My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 505 - 451: Ghostly Domain?

Chapter 505: Chapter 451: Ghostly Domain?

The Demonic Child calmly looked at Wang Zijia and the thousand or so disciples, and said indifferently, "Are these your two disciples?"

Wang Zijia respectfully saluted and replied, "In reply to Martial Uncle, yes!"

"Their aptitude is quite good, especially this kid, his body is filled with lightning, he would make a great thunder magic cultivator!" The Demonic Child looked at the nine-year-old Liang Cheng, and praised.

"Thank you for your praise, Martial Granduncle!" Liang Cheng held a solemn face, resembling an adult.

"There’s not much good stuff to give, so I’ll give you two a taste of your Master’s specialty." As the Demonic Child spoke, he flipped his hand and threw a shattered round bead each to Liang Cheng and Feng Haonan.

The round bead was the size of a glass bead, crystal red all over, covered with cracks, and inside it, there was a faint trace of molten magma flowing, and the explosive force could be vaguely sensed.

Both of them took the round bead in a daze, examining it over and over.

"Aren’t you going to thank Demonic Child Martial Uncle? This is a Void Spirit Jade Talisman, a secondary Fu Treasure. If you activate it fully, even your Master might not be able to bear it!" Wang Zijia saw the two of them holding the bead in a daze, and scolded.

’Ah?!!! Fu Treasure?’

The surrounding crowd were all startled, many of them had heard of the Fu Treasure, but none of them had ever seen one before.

Everyone was staring at the round bead in the two’s hands, especially Nie Xianyu, Shangguan Qijiang, Chu Ziyu, and others who had been wandering outside for many years. They understood how precious it was!

Feng Haonan and Liang Cheng came back to their senses and immediately saluted again, saying, "Thank you, Martial Granduncle, for your generous gift!"

"It’s not a precious thing, but when you activate it, you can’t control its power. Although you two have reached the activation condition, be prepared to use it, so you won’t get yourself killed by these two little fireballs. If your Master comes crying to me then, I won’t take responsibility." The Demonic Child cautioned humorously.

"You joke, Martial Uncle!" Wang Zijia immediately replied with a smile.

"Over there is Dong Chengye. Regarding the matter of the Demon Suppression Sect branch, let your disciples coordinate with him. I still have things to take care of, so I won’t delay anymore."

"We obey the decree!"

"Yes!"

Under the respectful gaze of the crowd, the Demonic Child and Chu Ziyu rose up and turned into a stream of blood-colored light, disappearing into the horizon.

Wang Zijia’s avatar also introduced himself to Dong Chengye briefly, leaving a group of disciples to coordinate with him, and then disappeared himself.

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After leaving the Imperial Capital, Chu Ziyu looked at the map and slightly adjusted the route, heading directly to the northeastern region.

Just over an hour later, they crossed the Chengde Dynasty, entered the wilderness around it, and slowed down again.

During the journey, Chu Ziyu tried to chat casually with Wang Zijia, attempting to learn more about each other and get closer.

Wang Zijia didn’t put on any airs, and chatted with him. Most of the time, Chu Ziyu was talking about various things in Changbao, including the rise and fall of families, human interest, and legends, among others.

After two days, they crossed several dynasties and wastelands again, and a large mountain range appeared in front of them.

"Father, that’s the Zhongshan Range up ahead. It’s one of the largest mountain ranges in the vicinity of Changbao."

Both of them stopped before the mountainous wasteland, and Chu Ziyu looked at the mountains in front of him and said,

"After passing through here, and after two more ’no-man’s-land’ dynastic regions, we’ll arrive in Changbao."

Actually, after crossing, you would technically be in the Changbao State Enclave. However, when partitioning the area, the Wanyu Sect, for unknown reasons or goals, did not use this natural barrier as a border.

Instead, it crossed the mountain range and spanned a small piece of territory before establishing a border.

But the Wanyu Sect rarely sent people to manage this area, let alone the other side of the mountain range.

The area was, for the most part, keeping the same pace as Changbao State Enclave. It was mixed up with the families of Changbao, some of them leaning towards the Cultivation Kingdom.

Of course, it was still officially part of Wanyu. Therefore, it had not been partitioned by the eleven families of Changbao State, but had instead developed independently into a small cultivation circle, making it a ’no-man’s-land’, which was even more chaotic than Changbao and reflected the characteristics of the borderland.

"Hmm, let’s go. We’ll enter and try our luck to see if we can find the so-called Time Sinners and experience the rumored Ghostly Domain."

Wang Zijia stood on the Blood Fiend Jade Shuttle, gazed at the endless mountains, and cautioned,

"Be careful when advancing. According to the records, the Sect hasn’t carried out a large-scale cleanup in this mountainous area for nearly a thousand years. We should expect rampant Demonic Beings and Fierce Beasts."

"I understand!" As a cultivator from Changbao State, he was even clearer than Wang Zijia about the terror within the Zhongshan Range.

If it hadn’t been for Wang Zijia’s presence, he would have never chosen such a route, let alone attempt to venture into the depths of the Zhongshan Range!

Without speaking any further, the two, fully activating their stealth and camouflage, quietly entered the continuous mountain range before them.

"Roar!"

"Wah ah wah!"

