Chapter 33

Killing the second iron-armored tapir demonstrated his innate talent. Luo Li pretended to cultivate for a while, but he didn't stop. He began to prepare to kill the third one.

However, he didn't want to kill this iron-armored tapir the same way as before. He wanted to do it his own way.

He approached the iron-armored tapir, suddenly struck out, and with his left hand, he grabbed the tapir's tail. Like a venomous snake caught by its vital point, the tapir's tail became motionless and hung down.

The iron-armored tapir was tightly bound, but its tail, which could not be restrained, was the only part that could attack enemies. So it could only let Luo Li stroke it.

Luo Li touched the iron-armored tapir with his right hand and silently recited a scripture:

"Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, life will eventually die, the spirit will eventually perish, all things will eventually vanish. No matter how glorious, they are but a handful of yellow earth, a handful of ashes! A hundred years of life, like a dream, how can there be eternal immortality? In the twilight of the world, the terror is heard, but it is just a moment in time..."

This was one of the seventy-nine auxiliary secret techniques of the Seven Kill Sect, the Rebirth Spell, used to guide the souls of the dying. This Rebirth Spell was not only possessed by the Seven Kill Sect but was also widely spread among the people.

Those watching from a distance couldn't help but say:

"What is this kid doing?"

"Yeah, yeah, what is he doing?"

"That's the Rebirth Spell, he's guiding the souls of those iron-armored tapirs."

"Is he crazy? Guiding the souls of iron-armored tapirs, what a joke?"

"Yeah, yeah, what is he trying to do?"

This spell, recited at a peculiar frequency, had a magical power to soothe and calm the soul. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so widely spread. This power wasn't just for humans; the iron-armored tapir, being a spirit beast, also had intelligence, equivalent to that of a six- or seven-year-old human, and it could feel it.

As Luo Li slowly recited the spell, the iron-armored tapir he was stroking began to gradually relax. In fact, besides the effectiveness of the scripture, Luo Li's right hand's stroking was also crucial. As he stroked, his true qi seeped in, like a hypnotic effect, gradually separating the tapir's brain from its body's control.

With Luo Li's recitation, the iron-armored tapir gradually relaxed, its scales began to loosen, and its weak point gradually exposed.

Luo Li released the tail with his left hand, held the three-edged bone-breaking knife, and with a sudden burst of strength from his right hand, his true qi shook, severing the tapir's brain's control over its body. Then the three-edged bone-breaking knife stabbed in!

Fast, accurate, and ruthless, as the true qi severed the connection, it pierced through the tapir's vital point! The intense pain was blocked from the tapir's brain by Luo Li, and it felt no pain at all.

One strike, and it was dead. Luo Li continued to recite the scripture slowly:

"Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, life will eventually die, the spirit will eventually perish, all things will eventually vanish. No matter how glorious, they are but a handful of yellow earth, a handful of ashes! A hundred years of life, like a dream, how can there be eternal immortality? In the twilight of the world, the terror is heard, but it is just a moment in time..."

In the sound of the recitation, although the iron-armored tapir couldn't understand the meaning, it could feel the tranquility and then died peacefully.

Without a single struggle, it died, and everyone was stunned. What was this?

"Isn't this kid crazy? Guiding the souls of iron-armored tapirs, what is he doing!"

"This kid is not an ordinary one! Too powerful, too powerful, I've never seen such a ruthless person!"

"Genius, a genius!"

As they discussed, Luo Li was amazed. The iron-armored tapir died peacefully, and Luo Li actually received a full merit point!

A full merit point, which would normally require doing thirty to forty good deeds to accumulate, he had received just like that.

Moreover, it came from the iron-armored tapir, a spirit beast that could provide merit points. The last iron-armored tapir Luo Li killed had endless gratitude and thanks for him. They had intelligence equivalent to that of a seven- or eight-year-old human, and they knew their final fate. This peaceful death was a form of happiness for them.

When living beings were emotionally agitated, whether happy or angry, they would unconsciously emit a kind of energy. Luo Li's ability was to absorb this energy for his own use.

However, Luo Li could only absorb the energy emitted due to gratitude. Only when the helped ones were truly grateful and emotionally moved would Luo Li absorb their energy, converting it into his own strength. Therefore, Luo Li named it "merit point."

Luo Li was amazed. The merit point he received this time was extremely pure, as spirit beasts had no selfish thoughts, and their gratitude was pure. The last gratitude of the iron-armored tapir before death was the purest.

This was why Luo Li could kill the iron-armored tapir, but other spirit beasts with lower intelligence would not benefit from the recitation, yielding no results.

Originally, Luo Li only intended to kill two or three, but with such a good opportunity, he wouldn't stop. He put down the iron-armored tapir and began to stroke the next one.

