My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 414 - 381: Sending People to the Battlefield

Chapter 414: Chapter 381: Sending People to the Battlefield

Wang Zijia listened to the familiar small talk around him, his mind filled with flickering thoughts. He occasionally interjected, guiding the direction of the conversation.

After chatting for over a quarter of an hour, the group went through another round of resource exchanges, then once again started to indulge in small group conversations.

Wang Zijia sought out Gu Xuefeng. Interestingly enough, Lu Qianrou also came.

"Greetings, Lord Wang!"

"Greetings, Martial Uncle Wang!"

Despite their previous good terms with Wang Zijia, they still paid their respects to Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia shook his head, saying, "I initially thought of inviting you to the Clan Establishment Ceremony at White Peach Peak in half a month’s time. Looking at the circumstances now, it seems I would need to get acquainted with you again?"

"Come, why wouldn’t we? We all have our own commitments." Guo Minglang suddenly butted in, cutting off their exchange by speaking first.

"What about you two?" Wang Zijia turned his gaze to Gu Xuefeng and Lu Qianrou.

"Who am I to decline the invitation of Lord Wang?" Gu Xuefeng resumed his usual arrogance, replying in such a manner.

Lu Qianrou, who had a cold personality and was a bit traditional, still maintained a slight bit of respect, saying, "I dare not disobey!"

After all, Wang Zijia was the Perfected man of the Qifu Faction; she probably felt that continuing to interact in the same manner as before was no longer appropriate.

"That’s settled then!" Wang Zijia carelessly agreed.

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Afterwards, everyone engaged in small talk for quite a while. However, Wang Zijia visibly noticed that everyone had grown slightly more cautious and were no longer as carefree.

Indeed, even these illustrious ones, who would see true Perfections in daily life, would also have certain reservations when faced with the vast gap in cultivation. The only difference was the degree of these reservations.

This made Wang Zijia sharply aware that he needed to replace his circle of contacts.

This could be considered a disadvantage of rapid cultivation improvement. Those who had slowly accumulated their strength over several hundred years could always maintain a core circle.

As for him... on this day, he was somewhat excluded from his core circle in an unusual manner.

The situation was probably like: ’You’ve been kicked out of the group chat, please join another chat!’

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Wang Zijia mingled for about a quarter of an hour longer before withdrawing from the Taoist Fantasy.

After a moment’s consideration, he sent out two messages via the General Talisman Summon, then dismissed the matter.

As he flicked his wrist to retrieve the Blood Jade Book Page, one after another its pages were spit out with a light tap. On these pages were various second and third-grade spiritual objects drawn out.

Most were grown over decades by several peaks of the Demon Suppression Sect, as well as what was collected from the Forbidden Warehouse prior to his ascension.

A significant part of it came from other factions.

Of course, this did not include those acquired unscrupulously while gathering spiritual objects. In this regard, Wang Zijia’s reputation had always been clean.

Rather, they came from... gifts!

Yes, at least one-fifth of these spiritual objects were gifts from various factions during his ascension ceremony, all of them being top-grade!

However, while these things might be extremely valuable in the Lower Realm, in the Demon Suppression Sect, second and third-grade spiritual objects were merely street-stall level.

The cream of the crop within street stalls at most, only a select few could possibly reach the level sold in Sect street stores.

After a preliminary categorization of a large stack of spiritual objects, Wang Zijia checked the time only to find it was already late into the night.

Without further ado, with a shift in his mind, the book gathered the scattered pages that filled the sky and with a human skin paper man, disappeared inside the Cultivation Room.

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In the outskirts of the Beast Control Vein, within the Chaotic Burial Hill Cemetery, not too far into a rather unkempt Small Courtyard.

Under the strong white moonlight, the shadows of the imposing trees within the courtyard were cast onto three small tomb mounds. Several crows perched on the branches, tilting their heads with their blood-red eyes, watching the few people within the courtyard.

Jiang Mingda, who had returned to the Clan for several months, and Minxin, who had been quietly spending her days in seclusion for half a year, were at the moment standing silently within the courtyard.

Apart from the two of them, there was also Gou Hongyuan, the Vice-Main of the Essence Blood Vein, and several other people.

All were former heads of various units within the Ghost Spirit Dark Hall who have now been co-opted into the Shadow Faction. Other than Balofi of the Transformation Pulse, who once wanted to take over from Ghost Spirit, everyone was present.

The people stood quietly in the courtyard, not conversing at all, each appearing to be deep in thought, wondering for what purpose they had been summoned again today.

Time unknowingly flowed by, and as midnight approached, the expressions of the people changed simultaneously.

They saw an elderly Taoist with hunched back and a worn face suddenly appear in the courtyard.

"Greetings, Demon Child Elder... Martial Uncle!"

"Greetings, Demon Child Martial Uncle!"

Upon seeing the sudden appearance of the Demon Child Elder, the crowd was first taken aback, following which they promptly paid their respects.

"Congratulations, Martial Uncle, on solidifying the True Seed and achieving Perfection!"

Following this, someone immediately congratulated him.

The Demon Child nodded calmly, saying, "It’s just some gains from the battlefield!"

Upon hearing his words, everyone was taken aback.

The Demon Child glanced at everyone, maintaining his demonic composure, and without any superfluous words, he got straight to the point: "Today I called you all here to inform you that the silence period is over, and each group needs to start collecting corpses again."

