Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 479: Chapter 238: Massive Merit

"How much Merit did Master Chen get?"

The middle-aged official was rather impatient and about to say "no comment." But when he turned, he saw a crowd of Purple-clothed Guards craning their necks, all ears.

He had no choice but to say nonchalantly, "Around one hundred and fifty or sixty thousand Merit in total!"

One hundred and fifty or sixty thousand Merit! That was more than just a massive amount!

The scene instantly exploded into an uproar!

...

An hour later, Chen Cheng and the two sisters emerged from the Demon Suppression Department.

Shen Qingyao glanced at the bundle Chen Cheng was carrying on his shoulder and said with a pained expression, "Junior Brother Chen, you really did earn a lot of Merit from this demon-slaying expedition.

But you shouldn’t be so wasteful, should you?

Do you realize it’s only because of the severe drought this year that the Demon Beasts became frenzied, causing so many of them to appear?

But a demon scourge of this scale is something you might not see again for ten or twenty years.

In a typical year, the Demon Beasts all hide deep in the mountains and old forests, making them difficult to track down.

Even with your formidable Martial Arts Power, it won’t be easy to slay Demon Beasts to earn Merit from the Demon Suppression Department."

Shen Qingshuang chimed in, "Exactly, Junior Brother Chen. It’s perfectly fine for you to exchange for Low Grade Bone Tempering Pills.

But to then spend over ten thousand more Merit on a bunch of random materials is just too wasteful."

On this demon-slaying trip outside the city, Chen Cheng had earned a total of over one hundred fifty-six thousand seven hundred Merit from the Demon Suppression Department.

Chen Cheng had truly gone on a splurge, leaving the officials at the Demon Suppression Department’s merit office with their jaws on the floor.

And even after all that, he still had over ninety thousand Demon Suppression Department Merit left!

It felt like he had more Merit than he could ever spend!

"No worries. I have an important use for these materials," Chen Cheng said with a smile, not explaining further.

Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang exchanged a glance, indignation showing on both their gorgeous faces.

It was the feeling a sensible, homemaking wife gets when faced with a prodigal husband who refuses to listen to reason—wanting nothing more than to land a solid punch on him.

But obviously, the two women couldn’t possibly punch Chen Cheng.

They had each earned over forty thousand Demon Suppression Department Merit points themselves.

While they had certainly earned some of it by relying on their own Martial Arts Power to jointly slay a Tier Three Demon Beast, most of their Merit came from Chen Cheng intentionally letting them finish off Tier Two Demon Beasts.

At the end of the day, Chen Cheng had earned the Merit himself, so how he chose to spend it was his own affair.

Even if they disagreed, there was nothing they could do.

’Sigh... Junior Brother Chen is still so young,’ Shen Qingyao thought to herself. ’He doesn’t realize how valuable Merit from the Demon Suppression Department is. I’ll just have to try and talk some sense into him later!’

Shen Qingshuang was thinking something similar.

"Junior Brother Chen, are you heading back to the Zheng Martial Arts Hall now?" Shen Qingyao asked.

After returning to Linji City, the Shen sisters had visited the Zheng Martial Arts Hall to have a private chat with Mu Xiaowan before going back to the Shen Family estate.

They hadn’t been to the Zheng Martial Arts Hall since.

Chen Cheng, busy with his own affairs, simply figured that after getting the Cold Crystal Jade and the Water Element Pearl, the two sisters were preoccupied with gaining insight into their Realms, so he didn’t give it any further thought.

Today, however, besides collecting his Merit from the Demon Suppression Department, Chen Cheng had some business with them and asked:

"I’d like to make a trip to the Shen Family estate to see Elder Shen. I was wondering if that would be convenient?"

At his words, both Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang’s hearts leaped with joy.

’Junior Brother Chen, that blockhead, has finally gotten the hint!’ they thought. ’He’s going to see the Ancestor to propose marriage!’

"The Ancestor is always at Ice Castle. Of course it’s convenient if you wish to see him, Junior Brother Chen," Shen Qingyao said, her head lowered shyly.

A blush crept onto Shen Qingshuang’s fair cheeks. "The Ancestor was just asking about you the other day," she said. "If you want to see him, I’m sure he’d be delighted."

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