My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 459 - 415: Approaching the Goal of Detrimental Mutation

Chapter 459: Chapter 415: Approaching the Goal of Detrimental Mutation

"Splash!"

While Wang Zijia was taking in his surroundings, the Flying Boat he was on, which had been hovering for a moment, plunged straight into the lake.

The wind-deflecting shield activated by the Flying Boat naturally isolated the lake water as it sped towards the lake bottom.

Even though this Flying Boat was not a water-based spiritual tool, due to the lake being small, they reached the bottom in just a short while due to a not too fast speed.

In one corner of the lake bottom was a Hanbai Jade Palace enveloped by a semi-transparent, spherical magical array shield, with numerous spirit fish swimming around it, resembling the legendary Dragon Palace.

This was Wang Zijia’s first encounter with a true Perfected’s clan!

Having stayed in the Wanyu Sect for a long time, Wang Zijia always felt Perfected were zilch; only Infant God could barely catch his eye.

Used to encountering the Perfected like dogs, he suddenly found out when he came out.

How terrifying an existence Perfected are in the outside world!

The Chen family, established by a Perfected, supported a population of millions. The palace-like lake and others added together... Wang Zijia found that being a Perfected seems quite impressive after all!

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

"Patriarch!"

While Wang Zijia was lost in his thoughts, Chen Mingyong had already utilized the Flying Boat, crossed through the light shield, and arrived inside the Dragon Palace-like palace.

The disciples patrolling around bowed respectfully upon seeing the two of them.

Chen Mingyong stood at the front of the Flying Boat with his hands behind his back, flying forward indifferently, not even acknowledging the greetings, behaving extremely aloof.

Seeing this, Wang Zijia certainly didn’t respond either.

The palace was built against the edge of the lake, at a cliff at the bottom of the lake.

When Wang Zijia and the rest reached the innermost part of the palace, Wang Zijia found that it was a Cave World unto itself.

A huge cave loomed at the lake bottom.

The moment the two entered the cave, abundant spiritual power swept over them.

To his surprise, this was a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring!

Obviously, this was one of Chen family’s core assets, helping them persist as an old brand Perfected family for thousands of years.

The cave didn’t become complicated as one might imagine after thousands of years of excavations.

On the contrary, it was very simple, having only a dozen cave rooms, with a spiritual spring situated in the hall at the center of all the rooms.

Chen Mingyong led Wang Zijia into the room situated furthest inwards.

"Roar!"

"Kill! Kill!"

"Clatter!"

The moment they entered the room, the clash of shackles and tumultuous roars filled their ears.

Wang Zijia was stunned to see that a massive altar-like array platform occupied a sizable cavern. Surrounding the array were numerous rune-shape shackles. In the center of the shackles was a haggard, old man with white hair and beard...a man?

Could he still be considered human?

The man’s lower body had turned into a fish-tail-shaped snake body, accompanied by many nauseating tentacles, constantly wriggling.

The hunched back adorned with several towering, sharp spikes and fish-like hands, covered in scales, appeared just like a legendary Fishman. His scaly hands were sharp like claws and thickly covered in scales.

Moreover, his entire body was coated with a layer of disgusting mucus that dripped incessantly, making the array platform beneath him slick with the nauseating mucus.

This man, except for the extremely aged head that retained a human form, had entirely turned into a monster.

He was just one step short of a disastrous mutation into a devil!!!

No wonder the Inheritance Teacher Circle of the sect kept their distance, losing even the interest to take a glance.

No wonder he wasn’t kept in the sect. If he were in the sect, forget about the Demon Suppressing Tower, the Law Hall would have long come knocking!

"Is this senior brother Yichang?" Wang Zijia, after a long silence, asked.

Chen Mingyong nodded and replied, "Junior brother Wang, do you think you can extract the inheritance?"

Wang Zijia: "..."

For contamination to such an extent, instead of finding a way to extract the inheritance, it would be better to wait for him to die. Attempt to act on the contaminants he’d disperse then, trying to obtain a few secret books of his inheritance.

"An Inheritance Master performing the last rites and extracting contamination requires the subject’s voluntary cooperation, doesn’t it? Senior Brother, you’re aware of this essential condition, right?"

Wang Zijia replied like such after a moment of silence.

Chen Mingyong nodded, saying, "Of course I do. The clan leader practices Array Chess Path, starting with Dingjia Road Soldier Spirit Pet as the foundation. He has a special method of restoring it."

"But now, he’s already pushed to the limit. We do not know how many more times it can be used. Hence, are you certain you can accept it?"

"If yes, then I will awaken the patriarch immediately. If not, it doesn’t matter either. I will withdraw the task at my end, after all, it’s inevitable given the patriarch’s condition."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia fell silent for a moment.

"We theoretically can..."

There was a hesitancy in his words.

"It’s okay..." Chen Mingyong’s prepared speech was interrupted abruptly as he lifted his head and stared at Wang Zijia, saying,

"Junior Brother, you said it’s possible? But what are the conditions? Do not hesitate, our Patriarch’s current health, the reason he has been reluctant to feather, is because his spirit is not at peace about his clan, after all, he was tenacious enough to build this family as it is today."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia had an epiphany and seemed to understand Chen Yichang’s mentality.

