My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 408 - 377: Reward for the Task of Returning to the Clan

Chapter 408: Chapter 377: Reward for the Task of Returning to the Clan

"Come on, don’t just stand around, come to my place for tea!" Luo Yongyang enthusiastically called to the two of them.

Gu Wenhe didn’t have the slightest hesitation, and upon seeing this, Wang Zijia followed with a smile.

During their casual conversation, they entered a cluster of halls, passing through a multitude of large halls, and finally arrived in a courtyard that was quite simply decorated, with a distinctly minimalist style.

They sat down at a stone table under an ancient pine tree, a third-grade spiritual wood, in the courtyard.

There was an immediate disciple, who was likely one of Luo Yongyang’s direct disciples, who had already prepared spiritual tea. When Luo Yongyang invited Wang Zijia to sit down, he adeptly poured tea for all three of them, standing silently to the side.

"Speaking of which, Junior Brother Wang and your Luo family actually have quite a deep connection!" After the three of them sat down, Gu Wenhe skillfully steered the conversation toward Wang Zijia.

"Oh?" Luo Yongyang looked at Wang Zijia in confusion. He really had no understanding of Wang Zijia, he couldn’t very well check his information directly in front of him.

Wang Zijia naturally understood Gu Wenhe’s intentions and likewise skillfully replied, "Yes, when I was promoted to the level of a wine monk, I went to the Hundred Demon Bewitching Domain to gather resources, where I encountered a significant accident. I was fortunate enough to be rescued by Senior Brother Luo Cheng."

"I see." Luo Yongyang had a moment of realization.

"Furthermore, I originate from Wanyu Immortal City. When there was a crisis in the city during my childhood, the Law Enforcement Team that came to deal with the situation was led by Luo Qing, a junior from your Luo family." Wang Zijia continued.

"Luo Qing?" Gu Wenhe asked in surprise.

"Luo Qing? Ha, the youngster managed to break through to the realm of Perfected people this year. The two of you indeed have a lot of fate." Luo Yongyang raised his brows, saying happily, "In this case, our junior brother, you and our Luo family really do share a deep connection."

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Two of them were old monsters who had lived hundreds of years, and although Wang Zijia appeared young, he was also a man in his forties, having experienced countless trials and tribulations in his past and present lives.

Therefore, all three of them were seasoned characters. They were mutually interested in befriending each other, exchanging pleasantries and conversation quite harmoniously.

After a while, once they had become more comfortable with each other, the conversation was steered toward the main subject at hand.

"Junior Brother, you just returned to the Sect and must have tons of things to deal with. We shouldn’t delay you any longer. Let’s hand over your task first before we continue." Luo Yongyang stated.

Wang Zijia saw him steer the conversation toward serious business. He did indeed want to return as soon as possible, hence he did not defer and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"There’s no need to be so polite, it’s only right." Luo Yongyang said as he waved his hand, activating the array of the entire courtyard.

This place was actually similar to Wang Zijia’s White Peach Courtyard on White Peach Peak, only that the transmission tower on Wang Zijia’s peak was connected to the main array of Qifu Faction’s Fu Tower, while the array here was directly connected to the core database of the Task Administration Institute!

With Luo Yongyang’s operation, several light screens appeared around them, and Wang Zijia’s basic information automatically surfaced.

Upon seeing Wang Zijia’s information, especially the part where his 18th birthday was just one month away, he looked at Wang Zijia in surprise once more.

Without further delay, he started his operations. After dealing with a few tasks, he paused in his actions and asked, "Junior Brother, did you just report the issue about the traitor disciple Yu Guangye?"

Wang Zijia nodded, saying, "Yes, during my last descent to the lower realm, he smuggled a soul clone of him with another disciple. By a stroke of luck, their consciousnesses swapped and he managed to escape the Sect’s law enforcement team’s execution."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yongyang furrowed his brows, called up several screens quickly, saying, "This is a complicated issue. His case shows as closed. Luo Cheng and Yan Qimeng were the ones mainly responsible for this case."

"Because there was indeed evidence of his killing, the task was completed and the reward was already issued. Now with the situation that Junior Brother reported, even though there is no double claiming issue, there is a target overlap issue······ Do you have any evidence?"

Wang Zijia hesitated for a moment, then conjured a white jade skull and a strand of spirit essence, saying, "Can these things be of use, Senior Brother?"

Luo Yongyang and Gu Wenhe stared at the white jade skull, both startled.

"The spirit bones of an Infant God Cultivator?"

Luo Yongyang examined the spirit bones for a while, and kept the strand of spirit essence Wang Zijia handed over as physical evidence, before returning the skull to Wang Zijia, saying,

"Even though the situation in Qinglian World is unique now and we cannot verify it in the Lower Realm, these things, together with the information provided by Elders guarding the Ascension Hall, are enough to validate the task."

"Thank you then, Senior Brother Luo!" Wang Zijia responded respectably straight away.

"No need to be so polite!" Luo Yongyang replied while operating.

During the operation, he would occasionally question Wang Zijia.

It wasn’t about asking the conditions of the Demon Suppression Sect in the Lower Realm. No matter what kind of sect Wang Zijia turned Qinglian World into, those who ascended later would still be Wanyu Disciples.

It was only a question of his faction, but this was the advantage of a custom task assignment. It was a welfare of executable tasks, all depending on one’s ability.

