Chapter 102: Merit Exchange

Two thousand units of military grain were stored again, and Mo Xiaobai’s personal Merit Value rose to 808.

However, this was far from the end. After Han Hao finished counting, Mo Xiaobai took out two thousand units of military grain once more.

This was the third time!

The players around him were suddenly silent, all staring dumbly at Han Hao and his soldiers as they mechanically repeated the same action over and over again.

Just as the third batch of grain was fully stored, an Intellect Brain announcement that had only appeared once half a day ago suddenly spoke up again.

This time, it was not directed at the Great Han Dynasty, but at the entire Huaxia Region:

“Huaxia Announcement~ Because Player ‘Daydreaming’ has reached 1000 points of Instance Merit Value, the Instance Merit Value Ranking for the Huaxia Region has officially begun. The Instance Merit Exchange function has started. Please check the changes in the Instance section.”

“Huaxia Announcement~ Because Player ‘Daydreaming’ has reached 1000 points of Instance Merit Value, the Instance Merit Value Ranking for the Huaxia Region has officially begun. The Instance Merit Exchange function has started. Please check the changes in the Instance section.”

Another announcement!

The Great God actually opened the Instance Merit Ranking for the entire Huaxia!

Also, what exactly is this Instance Merit Exchange?

The players around Mo Xiaobai, unable to gape at the Great God’s incredible power any longer, opened the Instance section one by one. They soon found the freshly updated Huaxia Region Merit Leaderboard.

“Huaxia Region Instance Merit Value Ranking!”

“1: Great Han Dynasty – Daydreaming [1008]”

“2: Great Shang Dynasty – Du Diao Han Jiang [677]”

“3: Great Ming Dynasty – Yang Yang Yang [501]”

“4: Great Zhou Dynasty – Guming Diaoyu [370]”

“5: Great Tang Dynasty – Qixing Longyuan [241]”

“6: Great Ming Dynasty – Shangshan Ruoshui [176]”

“7: Great Song Dynasty – Zhan Lijue [152]”

“8: Great Zhou Dynasty – Handong Sanyue [135]”

“9: Great Qin Dynasty – Yimu Tianya [103]”

……

“The minimum Merit required to enter the Huaxia Region Ranking is 100. Oh my god, there are already nine players on the list.”

“There are so many Lord Players participating in Instances in Huaxia, yet only nine are on the list. Merit is really hard to earn.”

“This Great God is truly amazing, leading by hundreds of points over the second place.”

“With such a small amount of Merit, what can be exchanged?”

“Just check the exchange page to see.”

……

The announcement appeared again, and all players inside every Instance in the Huaxia Region couldn’t help but click their tongues in awe.

The Daydream Great God was causing trouble again!

He led in every Plane, and now that he is inside an Instance, he is still stronger than other players.

The second place had over 600 Merit, which was already hard to reach, but this Great God simply broke through 1000 without any hesitation.

The gap between first and ninth place was huge!

Most players were still marveling at Mo Xiaobai’s dominance. Meanwhile, Mo Xiaobai, who was standing quietly outside the Cao Camp Granary waiting for Han Hao to inspect the fourth batch of two thousand units of grain, was also looking at the leaderboard.

Seeing the Player ID of the player in second place, a smile curved Mo Xiaobai’s lips: “It seems things are going quite smoothly for Dad. At least Bi Gan should have been killed off.”

That’s right, the Player ID “Du Diao Han Jiang” was Mo’s father.

“One Great General, Han Meng under Yuan Shao, contributed 200 Merit to me. I think Bi Gan would have contributed more, or at least not less than Han Meng. If the Decree of Extended Grace is issued smoothly next, Dad’s Merit Value will definitely surge again. In this first Instance Ranking, his position should not be low.”

After pondering for a moment about how much harvest his father in the Great Shang Dynasty could get in this Instance, Mo Xiaobai casually pulled up the Merit Exchange interface again.

