With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal
Chapter 119 - 108: Abundant Rewards, Armory Treasures

Chapter 119: Chapter 108: Abundant Rewards, Armory Treasures

Early morning of the second day.

Yong’an Police Headquarters office building.

Looking around, all the squad members who fought together that night were there, with Captain Li Zhun standing at the front, arms crossed.

"I watched the recorder. You performed well, very manly!"

Meng Chuan smiled and cupped his hands in response.

While exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Long Jiu came out of the office.

"Xiaomeng, according to the recorder, you’ve earned a total of 270 merit points this time.

Killing one Fourth Gate and two Sixth Gate Demon Path martial artists is 80 points, capturing a man-made Celestial Demon from the Demon Summoning Hall is 40 points, and two Void Type Celestial Demons are 150 points, with the Shadow Demon alone worth 100 merit points."

"I’ve granted you access to exchange at the police headquarters armory with your personal identity card,

since you are a civilian martial artist, the access is valid for only one month, so try to complete the exchange within a month.

But even if there’s some left over, it’s fine. You can ask your uncle Meng Yongzhi to help you exchange it later."

"Also, the Shadow Demon core you obtained at the end; the police headquarters can purchase it for 700,000. What do you think?"

Seventy thousand is actually considered an above-market price; hearing Long Jiu’s words, he nodded to show understanding.

Long Jiu added regretfully:

"It’s a pity you crushed the core root of the poison; that thing is too rare, and it’s currently a primary research direction in the country, one of the necessary materials, valued at at least two million."

Meng Chuan remained silent.

"Ah, I’m just saying it casually, in such situations, who can care about these things, saving your life is the most important.

Anyway, go check out the armory."

Before Meng Chuan could click in to check, his phone buzzed with an incoming alert.

[Bank Card Deposit: 200,000]

"This is the action subsidy the police headquarters applied for on your behalf, your protective suit needs repair, and the steel bones you wear on your wrist need recharging; this is also a bit of support from the country."

This point is indeed quite considerate, as he calculated, the repair of the protective suit requires 70,000,

and buying a piece of YM energy alloy for charging the steel bones would still leave around 80,000.

Meng Chuan found the access opening in the personal information center on his phone, clicked into the police headquarters honor armory, and a variety of dazzling resources appeared before his eyes.

The product categories are similar to those in the Martial Arts Merchant Mall, but because it is an internal special supply, converting merit points to money will be much cheaper.

On top, you can also convert merit points into money, with one merit point exchanged for 10,000 yuan, but only up to 50,000 per month.

Other than that, besides the few ointments used for body refinement, there are various Martial Arts supplements and pills.

Meng Chuan doesn’t drink supplements; he only drinks medicinal paste.

He quickly skipped them, spending 100 merit points buying medicinal materials equivalent to a market value of 1.5 million.

Meng Chuan roughly looked around and found that the cost-effectiveness of the medicinal materials for making medicinal paste was the highest. Buying them to use slowly means they’ll eventually all be used.

...

"[Golden Muscle Jade Dew], latest top body strengthening potion launched by the third laboratory of Great Chu, in collaboration with Wudang Pharmaceuticals,

contains a large amount of special herbs from the Demon Nest. After ingestion, it will significantly stimulate muscle activity, enhancing body strength, with specific effects varying from person to person."

Meng Chuan hadn’t seen this paste in the Martial Arts Merchant Mall, so he curiously asked:

"Chief Long, how effective is this paste?"

Its price is 120 merit points, with a note indicating that it can only be exchanged once per person, provided exclusively by the police headquarters, and prohibited from resale on the market.

"This is good stuff; you must exchange for it. Its effect is equivalent to the category of a low-grade Great Pill, yet its medicinal properties are mild, allowing martial artists to absorb it."

Meng Chuan couldn’t help but click his tongue; even the cheapest Martial Arts Pill costs over 3 million, indicating that the cost-effectiveness of this Golden Muscle Jade Dew is the highest.

This item is suitable for his own use, and Meng Chuan acquired it without any hesitation.

Merit points earned are meant to be spent, no point in being stingy.

He intends to keep it for when he works on the Qi Nourishing Armor Technique during limit breaking to maximize the effect.

The rest were various Great Pills suitable for Martial Artists.

Although he couldn’t afford them all, it was nice to take a visual feast.

No wonder it’s the armory provided by the government. Meng Chuan even found the [Enlightened Mind Great Pill] that his master, Master Luo, previously gave him.

Its price is 1300 merit points, making Meng Chuan feel even more grateful to Master Luo, as the cost of this item is definitely not as simple as Master Luo initially said.

Besides these, the rest are cultivation techniques.

Ranging from third-class martial arts to True Skills, everything was available, and there was even a True Skill level Hard Skill called [Golden Armor Undying True Body].

Since very few people practice Hard Skills now, True Skill level Hard Skills are even less popular.

Most people who have become part of a martial arts family no longer endure the hardship of training hard; few can persist. Instead of practicing Hard Skills, it is better to spend time refining Qi Blood to enhance True Qi strength.

