Chapter 120 The Power of Merit
Near the Mingsha coast in the western part of Higashigenju, there are some forces stationed all year round, making a living by hunting sea beasts.
Here, at the beginning and end of each year, there is a super-large sea ship heading to Kaiyuanzhou.
Because there are many sea beasts in the sea, the probability of arriving safely is relatively small.
Based on past experience, there is more than a 50% chance that it will sink halfway.
In a word, taking a ship can be said to be gambling with one's life, especially for the Qi-refining monks who cannot fly. If they encounter such a situation, they are basically dead.
However, even so, there were always a large number of monks on board the ships that set out every year.
Some of them left to avoid their enemies; others, like Gong Ningliu, went to other continents to look for opportunities.
There is a constant flow of communication between the monks of the two continents, and excluding some special cases, the reasons are basically the above two points.
When Su Qingwu arrived here, a ship happened to leave the port.
She had no intention of taking the ship because the speed of the ship was far slower than that of the Golden Core Escape.
She was on this trip to save people, time was tight and there was no room for delay.
After approaching the Mingsha coast, Su Qingwu did not slow down and rushed directly towards the sea.
Wherever he passed, he attracted the attention of countless monks.
Although she had restrained the pressure from her body, one could still roughly estimate her level of cultivation just by judging from her speed.
Jindan cultivators may be seen often in Qianzhi Sect, but they are rarely seen in the outside world.
Most of the looks from the cultivators were filled with awe, while a few were full of envy and longing, hoping that they could be like him one day.
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While speeding along, Su Qingwu kept an eye on the surroundings with his mind at all times to guard against unexpected situations.
In the vast sea, in addition to the eye-catching large ships, there are also a few small boats, like a leaf of duckweed, drifting in the wind.
About half a cup of tea later, shouts and screams came from the front.
Su Qingwu used his spiritual sense to investigate and found that a medium-sized ship was attacked by a large group of sea monsters.
A flag with a pear blossom pattern was hung on the bow of the boat. The monks on the boat were wearing basically the same clothes, and it seemed that they were from the same force.
The besieging sea monsters are mainly level one and level two, and no level three has been discovered yet.
Su Qingwu didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he saw those sea beasts, an idea came to his mind. He did not slow down his escape speed, but waved his sleeves and performed a Vast Sea Wave Technique, attacking the group of sea beasts.
Accompanied by a burst of loud roars, multiple waves piled up and the group of sea monsters besieging the ship were all blown away by the huge waves at this moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Qingwu opened a storage bag, waved his sleeves, rolled up several strands of spiritual power, and put all the sea beasts thrown into the air into the bag.
Because the attack deliberately avoided the ships, the monks on board were not implicated.
These sea beasts have a wide range of uses. Their bones can be used as materials for refining tools, or they can be ground into bone meal and used as fertilizer for spiritual fields.
As for animal meat, it can be used to make spiritual meals.
Su Qingwu plans to collect old spiritual plants in the future, and the spiritual stones he will need will definitely not be insufficient.
It is not difficult to hunt level 1 and 2 sea monsters, and it won’t delay your journey. You can also sell them later and earn an extra source of income.
In just a moment, the first storage bag was full.
Su Qingwu did not stop and continued to rush forward.
Her action just now indirectly rescued the ship below.
There are a hundred monks on the ship, the highest of whom is only in the middle stage of foundation building, and they are from the same family.
The ship was originally besieged by thousands of sea monsters, the hull was severely damaged, the defense was broken, and water was leaking in many places.
Without external help, it was impossible to escape the disaster, and the entire boat was shrouded in the shadow of despair.
Now Su Qingwu took action and easily resolved the crisis.
After she sped away, many monks ran to the deck, knelt on their knees, and kowtowed in the direction she left to express their gratitude.
Regardless of what their benefactors thought, for them, this action, to some extent, changed the tragic fate they might have otherwise faced.
For a while, the monks on the ship began to work together to repair the damaged parts of the hull and rearrange the defense formation...
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On the other side, after Su Qingwu ran for a while, he suddenly felt something in his heart. He felt a trace of invisible and intangible power of merit surrounding his body.
She was quite surprised, and thinking of her previous behavior, she immediately sent a telepathic message to Su Wen and mentioned the matter.
"Can saving people indirectly earn merit?"
When Su Wen heard the voice transmission, he was stunned for a moment.
After reacting, consider your response.
"I have never encountered such a thing before. The power of merit has always been illusory. Can you sense it, Qingwu?"
"Yes, although it is not strong, I can sense that this power does exist."
"No matter what, it is a good thing to have the power of merit. As for saving people to gain merit, this should not be absolute. Otherwise, the current world of immortal cultivation would not be such a jungle environment."
The power of merit is helpful not only in cultivation, but also in warding off disasters.
Just imagine, if you could gain this kind of power every time you saved someone, then there wouldn't be so much killing in the world of immortal cultivation, and helping others would be seen everywhere.
After some discussion, the two of them could not find the root cause.
Su Qingwu turned his thoughts to Xuanqing and asked about the situation.
The answer is that whether or not one can obtain the power of merit is closely related to the person being saved.
If everyone has good intentions, knows how to be grateful, and is sincere enough, then the rescuer will have a certain chance of receiving merit as a reward.
However, the probability of this happening is extremely low. According to Xuan Qing, it is less than one percent.
In fact, the existence of the power of merit, in a sense, can be regarded as a kind of balance in the way of heaven.
In this world, there are always a few kind-hearted people who are not affected by the environment. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, if one can cultivate himself but has a pure heart, it is actually very difficult for him to embark on the path of ascension.
This type of people, because they do a lot of good deeds, tend to gain merit more easily.
When someone is trying to harm you, this power will appear in time to save your life.
After his doubts were answered, Su Qingwu stopped dwelling on the matter.
She would not save people deliberately just to gain the power of merit which has a very low probability of happening. From now on, she would just do what she wants.
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After speeding on for about half an incense stick of time, Su Qingwu saw a small boat carrying some magic cultivators.
The reason why he recognized the identity at a glance was that the entire ship was made of skeletons and was filled with a heavy aura of resentment and evil.
Everyone standing on the deck was wearing a demon mask.
Although it is a small boat, there is a Jindan demon cultivator on board, whose strength should not be underestimated.
The sea beasts that tried to approach were killed instantly, but not a trace of blood was seen.
Su Qingwu saw clearly that the person who made the move had a blood-red jade ruler about ten inches long flying out from his sleeve and sinking into the sea.
After the sea monster was killed, the jade ruler flew out and the blood color became even darker.
She only glanced at it, then looked away and continued to fly forward.
Whenever they encounter a group of sea beasts along the way, they will take action directly if the timing is right and put the sea beasts into the empty storage bags.
Just like this, half a day later, we finally arrived at Kaiyuan Island.
By that time, the sea monsters that Su Qingwu had killed had filled ten storage bags.
Gong Ningliu's soul lamp remained intact, without cracking, and the light did not return to normal...