Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 1190 Great Grandmaster (Part 2)

Wang Chen simply smiled at Manager Chen’s praise and said nothing, merely tapping his fingers lightly on the desk.

Manager Chen, being the astute individual he was, instantly understood Wang Chen’s implication and stood up, saying, "True Person Wang, please wait a moment."

He gathered the four magical treasures and left the room.

Wang Chen was not in a hurry, sipping tea and waiting patiently.

Half a moment later, Manager Chen returned.

The shopkeeper from the Four Seas Commerce Association placed a storage bag in front of Wang Chen and said with a smile, "True Person Wang, our store manager is extremely pleased with the magical treasures you’ve refined. We hope to establish a long-term partnership with you."

The Four Seas Commerce Association has branches spread across the myriad worlds. A branch is managed by a store manager and over a dozen individual managers, with the latter handling the specific affairs.

Store managers are usually extremely mysterious, rarely showing themselves unless under special circumstances.

It’s said that the cultivation realm of a branch’s store manager is no weaker than the strongest expert in the Immortal City they reside in, and they hold rare treasures, allowing them to safely evacuate people even in the face of calamity.

Manager Chen presenting Wang Chen’s refined magical treasures to the store manager signified an immense level of respect.

Though Wang Chen was not overly flattered, he still smiled and nodded, saying, "Good."

He seized the opportunity to make a request.

"Double the materials?"

Manager Chen was taken aback, exclaiming, "True Person Wang, according to our agreement, if material demands are doubled, you’ll need to deliver at least six magical treasures per month!" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"No problem."

Without hesitation, Wang Chen replied, "I’ve already mastered the techniques of refining the Mysterious Sun Umbrella Armor and Kanglong Spear. My future refinement efficiency will only improve, so fulfilling this agreement is not an issue."

Wang Chen’s powerful confidence left Manager Chen momentarily speechless.

The Four Seas Commerce Association has Refinement Masters on staff—and not just one.

However, none of these masters approached Wang Chen’s astonishing efficiency. After all, this was the refining of magical treasures, not egg-laying!

The key lay in the outstanding quality of Wang Chen’s refined magical treasures. Attaining such exceptional craftsmanship without decades of expertise in the art was undoubtedly impossible.

Manager Chen couldn’t help but ask, "True Person Wang, do you have assistance from fellow disciples?"

From Manager Chen’s perspective, relying solely on Wang Chen’s strength seemed implausible for completing six refined magical treasures in a month. It was highly likely that he had dependable helpers.

This deduction wasn’t entirely incorrect, though the Four Seas Commerce Association’s shopkeeper had slightly overthought the situation.

He suspected Wang Chen might be a True Disciple hailing from a certain refinement sect, forced to become a Loose Cultivator due to certain circumstances, unwilling to openly reveal himself, and instead using this method to partner with the association.

Wang Chen did not answer the question. He tossed the storage bag in his hand and swept his divine sense across it, immediately discerning the items inside.

He was somewhat surprised: "Manager Chen, you’ve given too much!"

According to their previous agreement, one superior-grade magical treasure earned fifty Upper Spirit stones, and with four delivered, Wang Chen should have received two hundred Upper Spirit stones.

Yet the storage bag contained two hundred forty Upper Spirit stones!

Equivalent to an extra ten Upper Spirit stones per magical treasure.

"This is the store manager’s decision."

Manager Chen explained, "We hope for a pleasant collaboration."

He didn’t bring up the earlier question again, as Wang Chen evidently had no intention of answering.

"A pleasant collaboration."

After receiving the second batch of doubled materials, Wang Chen left the Four Seas Commerce Association and returned to the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion.

In the refinement room, the Creation Cauldron was ablaze, continuously refining components.

During Wang Chen’s absence, this treasured cauldron was under the diligent control of Ding.

The astonishing refinement efficiency of Wang Chen’s magical treasures was inseparable from Ding’s diligent efforts.

Wang Chen summoned the artifact spirit and tossed two pouches of Upper Spirit stones to the entity: "These are for you."

Even emperors shouldn’t starve their soldiers—highly intelligent artifact spirits are not indefatigable beasts of burden, and rewarding hard work is only appropriate.

Ding was visibly delighted: "Thank you, Master, for the reward!"

Wang Chen smiled faintly.

The subtle change in attitude from the artifact spirit did not escape his notice.

In the following days, Wang Chen intensified his magical treasure refinement efforts, diligently accumulating experience points for "Nine Directions Refinement."

After breaking through to the Grandmaster level, Wang Chen’s success rate for refining magical treasures reached over ninety percent.

Now, having completed True Proof, both his Divine Soul and Comprehension had surged tremendously, making the refinement process more fluid and inspired.

After refining five or six sets of Mysterious Sun Umbrella Armor and Kanglong Spears, Wang Chen had fully grasped the structural secrets of these two magical treasures.

In Wang Chen’s view, neither the Mysterious Sun Umbrella Armor nor the Kanglong Spear qualified as truly perfect magical treasures.

He had even devised numerous ideas for modifications!

Nonetheless, thoughts remained thoughts—Wang Chen abstained from implementing his ideas in the orders he delivered to the Four Seas Commerce Association.

He intentionally controlled the refinement, ensuring the products were slightly below top-tier perfection.

This allowed Wang Chen’s success rate in refining magical treasures to reach an astounding one hundred percent. He leveraged the materials provided by the Four Seas Commerce Association to their fullest extent.

Each month, Wang Chen visited Luodu Immortal City just once, delivering six magical treasures to the Four Seas Commerce Association.

Not one piece more, not one piece less, and then brought back a new batch of materials.

Three hundred sixty Upper Spirit stones were a fixed monthly income.

Aside from a portion set aside to reward Ding, the rest was almost entirely invested into the Fleeting Moment Tower for Bai Susu, Su Ziling, and Yuanyuan’s cultivation.

Bai Susu, eager to restore her cultivation level, didn’t monopolize the Fleeting Moment Tower, allowing Su Ziling and Yuanyuan access to avoid their cultivation realms falling too far behind.

The only person who refrained from using the Fleeting Moment Tower was Wang Chen himself. He was not in a hurry to elevate his cultivation level, spending his days steadfastly in the refinement room to accumulate refinement experience.

[Nine Directions Refinement · Experience +1]

One year later, Wang Chen sat as usual before the Creation Cauldron refining magical treasures, when his whole body suddenly quaked.

[Nine Directions Refinement (Great Perfection)]

He had reached the pinnacle!

His sea of consciousness filled with countless creative ideas as the Dharma method’s true essence vividly materialized, each character shimmering resplendently.

Wang Chen closed his eyes, letting the flood of thoughts settle into his sea of consciousness.

Moments later, he reopened his eyes.

He resumed refining.

This time, however, his techniques took on an imperceptibly subtle shift.

The Creation Cauldron before him seemed to become an extension of his body and Divine Soul, allowing for an even deeper level of control and deconstruction, enabling him to manipulate the magical treasure components within with effortless ease.

Efficiency more than doubled!

Not only that—Wang Chen even devised a method to elevate the tier of the Mysterious Sun Umbrella Armor.

This was the formidable ability derived from reaching the Great Perfection level of "Nine Directions Refinement"!

He had become a Great Grandmaster.

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Here’s the second update.