"My two-star task is a standard one, your euthanization assignment, obviously surpasses a standard task... I dare to risk getting polluted..." said Wang Zijia, with a slight hesitation.

After all, raising the price for the first task does not look good and it might harm his reputation.

But the situation here was not about raising the price, but about him doing charity if he only charged 20%!

Chen Mingyong was momentarily taken aback, before uncannily saying,

"If you are uncertain about the remuneration, I can amend the commission to 50%, treating you as a five-star Heritage Master, even willingly help you fill in the evaluation for this task, but... I have a condition."

Wang Zijia raised an eyebrow, he still had conditions in this situation? Were they trying to take advantage of the lack of standard fee for the first task?

"Let’s hear it."

Chen Mingyong said, "In accordance to our ancestor’s last wish, he evidently wanted to condense an Inheritance Spiritual Artifact, not to make a secret book. Thus, you must attempt your utmost to guarantee the quality of the Inheritance Spiritual Artifact and refrain from claiming a share of the artifact afterward."

"Of course, we would certainly give you a markdown price according to the market value at that time, be it Spiritual Objects or Magic money, we can provide either, what do you think?"

Wang Zijia, having a clear understanding, immediately got to the point and addressed their concerns, "This is certainly not a problem, I took this task from your family, not with the intention to delve into Chess Path inheritance."

"You are truly noble, Junior Brother!" Chen Mingyong was elated. He gave Wang Zijia a respectful bow, then said, "Shall I awaken the Patriarch now?"

"Not so fast, I have a condition too!" Wang Zijia spoke with a smile.

"What is it?" Chen Mingyong asked cautiously.

"You know Brother Yichang’s condition better than I do, I’ll be performing a secret art for his euthanization later, you can’t observe as usual." Wang Zijia stated it like so.

Chen Mingyong started frowning deeply. Normally after a Heritage Master extracted the inheritance, the monk would die immediately, so there would be others present to give them the last rites. It was also a way to prevent the Heritage Masters from hiding anything.

When the target died, everything depended on what the Heritage Master said.

Chen Mingyong remained silent for a long while, finally speaking, "You won’t just say that the extraction failed and leave it at that, will you?"

Wang Zijia laughed, "Since I chose this task as my first, there’s no way I will compromise my reputation in the Sect over trivial matters."

"You can rest assured, Senior Brother, I will definitely hand over an inheritance artifact to you, though the quality and completeness of the inheritance is something I can’t guarantee."

Hearing this, Chen Mingyong relaxed, saying, "Then there’s no problem!"

It was about condensing an inheritance artifact after all, not a secret book. As long as Wang Zijia ensured an artifact would be produced, he wouldn’t have any issues with transparency.

"Shall I begin?" Chen Mingyong asked.

"First, let the Patriarch of your family take this!" Wang Zijia produced an elixir with a wave of his hand.

Chen Mingyong barely glanced at it before proceeding to trigger the array of shackles to stabilize the old Patriarch, feeding him the elixir.

It wasn’t that he was reckless, it was just unnecessary to worry about anything.

After feeding the elixir, the two waited silently for a moment. Once Wang Zijia felt that the Demon Seeding was complete, he announced,

"It’s ready!"

At this, Chen Mingyong took a deep breath.

As the magical power fluctuated, a snow-white chess piece suddenly popped out from his brow.

At the same time, an array appeared on the ground under his feet, forming a large chessboard that covered the entire room.

’Basic Chess Path: Tianyuan!’

"Click!"

With a slight sound, a white piece fell onto the center of the chessboard.

Under the strange fluctuation, Wang Zijia found that, as the arrays connected, the old man became a game opponent. A black chess piece, carrying a strong ominous aura, jumped out from the old man’s body.

Just like a game of Go, it landed on the chessboard.

At this instant, the pollution in the old man had all been pulled out in front of him, condensing into a mutant Fishman’s avatar.

A robust Fishman appeared beside Chen Mingyong.

With the formation of the two opposing Fishmen, Chen Yichang’s figure also returned to normal.

Well, not quite normal. The old man was as thin as a stick, skin and bones, similar to a living skeleton with skin.

"Thud!"

As the mutant Fishman left the body, he fell to his knees.

"Patriarch!" Chen Mingyong immediately went forward to support the old man.

Wang Zijia turned to look at the mutant Fishman.

Apart from his head which now resembled a Fishman’s skull, the rest was identical to the old man’s lower body from before.

’Interesting, I am aware that Life Vessel Dao Monks in the sect are common, but summoning and integrating with array Dao, creating a Life Sacrifice Summoning Chess Piece, can they be considered Life Vessel or Summoning Spirit Cultivator?’

"Mingyong?" In the midst of Wang Zijia’s thoughts, the skeleton-like old man weakly woke up. He saw Chen Mingyong approaching him, glanced at both Fishmen, then looked at Wang Zijia and asked, "Did you find a Heritage Master?"