My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange
Chapter 99: Foundation Building Spirit Object

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Foundation Building Spirit Object

"Senior Brother Wang, there’s no need to feel this way. Things will undoubtedly change dramatically in two months." An Xingsheng thought Wang Zijia was upset, so he quickly tried to comfort him.

In two months, his first performance review would come, which will decide not only Wang Zijia’s future in the Sect but also his position in the Fu Tower.

As the saying goes, the faster start, the faster finish!

"Ha!" Wang Zijia scoffed with a dismissive smile, "Let it be. I may not even get involved when the time comes."

An Xingsheng: "········"

Looking at Wang Zijia’s expression, An Xingsheng’s lips moved slightly, trying several times to speak, but he couldn’t say anything in the end. After all, he knew better than anyone about the extraordinary teaching talent of the person in front of him. He’s been through it all with Wang Zijia.

The ten marginalized disciples had gone through only about four months of teaching, and even the worst performing and slowest progressing ones had touched the threshold of Talisman Technique. They were only one step away.

With such an extraordinary talent for teaching, what he said wasn’t even arrogance!

He faced immense pressure from his clan to build a good relationship with the Xiang family in order to take advantage of the teaching talent, even going so far as to hand over a life expectancy note to his ancestors who didn’t have much to begin with.

"So, should we reach out to the Bai family?" An Xingsheng pondered.

"Forget it, they might not even look at us if we are so eager to reach out. And with so many people crowding them, they might find it annoying! Even if we are not from a direct lineage, they are disciples from major clans, which cannot be measured against our marginalized family, where it’s terribly difficult for us to even offer sacrificial wine."

Wang Zijia shook his head, saying, "However, if they come to the tower to form connections, don’t neglect them, just inform me immediately."

"I understand what to do!" An Xingsheng understood Wang Zijia’s stance and nodded in response.

Wang Zijia didn’t continue, he just resumed reading the account book, occasionally asking about the specific conditions of the fellow disciples.

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He spent the morning arranging work, the afternoon making talismans, and at off-duty time, he didn’t go home immediately. Instead, he flew to the central area of the Qifu Faction on a Paper Kite. Below the mark of the Symbol Hammer, there were many tall, traditional pavilions.

The pavilions boasted carved railings and jade inlays, each having their own merits.

Wang Zijia came to an impressively large pavilion and paused for a moment.

’Pill Medicine Hall’

Each faction had such a medicine hall, a government-owned enterprise under the Pill Institute. Everything inside was at least Grade 1, and, unlike South Street, it was more about order collection rather than sales.

Therefore, all the elixirs here could only be paid for with Dao Kung, and some also required a task quota, such as one completed grade A task, or even merit.

This was also a way for the Sect, in addition to the rewards for completing tasks from the Task Hall, the completed tasks themselves were also a type of currency resource, albeit not convertible, and were often only usable at many official institutions of the sect.

"Greetings, senior brother!" As soon as Wang Zijia stepped into the hall, an Outer Sect disciple of an intermediate level cultivation immediately came forward with a respectful greeting.

Wang Zijia only glanced at him and nodded slightly.

He was a typical grass-root disciple who had managed to ascend to become an Outer Sect member but had not joined any faction. Therefore, the work he received was basically just a load of miscellaneous duties.

He was indeed fortunate because at least he was allocated to work in the enterprises under the Pill Institute where there was plenty of perks.

"Senior brother, do you need to collect any elixir?" The young disciple followed Wang Zijia into the hall and asked with a smile.

The layout of the pill medicine hall was similar to Wanyu Pavilion, with jade boxes of elixirs placed on various counters. But there were not as many salesmen or buyers as before, and it seemed a bit deserted.

Wang Zijia didn’t beat around the bush and directly asked, "What are the requirements for applying for the Foundation Building Pill now?"

The young man was startled by his question and lifted his head bewildered and looked at Wang Zijia, who was also an intermediate level disciple like himself.

Wang Zijia frowned slightly. Before he could say anything, the young man regained his senses and hurriedly said, "Aside from the rigid requirement of fifteen thousand Dao Kung, you only need one grade A task quota."

Wang Zijia was slightly surprised, "Can you apply directly without queuing?"

"Yes, senior brother!" The young man replied, explaining, "As the decennial grand competition is fast approaching, many top disciples are suppressing their cultivations. The Foundation Building Pills can’t be sold after being claimed, they can only be used by oneself. Therefore, the last half year has been somewhat relaxed."

Wang Zijia nodded in delight and asked, "Is there any requirement for the grade A task? Is the direction limited?"

"No. As long as it’s a grade A task quota within the disciple’s scope, it will suffice." The young man replied immediately.

"Then reserve a Foundation Building Pill for me!" Wang Zijia, who merely intended to ask about the situation and queue up if suitable, said decisively.

"You need to pay one thousand Dao Kung, and if you fail to meet the standards within a year, the Dao Kung won’t be refunded," the young man explained carefully.

Wang Zijia nodded to show that he understood and took out his identity card.

Upon seeing this, the young man carefully took the card from Wang Zijia, went to a counter and started to operate.

"What are the conditions for applying for a premium Foundation Building Spiritual Object?" Wang Zijia asked casually while the young man was operating.

The actions of the young man paused for a moment. This time he didn’t show any special response, he immediately answered, "The Foundation Building Pill you’re redeeming is classified as a Class D Foundation Building Spiritual Object, but there are three other natural spiritual objects above it. Senior brother, are you referring to the top-grade Class A?"

Wang Zijia once again nodded lightly and said, "Hmm."

"Uh... I don’t have the necessary authority for this. Any application to exchange for grade A spiritual objects must go through the Pill Institute. But I can look up the inventory, the progress of the applicants, and the waiting list if you want, senior brother?"

As he was speaking, the young man pulled up some information. When Wang Zijia nodded in agreement, an information panel appeared before their eyes.

Class A Foundation Building Spiritual Object Inventory: 324

Current Number of People with Application Quotas: 4327

Current Number on the Waiting List: 16541

Wang Zijia: "·······"

Not to mention the tens of thousands of people on the waiting list, there were already thousands with quotas. He hadn’t even gotten a space in the queue yet.

Next, Wang Zijia checked the B and C classes. It became even more outrageous -- the lower the ranking, the more people were in line. There were even over a million people queuing for Class C items.

Compared with the Foundation Building Pill that didn’t require queuing, this was as different as heaven and earth. This also showed the strength of the Wanyu Sect. At least the number of top disciples was counted in the hundreds of thousands.

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