My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange-Chapter 17 - Borrow

“Oh!” Wang Zijia came to his senses, said nothing more, and prepared to go to the front hall.

“You really don’t know how blessed you are. I heard that Master Huang intends to take you into his family through marriage. Instead of accepting such a good thing, you’re pining for the hard positions at the front hall. You really are …” While laughing and scolding, the manager said in such a way.

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Upon hearing these words, Wang Zijia could feel his face burning, his cheeks turned completely red, extending all the way to his earlobes. Lowering his head, he rushed towards the front hall without saying a word.

The manager watched Wang Zijia leave, shook his head, and muttered, “Old Wang is so stingy, how did he raise such an introverted kid like this? If he really enters the Outer Sect, he’ll be considered lucky if he doesn’t get taken advantage of!”

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“Senior Sister Liu, I’m here to take over your shift!” After a while, Wang Zijia arrived at the talisman and charm area of the front hall and said this to the supervisor, Senior Sister Liu Xiangying.

Liu Xiangying appeared to be in her thirties. She was attractive, still exuding a grace and charm, like a ripe widow with much allure.

However… she was from the same generation as his father.

“Zijia, I heard you have become a Talisman Master? No wonder your father has been keeping you under wraps these years. Turned out you’re a genius, he probably hopes you’ll bring prosperity to the family!” Liu Xiangying sized up Wang Zijia for a moment, before speaking in a charming manner.

‘Well… there seems to be no secrets at all on the first floor of the Wanyu Pavilion! At least among internal colleagues, there are no secrets….’

Although complaining a bit in his heart, Wang Zijia showed a bashful expression once more, fully displaying his image of an introvert.

“Alright, you’ll take Junior Brother Qian’s shift, you’ll be in charge of the counter. Given your personality, we can’t have you in charge of customer service now, can we?” Liu Xiangying paused for a moment, before asking, “You know all the prices of the various talismans, right?”

Wang Zijia responded with a smile, “Senior Sister, I have been working in the warehouse for over half a year now. My dad also taught me for many years before that. I can almost tell what everything in the warehouse is. Only after knowing all these can I complete the task of taking inventory.”

“That’s good. Then it’s decided!” After Liu Xiangying finished arranging Wang Zijia’s task, she quickly left. As it turned out, she was also in charge of other areas.

The first floor of the Wanyu Pavilion was quite similar to a large supermarket in his previous life. There were compartments which were divided into different areas, and various items were placed inside.

The only difference was that these compartments and shelves were enclosed and items could not be taken at will.

As for Wang Zijia’s job, it was similar to those of supermarket employees. He was to keep watch over his assigned areas. If anyone came to inquire, he would explain about the goods. If no one came, he would slack off.

Usually, the Wanyu Pavilion always had a steady flow of customers, with their talisman and elixir areas being the most popular. Today, however, was rather quiet.

Wang Zijia, with nothing to do, looked around at the nearby areas, paying special attention to the cultivation method area next to the talisman and charm area.

The high-grade technique “Wind Blade” was 1100 magic money;

The mid-grade technique “Thousand Feather Illusion” was 800 magic money;

The high-grade technique “Explosive Fireball” was 1300 magic money and so on.

Looking at the various technique manuals, Wang Zijia felt an intense longing. To him, who was impoverished, everything he saw was worth money.

In this world, due to the difficulty in replicating transcendental cultivation methods, they were only used once. They couldn’t be copied like books.

So, among items of the same level, secret books were always the most expensive, and their prices remained high.

Ordinary cultivators who wanted to buy a book would have to tighten their belts for decades, borrowing from here and there, accruing a mountain of debt, similar to buying a house in his previous life.

Many cultivators even had only one basic cultivation method. They didn’t know a single spell and depended entirely on throwing talismans in battle!

Thankfully, low-grade talismans were cheap; otherwise, they would be nothing more than congenital martial artists with magical abilities!

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The whole day’s business was not so good. Wang Zijia spent the entire day loafing instead. He wandered through most areas of the front hall, while Liu Xiangying, upon seeing him, chose not to reprimand him.

In the evening, close to the end of his shift, Wang Zijia returned to the warehouse.

When he found Xu Chenglin, the latter was sitting in the break area of the Elixir Warehouse, complaining weakly, “Where did you go kid? You left me to cover the work of three people and it almost broke my old bones.”

“Um, I went to cover a shift in the front hall.” Wang Zijia stiffened, with a strange expression on his face. “Mr. Xu, there weren’t many customers today, right?”

Xu Chenglin was temporarily taken aback, looking at the introverted and straightforward boy in front of him, he was at a loss for words.

Is this something about whether there were many customers or not?

This is about me working three jobs, how could I possibly not be tired?

If I wasn’t tired wouldn’t that mean the manager would make me do this daily?

Xu Chenglin was speechless for a while, eventually giving up on arguing with this slightly insensitive youngster. He simply asked, “What are you looking for me for, don’t tell me you want to buy some strange and rare pills again?”

“No!” As soon as these words left his mouth, Wang Zijia stopped speaking. He seemed to want to say something but was in a dilemma.

Fully expressing that he had something to say, yet he didn’t know how to put it into words.

“What are you hemming and hawing for? Is there anything you can’t say?” Xu Chenglin looked at Wang Zijia and said.

“I want to… I want to borrow some money!” After hesitating for a while, Wang Zijia finally spoke out his intentions.

Xu Chenglin was taken aback, he asked in surprise, “Your father is so stingy, he hardly spends any silver, he should have saved a lot for you…”

Halfway through his sentence, he seemed to have realized something and continued, “Wanting to become a Talisman Master, is not something that can be accomplished with just a little bit of money. Since you have understood the making of talisman cards and passed the entry level, it’s better to take the guild-supported path. You can’t afford to support yourself!”

Guild support: Materials can be taken without paying money, but when recovering talisman cards, they will be bought back at 80% value. Every bit of financial loss in the early stage will be recorded. After mastering a technique and turning a profit, there is a need to repay more at 80% price. It’s almost similar to taking a loan!

And also, this record wouldn’t last forever. If the talent is not enough, the guild wouldn’t support blindly.