Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1406: Hall of Merit

Chapter 1406: Chapter 1406: Hall of Merit

"Hmm."

Upon learning that Jemma Clifford was asking about the protection offered by the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, Wyatt Barnes nodded.

"Thank you."

Jemma Clifford showed a trace of gratitude and sincerely thanked him.

"You left the cabin... Are you also planning to go to the Hall of Merit?"

Wyatt Barnes changed the subject and asked.

"Hmm."

Jemma Clifford nodded.

"I’ve already used my chance to leave once every three months... I don’t know if I can still go out."

Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes thought of this issue.

"I heard... that as long as you go and register with the person in charge and exchange for merit points at the Hall of Merit, it does not count as going out."

Jemma Clifford said.

"If that’s the case, then there’s no problem."

Wyatt Barnes smiled, then walked with Jemma Clifford into the pavilion on the side of the high platform.

After registering with Guardian Harvey, they left the Hidden Dragon Camp.

After leaving the Hidden Dragon Camp, they headed to the ’Hall of Merit’.

The Hall of Merit of the City Lord’s Mansion is an independent pavilion with four stories.

The pavilion has an ancient charm, appearing simple and unadorned.

Just as they entered the first floor, Wyatt Barnes saw a familiar figure coming out to meet them, "Ingot Gold?"

"Senior Brother Barnes."

At this moment, Ingot Gold also saw Wyatt Barnes, a bright smile appearing on his face.

Senior Brother?

Hearing Ingot Gold’s address, Wyatt Barnes was stunned, as was Jemma Clifford.

"I’m two years younger than you and my strength is not as good as yours, it’s only natural to call you ’Senior Brother’."

Ingot Gold said with a smile.

Only then did Wyatt Barnes remember that Ingot Gold, like him, was also a disciple of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City.

"Junior Brother Ingot."

A smile also appeared on Wyatt Barnes’s face.

"Senior Brother Barnes, I’ve already exchanged for what I wanted... I’ll take my leave first."

Ingot Gold greeted Wyatt Barnes and nodded to Jemma Clifford, then left the Hall of Merit.

"Wyatt Barnes, am I hearing things? Ingot Gold called you Senior Brother? And he admits that his strength is inferior to yours?"

Jemma Clifford looked at Wyatt Barnes with a face full of surprise, "Did you spar with him?"

Since she knew she was protected by the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, Jemma Clifford realized that it’s highly likely Wyatt Barnes had become a disciple of the City Lord and also asked the City Lord for a favor on her behalf.

And that favor was to get the City Lord to protect her.

However, while she knew that Wyatt Barnes should have become a disciple of the City Lord of Hill Mountain City, she did not expect Ingot Gold to respect him as ’Senior Brother’.

"No."

Wyatt Barnes shook his head.

"No? Then..."

Jemma Clifford wanted to ask further, but was interrupted by Wyatt Barnes, "You’ll know in a bit."

Jemma Clifford looked puzzled, but did not ask any further.

"31 points? Are you sure there’s no mistake?"

In front of the counter on the first floor of the Hall of Merit, Jemma Clifford looked at the staff member with astonishment.

"No."

The staff member shook his head, "Your three-person team earned a total of 93 points from the test three days ago... You claim one part, which is 31 points."

"31 points can be exchanged for 3,100 merit points, would you like to exchange?"

The staff member asked.

"Wait a moment..."

Jemma Clifford shook her head, a bit slow to react, "I remember, our three-person team only got 73 points in total... 93 points? Where did the extra 20 points come from?"

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Jemma Clifford, and she stared at Wyatt Barnes beside her as if seeing a ghost, "Wyatt... Wyatt Barnes, you... you couldn’t have killed that Transcending Mortal Realm Small Perfection bandit, could you?"

Killing the Transcending Mortal Realm Small Perfection bandit would indeed yield 20 points.

As soon as she finished speaking, Jemma Clifford’s breathing hastened, her autumnal eyes fixated on Wyatt Barnes, not missing any expression on his face.

Not until she saw Wyatt Barnes nod did she fully confirm it.

"Wyatt Barnes, you..."

Now, Jemma Clifford really didn’t know what to say, her heart shaken and her face showing only a bitter smile.

She finally understood why Ingot Gold would respect Wyatt Barnes as ’Senior Brother’.

"Go ahead and exchange for merit points,"

Wyatt Barnes said with a faint smile, reminding her.

"Hmm."

Upon Wyatt Barnes’s reminder, Jemma Clifford came back to her senses and exchanged all 31 points for merit points, totaling 3,100 merit points.

After Jemma Clifford finished exchanging, Wyatt Barnes also followed suit and exchanged his merit points.

"The merit points are stored inside this?"

Looking at the crystal card in his hand, Wyatt Barnes revealed a look of surprise.

When he injected True Energy into the crystal card, the number ’3100’ would appear, which was the exact value of merit points.

"The crystal card has Saint Markings engraved within."

Jemma Clifford didn’t seem at all surprised, as she explained to Wyatt Barnes.

"Saint Markings? Does this mean this was made by a Saint Rune Master?"

Wyatt Barnes was even more surprised.

As far as he knew, there seemed to be no ’Saint Rune Masters’ in Hill Mountain City.

As Wyatt Barnes voiced his doubts, Jemma Clifford smiled and said, "Wyatt, this crystal card isn’t something made by the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City."

"Not by the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City? What do you mean?"

Wyatt Barnes was taken aback.

"This crystal card comes from the ’Seven-Flow Power’ above Hill Mountain City, including the contribution points within, which also originate from that Seven-Flow Power."

