Chapter 290: Equivalent Exchange Technique

Lu Yang leaned back slightly, seemingly startled by Meng Jingzhou’s Golden Core.

Two Single Golden Cores—no one, not even the Solitary Daoist, would dare attempt such a thing. Truly, this was an unprecedented Golden Core.

He carefully organized his thoughts and gently said, “Are you sure having two Single Golden Cores won’t make you even more single?”

Meng Jingzhou waved dismissively, “You don’t understand. As the saying goes, extremes meet. When something reaches its peak, it turns to the opposite. My Golden Core is the same. When singleness reaches its limit, it should start changing for the better, making me more popular with women. This was evident when I was on my way back by airship.”

“What happened?”

“While on the airship, a nouveau riche from some small place was bullying others, flaunting his wealth. I couldn’t stand it, so I revealed my identity as the eldest son of the Meng family, scaring him into kneeling and begging for mercy. At that moment, several quite attractive women gathered around me, drawn by my charisma.”

“... You’re really deluding yourself.”

Meng Jingzhou pretended not to hear Lu Yang’s remark, his eyes shining as if he could see a bright future ahead: “In any case, I’ve broken the curse of the single spirit root through the ages. I’m about to be reborn!”

“Hey, this little guy’s Golden Core is interesting,” Everlasting Fairy’s voice interrupted, catching Lu Yang’s attention.

“Fairy, what do you mean?” Lu Yang thought, could it be that Meng Jingzhou really broke the curse of the single spirit root?

“Have you ever heard of a curse spell?” Everlasting Fairy asked mysteriously.

Lu Yang shook his head. Other than the curses cast by the ancient barbarians, he hadn’t heard of any curse spells.

“This kind of spell is called a curse, but it’s actually a form of exchange or a rule. Some people call it the ‘Equivalent Exchange Technique.’ Using this type of spell, whatever you lose, you gain something else in return.”

“For example, Lu Yang, you’re very smart, right? You could use the Equivalent Exchange Technique to reduce your intelligence in exchange for unparalleled combat power!”

“That’s amazing!” Lu Yang was quite surprised.

Everlasting Fairy was pleased with Lu Yang’s reaction: “Heh, now you see how knowledgeable I am. I bet no one in your era knows about this spell. You’re the first in your time to learn about it!”

“Can you perform this spell, Fairy?” Lu Yang asked, now deeply interested in this spell. If he could learn it, wouldn’t he be able to exchange for anything he wanted and become invincible?

Everlasting Fairy shook her head, pouring cold water on Lu Yang’s excitement: “No one can learn this spell. Or rather, those who want to learn it can never do so.”

Lu Yang was puzzled by this strange logic. People who want to learn the spell can never learn it, but does that mean those who don’t want to learn it can?

Meng Jingzhou stretched lazily: “I just formed my core, and fighting in the forest wasn’t enough. I’m going to the arena to stretch my muscles.”

Having formed an unprecedented twin Single Golden Cores, he had to show off a bit.

Before Lu Yang could react, Meng Jingzhou paid the bill and headed towards the bustling arena nearby.

At that moment, the fight in the arena had just ended, and the contestants were stepping down. Meng Jingzhou leaped onto the stage, radiant like a small sun: “Haha, I’ve just formed my core. Which senior brother or sister would like to spar?”

Meng Jingzhou thought that previously as a Foundation Building stage cultivator, he couldn’t beat his senior brothers and sisters. But now that everyone was at the Golden Core stage, could he still not win?

“I’ll go,” a bald senior brother, who seemed to have achieved minor success in the Buddhist golden body, jumped onto the stage with a simple smile. “Meng junior brother, please go easy on me.”

The bald senior brother was named Zheng Jing, a late Golden Core cultivator, not particularly outstanding among the Golden Core stage brothers.

“Haha, senior brother, please don’t hold back. I’ve changed a lot,” Meng Jingzhou said heartily.

Soon, Lu Yang used his wood clone to carry Meng Jingzhou off the stage on a stretcher.

“A perfectly fine person, why seek death?” Lu Yang sighed, grateful that he had the Invincible Core and knew who he could and couldn’t beat.

Otherwise, he would have ended up like Meng Jingzhou, carried off the stage.

If Meng Jingzhou were still in the Foundation Building stage, Senior Brother Zheng wouldn’t have been so harsh. But now that Meng Jingzhou had formed his core and had strong resilience, he naturally didn’t hold back.

As Lu Yang was about to carry Meng Jingzhou back, three figures blocked his path.

Lu Yang looked up and saw familiar faces, Master Liu and Master Gao from the barbecue shop.

“Please come with us.”

(End of the chapter)

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