My Scales Can Make Equivalent Exchange-Chapter 78 - One Year of Dao Cultivation First

As she consumed pill after pill, her body would alternately inflate with discomfort and suddenly feel hollow, leaving her in a continuous state of discomfort.

It was as if she was being teased repeatedly, her body undergoing continuous changes.

After a short while, Bai Qian finished consuming all five Explosive Spirit Pills.

Her discomfort intensified, her face flushed, and her inner self felt hollow, all of which didn’t feel right.

Dao cultivation: One year (112/2000)

“Good, you have now cultivated Dao for a year, essentially beginning your cultivation journey. You can take things slow from here.” Wang Zijia gave a satisfied nod and advised, “Tomorrow, go apply for an official miscellaneous service status. Don’t worry about the secret inheritance; let’s aim for becoming an Alchemist.”

“As for the secret inheritance of the Pill Institute’s major pulse… we’ll tackle it during the Grand Selection next year!”

“Huh… I cultivated Dao for a year?” Bai Qian realized with a dazed expression that there was significant mana inside her.

Was cultivation like this?

Why did it feel increasingly wrong?

Wang Zijia didn’t bother explaining. There were things that even with thorough understanding, he wouldn’t divulge.

If Bai Qian’s cooperation weren’t necessary for numerous experiments, he wouldn’t have revealed any of this and would have adopted a more surreptitious approach.

“Alright, you can leave now!” Before Bai Qian could get a clear understanding, Wang Zijia began to usher her out. “Oh, and if you want to succeed in Alchemy, you must practice Tai Chi Fist. You can even continue practicing it incessantly. Regarding the Medicine Extraction and the like, you can ignore them after understanding.”

“Okay!” Bai Qian left, looking confused, feeling like the cultivation process Wang Zijia described didn’t resemble the one Miss Xiang described at all!

“Also, prepare some food tomorrow morning.” Wang Zijia’s voice echoed in the Cultivation Room. “The same requirements as before.”

“Understood!” Bai Qian replied.

…

After dismissing Bai Qian from the Cultivation Room, Wang Zijia returned to his Sea of Consciousness, observing the numerous Weights.

As his cultivation inched closer towards becoming an Advanced Pupil, bullet preparation for his cultivation breakthrough became his current primary concern.

The transition from Middle Pupil to Advanced Pupil was a crucial step. It was during this phase that, theoretically, two to three Runes could be placed in the Dantian to shape one’s mana – there were even legends of individuals able to imbue four.

In other words, during the Advanced Pupil stage, one could theoretically nurture five Runes. Their mana shaping influence could prompt a drastic increase in the mana quality, preparing one for the upgrade to Sacrificial Wine.

If the mana quality of a Pupil was one and a Sacrificial Wine’s quality was twenty, then mana quality shaped at the Advanced Pupil stage could reach at least two, and possibly even three – like Du Kang, for instance.

An Advanced Pupil who worked up from a blank slate would still have a mana quality of one. This indicated that starting from the Advanced Pupil stage, individuals had notably divergent abilities, and a visible social class difference began to emerge when Middle Pupils advanced to Advanced Pupils.

After all, breaking through to Sacrificial Wine ten-fold was easier to achieve successfully when compared to a twenty-fold increase, wasn’t it?

Not to mention, the nurtured Runes were of immense assistance in building the Dao Foundation for Sacrificial Wines.

Being blessed with the Golden Finger, Wang Zijia naturally aimed to establish the most robust foundation. Thus, he needed at least four Great Success Runes to augment his Dantian.

Molten Fireball and Clay Activation were self-evident choices; as for the third, Wang Zijia ultimately chose Clay Shape-Shifting Stealth Technique due to its evident compatibility with Clay Control. As for the last one…

After much thought, Wang Zijia set his sights on Spiritual Power Shaping. If it could be embedded in time, then that would be ideal; otherwise, it wasn’t a concern.

The reason for choosing it was because Wang Zijia had discovered in his research over some time that it was also listed as a Core Technique by the Dao Law Court. Even though it wasn’t a secret inheritance of the Wanyu Sect, it was considered one of the best techniques for Foundation Establishment and was also a universal fit with enormous potential that suited any School.

Clay Activation (minor accomplishment 1500/3000),

Clay Shape-Shifting Stealth Technique (Beginner 300/600),

Spiritual Power Shaping (Beginner 300/600),

Tai Chi Fist: 6641

Having made his decision, Wang Zijia didn’t hesitate.

[Would you like to spend 1500 Value Points to upgrade Clay Activation to Great Mastery?]

“Yes!” He replied.

[Would you like to spend 2700 Value Points to upgrade Clay Shape-Shifting Stealth Technique to Great Mastery?]

“Yes!” He again responded affirmatively.

With the upgrades of the two techniques to Great Mastery, Wang Zijia’s mind was rocked as if by an explosion, visions and understandings flooding his consciousness. To Wang Zijia’s delight, insights from Clay Activation, Clay Shape-Shifting Stealth Technique, and Clay Control implied that they were interconnected.

The three Great Success Runes began to show faint links, seemingly wanting to merge into one, making an early advance towards becoming a Second Order Method.

No wonder Sixth Uncle was so excited upon hearing about his foundation.

After some time, Wang Zijia came to his senses and checked his experience pool.

Tai Chi Fist: 2441

To upgrade Spiritual Power Shaping to Great Mastery, 2700 was needed, and he was short on that. However, he could borrow from any other technique as it wasn’t urgent.

Dao cultivation: Forty-one years (4192/5000)

He was still short on nearly ten years of Dao cultivation. Once he had enough Dao cultivation, if it still wasn’t sufficient, he could borrow some Value Points from other skills.

…

The next morning, Wang Zijia sat with Bai Qian as they began their daily routine of practicing Tai Chi Fist.

Xiang Feifei, who was accustomed to watching them from her window, was visibly taken aback when she saw Bai Qian.

During breakfast, she opened her mouth to say something several times, but stopped herself each time.

“What’s the matter?” Wang Zijia finally noticed her odd demeanor, stopped his actions, and asked.

“Did you go to the Family Alliance to get money to buy cultivation techniques some time ago?” Xiang Feifei asked with a poker face and an odd tone.

Mystified, Wang Zijia was stumped for a moment and couldn’t figure out what she was getting at.

Unconsciously, he looked towards the three maids. Wang Zijia had become very amicable over time, to the point where the maids were now treating him as a son-in-law.

Receiving Wang Zijia’s plea for help, the maid who should have followed Wang Zijia’s lead quickly caught Bai Qian’s attention, leaving Wang Zijia baffled. He then finally realized…

Was she being jealous?