Jemma Clifford explained: "That Seven-Flow Power is a powerful Sect. It governs Hill Mountain City and seventeen other surrounding cities."

"Just like the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City, the Main Mansion of the other seventeen cities are also Eight-Flow Powers, each controlling a Holy Stone mine of the eighth grade."

Jemma Clifford continued: "Every three years, the eighteen cities must hand over a large amount of ’Seventh Grade Holy Stones,’ as well as recommend young talents."

"That Seven-Flow Sect will grant a certain amount of ’merit points’ to each city based on the quantity of Seventh Grade Holy Stones contributed and the quality of the recommended young talents."

"It is said that the Main Mansions of these cities can use these merit points to borrow Top-grade Human-level martial arts from the Seven-Flow Sect’s library, or exchange for Top-grade Human-level Sacred Artifacts and high-tier Pill Medicine."

Jemma Clifford said all this in one breath.

"A Seven-Flow Sect, controlling eighteen cities like ’Hill Mountain City’?"

"The Seven-Flow Sect possesses Top-grade Human-level martial arts, as well as Top-grade Human-level Sacred Artifacts and high-tier Pill Medicine?"

Hearing Jemma Clifford’s words, Wyatt Barnes sorted through the information one by one, his heart filled with shock.

"Wyatt, with your talent, you will definitely be recommended by the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City to the Seven-Flow Sect... As for me, I’m afraid I’ll never have that chance."

As Jemma Clifford spoke to the end, her face was filled with self-mockery.

"Recommended to the Seven-Flow Sect?"

Wyatt Barnes’s eyes brightened with a look of anticipation.

Arriving at the Martial Dao Sacred Land, he naturally wanted to rise up all the way... Only by standing higher can one look further and find his parents faster.

Moreover, to return to Earth, according to Elder Fire, he must keep getting stronger and even stand at the peak of this planet.

To him, the Main Mansion of Hill Mountain City was nothing more than a ’stepping stone’.

Water flows downward; people strive upward.

That is the unchanging ’ultimate truth.’

"Let’s go up to the second floor and see what we can get with our merit points."

Seeing that Jemma Clifford seemed a bit downhearted, Wyatt Barnes changed the subject and suggested.

The first floor of the Hall of Merit of Hill Mountain City’s Main Mansion was where one claimed ’merit points.’ The second, third, and fourth floors were places to exchange for things with merit points.

Upon reaching the second floor, Wyatt Barnes discovered that this was the place for borrowing sacred martial arts and Taoist Techniques.

"So many Holy Simplicities?"

After walking around the second floor, Jemma Clifford couldn’t help exclaiming in surprise.

The Hall of Merit’s second floor was lined with nearly a hundred Holy Simplicities containing sacred martial arts and Taoist Techniques... Jemma Clifford’s ’Clifford Family,’ though a Nine-Flow Power, only had a few Holy Simplicities.

And all were merely Lower-grade Human-level Holy Simplicity of martial arts and Taoist Techniques.

"Ninety percent of these Holy Simplicities are Lower-grade Human-level Holy Simplicity of martial arts and Taoist Techniques... The remaining ten percent are the ones containing Middle-grade Human-level Holy Simplicity of martial arts and Taoist Techniques."

After touring the second floor with Jemma Clifford, Wyatt Barnes also noticed this.

There was an old man walking around the second floor of the Hall of Merit, inspective and silent throughout.

Wyatt Barnes knew clearly that this old man was definitely a powerful protector of the second floor of the Hall of Merit.

Activating his ’Heavenly Eye,’ Wyatt Barnes quickly discerned the old man’s cultivation level... a full-fledged Transcending Mortal Realm!

Apart from the old man, at the four corners of the second floor of the Hall of Merit stood a young man clad in silver armor each, their faces stern, eyes unfaltering.

"Four Transcending Mortal Realm of Small Perfection."

Just by seeing the silver armor on the four young men, Wyatt Barnes guessed their identities; they were members of Hill Mountain City’s Main Mansion’s thirty-six Protective Guardians.

"Elder, how many merit points does it take to borrow sacred martial arts from the second floor of the Hall of Merit?"

When the old man neared Wyatt Barnes and Jemma Clifford, Jemma Clifford asked.

"Borrowing Lower-grade Human-level sacred martial arts costs 100 merit points per time. Borrowing Middle-grade Human-level sacred martial arts costs 1000 merit points each time. The Holy Simplicities cannot be taken out of the Hall of Merit."

The old man stated calmly.

"1000 merit points to borrow once?"

Jemma Clifford exclaimed in shock upon hearing this.

You must know that to memorize the contents of a Holy Simplicity housing sacred martial arts, one would generally need to borrow it five times to completely memorize everything.

The first time one looks at a Holy Simplicity, it only shows the content of reaching the first realm ’Initial Glimpse’ in technique cultivation.

To see the content for the second realm ’Slight Achievement,’ one must first cultivate the technique to ’Initial Glimpse’... And so on and so forth.

Therefore, at least five borrowings are required to learn a complete set of sacred martial arts.

To learn a complete set of Middle-grade Human-level sacred martial arts would cost 5000 merit points, no wonder Jemma Clifford was frightened.

However, a smile appeared on Wyatt Barnes’s face.

"1000 merit points to borrow once?"

It must be known that he was different from the average Martial Artist.

Most Martial Artists need to borrow sacred martial arts five times to see the full content in a Holy Simplicity.

He, with his extraordinary spiritual force, only needed once to memorize all the sacred martial arts within a Holy Simplicity.

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