With the struggle for the Great Thunder Sound concluded, the Hall of Merits was packed with people. Crowds of external cultivators were eager to exchange their merit points for various cultivation necessities.0

Fortunately, the number of external cultivators residing on Enlightenment Star wasn't excessive. Ninety-nine percent of the external cultivators who had fought in the battle for the Great Thunder Sound were not locals and had already returned to their respective homes. Had that massive wave of cultivators flooded Enlightenment Star, a single Hall of Merits would have been woefully insufficient.0

Back at his post, Elder Qin led a group of subordinates and worked tirelessly to process exchanges for the spiritual materials each cultivator required. Occasionally, he would notice a cultivator choosing unreliable materials, and he would bark out a s...0