I have a heavenly book of merit and virtue

Chapter 1 The Book of Merits! (Please collect it! Please give me monthly tickets! Please ask for all kinds of things!)

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Taiping in the Wu Dynasty, it was February.

Lingzhou, Yiling County, Shanxi Town.

In the mountain streams in February, the spring cold is steep, the cold wind is howling, the sky is gloomy, and the clouds are dense, which seems to indicate that a heavy rain is coming.

Chen Yan raised his head and glanced at the sky that seemed to be collapsing. The cold wind blew into his collar. He subconsciously tightened the worn cotton-padded jacket tightly and turned around to persuade:
  "Mother-in-law, please don't send me away. You have difficulty with your legs and feet. Please rest early."

Behind him stood a skinny old woman on a crutch.

The old man's face is full of deep wrinkles, his eye sockets are sunken, his old eyes are cloudy, his pale hair is as dry as weeds, and his expression is miserable.

The most eye-catching thing is the old man's right leg, a completely withered and shrunken leg, with a layer of pus-filled dead skin attached to the leg bones, making it look like a mummy.

Beside the old woman's legs, there is a girl in her early five or six years hiding. The girl is short and thin, and looks a little malnourished. She is wearing a worn-out mandarin duck jacket full of holes and patches. The cotton-padded jacket is quite wide and does not fit well. , one can tell at a glance that it was made from an adult's coat.

Seeing Chen Yan's gaze, the girl quickly hid behind the old man. After a while, she peeked out her head again and took a timid peek.

The old woman followed behind Chen Yan, her face full of gratitude and she kept mumbling:

"Good boy, good boy..."

"Baby, take this and eat it while it's hot on the way."

As the old man spoke, he couldn't help but hold Chen Yan's hand and stuffed a warm egg into it.

Chen Yan opened his mouth to refuse, but when he felt the strength of the old man in his hand, he could only say "good" with difficulty, and felt sour in his heart.

"Mother-in-law, come in quickly. It's windy outside. Don't catch a cold."

The old woman just nodded, but kept saying:

"Okay, slow down...slow down on the road..."

Chen Yan knew that he would not enter the house without leaving his grandparents and grandson. He nodded, holding the hot eggs stuffed by the old woman in one hand, raising the other hand and shaking it, then turned and walked into the cold wind.

The old man is not from Lingzhou. There was a famine in the north in the early years, and the victims fled here. His son and daughter-in-law died on the way to escape, leaving the old woman alone and settling down in Shanxi Town with her young granddaughter.

My legs and feet are inconvenient, and I am too old to do heavy farm work. I can only make ends meet by weaving straw sandals and bamboo stalks, but I am often hungry and full.

But even so, when the original owner fell ill on the roadside, it was the old man who limped and carried the original owner home, and cooked the remaining grain into gruel and fed it to the original owner, and then his life was spared.

Unfortunately, the original owner still left, and Chen Yanhun came through.

But to a certain extent, the old man also saved Chen Yan's life.

In fact, Chen Yan could not help much, just some physical work such as chopping firewood and carrying water, but the victory was persistence. Since traveling through March, he has been working day and night.

The reason why I come to help every day is not only to repay the life-saving grace, but also for a deeper reason...

While walking on the road, Chen Yan took a deep breath and his consciousness sank.

The next moment, he was already in a dark, chaotic void.

There is nothing else in the entire void, only a mysterious and ancient huge volume rising and falling.

The scroll is as white as white jade, exuding a faint golden light, surrounded by colorful fluorescent lights. It is simple and vicissitudes of life yet magnificent.

On its cover, there are two large Yunzhuan characters carved with flying dragons and phoenixes:

"Merit!"

The Book of Merits!

A mysterious treasure that traveled through time with Chen Yan!
  With the "arrival" of Chen Yan, the Book of Merits was slowly opened.

A line of small Yunzhuan characters appeared automatically.

"In the spring of the thirteenth year of Taiping, help the orphans and widows, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and you will be blessed and gain some merit."

Under this line of small Yunzhuan characters, there is a column of Chen Yan's panel.

