My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 816 - 683: Investigate

Chapter 816: Chapter 683: Investigate

Afterward, it was only after the rise of the Taiqing Palace in the Central Immortal Domain during the new era that they received support and grew stronger. Their sentiment towards the incense offerings of the Taiqing Palace of the East Desolation during the Fifth Era was pitifully scarce.

In such a situation, a resurgent ancient cultivator who had crossed tribulation could naturally not become the overlord of the contemporary Taiqing Palace in an era filled with Big Shots!

In the end, after going through countless twists and turns, he barely managed to become an Earth Immortal of Wanyu, yet he fell in the Spirit Suppressing Realm.

It could be said that Yue Fengyuan’s life was full of opportunities, but with his entire life, he wrote four words: Born at the wrong time!

He was always missing the best era!

He had chances but lacked the right timing and favorable conditions, which ultimately led him to that situation.

...

Wang Zijia nodded and said, "That’s right."

Li Benlin seemed to have remembered something because of his disciple’s reminder and said, "So, you really count as one of our Taiching lineage? Indeed there is some connection."

Seemingly feeling that the discussion was sufficient, he shifted the topic to, "I heard from Ying Tao that you can summon a Heavenly Immortal-level Mad God from the Witch Realm?"

Wang Zijia did not respond. For such beings, language wasn’t as effective as concrete things.

He simply raised his hand, and amidst the fluctuations of Illusion Technique Power, a segment of a phantasm appeared.

It was an image of a huge broken palm striking a tiny person; within the phantasm, there was also a distinctive aura spreading.

"Is this aura... the Lord of Thunder? You can actually lure him to risk crossing realms personally? And he has already come once before? Why didn’t I notice it earlier?" Li Benlin said, quite surprised as he looked at the phantom palm and its particularly odd aura.

Clearly, this high-level figure had clashed with the Lord of Thunder when he returned from capturing a world.

Even the two Earth Immortals sitting before Li Benlin couldn’t help but take another look at Wang Zijia. Their concerns were somewhat different.

A Tribulation Crossing Cultivator had actually managed to escape from a Heavenly Immortal’s hands and appeared to have sustained little injury.

It seemed some rumors were true—that he might also be an ancient cultivator.

However... ancient cultivators were just that!

Weren’t there plenty of ancient cultivators awakening in the Sixth Era?

Even in the Central Immortal Domain, two of the first-class forces were established by such awakeners, one of which was precisely a gathering point for such people.

Yet the results were still just so-so.

Aside from some special beings, ancient cultivators might not even match many modern monks!

"I can lure him here. Is Ta Pu Immortal Venerate interested in the hunt?" Wang Zijia, seeing that the other party recognized the reference, saved some explanation and didn’t answer his question, instead going straight to the point.

Li Benlin took another look at Wang Zijia and said, "Yes, it would be good to settle some accounts from these past few days."

"..."

With the main direction agreed upon, the following matters became simple.

Li Benlin even quietly left after saying a few sentences.

The specifics were all handled by Wang Zijia and the other two Taiqing Immortals.

They deliberated for a long time before setting down the general matters, but the more detailed parts could not be finalized.

After all, Wang Zijia couldn’t be certain when the other party would act or how they would act—these things would have to wait and see.

...

Half a day later, as Wang Zijia left and the two Immortal Venerates were about to depart, their figures suddenly paused.

The next moment, Li Benlin’s form, vague and illusory, emerged atop the grand Jade Throne, and both immediately greeted him with respect.

"Patriarch!"

"Patriarch!"

"Is everything settled?" the illusory Li Benlin inquired.

"The preliminary arrangements are set. We just wait for the prey to show itself, and then we’ll decide the specific details of the hunt," replied one of the Earth Immortal disciples right away.

Li Benlin nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "As for this man... try to pull him into Taiching."

Both disciples showed shock, looking up at Li Benlin. One cautiously asked, "Patriarch, he is already an ancient cultivator from Taiching. Bringing him in would most likely align him with the ancient cultivators’ faction, which for us..."

"I cannot fathom this man. Even... I originally wanted to see if he would follow, but I ultimately felt some trepidation and thought it best to leave him be," Li Benlin explained.

Both disciples once again wore expressions of astonishment, and then one, recalling something, said, "Patriarch, do you mean he might be a figure from the Taiching Lineage of the previous era?"

"Not entirely clear, but this person definitely isn’t an ordinary sleeper," Li Benlin shook his head and said.

The Earth Immortal disciple who initially reminded Li Benlin of Wanyu’s identity immediately said, "I understand now, I’ll send someone back to the Central Immortal Domain to investigate this person’s background thoroughly."

Li Benlin nodded and added, "Check the South Spirit side too. By the way, is there still a subordinate sect there?"

The Earth Immortal disciple paused before answering, "The Southern Spirit Three Domains have significantly declined over the years, almost less noteworthy than some subordinate spiritual realms within our sect, especially the Spirit Suppressing Realm."

"Additionally, the Demon Tide has become increasingly furious and frequent in the Demon Suppression Domain over the years, threatening to transform into a demon tide apocalypse."

"Maintaining contact points in the two realms was too unprofitable. Years ago, when Senior Brother Qingfeng was adjusting the Palace’s various industries, he simply abandoned them, withdrawing all personnel."

"Right, we were among the last to evacuate at that time. Now, in the entire Southern Spirit Three Domains, only the Primordial Suppressing Realm maintains a trade route due to some unique products."

