Agate Silver Ring
A hint of relief appeared on Li Shuyi's face.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed her eyes slightly, somewhat surprised.
The Old Demon was startled by the strange expressions on their faces. "You two aren't serious, are you? Is someone really going to cause trouble for you, Little Bai?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "No, maybe I'm just being too sensitive."
Bai Xiaowen didn't want to talk about the Boutu Guild and Zhao Zhixiong right now, not because he didn't trust Old Demon, but because there was no need to make this matter known to everyone in the guild. Especially since this was the guild cafeteria, and there were too many people here.
The Old Demon seemed thoughtful but didn't ask further. He simply instructed, "If anything happens, be sure to communicate with the guild promptly. You haven't fully matured yet; the guild is your support."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and thanked the Old Demon for the reminder.
After dinner, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, accompanied by Old Demon, went to see Chairman Li Beihai to discuss some intelligence and information about the Jiajing Plane World.
Li Beihai was quite happy to see the two return safely and both level up to level 5. However, he was startled when he heard the progress of the intelligence provided by Bai Xiaowen.
"In just ten days of exploration, you've wiped out three historically notorious Wokou Pirates groups?"
"Well, actually there are four groups, but Xu Hai's group can't be counted as the ones we wiped out," Bai Xiaowen said.
Li Beihai shook his head.
The Old Demon who was recording the intelligence clicked his tongue in amazement. "You guys are simply plane terminators... You've only been here for ten days and you've already caused such a huge mess. If you were to stay in the Jiajing Plane World for a month, wouldn't you be prematurely initiating the Plane Unification?"
Bai Xiaowen laughed and said, "The Grand Unification of the Jiajing Plane World probably requires wiping out Japan, the Tatars, and the Jurchens, not just the Wokou Pirates). Besides, I benefited from the Ming Army's momentum. Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei started planning two years ago; I simply took advantage of the situation to close the net."
Li Beihai said, "Seeing how capable you are at causing trouble, I'm relieved... Only awakened individuals who can cause trouble have a high enough chance of advancing to Evolver."
"Evolver... that's the title after an Awakened person Class Change, right? I'll reach that point sooner or later," Bai Xiaowen grasped the implication in Li Beihai's words, "Could it be that the condition for advancing to Evolver is to Plane Unification?"
"Yes, this is a secret circulating among Advanced Awakened," Li Beihai revealed in advance, "After reaching level 10, Awakened Ones are matched into planes that are showing initial signs of unification. As long as they assist in the Plane Unification, they can complete a leap in their life level and become Evolver."
"Just how powerful are the Evolver?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
Li Beihai shook his head. "I don't know."
The Old Demon said, "I've only heard that the gap between Evolver and awakened beings is enormous, completely incomparable. An awakened being in front of Evolver is like a child facing an adult; they basically have no ability to resist."
After a pause, the Old Demon continued, "Remember the last battle to defend Jinghai City, the invasion of the Flame Demon Arm at the end? The three people who ultimately severed the Flame Demon Arm were the Evolver. You'll understand once you think about it."
Bai Xiaowen recalled those three people. He had to admit that, even now, he still couldn't fathom their strength.
"I think it's appropriate to award this intelligence with 800 to 1000 Guild Contribution Points. Although the Jiajing Plane World isn't as difficult as the Three Kingdoms world, it's still a mid-to-high-level world. The news of the Wokou Pirates losing several Boss Tier is indeed explosive. This intelligence can generate a lot of derivative value," Old Demon said.
Li Beihai said, "Then let's set it at 900."
It should be noted that the Guild Contribution Points rewards are not determined unilaterally by Li Beihai. Every month, the guild distributes a certain number of Contribution Points, and the intelligence, equipment, items, and Skill Book used to acquire them all need to be compiled and archived, and then evaluated by Review Council composed of guild leaders through random sampling.
Not only the Contribution Points system, but also the signing of Awakener Contracts, undertaking Scavenger Projects (i. e., clearing mutated beasts and Spirit Realm creatures near a route from one place to another), and signing of commercial contracts by guilds all need to be archived and await random checks by the Review Council at any time.
Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Any force that wants to grow strong must be fair, or at least relatively fair.
Bai Xiaowen still remembered his Guild Contribution Points; he was now a veritable points hog. The combined Guild Contribution Points he and Li Shuyi had exceeded ten thousand. As the saying goes, "concentrate your efforts to accomplish great things," both the Merit Points earned while adventuring in the Spirit Realm and the Contribution Points earned in the guild were all concentrated and stored in Bai Xiaowen's possession.
"I want to buy this piece of equipment," Bai Xiaowen said, pulling out an item from the guild's warehouse.
[Agate Silver Ring (Bind on Equip)]
[Quality: Heroic Tier (Gold)]
[Equipment Slot: Head]
[Equipment Requirements: 20 base Spirit]
[Attributes: Spirit +3, Constitution +3]
[Additional Skill: Ingenuity: Increases mental recovery speed by 20%]
[Durability: 40/40]
[Note: This precious headdress embodies the dedication of artisans from both the East and West, and is a rare artistic masterpiece.]
"This is a treasure of the treasury," Li Beihai said with a smile. "I knew you wouldn't do anything good by hoarding your Contribution Points."
Li Shuyi: "Dad, don't you even look at our guild warehouse? Besides a few pieces of Gold Equipment worth 10,000 Contribution Points, what else do we have... Xiao Wen has almost all the other equipment, except for this headdress."
Li Beihai: "Look at you, girl. I just said... Little Bai earned his Contribution Points through his own abilities, how could I possibly stop him from exchanging them? Someone exchanging for Gold Equipment means he has made a significant contribution to the guild, I'm more than grateful to him."
Bai Xiaowen didn't believe Li Beihai's claim that this was a "treasury treasure." He and Li Shuyi had seen it with their own eyes last time; Li Beihai was in charge of the guild's secret vault, which contained over a dozen rare Gold Honeywax, and there were certainly many more other valuable things inside.
Think about it, Super God Guild is also a guild with a long history. Although its performance in the league is a bit sluggish now, it used to be able to compete for the A-rank Guild. With decades of accumulation, how could it not have good stuff?
The guild warehouse managed by the logistics department is merely an "external warehouse".
With this Gold Equipment, Bai Xiaowen's constitution reached 27 points and his spirit reached 47 points. As for the attribute that increases the speed of Divine Might recovery, although it is not as useful as adding a practical skill for Bai Xiaowen, it is still quite good and enhances his endurance in combat.