Lord Jia is a great honor! But what is this situation?”

Su Yuan pointed at a stranger who was being held captive.

Jia Jicheng’s expression darkened. “This person is a seventh-rank official from the nearby Street Management Office. He actually abused his power for personal gain, sealing Master’s shop without cause in an attempt to profit. After I ordered a thorough investigation, it was found he has committed no less than twenty similar cases. He is truly a parasite and scum of the Chaos Alliance! I have decided to send him to the Alliance Court for severe punishment.”

He sighed. “Master Seven Stars, this is due to my inadequate supervision. I am truly sorry! If you have any grievances, you can vent them on him!”

Only then did Wang San snap back to reality. He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. “Please forgive me, Master Seven Stars! I am willing to compensate you for all your losses, and compensate the others too! I don’t want to enter the court! If I go, I will definitely be sent to the front lines to die! I won’t survive! Please, have mercy on me!”

Jia Jicheng scolded, “This is the punishment you deserve! Disrupting the Alliance’s order, and not killing you on the spot is already leniency towards you. Shut your mouth!”

Wang San felt a sealing force envelop his body, preventing him from uttering another word.

Su Yuan asked, “May I ask, Deputy City Lord Jia, what about my two shop assistants?”

“They are already on their way here! Rest assured, Master Seven Stars!” Jia Jicheng said with a smile.

Sure enough, another group of people escorted the two Zheng siblings back. Although the two appeared intact, there was an undeniable weariness between their brows.

Su Yuan stepped forward to meet them. “You’ve worked hard!”

Zheng Bowen immediately shook his head. “It’s nothing, Boss. We were just detained; we weren’t punished. It’s just that the dark confinement place was somewhat grinding on the spirit!”

“It’s fine. No one will dare to treat you like this in the future! You can rest assured.” Su Yuan supported the two as they headed towards the shop.

Officials with good sense had already removed the seals. However, the inside looked completely empty; the original items had vanished without a trace.

Jia Jicheng immediately waved his hand. “Immediately return all the original items from the Seven Stars Artifacting Shop to their owner!”

Immediately, a large amount of goods was delivered back to the Seven Stars Artifacting Shop.

Su Yuan could see that the items delivered back to the shop this time were a hundred times more valuable than before! This gift-giving was very blatant.