My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange-Chapter 33 - Great Caution

Upon hearing this, Luo Qing wore a look of mockery, “Go on, invite someone to come here. The next street over, your junior brother is probably on the verge of his last breath. If you don’t call for help soon, it will be too late.”

The sheep-headed monster’s face turned a deathly pale, and then its ghost-like body exploded and dissipated.

“Huh, using such a method in front of me, who are you looking down on?” During his speech, Luo Qing waved his hand, and strands of white mist appeared. The scattered, illusionary light groups actually directly turned into physical ice cubes and fell.

Luo Qing raised an eyebrow in surprise, “So you didn’t leave even a shred of your power behind? In that case, the strange power from yesterday must have been quite strong?”

Having spoken, he waved his hand, collecting all the ice cubes. Then he looked at the baby on the ground, a sigh escaping his lips as he gathered up his eyebrows. He also picked the infant up.

He then turned his head to look at Wang Zijia, who was standing, stunned with a gaping mouth.

So the two sinners from last night, that second-hand Inheritance, wasn’t it something left behind by a master on his deathbed, striving to keep his line of succession alive?

The big explosion that seemingly led to mutual destruction on that day was the first layer of cover. The trash inheritance that was thrown out was the second layer of cover, and today was the third?

Was their entire aim to smuggle this possessed child under layers of investigation and pursuit?

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Are these big shots all so deceitful?

“Now you know how perilous the outside world is, right? Today I’ll teach you a lesson; any object connected to sinners should not be touched lightly.” Seeing Wang Zijia staring in shock at the child, Luo Qing spoke with a smile.

“Um, the disciple will certainly keep the lesson in mind!” Wang Zijia respectfully replied.

“Alright, today’s mission can be considered successfully accomplished.” While speaking, he looked at Wang Zijia and said with a serious expression, “Although you should be a bit more daring and assertive at your age, it’s still better to be cautious around sinners. Even though Earth Path Power has some resistance, it’s almost negligible.”

“The disciple will keep that in mind!” Wang Zijia made another respectful reply.

“Okay!” Having said that, the man didn’t say anything else and directly vanished.

Wang Zijia finally released a long breath, not hesitating a moment longer. He decisively turned to run back home, not delaying at all.

It was too frightening, two old monsters had suddenly appeared before him, catching him off guard.

He didn’t do anything that night, just went to bed.

・・・

The next morning when Wang Zijia went to work, he found that the city was starting to return to normal. There were no longer patrols hurrying around from time to time.

The streets were also returning to their liveliness, the fearful expressions on people’s faces diminishing, replaced with an air of composed indifference.

Wang Zijia completed the shift change as usual, but shortly after starting work, he received another summons from Shopkeeper Xiang Ji.

“This old man, he couldn’t possibly have taken a shine to me, could he?”

Previously, the old man’s kindness was clearly in exchange for an Entry Token, but after learning that he had started to study Talisman Techniques, his attitude had somewhat changed.

He was making it seem as if he wanted both—the Entry Token and the person. However, for Wang Zijia, this was not necessarily a bad thing. Now he could consider taking the easy way out, after all, he had Spiritual Roots now and was not afraid of scrutiny.

While his thoughts were flashing, he arrived outside Xiang Ji’s office.

“Come in!”

Before he knocked on the door, Xiang Ji, who had heard his approach, called out from within.

“Manager, you called for me?” Wang Zijia said in a slightly more composed tone.

He needed to start gradually changing his attitude, giving people the impression that he was slowly becoming more cheerful. If things continued as they were, it wouldn’t be good.

Xiang Ji kept his head low, engrossed in dealing with something. When Wang Zijia entered, he lifted his gaze for a moment before continuing his work. All the while, he asked, “How’s your progress with the talisman technique? Has there been any progress?”

“Just somehow managing, fiddling around by myself.” Wang Zijia nonchalantly replied.

“Hmm, don’t lose heart. In the hundred arts of Cultivation, the beginner stage of any one of them is very difficult. Among them, pills, arrays, and talismans are the most difficult, but once you have mastered them, they will be useful for life, and even benefit your lineage.”

Upon saying this, Xiang Ji took a pause and went on, “Talisman-making indeed is a costly matter, if you run out of money, you can come to me, and if all else fails, I can advance you the entire year’s wages or something.”

‘Cheng’s big mouth, how could borrowing money become a matter of conversation? Couldn’t we keep a few secrets between colleagues!’

“Hmm, I understand!” Wang Zijia replied weakly.

“The rewards from above have come down.” Xiang Ji suddenly shifted the topic, stating the reason he had called him.

Rewards?

What type of rewards?

Wang Zijia seemed a bit bewildered.

Xiang Ji continued, not noticing, “Although the information you provided wasn’t of much use, it did have some effect after all. The higher-ups also encourage this kind of thing, so they allocated some rewards for you.”

Wang Zijia finally understood, it must have been regarding the dog’s matter.

“Originally, the plan was to allocate a Cultivation Method to you, especially since you left a good impression on captain Meng Bei.” As Xiang Ji spoke, he put down what he was holding, raised his head to look at Wang Zijia and continued, “But since your father has already prepared talismans for you, I guess that he wouldn’t have left the Cultivation Method out. So, I blocked the original reward. What would you like instead?”

Looking at Xiang Ji, Wang Zijia asked, “Could I choose a technique instead?”

“You can, as long as it’s roughly equivalent. Don’t even think about a secret Inheritance or something like that!” Xiang Ji nodded in reply.

“Rune Perception, I want the Rune Perception Technique!” Wang Zijia replied promptly without any hesitation.

There are generally three prerequisites to becoming a Talisman Master: Talisman Paper Making (not mandatory), Rune Perception (core foundation), and an additional technique that can be written into a talisman.

The core technique that he needed now was Rune Perception.