Chapter 648: Chapter 269: Top Grade Tongyou Pill_1
“Those Jade Dew Pills I gave you last year, you’ve used them all, right?”
Upon hearing the three words “Jade Dew Pills”, an earnest longing spread across Gu Caiyi’s face.
However, the sentiment vanished instantly and her spoken words morphed into,
“I still have some.”
Luo Chen smirked and passed her a jade bottle with the help of Spirit Power.
“There are six Jade Dew Pills in here. Use the unique method I taught you to consume them. One every two months, perfectly making up a yearly supply—enough to enhance your cultivation level.”
Gu Caiyi, softly holding the jade bottle in her delicate hand, whispered, “I’ve inquired about this elixir—it’s quite expensive, isn’t it! But you’re lacking Spirit Stones yourself, how could I...”
“Stop it!” Luo Chen raised his hand, “I am short of Spirit Stones but not a mere few hundred. Take it, just accept it.”
In the end, he couldn’t help but add,
“I let Min Longyu live in the Immortal Mansion for half a month for free. I didn’t take any Spirit Stones from him either.”
Gu Caiyi’s shimmery eyes blinked with elation as she ecstatically accepted the Jade Dew Pills.
This elixir indeed conferred her unforeseen benefits.
“Then I’ll be off!”
A woman’s message, strangely cheerful.
“Go on, off you go!”
Luo Chen waved his hand, notably impatient.
Only after Gu Caiyi had gone into the night did Luo Chen let out a sigh.
He realized the bit added to his statement earlier was a poor attempt to conceal his emotions.
For Gu Caiyi,
His feelings were particularly complicated.
In his youth, he held brief desires of “yearning” and “touch” towards this bright beautiful woman.
But as his cultivation deepened day by day, his mind became increasingly clear.
He came to understand that it was nothing more than youthful lust, that’s it.
As for the inconvenience?
In the face of saving Spirit Stones and an even more abundant concentration of Spirit Qi, the inconvenience doesn’t really matter anymore.
After this “benefit” was granted, Sima Huiniang did not stop there.
She first singled out several individuals for laziness and gluttony—those who were being profligate on past merits.
The few who were singled out underwent a public disciplinary act.
Following that,
Sima Huiniang took advantage of this situation to launch a rectification initiative within the Luo Tian Creed, which primarily focused on restructuring the foundation salary and merits system.
Cooperating with the Merits Hall, she made a big change to the merit system!
From now on, merits won’t just be used to exchange cultivation techniques and spiritual medicines, but will also be linked to the foundation salary!
The foundation salary for every cultivator of Luo Tian Creed will have an overall reduction.
For instance, the foundation salary of the Late Stage Qi Refinement Cultivator from the Battle Hall was previously one hundred Spirit Stones per month.
Now it’s adjusted to eighty per month.
The deducted twenty Spirit Stones will be calculated according to the size of the annual merits and will be distributed after the annual assessment.
If the merits aren’t sufficient, they could only get the basic eighty.
If the merits are plenty, they can receive not only one hundred, but even more!
As for how to calculate the Battle Hall’s merits?
There is an elaborate standard established jointly by Sima Huiniang and the cultivators of Merit Hall, which includes effort put into battles, guard duty, patrols, and even personal developmental progress of the cultivators of Battle Hall.
Not only the Battle Hall!
There’s a detailed merit standard for each Hall.
The Pill Hall would have it pegged to the revenues from concocting pills by Qu, Mi, Qiu, and Ma—the four great Pill Refiners.
The Equipment Hall’s would be associated with refining ore, weapon production, and the income from weapons.
The Medicine Hall’s would be linked to the growth of Spirit Plants, harvest of Spirit Field, and the gain of medicinal herbs.
Even more so, it’s not just limited to Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators!
Except for Luo Chen, all the other three true cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage have also had their basic salaries reduced by several hundred Spirit Stones.