With all these qualities, I will eventually become immortal.

Chapter 108 A Bountiful Reward, Armory Treasures

Early the next morning.

The Yong'an Police Station office building.

Looking around, all you could see were the members of the elite team who had fought alongside you that night, with Captain Li Zhun standing at the very front, arms crossed.

"I've seen the dashcam footage. He performed well, very manly!"

Meng Chuan smiled and cupped his hands in response.

While exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Long Jiu came out of the office.

"Xiao Meng, according to the recorder, you have earned a total of 270 merit points this time."

Killing one fourth-level and two sixth-level demonic warriors earns 80 points; capturing an artificial demon from the Demon Summoning Hall earns 40 points; capturing two Void-type demons earns 150 points, with the Shadow Demon alone worth 100 points.

"The personal identification card I gave you has been activated with access to the police station's armory."

Since you are a martial artist from the community, your privileges are only valid for one month. Please try to complete the redemption within one month.

But even if there are any leftovers, it's fine. Your uncle, Meng Yongzhi, is there; he can help you exchange them later.

"And the Shadow Fiend Core you finally obtained, the police department can buy it for 70. What do you think?"

Seven hundred thousand is already considered a premium for the acquisition. Hearing Long Jiu's words, he nodded to indicate that he understood.

Long Jiu said regretfully:

"It's a pity you crushed Venom's core root tendrils. Those things are extremely rare, and they're one of the materials needed for key research in China. They're worth at least two million."

Meng Chuan remained silent.

"Sigh, I was just saying it offhand. In that situation, who cares about these things? Survival is the most important thing."

"That's all for now, go check out the armory."

Before Meng Chuan could even click to check, his phone buzzed with a notification.

[Bank card received: 20]

"This is an operational subsidy that the police department helped you apply for. Your protective suit needs repair, and the steel bone in your wrist also needs to be recharged. This is also a small bit of support from the country for you."

This is indeed a thoughtful touch; he calculated that repairing the protective suit would cost 7 yuan.
If I buy another piece of YM energy alloy to charge the steel skeleton, I'll still have about 80,000 yuan left.

Meng Chuan found the permission to activate the service in the personal information center section of his phone, and after clicking into the police station's arsenal of honor, a dazzling array of supplies came into view.

The product categories are similar to those in Wuxie Town, but because it is an internal special supply, the conversion of merit into money will be much cheaper.

At the top, you can also exchange your achievements for money, with one achievement worth 10,000 yuan, but you can only exchange a maximum of 500,000 yuan per month.

Aside from the few types of ointments used for body tempering, the other items consist of various martial arts supplements and pills.

Meng Chuan doesn't drink supplements; he only drinks medicinal cuisine.

So, after quickly skipping over it, I spent 100 merit points to buy medicinal herbs with a market value of 150 million.

Meng Chuan looked around and found that the medicinal herbs for making medicinal food paste had the best cost performance. He bought them and kept them to use slowly, as they would be used up sooner or later.

"【Golden Skin Jade Dew】, a top-tier health-enhancing elixir newly launched by the Third Laboratory of the Great Chu Dynasty in collaboration with Wudang Pharmaceutical."

It contains a large amount of special herbal ingredients from the Demon Nest. After ingestion, it will significantly stimulate muscle activity and enhance physical strength; however, the specific effects will vary from person to person.

Meng Chuan had never seen this ointment in Wuxie Township, so he asked out of curiosity:

"Chief Inspector Long, how effective is this ointment?"

It is priced at 120 merit points, and it is also marked that each person can only redeem it once. It is a special supply for the police station and is prohibited from being resold on the market.

"This is a good thing, you must exchange it. Its effect is equivalent to that of a low-grade Great Pill, but its medicinal properties are mild, and even martial artists can absorb it."

Meng Chuan couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. Even the cheapest Martial Arts Pill cost over 300 million, so it seemed that this Golden Skin Jade Dew was the most cost-effective.

This item suits my needs, so Meng Chuan bought it without hesitation.

The credit earned is meant to be spent; there's no need to be stingy.

He planned to save the Qi-Nourishing Armor Technique for when he broke through his limits, and then use it together for the best effect.

The rest are various elixirs suitable for martial artists.

Although he couldn't afford them all, it was still nice to see them.

As expected of an armory provided by the government, Meng Chuan even found the [Spiritual Elixir] that his master had given him before.

With its price of 1300 merit points, Meng Chuan felt even more grateful to Master Luo. The cost of this item was definitely not as simple as Master Luo had initially claimed.

Besides these, the rest are the cultivation techniques.

From third-rate martial arts to genuine skills, there's something for everyone, and there's even a genuine hard skill called "Golden Armor Indestructible True Body".

Because very few people learn hard skills nowadays, and even fewer learn true-level hard skills.

Even if you've become a martial artist, why would you still suffer through beatings while practicing? Not many people can persevere. Instead of practicing hard skills, you should spend more time refining your qi and blood to increase the strength of your true qi.