The main questions were about setting the realm boundary, like whether Wang Zijia pulled up shoots to assist growth, barely managing to cultivate three Boundary Reaching Experts, or did traditional teaching to cultivate three genius disciples, and so on.

These might slightly affect the evaluation of Wang Zijia’s task completion, and more importantly, the generation of follow-up tasks.

For instance, whether to immediately send disciples down after the Ascension Passage is complete, or to follow a complete and proper teaching methodology again and so forth.

For these things, Wanyu had a familiar process.

While the two were discussing, Luo Yongyang and Gu Wenhe became increasingly astonished. They had initially thought Wang Zijia just completed the task, but from his words, it seemed like he had settled the sectarian issues of Qinglian World all at once?

Of course, neither of them belonged to the Channel Stabilizing lineage, so they were only surprised by this. After all, they did not mingle with the Outer Sect.

"Alright, that should about cover it." Luo Yongyang completed his operations after about a quarter of an hour.

"Ding dong!"

As Luo Yongyang spoke, a prompt sounded from Wang Zijia’s identity card.

Wang Zijia opened it to take a look.

Task: Anchor in the Lower Realm

Type: Teaching Anchor (Opening Channels)

Status: Completed

Reward: Dao Kung+30,000, Merit+10;

Opening Channels, Supporting New Sects (part has been dispensed, the rest can be claimed at will),

Top-notch spirit tool for anchoring (to be custom-made),

Sect resources·Qinglian (upon completion of anchoring, you can freely participate in the dispute between factions that preach in the Qinglian World),

Perfected Realm Cultivation Methods (dispensed in advance),

Five sets of Perfected Realm Inheritances (dispensed in advance)······

Additional Reward: Merit +50, one Third-grade Elementary Inheritance Token (you can choose any third-grade elementary cultivation method in the inheritance hall.)

Note: Because he sabotaged the Demonic Sect’s conspiracy during the anchoring, avoided possible losses or fights for the sect, and killed a Perfected Realm traitor that got away before, he is being given this additional reward.

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"Junior Brother, take a look. Is there anything missing, or do you need anything supplement?" Luo Yongyang asked with a smile while Wang Zijia was looking at the task.

After a moment, having read the information, Wang Zijia smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Then, the three of them chatted casually for a while. They knew that Wang Zijia had just returned, so after getting acquainted by sharing half a pot of Spiritual Tea, they each bid farewell and left.

Gu Wenhe didn’t continue to accompany Wang Zijia. After parting ways, he flew towards Thick Virtue Peak.

Wang Zijia gave it some thought, mounted the Blood Fiend Jade Shuttle, transformed into a beam of light, and flew towards the Qifu Faction.

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Within a short time, at the Qifu Faction, Biyi Court.

Wang Zijia landed the Escape Light and gently descended into the courtyard.

Familiar buildings came into view, and the courtyard, as well as the pear tree, stood quietly as before.

Looking at the unchanged Biyi Court, Wang Zijia felt somewhat dazed.

Even though a little over a year of actual time had passed in the Lower Realm, looking at these familiar scenes, it felt as though a long time had passed.

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Zijia finally entered the courtyard.

After strolling around, Wang Zijia found that Xiang Feifei didn’t seem to be living here?

He looked at the time. He had originally emerged from the Ascension Pool in the afternoon and had been delayed for quite some time on Thick Virtue Peak and Baitai Peak. Now, it was almost the end of the workday in the evening.

Without any further hesitation, he once again rode the blood-colored streamer and headed for White Peach Peak.

With his current cultivation and the initial spirit artifact-level flying tool, his speed had increased more than tenfold.

The one-hour commute used to take slightly more than two hours, but now, it only took about a quarter of an hour.

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Upon reaching White Peach Peak, he looked down.

There was not much change in White Peach Peak, but the changes in the Fake Talisman Lineage below were significant.

In nearly four months, the buildings below had expanded by a factor of two. The lively construction was still ongoing, and a living ecosystem had begun to form in the center.

However, because the welfare hadn’t been distributed yet and there was nothing special to attract residents, and also considering the current wartime period, almost all of those living here were children, with no Wine Monks in sight.

Compared to the Demon Suppression Sect in the Qinglian World, which has been developing for decades, this main vein in the Upper Realm was truly lagging behind, with the main and secondary levels reversed.

Wang Zijia took a look for a while, then quietly descended into the courtyard.

"Whoosh!"

Just as he was gently falling into the courtyard, the surrounding seven peach trees immediately sensed Wang Zijia’s return and shook without any breeze.

Excitedly waving their branches, each peach tree extended meaty, pitch-black, strange roots from the ground, swirling around Wang Zijia like snakes.

"Pop, pop!"

The Five Ghosts bounced out of his body and also received a warm welcome from the Ghost Wood Peach Tree, rubbing against each of the Five Ghosts like an eager dog.

The Five Ghosts, probably being stronger than the peach tree now and having an external enemy, the Swallowing Void Toad, regarded the Seven Peach Trees as their own.

With a stern-faced, it was like an older brother looking at a younger one, gently patted a few peach trees, portioned out in a serious tone, and looked very comical.

In the few months of the Lower Realm, without the nourishment of corpses, the seven peach trees didn’t make much progress. Additionally, because the enlightenment was less than perfect due to the insufficient methods used, slight defects in the enlightenment caused some regression in their spiritual wisdom.

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