"Collaborating Artisan status... I can't redeem it? What on earth is going on?"
Li Chen's face darkened at once. Anyone who heard something like this would find it unacceptable.
The merit officer said, "Don't worry, fellow Daoist. Just ask whoever brought you here to redeem it on your behalf."
Li Chen snapped, "I worked myself to the bone to earn this, and now I have to go through someone else just to collect my reward?"
The merit officer was good-tempered-or perhaps he had simply seen too many such incidents. He gave a helpless, wry smile. "Getting angry at me won't help. Just go to whoever handles your affairs. Or why not look at something else first? There are plenty of things you can redeem without partner status. I can authorize those right here..."
With practiced ease, he began recommending other treasures to Li Chen. Just as he had said, quite a few required no special status or privileges to redeem.
Only then did Li Chen realize that not everything available for contribution points in the treasury belonged to the Qi Family Army itself. At the very least, the knowledge about spiritglow origin crystals he needed came from Taiqiu Immortal City.
And Taiqiu Immortal City certainly would not allow it to spread freely. At the very least, a recipient had to have worked with the city before and made a certain amount of contribution.
That was why different statuses and contribution thresholds were required.
Logically, since Li Chen had earned over two hundred thousand contribution points, with a full hundred thousand left even after production expenses, he should have had more than enough to qualify for redemption. Everything he wanted cost only a few hundred thousand in total, and the crucial parts he lacked cost just eighty thousand.
But the problem