Chapter 56: All Reserved

The Vessel Hall was the place where various refining branches received tasks.
Inside the Vessel Hall, there were fifteen floors in total. On the first to sixth floors, the refining tasks involved immortal artifacts at the level of one-star Human Soul Immortals to six-star Human Soul Immortals. From the seventh to ninth floors, the tasks involved immortal artifacts at the level of lower Human Soul Immortals to higher Human Soul Immortals. On the tenth to fifteenth floors, the tasks involved immortal artifacts at the level of one-star Earth Soul Immortals to six-star Earth Soul Immortals.
As for immortal artifacts at the level of Earth Soul Immortals, one had to go to another building, the Royal Artifact Hall, to receive them.
At this moment, Fire Lord and Hua Hai entered the first floor of the Vessel Hall. Instead of rushing upstairs, they began to explore the first floor.
Rows of tall rectangular mirrors stood neatly along the walls of the first floor—a total of a hundred.
Each mirror displayed various scenes, showing the requirements for each refining task, one after another.
To select a task, Hua Hai only needed to take out his attendant token and stick it on the mirror, thereby reserving the task shown on it. Once reserved, he could go to a room on the first floor to complete the registration for the task he had reserved.
Standing in the spacious first-floor hall, Fire Lord scanned the scenes on the mirrors, marveling at how ambitious the Refining Academy of the Yinhan Sect was to arrange such a grand display.
Suddenly, Fire Lord turned to Hua Hai beside him and said with a smile, “Hua Hai, if I’m not mistaken, when you go to register these reserved refining tasks, there will be conflicts with other refining branches, right?”
Hua Hai looked at Fire Lord in surprise, puzzled that Fire Lord, who had visited the Vessel Hall for the first time, already knew the specifics inside.
“Fire Lord, you’re right. Many refining tasks may be chosen simultaneously by different branches of our Refining Academy. This requires the higher-ups of the academy to allocate these tasks,” Hua Hai replied slowly.
Fire Lord stared at Hua Hai intently and said with a smile, “Hua Hai, if the tasks reserved by our Tongzhou Hall conflict with those of other branches, your uncle should be able to help you, right?”
Upon hearing this, Hua Hai understood immediately that Fire Lord wanted him to use his uncle’s connections to secure more tasks.
“Fire Lord, my uncle is indeed one of the higher-ups of the Refining Academy. But if he wants to get more tasks for our Tongzhou Hall, he also needs to negotiate with other higher-ups. So we need to give him some Origin Stones as well, so he can use them to negotiate,” Hua Hai said with a troubled expression.

Upon hearing this, Fire Lord smiled and said directly, “Just tell me how many you need. From now on, you can speak to me directly. As long as I can get enough tasks, I don’t care at all about Origin Stones.”
Hua Hai was filled with surprise. He couldn’t understand how Fire Lord and Tongzhou Hall, both coming from the small planet Zhu Yan, could possess so many Origin Stones. Fire Lord’s tone made it clear that he had many of them, which naturally surprised Hua Hai.
“Fire Lord, the number of Origin Stones needed depends on the level and quantity of the tasks. I can’t be sure either,” Hua Hai said calmly.
It was the truth.
Fire Lord understood that Hua Hai’s uncle and other high-ranking officials took a cut from the profits from crafting tasks. Who got assigned which tasks depended on which crafting faction offered the most benefits.
“I understand. Just tell me how many you need,” Fire Lord said with a faint smile.
Fire Lord’s goal was simply to develop Tongzhou Hall, stand out in the Youhan Sect, and then attract the attention of Huangxu. He cared nothing about Origin Stones.
Hearing this, Hua Hai felt much more relieved.
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“Hua Hai, reserve all these Bird Throat Bow tasks at the one-star Earth Soul Immortal level.”
“Hua Hai, reserve all these Sentimental Sword tasks at the one-star Earth Soul Immortal level.”
“Hua Hai, reserve all these Deafening Drum tasks at the one-star Earth Soul Immortal level.”
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On the first floor of the Vessel Hall, Fire Lord began reading aloud in front of everyone. Whenever a new scene appeared on the mirror, he would immediately call out the corresponding task name, without even checking the requirements—only focusing on the task title.
Hua Hai, with a red neck, kept sticking his steward’s token onto the mirror in front of everyone, reserving one task after another.
Fire Lord reserved all the tasks on that mirror.
Immediately after,
“Hua Hai, reserve all the tasks in the next mirror as well,” Fire Lord ordered, not even bothering to read them aloud.
Hua Hai froze, staring at Fire Lord in shock, trying to figure out if he was joking or serious.
Of course, Fire Lord’s expression was firm.
“Okay!” Hua Hai replied, mustering courage as more and more people gathered on the first floor.
In an instant, the thousands of people gathered there couldn’t stand by any longer and began to discuss among themselves.
“Which crafting faction is this? They actually want to take on so many crafting tasks.”

