The power of merit
The crisis facing the Feng Group came quickly and fiercely.
In just three days, more than five key partners unilaterally announced the termination of their cooperation for various absurd reasons.
For a time, panic gripped the entire group, both inside and outside.
The stock price plummeted, and various rumors about the "Feng Group's impending collapse" spread like wildfire.
Looking at the negative information that was compiled into the president's office every day, Yu Jinli felt like she was going bald.
She now deeply understands what it means to be a tall tree that catches the wind.
She used to be self-employed. Although she was poor, her worries were simple: just the rent and utility bills for the next month.
Now that I'm a partner, I have to worry about huge projects worth hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan every day.
This pressure made this little money-lover feel somewhat overwhelmed.
What troubled her even more was the enemy's invisible and intangible attack methods.
Assistant Wang's investigation report came out very quickly.
The report shows that all the problematic partners had, without exception, been in contact with the mysterious woman named Hong Fu before making their unusual decisions.
Each of them had an extra, seemingly ordinary, scented clasp.
“I had it tested by a professional agency.” Feng Jinxuan pointed to the high-resolution photo of the aromatherapy clasp on the report, his voice icy. “It contains some rare plant extracts that can affect the central nervous system. However, the dosage is very small, far from enough to control a person’s thoughts.”
"So, this thing is mainly an attack on a metaphysical level."
Yu Jinli nodded, her expression serious.
She knew that the so-called "calming aromatherapy" was just a smokescreen.
Its true function is to act as a "medium," a "coordinate," to precisely project the malevolent "misfortune" of the Shadow Devouring Sect onto the target.
This method is more terrifying and harder to defend against than direct physical attacks.
"What did the expert say?" Yu Jinli thought of their "off-field guidance".
“He said that this ‘emotional poison’ is Elder Ghost Hand’s unique skill.” Feng Jinxuan’s expression was somewhat grim. “This technique is unsolvable unless… the caster can be found, or a more powerful ‘positive energy’ can be used to forcibly purify it.”
Find the elusive Hong Fu? Easier said than done.
That leaves only... the second option.
A more powerful "positive energy"?
Yu Jinli fell into deep thought.
Her own lucky charm, though pure, was limited in quantity. It was barely enough to protect Feng Jinxuan alone, let alone cover so many targets at the same time.
What could be purer and more powerful than "good luck" as "positive energy"?
Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in her mind.
She remembered the reply Gu Yanzhi had given her on the metaphysics forum.
Your physical constitution can be replenished by the power of good deeds. Good deeds refer to helping others.
Merit!
Yes! And there's merit involved!
If we say that "good luck" is a random, rare resource that cannot be sought after.
Therefore, merit is a higher level of energy that can be created and accumulated through subjective initiative!
"Boss! I've got an idea!" Yu Jinli slapped his thigh and jumped up excitedly from the sofa.
Feng Jinxuan was startled by her. He looked up and stared at her with a look that seemed to say, "What's wrong with you now?"
"APP!" Yu Jinli's eyes lit up like two 1000-watt light bulbs. "Our 'Koi is Here' APP!"
Like Columbus discovering a new continent, she rushed up to Feng Jinxuan, gesturing wildly as she began to explain her "genius" plan.
"Look, our app now has millions of registered users, right?"
“These people pray for good luck, wealth, and marriage every day. Their ‘wish power’ is itself a kind of energy.”
Why don't we turn the tables and guide them to create energy?
Feng Jinxuan frowned slightly, seemingly not keeping up with her leaping thoughts.
“What I mean is,” Yu Jinli tried to make his language sound more like a serious CEO, “we can launch a charity campaign on the app called ‘Do a good deed every day, generate electricity for love’!”
"We post some simple tasks, such as 'giving a bottle of water to a hardworking sanitation worker,' 'picking up litter,' and 'giving up your seat to an elderly person on the bus'..."
"After completing the task, users will take a photo and upload it. Once approved, they will receive 'merit points' as a reward. These points can be used to redeem various virtual or physical 'lucky' items in our 'merit mall'!"
She became more and more excited as she spoke, as if she could already see her bright future on the cover of Time magazine.
"In this way, we can not only increase user stickiness and social reputation of the APP, but also... hehe, by the way, collect a massive amount of the purest 'merit power'!"
"Then, I'll use this 'power of merit' to make 'merit amulets' and give them to those big shots who have been cursed. I refuse to believe that the 'golden light of merit' gathered from the goodwill of our millions of users can't purify her little bit of 'misfortune incense'?"
Feng Jinxuan listened quietly to her wildly imaginative plan.
He neither immediately confirmed nor denied it.
He simply stared at the girl in front of him, her cheeks flushed with excitement and her eyes sparkling with starlight, and remained silent for a long time.
Then, he slowly curled the corners of his lips into a smile.
"This month's bonus," he said calmly, with a hint of barely perceptible amusement, "will be doubled."
Yu Jinli's plan, thanks to the Feng Group's strong execution capabilities, became a reality in the shortest possible time.
The "Do One Good Deed a Day" campaign quickly went viral online due to its novel format and charitable nature.
Countless users began to spontaneously participate in this craze of "accumulating merit".
Yu Jinli's happiest moment each day is logging into the app's backend.
Watching the progress bar representing the "Pool of Merit" rise steadily amidst the converging, golden sea of benevolent thoughts, I realized it was steadily increasing.
She could clearly feel a warm and powerful force flowing into her body through that small app.
She felt that she was no longer the little lucky koi fish that could only passively accept her fate.
She seems to have... really, actually, gained a little bit of the power to contend with this world.
That evening, under Gu Yanzhi's remote video guidance, Yu Jinli successfully created her first amulet, which contained a magnificent "golden light of merit".
It was a koi carp pendant carved from the most ordinary peach wood.
But at this moment, it radiates a soft, warm golden light that is enough to purify all gloom.
"It's a success!" Yu Jinli held the still-glowing amulet, so excited she almost cried.
Gu Yanzhi, on the other end of the video call, also showed a relieved smile.
"I knew you could do it."
Yu Jinli held the amulet, turning it over and over to examine it, clearly delighted with it.
This is her first "work"!
I just don't know how effective it will be.
She was looking for something to test the power of the amulet.
The bedroom door was then pushed open.
Feng Jinxuan, carrying a bowl of dark, medicinal-smelling Chinese medicine, walked towards her expressionlessly.
Yu Jinli's face instantly fell.
Here we go again, with that indescribable "life-saving soup".
She looked at the bowl of Chinese medicine in the man's hand, which was still emitting black smoke and filled with "negative energy," and then at the golden amulet in her own hand, which was filled with "positive energy."
A bold idea suddenly popped into her mind.
As the saying goes, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
Why not take advantage of these "experimental materials" that have been delivered to our door!
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