Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”
Chapter 292: Refining Magic Gear on Credit
Zhuyuan Great Emperor coughed lightly. "I can only provide one-third of the refinement materials, and I'd like to owe the rest on credit. Is that possible?"
Zhuyuan Great Emperor took out the only Heavenly Dao Level materials he possessed.
Su Yuan glanced at them and said, "To refine a Tai Chi Supreme Treasure, you need at least materials worth thirteen million Tai Chi Star Coins. Including the refinement fee, that totals fifteen million Tai Chi Star Coins. Are you sure you want to owe all of that on credit? The interest will be thirty percent, and if you don't repay it within a million years, the interest will double."
Zhuyuan Great Emperor hesitated. "Dao Sovereign, can I go to the God Realm Sea again?"
Su Yuan replied, "You can, but I suggest you try other realm seas. Through these outsiders, I've captured coordinates for thirty realm seas and can open transmission channels to reach them."
Upon hearing this, Zhuyuan Great Emperor's eyes lit up completely. "Excellent! I want to order two Tai Chi Supreme Treasures!"
"Two?" Su Yuan's eyes widened.
"Exactly, one for offense and one for defense. Only then can I truly maximize my combat power!" Zhuyuan Great Emperor said calmly.
Su Yuan twitched his mouth. "In that case, the amount you need to owe would reach thirty-three million Tai Chi Star Coins! That's too large a sum. You'll need to provide collateral!"
Zhuyuan Great Emperor stated directly, "I'll use my control over the Celestial Court as collateral. Is that acceptable?"
Su Yuan gave him a speechless look. "You need to think this through carefully!"
"This Emperor has already made up his mind!" Zhuyuan Great Emperor maintained his composure.
Su Yuan pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and condensed a contract, writing down the order details.
He then handed it to Zhuyuan Great Emperor.
Zhuyuan Great Emperor decisively signed his true name, and the contract split into two parts, falling into the hands of Su Yuan and Zhuyuan Great Emperor respectively.
Youhe Demon Venerable, watching from the side, was completely stunned by Zhuyuan Great Emperor's actions.
Was this really happening?
Was he planning to plunder other realm seas?
Youhe Demon Venerable said in a low voice, "Zhuyuan Great Emperor, you're truly bold. Didn't you see what happened to those outsiders today? They were plunderers, but ended up being plundered by us instead."
Zhuyuan Great Emperor said calmly, "I'm not as foolish as them. As outsiders, they actually operated so openly."
Youhe Demon Venerable turned to look at Su Yuan. "Dao Sovereign, I also want to refine two supreme treasures! Also on credit."
Su Yuan waved his hand. "At most one. I can't take on too much debt."
The reason he agreed to refine two treasures for Zhuyuan Great Emperor was because he remembered the favor of the True Spirit Seed, even though the other party wasn't aware of it.
Youhe Demon Venerable had no choice but to say, "One will have to do then!"
The two of them quickly signed a contract as well.
At this moment, Demon Lord also applied to Su Yuan for an order.
"Dao Sovereign, I want to refine a supreme treasure. I've prepared all the materials!" Demon Lord said in a very friendly tone.
Su Yuan glanced at him and said, "Your treasure will be more difficult to refine. The refinement fee is two and a half million Tai Chi Star Coins!"
Fifty thousand more Tai Chi Star Coins than others!
Although Demon Lord felt the pain in his heart, he still paid promptly. This was the consequence of speaking too much - he had to pay an extra fifty thousand coins.
Just like that, all six of them placed orders with Su Yuan.
Su Yuan promised that he would refine their treasures in the shortest possible time.
Su Yuan saw them off.
He then carefully contemplated the changes after his breakthrough.
With the Star Rule advancing to the Tai Chi Realm, [Star Ancestor] had undergone changes.
In his Dantian, within the origin land of the Star Rule, a Heavenly Dao core had condensed.
Its strength seemed to be slightly stronger than even the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm.
With his Star Dao Fruit plus this power, his strength had instantly multiplied.
When he mobilized the power of [Star Ancestor], he could feel his power rising by a small realm.
From the early Tai Chi stage to the middle Tai Chi stage!
This was the tremendous effect that [Star Ancestor] brought him.
Although it was just a small realm, at the Tai Chi Realm, the gap between each small realm was enormous. To break through, it might take several Kalpas without success.
Immortal Lord and Demon Lord were perfect examples - after how many Kalpas, they were still lingering at the early Tai Chi stage.
And he still possessed the Nine Stars Linked Pearl Sword. Combined with these nine flying swords, his strength could increase by several hundred times. With such combat power, he could already roam freely through the chaos.
"Hah, calm down, calm down!" Su Yuan shook his head, feeling like he was getting carried away.
Su Yuan then sensed the Creation Rule.
With a mere thought, a point of matter appeared out of thin air before him. The matter quickly condensed into shapes of knives, swords, staffs, and more. Rules and restrictions spontaneously formed within them. Moments later, several Acquired Supreme Treasures were created out of nothing!
"What powerful Creation Rule!"
Su Yuan's eyes shone with brilliance.
He could now directly condense ordinary Acquired Supreme Treasures by consuming creation power.
However, the value of creation power was actually higher. Creating treasures like this consumed too great a cost.
Su Yuan took out some Saint Realm level materials, then used the Creation Rule to mold a supreme treasure.
The consumption of creation power immediately dropped by ninety-nine percent. A pile of materials quickly formed into a supreme treasure.
"The refinement process is shortened, and the consumption is acceptable."
Su Yuan nodded.
At this point, for him, supreme treasures had become items he could refine at will.
Su Yuan waved his hand again, and a biological body condensed out of thin air in the void.
This was a physical body at the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal level. The moment it condensed, this body automatically began absorbing spiritual energy, but this was just the body's instinct - there was no soul within it.
Su Yuan used the Soul Law to create a soul and placed it inside.
But the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal level body directly crushed the newborn soul.
Su Yuan attempted several times but found he still couldn't create a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, so he could only shake his head regretfully.
He settled for the next best thing, condensing a Great Luo Golden Immortal level body, then creating a Great Luo Golden Immortal level soul out of nothing.
But after the two combined, although they could maintain intelligence at first, law conflicts soon appeared, and the soul collapsed and died.
"I still need to comprehend rules like the Life Rule, Soul Rule, Body Rule, and Creation Rule Level one by one before I can create powerful life forms out of nothing."
Su Yuan felt his methods were too crude. When the Great Dao nurtured super life forms, it also required countless eons of gestation within the chaos membrane. Creating life directly was clearly too difficult.
But he soon thought of a business - the body reconstruction service. He could offer a body recovery function for Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals. As long as Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals deposited a trace of their soul and body with him, he could easily restore them to peak combat power after their death.
This could be developed later.
Su Yuan continued entering [Tear of Eternity] to begin treasure refinement.
But it was only then that he noticed massive changes had occurred in the God Realm Sea.
The Ragnarök in the God Realm Sea had now entered its middle stage. The speed at which the situation had deteriorated was something Su Yuan hadn't anticipated.
He remembered he had accepted a repair order from the God Realm Sea - that Creator God named Zhouming had an eyeball-type supreme treasure that needed repair. At that time, he had charged ninety million Tai Chi Coins for materials and ten million Tai Chi Coins for the repair fee, which was quite a hefty price.
Looking at the situation, if he didn't quickly deliver the treasure to the other party, they might not have the chance to use it.