Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 76

Chapter 76 We are businessmen

The power of merit possesses myriad uses, from elevating realms, warding off inner demons, comprehending the Way of Heaven, and concealing the mysteries of Heaven. In the past, it was a mystical power sought by many cultivators. The Heavenly Ladder to Immortality vanished nine thousand years ago, and the power of merit has also remained absent from the Nine Provinces for nine thousand years. No matter how many heroic deeds benefited the common people, not a single bit of merit would appear. Gradually, the cultivators forgot the existence of the power of merit.

The dynasty with the greatest reserves of merit was the Mengjiang Dynasty, so arrogant they even offered to build a golden house for the Red Dust Fairy with merit bricks. However, this was a foolish act on the part of the Mengjiang Emperor. Upon regaining consciousness, he quickly collected the bricks and carefully stored them in the treasury.

Ancestral precepts forbid the use of these bricks unless the survival of the nation is at stake.

Precisely because of its rarity, few cultivators now recognize the power of merit. Even the old man in the Spiritualization Stage was convinced that this power stemmed from his own divine treasure, not some heaven-sent merit.

Dao Zong’s explanation was that all the merit was trapped in the immortal realm, unable to descend. Now, it seemed that this was completely untrue!

The conditions for the descending of merit had changed!

Killing people could earn merit!

No, that wasn’t right. He’d killed many, including Long Sanshui, and yet he hadn’t seen a single drop of merit. There had to be some other condition.

“What is it? Do I have to join this Shenzang sect, undergo some ritual, or believe in this Shenzang Venerable who appeared out of nowhere?” Jiang Li pondered, questioning the old man. The

old man opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word, his body instantly swelled into a sphere, ready to explode. Jiang Li’s quick eyes and hands restrained the old man’s body, preventing him from exploding, but that was all he could do. He couldn’t return him to his original form; he could only maintain his spherical shape.

And if he released the restraint, the old man would explode again.

“…A lost spell?” Jiang Li had seen descriptions of spells. Simply thinking or speaking certain words would result in punishment, like the self-destruction before him.

Nine thousand years had passed, and Jiuzhou had continued to develop. New traditions emerged, and naturally, old ones vanished. Spells were one of these. Some said that those who practiced spells were themselves cursed, destined to be doomed, and therefore, the spells were passed down through a single lineage, and their disappearance was natural.

“Don’t tell anyone about this, and don’t get involved!” Jiang Li sternly warned Qin Luan and the other two. He knew their personalities well, and they wouldn’t spread rumors, but he couldn’t help but warn.

This matter was too serious.

Jiang Li, carrying the spherical old man, soared away.

“Bai Hongtu, come out and see if you can unlock this thing.” Jiang Li flew to Dao Sect and summoned Bai Hongtu, who was currently practicing. Immortal Changcun and Yin Yang Tianyin heard Jiang Li’s voice, sensing something was afoot, and appeared beside him.

“Unlock what? Unlock the restriction? Unlock it and he’ll explode!” Bai Hongtu was completely bewildered. Why had he suddenly been summoned?

“…You don’t recognize the spell?”

“No.” Bai Hongtu said confidently, “I’ve only seen the description of the spell, how can I tell for sure? This is called caution.”

“This is indeed a spell, and it’s the Six-Combination Sitting Refining Curse with extremely strict conditions. The spells in Jiuzhou have been lost. Where did you find this person?” Changcun Xianweng was knowledgeable and recognized the curse on the old man.

“Can it be broken?”

Changcun Xianweng shook his head: “I can break ordinary spells, but the Six-Combination Sitting Refining Curse has strict conditions. No one can break it except the person who cast the curse.”

“What are the conditions for casting a curse?”

“First, the other party must be fully and knowingly willing. They cannot threaten their lives or family members, or use treasures as temptation. Second, they must be a whole realm higher than the person being cursed.”

“He is completely willing and can cast a curse. Where did you find such a fool?” Bai Hongtu was curious.

Jiang Li didn’t answer. The fewer people who knew about this, the better. “Tianyin, take a look. Who has this person had karmic connection with?”

“…Some force is obscuring this person’s karmic connection. I can only see roughly. This person has never left the Tianyuan Dynasty, so I can’t know anything more specific.” Yin-Yang Tianyin felt a deep sense of defeat. Since gaining spiritual intelligence, the power of karmic connection had only been used to find his master, and that was a corpse. Tianyin,

you must work hard. If you don’t practice diligently, Jiang Li might throw you into the furnace one day.

Yin-Yang Tianyin secretly resolved to first develop a method that even spiritual treasures could cultivate. It had been able to cultivate itself before it gained spiritual intelligence, and it had some experience in this area.

Jiang Li knew that this was the power of merit at work, obscuring karmic connection. Even so, Yin-Yang Tianyin could still see roughly, which showed that Tianyin had a good grasp of karmic connection.

“Tianyuan Dynasty, I understand.” Jiang Li said no more. He flew away, unleashed the old man’s restraints, and let him self-destruct.

Don’t taint the Dao Sect.

Jiang Li arrived at the Da Zhou branch of the Tianji Tower. Upon entering, he was struck by the sight of a sign displaying “Emperor Jiang Renhuang in Tianji Tower” in the lobby.

Jiang Li patted Zhou Youfu on the shoulder, as if assigning him a task. Zhou Youfu’s expression assured him of completing it.

While it was assumed that a Mahayana cultivator had a strong memory, especially one with recent events, Jiang Li should have remembered them clearly. However, he still doubted his own memory.

Upon hearing that it was Emperor Jiang Renhuang, Zhou Youfu hurried downstairs to greet him. Seeing his plump figure swaying, Jiang Li felt as if he had seen a sow running down the stairs.

This time, Jiang Li didn’t give Zhou Youfu a chance to imagine, pulling him into a secret room. “I’m not here to inspect the Tianji Tower. I want to buy all the information on the Shenzang Sect.”

“Shenzang Sect?” Zhou Youfu looked embarrassed. He was asking for the Shenzang Sect, something even the Tianji Tower knew very little about, and you said you weren’t here to inspect it.

Zhou Youfu quickly compiled the information on the Shenzang Sect and handed it to Jiang Li.

“Is that all?” Jiang Li glanced at the contents of the jade pendant; it was pitifully small.

“That’s all,” Zhou Youfu answered honestly. “We at Tianji Tower don’t know much about this suddenly emerging sect.”

“When we first learned about this sect, we sent several disciples to investigate, but they were all recruited into the Shenzang Sect and became devout believers. Ever since then, the Shenzang Sect has known we were investigating them and has been wary of them.”

“Now that your disciples have betrayed you, haven’t you considered retaliation and a thorough investigation of the Shenzang Sect?”

“Jiang Renhuang is joking. We are businessmen. Several disciples are just jumping from one shop to another. How can we say that we are betraying each other? Besides, there are no customers to pay for spiritual stones. Why should we go to the trouble of investigating the Shenzang Sect?”

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