Chapter 676: The Dao Lecture |
"Hiss!"
Cao Dehou couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath of cold air.
"You're really a Divine-level Artificer?"
Su Yuan waved his hand and pulled out a flying dagger.
"This is the Seventy-Two Rank Dominator Artifact I forged earlier. You can take a look."
Su Yuan had borrowed Su Lian's lifebound flying dagger.
Cao Dehou fumbled as he took the flying dagger, examining it from top to bottom. He had already confirmed that this was indeed a Seventy-Two Rank Dominator Artifact!
He had scrolled through the Merit Points Mall and searched the military camp's treasury, but he had never seen an identical flying dagger-shaped Dominator Artifact. In other words, this was most likely personally forged!
At this moment, Cao Dehou was completely convinced!
How could he dare to cause any more trouble? At the same time, he grew excited. He had also been stuck at a bottleneck for countless ages. If a Divine-level master could offer guidance, he might just break through!
He remembered then that an Artificer's ability could indeed surpass their cultivation level. This was because it was a rare, special, temporary state. Once an Artificer's ability exceeded their cultivation level, breaking through in cultivation had almost no bottleneck at all.
So basically, when an Artificer broke through a bottleneck, their cultivation level would also break through simultaneously. If an Artificer's enhanced forging insights surpassed their realm by too much, it would create the situation Su Yuan had described.
Su Yuan said calmly, "Go make arrangements. Gather all members of the Military Artifactory Headquarters. I'll give a Dao lecture directly. Also, notify the people from the other branches. If they can come in person, have them come. If they can't, they can listen through the virtual starry sky. But I require you not to tell them my true level. Just say I have the strength of a sixty-third-rank high-level master-level artifact crafter."
"Why?" Cao Dehou asked, confused.
Su Yuan replied, "Ability isn't proven by words. No matter how you explain it, others won't believe it. For this lecture, I'll also be covering relatively basic content. It wouldn't be very useful for them to come anyway."
Cao Dehou nodded. "I understand!"
He quickly went down to make arrangements.
The notice spread swiftly to the military Artifactory Halls in other cities. Wait, no — they weren't called Artifactory Halls anymore. They were now Artifactory Branches, under the management of the Military Artifactory Headquarters.
Di Que City Artifactory Branch.
A group of Artificers received their first assignment from the Military Artifactory Headquarters.
They thought it would be some kind of artifacting task, but to their surprise, the first task was attending a Dao lecture.
The director of the Di Que City Artifactory Branch was unimpressed.
When he saw that the lecturer from the Military Artifactory Headquarters was a high-level master-level artifact crafter, he took it slightly more seriously.
But when he saw that the rank was only sixty-three, he grew even more disdainful.
That level wasn't bad, sure, but he himself had reached the sixty-second rank. It was only a one-rank difference.
Then he distributed the notice.
The branch director didn't take it seriously, so many intermediate master-level artifact crafters who were close to him also didn't care. But those at the lower levels were extremely excited.
A sixty-third-rank high-level master-level artifact crafter giving a Dao lecture — that was something they absolutely couldn't miss.
Many low-to-mid-level master-level artifact crafters and high-level Artifact Refining Masters packed their bags and headed for Qingfeng City to attend.
Unfortunately, quite a few had tasks at hand and could only watch online.
Even so, a large number of Artificers still made their way to Qingfeng City.
This news about the lecture didn't cause too big a stir. Artificers outside the military camp had more or less heard about it, but none paid it much attention.
That day.
Inside a space within the Seven Radiance Starry Tower.
Millions of Artificers gathered together.
Most of them were Artifact Refining Masters who could forge thirty-something-rank Dominator Artifacts, but there was also a considerable number of master-level artifact crafters.
In front of each person stood a furnace. This was the unique feature of an Artificer's Dao lecture — if inspiration struck, they could forge on the spot to verify their insights.
Cao Dehou acted as the host and said to the crowd, "Everyone, this lecture will be given by Director Seven Stars of the Second Frontline Military Artifactory Headquarters. It will be divided into four sessions, lasting a total of four Yuan Assemblies! Between each session, there will be a thousand years of rest time. Now, let's welcome Director Seven Stars!"
Su Yuan appeared on the stage out of thin air. In front of him was also a furnace, specially constructed so that every detail inside could be clearly seen from the outside.
Su Yuan looked over the audience.
Most were Artifact Refining Masters, not quite reaching the level of master-level artifact crafter. But Su Yuan noticed that most of them had cultivation levels reaching over forty ranks, surpassing their forging abilities.
This was a very common phenomenon. After all, being an Artificer was quite profitable. With more money, they used it to cultivate, and raising their cultivation to over forty ranks was fairly easy.
Su Yuan spoke calmly, "My Dao name is Seven Stars. The lecture officially begins now!"
Su Yuan activated his Dominator-level Trait [Dominator of Will]!
A special aura radiated from Su Yuan's body, instantly enveloping the entire venue!
It was a Forging Resonance Dao Intent created by Su Yuan using his trait, allowing him to perfectly release his own forging insights.
At the same time, Su Yuan activated the [Balancing Work and Rest] and [Daoist Techniques Naturally] traits, extending a small portion of their effects throughout the entire lecture hall.
Then, Su Yuan began his lecture.
"The way of artifacting lies in nature, lies in heaven and earth, lies in creation and transformation..."
A continuous stream of words flowed from Su Yuan's mouth.
Every person listening immediately showed an expression of intoxication, especially the Artifact Refining Masters. They all felt their thoughts becoming incredibly clear. The points that had puzzled them in the past were all being resolved at this moment.
Many began forging on the spot to verify their own insights.
In an instant, the lecture space was filled with blazing firelight. Flames leaped up from countless furnaces. The sight of this live forging lecture scene even surprised Su Yuan.
Within just a hundred years of lecturing, many had already successfully forged a Dominator Artifact. Essentially, everyone who started forging had succeeded. They had all broken through their forging bottlenecks, their faces revealing expressions of pleasant surprise.
Then, they threw themselves into listening to Su Yuan's lecture with even greater enthusiasm.
As Su Yuan lectured, he also forged. He forged a thousand different Dominator Artifacts all at once, leaving everyone stunned.
With a thousand Dominator Artifacts, there was bound to be something suitable for everyone. All the Artifact Refining Masters selectively watched Su Yuan's forging process, their insights skyrocketing.
One lecture session continued for ten thousand years.
This was time inside the Seven Stars Pagoda. Outside, only one year had passed.
Those watching online would need to be in the same time-flow state to fully absorb and comprehend the lecture content. But obviously, many weren't doing that. They only saw an accelerated version of the lecture, and without Su Yuan's various buffs, they couldn't gain much.
Coupled with the fact that this session only covered Artifact Refining Master-level content, many master-level artifact crafters took one look and lost interest.
They missed this lecture.
But Su Yuan's lecture continued.
The millions of Artificers around him had already entered the deepest levels of enlightenment.