Su Yuan and Yun Shuhan saw a woman and greeted her first.
Zhou Zhiyuan was the person in charge of the logistics headquarters, holding the post of marching chief secretary.
She was, in fact, a superior to both Su Yuan and Lin Qinghe.
She appeared to be in her thirties or forties, with an ordinary face but exceptionally shrewd eyes. At that moment, she was reviewing ledgers at a table, supervising and verifying the records of merits and resource allocation since entering the valley.
Zhou Zhiyuan gave them a slight nod in greeting, then continued with her work.
The two of them went to the merit officer to examine their respective merits and the items available for exchange.
Su Yuan first checked how merits were earned.
Merit records were based on military achievements.
For example, killing an ordinary enemy soldier earned one merit.
An early Blood Condensing Martial Warrior was worth five merits, while a peak Blood Condensing Martial Warrior was worth ten.
An early Savage Strength cultivator was worth fifty merits, while a peak Savage Strength cultivator was worth one hundred and fifty.
An early Vein Splitting cultivator was worth one thousand five hundred merits, while a Late Vein Splitting Stage cultivator was worth three thousand.
If one could kill a Grandmaster, they would be worth a staggering fifty thousand merits.
This alone showed the gap between Grandmasters and other martial artists.
However, this was merely the most basic merit exchange rate. If the enemy had an exceptionally powerful martial artist, there would also be bounty missions worth even more merits.
Merits for other military assignments were likewise converted according to this standard.
Naturally, merits could be exchanged for all kinds of medicines. The most straightforward were breakthrough pills related to advancing a martial artist's realm.
For instance, the