The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 277 The Cruel Truth (Please subscribe!)
  In just one battle, five members of the Xu Family Qi Lian clan died, which shows the cruelty of war.

Xu Shengxiao was in charge of collecting corpses and cremating clan members who died in battle. Every time he used the fireball technique to burn the corpse of a clan member, he would sigh deeply and the wrinkles on his face would deepen.

Not only that, Xu Zhiyu vaguely heard some clan members sobbing softly. They should be people who were close to the deceased clan members during their lives, feeling sad and sad for their deaths.

Faced with such a situation, he had no choice but to look at the light yellow token in his hand and the number 'two hundred and eighty-five' displayed on it.

This token was made specially for them on the third day after they arrived in Kuixingfang City. The alliance sent people to find them, one for each person. Its main function is that after killing the demon cultivator, an invisible thing that emerges from the demon cultivator's body will be collected by the token. The specific and intuitive expression is the numerical value in the token, which is also called merit point.

This kind of token is unique. A person only has one. When the monk dies, the token corresponding to him will become dim, like being petrified, and the numbers recorded on it will not change.

As for transferring and reselling merit points between each other, it is impossible to do so, and I don’t know what precautions the Lingxiao Sect has taken for the tokens. This is actually very good, and it also avoids as much as possible the righteous monks from killing each other for merit points.

As soon as I heard the name, I knew that this thing should be designed by the Lingxiao Sect. After the last battle in Yunshanfang City, the Lingxiao Sect calculated military merits for Xu Zhiyu and the others in this way, also called merit points.

The specific calculation rules are: Demonic cultivation in the Qi refining period will all have three points of merit, regardless of the three periods after junior high school. However, demonic cultivators are very rare on the battlefield in the early and middle stages of qi training, and most of them are in the later stages. This also explains why the Lingxiao Sect only recruits qi cultivators from the later stages of their forces.

Demonic cultivation in the early stage of foundation building is worth fifteen points of merit, magic cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building is worth thirty points, and magic cultivation in the late stage of foundation building is worth sixty points. The initial level of Demonic Cultivation in Zi Mansion was 180 points.

In the two battles just now, he killed two demonic cultivators in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, two in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and four in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. In order to protect the tribesmen in distress, he also took the time to kill the demonic cultivators in the Qi Refining stage. Fifteen, which works out to exactly 285 merit points.

The function of merit points is mainly aimed at two groups. One is the cultivating forces, such as sects and families. Each cultivating force who applies for recruitment is required to complete certain tasks, which is to obtain at least the corresponding points for the cultivators of their own force. Merit points.

Taking the Xu family as an example, they have a total of forty-eight Qi-training monks this time, including one monk in the early stage of foundation establishment, three monks in the middle stage of foundation establishment, one monk in the late stage of foundation establishment, and one monk in the early stage of Zifu. Therefore, if the Xu family wants to complete their mission, they need to obtain 489 merit points to ensure their success.

Even though he alone got nearly half of the merit points, there were only so many demon cultivators. The more he killed meant that the other tribesmen killed less. Take the foundation-building demon cultivators as an example. So far, only he and Xu Shengxiao After making some gains, other families' foundation building was empty-handed. They just helped the clansmen to kill some Qi-training demon cultivators.

Fortunately, there were a lot of Qi Practicing Demon Cultivators killed. Once the number was large, the merit points were still considerable. The other clan members received a total of 255 merit points.

Together, the two parties gained a total of 540 merit points, which exceeded the goal set by the alliance. But in fact it is not that simple, there is also a problem involved.

That is the issue of benchmarking. Let’s take the Xu family as an example. The ancestor of the Xu family, Xu Deming, was in the early stage of the Purple Mansion. Then he had to kill a demon cultivator who was comparable to his own in order to get the 180 merit points. If he failed to kill a single early-stage demon cultivator in the Purple Mansion from beginning to end, but killed many Qi-training and foundation-building demon cultivators, and collected 180 merit points, this would not count, or Discounts must be calculated proportionally.

It is usually calculated based on 30%, which means that excluding the ancestor, the extra 231 merit points of the family can only be converted into about 70 merit points, which is still far from the goal of 180. Far.

The alliance stipulates this to prevent high-level monks from fearing death and not daring to attack demonic cultivators with the same strength as themselves. Instead, they focus on demonic cultivators with lower cultivation levels than themselves and complete the task through accumulation of numbers. Of course, this is also It is just a precautionary measure. If there are high-level monks who are determined to complete the mission by killing low-level demonic cultivators, there is nothing they can do.

Theoretically speaking, the alliance does not prohibit this, but Demon Cult monks are not fools, and it is quite difficult to find such opportunities. As long as a large number of low-level monks are dispatched, there will inevitably be high-level monks on their side. Of course, if If there is any special conspiracy, that is another matter.

Another group targeted by merit points is the casual cultivators. In terms of numbers, this group can definitely crush all existences. However, they are not united and are scattered, with basically no cohesion.

