My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 290 - 289: The Entire Sect Knows, The Ballad Spreads [Seeking Subscription]_2

Chapter 290: Chapter 289: The Entire Sect Knows, The Ballad Spreads [Seeking Subscription]_2

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By the afternoon, when Wang Zijia got down to his tasks, two-thirds of the disciples he had brought back were lured away, choosing other factions.

Luckily, out of the two hundred top-grade spiritual root disciples he brought back, over eighty still remained.

Seeing this number, Wang Zijia inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

Does it seem like a small number?

That’s because you haven’t faced the temptation of such a large-scale twin selection conference. You need to know that after countless years of development, exploration, and summarizing, each faction has developed extremely rich experience in attracting inexperienced Spiritual Child students and garnering their attention.

And the inexperienced mortal Spiritual Children, suddenly thrown into a place full of temptations, find it extremely difficult to not be lured away. It’s the ultimate test of willpower.

It’s like a college student suddenly attending a job fair full of publicly listed companies, all offering a million dollar annual salary and enthusiastically courting you. And at the same time, they tell you that positions are limited and that once they’re gone, that’s it!

Therefore, those who can resist temptation and who have not made a choice by the afternoon, most likely have a firm target in their heart.

That’s why, as soon as Wang Zijia took the stage and introduced the situation of opening the channel, most of the disciples immediately enrolled without hesitation.

Seeing that there were still many people left in the square, Wang Zijia had a sudden thought and attempted to recruit the disciples brought back by the remaining two teams. The result was surprisingly good and he gained quite a number of disciples.

It seems that having a big name has many unexpected benefits!

Since Wang Zijia had not yet opened his channel and today was a super-large twin selection conference, the people he recruited did not have to be taken care of by him. After the Administrative Office completed their registration and records, a large number of secular courtiers in charge of miscellaneous duties rushed to take on the tasks and carefully arranged for these Spiritual Child disciples.

Then, they were sent to the Spirit Child Institute for a one-month to three-year scheduled deep study. This included, but was not limited to, literacy learning, etiquette learning, learning the basics of cultivation, etc.

Of course, this wasn’t mandatory. If you had sufficient foundational knowledge, you could completely skip this process and directly enter the faction and start working.

However, most of those from the Grand Selection would choose to go, because the bond and connections between new junior brothers and sisters were all established here in the Spirit Child Institute. Love and hatred intertwined the most here and was also the purest. A lot would accompany one for their whole life, as intimate as brothers and as dear as family.

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Wang Zijia didn’t get back to Biyi Court until he was done with the day’s work.

"Whew!"

Standing on the Flying Shuttle, looking down at the familiar Small Courtyard, Wang Zijia breathed a long sigh of relief.

Having been away from home for half a year, even though the courtyard in Tianhong Marketplace was larger and resembled a royal palace, it still couldn’t compare with the sense of solidity here.

Of course, what gave him a sense of solidity was certainly not this Small Courtyard, but the secure environment of Wanyu and the warmth of home.

"You’re back. How did the Twin-Selection Conference go?" Xiang Feifei, who had returned much earlier, walked up to Wang Zijia, who was landing from his flight, and softly asked.

"It went alright, the results weren’t too bad. At least among the three teams, ours kept the most people." Wang Zijia offered a faint smile and responded casually.

"That’s good!" Hearing his words, Xiang Feifei also revealed a sweet smile.

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The two chatted casually and life seemed to go back to half a year ago, as if nothing had changed.

After dinner in the evening, Wang Zijia returned to the Cultivation Room and pulled out ten jade gourds.

Moving around to different places for a month was unstable, coupled with the fact that Wang Zijia had few magic money left in his pocket, he didn’t sell materials crazily anymore. So Bai Qian only refined around ten gourds of Explosive Spirit Pills in a month.

Finally, he had a stable day, Wang Zijia poured out an Explosive Spirit Pill and directly swallowed it.

"Value +15!"

"Huh?"

Wang Zijia, who had just completed the exchange, was momentarily stunned. He then ate several more Explosive Spirit Pills in succession.

"Value +16!"

