My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 260: The High-End Gathering in Tianhong Territory

Chapter 260: Chapter 260: The High-End Gathering in Tianhong Territory

While Wang Zijia was restoring Bai Qian’s health, he unsealed her powers.

In a daze, Bai Qian had a long dream. She found herself in Hell, surrounded by blood-red mist and the roaring of numerous demons. As she grew more frightened, the demons lunged towards her, tearing at her.

It was extremely painful, but she gritted her teeth and endured it, because her master had said it was a test.

Bai Qian already felt useless, she couldn’t let her master be disappointed again. What was a little bit of pain? She was willing to give even her life if needed.

Bai Qian gritted her teeth and constantly encouraged herself, fortifying her belief. Amid the biting and tugging of numerous demons, her belief grew stronger. It seemed as if, in her heart, her master was all that mattered.

She didn’t know how much time had passed. When she started to feel dizzy, she felt her master’s familiar and invincible power engulfing her.

All her pain vanished instantly, as though she had returned to Heaven from Hell. She felt an all-enveloping warmth and extreme comfort, as if lying in her master’s arms. She wished she could stay like this forever and sleep peacefully!

"Immerse yourself in the runes now!"

At this moment, her master’s solemn voice echoed from Above the Nine Heavens, waking Bai Qian from her drowsy state.

Only then did she realize, to her surprise, not only had all her spells achieved Great Mastery and formed three runes, but she had also achieved a cultivation breakthrough, reaching the peak. It seemed as if she could have another breakthrough anytime she wished.

However, she didn’t do that. Instead, she thought it over for a moment, directly led the medicinal property to fuse, and infused it into her Dantian.

Actually, infusing into Spirit Water Refining would have yielded better results. Of the Three Techniques, this one gave the highest value for its proportion of quality. In the future, she could either cultivate as a Pill Cultivator or turn to Water Magic.

But since her master wanted her to be an Alchemist, she wanted to become the best Alchemist. Infusing the Medicinal Property Fusion into the initial rune was the purest start for an Alchemist’s journey!

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"Send her to the Cultivation Room upstairs!" Having adjusted Bai Qian’s state and removed the disgusting things that had emerged on her, Wang Zijia looked at her entering the Cultivation state and ordered the Five Ghosts.

Upon hearing this, the Five Ghosts were relieved. Their ghost Qi fluctuated and then enveloped Bai Qian, and they vanished without a trace.

Wang Zijia, however, was frowning, contemplating the various gains from his experiments today.

Today’s comprehensive experiment yielded significant gains. The biggest gain was he had, to some extent, gauged a monk’s tolerance for Demon pollution.

The initial limit of 50 thousand value degrees was key data, correlated to Wang Zijia’s core development path in the future.

For instance, if he wished to use Class A spiritual item as a pill guide, and sold a complete spiritual item to a client, if, for example, Ji Chao bought one spiritual item from Wang Zijia, why didn’t he deliver it then?

Because he couldn’t!

He could indeed obtain the demon sparrow bone as a pill guide. Using a book as a medium, he could directly extract it from the Hundred Demon Bewitching Domain.

But what about what comes after?

A pill guide was not enough. He still needed to infuse at least two or three thousand more value degrees to completely convert the pill guide.

But how could Wang Zijia transfer such a massive amount of value degrees to the other party?

He couldn’t possibly toss a big bag of Explosive Spirit Pills at the client and say, "Here, take your medicine. Once you finish, you’ll have your spiritual item."

This was...he would rather not sell it at all!

Thus, he needed a covert method, just as when he was teaching, to infuse a certain amount of value degrees along with the pill guide into the client’s body unknowingly, just as if the client indeed consumed a spiritual item.

Considering all the things Wang Zijia had thought of, the best choice at hand would be Evil Seed. Tonight’s test told him that he could treat the Evil Seed as a pill for others to consume.

Other than this, there were many visible and invisible gains, all of which constituted considerable help for Wang Zijia’s future plans.

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After pondering for a long time and summarizing many problems and gains, Wang Zijia didn’t immediately leave the underground. Instead, he opened the two half jade gourds beside him and began taking medicine.

"Value +26574!"

Dao cultivation: A Hundred Years (283272/500,000)

Wang Zijia consumed all the pills from the two and a half jade gourds, once again enhancing his cultivation.

After completing these tasks, Wang Zijia finally left the underground palace.

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"Master!" Just as Wang Zijia stepped out of the cultivation room, the timid Bai Qian, who had been waiting for some time, greeted him.

After carefully examining her for a moment and confirming that there were no issues, Wang Zijia nodded and said, "Well done. After returning to the clan, you will be able to break through to an Advanced Pupil, after which you can start preparing for the Sacrificial Wine Foundation Establishment ritual. You might progress to the status of being a Sacrificial Wine faster than you expected, take this as your reward for your hard work tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qian fell silent.

"Now, with your Three Techniques at Grand Mastery and your cultivation nearly complete, you are ready for hundred-grains-in-a-furnace scale production. Use your downtime to convert the backlog of materials into Explosive Spirit Pills," said Wang Zijia after finishing his health inspection of Bai Qian.

"Yes!" Bai Qian agreed, nodding her head.

"Hmm, take a rest if there’s nothing else. It’s getting late." With these words, Wang Zijia headed towards his bedroom.

"Bai Qian is truly useless. There is no progress in her own cultivation and always needs the master’s help. She is totally incompetent," whispered Bai Qian as she watched Wang Zijia walk away.

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The next morning, Ma Haoran, clad in a blue Taoist robe, arrived at Wang Zijia’s mansion.

"Senior Brother Ma, good morning!" Wang Zijia, who had been waiting for a while, welcomed him warmly.

Ma Haoran, with his white hair and his beaming face, emanated an easy-going, carefree nature that exuded a sense of Immortal Wind and Dao Bone. Especially after Wang Zijia had completed his account review with him, Ma Haoran’s deliberate bootlicking had lessened and was replaced by a touch of forthrightness. The latter was so appealing that Wang Zijia couldn’t help but take several glances every time he saw it.

"It’s not early anymore. I should be the one to apologize for making you wait!" As he responded, Ma Haoran guided Wang Zijia toward the market square, "I was afraid you would get impatient if I didn’t come."

"It’s all right, I just wanted to take a casual stroll," Wang Zijia replied with a smile.

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As the two chit-chatted leisurely without expecting anything from each other, they enjoyed each other’s company. They strolled through the lively streets of the market square, and a short while later, they arrived in front of an elegant courtyard.

Thanks to Ma Haoran, they easily gained entry into the courtyard.

The gatekeeper led them through several corridors to a hall that resembled a tea party. At that moment, there were already quite a few people leisurely chatting in the hall. Daoists, swordsmen, graceful young women—about ten people in total, all of different types.

"How did Inspector General condescend to attend our humble gathering today?" As soon as Ma Haoran set foot in the hall, he caught people’s attention. An old man addressed him.

"Old Man Liu, you didn’t say a word when you were drinking with me until you made me pay!" Ma Haoran responded casually.