Stuck in Butcherblock Mountains QuestFollow

I'm a monk doing a quest for pacificator merrick. I just finished with sister sam, and when I go back to him all he says is "come back later when you've learned more". Learned more what? I have no idea what i'm supposed to do. I've meditated next to him for 20 minutes, i've gone into faydark and taken care of some banking business, i even killed a crapload of bugbears and gained 2 levels. However he still just says to come back later. Can someone please tell me what i'm supposed to do so I can move on? Thanks in advance for everyone's time and help. :)

The last one I did for him was to go to see Sister Sam. I had to fight her, then she gave me a sparring bot that I had to fight as well. I broke it and had to go to a gnomeland security to get it fixed. After i did that I went back to her and gave the bot back to her then meditated for a bit. I heard the little "ding" sound sound and saw the message that I had completed, then I saw the message that I was supposed to go back to merrick, so I did. I clicked on him and I can't remember what he said but it was something like "i taught her patience because i'm so noob". I clicked on him again and he says to come back when i've learned more....?

There's a journal online that tells what all the quests are in this quest line, and I know what i'm supposed to do next (go to lesser faydark if I remember correctly). The thing is Merrick isn't telling me to do it. As far as my Quest Journal is concerned, i'm all done with him and have no more quests in Butcherblock. I just don't know what it is i'm supposed to learn (or get or kill or do etc...), and my quest log doesn't say anything at all....?

Just thought of something, some quests end with the npc telling you to see someone and then the quest ends, leaving no trace in the quest journal as to what you have to do next to further the quest chain.

If you know where the next step starts, just head there and see if you can continue there.

If he tells you to come back when you have learned more its probably a level based quest and you need more levels to get the next one.