The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 19 Heaven's Way Merit System
The monks sent by Haiya inspected the fruits of their labor, with a satisfied expression on their faces.

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

Although it was not the first time for Yang Lu to see a cultivator's celestial art performance, he was still amazed by this miracle, which was like a low-profile version of "Moses opening the sea".

Cultivators helping the common people clean up the snow are nothing new in Haiya City.

Although all cultivators have the ability to move mountains and fill seas, the existence of the Heavenly Dao merit system has prevented the Kyushu cultivation world from being reduced to a jungle arena where the weak prey on the strong.

According to the rules of the Dao of Heaven in the Kyushu Cultivation World, any behavior that is conducive to social stability will be rewarded by the Dao of Heaven, and any behavior that undermines social stability will be punished by the Dao of Heaven.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 people don't have to worry about dying when they go out, and old monsters who have practiced for thousands of years will not fall like dumplings, and a game balance can be formed among the strong.

From Yang Lu's point of view, if there were no restraint from the law of heaven, the civilization of comprehension would have destroyed itself long ago.

This is not his subjective assumption.

At the peak of the Cold War on Earth, fewer than five countries in the world possessed nuclear weapons, and the launch of nuclear weapons in each country requires at least 2-3 far-sighted national leaders to press the nuclear button at the same time to officially take effect.But even so, human beings still almost broke out in an all-out nuclear war several times.

Looking at the entire Kyushu cultivation world, there are tens of millions of monks in the Qi refining stage who are comparable to human-shaped tanks, hundreds of thousands of monks in the Foundation-building stage who are comparable to human-shaped tactical missile launchers, and tens of thousands of monks in the Golden Core stage who are comparable to human-shaped nuclear warheads. There are monks, and hundreds of Nascent Soul stage monsters whose destructive power far exceeds that of hydrogen bombs.

These masters of comprehension want to activate the celestial arts, all they need is a slight movement of their spiritual thoughts, which is much more sloppy than the process of launching a nuclear bomb, and its power is so powerful that it can even change the climate of the planet.

It is precisely because merit is very important to a cultivator, too much loss of merit will even degenerate the cultivator into an irrational monster, and the human-shaped nuclear bombs in the realm of comprehension can form a stable game balance.

And the act of Haiya sending monks to clean the road just now is the most common daily work of cultivators in Kyushu - cultivating merit.

The so-called cultivation of merit can be simply understood as the self-cultivation version of helping others.But what kind of good deeds can be done to obtain the merits of heaven, there is actually no accurate statement in the realm of comprehension.

After all, merit is something invisible and intangible, and practitioners of all ages can only continue to explore through the method of "putting forward hypotheses-practical tests-correcting hypotheses".

Sweeping the snow for the city like the disciples of the Haiya sect can gain the merits of heaven; maintaining the financial stability of the Kyushu cultivation world like the Lingshi Reserve Bank can also obtain the merits of heaven; The side that guards the earth can also obtain the merits of heaven...

Corresponding to merit, if a cultivator's behavior is negated by the Dao of Heaven, then the cultivator will also obtain a kind of "negative merit"—that is, the so-called karma.

Killing and mistreating mortals at will will cause karma, maliciously attacking junior monks with lower cultivation levels will cause karma, disrupting social stability will also cause karma, and even maliciously destroying people's livelihood infrastructure will also cause karma ...

It is precisely because of this kind of karma in the dark that between cultivators and mortals, between high-level cultivators and low-level cultivators, the balance of the game is barely reached, allowing the entire society to function normally.

But even so, there is still a serious unequal status between cultivators and mortals.

After all, when cultivators slaughter mortals, they only need to deduct their merits as the price. As long as they don’t kill people with serious crimes, they won’t fall into the devil’s way due to karma;

For cultivators, massacring mortals can be regarded as a special consumption behavior. There is only a question of whether it is worth it or not. .

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

The white gloves of being a cultivator may look majestic on the surface, but they are actually dancing on the tip of the knife. If he offends the cultivator behind the hostile chamber of commerce, the consequences are beyond what a mere mortal like him can bear.The opponent can't afford to offend Jindaomen, but it's not a problem to kill him, a pawn!

This is like a life-and-death chess game. You can only play honestly, but your opponent may flip the table at any time if you are impatient to lose. If you are not careful in this kind of chess game, it will be the result of eternal doom.

Fortunately, Chen Ping didn't intend to let him die, but just let him do what he can, so Yang Lu planned to join the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to see the situation first, and then decide on the next action strategy.

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

This is countless times more comfortable than a homeless shelter!
Furthermore, although mortals are in an absolutely weak position compared to cultivators, Yang Lu is not without room for initiative.

Since he was able to pass a working paper and attract the attention of the president of Lingshi Reserve Bank, he can naturally exert his special influence through other channels.

It's just that the Immortal Ascension Conference is about to start in three months, and he himself doesn't want to cause too many troubles before then.If he could test out his spiritual root aptitude at that time, then he could play a game of reducing ten times with one force, and there was no need to engage in these twists and turns.

Along the clean and refreshing streets, Yang Lu led Murong straight 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 never been to the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the wealthy area.

Under the guidance of the newspaper girl, they quickly found the right direction.

Sea Cliff City has a radius of more than ten miles. According to the standards of the Middle Ages, this is definitely a world-class super metropolis. However, Yang Lu has long seen through observation that Sea Cliff City is actually a modern city wearing the cloak of a medieval city.

The existence of spiritual energy arrays and immortal cultivators makes the productivity of the comprehension world roughly equivalent to that of the early days of the Industrial Revolution. If you compare London and Paris in the 18th century, Sea Cliff City is the largest commercial port in the eastern part of Central China. This kind of city size is not considered. exaggerate.

Although the area of ​​Sea Cliff City is quite large, the area where rich people gather is relatively dense.With Haiya City Lord's Mansion as the center, Haiya Pavilion and several large chambers of commerce are lined up in a circular manner according to their status.

Qingning Chamber of Commerce is an emerging force that has just stepped into Haiya City in recent years. The headquarters can only be built at the junction of the wealthy area and the civilian area, but the straight-line distance from Haiya Pavilion is not too far, and it can be reached on foot. .

Since the grassroots monks of the Haiya sect had just finished clearing the snow on the roads, most of the businesses on the left and right sides were still closed, and the whole city had not yet fully recovered to its original bustle.

Walking on the somewhat empty street, Yang Lu suddenly felt something was wrong. He always felt that someone was quietly following him at a distance of about 30 to [-] meters behind him.

(End of this chapter)