Moreover, for most members of a martial arts family, Pile Skills and True Skills already occupy the entire day’s training time, leaving no spare time to learn Hard Skills.

"No wonder the same low-level True Skill, this Elephant Form True Skill [Great Ape King Spear], is priced more than double because of poor sales."

Meng Chuan was very tempted by the Golden Armor Undying Body, but his remaining merit points weren’t enough to even scratch the surface.

"Anyway, I can’t practice it now, next time for sure...."

Flipping further down, there were no other True Skill level Hard Skills in the Armory.

Currently, Hard Skills are indeed weak, and including them just takes up space, as not many people practice them.

At the very bottom were some cutting-edge technological artifacts, among which Meng Chuan even found the [Steel Bone] third-generation gloves he wore on his hands.

Since they haven’t officially launched yet, the price was marked as "Stay Tuned".

With the remaining fifty merit points, Meng Chuan simply exchanged all of them for ointment for Body Refinement.

Even if one could get a 10% discount with a Silver Medal at the Merchant Mall, it isn’t as cost-effective as using merit points.

Feeling greatly rewarded, Meng Chuan regretfully closed the page, wishing he could take on a few more tasks to earn a lot more merits.

But as it stands, both inside and outside the city are stable, so he withdrew these thoughts.

The items exchanged would be delivered within the week, and Meng Chuan headed home after saying goodbye to everyone.

On the way back, Meng Chuan thought to himself:

"Master Luo is not all-powerful, I definitely have to learn other cultivation techniques in the future, and having more police tasks is not a bad idea, exchanging them in the Armory is also good."

"Still need to make more money, there are too many places where it needs to be spent."

Meng Chuan calculated that if he were to practice four Hard Skills at once, the remaining money wouldn’t support a year’s worth of expenses.

Recently, there haven’t been any competitions suitable for him to participate in to make money, only the joint entrance exam of twenty-four schools in October.

But whether he could win the championship, Meng Chuan did not have absolute confidence; Zong Ping exaggerated the group from Northern United University too much.

"Do my best, there are still more than two months, fight fiercely once."

If he could win the championship, besides getting additional points in his martial arts exams and a lot of monetary resources, both the school and his master’s Martial Arts Dojo could also gain many benefits.

The former could acquire a large amount of resources from the Ministry of Education, and the latter could receive a lot of traffic exposure, just like last time during the dojo ranking competition where he won the championship in the underage group.

Actually, ever since winning the championship last time, Luo Guanyun’s Infinite Martial Arts Dojo has completely taken off, and even the price of membership classes has increased by 50%.

But even with the price increase, the dojo’s business is getting better and better, with several high-level martial artists hired as instructors.

Even for the classes taught by Master Luo himself, there is a month’s waiting list just for booking.

...

After Meng Chuan left, inside the police department’s research building.

Long Jiu, wearing a white dust-free suit and protective goggles, stood between two researchers, looking at a heart-shaped tumor jumping eerily in the petri dish on the research table.

This was exactly the artificial magic snake’s heart captured by Meng Chuan; even after being dissected, it still possessed strong vitality.

Long Jiu asked solemnly:

"Is this thing the same as what the [Parasite Association] created?"

This bizarre heart reminded him of the "Demon Seed" extracted from the spiritual platform of the Hu family brothers’ corpses.

This strange heart was somewhat similar to the so-called Demon Seed but also different.

"Chief, these two things are not the same. Our research found that the Demon Seed is placed inside the body from the outside world, absorbing so-called emotional nourishment to grow.

But this heart is different; it is its own heart and became like this due to pathological diversification."

After hearing this, Long Jiu nodded and continued:

"But the common point of both is that they are obtained through demon skills and evil practices, only the demon skills are different."

"Yes, Chief, the demon skills of the Demon Summoning Hall clearly originate from the so-called Venerable Lord they worship, while the Parasite Association practices a man-made orthodox demon skill."

"The enemy’s methods are becoming increasingly varied and cunning; eliminating demons and upholding the path is our long-term task."

Long Jiu said quietly.

He thought to himself:

"The next focus should still be on the Demon Summoning Hall’s stronghold in Yong’an City. With the Jiao Demon’s death outside the city, it is a great opportunity to hit them while they’re down.

Moreover, since Yuan Huan’s death, the Parasite Association has also become much more docile, as their headquarters are far across the strait, better leave it for the Japanese government to worry about."

Long Jiu returned to the chief’s office, sat down, pondered for a moment, and made a phone call.

[Captain Wang, are you available now? Come to my office.]

[Received, Chief, is there something up?]

[There is something, regarding the next exorcising direction of our police department, I need your help to control it.]

...

After hanging up the phone, a strange look flashed in Long Jiu’s eyes.

While on the other end, [Splitting Cloud Claw·Wang Xuan] put down the phone and immediately touched the cauldron-shaped tattoo covered on his chest.

After a moment, he adjusted his clothes, put on the Great Chu badge symbolizing honor, and walked towards the chief’s office.

...

Nighttime.

Huayun Prefecture Villa A003.

"Old Zhao, are you sure that the Hard Skill you gave me can also protect the brain with some kind of membrane?"