The next day at noon, the clear waves were rippling, and along the way, the green willows were like a carpet, peach trees formed a forest, in the southern part of the empire, naturally, the scenery was beautiful, especially after the large-scale reconstruction of the ecosystem after a hundred years of eliminating pollution, it became even more unique.

  On the highway, in a luxurious RV, Zhou Huayu, who had just gotten off the plane, didn't even glance outside, and was meditating with his eyes closed. The investigation by An Yijingshe encountered unexpected obstacles, although they finally got the information, but this itself already explained the problem.

  Fang's family and Xiao's family?

  The Fang family's title is Baron, while the Xiao family's title is Viscount. These two titles are not the same, and their weight is as heavy as gold.

  The imperial monarch has been constitutionalized, and the noble titles have always been extremely precious. According to the old rules, if a prime minister elected by the people does not have a title, after two terms of ten years, he will only be granted the title of "Lifetime National Scholar", unless there are special achievements, he can be granted the hereditary title of National Scholar.

  According to some clues, Fang Xincheng has mastered the fourth-level sword technique, which can be said to be passable. However, why he didn't cultivate it before, and why he didn't practice it in his family but instead leaked it out to learn by himself in a quiet society, these are all questions.

  However, this is also an opportunity, a fourth-stage swordsman at just sixteen years old has unlimited prospects, the only problem now is whether this fourth stage contains gold.

  Zhou Hua Yu said again: "Play me the recordings of the two matches."

  In the RV, it was still a two-game match that was quickly settled without hesitation, although he had asked several times before. However, Zhou Hua Yu still asked: "Mr. Lin, have you figured out what level it is?"

  "From the competition's point of view, three stages are possible, but four stages are hard to say. After all, the level of performance during the competition, three stages can be achieved completely. In fact, it's very simple, just test him or wait for his performance in future competitions. After all, future competitions will become more and more intense, and we'll encounter more and more top players. If he really has four stages, at least he should rush into the final!" Mr. Lin beside him also watched and said.

  Zhou Huayu pressed his eyebrows, if Fang Xin was willing to work at Jing She, then the two words were: test!

  But Fang Xin is now unwilling to do so, looking at his family background, and it's not necessary to mix with the salary, it's naturally different. Mr. Lin is only a third-level official. Fang Xin is indeed a fourth-level official. It's hard to say when judging.

  At this time, the secretary asked softly: "Director Zhou, it's noon, do you want to stop the car and eat something before continuing?"

  "What's the time now and how much further is it to our destination?"

  "It's now 11:45 and we still have an hour's drive to our destination," the secretary replied, adding that although the empire was wealthy, airports were not available in every city.

  "It's not necessary, we can just eat something in the car. When we arrive in the city, let's go to the branch office first and rest for a while, then head to Mr. Fang's house, it's quite close from there, right?" Zhou Huayu said apologetically to Lin: "This way, I'm troubling you, Mr. Lin."

  "It doesn't matter, I also want to meet this young man," said Mr. Lin.

  "Yes, it's just a five-minute walk." While the secretary replied, she had already opened the refrigerator, took out a set meal, and heated it up. The set meal was actually very good, but after reheating, of course, the color and flavor were slightly inferior, but everyone didn't mind. Zhou Huayu took over the set meal and said, "Then let's go on foot."

  At this time, Fang Xin was actually taking a stroll.

  The sun was shining brightly and the weather was a bit sweltering, but for Fang Xiang at this time, it was nothing.

  Neither cold nor heat invades; this is a natural ability of the great Heavenly Circuit.

  It's called a small district, but in fact it's an entire residential area. One small district is connected to another, with greenery separating them in between. However, when taking a stroll, you can still walk back and forth between them, so as for exploration, you can actually see many beautiful views.

  This time, Fang Xin strolled around and found a corner that he had never been to before. It was a small lake. The weather was scorching hot, and there were few tourists, but there were several children holding bread crumbs and sprinkling them on the bridge.

  It seems that they have been fed habitually, so as soon as the bread is scattered, a large number of fish emerge from the emerald green water under the bridge, competing for the scattered breadcrumbs.

  Fang Xin stood on the bridge and stopped in his tracks, looking down.

  Fang Xin was pondering, he had obtained 800 units of merit, and suddenly used up 400 of them. Although after calculating, he found that the Jade Like Intention had an increasing number of merits every day, which seemed to be subsequent merits.

  It's also true that saving a small world, although it's tiny, but the future prosperity and sublimation are inseparable from the initial salvation. This is second only to the creation of heaven, how can it be just 500 merits? It's endless, like dripping water wearing away stone, constantly and tirelessly.

  Unfortunately, it was still too little, and Fang Xin didn't dare to move either. He had also used the Jade Like Intention to probe other planes of existence, but one second would burn away fifty merits, and the yin spirits didn't even dare enter the time-space crevices - who knew what situation was there?

  He only realized now that his luck last time was exceptionally good, it was like a pie falling from the sky, and it was just right to eat, not too hot or cold.

