Upon hearing that the Merit Pearl could only be used at the Ninth Level, Mo Yan couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. Despite her long efforts and not a small accumulation of virtues, the amount required to go from the Seventh to the Eighth Level was immense, and she was still falling short.
Before long, another batch of retired veterans would arrive from the frontiers, which might enable a breakthrough from the level seven, but the virtues needed to reach the Ninth Level from the Eighth would have to double at least, something she feared could not be possible without another eight to ten years.
