First-Class Bailiff

Chen Lin sent two more voice transmissions, hoping to ask for information, but the Girl in the Painting gave no response.

He reached out, intending to take down the scroll and bring it with him.

After hesitating again and again, he decided not to try.

Anything obtained outside a task could not be taken out of the Nightmare Realm. If he did manage to bring it out, he would only be too uneasy to sit or sleep in peace.

Next, he examined the half-bunch of grapes. Finding nothing unusual, he put it away in a specially made box.

He turned to the Node and thought for a moment. Rather than leave at once, Chen Lin activated the Shepherd Token.

Without hesitation, he directed his Merit toward his identity rank.

He raised it all the way to lower First Class.

His Merit drained away like rushing water, dropping by more than four hundred in an instant.

Although he still had nearly a thousand left, Chen Lin stopped there. No amount of further advancement would bring him to the rank of an official, and this was enough.

His main goal was to gain Level 3 Road Guide permission. He also wanted his identity rank to weaken any punishment and preserve his life if the task was now judged incomplete.

He would save the remaining Merit for now. According to the Black Bear Magistrate, it could be exchanged for treasures and had other uses besides. He could not squander it.

There was nothing else to prepare. Chen Lin put away the Shepherd Token, raised a hand to open the Node, and leaped out with Hua Ruyu.

"My lord!"

Liu Shengyuan had been waiting outside, sick with worry. Only when he saw Chen Lin emerge did he breathe a sigh of relief and hurry