Living Bones Water was a kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Spring. It wasn't easy to find.
However, it could be found in the army's storehouse. After all, it was common for soldiers to get injured. Living Bones Water could be used at any time. Yang Wu knew this from Huang Mogai.
However, in order to exchange for this Living Bones Water, one had to take out enough merit points. Anything the Death Legion wanted to exchange for was twice as much as the other barracks.
These conditions were unfair to the Death Legion. However, the Death Legion's people were originally criminals. They belonged to the kind of legion that was sent to their deaths. Their lives were worthless to begin with. How could they be treated fairly?
Yang Wu could completely understand why the army did this. He didn't have much opinion about it. In any case, as long as there was something he needed, he could earn merit points at any time.
The next day, Yang Wu once again came to the challenge platform to receive merit points. He showed his token to the judges sitting near the challenge platform.
These judges were all veterans. They were old or disabled and couldn't go to the battlefield again. Therefore, they played their role as judges on the challenge platform.
After the veteran saw Yang Wu, he revealed a smile and said, "So it's Deputy Commander Yang. I thought you didn't need your merit points."
Yang Wu smiled and said, "How could that be? I still need to rely on these merit points to live."
"Then Deputy Commander Yang's life will be good. This is your 8,000 merit points from yesterday." The veteran said as he transferred the merit points recorded on the table to Yang Wu's token.
A bright number appeared on Yang Wu's token. This number quickly disappeared. Only when Yang Wu activated the energy, it would appear again.
This was a small method used by cultivators. It was convenient to record all kinds of data.
Yang Wu was surprised and said, "So many merit points?"
Previously, he had killed many barbarian soldiers and only obtained a few tens of thousands of merit points. Now, he had just challenged a few people in a row and obtained 8,000 merit points. Wasn't this too easy?
"Hehe, you've challenged 10 or even 20 people in a row, and your contribution points have increased by 10 or even 20 times. How can it not be a lot?" the veteran said with a hint of envy.
Even if he waited here for a year, he wouldn't be able to earn that many merit points. On the other hand, Yang Wu had only used a single day. This was the difference between them.
Yang Wu said with satisfaction, "That's quite fair. Next time, if I run out of merit points, I'll come back again to earn more."
"I wonder if there will be anyone who dares to fight against you next time, Vice Commander Yang," the veteran said with a chuckle.
Yang Wu didn't converse much with the old soldier. After exchanging a few words, he headed in the direction of the rear warehouse.
Huang Mogai and Huang Mingying were in charge of leading the way.
The rear storehouse was an important place for the entire army. It included granaries, medicine storehouses, weapons storehouses, and a series of military necessities. At the same time, it was heavily guarded. No one could easily get close to it.
It was also located at the very back of the army, about two hours away from the front. In case a battle broke out, the rear storehouse could be preserved as much as possible.
This place was located between several mountains, and there were caves dug out for storage purposes. The things stored in each cave were completely different.
After Yang Wu and his group arrived, they went through layers of identity verification checks before they were allowed to pass.
Yang Wu arrived at the medicine storehouse. There was an old general sitting there, receiving the soldiers who came to exchange for medicine.
The soldiers first checked the medicine in the storehouse, then took out their merit points and had the old general register the transaction. Only then could they obtain the medicine they needed.
A soldier in front of Yang Wu in line sighed heavily and said, "It wasn't easy for us to kill a few barbarians and earn some merit points, but we were still slashed by the barbarians. The Jinchuang Ointment we exchanged for is gone again. Sigh!"
The soldier's words reflected the hardships of the other soldiers, causing them to sigh as well.
"Isn't that so? We worked so hard to kill the enemy, but in the end, the merit points we earned are only enough to save ourselves. These days are really tough!"
"Don't complain. At the very least, our families can receive a subsidy every month, which is enough for the women and children at home to live. What else do we want?"
"No matter how tough and tiring it is to protect our country, we have to endure it. If the barbarians stumble across the Wolf Smoke Mountain Range, the people of Great Xia will be wiped out. It's our honor to be able to contribute to Great Xia. There's no need to fuss over other things."
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Yang Wu silently listened to the words of the soldiers in front of him and felt a little emotional. As a citizen of Great Xia, he had deep feelings for Great Xia. He deeply detested the invading barbarians. When he was young, he had also thought of becoming a general who could kill the barbarians, protect the country, and bring glory to Great Xia. Although he was also a general on the battlefield now, everything was different from what he had imagined. Right now, he was forced to do this, and it was not of his own accord. The reason was also related to the imperial family, which made him feel extremely conflicted.
He loved Great Xia, but he did not love the current imperial family of Great Xia.
"If one day, my battle prowess surpasses the heavens, will I be able to change the imperial family of Great Xia?" An extremely terrifying thought came to Yang Wu's mind.
Very quickly, he shook off this thought. He did not dare to think too deeply about it, as he was afraid that he would really become a traitor.