The entire Merit Exchange interface contained a lot of content. There were many different options for exchange types, such as Official Positions, Player Personal Items, Territory Building Items, and more.

For other players who were contacting this for the first time, they might have gotten dizzy just looking at it, holding Merit in their hands but not knowing what to exchange. However, Mo Xiaobai had no such trouble. He completely ignored all the miscellaneous stuff like Items, Military Gear, Talents, etc., and directly opened the Official Position exchange list in the first column.

The single Official Position exchange list still contained quite a bit of content.

The two lists for Civil Official Positions and Military Positions stood side by side. Mo Xiaobai glanced left and right, but ultimately fixed his gaze on the Military line:

“Grand Commandant: Exchangable for 3,000,000 Merit!”

“General of Agile Cavalry: Exchangable for 1,600,000 Merit!”

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“(Front, Rear, Left, and Right) Four Generals: Exchangable for 300,000 Merit!”

“Four Expeditionary Generals: Exchangable for 180,000 Merit!”

……

“Miscellaneous Generals: Exchangable for 12,000 Merit!”

“Lieutenant General: Exchangable for 5,800 Merit!”

“Sub-General: Exchangable for 3,000 Merit!”

“Colonel: Exchangable for 1,500 Merit!”

“Commandant: Exchangable for 800 Merit!”

“Commandery Guard: Exchangable for 500 Merit!”

After scanning the entire list from top to bottom, Mo Xiaobai skipped the high-and-mighty military positions at the very top, such as the Grand Commandant, General of Agile Cavalry, General of Chariot and Cavalry, and General of the Guards, and locked his gaze on the last few columns.

Let alone the top-level position of Grand Commandant; Mo Xiaobai couldn’t even afford to exchange a Miscellaneous General right now. Even though he had prepared well, he could only look at the options at the very bottom. Even the slightly higher Lieutenant General and Sub-General were out of reach for now.

“The Military Position exchange affects the number of troops one can command and one’s status on the battlefield. As a Lord who commands troops, Civil Officials can be put aside for now. I at least need a decent position to rely on.”

Mo Xiaobai scanned the last three columns: Commandery Guard, Commandant, and Colonel. The Commandery Guard could add 100 extra troops, the Commandant added 500, and the Colonel added 800.

Compared to ordinary players who could only bring a few dozen people into an Instance at a time, players with Military Positions clearly held a huge advantage.

Moreover, Mo Xiaobai was very clear that many battlefield Instance Quests could not be undertaken without a certain position. Just like the final decisive battle of the Battle of Guandu, players without a position could only receive tasks to fight against enemy players, just like the grain transport battles. These ordinary players would be separated and simply could not reach the main battlefield.

If you cannot reach the main battlefield, you are doomed to miss out on the best Instance Reward.

Mo Xiaobai understood this deeply. So, no matter how high the price for exchanging positions was, he had to exchange for an identity that allowed him to get involved in certain major events.

“At the very least, it must be the level of Colonel. The levels of Commandant and Commandery Guard are too low.” After making up his mind in his heart, Mo Xiaobai saw Han Hao finish counting the third batch of two thousand units of grain, and immediately brought out a new batch of grain.

Mo Xiaobai had brought nearly twenty thousand units of rice from Daming Village. The Merit required to exchange for a Colonel was well within his means.

As the rice in the Xumi Bag gradually decreased, Mo Xiaobai’s Merit Value quickly rose to 1500.

Without a shred of hesitation, Mo Xiaobai immediately chose to exchange.

“Ding~ Congratulations to Player ‘Daydreaming’ for successfully exchanging for the Official Position ‘Colonel’, obtaining the Exclusive Colonel Seal, Brown-Maned Horse × 1, Han Army Plate Armor × 1, and Horse-Slaughtering Sword × 1.”

With the Colonel position exchange successful, a set of exclusive equipment for a Han Dynasty Colonel officer quickly appeared in front of Mo Xiaobai.

Warhorse, Armor, Weapons, everything was ready!