My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange-Chapter 66 - The Unusual Atmosphere in Xiang Family

Therefore, his need for Skill Value Degree was immense. If he didn’t want to be stuck at the Intermediate Pupil stage for years, the only shortcut at present was through pollution from Evil Seeds.

However, he was not willing to take the risk of joining the Law Enforcement Team and hunting down demons.

So, over the past month, he visited the Task Hall every few days, becoming a familiar face there.

“Yes,” Xiang Feifei answered, looking at the ecstatic Wang Zijia with an inexplicable expression.

“Do you know the details of the task?” After calming his emotions, Wang Zijia asked eagerly.

Xiang Feifei nodded, saying, “The territory connecting the Zhang family and the Lin Family has recently seen an influx of two demons, causing quite a chaos.”

“Authorities from the Law Enforcement Team completed the initial cleanup in the last few days. Because the demons fled all over the place, committing crimes in several nearby towns, while there isn’t a large number of polluters, there aren’t too few either.”

“Ignoring it or merely burying it on the spot are both inappropriate solutions, so they need to set up a temporary purification array and man it for about a fortnight.”

“Normally, this responsibility would fall onto the monks of the Zhang family staying behind. However, after Zhang Yurou received this news, she sent me a message, asking if you would like to take this garrison task?”

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia’s face lit up with joy. This situation was just like the previous garrison task outside of Wanyu City at Righteous Villa, which was exactly what he was hoping for.

“Yes, let’s accept it. Should I go to the Task Hall to take it right now?”

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Upon seeing the excited Wang Zijia, Xiang Feifei shook her head with a laugh. She didn’t criticize his enthusiasm.

“These kinds of tasks are usually directly assigned to the local clans by the Law Enforcement Team, and won’t be posted in the Task Hall. If you want to accept it, I’ll inform them to assign it to you. We can count it against the compulsory task quota!”

As Xiang Feifei spoke, she began operating on her Identity Card.

“Boom!”

A moment later, a light flickered on Wang Zijia’s Identity Card, signifying that his task had been assigned.

“When should I leave, right now?” Wang Zijia glanced at the task, sounding somewhat impatient. “If it’s now, I’ll need to go to the Commercial Street first and make some preparations.”

“There’s no need to be so anxious. They’ve only just finished cleaning up over there, and neither the Zhang family nor the Lin family have started their cleanup operations yet. It won’t be too late to head over tomorrow,” Xiang Feifei shook her head again and explained to Wang Zijia.

“Even if you rush over there overnight, you’d still have to wait for the people of several clans to finish their tasks before you can start the array formation and complete the handover process.”

As she spoke, she took out several jade boxes and handed them to Wang Zijia.

“What’s this for? Are there presents that need to be delivered?” Wang Zijia looked at Xiang Feifei as she produced several palm-sized jade boxes, and asked, somewhat puzzled.

Xiang Feifei didn’t reply, instead, she produced a few more jade boxes. Then, she opened one of the jade boxes, explaining, “This is a first-grade high-level talisman, ‘Rock Armor’, a fully developed top-grade talisman. The consumption of activating this talisman is only three tenths of the normal spell casting.”

The fully accomplished top-grade talisman referred to a talisman created by a talisman master who had mastered two techniques to the level of great mastery. For example, Wang Zijia’s talismans were considered to be of the highest quality within the first grade, since he had mastered both Rune Perception and the Molten Fireball to great mastery.

Such talismans, when activated, typically consume much less energy than casting newly learned spells. Of course, they also cost more and are harder to find. This was partly why Wang Zijia’s molten fireballs fetched a price of six magic money.

Wang Zijia was momentarily dumbstruck, but Xiang Feifei opened another jade box, explaining, “This is the ‘Spiritual Void Shield’ talisman, also a high-level top grade; this is the ‘Divine Movement’ talisman, a top-grade amongst its kind; this is the Blood Replenishing Pill, a holy medicine of healing in the first-grade Elixirs…”

As Xiang Feifei opened each of the jade boxes in front of her one by one, all of which contained things used for protection, escaping, or healing. There was even a half piece of ‘Essence Blood Escape’, a talisman that was almost second grade.

Looking at Xiang Feifei, who was diligently explaining things to him, Wang Zijia couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of his mouth, “You are… are you preparing me to go and rob some great Cultivator Sacrificial Wine, or sending me to a battlefield?”

“My grandfather always told me that the world outside is dangerous. When you’re out and about, you need to be more careful and always have a plan,” Xiang Feifei looked at Wang Zijia earnestly, continuing,

“Besides, the Sect always emphasizes that no matter what dealings you have with evil cultivators or demonic beings, you can never be too cautious, even if it’s just a garrison task. Don’t wait until you’ve been polluted and your foundation has been harmed before it’s too late to regret.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia was speechless. He couldn’t help but feel that there was something slightly off about the cultivation atmosphere in Xiang family.

Were they being too cautious?

Or was it because the Patriarchs were too cautious, that the rest were being cautious as well?

“Come on, hurry up and pack these away. I didn’t spend money on these, they’re all gifts I’ve received over the years. I haven’t been outside recently and they’re of no use being kept here,” Xiang Feifei said petulantly. “If worst comes to worst, you can return them to me when you come back!”

“Alright, then I’ll just keep them for now! It’ll save me a trip to the Commercial Street,” Wang Zijia looked at the plethora of life-saving items in front of him and awkwardly accepted the jade boxes. He couldn’t shake the feeling that he was a chubby uncle being kept by a little girl.

Wait a second, that’s not a feeling, is it?

Ah, after nearly three months of continuous adjustments, it seemed like he could no longer be classified as chubby, but rather, he was robust and a bit round!

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