A better place for all
"That is your rank within the sanctum as a servant of the Nine, not the level of your mark. The cost of blessings or access to more privileged information/resources and the like is all based on the level of your mark."
Hao Xuan remembered hearing about it before but he thought the rank and levels were the same.
"So even for a Champion, I have the lowest level mark right now?"
"Yes," he bobbed his head up and down, "You start off better than the others but it's still very low. Let's take the purchasable cursed gold as an example. Being a champion you can buy 500,000 per day as opposed to the usual 10,000 limit that others start with."
"But for those who have higher level marks than you and have been working diligently for decades and centuries for the Sanctum, they would be able to purchase perhaps millions of gold coins per day and still not reach their limit. Why? Simply because of their dedication and loyalty!"