it is literally impossible to get 1 merit point on this website.
as you can see OgNasty, Neuroticfish and I all received merits from other members, so it is not impossible to get merit. also, there are members who registered after the merit system and now have the merit requirement for legendary rank.
You need more patience. Much more. You've started with 2 guides that are not bad.
looks like xiangwei22 plagiarized the two guides he posted(check the link below for the evidence).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.msg60099176#msg60099176