"······"

They hadn’t been in there long when Wang Zijia clearly felt the difference.

Compared to the intersections between dynasties within the Sect and the borderlands, this place could truly be considered a wilderness.

There was a wild aura, somewhat similar to the Endless Demon Forest on the west side of the Sect.

Countless beasts lurked within, and even more distorted Demonic Beings had mutated!

Under an unknown influence, just like other Demonic Beings, this mountain range was very active during this period of time, constantly witnessing struggles, mutual infections, and devouring each other.

On their journey, they saw a variety of bizarre Demonic Beings.

The creatures covered with eyes;

the big birds with several skulls; the tigers and leopards with heads at both front and back, etc.······

All of these still had some animal characteristics, and were considered normal beasts!

More were various aggregated monsters!

There were creeping meat mountains, unidentifiable as to what they had originally been, with countless monster limbs struggling to move within them;

A terrifying entity covered in slime, its half-bonded body appearing to grow out of the slime-flooded ground, one couldn’t tell whether it was a creature or a horrid region;

Mountains turned to flesh and blood with various grotesque parts growing on top, resembling living mountain ranges and so on and so forth...

As they ventured deeper, all sorts of eerie things came into view.

With some tension, Chu Ziyu became increasingly cautious.

But Wang Zijia’s brows furrowed tighter. If the situation in Zhongshan was already like this, one could only imagine the state of the Endless Demon Forest to the west of their sect!

Indeed, things were not looking good.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a featherless monster bird covered in eyes, abruptly spewed a stream of dark light toward the jade shuttle advancing ahead.

The two on full alert immediately felt it. Wang Zijia expertly flipped his hand, throwing out a huge fireball.

Chu Ziyu was equally in sync, quickly driving the jade shuttle forward a certain distance.

"Boom!"

"Roar!"

The massive explosion startled countless demonic beings and fierce beasts in the vicinity, all rushing towards the site of the blast.

By then, Chu Ziyu and Wang Zijia had once again concealed their tracks, silently moving forward.

After more than half a month’s journey, they were already quite familiar with such situations.

Unless an overpowering demon found them and decided to hound them to death, causing widespread disturbances and entanglement, the situation wasn’t much different from their usual travels.

But of course, they could not lower their guard.

After all, if the base number was large enough, their discovery by powerful demonic beings would be inevitable.

With even greater caution, the two slowly moved forward for two days, having already delved deep into the heart of Zhongshan.

Father, according to the intel provided by those two Demon Dao practitioners, we should be in this depth zone, but they didn’t provide a specific location. What should we do now?" Chu Ziyu stopped the jade shuttle, asking.

Wang Zijia, unfazed, had already prepared a tortoise shell.

This was the apprenticeship gift given by that Shi kid when he was apprenticed, a one-time fourth-grade utensil that could passively avert a Bloodlight Disaster.

Coincidentally, it could also serve as a medium for Wang Zijia’s divination.

’Heavenly Heart Three Inquiries: Casting the Stone to Ask the Way!’

Wang Zijia had divined his future prospects!

That’s right, it’s difficult to divine for sinners, let alone beings marked by time sin, but that doesn’t stop Wang Zijia from divining his own fortune and luck.

The tortoise shell moved, drastically consuming thirty percent of Wang Zijia’s mana before slowly pointing towards a direction, like casting a stone to ask for the way.

As it was a self-divination, the direction was not necessarily towards the time sinners’, but the most beneficial direction for him to move forward within this area.

Given that this was the vague region where time sin existed, if the direction given by the tortoise shell was not towards the time sin, it would mean that Wang Zijia should not mingle in the mess of the time sin. This divination method served multiple purposes at once.

It was one of the most common tactics used by Calculation Cultivators!

Especially when what is being divined is uncertain, it is best to indirectly divine for oneself.

Although the resulting divination might be vague, there was a certain degree of precision as it centered on safety!

This was a basic professional acuity of a Calculation Cultivator!

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With the appearance of the tortoise shell’s guidance, Chu Ziyu guided the jade shuttle toward that direction without Wang Zijia’s instruction.

Under the guidance of the tortoise shell, the two continued to grope forward. This place was already the inner circle of Zhongshan, with the existence of infant god level demonic beings quite common.

If they were discovered and pursued, escape would not be easy.

Therefore, they were exceptionally cautious as they advanced!

After sneaking around for more than a quarter of an hour, the guiding tortoise shell suddenly seemed directionless and completely motionless.

Chu Ziyu looked at Wang Zijia perplexedly, but Wang Zijia only knit his brows.

He tried casting divination again.

But to no avail. As if, at this moment, he was standing in the most beneficial location for himself within this area?

Wang Zijia glanced around, but the surroundings were just ordinary wilderness. He carefully extended his senses but didn’t notice anything unusual.

"Let’s land and search within the forest!" Wang Zijia gave a brief contemplation before instructing.

Upon hearing this, Chu Ziyu drove the jade shuttle cautiously toward the wilderness below.

"Fa-ther..."

Just as they entered the wilderness and before they’d done anything, Wang Zijia began to feel dizzy, a strong wave of spatial fluctuation rushed towards him.

In his ears, Chu Zijia’s voice rose and fell in waves, as if he was speaking from a great distance.