Within the Carefree Sect, aside from the three Nascent Soul Old Ancestors Li Mufeng, Song Qingming, and Bai Yuxian,
among the more than twenty Golden Core Elders below them, those with the most Sect Merit Points—and thus the greatest contributions to the sect—were Chu Fengping, Xu Ziyan, Li Wutong, and a few others.
Chu Fengping was already a Grade 3 High-grade Alchemist. Relying on this most profitable cultivation art, he had nearly monopolized the refining of more than half the sect's Grade 3 and higher spirit pills, naturally accumulating quite a few Merit Points because of it.
As for Li Wutong, he was currently the oldest Golden Core Elder in the Carefree Sect.
Having formed his core four hundred years ago, he had rendered many meritorious services to the sect. The Merit Points he had accumulated were naturally beyond the reach of the sect's other rising Golden Core Elders.
Compared with Chu Fengping and Li Wutong, Xu Ziyan had formed her core much later.
However, she had served as Sect Leader for many years. The advantages in earning Merit Points that came with sitting in that position were likewise far greater than those available to others.
Over the years, aside from her daily cultivation, the Merit Points Xu Ziyan had accumulated far surpassed those of the sect's other Golden Core Cultivators, not falling too far behind the first two.
Yet even if all the Sect Merit Points in the hands of those three were added together, they would still not reach three hundred thousand. No one could possibly rely on themselves to exchange for a Nascent Soul Pill anytime soon.
However, the sect's Merit Pavilion allowed cultivators within the sect to transfer Merit Points among themselves.
So long as one could persuade the other party to agree, or offer spirit