Upon hearing this, Li Benlin’s brow furrowed slightly, and he said, "Then send someone to get a sense of the situation, try to be as detailed as possible."

"The disciple understands what to do!"

As his words ended, Li Benlin’s ethereal figure once again vanished, leaving two Earth Immortals looking at each other in bewilderment, the Great Hall falling into a period of silence.

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After Wang Zijia left the Taiqing Palace, he returned to Sanyuan City.

As if nothing had happened, he spent his days sealing talismans, cultivating, and during his free time, supplementing his knowledge of the fundamentals of the Shen Hong Realm, as well as learning about its secrets and peculiar events.

In this respect, he had much to catch up on!

Under the support of Zhu Qi, the Yu and Zhu families began to steadily penetrate the high-level market, while also gathering information from various circles and searching for the items Wang Zijia desired.

Zhu Qi was not idle either. Almost every two or three days, she would attend gatherings of unfamiliar circles.

Within just a short two to three months after her breakthrough, the entire Northern Region knew that this Immortal Venerate was looking for certain Spiritual Objects. It was likely that in another two months, the whole Eastern Wilderness would know as well.

If she still could not find them by then, she would need to go to the Central Immortal Domain to search for Wang Zijia’s desired items.

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That day, at the Yu Family’s Small Courtyard where Wang Zijia was cultivating, a group of people arrived.

"We pay our respects to Senior Yun Zhongzi!"

This was the delivery team from the Taiqing Palace, bringing Elixirs. They had already come several times over the past few months, about once every half a month.

However, Wang Zijia had only met them once, and after that, it had been Yu Guangyun taking responsibility.

"Your sudden request to see me, could it be that my subordinates did something wrong?" Wang Zijia asked gently, looking at the leading Yuan Shen Cultivator:

"If there is any misconduct by my subordinates, you need not give face to me, just speak out, and I will definitely punish them severely."

Li Feipeng had provided him with numerous conveniences; out of a sense of gratitude and face, Wang Zijia took this matter quite seriously.

Before the leading Li Xiaoyuan had time to react, the accompanying Yu family members became anxious.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoyuan hurriedly said, "Senior, please do not misunderstand. We came to see the Senior as a routine matter to inform that all Elixirs have been delivered."

As she spoke, she extended her hand, presenting several jade gourds.

Wang Zijia paused slightly, taking the Elixir Gourds and finding that this time there were about three to four times the usual delivery amount, equivalent to two months’ worth of products.

"Didn’t you say there was about a month left? How come the quantity has multiplied by several times this time?" Wang Zijia asked puzzledly.

"Because about half a month ago, the Senior’s order was rushed through by the Entire Sect. I’m not entirely clear about the details; I only know that it seems to have been approved by those above. If the Senior wishes to do Alchemy in the future, it will all be treated this way."

"This time, in addition to delivering the Elixirs, I wanted to ask if the Senior has any related orders that need to be fulfilled?" Li Xiaoyuan replied thus.

Previously, Wang Zijia’s orders were undertaken by Li Feipeng, the Dean of the Artifact Academy, who used his own authority to distribute Sect missions. Although it was said to be a Sect-wide undertaking, it was actually just his affiliated faction and department.

Now that it became a true Sect-wide effort, the substantial increase was to be expected.

But why this change?

Just because he met with a Celestial Immortal from the Taiqing, did the subordinates start taking initiative?

After pondering for a moment, Wang Zijia said, "Alright, I understand. I don’t have any major orders for now, but in a few days, there’ll be a small batch. That won’t be too troublesome, right?"

The spoils from slaying two Turbid Immortals from the Extraterritorial had been handed over by Wang Zijia to the Yu Family to handle, which should yield an income of several tens of thousands of Magic money.

As for the Corpses, due to the differences in system extraterritorial and various reasons, they couldn’t undergo Entering the Coffin, hence, they couldn’t obtain Spells, resulting in the loss of the main profit.

Well, not a total loss, as two Turbid Immortals were fed entirely to the Five Ghosts, yielding delightful results!

"The Senior jests, we can fulfill any need the Senior has, regardless of the quantity. Small Scale is even better," Li Xiaoyuan immediately replied.

"That’s good!" Wang Zijia replied with a smile.

"Since the message has been delivered, I won’t disturb the Senior’s quiet cultivation any longer!" With these words, Li Xiaoyuan respectfully bowed to Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia nodded, and Li Xiaoyuan respectfully took her leave.

The tense Yu family disciples at the side heaved a quiet sigh of relief and followed her out.

After all the disciples had vanished, Wang Zijia’s figure also flickered and disappeared without a trace.

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In the Crystal Courtyard at the base of Immortal Bone Mountain in the Immortal Bone Forbidden Land,

Wang Zijia beckoned with a wave of his hand, and the Elixir Gourd opened, unleashing a myriad of Elixirs into the air.

Wang Zijia began his frenzied consumption of medicines once again!

In terms of taking medicines, Wang Zijia could arguably be considered the greatest of all time. Even the Sun Monkey, who had caused havoc in the Douluo Palace, had never been as excessive as Wang Zijia.

"Value + 8,760,000!"

"Value + 10,090,000!"

"······"

The disorderly states constantly became intertwined within Wang Zijia’s body as he coolly consumed the wide variety of Elixirs.

Every time he felt overwhelmed, he would decisively exchange them, his Cultivation rapidly increasing.

In this process, Wang Zijia discovered that there was also a staggering effect on refining his Dao Body.