"Value +15!"

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All of them were worth around ten points. Previously they were worth twenty-one to twenty-two points. Wang Zijia opened the jade gourd, took out a handful of Explosive Spirit Pills, and carefully inspected them, confirming there were no quality issues.

The problem seemed to lie within himself!

Without looking much further, Wang Zijia unconsciously glanced at his semi-liquid mana that had now turned into a misty state. The level of refinement was probably already close to that of many advanced monks.

It seemed that the effect of the Explosive Spirit Pill on him, despite the Balance Scale conversion, was nearing its limit.

After all, it required some kind of absorption from his body; at least it needed to be ingested and become an enhanced power within his body to initiate the Balance Scale conversion. But for substances with too low an effect, while being absorbed, were also rapidly converted to other powers by the body, naturally weakening the effect.

"Looks like it’s time to change the elixir,"

In between Wang Zijia’s whispers, he thought about the accompanying problem.

It would have been acceptable for first-grade pills; however, it was quite a hassle to purchase second-grade pills in bulk, even when going to various factions within the Pill Institute!

He needed to slightly speed up Bai Qian’s cultivation progress, wasn’t he training her for such situations in the first place?

Fortunately, when they had tried last time, she still had a value of forty thousand left in her body, almost enough for her to be promoted to Sacrificial Wine. It’s just that this progress might be a bit too fast. He needed to find a little excuse.

Knowing it well was one thing, bringing it up bluntly was another.

Amid his thoughts, Wang Zijia collected the elixirs from the ten gourds. Eating them himself would have wasted one-third of their value, so it was better to save them for Bai Qian and Xiang Feifei to use later.

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Early the next day, Wang Zijia took the girls with him, welcoming the first ray of morning light, and started shadowboxing in the courtyard.

Since they had not left for more than half a year, everyone seemed to miss the peaceful and leisurely days. Therefore, everyone was very focused on shadowboxing this morning.

"I’ve been transferred!" Xiang Feifei suddenly said at breakfast.

"When did this happen? Where are you being transferred to?" Wang Zijia asked.

"I got the notice last night. It said I was transferred to Qifu Building. Should I go?" Xiang Feifei looked at Wang Zijia and asked calmly.

If it were in the past, she and the Xiang family would have been ecstatic if she could get into the Qifu Building. But now, they all knew what was happening.

Xiang Feifei was following the standard core path in the Qifu Faction, that of a Talisman Master. In many small clans in the Qifu Faction, disciples aspiring to make further progress often start on this path.

And Qifu Building, as you can hear from its name, was the core of the cores in the Qifu Faction. As for the office location, it was even more amazing. It was located at the very center of the Faction, in the Fu Hammer Town Vein Building, which was rumored to be a special Magic Treasure!

Most people inside were Talisman Masters who were responsible for making talisman weapons.

Of course, this was also a big category; small items like paper kites and array disks; large items like protective talismans, reusable talisman swords, and even Magic Treasures. Therefore, there are many branches amongst the Talisman Masters.

"Why not go?" Wang Zijia immediately replied.

"It won’t affect you in any way, right?" Xiang Feifei asked cautiously.

"What could possibly be affected? At most, they might just assign a few more people to my side, or ask me to look after someone." Wang Zijia said jokingly, "Anyway, your fiancé happens to be a famous Dao Child known throughout the sect now. It’s only natural that some people would try to curry favor with him. Just enjoy the benefits without worries!"

"I see," Xiang Feifei nodded earnestly, "I’ll be careful not to owe anyone any favors."

"It’s okay. Small matters like these shouldn’t count as owing anyone’s favor." Wang Zijia said casually.

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As the two chatted, they finished breakfast. Wang Zijia drove the flying shuttle and headed straight for the Task Hall. He had a lot to do on this day.

"Good morning, Martial Uncle Wang!"

"Martial Uncle Wang!!"

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Just as he arrived outside the Qifu Faction’s Task Hall, the disciples going in and out to receive tasks at the entrance of the Task Hall saw Wang Zijia. They all involuntarily stopped in their tracks and politely greeted Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia nodded slightly in response.