My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 219: Preparations for Vein Opening

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Preparations for Vein Opening

"Makes sense, makes sense. I’m just being too talkative!" Xiang Zhe showed a kind smile, looking at Wang Zijia and Xiang Feifei, saying,

"You two just need to be happy. The clan will listen to you whenever you want to do something. It’s perfectly fine to live together now. You’re young after all. We understand, we’ve all been there."

"Great Uncle!!" Xiang Feifei interrupted him with a blush, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about this early in the morning?"

Wang Zijia also felt a bit awkward, mainly because he had no idea how to respond when a senior of his father-in-law’s generation made such a comment. He really didn’t have any experience in this area!

"Ha ha!" Amidst Xiang Zhe’s hearty laughter, he repeated, "Yes, yes, it’s my fault, it’s my fault."

"We’re about to have breakfast. Would you like to join us?" Wang Zijia skillfully changed the subject. He had realized that the Xiang family was a group of old lurkers, not good at fighting, but probably spent a lot of time playing around when they were young.

Wait, they probably still do!

"I’ve already eaten. I can’t sleep in at my age." Xiang Zhe reined in his expression and replied.

"Is there something you need? Shall we to the study for a chat?" Wang Zijia immediately took up the thread of the conversation.

"There is something." Xiang Zhe agreed, not beating around the bush. "It’s nothing big. First, you’ve just been promoted to sacrificial wine and dao child. I came to ask if we should have another celebration?"

Wang Zijia immediately shook his head, "No, thank you. We just had a ceremony. If we have another one now, and in a few days the power to open the meridians comes down, won’t we have to have an Opening Meridian Ceremony? If we spend every day doing this, the senior brothers will laugh at me!"

"Alright, let’s listen to you. After we complete the opening of the meridians, we’ll have a grand Opening Meridian Ceremony." Xiang Zhe nodded agreeably.

’Uh huh, one way or another, he’s still thinking about it!’ Wang Zijia: "······"

"The second thing is, now that you’re a sacrificial wine, and you have the right to open the meridians—even though we don’t know the specific task yet—I thought we could start reaching out to some families and clans. So I came to ask you what you think." Xiang Zhe asked Wang Zijia tentatively.

"Great Uncle, you take care of it, no problem using my name." Wang Zijia looked at Xiang Zhe and smiled faintly.

"But I need to clarify this in advance, we only have one opportunity to open the meridians right now and nothing about the related task or post-opening development plan is confirmed yet. If it’s not to your liking later, don’t complain. Plus, when the clan contacts others, don’t grab too many things."

"Rest assured, if those bastards down there dare to take advantage of this to accept bribes or embezzle money, I’ll beat them to death ······" The Great Uncle promised seriously as soon as he heard this.

"Great Uncle, you misunderstood. Opening the meridians is a huge expenditure. If the clans that are looking to invest want to gain advantages, it’s only fair that they put in the effort as well." Wang Zijia waved his hand before Xiang Zhe could finish, "What I mean is, we need to keep accounts!"

Xiang Zhe’s face stiffened. Seeing Wang Zijia utter such words with a serious expression on his face, he felt like he was seeing this child, whom he had always considered to be overly sincere, for the first time.

"Is there a problem?" Seeing Xiang Zhe’s wide eyes looking at him without saying anything, Wang Zijia asked with confusion.

"Ah, no, not at all, this is definitely not a problem." Xiang Zhe came back to reality, glanced at Wang Zijia and Xiang Feifei, and said, "Alright, I know what to do now. I won’t disturb your breakfast anymore."

With that, he hurriedly left.

Wang Zijia and Xiang Feifei looked at each other for a moment before returning to their room to eat.

During breakfast, Xiang Feifei suddenly stopped eating. Looking at the breakfast, which was several times more plentiful than usual, and thinking of last night’s dinner, she looked at Wang Zijia with worry and asked, "You’re not injured, are you?"

Wang Zijia stopped his rapid eating, looked up to see Xiang Feifei’s worried gaze, and also noted the generous Spirit Foods that the girls had prepared at his request. In an instant, he smiled and said, "Don’t worry, if I were really injured, could I hide it?"

He didn’t explain any further. He couldn’t very well say that he had exchanged some toxins for cultivation power yesterday and now needed to consume some food to replenish his body, could he?

It looks like he should go get some Cultivating Yuan Pills or other elixirs for cultivation enhancement. These should be able to meet the energy needs of the next few days after the exchange of toxins for cultivation.

Seeing this, Xiang Feifei was still a bit worried, but she didn’t say anything more.

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After breakfast, Wang Zijia didn’t go to the Fu Tower but went straight to the Etiquette Institute.

Riding a Paper Kite, he arrived in front of a hall at the Etiquette College Headquarters, and descended.

"Good morning, Master Wang!"

"Good Morning, Martial Uncle Wang!"

"Hmm, morning!"

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All the disciples he encountered on his way unconsciously stopped what they were doing and greeted Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia also nodded in reply with a smile, appearing approachable and friendly. Coupled with his young and handsome appearance, the disciples who received responses were all very excited, especially the female disciples.

Given what had happened the previous day, he had probably won many hearts. Wang Zijia was well on his way to becoming the public enemy of the Outer Sect’s martial uncles.

He arrived at the Main Hall, asked at a window, and the person at the counter actually left their work area to personally guide Wang Zijia through numerous areas to a large empty hall.

"Martial Uncle Wang, this is the Reward Collection Point. I have work to do so I won’t accompany you in," the person leading Wang Zijia to the entrance said with a smile.

"Hmm, thank you for your trouble!" Wang Zijia replied with a smile.

"Martial Uncle, you’re too polite. It’s my honor to be of service to you," the person answered, trying to suppress their excitement.

Wang Zijia paused, looking at the person’s expression, if it hadn’t been for his special status, who knows what they might have done, such as jumping on him or something.

Now he finally understood what it was like to be a celebrity in his previous life, and keep in mind, this was the Cultivation World!

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Wang Zijia turned and entered the hall. At the moment, there were already eight people waiting inside, all of whom were finalists from yesterday.

"Greetings, Brother Wang!"

"Good day, Brother Wang!"

Wang Zijia nodded in recognition, greeting everyone, and responding in turn. In just one night, four out of the eight had become sacrificial wine, just like Wang Zijia.

Clearly, they had also been holding back their cultivation and timing their progress to coincide with the big competition. Particularly Guo Minglang, who had also become a sacrificial wine. Although there was no resentment in his eyes when he looked at Wang Zijia, there was a fighting spirit.

But Wang Zijia simply ignored him and selectively overlooked it.

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