Young Master Tang Yang left angrily with a group of henchmen, his face full of rage.

Tang De said with a bitter smile, "Young Master Tang Yang got upset in the Guest Quarters; at this moment, I don’t know who the unlucky fellow is that might bump into him, probably to suffer misfortune."

Tang Long shook his head and said, "No need to pay attention to it, Ban Ye, since Lin Bai is introduced by you, you might as well provide him a good place to live and explain our Tang Family affairs!"

"Lin Bai, from now on, you are a Senior Guest Official of the Tang Family. If you have any requests, you can come to the Guest Quarters to find Tang De, and the Tang Family will strive to meet your needs!"

"I have other matters, so I’ll be going."

After saying this, Tang Long left the Martial Arts Arena directly.

Lin Bai cupped his fists in salute as he sent him off.

Immediately, Ban Ye said, "Let’s go, Brother Lin Bai, I’ll take you to find a place to stay!"

Lin Bai nodded slightly and left the Guest Quarters together with Ban Ye.

After leaving the Guest Quarters, Ban Ye said, "I didn’t expect Brother Lin Bai’s strength to be so powerful that upon entering the Tang Family, you gained Protector Long’s approval and became a Senior Guest Official straight away from an ordinary Guest Official!"

"You wouldn’t know, but it took me several years to become a Senior Guest Official!"

Ban Ye said with a smile.

Lin Bai smiled and asked, "Are Senior Guest Officials rare in the Tang Family?"

"Yes!" Ban Ye nodded and said, "Normally, to become a Guest Official of the Tang Family, warriors below the Death Reversal Realm generally can only become ordinary Guest Officials through assessment!"

"And within the Death Reversal Realm, if there are warriors with considerable strength recognized by the Tang Family, they can become Senior Guest Officials!"

"The Guest Officials of the Tang Family are divided into three types!"

"One type is ordinary Guest Officials; any warrior passing the assessment becomes an ordinary Guest Official."

"Another type is Senior Guest Officials; warriors with outstanding strength within the Death Reversal Realm are awarded the prestigious status of Senior Guest Officials by the Tang Family."

"Then there is the peak Guest Official, as the name suggests, the highest among Guest Officials. Generally, only strong ones in the Wending Realm become peak Guest Officials, very few are in the Death Reversal Realm!"

"Currently, in the Tang Family, ordinary Guest Officials are the majority, Senior Guest Officials are few, and there are only seven peak Guest Officials!"

"Of course, the treatment received differs among Guest Officials!"

"Taking Spirit Liquid as an example!"

"An ordinary Guest Official receives five thousand pounds of Spirit Liquid from the Tang Family each month!"

"A Senior Guest Official receives ten thousand!"

"A peak Guest Official receives a hundred thousand Spirit Liquid!"

"Besides, there are merit rewards!"

Ban Ye calmly explained the benefits of becoming a Guest Official to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai curiously asked, "What is merit?"

Ban Ye smiled and said, "Merit refers to merit points in Black Water City; currently, all warriors within Black Water City have merit points!"

"Brother Lin Bai, you shouldn’t underestimate these merit points!"

"This is one of the currencies circulating within Black Water City!"

Lin Bai asked, "What’s the use?"

Ban Ye chuckled and said, "In Black Water City, there are four treasure pavilions: Divine Weapon Pavilion, Cultivation Skill Pavilion, Spiritual Pill Pavilion, and Medicinal Stone Pavilion!"

"The Divine Weapon Pavilion, as the name suggests, stores weapons."

"The Spiritual Pill Pavilion is fully stocked with miraculous elixirs!"

"The Medicinal Stone Pavilion contains some rare spiritual medicine and ores!"

"The Cultivation Skill Pavilion houses cultivation methods and martial techniques!"

"For example, the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill,’ which Brother Lin Bai has always been interested in, is available in the Cultivation Skill Pavilion!"

"To exchange for the cultivation method of the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill,’ you must use merit points!"

"I remember when I exchanged, it was ten thousand merit points for one-third of the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill.’"

"Of course, I only exchanged one-third of the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill,’ soon I’ll save enough merits to go exchange the other third."

Ban Ye said with a bitter smile.

Lin Bai frowned and looked at Ban Ye.

Ban Ye chuckled and said, "To prevent precious cultivation methods and martial techniques from leaking out, Black Water City divided them into three parts, and the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill’ is no exception!"

"Although split into three parts, it doesn’t affect the warrior’s cultivation!"

"Exchanging the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill’ in the Cultivation Skill Pavilion requires ten thousand merit points; exchanging all three parts together requires thirty thousand merit points!"

"That’s not a small sum!"

"I’ve been in Black Water City for almost twenty years; it took me five full years of merit savings to exchange one-third of the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill’!"

Ban Ye said with a series of bitter laughs.

Lin Bai suddenly realized and said, "So that’s how it is! So how much merit does a Senior Guest Official receive each month from the Tang Family?"

Ban Ye smiled, looking at Lin Bai, and held up a finger.

Lin Bai said, "Ten thousand? That’s good!"

Ban Ye laughed and said, "A thousand!"

Lin Bai frowned in surprise and said, "A thousand merit points per month? So little?"

Ban Ye was surprised and said, "That still counts as little? An ordinary Guest Official only receives five hundred merit points!"

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "At this rate, how many years and months will it take to exchange for all three parts of the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill’?"

At a thousand merit points per month, Lin Bai roughly calculated that if he wants to gather thirty thousand merit points to exchange for the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill,’ he’d have to stay in Black Water City for thirty years!

Ban Ye said, "That’s why Mo Qian is so eager to please Tang Yang."

Lin Bai asked, "Please Tang Family disciples? Can that increase merit points?"

Ban Ye chuckled and said, "You could say that!"

"Merit points are primarily controlled by the major families within Black Water City!"

"Without wars, ordinary warriors rarely obtain merit points!"

"So if you want to gain more merit points, the best way is to please a Tang Family disciple, become their guardian, or if the Tang Family needs you for any task in the future, they might prioritize you!"

"This way, merit points keep increasing!"

Ban Ye explained calmly.

Lin Bai curiously asked, "Is there no other way besides pleasing Tang Family disciples?"

Ban Ye shook his head and said, "No, unless Black Water City has a war with other cities, then warriors from Black Water City heading out to kill enemies can gain a lot of merit points!"

"Otherwise, merit points are generally held by the Eight Great Clans, rarely distributed outward!"

Ban Ye said indifferently.

Lin Bai understood and nodded, realizing it would be difficult.

For Lin Bai to kill someone, it was effortless.

But to have Lin Bai grovel before Tang Family martial artists like Mo Qian did, it was indeed difficult for Lin Bai to manage!

Thinking of this, Lin Bai furrowed his brows and sighed—it seemed acquiring the ’Black Water Divine Thunder Skill’ wouldn’t be something done overnight.

"By the way, Lin Bai, you should be cautious of Tang Yang!" At this moment, Ban Ye said earnestly to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai curiously asked, "What’s the background of this Young Master Tang Yang? It seems the martial artists within the Tang Family are quite fearful of him!"