Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 538: Large-Scale Exchange

Miluo Heavenly Palace.

Following their oath of loyalty toward the Seven Stars Dao Court, the delegates representing the ten vassal powers eventually departed.

Only the Elders affiliated with the Seven Stars Dao Court remained to attend the subsequent proceedings.

Within the assembled crowd, the pupils of one Elder grew vacant for a mere heartbeat before returning to their natural state.

Su Yuan went unaware of this shift, or perhaps he noted it but failed to grasp that, in that singular, fleeting moment, a cultivator had been surreptitiously replaced.

Addressing the numerous Elders, Su Yuan declared: "This Sovereign has granted the subsidiary forces the privilege of trading Dao Yan Crystals for Chaos Jade Marrow. As Elders under the Seven Stars Dao Court, this same privilege is extended to you. Furthermore, any exchanges you perform will not only be discounted to ninety percent of the usual cost, but you shall also be awarded a ten percent contribution bonus, usable for acquiring treasures and resources within the Dao Court!"

Upon hearing this announcement, every Dao Venerable present buzzed with exhilaration.

The Soul-Constraining Dao Venerable laughed boisterously and shouted, "The Seven Stars Dao Lord is truly magnanimous! We swear to serve you with our lives!"

Dao Venerable Ji Ning was equally struck with disbelief: "Is it possible that even I am permitted to utilize Chaos Jade Marrow? Finally, I have a chance to cross the threshold of the Twelfth Order!"

One by one, the gathered Elders were overcome with fervor.

Observing their collective agitation, Su Yuan maintained a mask of absolute indifference.

They might be celebrating a modest gain, but he was guaranteed to reap a massive fortune.

Without warning, a system notification manifested before his vision.

[Ding, Chaos Fame Points +10]

Su Yuan was caught off guard.

His gaze instinctively swept over the formation of Elders, and upon one specific individual, he detected the source of the recent spike in Fame Points.

Though he only bestowed a casual look, his heart roiled with curiosity and apprehension.

Reflecting on the preceding events, he recalled that particular Elder appearing somewhat dazed.

He had not anticipated that within such a tiny span of time, this man had been swapped out.

And the substitute was a quasi-Dominator!

Who was this mysterious figure?

Meanwhile, Venerable Yuanhao, having just absorbed the memories of his vessel, was struck by profound shock.

He struggled to believe that the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign would open the exchange for Chaos Jade Marrow not just to vassals, but to all Elders—and seemingly without any supply constraints, as if he possessed an inexhaustible mountain of them!

This revelation led Venerable Yuanhao to conclude that this Seven Stars Dao Sovereign had most certainly inherited the legacy of a true Chaos Dominator.

His thoughts then drifted to the underlying motive for gathering such vast quantities of Dao Yan Crystals.

'Could it be that the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign wields an artifact capable of refining Dao Yan Crystals directly into Chaos Jade Marrow?'

Considering this possibility, Venerable Yuanhao felt a surge of intense agitation. While the notion sounded impossible, it remained the most logical explanation!

The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign had even set the exchange rate at a mere tenth of the value.

With this hypothesis in mind, Venerable Yuanhao became deeply invested in probing the secrets of Su Yuan.

At that exact moment, notification chimes began to echo incessantly in Su Yuan's mind.

[Ding, Chaos Fame Points +100]

Su Yuan was flabbergasted to find this individual continuously generating Fame Points for him, with the yield increasing to one hundred per instance. To what extent was this person obsessing over him?

He promptly set out to identify the man, a task made simple by the tracking nature of the Fame Points notifications.

Throughout the Chaos, Fame Points were generated from various sectors. Whenever the natural flow of these points suddenly ceased or wavered, it served as an indicator that a powerful quasi-Dominator had emerged.

After waiting a short while, Su Yuan confirmed the culprit's identity.

It was nobody less than Venerable Yuanhao, currently recognized as the supreme entity under the Dominators within all of Chaos.

Internally unsettled, Su Yuan nevertheless kept his outward appearance frozen in calm.

The Soul-Constraining Dao Venerable then asked, "Dao Lord, I wish to perform an exchange for Chaos Jade Marrow immediately. How should I proceed?"

Su Yuan replied, "You may meet with Song Cai later to handle the transaction."

He took a brief pause before continuing, "However, I am fully aware that cultivators prefer to conceal their riches. I shall prepare a dedicated hall for these exchanges. You may step inside to conduct your business privately. Within those walls, This Sovereign will maintain absolute secrecy; not even I will observe how much Chaos Jade Marrow you each acquire. Be aware, however, that choosing this private path forfeits the additional contribution reward!"

Su Yuan’s proposal brought a glint of excitement to many eyes. They truly abhorred exposing their personal wealth, and the prospect of a secure transaction was infinitely more appealing.

Venerable Yuanhao’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully.

The assembly proceeded with Su Yuan addressing other vital matters, such as the unification of the Chaos Kingdom, the founding of Chaos City, reinforcing territorial defenses, and dispatching envoys to disparate subsidiary Courts.

The workload was significant. Although he hoped to delegate these tasks to Gu Qingzhu in the future, he had to provide the initial directives for each.

The assembly finally adjourned after one full year.

A single council had persisted for an entire year.

At last, the operations of the Seven Stars Dao Court began to align into a coherent structure.

Following the conclusion of the meeting, Su Yuan erected a grand hall in an isolated sector of the Miluo Heavenly Palace. Inside, the primordial Chaos remained formless, serving as a powerful shroud of concealment.

It was designated exclusively for the exchange of Chaos Jade Marrow.

One by one, the Dao Venerables entered the structure to trade.

The cost for the material was steep, but many veteran Elders within the Dao Court had accrued enough Dao Yan Crystals to facilitate the trade.

Venerable Yuanhao eventually entered, following the others.

Upon crossing the threshold, he found himself in a completely isolated space.

He immediately tested the efficacy of the hall’s masking measures.

To his astonishment, the facility was permeated with a perfect, impenetrable concealment field.

He produced 90 trillion Dao Yan Crystals and deposited them upon a jade dais.

The crystals vanished instantly. Simultaneously, a single piece of Chaos Jade Marrow manifested out of thin air on the adjacent platform!

With his practiced gaze, Venerable Yuanhao could discern that this material was not sourced from the outside world but had been teleported from deep within the hall's internal architecture!

In other words, the hall itself was a repository holding a significant cache of Chaos Jade Marrow!

Venerable Yuanhao placed another 900 trillion Dao Yan Crystals onto the dais. Ten pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow appeared in response!

"Authentic Chaos Jade Marrow, and of supreme quality!" Venerable Yuanhao mused to himself.

Determined, he deposited an additional 9,000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals.

Another shift occurred, and one hundred pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow flickered onto the dais.

9,000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals was a staggering figure for most, but insignificant when measured against one hundred pieces of this precious material.

Venerable Yuanhao wielded a vast fortune in Dao Yan Crystals. His curiosity piqued, he wondered: where exactly was the limit of this chamber?

With a decisive flourish, he brought out 90,000 trillion Dao Yan Crystals!

The sheer magnitude of the crystals poured forth at once, briefly overwhelming the transport array on the jade dais.

He observed the mountain of currency flowing into a hidden sector, and from another pocket of space, Chaos Jade Marrow emerged in perfectly synchronized streams.

The exchange rate scaled rapidly, and soon one thousand pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow sat before him.

Meanwhile, across the hidden divide, Su Yuan silently collected the incoming currency, which had just effectively transmuted into 900,000 additional pieces of Chaos Jade Marrow.