My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 463 - 418: The Terrifying Calculation Cultivator who Accumulated a Lot but Couldn’t Achieve Little

Chapter 463: Chapter 418: The Terrifying Calculation Cultivator who Accumulated a Lot but Couldn’t Achieve Little

The two of them traversed a vast area, arriving in front of an exquisitely quiet, albeit slightly isolated cave house and stopped.

"A third-grade cave dwelling?" Wang Zijia expressed surprise as he felt the sparse spiritual energy when Shi Wanquan opened the protection of the dwelling and they entered.

To the outside world, a Third-grade cave dwelling might already be considered a treasure land.

But this was already the lowest standard of cave dwelling on Qifeng, especially on the main peak.

Anything lower... there was no need for construction, any place would suffice as long as some spiritual power was drawn into it.

It is important to note that even Wang Zijia, a Perfected of the Outer Sect, was given the treatment of a fourth grade spiritual vein, which involved an entire mountain that contained an entire spiritual vein, and multiple third-grade vein mouths!

Shi Wanquan gave a bitter smile for a moment, saying, "I’ve embarrassed you, Junior Brother!"

Wang Zijia frowned slightly, unsure of how to respond for a moment.

Give consolation?

Say that he himself was down and out once before?

"Doesn’t your clan have any clan elders?" Wang Zijia decided to simply speak out after several thoughts flashed through his mind.

"It’s not what you think, Junior Brother, Uncle Xintian..."

Shi Wanquan originally wanted to explain a few things, but eventually felt it unnecessary and shook his head, "Never mind, the victory and defeat are already determined, none of this matters anymore!"

Wang Zijia glanced at him, and although he was slightly perplexed, he didn’t ask any further.

After all, it was their family affair, and he, who simply came to send someone off, why did he need to ask so many questions?

The two of them once again entered the cave dwelling in silence, the surprisingly spacious dwelling was a rare sight on the main peak where construction of cave dwellings was strictly limited, including how deep it could be dug!!!

The two of them passed through the cave to end up at the most inner part of the cave, the mouth of the third-class spiritual vein, where a cultivation room was located.

The surprisingly plain room, measuring about twenty square meters, contained a Eight Trigrams Array Platform, which was built around the vein mouth.

In the currently empty room, a man who appeared middle-aged but had a full head of white hair and a face full of vicissitudes was silently sitting in the center of the room.

The man’s eyes were half open and half closed, but he didn’t seem sleepy, but rather extremely tired, both physically and mentally, yet forcefully keeping himself from falling into slumber.

The entry of the two attracted the man’s attention.

He barely opened his eyes and looked up at the two of them, his gaze bypassing Shi Wanquan in front and directly fixed on Wang Zijia.

To Wang Zijia’s surprise, the other party had a pair of eyes that were completely inconsistent with his appearance. They were bright and dazzling, radiant like stars, yet as deep as the starry sky.

Shi Xintian, a powerhouse of the Perfected level, over three hundred years old, and a contemporary of Gu Yuebai and Xu Yuyu. Although he might not belong to the same generation, the difference should not be big, making him part of the same era.

He once had a glorious past, but the Shi Family could only support one reserve god monarch at a time for a short period.

If Shi Xintian was content to be second fiddle and dutifully picked up the leftovers that rightfully belonged to the second-in-line, he probably wouldn’t have been treated much worse than Gu Yuebai.

After all, the strength of the Shi family was there!

But his ambition was too high and he was too proud, wanting to compete for the title of the "number one person" of his era.

The end result was that he was now in front of them, riddled with chronic diseases, just in the prime of his life, yet already at the end of his tether.

Perhaps it was indeed due to some lack of talent, or perhaps, because he wasn’t the legitimate lineage of the Shi family, missing a Patriarch Infant God. It was also likely that he trusted too much in the so-called clan elders, believing that the clan would be fair to him.

The downfall of a once-in-a-generation prodigy, a genius from a family of gods with dual infant spirits, explains a lot of things without needing to say a word.

Of course, being too rigid makes one prone to breakage, and for getting to where he is today, he himself also has to take responsibility.

At this moment, as Wang Zijia made eye contact with him, he saw the pride and unwillingness deep in his eyes.

With his basic information flashing in his mind, combined with all kinds of materials, numerous volumes of clan infighting history had already been compiled, covering centuries of clan struggles and familial grievances.

"You’re here!" Shi Xintian glanced at Wang Zijia for a few moments before speaking abruptly.

"Yes, Uncle, I’ve brought the heritage master you requested!" Shi Wanquan replied respectfully.

"How many stars?" Shi Xintian gazed at Wang Zijia, suddenly asking.

"Two stars," came Wang Zijia’s nonchalant reply.

Shi Xintian frowned deeply, turning his gaze to Shi Wanquan. Shi Wanquan sighed, "Uncle, under the premise that you don’t want to alarm the clan, he’s the best heritage master I could find."

"Junior Brother Qiguan was just stuck in the Lower Realm for a century and is now making a breakthrough. If any fourth-grade heritage master from the inheritance hall came to the clan, the clan would definitely find out."

This headless and tailless conversation caused Wang Zijia to frown deeply.

Was he keeping this a secret while sending someone off?

"Forget it, you go out and bring Fei’er in." Shi Xintian sighed.

Shi Wanquan bowed to the two of them and turned to leave.

Only then did Shi Xintian bow to Wang Zijia, saying, "My body is not well, so I hope Junior Brother will bear with it."

As he spoke, he lifted the Taoist robe he was sitting on.

What caused Wang Zijia to shrink his pupils was that the other party’s lower body was covered in runes, and was already in a state between illusion and reality.

