PS: Posting first, revising later.
Gains: 25 Immortal Merit, initial accumulation: 150 Immortal Merit
Bai Jing happily packed up his stall. Today, he had sold out in less than a quarter of an hour after setting up, about the same as over at the arena. The worry in his heart was finally lifted.
Buzz!
Yet the next moment, his identity Jade Pendant suddenly lit up.
He immediately checked it, then froze, his face instantly twisting into a mask of pain.
"Not again—it's already started deducting?"
The Immortal Merit in the Jade Pendant had gone from 150 to 147.5.
It had deducted 2.5—wasn't that one-tenth of today's earnings?
Even taxes in his old homeland weren't collected this quickly. At least they came once a month.
With an aching heart, Bai Jing returned to his residence.
Life had to go on. He refined pills when it was time to refine pills and cultivated when it was time to cultivate.
He went to the training grounds and took several Array Flags, several bottles of Beast Blood, and an array disk from his storage pouch.
Geng Metal Array Basics had already unlocked proficiency. No matter what, he had to cultivate this array art to minor mastery, or even great mastery.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
As the Array Flags sank into the ground and array patterns were inscribed, the airflow around the training grounds became sharp and fierce, while spiritual energy surged.
Half a month later.
Early morning.
Buzz!
Above the two residences at Number Thirteen, Southwest Street, the Morning Glow Spiritual Tide came rolling in, forming one large and one small spiritual tide vortex.
"The courtyard on the left belongs to Junior Brother Bai, right? Why does it feel like he absorbs this essence even faster than Li Huai'an of the Golden Cauldron Dao Platform?"