Li Chen had his reasons for making this choice.
He already possessed the true inheritance of Shape-Stealing Skin-Painting. With Awaken Spirituality added to it, he would have two true inheritances.
Among the other seven great Secret Arts, he had studied under Zhao Ke and learned Draw Silk, Rejoin Meridians, and had obtained the common inheritance of Capture Shadows, Refine Souls from Luo Changshan.
He had just obtained Melt Gold, Temper Bone, Gather Essence, Condense Marrow, and Fill with Mercury as Blood from Master Artisan Yang. Only Five Elements Organ-Shaping and Knead Clay, Transform Flesh remained untouched. The incompleteness really set off his compulsive streak, leaving him unbearably restless.
As it happened, Master Artisan Yang's account still held over twelve million contribution points. Besides the ten million needed for the true inheritance, each Jade Slip recording a common inheritance cost only one million. He might as well make this choice and spend it all.
Once he sent the message, Li Chen felt utterly at ease.
Spending someone else's money really did feel great!
All that remained was to wait for the Merit Officer to come. Though it would take longer, Li Chen stuck to the principle that caution never led to a grave mistake, unwilling to risk returning to Wingtip Mountain to redeem the inheritances himself.
Since a Merit Officer would deliver them to his door anyway, what harm was there in waiting a few more days?
While waiting, he continued keeping watch over his assigned garrison area. Only when the Merit Officer arrived and requested the handover did he hurry back with his second avatar.
He did not mind the trouble. Caution came first in everything.
"Oh, Merit Officer Li! Sorry for the trouble of making this trip. Let's check the accounts."
The Merit Officer who came was a former