Merit Points
Immortal Cultivation: I Attest to the Path of Immortality with a Dao Fruit
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Original Name:善功 (shàn gōng)Gender:NeutralKind:ConceptScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:137Chapters:58
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Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Merit Points |
| Original Name | 善功 |
| Type | Sect contribution and exchange system 6 |
| Affiliation | Jade Spring Sect 6 |
| Function | Measures disciples’ contributions and pays for cultivation resources, goods, and services 6 8 28 |
| Administration | Primarily assessed by the Expenditure Hall, under the Myriad Phenomena Hall 6 |
| Storage Medium | Jade Spring disciple jade plaques or tokens 6 20 |
| First Appearance | Chen Shuangbai exchanges merit for the Obscuring Mist Method 5 |
Earning Merit Points
The sect formally identifies three ways to obtain Merit Points: completing assignments, receiving awards from sect elders, and rendering great service to the sect 6.
| Source | Rules and Examples |
|---|---|
| Sect assignments | The other eight halls issue tasks through the Expenditure Hall. Documented work includes tending medicine gardens, guarding the cold pool, and culling Azure-Backed Boars 6 7 14. |
| Awards from elders | Elders may award Merit Points, but transfers between elders and disciples require registration, an explanation, and approval from the Expenditure Hall 6. |
| Great service | Disciples who render a great service may receive Merit Points directly from the sect 6. |
| Annual allotment | Outer disciples receive a fixed yearly allotment. Careful spending supplemented by occasional tasks can cover a year, though only at a modest standard of living 21. |
| Materials and spoils | The Expenditure Hall accepts valuable goods. Chen Shuangbai exchanges boar ears, spirit herbs, flowers, and a Demon Core for Spirit Stones and Merit Points 20. |
| Cultivation crafts | Disciples can earn income through skilled production. Chen Shuangbai earns substantial Merit Points by refining the Jade Spring Five Pills in quantity 30. |
| Books and curios | The Scripture Transmission Hall rewards submissions of books and curios absent from its collection 46. |
| Transfers from fellow disciples | Disciples may trade Merit Points through their identification plaques. He Qi also lends points to Chen Shuangbai 6 14. |
Garden Guardian Rewards
- Basic payment: Garden guardians initially earn only the assignment’s basic Merit Points 7.
- Harvest dividend: Additional rewards depend on the quality and yield of the mature spirit medicines 7.
- Typical earnings: Other guardians receive between 100 and 300 points per harvest 8.
- Exceptional harvests: Chen Shuangbai’s A-grade rosy robe grass earns him over 500 points. His later Jade Marrow Orchid harvest brings nearly 1,000 points 8 10.
Transactions and Regulation
- Recorded balances: Merit Points can be credited directly to a disciple’s token, as when Chen Shuangbai converts half his proceeds from selling materials into points 20.
- Direct payments: Touching disciple jade tokens together transfers the required amount between holders 32 38.
- Facility payments: A token can be swept across a pill chamber’s jade wall to deduct its rental fee 28.
- Elder-transfer restrictions: Direct transactions between disciples and their teachers or elders are prohibited unless registered and approved by the Expenditure Hall 6.
- Large transactions: High-value transfers require Expenditure Hall documentation. Qian Jin witnesses Chen Shuangbai’s payment to Du Zifeng for artifact materials 38.
- Spirit Stone exchange: Merit Points can be exchanged for Spirit Stones and are described as equivalent to them within the Jade Spring Sect 10.
- Installment agreements: Du Zifeng allows Chen Shuangbai to pay for his expensive custom artifact in installments 37.
Uses and Costs
| Use | Documented Purchases or Terms |
|---|---|
| Meals | Dining-hall meals alone cost approximately a dozen points per month 8. |
| Pills | Azure Dew Pills cost 56 points per bottle. Chen Shuangbai also buys Cold Spring Pills with his earnings 8. |
| Incense | Chen Shuangbai purchases ten sticks of Spirit-Clearing Incense after his first harvest reward 8. |
| Law Techniques | Points pay for borrowing or studying techniques. Chen Shuangbai obtains the Obscuring Mist Method through merit exchange 5 21. |
| Pill chambers | A third-grade chamber costs 10 points per day; higher-grade chambers cost more 28. |
| Law Artifacts | Chen Shuangbai buys the Flowing Cloud Flying Pouch with Merit Points. The Cold Spring Sword is priced at 300 low-grade Spirit Stones, with equivalent Merit Points or materials also accepted 12 32. |
| Custom artifact work | Points cover commissions and rare materials, including Nine-Bend Essence-Containing Wood and Cloud and Mist Spirit Silkworm Silk 33 37 38. |
| Formations | Chen Shuangbai purchases three first-tier, lower-grade Cooling Formation discs to prepare a habitat for his Snow-Plumed Eagle egg 22. |
| Beast-raising materials | He exchanges points for three pieces of five-year Cold Jade to nourish the egg’s bloodline 23. |
| Spiritual water | The Expenditure Hall offers spiritual waters for exchange, including inexpensive spring water considered for producing Moon Soul True Water 48. |
| Specialist services | Hiring a Spirit Plant cultivator to nurture a nearly lifeless spirit seed would require substantial time and Merit Points 46. |
| Foundation Establishment Pills | Disciples unable to achieve Foundation Establishment may take outer-sect posts and accumulate points to exchange for a pill and attempt the breakthrough again 23. |
Distinction from Merit
Merit is a higher grade of accomplishment, separate from ordinary Merit Points 36.
| Feature | Merit Points | Merit |
|---|---|---|
| Documented rewards | Assignments, material sales, annual allotments, craft production, and other contributions 6 20 21 30 | Submission of newly created Law Techniques, Cultivation Methods, and similar works 36 |
| Exchange options | Cultivation supplies, techniques, facilities, artifacts, and services 8 21 28 32 | Resources unavailable for Merit Points, including a sermon from an inner-peak master, admission under a chosen peak master, or higher-level methods and secret techniques 36 |
| Submission terms | Previously unseen books and curios can earn points from the Scripture Transmission Hall 46 | Creators submit a copy voluntarily and may retain the original containing their cultivation insights 36 |
Role in Chen Shuangbai’s Cultivation
Early shortages repeatedly determine Chen Shuangbai’s work. He takes the Garden Guardian assignment when his balance runs low, then accepts boar-culling work after purchasing equipment and borrowing points from He Qi 6 14.
Finding ordinary assignments steady but insufficient for a comfortable surplus, he decides to master a cultivation craft. Large-scale pill refining subsequently finances his cultivation and helps him advance from the Third Layer to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement 24 30.
Even that income does not eliminate financial constraints. His custom banner’s materials consume nearly his entire balance, while the recurring cost of spiritual water makes long-term Moon Soul True Water production potentially more expensive than his earnings can sustain. The Life-Accepting Gourd provides a way to produce spiritual liquid himself 38 48.
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