14: Set up Points Hall

"Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, starting today, I will establish a Hall of Points."

"Everyone can earn points by completing the following tasks."

"First, participate in various construction tasks within the prefecture, such as building pavilions, courtyards, clearing new grounds, and so on; all of these will earn corresponding Breakthrough points."

"Second, you can go out and find various Heaven And Earth Treasures to bring back to the prefecture. Different levels of Heaven And Earth Treasures can be exchanged for different amounts of Breakthrough points."

"Third, cultivation level. The higher your cultivation level, the higher the initial Breakthrough points you will receive each month."

"Fourth, starting today, a ranking tournament will be held within the prefecture every year. Everyone can participate, and point rewards will be distributed based on the final rankings."

The crowd below was very quiet, waiting for Lu Hao's words.

Lu Hao finished explaining his envisioned point System in one breath, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"The Medicinal Pill that can help those in the Qi Refinement Stage achieve a Breakthrough, I have named the Qi Breaking Pill; one hundred points can be exchanged for one."

"The Medicinal Pill that can help those in the Foundation Establishment Stage achieve a Breakthrough is called the Foundation Breaking Pill; one thousand points can be exchanged for one."

"The daily supply of Medicinal Pills is limited to one hundred."

"There is one more thing: do not spread news of the Medicinal Pills outside the Sect! If I discover it, your qualification to exchange for Medicinal Pills will be permanently revoked!"

"Also, I am specifically naming those few who were gossiping below just now—you, you, and all of you—you are banned from exchanging for Medicinal Pills for one year!"

"Of course, I likely won't have time to manage this Hall of Points myself. Song Zhen, from now on, you shall serve as the Hall Master of the Hall of Points."

"Your main responsibility is to handle the registration of points and the distribution of Medicinal Pills."

"Remember, be just, fair, and open!"

Upon hearing that Lu Hao had entrusted such an important position to him, Song Zhen quickly waved his hands and said,

"No, no, Senior Brother Lu, I have never done this before; I cannot do it."

After listening, Lu Hao smiled and said,

"It is fine. Believe in yourself; you can do it. I have a Magic Treasure here that can help you manage it."

As he spoke, Lu Hao took out a stone tablet.

Song Zhen looked closely.

The stone tablet clearly recorded the names of everyone in the Qing Xuan Prefecture, followed by the words "Points: 0."

This was a very simple Magic Treasure for recording things, arguably the trashiest Magic Treasure drawn from the System.

With this Magic Treasure, all Song Zhen actually had to do was exchange the corresponding Medicinal Pills based on each person's points.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu. I will certainly not fail your expectations and will manage the Hall of Points well."

Song Zhen said, moved.

At this moment, the eyes of countless people were filled with envy and jealousy toward Song Zhen.

One had to know that distributing Medicinal Pills meant he would receive all the Medicinal Pills taken from Lu Hao! Would he ever lack Medicinal Pills himself?

Not to mention that he was trusted by Senior Brother Lu.

It was conceivable that Song Zhen's status within the prefecture, and even within the entire Sect, would rise accordingly from now on.

Afterward, Lu Hao added some details, spoke for over an hour, and then dismissed the meeting.

The point System and the Hall of Points would officially be implemented and start in three days.

During these three days, Lu Hao completely stepped back and let Song Zhen manage it.

In reality, Lu Hao was just afraid of trouble and too lazy to deal with it.

Song Zhen first recruited dozens of Disciples to act as his assistants, and then the entire Hall of Points began discussions at headquarters.

It took three full days and nights, and the group finally compiled a point table.

The table detailed the points that could be earned for the vast majority of events.

For example, how many points could be exchanged for Heaven And Earth Treasures and Sharp Weapons of various grades, and how many for damaged ones.

Song Zhen recorded everything on a scroll.

When Lu Hao saw the dense explanations and annotations on the scroll, he was greatly surprised.

His original intention was actually just to earn more cultivation and points, and incidentally help the Qing Xuan Prefecture and his fellow Disciples improve.

He did not expect Song Zhen to complete this task so seriously and beautifully, which made Lu Hao think much more highly of this Junior Brother.

