Gu Changhuai nodded slightly.
This solution is also passable…
After pondering for a while, Gu Changhuai asked: “Are you trying to earn them Merit Points?”
“Of course!” Mo Hua said righteously, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch in the world!”
Mo Hua continued: “…Besides, I’m quite familiar with you, Uncle Gu, it’s okay to do some unpaid work now and then, taking a bit of a loss is fine. ”
“But it’s different for them, they are sons of noble families who care about their Face, going out on such a mission, how can they not earn some Merit Points? Wouldn’t it be embarrassing?”
Gu Changhuai curled his lip.
This little rascal, spouting nonsense.
He’s never really done unpaid work before, let alone taken any loss, most of the time it’s he who makes others suffer a loss.
“Alright then.” Gu Changhuai sighed.
Mo Hua cautiously asked: “So, how many Merit Points can you give?”
Gu Changhuai answered: “Two hundred.”
Mo Hua shook his head, “At least four hundred.”
Gu Changhuai felt a bit of a headache.
After some reluctant bargaining, the final sum of Merit Points was set at three hundred.
Mo Hua had tried his best.
As a “Junior Brother,” this was all he could do.
But for the average disciples, three hundred Merit Points was not a small amount.
The next day, during lunch in the dining hall, Mo Hua quietly said to Cheng Mo: “There’s a big task that needs about fifty people, three hundred Merit Points per person upon success.”
Cheng Mo’s heart skipped a beat.
Fifty people, each with three hundred Merit Points, this was indeed a big task!
“Junior Brother, where did this task come from?” Cheng Mo also lowered his voice and asked softly.
Mo Hua replied: “I can’t reveal the specifics just yet, you’ll find out when the time comes, but this task is quite risky, we definitely need experienced hands.”
Cheng Mo nodded, “Naturally.”
“Also,” Mo Hua thought for a moment before adding: “We need familiar faces, those we know well inside out, so the news doesn’t leak.”
“Furthermore, try to find sons of noble families from outside Qian State who don’t have significant ties with the local families in Qian State.”
“If it’s someone from a Qian State local family, it must be a good relationship, like that of Hao Xuan.”
Cheng Mo was puzzled, but he always trusted Mo Hua.
What Mo Hua said was always right, and there’s no need to ask more than necessary.
“Don’t worry, Junior Brother,” Cheng Mo patted his chest, “leave it to me!”
After that, Cheng Mo began to secretly recruit, eventually finding fifty disciples.
Apart from familiar ones like Situ Jian, Yang Qianjun, Hao Xuan, and Yi Li, the majority were also ones with whom he’d had past contact, reliable disciples known for their integrity.
And with the promise of three hundred Merit Points, there was hardly any reason to refuse.
They agreed without a second thought.
Mo Hua’s Divine Sense moved, quickly scanning over everyone, and nodded with satisfaction.
With enough hands on deck.
Then, as in his old tricks, Mo Hua colluded “inside and out” with Gu Changhuai from the Daoist Court, and with his extremely sharp Divine Sense, he managed to “snatch” a vaguely described, ambiguous, but substantial Merit Point reward at the agreed time in front of all his fellow brothers and sisters.
Just like snatching a big piece of Fat Meat in front of a pack of starving wolves…