Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis

Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis Chapter 19

2022-04-02

Chapter 19 Heavenly Dao Merit System

Seacliff Sect cultivator looked at the fruits of his labor and showed satisfaction on his face expression.

He slightly bowed his hands to the merchants on both sides of the street, and then turned into a blue light, soaring into the sky, and left the work site. Next, he has to rush to the next main road covered with snow to continue his public service work.

Although Yang Lu is not the first time to see the Immortal Technique performance of cultivator, but this kind of miracle like a low-profile version of "Moses opening the sea" still makes him click one's tongue in wonder.

Cultivators helping people clear snow is nothing new in Seacliff City.

Although cultivators have the ability to move mountains and suppressing seas, the existence of Heavenly Dao merit system has made Nine Provinces cultivation world not reduced to weak are prey to the strong jungle arena.

According to the Heavenly Dao Rules of Nine Provinces cultivation world, any behavior that is conducive to social stability will be rewarded by Heavenly Dao, and any behavior that destroys social stability will be punished by Heavenly Dao. Merit is like some kind of hidden attribute in the Earth online game, invisible and intangible, but it does exist.

It is precisely because of this hidden incentive and restraint mechanism that ordinary mortals don't have to worry about violent death when they go out, and the old monsters that have been cultivated for thousands of years will not fall like dumplings. form a game equilibrium.

In Yang Lu's view, if there is no Heavenly Dao restraint, I am afraid that the cultivation civilization would have destroyed itself long ago.

This is not his subjective assumption.

At the height of the Cold War in Earth, less than five countries in the world possessed nuclear weapons, and the launch of nuclear weapons in each country required at least 2-3 national leaders with deep plans and distant thoughts to press at the same time. The nuclear button will take effect. But even so, mankind has almost broken out into a full-scale nuclear war several times.

Looking at the entire Nine Provinces cultivation world, there are tens of millions of Qi Refinement Realm cultivators comparable to humanoid tanks, and hundreds of thousands of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators comparable to humanoid tactical missile launchers. There are Golden Core Realm cultivators comparable to humanoid nuclear warheads, and hundreds of Nascent Soul Realm bosses whose destructive power far exceeds that of hydrogen bombs.

If these cultivators want to activate the Immortal Technique, they only need a slight movement of the Divine Sense, which is much more hasty than the process of launching a nuclear bomb. Its formidable power is so great that it can even change the planet's climate.

It is precisely because merit is very important to a cultivator that if the merit is damaged too much, the cultivator will even degenerate into an irrational devil, so the humanoid nuclear bombs in the cultivation world can form a stable game equilibrium.

The behavior of the Seacliff Sect cultivator cleaning the road just now is the most common daily work of the Nine Provinces cultivator - cultivating merit.

The so-called cultivation of merit can be simply understood as the cultivation version of helping others. But what kind of good deeds to do to get Heavenly Dao merit, there is no accurate statement in the cultivation world.

After all, merit is invisible and intangible, and the cultivators of all dynasties can only continue to explore through the method of "proposing hypotheses-practice testing-correcting hypotheses".

Sweeping snow for the city like Seacliff Sect Disciple can get Heavenly Dao merit; maintaining Nine Provinces cultivation world financial stability like Spirit Stone Reserve Bank can also get Heavenly Dao merit; The cultivator "cut down Monsters, eliminate Demons, and defend the soil side can also get Heavenly Dao merit...

Corresponding to merit, if the cultivator's behavior is denied by Heavenly Dao, the cultivator will also get A kind of "negative merit" - also known as karma.

Random killing and abuse of mortals will lead to karma, malicious attacks on Junior cultivators with a lower cultivation base than your own will lead to karma, destroying social stability will also lead to karma, and even malicious damage to the foundation of people's livelihood Facilities will also incur karma...

It is precisely because of this kind of Karmic Retribution that the cultivator and the mortal world, the high-level cultivator and the low-level cultivator, barely reach the equilibrium of the game , so that the whole society can function normally.

But even so, there is still a serious asymmetry between the status of cultivators and mortals.

After all, when cultivators kill mortals, they only need to deduct merits as the price. As long as they don’t kill people who have suffered a lot, they will not fall into the demonic path because of their karma; but when mortals fight against cultivators, the price they pay is own life.

For cultivators, killing mortals can be regarded as a special consumption behavior. There is only the question of whether it is worth it, not whether it is feasible or not. The passionate killing of cultivators is like the impulsive consumption of Earth people. Not uncommon.

This is why, when Chen Ping proposed to let Yang Lu intervene in the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Yang Lu would be very resistant.

Become the white glove of a cultivator. It looks majestic on the surface, but it is actually dancing on the tip of a knife. If you offend the cultivator behind the hostile Chamber of Commerce, the consequences will not be his trifling what everyone can afford. The opponent can't afford to offend Golden Blade Sect, but killing him as a pawn is no problem!

This is like a life-and-death chess game, you can only play chess obediently and honestly, and your opponent may lose the table at any time, but a little careless chess game is signed to eternal damnation result.

Fortunately, Chen Ping didn't mean to let him die, just let him do what he could, so Yang Lu planned to join the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to see the situation, and then decide the action strategy for the next move.

As Chen Ping said, no matter how bad it is, he can at least hide under the big tree in Qingning Chamber of Commerce to enjoy the shade.

This is countless times more comfortable than a homeless shelter!

In addition, although mortals are in an absolutely disadvantaged position compared to cultivators, Yang Lu is not without room for initiative.

Since he can pass a working paper, he has attracted the attention of the president of Spirit Stone Reserve Bank, and naturally he can also exert his special influence through other channels.

It's just that the Great Immortal Ascension Assembly is about to start in 3 months later, and he doesn't really want to cause too much trouble before that. If the spirit root aptitude can be measured when the time comes, then he can play single force subduing for ten sessions, and there is no need to engage in these twists and turns.

Along the clean and refreshing streets, Yang Lu led Murong to the destination of the trip, the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

Yang Lu has only been to the homeless shelter run by the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the civilian area, and has not been to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters in the wealthy area, but fortunately, it is a matter of recognizing the way. Murong, who was born as a newsboy, can't be beaten.

Under the guidance of the newspaper girl, they quickly figured out the way forward.

Seacliff City has a radius of more than ten miles. According to the standards of Middle Ancient era, this is definitely a world-class super metropolis, but Yang Lu has long seen through observation that Seacliff City is actually a medium-sized ancient city. modern city.

The existence of the Spiritual Qi array and the immortal cultivator makes the productivity of the cultivation world roughly equivalent to that of the early industrial revolution era. If you compare London and Paris in the 18th century, Seacliff City is the largest commercial port in the eastern part of Central Plains. The size of the city is not exaggerated.

Although Seacliff City is quite large, the wealthy are relatively crowded. With the main mansion of Seacliff City as the center, the Seacliff Pavilion and several large Chamber of Commerce are lined up along the ring according to their status.

Qingning Chamber of Commerce, as an emerging force that has just intervened in Seacliff City in recent years, its headquarters can only be built at the junction of the wealthy area and the civilian area, but the straight-line distance from Seacliff Pavilion is not too much. far, completely accessible on foot.

Because the Seacliff Sect grassroots cultivator has just finished clearing the snow on the road, most of the businesses on the left and right sides are still closed, and the whole city has not fully recovered its original liveliness.

Walking on the slightly empty street, Yang Lu suddenly noticed something was wrong. He always felt that someone was quietly following him at a distance of about twenty or thirty meters behind him.

(end of this chapter)