My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange-Chapter 16 - Naive Junior Brother

Gazing at the three corpses in the alley, Wang Zijia’s eyes flickered, focused mainly on the unidentifiable one. It seemed to be the cause of the changes in his true qi.

After a brief hesitation, Wang Zijia stepped into the alley and in a flash, stood in front of the corpses.

Ignoring the corpses of the city guard and the Law Enforcement Team member, he went straight to the unidentified corpse. The dead man was in his twenties, and he would have looked plain ordinary, had there not been a human face on his neck.

Gazing at the face on the man’s neck, Wang Zijia felt his innate true qi becoming even more active, while a familiar feeling of joy filled his heart.

Somehow, he felt a burgeoning longing for the face, as if it were a celestial maiden.

Feeling his changing emotions, Wang Zijia was reminded of a scenario from his previous life.

Addicted hardcore drunkards, even after quitting, often turned into the most susceptible group!

And his innate true qi seemed to have become a previously addicted drunkard, highly sensitive and craving for pollution!

For others, this situation might be bad, but for him…

With these thoughts, after a slight hesitation, Wang Zijia took a deep breath and, in line with his instincts, held out his hand, the Spiritual Light flickering from his fingertips, and groped for the ghost face on the other’s neck.

With the deliberate guidance of Wang Zijia’s innate true qi, the writhing face came to life as expected, transforming into a puff of black smoke and flowed into Wang Zijia’s hand.

Wang Zijia, having been prepared, decisively cut off the large part of the evil seed’s pollution on the spur of the moment, not allowing it to react. With just a quick thought, he right away withdrew his consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness.

As soon as he entered the Sea of Consciousness, Wang Zijia saw a blood-red figurative Weight materializing rapidly on the golden balance.

Weight: Cursed evil seed

Status: In process of pollution

Value: 53

Description: Border peak evil cultivator, an atrocious product from the desperate outburst after the cultivator succumbed to the devil, deeply rooted in sin and possessed a highly paralyzing tendency.

Looking at the blood-red weights, a satisfied look flashed across Wang Zijia’s face. As expected, a pollution of this degree from an evil seed was definitely a valuable asset.

Given the continuing fight in the nearby yard, he couldn’t afford to linger. After all, the appearance of this weight signaled that he was already contaminated. His body might start sprouting strange things at any moment.

Although his consciousness wouldn’t be affected with the balance suppressing the Sea of Consciousness, if someone saw his body changing, he might be mistaken for a demon and killed!

He beckoned, and the only skill weight flew down. Without hesitation, Wang Zijia selected ‘Exchange.’

As the blood-red weight vanished, the skill weight in his hand grew larger and flickered slightly.

“Boom!”

A flash of insight suddenly erupted in Wang Zijia’s mind, and numerous realizations came forth. His proficiency in talisman paper making technique rapidly increased, surpassing the level of expertise before he even realized!

Cultivation: Innate

Cultivation Method: Hidden Shadow

Martial Arts: Dragon Short Knife Nineteen Slash

Spell: Talisman paper making technique (Proficiency 205/500)

“Haha, effortlessly obtained, expertise in the technique, I no longer need to worry about making a loss. I can even make 10% in profit. This business is on track!”

Looking at his own information, a smile spread across Wang Zijia’s face. After all, he was now so poor; he only had one magic money left on him.

He had never been this destitute in his previous life. They promised him wealth upon his transmigration, but he ended up almost in debt!

“Who’s there!”

At that moment, Wang Zijia sensed a loud roar from outside and quickly withdrew from his Sea of Consciousness.

First, he quickly glanced at the corpse. There was still faint pollution. Wang Zijia sighed in relief before looking towards the source of the sound.

He saw that at the other end of the alley, three members of the enforcement team were leading a group of city guards rushing over. The one who had called out earlier was leading the enforcement team.

‘The enforcement team has started asking the city guards for backup?’

‘It seems that last night’s incident was even more brutal than what I saw. The chaos after I left must have caused significant casualties.’

With these thoughts in mind, Wang Zijia, calm and collected, stood up and greeted them.

“Senior Brother, I am Wang Zijia, a servant of Wanyu Pavilion!”

The leader glanced at the team behind him. Everyone immediately led the crowd to the courtyard on the side. The noise inside the courtyard was already faint, and it seemed that the battle was almost over.

Then he turned to look at Wang Zijia, took a quick glance at him, and noticed that he indeed wore the Out Sect servant’s clothing, before asking: “A servant from Wanyu Pavilion? What are you doing here?”

“I am obliged to walk to work due to the shortage of horse carriages in the city today. I rushed over when I heard the commotion here to see if you needed any help. After all, I am also a disciple of our sect and have a responsibility to protect the city’s peace and stability.”

With a righteous look on his face and his juvenile appearance, Wang Zijia managed to take the questioning leader by surprise.

The leader’s expression softened slightly. With a flip of his hand, he took out a card-like token. As the Spiritual Light flickered, he quickly verified Wang Zijia’s identity.

Then he took out another talisman. A flicker of green light on the talisman scanned Wang Zijia, seemingly checking whether he had been contaminated.

After completing all the operations, he put away the two items and said, “Since you are a store servant, go to work as soon as possible. The issues here are not something an innate martial artist like you can handle.”

Upon saying this, he paused and added, “Next time you encounter such situations, stay away immediately and notify us! If you indeed have the heart, work on improving your cultivation level. This way, you could come and join the law enforcement team.”

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother, I will remember it!” Wang Zijia seized the opportunity and smoothly changed his form of address.

“Uh huh, I’m Meng Bei. If you can genuinely join the Outer Sect Enforcement Team, report to my team.” Meng Bei casually spoke, and sensing that the commotion in the courtyard had stopped, “Go to work now!”

“Then, Junior Brother shall take his leave.” With that, Wang Zijia subtly invoked his energy and dashed off.

Although he also wanted to go to the courtyard to check it out and possibly profit from the situation, with so many people watching, it was just like asking for trouble.

If it can’t be done, why bother?

Seeing that Wang Zijia had disappeared, Meng Bei shook his head and muttered, “I really prefer these sect disciples from families outside. They are less scheming!”

Indeed, Wang Zijia was far from scheming, as all he wished to do was take advantage of them, and there was no evil intent!

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