My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 830 - 693: Visiting_2

Chapter 830: Chapter 693: Visiting_2

Wang Zijia in these past few days, still remained a secluded recluse, seemingly no different from before.

Early this day, as usual, Wang Zijia finished his boxing practice and morning lessons.

Suddenly, Yu Guangyun brought a Yuan Shen Cultivator with him, without alarming anyone from the Yu Family, and quietly came to Wang Zijia’s courtyard.

"What’s the matter?"

Wang Zijia glanced at the two and asked Yu Guangyun.

"To reply to Master, this is Qiu Fangwei, the patriarch of the Qiu Family from Green Pine Lake, who has just quietly come to visit, hoping for you to attend to his family Patriarch’s passing," Yu Guangyun said respectfully.

"Qiu Fangwei of Green Pine Lake, I have seen Elder Yun Zhongzi!" Qiu Fangwei immediately paid his respects as well.

Wang Zijia sized up Qiu Fangwei and said, "The Qiu Family of Green Pine Lake?"

Yu Guangyun, perhaps fearing Wang Zijia was not aware, hurriedly explained, "A Crossing Tribulation Family located on the edge of the Southern Territory of the East Wilderness, a bit far from us, with several generations of inheritance, and currently having only one Tribulation Crossing Cultivator in the entire Qiu Family."

Wang Zijia looked at Qiu Fangwei emotionlessly and asked, "What rank is the talisman?"

"Sixth Grade," answered Qiu Fangwei.

"That means your Ancestor is about to expire? I haven’t heard about this before," Wang Zijia asked, as if casually.

"Indeed, my family’s Ancestor has not shown himself for quite some time, mainly because the Ancestor is of age..."

Qiu Fangwei and Wang Zijia began to converse, and although it seemed casual, Qiu Fangwei made the situation of the Qiu Family Ancestor very clear.

Having reached the age for a Major Repair in Crossing Tribulation, with over eight thousand years, and carrying numerous internal injuries from his early years.

After hearing that Wang Zijia’s inheritance magical tools were exceptional, and having learned quite a bit about him from the Dai Family in the Qingling Bamboo Sea, he finally sought him out.

"In that case, I will accompany you on this journey," Wang Zijia said after understanding the situation.

At these words, Qiu Fangwei joyfully said, "Thank you, Elder!"

Wang Zijia, unconcerned, waved his hand and instructed Yu Guangyun on a few things before releasing the Blood Cloud Demon Jade Shuttle, transforming into Celebratory Cloud and stepping onto it.

Seeing this, Qiu Fangwei did not immediately follow, but instead said cautiously,

"Elder, my Qiu Family is currently facing a generational decline, with tensions running high within the clan. There are also several enemies waiting to pounce, putting us in a state of internal strife and external threats."

"If it becomes known that the only Tribulation Crossing Ancestor in my family has also perished, it will undoubtedly induce a great calamity. May we return discreetly?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia carelessly raised his hand, and the fluctuations from the Immortal Tool of Celebratory Cloud were suppressed, making it undetectable.

After doing these things, Wang Zijia then said, "Come aboard."

"Thank you, Elder, thank you. I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you," Qiu Fangwei said, showing joy and gratitude as he stepped onto the Celebratory Cloud, continuously thanking Wang Zijia.

"It’s nothing, just human nature. Many of the cases I’ve handled are not unlike your family’s situation," replied Wang Zijia casually.

As they spoke, the Immortal Tool beneath them drifted, and without alarming anyone, they quietly left Sanyuan City, heading towards the extreme southern border of the Southern Territory of the East Wilderness.

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Green Pine Lake was very far from Sanyuan City, almost twice the distance from Sanyuan City to the Qingling Bamboo Sea.

It was one of the furthest areas from Sanyuan City in the entire East Wilderness.

The Qiu Family also ranked as a third-tier Crossing Tribulation Family of the East Wilderness, slightly worse off than the Dai Family of the Qingling Bamboo Sea.

They were not a family that rose during the early revival of spiritual energy in the Early Sixth Epoch but instead sprouted during the great era that followed when a solitary cultivator achieved Crossing Tribulation and established the family after discovering the place.

The entire family sustained itself with spirit fish from Green Pine Lake and pinecones from the Sixth Grade Green Pine Divine Heart Wood on Heart Island, which aided Tribulation Crossing Cultivators in nurturing their souls.

