Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 640: The Genuine Item Appears
Su Yuan revealed a satisfied smile.
As expected, the quality had surpassed Supreme-Grade, which was something he had already anticipated.
True-Grade items were extremely rare in the mall. It wasn’t that they didn’t exist, but each one was exorbitantly priced.
For example, a forty-fifth-tier Dominator Artifact: a Low-Grade one only required ten thousand Kalpa units, a Medium-Grade one reached fourteen to fifteen thousand Kalpa units, a High-Grade one required twenty thousand Kalpa units, and a Top-Grade one was a bit more, but only around forty to fifty thousand Kalpa units.
A Supreme-Grade one cost much more, requiring one hundred thousand Kalpa units.
However, a True-Grade one was downright exaggerated, directly soaring to five hundred thousand Kalpa units. And this was just the lowest estimated price, with a very large upward range.
Because treasures of this level could completely serve as a lifelong Dominator Artifact. True-Grade items could often be continuously upgraded in tier, potentially rising ten or twenty tiers without issue. In other words, they were growth-type equipment.
Dominator Artifacts of this quality were what many Dominators dreamed of. If the compatible Great Dao were broader, the price might climb even higher.
To be honest, Su Yuan felt a bit of a pang himself handing over this True-Grade artifact to someone else.
But it was also a living advertisement. As long as the Old City Lord was willing to disclose the artifact’s details and the mall recorded the transaction process, this True-Grade artifact would be enough to make the Seven Stars Artifacting Shop famous.
The Seven Stars mark on the sword’s hilt was the perfect promotional emblem.
As for making money, with this beginning, earning money afterwards would be a breeze.
Su Yuan suppressed the joy in his heart and casually tossed the remaining set of materials to the Flame King.
“You just saw my artifacting process. You try forging something too,” Su Yuan said offhandedly.
“Me?” The Flame King’s eyes widened.
Having just been born, receiving such a daunting task made him feel immense pressure.
“Mhm, it’s fine. I want to see if you can forge artifacts. Logically speaking, after so many years of countless people forging artifacts using you, you should understand artifacting!” Su Yuan remarked casually.
Hearing this, the Flame King was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. “Yes, Star Master. The moment I was born, I also received all memories from the end of time to the present, which includes the countless experiences of artifact forging and pill refining. I can give it a try!”
“Good! You proceed!”
“Yes!” The Flame King immediately began operating.
Su Yuan watched with keen interest.
He saw that the Flame King’s movements were very rough at first, but within just a few days, they became proficient. Although there were some flaws in tempering the materials, he almost reached the material’s limits, achieving at least a master-level standard.
The Flame King did not possess Su Yuan’s [Dominator of Artifacts] trait, so he couldn’t transform the smelted materials into a brand-new Dominator-level substance. He merely smelted the materials into an “alloy.”
After successfully forging the embryonic sword, he imitated the Chaos Dao Patterns inside the sword Su Yuan had just made by carving them into the sword body.
The Flame King was extremely meticulous, trying his best to replicate almost every detail. But without a doubt, he couldn’t replicate that natural, heaven-sent divine charm.
In the end, the Flame King still succeeded in forging it.
Su Yuan then had the mall appraise it.
[Item]: Sword-shaped Dominator Artifact
[Category]: Attack Type
[Tier]: Forty-fifth Tier
[Quality]: High-Grade
[Compatibility]: Chaos Life-Death Great Dao, etc.
[Estimated Value]: Twelve thousand Kalpa units
[Evaluation]: A decent quality attack-type Dominator Artifact.
The appraisal result came out. The quality was only High-Grade, still lacking Top-Grade and Supreme-Grade to reach True-Grade. The gap was visibly obvious.
The Flame King was extremely dejected.
Su Yuan, however, laughed. “It’s already extremely good.”
The Flame King knew his own artifacting ability was poor. After all, he had already tempered the materials to an excellent degree. Being the Chaos Flame itself, he had already done his utmost on the embryonic weapon. Yet, it was only High-Grade. How big must the mistakes and omissions in the middle have been?
Su Yuan comforted the Flame King for a moment, then contacted the Old City Lord.
“Hey, Brother Yan Feng, I’ve finished forging. Got lucky, both sets of materials were successfully forged.”
The Old City Lord had been waiting for Su Yuan’s message. The moment he received it, he checked.
When he saw the result, he was so overjoyed he couldn’t find north.
It succeeded! It actually succeeded!
This was truly fantastic!
And succeeding with both items right away? Too impressive!
Su Yuan sent a message: “I have a small request. I hope the details of this order can be made public, and the completed works can have virtual images left in the mall shop for others to view! I hope Brother Yan Feng can agree.”
“Haha, that was already agreed upon. Whatever, whatever!” The Old City Lord had no objection to this.
Others knowing he had a Dominator Artifact held no disadvantage. On the contrary, it might lead to invitations for him to join teams on the Second Frontline. Ultimately, possessing a Dominator Artifact was a symbol of strength.
“Good, then I’ll proceed through the mall transfer. You can pick up the goods from the shop yourself. Please handle the corresponding transfer and transmission fees, brother!”
“Haha, rest assured, Seven Stars Grandmaster! That’s no problem at all!”
After waiting a while, feeling the items were already listed.
The Old City Lord, beaming with smiles, clicked open the order settlement page.
Just as he was about to use his Merit Points to settle the transmission fee and get the Dominator Artifact into his hands.
His smile suddenly froze stiff.
“Transmission fee… five thousand one hundred and twenty Kalpa units?”
He doubted his own eyes!
A Low-Grade forty-fifth-tier Dominator Artifact only cost ten thousand Kalpa units. What did this five-thousand Kalpa unit transmission fee mean? Was there a glitch?
When he checked the order’s finished products, the first High-Grade Dominator Artifact came into view, making him very happy at first glance.
But when he saw the second Dominator Artifact and the quality displayed on it, he was stunned on the spot.
“T-t-true… True-Grade?”
A dignified City Lord, a mighty expert of the forty-fifth tier, was actually stuttering. If this got out, no one would believe it.
But right now, Yan Feng truly was stuttering.
“It really is True-Grade!”
“No wonder, no wonder the transmission fee (handling fee) is so high!”
It was a lot of money, but the Old City Lord didn’t feel the slightest bit of heartache anymore. He would pay this money. At this moment, his heart was burning with excitement to the extreme!
“I’m turning my life around! I’m turning it around!”
The Old City Lord exclaimed excitedly, “Whoever wants to be this City Lord, let them be! This old man is going to the Second Frontline to kill enemies and earn merits! With this sword in hand, who dares to stop me!”
However, after calming down, the Old City Lord realized he didn’t have five thousand Kalpa units on hand. His usual cultivation consumed Chaos Jade, and gathering the materials earlier had cost a large amount of Chaos Jade. Now, he only had a few hundred Kalpa units’ worth of Chaos Jade left.
The Old City Lord immediately had an idea: “With this True-Grade weapon, that High-Grade one is useless. Find a way to sell it!”
He immediately contacted friends on the Second Frontline, finding like-minded comrades.
Then he smoothly sold the High-Grade one directly, fetching a friendly price of eighteen thousand Kalpa units.
Afterwards, he directly spent five thousand Kalpa units to have the True-Grade Dominator Artifact transmitted back into his hands. Injecting his origin power into it and confirming the authenticity of its quality.
At this moment, the Old City Lord had reached the peak of his life.