Moreover, for most martial artists, stance training and true skills basically fill up their daily practice time, leaving no spare time to learn hard skills.

"No wonder this low-level true skill, the Imitation True Skill [Great Ape King Spear], is more than twice as expensive. It turns out it's not selling well."

Meng Chuan was very envious of the Golden Armor Indestructible Body, but he only had a tiny fraction of his merit points left. "Anyway, I can't train it right now, but I'll definitely do it next time."

Scrolling down further, there were no other true-level hard skills in the armory.

Hard skills are indeed weak now, so including them in the manual would just take up space and not many people would practice them.

At the very bottom are some cutting-edge technological artifacts, and Meng Chuan even found the [Steel Bone] third-generation boxing gloves he was wearing among them.

Since it has not yet been officially released, the price is marked "Stay tuned".

Meng Chuan simply exchanged the remaining fifty merit points for body-refining ointments.

Even if you buy it in the store and get a 10% discount with a Silver Medal, it's still not as cost-effective as buying it with Merit Points.

Returning with a full load of loot, Meng Chuan regretfully closed the page, wishing he could take on a few more tasks to earn more credit.

But now that things are stable both inside and outside the city, he has given up on these thoughts.

The items he had exchanged would be delivered within the week. Meng Chuan bid farewell to everyone and went home.

On the way back, Meng Chuanxin thought:
"Master Luo is not omnipotent. I will definitely need to learn other martial arts techniques in the future. It would be good to do more police station missions and exchange them in the armory."

"We still need to make more money; there are too many places where we need to spend money."

Meng Chuan calculated that if he could practice all four hard skills at the same time, the money he had left wouldn't be enough to cover his expenses for a year.

There aren't any competitions suitable for him to participate in to earn money recently, except for the 10-school joint entrance exam in October.

However, Meng Chuan was not entirely confident that he could win the championship. Zong Ping had exaggerated the abilities of the students from the preparatory class of Beilian University.

"Let's do our best. There are still more than two months left. Let's give it our all."

If he wins the championship, in addition to the extra points for his martial arts exam and a lot of money, the school and his master's martial arts school will also benefit greatly.

The former can obtain a lot of resources from the Ministry of Education, while the latter can obtain a lot of traffic exposure, just like when I won the championship in the junior group of the martial arts school ranking competition last time.

In fact, since winning the championship last time, Luo Guanyun's Infinite Martial Arts School has taken off completely, and even the price of membership classes has increased by 50%.

Even with the price increase, the martial arts school's business is getting better and better, and the instructors have recruited several skilled high-level martial artists.

Even the member classes he personally teaches are too many for Master Luo to handle; you have to queue up a month in advance just to make an appointment.

After Meng Chuan left, inside the police station's research building.

Long Jiu, dressed in a white cleanroom suit and wearing protective goggles, stood between two researchers, examining a heart-shaped sarcoma that was beating strangely inside a petri dish on the research table.

This is the heart of the artificial serpent that Meng Chuan captured; even after it was dissected, it still retains strong activity.

Long Jiu asked with a solemn expression:

"Is this the same thing that the Parasite Society created?"

This strange heart reminded him of the "demon seed" taken from the spirit tablets of the Hu brothers' corpses.

This strange heart is somewhat similar to the so-called demonic seed, but also different.

"Sheriff, these two things are not the same. Our research has found that the demon seed is placed inside the body from the outside and grows by absorbing so-called emotional nutrients."

But this heart is different; it was its own heart that mutated and became like this.

After listening, Long Jiu nodded and continued:
"But what they have in common is that they are both obtained through demonic arts and evil techniques, only the demonic arts are different."

"Yes, Sheriff. The demonic arts of the Summoning Hall are clearly derived from their so-called Lord, while the Parasite Society cultivates orthodox demonic arts created by humans."

"The enemy's methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated and cunning. We have a long way to go in eliminating evil and protecting the righteous path."

Long Jiu said quietly.

He thought to himself:

"The focus should now be on the Demon Summoning Hall stronghold in Yong'an City. With the Jiao Demon outside the city dead, it's the perfect opportunity to strike while the enemy is down."

Moreover, since Yuan Huan's death, the Parasitic Society has become much more subdued. After all, its headquarters are far across the strait, so let the island nation's government deal with that headache.

Long Jiu returned to the police chief's office, sat down, thought for a moment, and then made a phone call.

[Captain Wang, are you free right now? Come to my office.]

[Sheriff, is there something you need?]

[There's something I need your help with overseeing regarding our police station's upcoming exorcism strategy.]

After hanging up the phone, a strange light flashed in Long Jiu's eyes.

On the other end of the phone, [Rift Cloud Claw · Wang Xuan] put down the phone and immediately touched the cauldron-shaped tattoo on his chest that had been covered up.

A moment later, he straightened his clothes, put on the Great Chu badge that symbolized honor, and headed towards the sheriff's office.

night.

Huayun Mansion Villa A003.

"Old Zhao, are you sure that hard skill you gave me can be protected by some kind of membrane in my brain?"

(End of this chapter)