Their resources weren’t abundant but were enough to maintain their lineage.

In recent millennia, the Qiu Family had experienced a generational decline and was gradually becoming dilapidated, showing signs of decline.

In such a situation, with such treasure land at their disposal, the surrounding clans of similar stature naturally watched with covetous eyes.

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It took the two nearly two days to cross half of the Northern Region of the East Wilderness and the entire Southern Territory before they finally reached their destination.

Green Pine Lake was a vast lake with a massive island at its heart, upon which stood a hundred-zhang-tall tree, a Sixth Grade Spiritual Wood: Green Pine Divine Heart Wood.

Cities circled the lake, each one built around its shores.

Further out were countless connected towns and villages.

Heart Island was home to a vast Sixth Grade Spiritual Pulse Group, and all its inhabitants were monks, core members of the Qiu Family.

The cities by the lake housed many subordinate clans or lower-level disciples from marginal side branches, while farther out lived the commoners that had spread out over the years.

Among the many Crossing Tribulation Families in the East Wilderness, Green Pine Lake was quite ordinary, a standard third-tier power.

Inferior to some, but superior to others!

"The place isn’t bad," Wang Zijia looked down from the air and praised after a moment’s observation.

"Our family only has these spirit fish in the lake and the Divine Tree Pinecones to offer. And we’ve been coveted by others every day these years, living an increasingly difficult life," Qiu Fangwei said with a sigh.

"Things will get better," Wang Zijia reassured casually and flew toward Heart Island.

At Qiu Fangwei’s request, they advanced quietly, crossing most of Heart Island’s regions to reach an area resembling a forbidden zone at its center.

The two descended from the sky without alerting anyone and arrived not far from the Divine Tree.

"Senior Yun Zhong, my family’s patriarch is within the forbidden area, this way, please," Qiu Fangwei unlocked the restrictions on the forbidden area and was about to lead Wang Zijia inside.

Wang Zijia, however, furrowed his brows and stopped, asking in confusion, "Your family’s forbidden area is actually protected by a Seventh Rank peak array that could even be considered Eighth Rank? A super Immortal Array?"

"Senior, what keen observation you have to be able to see that," Qiu Fangwei stiffened and then explained,

"Our family relies on this Divine Wood for living. Our Ancestor spent much effort and a stroke of luck to obtain this Array."

"Is that so? With such a world-shocking Great Array, as long as it envelops the entire clan, even Immortals would have little to fear."

"In this remote corner of the Southern Territory of the East Wilderness, you would already be in an undefeatable position. Why then did you not deploy it and instead concentrate it in such a small forbidden area? This seems a wasteful underuse of resources," Wang Zijia said indifferently.

"That... That Immortal Array consumes too much. Just the Immortal Crystals alone—our kind of clan cannot afford it..." Qiu Fangwei explained carefully.

"Clap clap!"

Sudden applause sounded, accompanied by a voice: "Puppets, save it, he’s already noticed something’s amiss."

With that statement, three figures suddenly appeared around them.

Two men and a woman, all brimming with exotic flair.

"Truly deserving of being Shen Hong, the new Divine Robed figure of the East Wilderness, your spiritual perception is indeed sharp. I wouldn’t have been able to detect a trace before the sealing array was activated, yet you noticed a problem after just a few glances," said a seductive woman shrouded in black smoke from among the three.

As they spoke, the three were already hovering in the air, surrounding Wang Zijia from above.

Not far in front of Wang Zijia, Qiu Fangwei’s body suddenly stiffened, and invisible Silk Threads appeared from nowhere.

The body of Qiu Fangwei also began visibly distorting, and as Silk Threads appeared on him, his body gradually turned into something resembling a distorted silicone doll.

Astonishingly, the doll-like Qiu Fangwei seemed to have a soul’s essence, and the horror and panic in his pupils suggested he was indeed Qiu Fangwei himself.

And he seemed just as shocked and alarmed about suddenly turning into a doll.

As Qiu Fangwei transformed, Silk Threads emerged above him, intertwining and forming a woman dressed in an ornate princess gown, also filled with an exotic air. Qiu Fangwei became her marionette!

The two men and two women hovered in the air, forming a quadrangle around Wang Zijia.

All four possessed the aura of Earth Immortals, extremely powerful.

They were four of the five original gods from the Natural Law God System, namely the Witch, the Undead, the Flame, and the Puppet, along with Ice Frost.