“It’s insane—taking on tasks one by one through each mirror. Does this Alchemy branch really intend to provoke all the other branches?”
“Who is that young man giving orders? How dare he command a steward? It’s unbelievable.”
“A lower-ranked Soul Immortal actually able to direct a Three-Star Earth Soul Immortal? Such a thing happening within the Youhan Sect is truly strange.”
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One after another, the onlookers voiced their thoughts, utterly puzzled by the actions of Huo Zun and Hua Hai.
Huo Zun didn’t bother to pay attention.
Hua Hai, on the other hand, carefully used the steward’s order to reserve all the tasks on the second mirror.
By now, over two thousand people had gathered in the first-floor hall, all smiling as they watched Huo Zun, eager to see what strange thing he would do next.
Hua Hai, meanwhile, looked at Huo Zun with concern, fearing that he would make him reserve all the tasks on the third mirror as well.
After smiling for a while, Huo Zun suddenly shouted, “Hua Hai, you don’t need to reserve the tasks on the third mirror.”
Hearing this, Hua Hai’s face lit up; he was almost jumping over to Huo Zun’s side.
Finally freed!
Suddenly, Huo Zun called out again, “Hua Hai, we at Tongzhou Hall have reserved all the tasks in the mirrors on the first floor.”
Just as Hua Hai was happy, with one foot already in the air, hearing Huo Zun’s words, he suddenly collapsed backward and lost consciousness.
Blood even flowed from his nose.
“Wow…”
In the entire first-floor hall, all the onlookers exclaimed in surprise at Huo Zun’s arrogant tone.
The tasks in the hundred mirrors on the first floor, though all at the level of One-Star Earth Soul Immortal-grade immortal artifacts, numbered in the billions. This was a task that required all of the Sect’s Alchemy branches to complete, yet Huo Zun had taken it all on at once—undoubtedly astonishing.
“That man must be crazy!” That was what everyone thought at that moment.
Ignoring everyone’s gazes, Huo Zun walked over to Hua Hai with a faint smile, kicked him, and sent the unconscious Hua Hai flying a hundred meters away. When Hua Hai landed, he finally regained consciousness, staring at Huo Zun with a blank expression.
“Hua Hai, what are you waiting for? Go register and reserve all the One-Star Earth Soul Immortal tasks,” Huo Zun shouted calmly.

He touched his forehead, patted his cheeks, and pinched his arm—Hua Hai was convinced he was in reality. Then he hurried over to Fire Lord and called out anxiously, “Fire Lord, are really all the tasks already booked?”
Upon hearing this, Fire Lord immediately kicked him, knocking the highly focused Hua Hai to the ground again.
“How many times do I have to say it?” Fire Lord replied indifferently.
At that moment, the onlookers exclaimed in surprise once more, “Wow…”
A lower-ranked Soul Immortal actually dared to kick a three-star Earth Soul Immortal. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Hua Hai got up on his own, without any trace of resentment, and said softly, “Alright, I’ll go register all the one-star Earth Soul Immortal tasks.”
After saying that, Hua Hai quickly headed to the registration room under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Fire Lord still smiled calmly at the onlookers, showing no signs of embarrassment or finding his actions strange—just normal.
The onlookers, meeting Fire Lord’s gaze, felt somewhat embarrassed instead.
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Inside the Bearing Hall, there was a luxurious guest room on the top floor, where ten people were sitting.
One of them was Hua Hai’s third uncle, Hua Cheng’an.
“Old Hua, it seems your young protégé is being bossed around by that guy called Fire Lord.”
“Old Hua, I remember Hua Hai went to the newly established Tongzhou Hall as a clerk. Has he already started helping them?”
“Old Hua, that guy from Tongzhou Hall is quite interesting. It seems your nephew will have to go through some trials soon.”
“Old Hua, Fire Lord must be doing this on purpose—probably to help Tongzhou Hall gain fame and secure a place in the Youhan Sect.”
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The other nine people started joking with Hua Cheng’an.
Hua Cheng’an smiled faintly, but was deeply puzzled—how could his nephew Hua Hai obey Fire Lord’s orders and even endure beatings and scolding without daring to resist?
Just then, Yue Zien, who was in charge of registration on the first floor, entered the guest room and bowed, saying, “Ten elders, there’s a clerk here who wants to take on all the one-star Earth Soul Immortal crafting tasks.”
Such an important matter meant Yue Zien couldn’t decide on his own and had to come and report.
The ten people in the guest room were all at the middle-level Earth Soul Immortal stage, so they were all elders.
“Go back. There’s more to come—wait and see,” Hua Cheng’an replied indifferently.

Yue Zien left the room inexplicably, lost in confusion.
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At that moment, on the first floor of the Bearing Hall, three more groups entered, heading straight toward Fire Venerable with clear hostility.
“Are you the newcomers from Tongzhou Hall? How dare you take on all the One-Star Soul Immortal missions? Isn’t that a bit much?” demanded one of the groups, led by a beautiful girl filled with rage.