Villain: Who said I came here to break off the engagement?

The stronger the will, the stronger the luck.

In other words, the more believers there are, the stronger the luck of the believers.

There is luck in the world, and there is national luck in the country.

The rise and fall of a country is also closely related to its luck.

When the national luck is strong, peace will naturally come to the country.

On the contrary, when the national luck is weak, it may lead to famine and foreign invasion.

The luck of a country is related to its people, to the ministers who decide life and death in the court, and even more to the emperor.

If the emperor is wise, governs the country in a proper way, and governs his subordinates in a proper way, and everyone praises him, then the luck of the country will become stronger and stronger.

But if the king who ascends the throne is a tyrant, or even uses treacherous ministers, colludes with them, and makes the country a mess, then the luck of the country will gradually weaken.

Once the luck weakens, refugees and bandits will rise up in various places and form a rebel army, and the country will not be far from being destroyed.

So luck is everywhere, but ordinary people cannot understand it in a traditional way because it is too illusory.

Zhu Sheng's smile faded, and he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you want to collect wishes and accumulate luck?"

Li Guanhai immediately replied, "Break the void and ascend to the fairyland as soon as possible."

If anyone else in the world said this, Zhu Sheng would just laugh it off and ignore it.

But this arrogant word came from the mouth of the young man in front of him, and for some reason, it actually gave people a strong sense of conviction.

Zhu Sheng said, "After the first holy war when the world was first created, the way of heaven collapsed, the universe was incomplete, and the way to heaven was completely cut off."

"For countless years, how many people have been struggling to pursue that illusory road, but all failed. Do you know?"

Li Guanhai nodded, "I know, but someone has to take that step."

He was thinking in his heart: No, Senior Zhu, you are wrong. My ancestor has already broken the void and ascended to the fairyland, but the world doesn't know it.

Zhu Sheng laughed loudly upon hearing this. It was not a mocking laugh, but a hearty laugh full of interest.

Saint Xuan Jing had never seen the Great Elder laugh like this.

"Okay!" Zhu Sheng slapped his thigh, stood up, patted Li Guanhai on the shoulder and said, "Since you have such a grand ambition to swallow up the world, I can't hold you back. Come on, follow me to the Merit Temple."

Lu Xuan Jing was full of surprise.

The Merit Temple does not worship the sky, the earth, the gods and Buddhas, or the ancient sages. It only worships the treasure passed down from generation to generation in the Earth Emperor Palace - the Merit Golden Lotus.

"The Great Elder... actually agreed?"

She wanted to ask the other elders for their opinions, but after thinking about it, she didn't speak.

Cut the Gordian knot directly. By then, even if the elders were unwilling, it would be too late.

The three of them turned into divine rainbows, dragging long tails of light, and came to the outside of the Merit Temple deep in the Earth Emperor Palace.

Zhu Sheng stood in front of the temple gate for a long time, and slowly said: "The Merit Golden Lotus is a sacred object that has been worshipped by my Dihuang Palace for generations. It is pure and clean. You must not have negative thoughts after you enter, otherwise you will be expelled."

Li Guanhai suddenly felt guilty. His demonic energy was overwhelming. The Merit Golden Lotus had the effect of purifying everything. Would it purify himself as well?

Although he was nervous in his heart, he was as steady as an old dog on the surface. He nodded and said: "Junior remember it."

Zhu Sheng pushed open the temple door, and the three of them stepped over the threshold and walked in.

The temple was pitch black, as if shrouded in a layer of fog. Li Guanhai's eyes were red, and he could only barely see the scenery within a five-foot range centered on himself.

At this time, Zhu Sheng's low and gentle voice came from beside him: "This is the first level, seeing the nature and clearing the mind. Whether you can see the Merit Golden Lotus and accept its test depends on your own luck."

Zhu Sheng's voice gradually drifted away until it disappeared completely.

Li Guanhai's eyebrows flickered with light, and the slander of the God of Heaven spread out. All he could sense was endless fog, and even the temple door behind him disappeared.

"Interesting, the Golden Lotus of Merit is worthy of being the treasure worshipped by the predecessors of the Earth Emperor Temple in the past dynasties. It is so difficult to even see it once."

Seeing the nature and understanding the mind, this seems to be the high realm of enlightenment in the Zen Buddhism, where words are cut off and the mind is extinguished.

Thinking about it carefully, Buddhism spreads its teachings all over the world, and cultivation and creation rely on incense offerings, which is somewhat similar to the collection of vows in the Earth Emperor Temple.

Could it be that this Golden Lotus of Merit is related to Buddhism?

Li Guanhai shook his head and threw away the messy thoughts in his head. He thought that it was useless to just stand there, so he moved his legs and walked forward without identifying the direction.

There was pitch-black fog all around, and there was nothing else. Lu Xuanjing and Zhu Sheng had already gone somewhere.

After walking for a long time, nothing changed.

Li Guanhai stopped and looked around, somewhat at a loss.

This is not a secret realm, nor an illusion, but a world of the heart created by the power of the Golden Lotus of Merit.

Wait, the world of the heart?

Li Guanhai's mind seemed to be struck by lightning, and he suddenly understood something. This feeling was illusory and difficult to describe in words.

He sat on the ground and lowered his head to think.

I still remember that in the Journey to the West that I read in my previous life to cope with the exam, there was such an impressive plot, which was a conversation between Sun Wukong and Tang Xuanzang.

Li Guanhai could not remember the details, but a sentence said by Sun Wukong left a deep impression on him.

As long as the mind is solitary and clear, the mind is clear in all realms, but as long as you are sincere, the thunder sound is only under your feet.

At that time, he thought this sentence was very profound, so he memorized it, but he was just parroting, reciting it verbatim, and did not understand the deep meaning.

But in this situation, when he thought of the words he had memorized by rote, Li Guanhai actually felt like the clouds had cleared and the sun had risen.

Brother Monkey, I understand!

He jumped up, closed his eyes, cleared his mind, relaxed his body, forgot all sense of direction, and forgot his own existence.

At this moment, Li Guanhai was like a duckweed floating between heaven and earth, with nowhere to go, but nowhere to go.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhu Sheng’s laughter came from behind: "Okay, you passed the first level."

Li Guanhai opened his eyes and saw a dark red. He took two steps back and saw that it was a red painted stone pillar.

Turning around, he found Zhu Sheng smiling and stroking his beard, looking at him with satisfaction. That look was very much like a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he was.

Lu Xuanjing’s cold and beautiful eyes could not hide her surprise. Obviously, she didn’t expect him to pass this level.

He was obviously a shameless and lustful big devil, why could he pass the level of seeing the nature and the heart?

Li Guanhai looked past the two people and looked at the golden lotus on the jade platform that was emitting golden light.

The first feeling this golden lotus gave people was sacredness, holiness, and majesty.

Li Guanhai could feel that this golden lotus was continuously releasing luck and a strange invisible and intangible power.

The power released was the power of wishes collected from believers all over the world.