It seems that in the future, such matters can be safely left to Song Zhen to handle.

"Very good, just follow the plan you designed. Junior Brother Song, you have worked hard."

Lu Hao smiled.

"In here are ten thousand Qi Breaking Pills and one thousand Foundation Breaking Pills. Take them and distribute them first; come find me when you use them up."

Holding these two bottles of medicine, Song Zhen's hands were shaking involuntarily.

Ten thousand Qi Breaking Pills! One had to know that a Foundation Establishment Pill on the market with only a fifty percent chance of Breakthrough still sold for two thousand Spirit Stones!

With just its hundred percent Breakthrough effect, these Qi Breaking Pills could easily sell for five thousand Spirit Stones, which added up to fifty million Spirit Stones!

Fifty million Spirit Stones!! This was fifty million Spirit Stones!

Even if you sold the entire Sect, you wouldn't be able to come up with so many Spirit Stones!

Not to mention there were also one thousand Foundation Breaking Pills; their value would likely be even higher!

In this instant, Song Zhen truly felt the weight of millions of catties pressing down on his shoulders.

For a moment, he was dazed and even forgot to say words of thanks.

Lu Hao noticed Song Zhen's state and understood how precious these Medicinal Pills were to a Disciple at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

To prevent others from having bad ideas, Lu Hao found an Emperor-grade protective Magic Treasure from his System space and shot it directly into Song Zhen's body.

Once Song Zhen encountered a life-or-death crisis, it would trigger protection.

As for what cultivation level could break through an Emperor-grade Magic Treasure, Lu Hao had no idea.

But in this Qingxuan Sect, besides the Disciple he had taken in, it was impossible for anyone to break through it!

"Alright, Junior Brother Song, go and get busy. If anything comes up, transmit your voice to me."

"Oh, oh, okay... okay."

Holding the Medicinal Pills worth one hundred million Spirit Stones, Song Zhen walked down the mountain, trembling.

He was completely unaware that Lu Hao had already placed a Magic Treasure inside his body.

On the first day the Hall of Points officially operated, basically all the Disciples in the entire prefecture went to line up to exchange for points.

Those Disciples who were stuck at a Bottleneck would sell everything they owned to gather enough points for the exchange!

All the Disciples were racking their brains to exchange for points, in order to trade them for the Medicinal Pills for a Breakthrough.

The queue stretched from the mountainside all the way to the foot of the mountain!

After all, no matter how precious treasures were, one's own cultivation level still came first.

After an entire day, the staff of the Hall of Points had not rested for even a moment! They didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

Too many, there were simply too many!

Until closing time, Song Zhen glanced at the queue behind him, and it still stretched endlessly. A rough estimate suggested there were nearly ten thousand people!

"Sigh..."

Song Zhen sighed; this job was really not that easy, but since Senior Brother Lu trusted him so much, he absolutely could not let him down.

As for the exchange limit of one hundred Medicinal Pills?

Song Zhen felt that even if the exchange limit were opened to one thousand, it still wouldn't be enough!

No one would complain about having too many Medicinal Pills; they would be used sooner or later.

The second day was the same; the exchange quota for Medicinal Pills was snatched up as soon as the doors opened, and everyone afterward was exchanging things for points.

For a whole week!

The queue in front of the Hall of Points never disappeared.

Many people who didn't get their turn during the day didn't go back at night either; they just made beds on the ground!

With this, no one left, because if you left, you would have to start queuing from the foot of the mountain again when you came back the next day.

Then you could forget about ever exchanging for points and Medicinal Pills in this lifetime!

Just as the people outside were enduring the wind, frost, and scorching sun, persistently queuing, the people inside doing the registration could no longer hold on.

There was really no other way; Song Zhen and everyone in the Hall of Points had been operating at high load for seven full days!

They had to register during the day and organize at night; let alone time to Cultivate, they didn't even have time to eat!

Even with his Foundation Establishment Cultivator physique, he was having trouble holding on, and the other staff members in the Qi Refinement Stage were even worse off.

This job was truly not meant for humans!

In desperation, Song Zhen went to find Lu Hao once again.