My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 82: The Declining Clan [Requesting for First Order]

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: The Declining Clan [Requesting for First Order]

The two finalized their trade, and Wang Zijia neatly put away his goods and swallowed his Storage Bag again.

This time, however, he did not immediately fly away. Seeing this, Ji Chao promptly asked, "Does Senior Brother Li still need something else?"

"Do you know of any way to exchange a large amount of Dao Kung?" Wang Zijia asked.

"Senior Brother, are you preparing to breakthrough to the level of Sacrificial Wine too?" At these words, Ji Chao asked subconsciously.

Wang Zijia didn’t reply; he just looked at him.

"I was presumptuous!" Ji Chao apologized first, then replied, "Exchanging a small amount of Dao Kung is no trouble, anywhere can do it. But for a large volume... Does senior brother wish to do it without revealing himself?"

Wang Zijia nodded his head, not saying more.

"That’s tough then. We could only rely on the members of our clan to gather it from all sources. For small clans like ours, we have no other way. After all, those major pulse people are doing this business exclusively," Ji Chao replied, an air of helplessness about him.

If it weren’t for this, as an Advanced Pupil about to breakthrough to the level of Sacrificial Wine, why would he be out and about, engaging in large scale trade, instead of preparing for the breakthrough?

With no further words to be said, Wang Zijia nodded and flew out of the window.

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Upon returning to the teahouse where his main body resided, the phoenix bird dissipated and the Storage Bag fell into his lap.

Sitting there, his main body, which had been shutting his eyes for rest, opened his eyes.

He looked at his assets, Magic money: 2171, Dao Kung: 2050.

Wang Zijia rose again, went to the Scripture Pavilion branch of the Qifu Faction and spent 1080 Dao Kung to buy the "Void Spirit Crystal Shield", a first-grade high-level spell he had already decided on, at a 10% discount.

He visited the South District Small Market and looked around at several of his senior brothers’ booths, spending 300 Magic money to buy 43 Violent Spirit Pills, and 600 Magic money to buy 30 Wisdom Heart Pills.

As a common pill in the first-grade explosive elixirs, many sold it. Plus, he made his purchases at several places, buying a few at each, making it not at all conspicuous. As long as no one could find out he was eating the Violent Spirit Pills like sugar beans.

After doing all this, Wang Zijia cancelled his disguises and set off for the Biyi Court.

"Why are you coming back so late today?" Just as he returned to the Courtyard and hopped down from the Paper Kite, Xiang Feifei, who had been waiting for a while, came over and asked.

"I went out to handle some things." In the course of the conversation, Wang Zijia noticed Xiang Liang sitting by the pear tree and asked quietly, "Why did Great Uncle come over? Is something the matter? Couldn’t you have informed me earlier?"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Feifei’s face became somewhat gloomy, and she remained silent without responding.

"Zijia is back!"

Before Wang Zijia could inquire further, Xiang Liang, who was sitting nearby, greeted him warmly. His voice echoed with a slight sense of loneliness.

"Grandson pays his respects to Great Uncle!" Wang Zijia immediately paid his respects.

"Ah!" Xiang Liang sighed, then said regretfully, "Great Uncle owes you an apology. Don’t blame, or despise, Fei Fei."

His words, seemingly out of nowhere, left Wang Zijia startled. However, he quickly replied, "Great Uncle, why say this? I will always remember how the Xiang family has looked after me these past days. I am more than grateful and would never think of complaining."

"Ah!" Xiang Liang sighed again, his face full of sorrow and loneliness, and said, "I thought that our Xiang family was once a Sacrificial Wine family, having laid our roots in the Qifu Faction for hundreds of years."

"But, who would have thought that just after a hundred years of not producing a Sacrificial Wine Great Cultivator and having no one achieve Inner Sect, the relationship with the Inner Sect would become like this."

"I wanted to help you to obtain some resources for the Rune Gradual Advancement Technique, so that you could advance to an Advanced Pupil as soon as possible and prepare for your breakthrough to Sacrificial Wine. Never did I think that after a month of efforts, I would end up empty-handed," he continued.

It was only then that Wang Zijia realized that this was the issue. For others, this might have been a top-tier resource. After all, not having to spend several years, or even decades, reading the mid-level comprehension techniques and condensing Runes would be a significant advantage.

But to him, it was not necessary. Broken runes might refine mana and could be completed slowly, but compared to the mana refined by proper Great Success Runes, there would be a gap in their bases.

This discrepancy was especially large in terms of rune nourishment.

"Oh, I thought it was something serious. Great Uncle, did you come over specifically for this?" Wang Zijia asked with a smile.

Xiang Liang was taken aback, and even Xiang Feifei, in her sad state, lifted her head to look at Wang Zijia, seemingly not expecting this reaction.

"You don’t blame me or the Xiang family?" Xiang Liang asked in surprise.

Wang Zijia laughed and said, "Just a while ago, Great Uncle was mentioning that we are a family, and now you think that I should bear a grudge over this small matter?"

"But, with your talent, if you hadn’t married into the Xiang family, you might have made it into a major pulse during the Grand Selection next year and received quite a lot of resources," Xiang Liang looked at Wang Zijia and said: "You would be justified if you blamed me... "

"Great Uncle, please stop saying that." Wang Zijia, smiling, interrupted Xiang Liang’s subsequent words and said,

"Without the Xiang family, it is uncertain if I could have entered the Qifu Faction! Even if I do make it to a major pulse in the Grand Selection next year, how well I would fare is unknown. I am extremely grateful to the clan for what I have now, so how could I bear any resentment over a single Rune Gradual Advancement Technique’s worth of resources?"

Xiang Feifei, who was to the side, looked at Wang Zijia’s still slightly chubby but now more refined juvenile face, somewhat stunned.

She was constantly reminded of moments with him during these days, and her initial resistance had long since disappeared. She didn’t know why, but she felt that the person in front of her was completely different from the one she met initially.

Whether it was his appearance or the feeling he gave, everything was completely different, almost as if they were two separate people.

It felt like... he was starting to shine!!!

When they first met, she had no feelings for him and even some disgust;

Now when they met again, he looked nothing like the person from before, and she felt no sorrow, so who exactly was he now?

"You... Xiang Ji was right. You are a good boy!" After a while, Xiang Liang exclaimed.

Wang Zijia continued to smile as he sat down under the pear tree with Xiang Feifei and started to chat with Xiang Liang.

Most of the time, Xiang Liang was admonishing him, telling him about cultivation. He seemed worried that Wang Zijia’s foundation was insufficient, and rushing headlong into things would make his base unstable and lead to regrets.

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Xiang Liang took a whole hour to explain cultivation knowledge to Wang Zijia before leaving. There was much that Wang Zijia didn’t know, causing him to gain quite a bit from the talk.

"By the way, how many peak pupils are there in the clan?" During dinner, Wang Zijia suddenly asked Xiang Feifei.

As a former Sacrificial Wine family, the Xiang family had a rich foundation, despite falling into decline in recent years.