Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 673: Shocked Qi Bai

“What’s going on?” Qi Bai was stunned.

He immediately checked the task list and found that all tasks in the current time period had vanished. Fortunately, future tasks could still be booked.

Without hesitation, he booked ten tasks.

Since he had confirmed the Master Seven Stars’ skill level, he naturally wanted to speed up the task completion rate.

He had already agreed with the Master Seven Stars to place an order for a million pieces.

When he opened the Merit Points Mall and found the Seven Stars Shop, he didn’t hesitate to click “Place Order.”

Then a notification popped up.

[Ding, this shop has disabled the ordering function. Please wait for follow-up announcements!]

Qi Bai looked dumbfounded. What was going on?

Suddenly, another line of text appeared.

[Ding, it has been detected that you possess the special permission for signing pre-order contracts. Pre-ordering and custom-making Dominator Artifacts is now available. Maximum pre-order limit is one million pieces.]

Qi Bai let out a sigh of relief. As long as he could get them forged, that was fine. So he unhesitatingly placed the order, this time directly requesting ten thousand Dominator Artifacts.

[Ding, order successfully placed. You are now in the queue.]

Only then did he have time to check the Seven Stars Shop’s situation.

And then he froze, staring at the massive transaction records on the shop.

The total number of orders was a staggering thirty-five million!

Five million orders had already been delivered, and thirty million orders were still queued for delivery.

He stared blankly as he checked his own order’s queue position. There were still thirty million customers ahead of him.

“What the hell happened?”

Qi Bai was shocked!

He quickly flipped through the order reviews and forum posts, finally understanding what had occurred.

“This is insane!” Qi Bai exhaled deeply.

He sighed, feeling like this queue would take who knows when to get through.

Thankfully, the Master Seven Stars kept his promise. He still had the qualification to purchase a million Dominator Artifacts. This made Qi Bai deeply grateful for Su Yuan’s credibility.

On the other side.

Su Yuan had already received quite a few visitors from Qingfeng City. He had rejected recruitment offers from various major powers and had no plans to take on new orders for now, thus sending everyone away.

Then he headed to the Qingfeng City military camp, ready to take up his position at the Military Artifactory Headquarters.

Su Yuan arrived at the camp entrance.

The towering entrance consisted of nineteen gateways in total, with the central one being the largest.

Su Yuan paused at the entrance for a moment, watching numerous people come and go through the camp. Some were cultivator squads exiting from the more peripheral gates, while others piloted Flying Ships through the symmetrically positioned sixteenth and seventeenth gates opposite the third and fourth entrances.

Even more luxurious Flying Ships entered and exited through the fifth and sixth gates.

The seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh gates were all temporarily closed.

Just as Su Yuan was about to pick a gate to enter the camp, he spotted a familiar face walking out alone from the fourth gate.

It was Qi Bai.

Qi Bai also saw Su Yuan at the same time. Although he had only seen Su Yuan in a virtual scene on the Merit Points Mall, he recognized him immediately.

“Master Seven Stars?” Qi Bai said in surprise.

Su Yuan was taken aback. “Are you Deputy Commander Qi?”

Qi Bai’s cultivation was at the fifty-ninth rank, and he served as a Deputy Commander as well. However, there were differences among Deputy Commanders. Qi Bai held the lowest-level position.

“Is it really the Master Seven Stars? You’ve come to the Second Frontline too?” Qi Bai was genuinely surprised. He had heard from Yan Feng (the Old City Lord) that this Master Seven Stars had inherited the City Lord position and had no intention of coming to the Second Frontline.

So seeing Su Yuan here at the camp gate naturally shocked him.

Su Yuan nodded. “Indeed. Someone extended a warm invitation, and I couldn’t refuse, so here I am. Where are you headed?”

A flicker of embarrassment crossed Qi Bai’s face. “I actually just came to the camp to submit those artifacting tasks. Now that I’m done, I was planning to head back and consolidate my cultivation.”

Su Yuan looked surprised. “So that means you’ve already broken through to the sixtieth rank? Congratulations! Congratulations!”

Su Yuan clasped his hands in a salute.

Qi Bai laughed heartily. “Pure luck! Pure luck!”

At that moment, Qi Bai subconsciously sensed Su Yuan’s aura. But he found it as calm as water, showing nothing special at all.

This left him puzzled. Why couldn’t he discern Su Yuan’s specific cultivation level?

Su Yuan then spoke up. “This is my first time at the Qingfeng City camp. Could Brother Qi do me the favor of showing me around?”

Qi Bai looked astonished. “Has the Master Seven Stars also joined the camp?”

“Yes,” Su Yuan confirmed.

“Haha, I know this camp like the back of my hand. Where does the Master Seven Stars want to go? I can lead you there! What department are you in?”

“Military Artifactory Headquarters.”

Su Yuan answered.

Qi Bai blinked. “There’s a department like that?”

Su Yuan blinked back. “There isn’t a department like that?”

Qi Bai scratched his head. “Hold on a second. Let me ask someone.”

Qi Bai contacted some of his comrades.

At that moment, Su Yuan already had a bad feeling about this.

Qi Bai’s face showed a mix of surprise and dawning realization. He quickly put away his communicator.

He said, “The Military Artifactory Headquarters turns out to be a newly established department. It’s located where the old Artifactory Hall used to be. And this department is actually a frontline-level unit! The entire front line’s headquarters is right here in our Qingfeng City. Master Seven Stars, you’re an artifact-crafting grandmaster, so joining this department makes perfect sense!”

Su Yuan’s mouth twitched. “Does it really make sense?”

“Doesn’t it?” Qi Bai asked, confused.

“Let’s go. Lead the way.”

“Alright!”

The two passed through the fourth gate. The camp automatically identified their identities and allowed them through smoothly.

Although the fourth gate wasn’t considered a low-level entrance, it wasn’t particularly high-level either, so it didn’t attract much attention.

Once inside the camp, Qi Bai walked ahead, introducing various camp buildings to Su Yuan.

“The interior of the camp is essentially a city within a city. It has all kinds of structures, pretty much like any regular city. But some special buildings are unique to the camp, like the Heart-Tempering Tower—its effects are far superior to the Willpower Stone Pillars outside. And then there’s the Chaos Trial Ground, which contains secret realms and dangerous areas perfect for training.”

Qi Bai rattled on.

Finally, Qi Bai led Su Yuan to the location of the Military Artifactory Headquarters.

It was an imposing giant tower, reaching a height of twenty-four light-years, with a width of ten light-years. It had eight floors in total, each with numerous installations.

Ninety-six energy vortexes extended from the tower, frantically devouring the Chaos Origin Qi within the city. Dense Chaos Origin energy was violently pulled into the building.

Beneath the structure, eight massive fire-vein dragons spiraled up into the giant tower. Each fire vein exceeded the seventy-two-rank limit, reaching a terrifying level of eighty-one ranks!

This astonishing building instantly stunned Qi Bai.

Qi Bai’s eyes practically bulged out. “When did the Artifactory Hall turn into this! Did I come to the wrong place?”