A faint aura of destruction filled the air. It was somewhat similar to the power Yue Changqing had had when he had fallen, yet completely different.

’Dao wound!’

For no apparent reason, this term came to Wang Zijia’s mind.

But for him, this term was a bit too high profile. It was not just real people, even Yuan Shen cultivators who suffered this kind of wound would be at a loss and waiting for death.

"No matter," Wang Zijia responded with a calm demeanor despite his mind whirling.

"I’m sure you’ve seen my condition, Junior Brother, so I won’t beat around the bush. How confident are you that it can succeed?" Shi Xintian looked at Wang Zijia and went straight to the point.

"Senior Brother, do you want the Secret Book or the Inheritance Artifact?" Wang Zijia did not immediately answer but asked instead.

"The Secret Book!" Shi Xintian said without a hint of hesitation.

His answer surprised Wang Zijia for a moment, who then calmly said, "In that case, there is a hundred percent certainty. The only difference lies in how many Secret Books we can produce."

Shi Xintian was slightly taken aback by Wang Zijia’s confident response and took another careful look at him.

In their eye contact, Shi Xintian seemed to see his past self, equally confident, equally arrogant, and equally proud.

The difference was, he was once like that.

"Ha ha, it seems that I’ve secluded myself for too long. The Sect has produced a character like you, Junior Brother, and I have no idea at all," Shi Xintian suddenly laughed heartily.

"Grandfather!" At this moment, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy entered into the cave mansion, tears streaming down his face. He bowed respectfully to Shi Xintian, then to Wang Zijia, and said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle."

Wang Zijia gave the other party a look and slightly nodded his head in return.

Shi Xintian settled his laughter, looked at the boy with complexity in his eyes, and said to Wang Zijia, "I can raise the reward to three stars."

Wang Zijia looked at him without responding.

"The only condition is that in the Inheritance you extract, try to ensure my core Inheritance while giving Xiao Fei the most complete set and ensure he leaves only after he comprehends it," Shi Xintian stated.

Wang Zijia’s brow furrowed again, he asked with confusion, "As far as I know, even the various factions within the Sect do not resort to such bitter struggles. Is there no one in your Shi Family to manage affairs?"

At this moment, Wang Zijia was genuinely puzzled.

"It has nothing to do with the clan. It is merely a personal grievance between my dear Ninth Brother and me. Junior brother, you can rest assured that the situation will not further escalate beyond issues related to resources and inheritance. Otherwise, I would not let Xiao Fei continue to stay in the clan."

Shi Xintian’s words betrayed a hint of unwillingness and loneliness.

His Ninth Brother, Shi Xinyu, was the current Infant God seed of the Shi family, and it was expected that he would make a breakthrough in the next few years.

Wang Zijia couldn’t help but glance at him again, even at this stage, he still believed that someone would abide by rules?

What kind of logic is that?

Are you in this pathetic state because you sought it yourself, with no external factors at all?

Can the struggle for the Tao be child’s play?

What the hell is this Calculation Cultivator?

And what does it have to do with me?

"I can use the Inheritance method and split one set of inheritance before condensing the Secret Book, directly imparting it into his body," Wang Zijia said indifferently, after mulling over it.

"Excellent!" Shi Xintian smiled again.

"Grandfather!" The young man started crying again and attempted to throw himself into Shi Xintian’s arms.

However, he was pulled back by Wang Zijia, the Taoist injury was no less severe than pollution, even more dreadful!

Shi Xintian tried to stop him but upon seeing Wang Zijia’s move, he simply said, "Thank you."

"Not a problem, it’s just part of the task!"

With these words, Wang Zijia restrained the young man on the spot, even casting a sound barrier that allowed him to hear but not cry out in struggle.

He then extracted a pill from his pocket and said, "Since you invited me here, I presume you have some concerns. So... if Senior Brother Xintian is ready, shall we begin now to prevent any changes?"

"What do I need to do?" Shi Xintian was very straightforward.

"Just swallow this, and then cooperate with me." Wang Zijia threw the pill towards him.

Shi Xintian didn’t even bother to reach out and catch it, but instead opened his mouth and sucked it in. The pill flew into his body, carried by his Spiritual Light.

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After a while, Wang Zijia felt the Demonic Seed Power begin to invade.

Because Wang Zijia made no attempts to disguise it, Shi Xintian also clearly felt the invasion of the foreign power.

He didn’t attempt to stop it. On the contrary, he actively helped Wang Zijia complete the process, but it was not quick.

For the first time, Wang Zijia was speechless at the complexity inside the target of the Demonic Seeding. Even with the other party’s active cooperation, the infection was somewhat difficult.

It took more than a quarter of an hour to complete the Demon Seeding this time.

Name: Shi Xintian

Cultivation: Late Stage of Real Person stage

Spiritual Roots: Evolving Spiritual Roots (Top Grade 40 million/50 million)

True Seed: Heavenly Heart Blood Seed (Fifth Grade)

Cultivation Method: Universe Law Canon (Real Person Volume)

Dao cultivation: 500 years (3627 million/4000 million)

Status: Sinners’ calculations backlash, Taoist injury, Taoist heart obscured, fate overdrafted, (876 million/1000 million)

Third-Class Scripture: Heavenly Heart Blood Inquiry Volume - Top grade (Great Mastery), Heavenly Heart Spirit Inquiry Volume - Top grade (Great Mastery), Heavenly Heart Divine Inquiry Volume - Top grade (Great Mastery)······

Second Order Method: ······

First Grade Magic Skill: ······

Total Adjusted Value: 170 million.

’What the fuck!’