The iron-armored tapir initially struggled fiercely, but with its body bound, it could only be controlled by Luo Li. As Luo Li recited the spell, it gradually relaxed, then its brain control was severed, and it was stabbed to death!

One, two, three... In a short time, besides the seven killed by Old Sha, the nine remaining were all killed peacefully by Luo Li. Luo Li gained nine merit points, recovering all the merit points he had previously consumed.

Luo Li stopped, put away the three-edged bone-breaking knife, and looked at Yong Chuan, saying, "Senior Brother, all the pigs are dead. Is there anything else to do?"

Yong Chuan looked at him for a long time and then said, "Can this method of killing pigs be taught to others?"

Luo Li said, "Yes! Whoever wants to learn, I will teach them."

The Rebirth Spell was not a secret technique. Anyone who learned it could master it.

Yong Chuan nodded and said, "Good, you have exceeded my expectations. You are kind to the pigs that are about to die, and you don't keep the secret technique to yourself. You have changed my view of the Luo family!"

In the subsequent conversation, Yong Chuan was no longer so cold. As Old Sha had said, this person was very upright, and he gradually changed his view of Luo Li.

Luo Li clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Yong Chuan said, "That's enough for today. Go back and rest. Take a day off tomorrow and come back the day after."

Luo Li had killed so many iron-armored tapirs and completed the task, so Yong Chuan gave him a day off to rest.

In fact, Yong Chuan hadn't noticed that he no longer treated Luo Li like a child but as a fellow disciple.

Luo Li nodded and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother! I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll help the other senior brothers!"

Luo Li didn't leave but started to do good deeds everywhere, helping this one and that one, being enthusiastic and kind. This way, he could accumulate merit points and quickly familiarize himself with the dormitory, looking for ways to make money.

Luo Li helped everyone, and those he helped were constantly grateful to him!

"Thank you, Junior Brother!"

"Junior Brother is such a good person!"

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

Of course, some were genuinely grateful, while others just went through the motions. Soon, the day's work was over, and everyone returned to their residences to cultivate.

After dinner, Luo Li cultivated in the dormitory, breathing in and out, in and out, in and out, out, in, in, out, in...

After a long time, Luo Li couldn't help but curse:

"Breathing for so long, I only accumulated three breaths of true qi. It's too painful!"

Although it was a third-class dormitory, the spiritual energy content was too low. Luo Li had to take out a spirit stone and start absorbing the spiritual energy from it.

Holding the spirit stone in his hand, as Luo Li cultivated, the spiritual energy slowly flowed out and entered his body. Immediately, it felt completely different. The sensation of absorbing spiritual energy was so pleasant, and in his dantian, one after another, qi vortices formed.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Ten breaths, twenty breaths, thirty breaths...

One hundred breaths...

No wonder spirit stones were so valuable. They were indeed good things, greatly increasing his cultivation speed. Otherwise, relying on the dormitory, he would be exhausted!

However, when he reached one hundred breaths, Luo Li discovered a problem. The spiritual energy in the spirit stone contained impurities, which had to be refined during absorption.

Refining them simultaneously caused damage to his body. His body had not yet reached the strength to ignore these impurities, and it was also a waste. He could only absorb one-tenth of the spiritual energy provided by the spirit stone, and the rest was wasted!

In addition to this waste, four-tenths of the absorbed spiritual energy would gradually disappear over time. His three-element spirit root had such an absorption capacity.

After six hours, Luo Li shook his head. He couldn't continue and had to stop. In the end, he had gained 137 breaths of true qi, bringing his total to 502 breaths.

137 breaths were not as much as eating roasted meat, but they were not insignificant. Ordinary cultivators like Xuan Shui and Hanzǐ could only increase their spiritual energy by twenty to thirty breaths a day by absorbing spirit stones. Even Gao Peng, with a two-element spirit root, could only increase by sixty to seventy breaths.

The reason Luo Li could far surpass them was, first, the cultivation technique he practiced. It wasn't just the secret technique of the Lingdie Sect but also the secret technique of the Tianxingjian Sect, which emphasized accumulation and reducing waste.

Additionally, Luo Li's body, stimulated by the Longevity Poison for years and adjusted by his father's refinement, had all its potential fully developed. Therefore, he could more easily endure the stone poison in the spirit stone, making him far superior to others.

However, this advantage would gradually diminish as his realm improved and others' bodies evolved.

Looking at the spirit stone in his hand, whose spiritual energy had slightly weakened, Luo Li couldn't help but frown. Eating, cultivating, everything was tied to spirit stones. He gradually realized the importance of spirit stones. It seemed that to do well in the cultivation world and obtain the divine legacy of the Shenwei Sect, the first thing he needed to do was earn spirit stones!

With spirit stones, everything was possible!

Without spirit stones, every step was difficult!