"Yes, we obey the master’s decree!" A group of disciples responded in unison.

As the Demon Child Elder looked at everyone, he added: "There’s no need to stay with the Law Enforcement Team anymore. Starting tomorrow, everyone at the peak of the child stage should join the Demon Driving Team, accept battlefield tasks, and be responsible for cleaning the battlefield."

Everyone gave a start, and then released a sigh of relief. Yet Gou Hongyuan had a trace of worry as he asked, "Martial Uncle Demon Child, accepting the tasks from the battlefield is easy now, but if we need to achieve large-scale gains from cleaning up the battlefield..."

He didn’t continue, and there was no need to.

The Demon Child Elder looked at everyone and said, "I’m not asking you to clear the battlefield along with the frontline logistics team. It’s very hard to get into that team, even His Highness God Monarch himself would hardly be able to accomplish it in a large-scale way."

"But following the cleaning up efforts of the frontline logistics team, groups responsible for carrying the bodies, purifying and burying them can easily receive tasks from the task hall at this time."

Demonic cultivators mostly used various pollution methods, especially the Evil Seeds, which were the most common. Bodies had to be dealt with. If burnt in large quantities, pollution would spread vastly in the air, with even more severe consequences.

Therefore, dealing with the bodies was mandatory. After being scavenged, they didn’t have any valuables left and also had the risk of being contaminated. Considering these factors at this time point when the mandatory task hadn’t started yet, this job was the best to undertake.

Waiting until the two sects were battling and reaching the phase of issuing mandatory tasks, it would be difficult to get such a job.

Upon hearing this, everyone became enlightened and responded in unison, "We understand, Master!"

The Demon Child Elder added: "Remember to take tasks as a small team, making it easier to control the whole team. After completing the tasks, proceed as before, and at the beginning of every ten days period, submit the collected corpses."

"Although dealing with the bodies brings nearly no benefits and barely any attention, considering the uncertainties in the battlefield, there’s no need to strictly follow this time. You can submit in normal times too!"

"We will keep that in mind!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Let’s get busy with our respective tasks, Blood Spirit and Black Tiger, stay," an elderly Demon Child commanded to everyone.

"We obey the decree!" All the shadows responded in unison before vanishing.

Gou Hongyuan, the deputy head of Essence Blood Vein, and Minxin, were startled, waiting patiently for instructions while puzzled.

First, the Demon Child Elder turned to Black Tiger Minxin and asked, "How has your low-level sales channel been going?"

Black Tiger Minxin breathed a sigh of relief and immediately reported respectfully, "In response to Martial Uncle Demon Child, during this time, the whole Ghost Spirit Dark Hall has returned to the sect to maintain silence."

"Therefore, with the participation of the low-level disciples from all groups, we have already included more than ten veins, forming a small trading circle."

"The core members of this circle are all Shadow disciples who rely on the Hidden Faction Talisman Summon for communication and trading."

"And in this process, we haven’t charged any fees, so we have made contact with many ordinary disciples in the sect, and many want to join the core circle!"

At this point, he carefully glanced at the Demon Child Elder and asked, "Martial Uncle Demon Child, are we qualified to recruit members?"

The Demon Child Elder looked at him and replied, "Your situation is special, which allowed you to enter the Shadows. The recruitment of all the Shadows is mostly not under normal circumstances."

"As for the audit and recruitment of normal Hidden Faction disciples, it’s not my responsibility, and someone is in charge of it."

"You just focus on developing your trading circle. If you can really build a large-scale circle like a Family Alliance among the low-level disciples, I’ll personally commend you."

Upon hearing this, Black Tiger Minxin gave a bitter smile and said, "Master really overestimates me!"

The Demon Child Elder didn’t continue the conversation with him, instead turning to Gou Hongyuan, the vice principal of the Essence Blood Vein, and said:

"You also need not lead a team to the battlefield anymore. Your status isn’t suitable for cleaning up bodies on the battlefield. From now on, you will primarily assist Black Tiger in handling things related to the trading circle."

"Yes!" Gou Hongyuan immediately replied.

The Demon Child Elder looked at Gou Hongyuan, one of the strongest remaining members of the Ghost Spirit Dark Hall.

Name: Gou Hongyuan

Cultivation: Late Stage of Sacrificial Wine

Dao cultivation: 300 years (2,000,000/2,000,000)

Dao Foundation: Blood Spirit (Fifth Grade)

Cultivation Method: Universe Law Canon (Perfected)

Magic Door: Blood Spirit Blood Control Technique...

A look of hesitation appeared on his face as he said, "Recently, many people in our vein went to the battlefield, so lots of low-grade items need to be processed. If you do a good job, I can grant you an opportunity to reach the Perfected Realm."

Gou Hongyuan abruptly looked up, his eyes bright with excitement, as he stared at Demon Child Elder. He had been lured into the Ghost Spirit Dark Hall and served it for over a hundred years just to advance further in his cultivation!

"Is it true?" Gou Hongyuan asked subconsciously.

"Huh!" The Demon Child Elder sneered, saying, "With your status as a sinner, do I need to butter you up? Do I have so much free time?"

After speaking, Gou Hongyuan realized his lapse and immediately said anxiously, "I was too excited for a while and lost my manners, I beg Martial Uncle for forgiveness!"

"Forget it, just work hard," the Demon Child Elder looked at him and said casually, "When you truly reach the core of the vein, you will understand what resources the Hidden Faction has."