The next day, Fang Yuan sat in his office, brush in hand, sorting through the endless stack of paperwork.
Before him hovered the faintly glowing system screen:
[Task: Clean the water in the koi pond.
Merit Points: 20
Risk: None. ]
A small task, like many others, that he copied neatly onto a slip and set aside for the clan to complete.
Even after his two-month absence, the clan had managed to run smoothly.
The merit system had kept them standing, though the exchange of points had stalled.
The pills once offered in exchange were long depleted, and without spirit energy, the cultivation caves had become useless.
But now, after last night, the minor resource wells were restored and he had refilled the exchange of cultivation pills, everything was slowly returning to order.
Fang Yuan leaned back, stretched, and allowed himself a rare, quiet smile. The clan… it's starting to move like normal again.
A knock interrupted his thoughts.
"Come in," he called.
