My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 240: Accusation

Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Accusation

Wang Zijia quickly left Lu Qianrou’s courtyard, activated his identity card, and pulled up the basic information of several people for a review.

Immediately afterwards, he tossed out the Blood Fiend Jade Shuttle, which transformed into streaming light and shot skyward.

He rapidly left the Qifu Faction, and, after less than an hour, passed through numerous building complexes to arrive at a building complex under the jurisdiction of the Dao Law Court.

Dao Law Court, Wood Spirit Vessel.

This vessel did not have a distinctive building, but the center of this vessel was more attractive than most of the other major vessels.

This was because the core of the Wood Spirit Vessel was a spiritual tree, specifically a fourth-grade Spirit Apricot Tree. Every hundred years, this apricot tree would produce a batch of fourth-grade spirit fruits. In the Outer Sect area, these fruits were considered top-tier resources that could not be topped.

Even those Perfected and Elders from the Inner Door Seven Peaks would covet it when the time came. This single resource alone had solidified the status of the Wood Spirit Vessel.

The entire Wood Spirit Vessel was designed to incorporate nature, making it the best-gardened vessel among the numerous building complexes of the Outer Sect Branches.

The buildings below were mostly hidden amongst the trees, with many houses simply grown directly from the trees themselves.

Wang Zijia hovered in the air, taking a moment to survey his surroundings before proceeding to the core area of the Wood Spirit Vessel according to the map’s guidance. He arrived in front of a vibrant courtyard functionally incorporated among the trees.

"Haha, it’s truly an honor to have Wang Daozi visiting, such a rare guest! I thought Wang Daozi looked down on a defeated underling like me, refusing to associate," Guo Minglang commented, greeting Wang Zijia as he landed in front of the courtyard.

Compared to his aggressiveness during the Great Comparison, he now seemed more relaxed and informal, apparently holding no grudges against Wang Zijia.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Guo!" Wang Zijia saluted him in return.

As Guo Minglang approached, Wang Zijia did indeed smell a faint ghostly fragrance. The scent was very subtle and could easily be missed if it had not been for his keen sense of smell aided by his advancement to the realm of the Sacrificial Wine.

His heart sank slightly, and he was now almost certain of his suspicions. It could not just be a coincidence.

"It is indeed an honor to have Daozi visit my humble abode," Guo Minglang approached Wang Zijia and stationary in a somewhat playful manner. "Do you have any instructions, Daozi?"

"I’ve come to confirm something! Now that I have confirmed it, I have some urgent matters to attend to today and won’t be able to chat with you, senior brother. I’ll be sure to visit and apologize another day!" Having said that, Wang Zijia shot into the sky amidst Guo Minglang’s surprised look.

Guo Minglang watched as Wang Zijia disappeared, feeling perplexed and rather dumbfounded. Mulling over the situation for a moment, he then fetched his identity card and dialed Lu Qianrou’s contact. "Junior Sister Lu, are you familiar with Wang Daozi?"

Among the people he knew, he had only heard of Lu Qianrou and Wang Zijia being familiar with each other, and there had even been some rumors between them.

"Did he go to see you again?"

"Again?"

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Wang Zijia had no time to concern himself with Guo Minglang’s reaction though. He piloted the Blood Fiend Jade Shuttle towards the base of Qifeng Mountain and visited two more individuals from the top one hundred in the Great Comparison.

One of them also had the scent, and the other did not. Despite this, Wang Zijia felt a sense of heaviness in his heart.

As he flew, he pondered who to approach. This matter was definitely not trivial and could not be delayed in the slightest!

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At the base of Qifeng Mountain was the Funerary Preserving Vein with eerie architecture.

In the center of its building complex, next to the distinctive coffin-shaped structure, Wang Zijia’s Escape Light landed in front of a courtyard that was slightly more normal in appearance.

"Disciple Wang Zijia has urgent matters and needs to meet with Martial Uncle Yan. I kindly request this Spirit Person to pass the message!" Wang Zijia saluted a delicate paper figure standing at the entrance of the courtyard and notified it accordingly.

The Paper Figure’s intricately made-up eyes shifted a bit, then it turned around and entered the courtyard.

After a short while, the Paper Figure returned, gesturing for Wang Zijia to follow.

"Thank you!" Wang Zijia saluted again before following.

The courtyard was large, with artificial mountains and water surrounding it, and the greenery was quite pleasant. It had the style of a small southern courtyard. If it weren’t for the blood-red lanterns still lit during the daytime and the Paper Figures walking around, it would have been even better.

In a short while, the Paper Figure led Wang Zijia to a room that resembled a study and signaled for him to enter by himself.

Immediately after, it stopped paying attention to Wang Zijia and walked away.

Wang Zijia took a deep breath, adjusted his demeanor, and announced, "Disciple Wang Zijia of Qifu Faction seeks an audience with Martial Uncle Yan!"

"The door isn’t closed, come right in!" A cold female voice sounded from the room.

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia carefully pushed open the door and walked in.

The wooden room was arranged in a very classic style, taking up quite a bit of space, similar to Wang Zijia’s Talisman Creation Room. It was arranged with bookshelves and a table on one side, a Cultivation Room on the other side, and a meeting tea table in the middle.

At that moment, Yan Qimeng was sitting beside the table, observing Wang Zijia. There were several books on the table. She was probably studying something when Wang Zijia came in.

That’s right, Wang Zijia had thought about it and decided to seek out Yan Qimeng, a Third-grade Mortician with whom he had on previous encounter.

Besides being the highest-ranking person within the structure of authority that Wang Zijia could directly approach and strike up a conversation, she was also a Third-grade Mortician.

Such a position was comparable to that of low-rank elders in the Inner Door.

"At this time, shouldn’t you be busy preparing for your trip to select your disciple? So why are you rushing to me all of sudden?" After observing Wang Zijia for a moment, Yan Qimeng asked in her usual detached and indifferent tone, clearly having been keeping tabs on Wang Zijia.

After all, Wang Zijia was the Dao Child that she herself had brought back. Even though Wang Zijia hadn’t ended up joining the Funerary Preserving Vein, he was still a Dao Child of the Scripture Pavilion faction, belonging to the same system.

"Recently, I’ve noticed that many disciples are using a very strange incense..." Wang Zijia didn’t play coy, but directly reported the matter.

Yan Qimeng listened to the seemingly mundane account with a slightly furrowed brow, but did not interrupt Wang Zijia, choosing instead to listen quietly.

"Because I dislike the smell of incense, I accidentally got it on me. When I tried to remove it with some Absorbing Spiritual Soil, I found it didn’t work. As stubborn as I am, I started to investigate.

"No sooner had I begun than I made a shocking discovery. This popular fragrance is being used by everyone in the top hundred ranks from the Great Comparison."

"Afraid that something was amiss, I dared not delay. I’ve come directly here to ask Martial Uncle to enlighten me."

As Yan Qimeng’s brow furrowed, she got up, circled Wang Zijia and said with a frown, "The Third-grade Taoist Incense: Thousand Threads of Ghostly Soul? You’re saying that a lot of people around you have this scent?"