Chapter 33 (1/2)

Translator: Radiant  Editor: Radiant

Lord Si An explained, “To obtain the Honorary Marquis title, you only have to accumulate merit points! If you had read the Book of Exchanges carefully, in it you would have found is a condition to become an Honorary Marquis. In order to exchange merit points for the Honorary Marquis title… you have to exchange 20,000 merit points!”

“Is it the only way?” Xue Ying, of course, already knew this method.

But 20,000 merit points, that was too far away.

Right now he was able to take the Black Iron level missions, but they only rewarded merit points of 10 to 100 or so! The mission with 100 merit points were the dangerous and time consuming missions.

100 merit points for a single mission. He would have to complete at least 200 missions in order to accumulate 20,000 merit points!

Even if a mission only needed 2 months to be completed… without rest, within one year he could only accomplish six missions. It would take more than 30 years to accumulate the required amount of points! Moreover, the Black Iron Level mission list sent by Dragon Mountain Manor only had one mission. How could he complete several missions which awarded 100 merit points?

“There is no other way?” Xue Ying continued to ask.

“Unfortunately, no,” replied Lord Si An. “There is no shortcut to obtaining Honorary Marquis title. Only after experiencing many life and death adventures, could a powerful Legend ranker accumulate such merit points! This way, the Honorary Marquis title has even more value. Because behind the title holder’s back stands a powerful Legend ranker who is willing to risk his life for him.”

“Hu…”

Xue Ying closed his eyes.

‘Father… ‘

‘Father… what should I do?’

Xue Ying really wished to deal with the Mo Yang clan now. He wanted to slaughter them and save his father. But the Mo Yang clan was an ancient clan with a legacy spanning millennia. Their foundation was strong. Mo Yang Chen Bai with his refiner armor alone could match the power of a Legend ranked expert! Not to mention other powerful forces and the Pseudo-Transcendent! Although, if it was a Pseudo Transcendent, perhaps just a single move could already kill him.

“To obtain 20,000 merit points, doing missions right now is unreasonable. My primordial bloodline awakened not long ago, and my body became powerful after constantly being nourished with dou qi! My dou qi has also continued developing at high speed. Everyday my strength improves significantly,” Xue Ying reminded himself. “Under normal circumstances, my power level is comparable with a Meteor ranked expert. Soon my power will be able to rival Silver Moon ranked experts and even Legend ranked experts!”

“When that time comes, I can get a Bronze Order! I can directly take Bronze level missions. The minimum amount of merit points awarded for Bronze level missions is 1000, and some dangerous missions would even give 10,000 merit points. If I complete this kind of mission, I just need to do two missions,” Xue Ying pondered.

Some preparations needed to be done for him to be able to achieve his goal efficiently. If he wanted to be more efficient when doing the task, he needed to increase his strength first!

He understood that this method was the fastest way to accumulate 20,000 merit points.

‘But…’

‘What about father?’

‘Can father hold out until I accumulate 20,000 merit points?’

…

The atmosphere inside the living room was very heavy.

Wood pieces from the broken armrest scattered all around the floor. Xue Ying silently sat on the chair. Lord Si An could only quietly sip his tea.

“I can’t save my father for now,” Xue Ying said with a hoarse voice. “But I want to protect his life, is there any way to do it?”

“Although Mo Yang Chen Bai keeps sending people to torture your father, he is also ordering the alchemy workshop’s Mage to heal your father. He probably wouldn’t let your father die.” explain Lord Si An.

“He wouldn’t?”

Xue Ying gritted his teeth, “My father’s life shouldn’t be at Mo Yang Chen Bai’s disposal! Moreover, my father has already been doing hard labor for several years. You will never know when Mo Yang Chen Bai will lose interest in continuing to torture my father. When that time comes, my father is very likely to lose his life.”

“I want to ensure my father’s life,” said Xue Ying while looking at Lord Si An. “With enough money, even a Transcendent can be hired! I believe in the power of money.”

Money, many people can be charmed with money.

“Lord Si An, how many gold coins are needed to protect my father’s life?!” Xue Ying demanded resolutely. If he could easily take out 10,000,000 gold coins, even a Transcendent would willingly help him rescue his father and shelter him. But that amount of money to hire a Transcendent… was not something Xue Ying could provide.

“Gold Coins?” Lord Si An thought for a moment, “If Lord Xue Ying, have enough gold coins. Maybe I can work out a way to accomplish it.”

“Please tell,” replied Xue Ying immediately.

“When I helped you search for information about your parents’ whereabouts, your father was located inside East Fragrant Lake Refinery. This refinery is the Mo Yang clan’s most important, core refinery. The person in charge of it is a very powerful Grand Master Refiner! His strength is at the Silver Moon level. He is very skilled at refining. His position within the Mo Yang clan is also higher than Mo Yang Chen and Mo Yang Chen Bai,” explained Lord Si An.

Xue Ying’s eyes brightened, a powerful and skilled refiner…this was an exalted position in every ancient clan.

“He controls the entire refinery! In the refineries, the Grand Master Refiner position is absolute.” Lord Si An continued, “If he is willing to save your father, protecting your father’s life will prove to be an easy task. Your father would no longer even have to do the hard labor.”

“Please ask him to help,” uttered Xue Ying.

“Although this Grand Master Refiner is very enviable, he’s not loaded. He’s afraid to be looked down on, to be seen as unworthy. Lord Si An continued, “I think it would need 100,000 gold coins! I’m quite certain that if you can provide 110,000 gold coins… I can help you settle this matter! 110,000 gold coins, 10,000 gold coins for Dragon Mountain Manor’s commision to settle this and 100,000 gold coins to buy the Grand Master Refiner.

“If it fails, 100,000 gold coins will be refunded! As for the commision, it can’t be refunded,” explained Lord Si An.

The Dragon Mountain Manor intelligence network was spread all over the world.

Moreover, in addition to monitoring the world, the Dragon Mountain Manor was also considered as the world’s most powerful force. This kind of minor shady arrangement was really not entirely illegal.

“110,000 gold coins? Fine.”

With a flick of his hand, a stack of gold certificates appeared in his palm. “This is a stack of Empire Bank’s gold certificates, equivalent to 110,000 gold coins.

Lord Si An became shocked.

Good Lord!

110,000 gold coins!

Although he easily took the money out, it was because earlier, he didn’t have to pay 50,000 gold coins to Bai Yuan Zhi. To become Bai Yuan Zhi’s personal disciple, one had to pay 50,000 gold coins for the apprenticeship fee. The reason was because a personal disciple was someone who would receive a lifetime’s tutelage. However, Xue Ying gave him a Silver Moon heart instead of 50,000 gold coins! And this was because obtaining such a large amount of gold coins was extremely difficult.

This time, because he could hunt the Silver Moon Wolf King and the Shadow Leopard, he had earned plenty of money.

Nevertheless, even Legend rank Knights were unwilling to earn this kind of quick money. Because if someone had bad luck and encountered a magical beast with the same power level as them, this encounter would be like delivering one’s own life! In fact, when he had encountered that Shadow Leopard, Xue Ying had truly almost lost his life.

To get so many gold coins, one usually needed to attempt dangerous adventures or go to the Mountain Range of Desolation.

Without risking their lives, it would be very difficult to earn so many gold coins.

These 110,000 gold coins…. After Xue Ying had sold the Silver Moon King Wolf’s fur and other valuable body parts for 70,000 gold coins, he had also exterminated Bent Blade Union and confiscated some gold coins from them! Right now Xue Ying had 120,000 gold coins in his possession, and he had only taken out 110,000 gold coins.