My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 456 - 413: Returning the Favor with the Jade Disk of Dao Law

Chapter 456: Chapter 413: Returning the Favor with the Jade Disk of Dao Law

"Indeed, it’s the Resentful Spirit Purified Soul Stone," Gu Yuebai confirmed with a nod.

Wang Zijia contemplated the items for a while before hesitantly asking, "Might I extract a few whiffs of essence from them?"

It was something they had agreed upon beforehand.

"Yes!" Gu Yuebai readily agreed, nodding in acknowledgment. He added, "Please be very careful in the process, Junior Brother. These items are vital to my path of cultivation."

Hearing this, Wang Zijia avoided touching the items and instead motioned with his hand. He extracted two grains, the size of sand particles from the fossilized skeleton and a pinch of pure essence from the Sword Heart Clarity Grass.

He carefully stored the items amidst swift and clear-cut movements, leaving no room for misunderstandings.

Observing this, Gu Yuebai let out a quiet sigh of relief. The last thing he wanted was for the favor he owed to turn into animosity.

"Is this sufficient?" Gu Yuebai questioned.

"It is!" Wang Zijia confirmed with a nod.

"I had assumed you would have requested a portion of the spiritual materials. If it’s just this small amount of essence, I presume it would not be hard to find," Gu Yuebai reasoned, as he sealed the boxes back up.

Wang Zijia gave a wry smile and shook his head. "True, but unfortunately, my connections are limited. The question isn’t about if others will believe me, but rather how many would be willing to reveal their treasured items?"

"Indeed!" Gu Yuebai agreed with a nod, "A spiritual object of an Infant God is indeed too precious. Who would want to display it casually to others?"

While talking, Gu Yuebai put away the jade boxes and with a gesture, threw out a pile of jade boxes.

Glancing at the remaining items, Wang Zijia saw they were all auxiliary materials. Precious but not hard to find for a Perfected being like him.

Wang Zijia hid his bitter expression, while examining the materials and changing the subject, "Senior Brother, did you just prepare two main materials?"

"If it were easy to gather four extremely compatible spiritual materials based on Tao Law, I wouldn’t have wasted hundreds of years pondering and hesitating."

Gu Yuebai fell into somber silence before speaking after a while, "Among the ten thousand true members of our Sect, to attain the privilege of my pending breakthrough is an extreme stroke of luck; it’s worth a gamble."

"Without any stroke of good fortune, if I wait another fifty years, it will be difficult to find another spiritual material. The condition by then might not be better than now, maybe even worse if I have to go into the battlefield."

Wang Zijia could relate to this. Over the past month, he had recognized how difficult it was to seek out spiritual objects of an Infant God.

He wasn’t asking for a complete object, no pollution, but just to extract a little bit of its essence. Such liberal conditions and yet no one was willing to offer anything; it spoke volumes!

Shortly, when both of them had dealt with all the spiritual objects, Gu Yuebai carefully stored everything again and left the room for a while.

When he returned, he and Wang Zijia left the room, and they both felt much more relaxed.

They left the heavily guarded area, floated away from the Thick Virtue Peak, and returned to Gu Yuebai’s courtyard in the Outer Court.

While they were chatting leisurely, Wang Zijia hesitated for a while and said, "For this observation, how about using one hundred thousand pieces of Magic Money as the Senior Brother’s payment?"

A rare formal expression showed on Gu Yuebai’s face as he said, "Junior Brother, no need to be so polite!"

Was it joking? The Gu family befriended him not for the sake of the magic money.

Wang Zijia had expected this reaction. However, he already owed a lot to the Gu family and with this going on, he was finding it hard to clear his debts.

Hesitating for a moment, he took out three jade Dao talismans and pushed them across the table.

"I’m not fortunate enough to acquire any Sword Sect Heritage in Qinglian World, however, due to the special environment I have gained some insights. This Dao Talisman was created by me. It’s a fusion of my understanding of False Dao and imitation of an Ancient Taoism technique. Please accept it, Senior Brother!"

Gu Yuebai’s brows lightly furrowed. He thought his stance on the matter had been made clear.

Seeing this, Wang Zijia smiled and said, "These talismans are similar to the Secret Inheritance of the Qifu Faction, the False Pill Method. They allow disciples to be promoted to Sacrificial Wine early.on. The difference is that after promotion, disciples can slowly consolidate and forge their Dao Foundation without affecting their base."

Gu Yuebai was slightly moved but he didn’t make a move to accept them.

While treasured, for a clan as grand as his, they were just slightly useful.

The Gu family, or to be specific, Gu Yuncheng and Gu Yuebai, valued Wang Zijia more.

Wang Zijia again raised the stakes, "Don’t worry, Senior Brother. This is just a gift in return. The Gu family has helped me a lot and I have no intention of clearing the slate."

At this, Gu Yuebai laughed heartily, "In that case, I’ll accept one!"

Wang Zijia shook his head, thinking for a moment before ultimately reclaiming one of the talismans. "Senior Brother, you should keep two."

Gu Yuebai was slightly puzzled, giving Wang Zijia a questioning look. Wang Zijia again looked hesitant.

"Just speak frank Junior Brother, considering our relationship there’s no need to worry, right?" Gu Yuebai began examining one of the Jade talismans as he spoke.

Wang Zijia hesitated before finally speaking, "Keep one of these talismans for your personal use, Senior Brother."

"I? For my use? What good would such an item be for me?" As he spoke Gu Yuebai carefully examined the Dao talisman, the glint in his eyes revealing his focus on it.

Wang Zijia added hesitantly, "At least...if Senior Brother feels that the chances of a breakthrough are hopeless, you can try to use one talisman."

Gu Yuebai who had been casually examining the jade talisman trembled at this; he nearly dropped the talisman. He hurriedly steadied it and carefully placed it on the table giving Wang Zijia a shocked look.