Chapter 94

Today, I went to the temple to offer incense. It wasn't something I wanted to do; I was dragged there by someone else. I updated once today, and I owe one update, so I will update three times tomorrow to make up for it.

"Merit!" Yang Qifeng immediately called out after Ganlan's words.

"Yes, it's merit," Ganlan's eyes were deep and dark as he continued, "With your damaged foundation, there are only two ways to repair it successfully: cultivating the Three Flavored True Fire or obtaining merit."

"The first path is simpler, while the second is more difficult."

"Is obtaining merit so hard?" Yang Qifeng frowned, sitting down on the stone bed, his eyes fixed on the ring in his hand, puzzled.

Obtaining merit is even harder than cultivating the Three Flavored True Fire.

Yang Qifeng found this unbelievable.

The Three Flavored True Fire is a supreme divine skill, and cultivating it is extremely difficult, requiring not only talent but also a large amount of resources.

"Obtaining merit isn't easy. Nowadays, the laws of heaven and earth are well-established, unlike in ancient times when the laws were incomplete and there were many opportunities to obtain a large amount of merit."

"Currently, the paths to obtain merit have been completely divided among the great divine beings: teaching, establishing religions, setting the twelve earthly branches, the twenty-four solar terms, the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter."

As Ganlan listed these one by one, Yang Qifeng's expression grew increasingly grim.

He realized that the paths to obtain merit, as Ganlan said, had been almost entirely divided.

Those great divine beings are powerful, wise as the sea, and understand the world. They are adept at innate divine calculations and the Purple Micro Star Numbers. If you can't calculate with your fingers, you wouldn't have survived this long.

This is a necessary skill for every great divine being; you must know it.

Many great divine beings often calculate matters of merit, even though it may not help them much, but who doesn't have a few disciples?

If they don't use it, their disciples can.

"Heavenly merit hasn't appeared since the end of the ancient era. In the early ancient era, it was rare. Now, it's only the merit of the demon path, no, it should be the merit of the human path," Ganlan sighed.

"I understand heavenly merit, which is about setting the order of heaven and earth and establishing laws. But what do you mean by the merit of the demon path and the human path?" Yang Qifeng asked.

"The merit of the demon path represents the demon race, while the merit of the human path represents the human race. Since the beginning of heaven and earth, through the ancient, early ancient, and recent ancient eras, countless races have risen and fallen."

"Like the dominant divine race in the ancient era, followed by the dragon race, which rose and fell, becoming the dominant force. Under the heavens, they are the main characters, suppressing all other races."

"As the darlings of the era, they can help their civilization develop and obtain merit. For example, when our demon race managed the Heavenly Court and suppressed the thirty-three heavens, any major event that promoted the development of the demon race would benefit the demon race and earn merit."

"One era rises, and another falls. Now, the human race is flourishing, and only actions that promote the development of the human path can earn merit," Ganlan explained.

"The waters of the world are deep," Yang Qifeng said, understanding more about the world and feeling more cautious.

Rising and falling, the human race is now invincible, killing demons for their cores, acting tyrannically. But they don't know that the demons of the past were also prominent, just as the humans are now. In countless years, another race might rise, doing what the humans are doing now, killing people for their hearts to aid their cultivation.

Shaking his head, Yang Qifeng expelled this thought from his mind. He thought for a moment about the ways to obtain merit from his previous life and asked Ganlan, "Can killing deeply sinful people earn merit?"

"Yes, but this path isn't suitable for you. Deeply sinful people are all powerful and rampant. You lack the strength, so don't think about it."

"Then, building bridges and saving people from dire straits, doing good deeds, how about that?" Yang Qifeng asked.

"This earns very little merit. You would need to save countless people to earn a single bit of merit. After a hundred years of hard work, you might accumulate less than a thousand merits."

"What about constructing water conservancy projects to benefit a region?" Yang Qifeng asked again.

"You can't do this. As a cultivator, you are not a mortal and cannot interfere with the development of the human path using divine skills. You must rely on mortals, using their hands. But humans and demons are different, and no one would seek help from a demon."

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One by one, the methods were rejected by Ganlan.

Although the ways to obtain merit from his previous life could still work in this life, they were too slow.

Moreover, there are countless competitors, and prestigious sects place great importance on merit. Their disciples must accumulate merit, traveling among mortals to do good deeds.

Sighing, Yang Qifeng realized that although merit exists, obtaining it is extremely difficult.

Many forms of merit cannot be interfered with using divine skills.

For example, healing people. For mortals, no matter what illness they have, whether it's heart disease or cancer, a single pill can make them healthy and like newborns.

But what's the point? You won't earn any merit, and you'll waste precious pills.

If the person you save is of high status, you might interfere with the development of the human path and gain negative karma.

Based on Ganlan's words, Yang Qifeng summarized the reasons.

In essence, there are ways to obtain merit, but they are few and require a lot of time. These methods are not very suitable for Yang Qifeng because of his identity as a demon, which is naturally at odds with humans.

This is due to the conflict between the main characters of the world. For example, after the divine race, the dragon race persecuted and slaughtered the remaining divine race, just as humans now do to demons.

The previous main characters of the world are usually the targets of persecution by the next generation of main characters.

The demon race didn't do any less in the past, ruthlessly killing the demon race.

Humans and demons are at odds, and it's difficult for a demon to obtain human path merit. Any action he takes will be interfered with by others.

Therefore, the hope of obtaining human path merit is slim, and heavenly merit is even more impossible.

This is why Ganlan believes that obtaining merit is more difficult than cultivating the Three Flavored True Fire.

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