The composition of casual cultivators is also very complex. To be honest, the proportion of casual cultivators who join the Demon Cult is definitely not low. They don't consider the distinction between good and evil. As long as they can go further on the road, they are willing to try it, even if it is this path. There is a dead end at the end.

Therefore, in order to win more casual cultivators to join the Righteous Alliance, merit points are a good way. Unlike the cultivating forces like the Xu family, they are completely free and have no mandatory tasks to complete. If they are killed The merit points obtained by demon cultivators all belong to themselves, and they can exchange them for whatever they want at the Merit Exchange Hall set up by the Righteous Alliance.

These include all kinds of miraculous medicines, talisman formations, and wonderful magic weapons that were previously unavailable. As long as you join the Righteous Alliance. After obtaining merit points, these can all be exchanged. The same is true for the Foundation Establishment Pill, which is known as the life-changing elixir for low-level monks. It is available in unlimited supply.

When he first heard the news, he was surprised for a long time. You must know that their family went through all kinds of hardships in order to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill. The reason is that those powerful forces such as Baiyi Sect and Lingxiao Sect tightly covered the Foundation Establishment Pill in their hands for fear of leaking a little bit. Come. It's good now. Foundation-building pills are appearing in large numbers as if they are worthless. The ancestor Xu Deming saw something strange about him and asked him to enlighten him.

After listening to his confusion and confusion, Xu Deming said with sincerity:
  "Yu'er, do you still remember how you obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill family that you used to build your foundation?"

"Of course I remember, it was an auction held by Baiyi Sect in the original Taoshuifang City, and the family paid a high price, so it was acquired at the auction." He replied.

"Then do you still remember the context under which the auction was held?" The ancestor asked in a thoughtful manner.

"Remember, a beast wave is about to break out!"

"So since then, have you seen Lingxiao Sect hold similar auctions?"

He thought for a long time before shaking his head and saying:
  "I've never heard of this!"

Xu Deming smiled and continued:

"That's right, this moment is exactly like that time! It was a beast tide at first, and now it is a demon chaos. It is because the order of the world of immortality has been challenged, or the rule of large sects like Lingxiao Sect has been challenged. They In order to maintain their own interests and status, they are definitely unwilling to break the existing pattern, so they will use some precious spiritual objects to let the bottom forces contribute their efforts to calm the turmoil, and then continue to maintain their high status and rule. .”

"Old Ancestor, I can probably think of what you said, but there is one more thing I don't know. Isn't this Foundation Establishment Pill also an extremely precious spiritual object to them? None of their disciples need this thing. It will be less. A few pieces, dozens of pieces, I can understand, but this unlimited supply can be exchanged at will, I am afraid that it is also for big forces like Lingxiao Sect and Taiyang Tower, which provide Foundation Establishment Pills for the Righteous Alliance. A huge burden, right?”

He didn't believe that the large-scale provision of foundation-building pills by these big forces would not affect the operation of his own forces!
  "Hehe!" Xu Deming sneered twice before saying:
  "I heard Fellow Daoist Zhao say it once after drinking. He said that there is no shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills for big forces like Lingxiao Sect. If they are willing, they can come up with an incredible amount of Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Then why is the Foundation Establishment Pill so difficult to obtain? They hold it tightly in their hands. Are they afraid that the underlying forces will threaten their rule if they get it?"

He asked in confusion, and at the same time he was a little bit defensive. Is the Foundation Establishment Pill, which he regards as extremely precious, really so cheap? Is reality really so cruel?

"This is only a small part of the reason. The main reason is that the resources of the world of immortality are not enough. If so many foundation-building monks are trained, but there are not so many resources to provide training, then the world of immortality will definitely fall into endless chaos. In the endless fighting, do you think Lingxiao Sect would be willing to see this situation?"

"So, whether it is for our subordinate forces or for the Lingxiao Sect's own disciples, the senior leaders of the sect have corresponding regulations and restrictions and will not let us easily obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill. They have always controlled the number of Foundation Establishment monks. Within a reasonable range. Unless there are external factors to break this situation, this pattern will continue."

"Ancestor, I understand. The external factors you are talking about refer to events such as beast tides and demon chaos that are not controlled by Lingxiao Sect and other major forces. In this way, these beast tides and demon chaos have a negative impact on the family that has been seeking development. Is it considered a good opportunity?" Xu Zhiyu asked.

"It's an opportunity, but it's also full of risks!" Xu Deming said with emotion.

"I understand this. Just like the Li family who was wiped out during the last beast wave, and the Baiyi family whose vitality was severely damaged, there is also the Wei family who was wiped out during this demonic chaos, and the only ones who were killed a few days ago. There is only one ancestor left in the Liao family." He drew inferences from one instance.

"exactly!"

His thoughts turned around because he sensed someone approaching. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Xu Shengxiao leading several foundation-building monks from Taiyang Tower. When he saw this, he stood up and went to meet him.

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