Chapter 163 Merit Points

That's right, the first thing he did was 'tsk', as if he had some opinion of Fang Yue.

This left Fang Yue at a loss. He looked questioningly at Yu Baiyi next to him, who pursed his lips, not wanting to explain at first.

But soon, he realized that Fang Yue had become a favorite of the two Qingyi (blue-robed) adults, and was about to be promoted to the third Qingyi adult of Qingsi County. He hurriedly lowered his voice and whispered, "Old Pan has a grandson who has liked Lord You for many years, but it never worked out. Lord You even found an opportunity to demote him to Heiyi (black-robed), which is why he's been behaving himself lately.

"Originally, Lord You made her attitude clear about this matter, so it should have been over. But recently, there have been rumors that you and Lord You are close, so inevitably there have been some rumors. Old Pan must have heard these rumors, that's why..."

As Yu Baiyi said this, he noticed that Old Pan's squinting eyes were staring at him.

This startled him, and he quickly stopped talking, lowered his head, and didn't say anything. He was secretly complaining in his heart.

One was the new Qingyi who was about to take office.

The other was Old Pan, who was in charge of managing merit points.

He didn't want to offend either side, but in comparison, the new Qingyi was naturally more worthy of pleasing, plus he had interacted with Fang Yue, and their relationship was... barely passable?

Yu Baiyi was even thinking that maybe he could take advantage of this opportunity to become a confidant of Fang Yue, the new Qingyi.

Every Qingyi has their own staff and factions.

Although it's not very obvious in Qingsi County, because the two above are too harmonious, their goals are consistent, and they have a good relationship, so factional struggles are not clear.

But beneath the Qingyi, those Baiyi (white-robed) people, in order to get the attention of You Sisi and Lord Jun, can fight to the death for even a small benefit or a small opportunity to stand out.

The top is peaceful, but the bottom is a bloody storm.

As Yu Baiyi, who became a Baiyi later, the chances of him standing out in this competition were slim.

He was already doing well to barely maintain his Baiyi status.

Originally, Yu Baiyi didn't even think about taking it a step further, but who would have thought that the two Qingyi adults suddenly wanted to promote Fang Yue to be the third Qingyi adult in Qingsi County.

Then naturally the opportunity came. First come, first served. If Yu Baiyi didn't seize this opportunity, he would be a fool.

So even if he would offend Old Pan, he had to consider how to please Fang Yue first.

Yu Baiyi was clear about the twists and turns in this, and after a little thought, Old Pan also sneered at Yu Baiyi twice, without pointing it out, but he probably understood the other party's little thoughts.

Only Fang Yue had a blank expression on his face.

What does it have to do with me that his grandson can't catch up with You Sisi?

Shaking his head, Fang Yue stopped thinking about these trivial matters and went up to put the Baiyi token on the counter.

"Old Pan, please help me check how many merit points I have with this Baiyi token."

Although Lord Han had said that the Qingsi was a mixed bag, with deeply rooted forces.

But as a large force that Fang Yue could come into contact with, the promotion channel of the Qingsi was too attractive.

The resources in all aspects were also very sufficient. Even if the Qingsi was dark, it was still an official organization, a banner representing the Qing Kingdom. On the surface, it still had to protect the people and kill the strange.

On this basis, internal strife and complex power struggles followed.

With Lord Han's inheritance, Fang Yue could ignore these problems and just think about how to get resources from the Qingsi to improve his strength.

After all, apart from the Qingsi, Fang Yue couldn't think of where else to find a reliable organization for the time being.

He didn't know if the letter written by Lord Qi Ba Jiu (Seven Eight Nine) of the Liehuo Sect was still valid, and the Liehuo Sect's mountain wasn't in the Black Green Mountain Range either.

Strictly speaking, in the Black Green Mountain Range, only the power of the Qingsi was truly complete. Other forces were just branches or partial claws, extending here.

In comparison, the Qingsi was naturally more reliable. If the day came when he really couldn't survive in the Qingsi, he could find another way out.

While Fang Yue was thinking about this, Old Pan reluctantly cleared and checked Fang Yue's merit points.

Even if Old Pan had opinions about Fang Yue, he didn't dare to mess around in this regard.

Merit points are the most direct and important measure of a person's performance in the Qingsi department, an indicator.

Arbitrarily changing or touching it would lead to a reckoning by the entire Qingsi, and someone would be sent from headquarters to thoroughly investigate and solve the problem with thunderous means.

Old Pan wouldn't dare to forge or deduct anything in this regard, because headquarters could easily detect problems with merit points. At that time, the entire clan would be implicated. They had never been lenient on this kind of issue.

Old Pan used a special method to unlock the documents passed down from above, check the contents, and finally confirmed Fang Yue's merit points.

15,000 points.

How could there be so many?!

Old Pan widened his eyes in shock and looked back at Fang Yue in disbelief.

You know, he had worked hard here his whole life, and he didn't even have 10,000 merit points.

Could this young man have saved the world? Where did so many merit points come from?

Without permission from above, he was not qualified to check Fang Yue's information, let alone check the source of his merit points. This part of the files was encrypted.

If he wanted to investigate privately, not to mention whether he could crack the encryption formation above, the consequences of being discovered were not something Old Pan could bear.

"Old Pan?"

"..."

"Have my merit points been entered into the Baiyi token?"

"...Entered."

Old Pan, with a complicated expression, entered the merit points given by the higher-ups into the Baiyi token and handed it to Fang Yue.

"Congratulations, Night Baiyi, for gaining a large number of merit points. You must be a hero who has risked your life for the Qingsi."

Of course, he was. He repelled the Uyu (Crow Rain) tribe that destroyed several villages. Without this move, the Black Green Mountain Range would have suffered heavy losses. Almost no one could stop the Uyu tribe, and Qingsi County would have been finished as well.

Later, there was the underground stronghold, destroying the Phoenix Organization branch and exposing the Phoenix Organization's human medicine business.

These were all great achievements.

Although it wasn't Fang Yue's achievement alone, the majority of it was definitely his.

Unlike repelling the Uyu tribe, this time the destruction of the Phoenix Organization was guaranteed by the two Qingyi, and the merit points could be issued first, and then verified later. If there were any errors, the two Qingyi would be punished along with Fang Yue. If there were no errors, then naturally it was first come, first served.

Sensing the Baiyi token with his inner strength, a line of numbers was immediately sensed.

15,000?

Fang Yue naturally knew that after these two events, he must have obtained the majority of the merit points.

But he still didn't have a real concept of the number 15,000.

After all, without comparison, he didn't know how many merit points he had, or how rich he was.

But since he came to the Qingsi to exchange for cultivation techniques, the most direct feedback was naturally to directly see what he needed and what the price was.

"Old Pan, what can be exchanged for merit points in the Qingsi? Can you introduce it to me?"