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Chapter 226: The Artifact Academy Responsible for Making Money

Chapter 226: Chapter 226: The Artifact Academy Responsible for Making Money

Within the grand hall, the pale corpse was accompanied by unending devouring sounds, making the already underworld-like underground hall seem like a hellish territory. It was as if countless evil spirits were feasting. It was extremely wicked.

Wang Zijia, on the other hand, wore a face full of joy as he ceaselessly cleaned up the corpses. He was just like the demonic cultivators from legends.

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"Cultivation +15035!"

Dao cultivation: Hundred years (106546/500,000)

After what seemed like an eternity, Wang Zijia, looking at the value he gained, flashed a satisfied smile. His half a year of preparation and one month of risky work had finally paid off.

Following this method, he could practice exorcisms, accumulate good karma, and even bring him enormous profits. It couldn’t get any better!

As for letting ghosts eat corpses...he felt no remorse. After all, he was a modern man, and abiding by the so-called moral code was beyond him.

Maybe his morals were a bit lacking. But in a world like this, why not utilize the resources available?

"Sss, sss!"

"Zeze!"

In his thoughts, the sounds of swallowing and corroding were incessant. The Five Ghosts spread the ghost fog frantically. Their flesh squirmed and continuous swallowing ensued.

As soon as they saw that Wang Zijia was looking at them, they immediately acted like obedient children, exploiting their innocent appearances to curry favor with Wang Zijia with amiable smiles. They even dined in a refined manner.

Wang Zijia, looking at their sly expressions, felt that if he continued to raise them, these Five Ghosts might someday indeed become sentient beings.

At that time, would they still be considered as transgressing beings?

Or would they have transformed into another kind of creature?

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Early next morning, as always, Wang Zijia woke up, practiced boxing.

After having breakfast together with a few people, Wang Zijia didn’t go to work that day, just like the day before. Riding his Paper Kite, he flew towards Qifeng Mountain.

A little later in the day, Wang Zijia arrived at the base of Qifeng Mountain, the main office of the Artifact Academy in the Outer Sect. He should have come yesterday, but after being blocked by Yue Changqing, he only thought to go back and hide. Hence, he didn’t dare to come here again.

"It’s Senior Brother!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother!"

"You’re wrong! You should be addressing him as Martial Uncle!"

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As soon as Wang Zijia landed at the main building of the Artifact Academy, everyone recognized him immediately.

As the Qifu Faction was under both the Talisman Court and the Artifact Academy, he was also considered part of the Artifact Academy, which explained why the disciples who saw him were incredibly enthusiastic. It gave off a feeling of seeing their own prodigy.

"Good morning everyone!" Wang Zijia responded with a smile. His humble response made everyone even more enthusiastic, even though no one circled around him.

Before Wang Zijia even stepped into the grand hall, one man rushed up to greet him. This wasn’t any child, but a Senior Brother from the Peak Wine Ceremony.

"I’m Gu Wenxing. Nice to meet you, Junior Brother Wang!" Gu Wenxing greeted Wang Zijia as he approached.

Wang Zijia promptly returned the salute, politely saying, "Senior Brother Gu is too kind!"

"Are you here to receive your reward, Junior Brother?" With that, Gu Wenxing gestured for Wang Zijia to step inside.

Wang Zijia made a ’you first’ gesture, before saying, "Yes, I was busy with something yesterday and didn’t make it. I came today instead. I apologize for delaying your time, Senior Brother Gu."

"Don’t be so formal, Junior Brother Wang. You’re being too courteous." Gu Wenxing responded along with Wang Zijia’s politeness. After showing mutual respect, they went into the grand hall together, "Junior Brother, follow me. Your standing winner reward is a custom-made Top-grade Magical Artifact. So for your safety, the Academy has arranged a third-grade refiner of the Perfected Realm as your Martial Uncle to make it."

Wang Zijia nodded in reply, paced alongside him and said with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I’m grateful for the care from the Academy."

"Hey! We’re family, Junior Brother Wang. Don’t be so formal." Gu Wenxing spoke up to this point, and then lowered his voice, "There’s something else I need to remind you about."

Wang Zijia looked at Gu Wenxing, saying, "Please continue, Senior Brother."

"Get closer to Artisan Martial Uncle when you meet him later. If it’s possible, mention to him that you could collect your Dao Child benefits from him." Gu Wenxing whispered to Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia looked puzzled and asked, "Dao Child benefits? Senior Brother, are you referring to the Cloud Climbing and the Robe that the sect awarded me for my promotion to the Wine Ceremony?"

"That’s for ordinary disciples. You’re a Dao Child, a title that only the Senior Brothers from the Peak Wine Ceremony can attain. So, your benefits will be significantly higher. And since you’re from our Artifact Academy and also a member of the Scripture Pavilion, your benefits and treatments must be top-notch."

"Therefore, your flying magical tools and robe are of a high-level artifact standard, not low-level ones." At this point, Gu Wenxing paused, and then lowered his voice once more,

"Even then, there are differences among High-Level Artifacts. The items that Artisan Martial Uncle distributes definitely won’t disappoint you. After all, you’re a Dao Child, and you’ll undoubtedly be the center of attention. If he doesn’t offer you good items, he will be the one embarrassed in front of others."

Wang Zijia looked at Gu Wenxing in astonishment, then said sincerely, "I have noted your advice, thank you Senior Brother Gu!"

"It’s nothing, besides, it’s my duty. What’s more, you were even personally taken care of by my family’s patriarch, I should be sucking up to you instead!" Gu Wenxing responded candidly.

"Elder Gu?" As Wang Zijia continued walking, he looked at Gu Wenxing doubtfully, "Senior Brother, have you mistaken something? I have never had any interactions with Elder Gu."

"The competition the day before yesterday was actually presided over by my family’s patriarch and that old deathless guy from the Yue family. Don’t think the event was unfair. It was indeed within the rules, you’ve seen it yourself, haven’t you?" Gu Wenxing was very bold, he even dared to disrespect an elder.

But since he was able to work at the headquarters of the Artifact Academy, his background must be extraordinary. So, as long as he didn’t talk like that in person, he probably wouldn’t worry much about anything.

"I understand, Senior Brother!" Wang Zijia immediately responded.

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During their conversation, the two had already walked past numerous halls.

At that moment, Wang Zijia suddenly stopped and looked at one of the grand halls. They were standing in a corridor, and right across from them was a grand hall with a fairly large workspace before it.

At that moment, quite a few disciples were busily going about their tasks in the workspace. Along with the disciples’ fluctuations in magical power, jade coins were being produced one after another. One disciple after another condensed runes and embedded them in the jade coins. Gradually, more and more magic money was being birthed.

Indeed, this area was the money-making department of the Wanyu Sect, and there were many such places throughout the entire headquarters of the Artifact Academy.

Of course, the magic money produced by them didn’t contain any spiritual energy as of now, and thus couldn’t be used. It was called Raw Money.

It needed to be stored in a specific environment for a period of time, to mature. Only after its spiritual energy was fully absorbed would it be considered mature. Only this Mature Money could be used as Magic Money.

This object was one of the greatest inventions of the previous era and represented the prosperity of Taoist Law from that era.