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Chapter 178: Scavenging [Monthly Ticket Requested]

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Scavenging [Monthly Ticket Requested]

After the talisman charm was summoned into her, the young woman remained stiff in place; immediately, all related information surfaced, and she started to familiarize herself with her new order symbol.

At that moment, Liu Chengyu also paused as his Charm Summon appeared. To his astonishment, he discovered that his Charm Summon gained one more subordinate that could be contacted.

Instantly, he understood what Wang Zijia had meant by "subordinate."

Indeed, Wang Zijia intended to manipulate and erode all the covert children in the Dark Hall, bit by bit, and gradually replace them with Hidden Faction Shadow disciples.

It was like indirectly entering the market using the setup of the Dark Hall that had been established for countless years to introduce the Hidden Faction officially!!!

The perfect example of killing two birds with one stone!

Of course, this couldn’t be achieved overnight, but Wang Zijia was not in a rush. He planned to start from the bottom and take the route taken by the old Big Shots, starting from the rural areas and gradually enveloping the city.

Starting with the children, he intended to slowly infect upwards, gradually replacing their network of relationships.

Apart from the formal demonic sect disciples who had the core inheritance of the Devil Gate, which Wang Zijia planned to eliminate, he thought that the covert children brought in since childhood could be utilized, provided there was a way to remove their oath and control them.

In this case, for these covert agents, they had essentially just changed bosses.

"Alright, what happened earlier was the Sect’s decision for you. Now let’s talk about your punishment for all these years spent as a covert child." Wang Zijia put down his teacup and spoke.

At his words, the young woman stiffened again, looking at Wang Zijia in trembling fear, she said, "I accept any punishment area.

In her voice, her face was desolate, resembling a wilting flower. Her tempting body subtly trembled.

"How much savings do you have?" Wang Zijia asked, seemingly unbothered.

The young woman and Liu Chengyu both looked up, dumbfounded, staring at Wang Zijia. His question was so unexpected they were at a loss.

Wang Zijia frowned, "What, don’t you have any?"

Only then did the young woman snap back to reality. If the previous situation was regarding the punishment from the Sect, was Wang Zijia now asking for personal favors?

"I do, I do," the young woman startled and excitedly got up, quickly walked over to a bookshelf, opened a hidden compartment, and pulled out a small box, "Over the years, I have saved up over 1,600 magic money."

As she spoke, she further turned out her storage bag, pulled out a talisman and broken talisman weapon, and added, "These are what I prepared for protecting my life."

"That’s all?" Wang Zijia’s voice was filled with surprise.

Both the young woman and Liu Chengyu gave bitter smiles. The young woman, Yin Mei, said, "You probably never spent time at the bottom in the Sect, right? Among us, those who have over a thousand magic money in savings are already considered a lot. Not to mention, we are covert children, to avoid catching the attention of the Law Enforcement Team, we seldomly skim anything off the top."

Only then did Wang Zijia remember his hard past. Perhaps due to being involved within a different circle now, he had almost forgotten what it feels like to pinch every penny for three to five magic money.

Wang Zijia glanced at the magic money and the other two items. Hesitant for a moment, he decided not to take the two items. Even though he was desperately poor, he still depended on them to carry out their duties. As such, he only took 1500 magic money, saying, "Consider this your redemption money!"

Seeing this, the young woman breathed a sigh of relief. Having received the benefits and the results from the Sect, everything suggested that she had narrowly escaped punishment.

"Let’s go, next one!" Wang Zijia put away the magic money, got up, and walked towards the courtyard’s exit.

Hearing this, Liu Chengyu immediately followed. Yin Mei, seeing this, also wanted to follow.

"You don’t have to follow. Continue doing as you did before, unless the order comes from the Sect, everything remains the same," said Wang Zijia without even turning his head.

"Yes, this disciple abides by Martial Uncle’s orders!" Yin Mei saluted respectably to Wang Zijia and only let out a long sigh of relief when the two completely disappeared from her sight.

She closed her eyes and entered the state of tranquility to examine herself for quite some time. Eventually, finding no abnormalities, she opened her eyes, with a throbbing expression of mixed emotions.

In the end, she was left looking lost, with a touch of genuine sadness and helplessness. Dragging her worn-out body, she closed the door.

She often envied the disciples in the Sect who did not have to experience what she went through, with no control over their lives, never getting to choose their own fate.

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Having had the first one precede them, Liu Chengyu roughly knew what was happening. For some unknown reason, he became exceptionally proactive and transformed into a path-leading party.

Even before each task, he carefully explained the respective characteristics of the other party to Wang Zijia, and also helped Wang Zijia watch out for any movements in their surroundings, more fearful of stirring up trouble than Wang Zijia himself.

Wang Zijia was somewhat puzzled by the changes in Liu Chengyu, as he had not experienced Liu’s psychological changes.

However, Wang Zijia was quite satisfied with his performance, leveraging his initiative to its fullest extent.

Therefore, he decided not to charge Liu Chengyu any interest.

Well, it was mainly because he couldn’t come up with a better reason to rake off more. He couldn’t be too disgraceful, after all, he was regarded as a Big Shot of the Hidden Faction.

After dealing with five people in one go, when it came to the sixth person, Liu Chengyu confidently went to make contact, but unexpectedly, the other party planned to quietly climb over the backyard wall and sneak off.

If it were not for Wang Zijia’s cautious measures each time they entered a courtyard, ordering his Five Ghosts to look out for unexpected occurrences, they would likely have missed him.

"I know I was wrong, I won’t skim off any more money. I just wanted to stake everything on this..."

When he was captured by the Five Ghosts, before either Liu Chengyu or Wang Zijia spoke, the man immediately began pleading for mercy, leaving Wang Zijia quite bewildered. Liu Chengyu’s eyebrows furrowed as he asked, "Have you been illegally making money by leveraging your inside connections?"

"I didn’t want to, and I was afraid of arousing the attention of the Law Enforcement Team too. But I’m almost sixty, if I don’t risk it all now, I’ll no longer have the hope of becoming a Sacrificial Wine in this lifetime. With my talents, I would have had the opportunity if not for the useless identity I’m assuming!"

The conversation between them suddenly made Wang Zijia understand.

So this spy was doing whatever it took to make money, regardless of whether he was clean or not, to the point of thinking his crimes had been exposed when they approached.

Wang Zijia: "······"

Should he be commended for his ambition or audacity?

As a lower-level infiltrator, aiming to blend in with others as much as possible, especially for those who are assuming someone else’s identity, it is crucial not to attract any undue attention. However, he was different...

Subsequently, Wang Zijia once again chastised him.

What is worth mentioning is that this man indeed had a solid foundation, with a peak cultivation of a child, and a cultivation value degree of 17000, almost comparable to Du Kang.

No wonder he was so ambitious about being promoted to Sacrificial Wine!