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The Reversal System: Only for the Elite at the Mahayana Stage-Chapter 76 – We are merchants
The power of merit had various wonderful uses. It could enhance one's cultivation level, evade inner demons, comprehend the Heavenly Dao, and obscure the Heavenly Secrets, among other things. In the past, it was a mysterious power pursued by many cultivators. However, since the disappearance of the Immortal Ascension Ladder nine thousand years ago, the power of merit had not appeared in the Nine Provinces for the same length of time. No matter how many great deeds people performed for the benefit of all, not a trace of the power of merit would appear. Gradually, the cultivators forgot about the existence of the power of merit.
The force with the most remaining power of merit was the Dream Jiang Dynasty, which was so domineering that it could use bricks of merit to build a golden house for the Red Dust Fairy. However, this was a foolish act by the Dream Jiang Emperor. When he sobered up, he quickly collected the golden bricks and stored them in the national treasury with great care.
The ancestral teachings stated that unless it was a matter of national life and death, these bricks of merit should never be used.
Because the power of merit was scarce, there were few cultivators who could recognize it now. Even the old men in the Divine Transformation stage believed that this power originated from their own divine power, not some heavenly merit.
The Dao Sect's explanation was that all the power of merit was blocked in the Immortal Realm and could not descend. It now seemed that this was not the case at all!
The conditions for the descent of the power of merit had changed!
Killing could earn merit!
No, that's not right. He had killed many people, including Long Sanshui just now, but he hadn't seen any power of merit. There must be some other conditions.
"What is it? Do I have to join this Divine Power Sect, or go through some ceremony, or believe in this Divine Power Venerable who popped up out of nowhere?" Jiang Li pondered and asked the old man.
The old man opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, his body instantly swelled into a round ball, looking like it was about to explode at any moment. Jiang Li, with his quick reflexes, restrained the old man's body, preventing him from exploding. However, he could only do so much and couldn't restore him to his original state, only maintain his spherical shape.
And once he released the restriction, the old man would still explode.
"...A lost curse?" Jiang Li had seen descriptions of curses. As long as certain things were thought of or spoken, punishment would be incurred, such as the self-destruction in front of him.
Nine thousand years had passed, and the Nine Provinces had been developing continuously. New inheritances had appeared, and naturally, old ones had disappeared. Curses were one of them. Some said that those who practiced curses were themselves cursed, having the fate of a lone star of calamity. Therefore, it was normal for the lineage of curses to be passed down in a single line and then disappear.
"Don't spread this matter, and don't get involved!" Jiang Li seriously warned Qin Luan and the others. He knew their characters well and knew they wouldn't spread rumors, but he couldn't help but remind them.
This matter was of great importance.
Jiang Li took the spherical old man and left.
"Bai Hongtu, come out and see if you can unlock this thing." Jiang Li flew to the Dao Sect and called out Bai Hongtu, who was in cultivation. The Eternal Celestial and the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal heard Jiang Li's voice and knew something had happened, so they also appeared beside Jiang Li.
"Unlock what, the restriction? If you unlock it, he'll explode." Bai Hongtu was confused, wondering why he was suddenly called out.
"...Don't you recognize curses?"
"I don't." Bai Hongtu was unapologetic. "I've only seen descriptions of curses. How could I determine that this is one? This is called caution."
"This is indeed a curse, and it's the extremely strict Six Harmonies Seated Refinement Curse. The curses of the Nine Provinces have been lost. Where did you find this person?" The Eternal Celestial, with his extensive knowledge, recognized the curse placed on the old man.
"Can it be solved?"
The Eternal Celestial shook his head: "I can solve ordinary curses, but the conditions for the Six Harmonies Seated Refinement Curse are strict. Apart from the person who placed the curse, no one can solve it."
"What conditions are needed to place a curse?"
"First, the other party must be completely voluntary under the knowledge of the situation, and cannot be threatened with life, family, or tempted with treasures. Second, the person placing the curse must be a whole major realm higher than the person being cursed."
"Who would be so stupid as to voluntarily accept a curse?" Bai Hongtu was curious.
Jiang Li didn't answer. The fewer people who knew about this, the better. "Heavenly Seal, see if this person has any karma with anyone."
"...This person's karma is obscured by some power, and I can't see it clearly. I can only see a rough idea. This person has never left the Heavenly Yuan Dynasty. I can't know any more specifics." The Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal had a strong sense of frustration. Since it had gained spiritual intelligence, the power of karma had only been used to find its master, and what it found was a corpse.
Heavenly Seal, you need to work hard. If you don't cultivate well, you might be thrown into the furnace by Jiang Li one day.
The Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal secretly made up its mind. First, it needed to come up with a method that even spiritual treasures could cultivate. It had been able to self-cultivate before it gained spiritual intelligence, so it had some insights in this area.
Jiang Li knew that it was the power of merit at work, obscuring karma. Even so, the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal could still see a rough idea, which showed that its mastery of the power of karma was quite good.
"Heavenly Yuan Dynasty, got it." Jiang Li didn't say more, flew to a distance, released the old man's restraint, and let him self-destruct.
Don't dirty the Dao Sect.
Jiang Li returned to the Tianji Tower's Da Zhou branch. As soon as he entered, he saw "Jiang People's Emperor in Tianji Tower" displayed in the hall, which shocked him.
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Jiang Li patted Zhou Youfu's shoulder, as if entrusting him with some task. Zhou Youfu had an expression of assurance to complete the task.
Logically speaking, with his Mahayana stage memory, especially for recent events, Jiang Li should remember very clearly. But he still doubted his memory.Upon hearing that Jiang Peoples Emperor had arrived, Zhou Youfu hurriedly went downstairs to greet him. Seeing the other party's fat jiggling as he moved, Jiang Li felt as if he was watching a sow running down the stairs.
This time, Jiang Li didn't give Zhou Youfu a chance to imagine things. He directly pulled him into a secret room: "I'm not here to inspect the Heavenly Machine Tower. I want to buy all the information on the Divine Hidden Sect."
"The Divine Hidden Sect?" Zhou Youfu showed a troubled expression. Asking for information on the Divine Hidden Sect, which even the Heavenly Machine Tower knew little about, and yet claiming not to be here for inspection?
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Zhou Youfu quickly gathered the information on the Divine Hidden Sect and handed it to Jiang Li.
"Is this all?" Jiang Li glanced at the items in the jade pendant, which were pitifully few.
"That's all," Zhou Youfu honestly replied. "We at the Heavenly Machine Tower also don't know much about this suddenly emerged sect."
"When we first learned about this sect, we sent several disciples to investigate. However, they were all drawn into the Divine Hidden Sect and became devout followers. Since then, the Divine Hidden Sect has been on guard against us, knowing that we were investigating them."
"Your disciples all betrayed you, and you didn't think about regaining your ground and thoroughly investigating the Divine Hidden Sect?"
"Jiang Peoples Emperor, you jest. We are merchants. A few disciples merely jumped from one shop to another. How can that be considered betrayal? Besides, without customers spending spirit stones, why should we go out of our way to investigate the Divine Hidden Sect?"