Chapter 64

Lin Haoming made up his mind and unsealed the first layer of the third merit bead.

Watching the nine small light points in the center of the merit bead converge toward the third one.

The moment a golden thread appeared on the third merit bead, Lin Haoming felt something new in his mind, and a smile of pleasant surprise spread across his lips.

A spatial bead! The third merit bead turned out to be a spatial bead, which filled Lin Haoming with indescribable excitement.

The merit bead was no ordinary treasure, and as a spatial bead, it was certainly not of inferior quality.

At this moment, the spatial bead, with its first layer unsealed, had a space of only about ten feet square, similar in size to a low-grade storage bag. However, unlike a low-grade storage bag, this spatial bead could overlap spaces, meaning that even a storage bag could be placed inside without the need to carry it.

As a result, the true capacity of the ten-foot-square spatial bead reached a terrifying level. The only drawback was that to retrieve items from a storage bag placed inside the spatial bead, one had to first take the storage bag out of the spatial bead. Even so, Lin Haoming felt he had gained a lot, as having such a storage treasure, he could place his spirit stones inside, and who would know?

When the three sects' nine hundred disciples entered, the elders did not check everyone's storage bags one by one but used a spirit beast called a Spirit-Seeking Beast to detect whether there were spirit stones in the storage bags. Lin Haoming did not believe that the Spirit-Seeking Beast could find the spirit stones inside the merit bead.

"You're really something, being able to use the Soul-Soothing Spell directly. I increasingly believe that you must be the reincarnation of an ancient virtuous sage. Go back and tell your master; she will be very happy!" Fayuan's voice reached Lin Haoming's ears as he was still thinking about stealing the spirit stones.

Lin Haoming looked at the little monk and asked, "Are you feeling better?"

"How could I be? I've only recovered halfway. That damned old hag was really ruthless, even grinding away the protective divine light my master left for me to defend myself!" Fayuan said dejectedly.

Thinking about the power of that sword, Lin Haoming also felt that it was indeed too much for a Qi Cultivation practitioner to handle. There must have been some hidden reason.

"Never let me see her again, or I'll definitely send her to the afterlife!" Fayuan said angrily.

Lin Haoming was somewhat impressed by that woman, who struck ruthlessly at the first opportunity, even disregarding the lives of her own people, and fled immediately when she realized she was at a disadvantage, showing both cruelty and cunning.

"Since that's the case, do you want to rest a bit more?" Lin Haoming suggested.

Fayuan shook his bald head directly and said, "It's no use. My injuries will take at least a month of rest to fully recover. But even so, as long as I don't use my final transformation, I can still handle most opponents easily, and I'm not without my cursed talisman treasures either!"

Lin Haoming realized that when Fayuan didn't call himself a poor monk, he was actually quite similar to a regular teenager, just a bit more spontaneous, and even felt that this little monk was more like a disciple of a demonic sect, acting according to his own preferences without any distinction between good and evil.

"By the way, can you trust this senior brother beside you?" the little monk asked, as he was now injured and had some concerns.

"Wang Senior Brother is also Uncle Xie's person, and he can be trusted!" Lin Haoming affirmed.

"Is that so? That's good!" Fayuan said, and did not say anything more.

Wang Chen, seeing Lin Haoming's explanation, also breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the other party might turn on him.

"What do we do next?" Lin Haoming asked.

"Let's look around. I came here mainly to collect merit!" Fayuan sighed, clearly feeling a bit disheartened due to his injuries.

Lin Haoming was also impressed by his method of collecting merit and thought for a moment before saying, "Fayuan, as a monk, shouldn't you be compassionate?"

"Compassion? If it weren't for the damn blood oath that forced my master to become a monk, who would willingly enter the monastic life?" Fayuan said disdainfully.

Lin Haoming was somewhat surprised. The legendary first female cultivator of the Buddhist sect, Nianxin Shenini, was actually unwilling to be a nun, which was truly unexpected.

Of course, Lin Haoming would not investigate the true thoughts of that nun, but he understood that at least with Fayuan's attitude, he was completely different from ordinary Buddhist disciples.

In fact, even other Buddhist disciples did not have the compassion that Lin Haoming imagined monks should have. In this cultivation world, the Buddhist sect was merely a leisure sect, only superficially claiming to be a righteous sect.

"Which way should we go next?" Wang Chen asked.

Facing Lin Haoming and Fayuan, he was now willing to be a follower.

Fayuan was about to speak when he suddenly changed his expression and stared at the ground nearby, which had cracked after two talisman attacks. "Who can strike that spot?"

Lin Haoming and Wang Chen looked at each other and then Lin Haoming summoned the Five Elements Sword.

He pointed at three of the flying swords, which quickly gathered and transformed into a giant sword nearly ten feet long.

With Lin Haoming's urging, the flying sword directly struck the center of the cracked ground.

A loud "Boom!" echoed.

At the same moment Lin Haoming's sword struck, the entire cracked ground collapsed, revealing a cave opening about three to four feet wide. A scorching heat also rushed out from the cave, and the three immediately activated their protective spirit energy, still feeling the intense heat.

"Sure enough, it's a lava pit!" Wang Chen looked at the cave opening and sighed.

At this moment, Fayuan exclaimed in surprise, "Fire Fusion Crystal, there's actually Fire Fusion Crystal down there!"

Lin Haoming had also heard of Fire Fusion Crystal, a good material for fire attribute magical treasures. The sect's merit exchange book recorded that even a small piece of this could exchange for a lot of sect contributions.

Of course, anyone with this treasure would be a fool to exchange it for contributions, as they would not have enough for themselves.

Lin Haoming and Wang Chen carefully looked down and saw an underground lava lake. The Fire Fusion Crystal was suspended not far above the lava lake, looking like a stalactite that had once hung into the lava lake. It was unclear whether it had been transformed into Fire Fusion Crystal after countless years.

The thing was definitely a good treasure, but it was not easy to obtain.

Fayuan was the first to jump down the cave opening, flying toward the Fire Fusion Crystal. But halfway through, he suddenly turned around and immediately ran back.

After jumping out of the cave, he kept slapping his hands and shouting, "It's burning me! The underground fire is unexpectedly fierce! If I weren't injured, I might have been able to hold on, but now I'm almost cooked!"