Evening fell.
Wang Yu returned to a stone chamber inside a cavern deep within the mountain.
The Heaven-Pillar Mountain Spirit Domain possessed one large second-tier spirit vein and one medium first-tier spirit vein. Although it could not compare with the Four Symbols Sect's former grounds, it was already the greatest show of sincerity the Thousand Bamboo Sect could offer, barely enough to support the cultivation of the Four Symbols Sect's several thousand disciples.
Wang Yu sat cross-legged on a yellow meditation cushion. With a flip of one hand, a crimson wooden token appeared in his palm. He swept his divine sense through it and immediately saw the merit point total displayed inside: "1013."
Of those, 13 merit points had been issued by the General Affairs Hall for his work repairing flying boats over the past few days.
The other 1,000 merit points, however, had come after he accompanied Ximen Mei back to the sect and escorted her to the Formation Hall. The stewards who came out to welcome her had been overjoyed and immediately arranged through the General Affairs Hall to award him that astronomical sum.
The sheer number of merit points had nearly made Wang Yu bite his tongue at the time.
Was a formation apprentice really that important to the Four Symbols Sect now?
Or did Senior Sister Ximen have some other important identity?
Wang Yu had a vague suspicion, but fortunately, when they parted, Ximen Mei had also given him a communication disk, saying he could contact her if anything came up.
With so many merit points, he naturally had no intention of leaving them unused.
Thus, on his way back earlier, he had already stopped by the General Affairs Hall to verify the prices of medicinal pills.
At the General Affairs Hall's Pill Hall, the middle-grade