Chapter 34: Rewards
Xiang Ji wasn't particularly surprised, but seeing Wang Zijia's straightforwardness, it was obvious that he had planned this in advance. Xiang Ji chuckled and teased, "Do you want me to allocate you a symbolic pen and a sealing spirit inkstone too?"
"That would be perfect, it's not like they're worth much anyway!" Wang Zijia replied instinctively, immediately realizing he had spoken too much and revealing his true nature. He blushed and lowered his head.
"You little rascal, you're almost being corrupted by those old-timers in the warehouse!" Xiang Ji chuckled, then said, "Alright. You can go find Liu Xiangying and get a copy of the technique from her. As for the symbolic pen and sealing spirit inkstone, I'll have to ask around."
Wang Zijia's face lit up with joy. "Thank you, Manager!"
"Don't expect too much. You won't get a top-tier symbolic pen, maybe something with a bit of spiritual essence. And it might require some connections within the clan. I'll give you an answer by the end of the day!" Xiang Ji replied.
"Sure, I'm not picky. Even used items will do," Wang Zijia responded.
"You're easy to please, but we can't afford to be so casual about rewards from above. If we give you rewards and you ask for old items, it reflects poorly on us!" Xiang Ji chuckled again, then returned to his work.
"Alright, I'll take my leave then," Wang Zijia said, bowing slightly.
With that, he turned and left.
Seeing him leave without mentioning his consideration of the marriage proposal, Xiang Ji wanted to ask, but he stopped himself.
"Forget it, this kid doesn't understand anything. I'll find an opportunity another day to organize a celebration at the Ruyi Tower for the miscellaneous servants in the symbol area. We'll have a feast and enlighten him a bit. Then he'll understand everything."
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Another day of idling away at work passed. When it was time to leave, Xiang Ji, the manager, had indeed managed to procure a set of symbol-making tools for him.
He even held a small ceremony after work, and after announcing the purpose, distributed the items on-site, causing envy among the miscellaneous servants.
After the meeting dispersed, Wang Zijia immediately selected a hundred batches of spiritual materials for card making from the warehouse. After the discount, he spent nine spirit coins, leaving him with only fifty-one spirit coins.
As for the earth-type spiritual materials used to make ink, he had some stored in the relic in his storage bag, enough for a couple of hundred tries at least.
Back home, after dinner and when Wang Dan left, Wang Zijia went to the study, took out a jade box, carefully opened it, and took out a glowing sphere from inside.
The spiritual light fluctuated slightly, emitting a dense and ominous aura, with faintly discernible distorted faces appearing within.
Instead of digesting the only tainted seed extracted last night, Wang Zijia carefully extracted a trace of its aura, about ten percent, and then resealed the remaining ninety percent.
Taking out a specially prepared vitality-boosting pill, he injected the trace of tainted aura into it.
As the aura entered the pill, the pale green pill began to turn red and undergo continuous changes.
At this point, Wang Zijia activated his innate talent.
"Innate Talent: Demonic Seeding From Spiritual Root!"
With the activation of the talent, the pill, which was already undergoing changes, twisted and turned, eventually turning into a blood-red fleshy lump.
The fleshy lump wriggled slightly. With a slight movement of Wang Zijia's mind, the pill could hide itself and revert to its original appearance, resembling a green medicinal pill. It appeared almost alive and mysterious.
Looking at the finished product, Wang Zijia felt somewhat apprehensive.
Yes, he intended to use the contaminated aura as a medium for demonic seed implantation!
After all, what else could be more aggressive than this thing? Moreover, his talent was originally derived from the purification of contamination, so it was simply a return to its original state. As for the contamination problem caused by ingesting the pill after being seeded with tainted energy, there was his scale(golden finger), so it wasn't a problem at all.
After preparing the medication, Wang Zijia called Bai Qian over and handed her the pill, saying, "Take this. Most of my previous promises will be fulfilled. But I have to remind you, this is a newly developed medication, and I can't guarantee it's safety."
Without a second thought, Bai Qian swallowed the pill.
Unlike the experiment with Wang Dan before, where they had to wait for over ten breaths, this time, the demonic seed implantation was completed almost instantly.
With a slight daze, Wang Zijia, along with a reddish bronze entity, entered a new chaotic sea of consciousness.
However, in the sea of consciousness of Bai Qian, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, there were actually many more of these large bronze weights than in Wang Dan's, and there were even more unexpected gains that Wang Zijia couldn't have imagined.
Among these items, there was a Water Spirit Root.
Weight: Water Spirit Root
Grade: Low-grade Spirit Root
Value: 3000
Description: A common Water Spirit Root, with a certain affinity for and enhancement of water-based Taoism, nothing particularly special about it.
Looking at the illusory black iron weight before him, Wang Zizia fell momentarily speechless. People were truly different; what he had to strive hard for, others were simply born with.
However, this wasn't entirely surprising either. After all, in the city of Wanyu, as many as thirty to forty percent of people possessed Spirit Roots, and this person was a descendant of cultivators, with a complex background.
What truly surprised Wang Zizia was a silver-white weight.
Weight: Water Cloud Spirit Technique
Grade: Second-grade Technique (Incomplete)
Value: 124
Description: A second-grade technique, originally capable of completing the entire stage of cultivating into the Ritual master realm. However, due to incomplete comprehension, it was lost as the original and became a remnant piece, barely enough to embark on cultivation.
So, what level of cultivator was Bai Qian's father, after all?
To possess a second-grade technique!
Could it be that this child was tortured because of this?
Apart from these two, there was even a silver-white Spiritual Weight related to temperament!
Item: Resilience Amidst the Winds
Category: Temperament
Value: 6
Description: A little child, who, in just over ten years of hardships, had already surpassed the lives of most ordinary people. Without collapsing, she was already resilient. Perhaps because, deep down, she also awaited the light of her own redemption!
Sigh, to have a value of six after experiencing just the trials of an ordinary mortal for over a decade already speaks volumes about her! The original host, despite studying for over a decade and interning at a shop for half a year, had a value of less than two, indicating mediocrity!
After a moment of silence, Wang Zizia finally found the two weights.
Weight: Aura of Malevolence
Status: Contamination
Value: 11
Description: Unscrupulous youngsters actually use this disgusting stuff as a medium for the effects of their arts. If you don't get rid of it, you'll truly become a despicable character.
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Weight: Eye
Status: Incomplete
Value: None
Description: Luckily, your eyes were gouged out by someone, not that you were born without eyes. Otherwise, you'd have been blind for life!
Hmm, after your eyes were gouged out, you lost all value, right?
If I remember correctly, the original host's own eyes were worth nine points.
In other words, this alchemical medium could restore her eyes, and perhaps even grant her a better pair!
After confirming everything was in order, Wang Zizia didn't immediately exchange them. Instead, he communicated with the Red Copper Weight in his mind, and the weight flickered faintly.
(End of this chapter)