After deducting the two monthly stipends from forty-four thousand Merit points, only thirty-five thousand two hundred remained.
Lu Ye pressed his hand against the Heaven's Mystery Pillar and stirred his mind, using sect Merit to purchase blessings. A series of cracking sounds came from within as though something inside the Heaven's Mystery Pillar had been altered.
It was the same as last time.
As one thousand Merit points vanished, the Spiritual Energy density in the camp rose by ten percent.
When he raised the camp's Spiritual Energy by another ten percent, fifteen hundred Merit points vanished.
For the third increase, two thousand Merit points vanished.
With every increase, the Merit required rose by five hundred points.
When the sect Merit had dwindled to two thousand seven hundred points, Lu Ye stopped. He could no longer afford it. The next increase would require a full six thousand sect Merit points.
Dense cracking sounds rang out within the Heaven's Mystery Pillar as its interior underwent an enormous transformation.
At the same time, the winds and clouds above the camp abruptly changed. A visible Spiritual Energy vortex formed, and under its pull, vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy surged into the camp.
The Registered Disciples and Rogue Cultivators exploring the camp all stared at the scene in shock. But when they sensed the surrounding Spiritual Energy rising at a terrifying speed, they immediately understood what had happened.
For a time, everyone rejoiced, jubilant beyond measure.
It took a full hour before the vortex phenomenon finally vanished. By then, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy density in the Crimson Blood Sect camp had changed enormously.
Including the blessing Lu Ye had purchased a month ago, there were now a full eleven blessings on the Crimson Blood Sect's Heaven's Mystery Pillar. The Spiritual