When the Purple Lightning Void Breaking Boat landed at the Heavenly King Hall's spaceport reserved for the Thunder Department, the afterglow of the celebration banquet had yet to fade.
Many soldiers came down the gangway with their arms slung over each other's shoulders, swaying as they hummed Xia Zhiqiu's off-key version of "Good Days."
Some grinned foolishly as they hugged bulging storage bags. Others were already planning how to spend their windfall.
Su Ye was among the first to sober up.
As soon as he stepped off the boat, he said a quick word to Xiao Qiyue and headed straight for the Heavenly King Hall's Merit Exchange Office.
The place was the Divine Realm's answer to a bank and department store rolled into one. Battle Merit could be exchanged there for Cultivation Resources, secret manuals, Divine Artifacts, and Magic Treasures.
Provided, of course, you had enough Merit Points.
Su Ye had plenty right now.
During the last Defense War at the Heavenly King Hall, he had slain the Seventeen Demon Kings and received a reward of two million Merit Points.
It was the highest single Merit Points award in the Thunder Department's history.
Then, on this trip to Thunder Gorge, he had killed Shadow Demoness Lis, Dark Sword Demon King Bal, and Corpse Bone Demon King. His teammates had helped, of course, but Su Ye received the lion's share. Including what he had taken from the Purple Lightning Crystal Mine, he had earned another three hundred thousand Merit Points.
That brought his total to 2.3 million Merit Points.
It sounded like a lot, but Su Ye knew better—
If he wanted to raise a dragon, those Merit Points probably wouldn't even begin to cover it.
Sure enough, the moment he entered the Exchange Office, he learned what it meant to