BXBX NOVEL Chapter 76 - 76 We are Merchants
The power of merit had a myriad of great uses, such as enhancing realms, evading Heart Demons, comprehending Heavenly Dao, shielding against Heavenly Machine, and so forth. It was a profound power pursued by many cultivators in the past. For nine thousand years since the disappearance of the ladder to immortality, the power of merit also had not appeared in Jiuzhou for nine thousand years. No matter how many feats of great kindness and generosity people accomplished, not a trace of merit power would appear.
Gradually, the cultivators forgot about the existence of the power of merit.
The force with the most remaining power of merit was the Dream River Dynasty, so domineering that they could use bricks of merit gold to build a golden house for the Fairies of Red Dust. However, this was the folly of the Dream River Emperor. When he sobered up, he hurriedly collected the gold bricks and treasured them, storing them carefully in the national treasury.
The ancestral teachings were clear that these merit gold bricks could not be used unless it pertained to the survival of the nation.
Due to the scarcity of the power of merit, there were few cultivators nowadays who could recognize it. Even the elderly of the Divinity Transformation Stage were convinced that this power originated from their own God-hidden power, rather than any heavenly bestowed merit.
The explanation the Dao Sect had was that all power of merit was blocked in the Immortal Realm, unable to descend, but it seemed that this was not the case!
The conditions for the descent of the power of merit had changed!
Killing people could earn merit!
No, that’s wrong, he had killed many people himself, just now he had even killed a Dragon San Shui, but he did not see any trace of merit power, there should be some other conditions.
“What is it, do you have to join this God-hidden Cult, or go through some ceremony, or believe in this Respected God-hidden that has popped up from nowhere?” Jiang Li pondered, asking the old man.
Just as the old man opened his mouth, he didn’t speak a word before his body suddenly inflated into a sphere, ready to burst at any moment. Jiang Li, quick-eyed and nimble-handed, restrained the old man’s body, preventing him from exploding, but could only do so much. He could not return it to its original state, only to maintain its spherical shape.
Furthermore, once he released his ban, the old man would still explode.
“…A lost spell?” Jiang Li had seen depictions of spells. If some things were thought of or spoken out loud, they would be punished, such as the self-destruct that was before him.
Nine thousand years had passed, Jiuzhou had been developing continuously, and new legacies had emerged. Naturally, old legacies also disappeared. Spells were one of them. Some said that those who practiced spells were cursed themselves, were born under a solitary star, and so the lineage of a spell was destined to be single and its disappearance was normal.
“Do not talk or get involved in this matter!” Jiang Li sternly warned Qin Luan and the other two. He knew their characters well, they would not speak out of turn, but he couldn’t help but warn them.
This matter was of great importance.
Jiang Li left with the spherical-shaped elder through the air.
“Bai Hongtu, come out and see if you can unlock this.” Jiang Li flew to the Dao
Sect, called Bai Hongtu out of his cultivation, and the Immortal Elder of Eternal Existence and Yin Yang Heaven Seal heard Jiang Li’s voice and knew that something had happened, so they also appeared by Jiang Li’s side.
“Unlock what, unlock the ban? If I unlock it, he’s gonna explode.” Bai Hongtu, clueless, asked what he was suddenly called out for.
“…Don’t you recognize a spell?”
“No.” Bai Hongtu confidently replied, “I’ve only seen descriptions of spells, how can I determine this is one, it’s called being cautious.”
“This is indeed a spell, and it is the strictly conditioned Six Harmonies Sitting Spell. The spells of Jiuzhou have been lost, from where did you find this person?” The Immortal Elder of Eternal Existence, with a great breadth of experience and knowledge, identified the spell cast on the elder.
“Can it be unlocked?”
The Immortal Elder of Eternal Existence shook his head: “I can unlock an ordinary spell, but the conditions for the Six Harmonies Sitting Spell are strict. Apart from the person who casts the spell, no one can unlock it.”
“What conditions are needed to cast this spell?”
“Firstly, the other party must be completely willing under informed conditions, they cannot be threatened with their life or family, or tempted with treasures. Secondly, the caster’s realm must be an entire major realm above the one being cursed.’
“Someone can be spelled even if they are completely willing, where did you find such a fool?” Bai Hongtu was curious.
Jiang Li did not answer. The fewer people who knew about this matter, the better: “Tian Yin, see who this person has karma with.”
“…This person’s karma is blocked by some force and it’s unclear. I can only see a general idea. This person has never left the Tianyuan Emperor Dynasty, and I can’t know any more specifics.” Yin Yang Heaven Seal had a strong sense of defeat. Since it gained sentient intelligence, its power of karma only took effect when it found its master, and even then, it found a corpse.
Tian Yin, you need to work hard, if you don’t cultivate properly, maybe one day Jiang Li will throw you into the stove.
Yin Yang Heaven Seal secretly made up its mind to first come up with a cultivation method that spiritual treasures could also use. It had been self-refining before it gained sentient intelligence, so it had some understanding in this area.
Jiang Li knew that it was the power of merit at work, obscuring karma. Even so, Yin Yang Heaven Seal could still see a general idea, showing that its mastery of the power of karma was quite remarkable.
“Tianyuan Emperor Dynasty, understood. ” Jiang Li said nothing more, he flew to a distant place, released the elderly man’s restraint, and let him explode.
Don’t dirty the Dao Sect.
Jiang Li visited the Sky Mechanism Tower again, and as soon as he entered, he saw the “Jiang Human Emperor in Sky Mechanism Tower” displayed in the hall, which startled him.
Jiang Li slapped Zhou Youfu’s shoulder, as if entrusting him with some task, Zhou Youfu made an expression promising to accomplish the task.
Logically speaking, with the powerful memory of the Mahayana Stage, especially for recent events, Jiang Li should have a clear memory, but he still doubted his own memory.
When Zhou Youfu heard that Jiang Human Emperor was here, he hurriedly went downstairs to meet him. Seeing the way the other party’s adipose tissue jiggled, Jiang Li felt like watching a sow running down the stairs.
This time, Jiang Li didn’t give Zhou Youfu a chance to fill in the blanks, he directly pulled him into a secret room: “I’m not here to inspect the Sky Mechanism Tower, I want to buy all the information of the God-hidden Cult.”
“God -hidden Cult?” Zhou Youfu made a troubled expression, asking for information on the Sky Mechanism Tower’s little-known God-hidden Cult right off the bat, and still saying he’s not here to inspect the Sky Mechanism Tower.
Zhou Youfu quickly organized the information on the God-hidden Cult and handed it over to Jiang Li.
“Is that all?” Jiang Li glanced at the things in his Jade Pendant, it was pitifully little.
“That’s all.” Zhou Youfu honestly answered, “We at the Sky Mechanism Tower also don’t know much about this suddenlv emerging sect.”
“After we found out about this sect, we sent a few disciples to investigate. They were all pulled into the God-hidden Cult and became devout believers. From then on, the God-hidden Cult knew we were investigating them and were on guard ever since.”
“Your disciples all betrayed you, and you didn’t think about making a comeback and thoroughly investigating the God-hidden Cult?”
“Jiang Human Emperor is joking. We are merchants.. The disciples are just jumping from one shop to another, where does betrayal come into it? Besides, without a customer paying spirit stones, why should we strive to the utmost to investigate the God-hidden Cult?”