After the soldiers exchanged their items one by one, it was Yang Wu's turn.
Yang Wu first picked up a few inventory records placed on the table and flipped through them to see if there was any stock of Living Bones Water.
When he flipped through the inventory records, he revealed an extremely surprised expression and thought to himself, "As expected of the most important place in the military, there's really a lot of stock here."
A 100-year blood ginseng required 500 merit points.
A 100-year black ganoderma required 500 merit points.
A 200-year black star flower required 2,000 merit points.
A bottle of ordinary healing pills required 200 merit points.
A bottle of spirit-grade healing pills required 1,000 merit points.
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There were many old herbs and even spiritual herbs here. As long as one had enough merit points, they could be exchanged for here.
Yang Wu was dazzled by the number of herbs here. At the same time, he wished that he could take all the herbs here.
Unfortunately, he only had 8,000 merit points. Although it seemed like a lot, it was really not enough to last him here.
At the same time, Yang Wu also discovered that there were similar herbs marked here. If he provided them to the military, he could also obtain two-thirds of the merit points listed here.
There was a one-third difference between the two, and this difference would be directly earned by the military.
There were so many people in the military, and they were not at war every day. In order to earn merit points, many soldiers would search for herbs in the mountains, hunt spirit demons, and use these to exchange for merit points. Most of the materials in the military's inventory came from the contributions of the soldiers. Only a small portion was provided by the Great Xia Empire.
After seeing Yang Wu flipping through the books for so long, the old general urged, "Have you found the item you want to exchange for?"
Yang Wu came back to his senses and said, "I've found it. Give me a bottle of Living Bones Water."
The old general looked at the inventory book and said faintly, "There is very little Living Bones Water. It's classified as a spirit spring. Each bottle costs 2,000 merit points. You are the commander of the Death Legion, so you need 4,000 merit points to exchange for it."
"No problem, exchange!" Yang Wu did not hesitate and agreed.
The old general took away 4,000 merit points from Yang Wu's token and said, "Wait on the side. Someone will bring it to you in a moment."
Yang Wu did not immediately leave. Instead, he asked, "I wonder if I can exchange ready-made pills for merit points?"
The old general looked at Yang Wu in astonishment and asked, "You have pills to exchange?"
"Not at the moment." Yang Wu replied.
"Then hurry up and go to the side." The old general shouted in dissatisfaction. He then muttered, "Every pill is worth thousands of gold. Who would easily exchange them for merit points? Besides, refining pills is the job of a respected alchemist. The pills that our army needs are all purchased from the Royal City. Who knows how much military expenditure is spent every year? How good would it be if there was an alchemist in the army?"
When Yang Wu heard the old general's last sentence, his heart stirred. "I said if, if there are pills to exchange for merit points, how would this be calculated?"
"Whatever the price is listed here, exchange it for the same amount!" The old general said with certainty. He paused for a moment before adding, "If there is a large amount, there will be an appropriate reward. If someone in the army becomes an alchemist, it won't be a problem for them to be promoted."
Yang Wu really did not expect alchemists to be so popular. He was instantly delighted. "It seems that I can get more benefits from Little Hei in the future."
Soon, someone delivered a bottle of Living Bones Water to Yang Wu. Yang Wu left with a satisfied smile.
This time, Yang Wu did not return to his own tent. Instead, he left the army camp and headed towards the mountain range.
When Yang Wu entered the mountain range, Little Hei rushed out and jumped onto his shoulder. "Did you get the Living Bones Water?"
"I got it." Yang Wu waved the small bottle in his hand.
"There's so little of it." Little Hei said with a hint of disdain.
"Is that enough?" Yang Wu asked.
"It's barely enough." Little Hei replied.
Immediately after, Little Hei began to refine pills in the vicinity.
This place was very close to the army camp, but Little Hei had already set up a formation in the vicinity. There was no need to be afraid of being discovered.
Little Hei was very proficient in refining pills. After taking out the medicine cauldron, she spat out the herbs and began to refine them. Finally, she added the Living Bones Water and used the heat to fuse all the medicinal effects together. Finally, she removed the heat and cooled it down. The pills were solidified!
Yang Wu watched attentively. Everything that Little Hei did was replaying in his mind. He felt that refining pills was not that difficult. It was a pity that he could not start a fire. If he could, he might be able to try refining pills.
"Do you want to learn the art of refining pills too?" Little Hei seemed to have seen through Yang Wu's thoughts.
Yang Wu nodded and said, "Of course. Alchemists are very popular."
"When you break through to the next level, I can let you start learning. However, this thing depends on talent. If you don't have talent, you won't be able to learn it no matter how hard you try. If you have talent, you can quickly master it." Little Hei said.
Then, it asked Yang Wu to take off the lid of the cauldron, revealing six natural Living Bones Pills.
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