  In this highly prosperous and complex yet stable society, merits are not absent but most of them have been absorbed by fixed channels, such as taking care of souls in the City God Temple or witnessing weddings.

  As for worldly merits, they have already been shared by the country and social organizations. If there are no special circumstances, even if one has a certain amount of resources, an ordinary person may not necessarily accumulate three thousand great merits in a lifetime, even if they devote themselves wholeheartedly to charitable causes.

  It is said that a great achievement is when Fang Xin saves one person as one merit, but in reality, the merits are not limited to this high unit of measurement. Broken down further, it can be divided into 100 small merits or even 1,000 small merits. In many religious classics, in order to encourage ordinary people, they use small merits as units, from donating 100 yuan for charity, helping an elderly person cross the road and other details, all count as one merit or ten merits.

  In real life, he has also seen people with merit light on their bodies, although weak, but there are some, however, no one can directly convert it into power or other things. As for himself, if the merit light of Yu Ruyi is released, a faint golden circle can be formed.

  Three thousand great merits (calculated as thirty million small merits) can form a holy halo. Fang Xin has already consumed many, and still has 350 great merits left.

  Fang Xin is now full of interest in going to other projection planes, and only in a world where the level of civilization, social welfare system, economic prosperity, and even social structure are not stable and sufficient, can there be a lot of merits.

  Although there are countless planes, they can only be admired from afar and cannot be traveled to at will. Perhaps when one reaches the level of ten or fifteen stars, they may be able to go on their own, but for now, this ability is not available.

  After some thought, the only way is to join the Imperial Expeditionary Force as a government employee of the Empire, and get the opportunity to enter other worlds with massive preparation and team support.

  But at this point, Fang Xin is not willing to go to the end of the road, for a simple reason: in this way, even if he works hard to the death, the merits and virtues he obtains will mostly fall into the imperial government's aura, while he himself only gets a share of the credit and some small benefits.

  The remaining one is to join the plane exploration team organized by nobles such as Xiao Bing, which is also legal, and it must be quickly obtained in the family to get a high position.

  Having realized this point, Fang Xin sighed bitterly. It turned out that he still had to rely on his family and Xiao Bing. He immediately made up his mind to achieve good results in the Qingteng Cup. As for An Yijin Society, perhaps he should investigate what kind of existence they were, what abilities they possessed, and what level they were at.

  Fang Xin thought of this and sent a message to Xiao Bing, requesting the relevant information about An Yijin's studio, and then prepared to leave. However, just after walking for a few minutes, Xiao Bing called directly.

  "Hey, Fang Xin, what do you want to do with the materials related to An Yi Jing Society?" It's clear that any information about Fang Xin is prioritized in Xiao Bing's system, and her secretary will also pass on his messages to her immediately, otherwise it wouldn't be so fast.

  "Xiao Bing, I just received a message that Zhou Huayu, the deputy general manager of Anyi Jing She, wants to see me. But until now, I still don't really know what's going on with Anyi Jing She, so I came to ask you." Fang Xin said.

  Xiao Bing fell silent for a moment before asking: "Deputy General Manager Zhou Huayu is already a big shot, what did he come to find you for?"

  "I told him I was a fourth-level swordsmen, so he came running over with a dry mouth." As soon as these words were spoken, on the phone, Xiao Bing was probably drinking tea, and there was an obvious "plop" sound, followed by continuous coughing and choking sounds, and someone rushed forward to help, likely his secretary.

  Fang Xin did not expect Xiao Bing's reaction, and he took another look at the fourth-order quantity. For now, all he could do was wait. "Fang Xin, how come I didn't know about this?" Xiao Bing's voice changed, speaking with a mix of anger and joy.

  "Isn't it just a fourth-order sword? With technology advancing to this point, even if you're a fourth-order sword master, what's the big deal?" Fang Xin from Earth indeed didn't understand and directly said, "No matter how strong a fourth-order is, can it surpass a hail of bullets? Why make such a fuss?"

  "Dizzy, the Fang family doesn't have anything to do with you, does it? Alright, I understand. I'll come see you tonight. As for Zhou Hua Yu's matter, just let him wait for now. We'll discuss it together tonight, got it? And how many things did you hide from me? Do you know how much pressure I've been under for your sake? If only you'd told me earlier, things would have been easier to handle. Tonight, when I come, we'll settle the accounts!" Xiao Bing spoke quickly and urgently.

  After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and asked again: "Have you told others about this?"

  "Not yet, neither has Fang's family, nor have you. I thought it was nothing, and no one told me!" Fang Xin could only pretend to be innocent at this time.

  "Oh, forget it, I'm here now, let's talk about it later, just don't leave today."

  In the office, Xiao Bing said this and suddenly remembered that Fang Xin was only 16 years old, just barely an adult this year, not even eligible to get married legally (18 years old), plus being neglected, naturally didn't know these things. After hanging up the phone, she stood up and got dressed, instructing her secretary: "Postpone all other work for today."