Novel Full Chapter 599: The Turmoil at the Door
The banquet was scheduled for one month later.
With time acceleration, a month’s time could allow for considerable comprehension.
He absorbed and consolidated the insights gained from forging the True Name Heavy Armor, his artifact forging skills becoming more proficient, and his control over the twenty-ninth-order Chaos True Intent becoming much more refined.
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Su Yuan, accompanied by Li Chun, went together to attend the banquet, leaving the shop under the care of the Zheng siblings.
The banquet venue was at the Jiaqing Restaurant on another street.
Even before getting close to the restaurant, a rich aroma of wine drifted out.
Su Yuan took a gentle breath, and the wine vapor entered his body through his nose, transforming into a wisp of incredibly pure Chaos Origin energy, which was absorbed by Su Yuan’s physical body, equivalent to the absorption effect of one piece of Chaos Jade.
However, taking another breath of the wine vapor, the effect weakened considerably, but absorbing it for a while longer could still transform into a fair amount of energy.
“This wine aroma…” Li Chun also exclaimed in astonishment, “It seems to have an effect of enhancing one’s origin, and this is just the fragrance that has drifted from very far away!”
Su Yuan nodded. He noticed many people lingering near the Jiaqing Restaurant, seemingly also absorbing this wine vapor.
“I heard Master Youhe has started the Golden Honor Banquet again. This rich Divine Source wine aroma is clear proof. Every Golden Honor Banquet has this fine wine.”
“I really envy those who can attend the banquet. A single cup of Divine Source wine is probably equivalent to a hundred Xi of Chaos Origin energy, right?”
In front of the Jiaqing Restaurant, many Dominators were stopping to watch.
Seeing someone enter the restaurant would attract envious glances from the crowd.
Every person entering the restaurant had an extraordinary bearing.
Su Yuan watched for a moment, then also walked forward.
“Please show your invitation!”
At the restaurant entrance, someone stopped Su Yuan and his companion.
Su Yuan glanced at the others who entered the restaurant directly without showing any invitation, yet only the two of them were stopped.
Su Yuan looked at Li Chun.
Li Chun hurriedly took out a letter.
“This is a letter sent by Master Youhe’s people.”
The guard, however, didn’t even look at it, saying, “Only those with an invitation may enter. Letters can be forged and cannot serve as proof of invitation.”
The person even showed a wary expression, looking at Su Yuan with suspicious eyes.
Su Yuan gave a wry smile. In this day and age, were people still using such clumsy methods?
Many people around the restaurant showed interested expressions, curiously looking at Su Yuan and his companion.
“Who is this person?”
“Very unfamiliar face, don’t recognize him!”
“He says he was invited by Master Youhe, but he doesn’t look the part?”
Su Yuan took the letter from Li Chun and looked at it. It indeed appeared to be an invitation from Master Youhe.
He said softly, “May I ask, when Master Youhe invites someone to a banquet, does he always issue an invitation letter?”
“Indeed, those who weren’t verified earlier have attended many times before, so naturally, they don’t need verification. As for you, forgive my bluntness, without an invitation letter, you cannot enter. Please return!”
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan narrowed his eyes.
He suddenly realized this invitation might genuinely not have been sent by Master Youhe, as he truly hadn’t been in Black Flame City for long. How could a figure like Master Youhe know about him so quickly?
At that moment, Li Chun showed a panicked expression and immediately sent a mental message, “Master, Zheng Bowen just sent word that someone broke into the backyard. It’s unclear who exactly it is. That person’s strength is too great. Zheng Bowen and Zheng Li couldn’t stop them at all!”
Hearing this, Su Yuan let out a deep sigh, “What a simple ‘lure the tiger away from the mountain’ trick. However, I was already prepared. There’s nothing inside. Are the Zheng siblings alright?”
“They are fine. Even the goods in the shop weren’t lost. However, the backyard has been thoroughly searched. That person has already fled. They asked whether to report it to the City Lord’s Mansion.”
Su Yuan waved his hand, “It’s meaningless. Since someone prepared to enter and investigate, they wouldn’t leave any evidence. Even their exposed presence might just be setting a trap.”
Su Yuan narrowed his eyes. He knew his selling activities would provoke actions from competitors, but he didn’t expect the action to be so swift and decisive.
Once they ruled out the situation in the shop, they would undoubtedly target him personally next.
Staying in the city began to feel unsafe.
“Master, what should we do now?”
Li Chun asked. He was very grateful they hadn’t clashed with Master Youhe. If they hadn’t been calm enough, they might have started arguing and debating with the guard.
Su Yuan looked towards the interior of the Jiaqing Restaurant. He guessed the mastermind behind this operation might also be on Master Youhe’s invitation list.
He turned to look at the guard, “Besides an invitation letter, are there any other ways to enter the banquet?”
The guard was speechless but still explained, “If you can show proof of being a tenth-order Artificer, you may also enter!”
Hearing this, Su Yuan looked at the surrounding crowd, “Does anyone here have a damaged tenth-order Chaos Dominator Artifact? I will repair it for free right now!”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
One person reacted extremely quickly, immediately taking out a slightly damaged tenth-order flying sword-shaped Chaos Dominator Artifact.
“Haha, Master, this item of mine was broken into a small part before. Master, please see if it can be repaired!”
It was a broken sword with a large gap in the middle, almost equivalent to being broken into two pieces.
Su Yuan perceived it with his will and said, “It can be done!”
“Thank you, Master!”
Su Yuan took it over and handed it to the guard, “This is a tenth-order broken Chaos Dominator Artifact. If I can repair it, can it prove my artifact forging ability?”
“Ye… yes!” The guard responded somewhat dumbfounded, then quietly reported the situation here to his superiors.
Soon, a young man walked out, but he didn’t intervene. Instead, he stood to the side, observing Su Yuan’s repair process.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Su Yuan, using his hand as a furnace, held up a ball of Chaos Flame, threw the flying sword into the fire, added some tenth-order raw materials along the way, condensed them into a molten liquid, filled the gap in the flying sword. Importantly, Su Yuan used his own will to connect the broken Chaos Dao Patterns, forming a complete sword body!
Because it was only repairing a Chaos Dominator Artifact, and the broken Chaos Secret Patterns inside weren’t the main secret patterns, Su Yuan found the repair relatively easy.
Right before everyone’s eyes, Su Yuan completed a perfect Dominator Artifact repair “surgery.” The process was extremely smooth, without a single mistake, completing the entire repair process.
During this, Su Yuan even used time acceleration, speeding up the repair process by ten thousand times!
This increased the difficulty of the repair. With time accelerated, reaction speed had to increase. The level of control over artifact forging absolutely exceeded the tenth order.
The young man watched with continuous exclamations of admiration, astonished by Su Yuan’s strength. Su Yuan was very unfamiliar to him, and his artifact forging techniques were also unfamiliar. He didn’t seem like a local Artificer from Black Flame.