[Name: Chen Yan
  Realm: Mortal 　　 Merit: 100】

As the merits reached one hundred, another line of fine Chinese characters slowly emerged:
  "If you have a hundred merits, you will get good luck and small blessings."

Immediately afterwards, a flash of enlightenment came to his mind. As long as Chen Yan was willing, he could now unlock this little blessing.

"Sure enough, I guessed it right!"

With a burning feeling in his heart, Chen Yanqiang suppressed his excitement and chose not to open it yet.

Afterwards, the consciousness left the void space, but there was uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

I have been traveling through time for more than three months now, and I help the old woman chop wood and carry water every day, rain or shine, for what?
  In addition to repaying the life-saving grace, the more important thing is because of this book of merit!

The origin of the Book of Merit is unknown. Anyway, Chen Yan found this thing appearing in his mind from the first day of time travel. Later, he helped the old man chop wood and pour water for the first time and gained merit.

From then on, without stopping for three months, Chen Yan officially began his journey of merit.

Chen Yan didn't think about opportunism in the middle, thinking about whether he could "gain" merit quickly, but this was obviously impossible.

No matter how many people Chen Yan helped and how many things he did, a "small kindness" such as doing one good deed a day seemed to only get a little merit at most.

After realizing that there was no way to take advantage of the situation, Chen Yan began to do good deeds every day and accumulated merits. Until today, the accumulated merits reached one hundred, and finally something changed.

If it weren't for the wrong environment, Chen Yan would have wanted to see what this lucky little blessing would have in store right now.

With excitement, Chen Yan's steps speeded up unconsciously, walking as fast as flying.

Rumble!
  The deafening thunder sounded, and the fine raindrops formed a line, falling from top to bottom, through the sky, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.

The chill got stronger, but Chen Yan didn't feel the slightest bit of coldness, and his heart was filled with heat.

Chen Yan's residence is not far from the old man's house, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to jog all the way.

After walking a few streets and arriving at an open space, Chen Yan suddenly heard a whimpering sound like a ghost wailing in his ears.

"Woooooooo..."

Chen Yan stopped and looked intently.

In the haze of drizzle, I saw a large group of people kneeling on the open ground. They were old and young, male and female, but they didn't say a word, which looked extremely strange.

And right in front of this group of people, an old Taoist dressed in white linen, as if wearing linen to express mourning, held a square cloth flag and chanted loudly:
  "My mother is merciful and loves the world. As long as we believe in my mother, we can be reborn in bliss."

The next moment, the crowd, which had been silent and strange just now, immediately became enthusiastic. This group of men, women and children, no matter how young they were, all had fanatical faces and shouted like crazy:
  "Be kind to my mother, and my hometown will be empty; I will be compassionate to the world, and I will be reborn in the filthy land!"

In this weird and crazy scene, an icy coldness shot from the soles of Chen Yan's feet straight into the sky. His whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he shuddered subconsciously.

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him:

"Would you like to be religious?"

scare!
  Chen Yan was so frightened that he immediately turned around to look.

Behind him, I saw a tall and thin man wearing white linen clothes standing at some point.

Seeing Chen Yan looking over with alert eyes, the tall and thin man didn't have any strange expression on his face. Instead, he asked again with a smile:

"Young layman, are you willing to join my Rebirth Religion and believe in Mother? You must know that everyone in the world is suffering, but Mother is the only one who is merciful and loves everyone, so that we can be reborn in bliss."

How could Chen Yan agree?
  He shook his head in refusal, and without waiting for the lanky man's next reaction, he passed over the man and left in a hurry.

Seeing Chen Yan leaving, the tall and thin man did not stop him. He just stood there and watched Chen Yan leave quietly.

Feeling the sight of the man behind him, Chen Yan's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps. He avoided the crowd far away, and turned into seven or eight alleys one after another. Until the figure of the tall and thin man was completely gone from behind, Chen Yan finally He breathed a sigh of relief.

Returning to the street, Chen Yan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but curse:
  "unlucky!"

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