Fire Monster

Chapter 358: The Bankrupt Immortal Cultivation World
"From the current perspective, the world of immortal cultivation is bankrupt!"

Zhao Guanshan regained his composure and began to think seriously.

"In other words, the upper ecological niche of the immortal world went bankrupt. As a result, the middle ecological niche of the immortal world and the lower ecological niche of the mortal world collapsed completely."

"This is the cause of everything and the crux of the problem at present."

“Although there is no more evidence now, similar situations like Jindan everywhere, Yuanying is worse than dogs, or Mahayana everywhere, immortals are as numerous as dogs, have definitely occurred.”

"Inflation, widening gap between the rich and the poor, over-issuance of currency, unlimited exploitation, and ultimately leading to a rebound in karma, that's probably how it works."

"So maybe it would be better if it was a limited liability fairyland instead of an unlimited liability fairyland?"

Zhao Guanshan’s thoughts were running wild.

Then I wanted to laugh. The world is indeed a huge makeshift group. Even immortals are no exception.

Of course, the above is just his current guess, not a conclusion.

"However, judging from this karma hourglass, there are still immortals in the world of immortal cultivation who have not completely fallen and are trying to save the market. Well, karma saving the market is interesting. They don't reform the upper ecological niches, but are obsessed with reforming the middle and lower ecological niches. Anyway, let the people of the world suffer a little more!"

Zhao Guanshan thought jokingly, but he also knew that at most he could just complain here. What would it matter if he knew the truth and guessed the truth?
Would the immortals kill themselves?
At most, he would just say twice that the fault was his and issue a confession of guilt.

"So, next, I have to prepare myself and keep myself safe. I can't let those immortals cut me like leeks."

Zhao Guanshan narrowed his eyes and had already made a decision in his mind.

Then he checked the karma hourglass and found that it was relatively safe.

It does not act as a karma warehouse, but rather a karma intermediary conversion transaction platform.

For example, his twenty-eight grains of golden sand seem to be inside the hourglass, but they are not. They are just a display.

No right to withdraw.

On the contrary, Zhao Guanshan encountered a situation where he needed to accumulate karma, which was actually a good detector.

To put it in understandable terms, this is equivalent to a person's savings and work income expectations, which can clearly tell you the upper limit of your spending that you can afford.

You can’t spend 3,000 yuan a month and still want to buy a Bugatti Veyron!

For example, if you want to have a child, you will immediately give up the plan when you see the karma hourglass. Having too much debt can really lead to death.

In a sense, this does mean tightening the belt, living a hard life, and waiting for a turnaround in the future.

Next, Zhao Guanshan pointed the karma hourglass at the rocks in the mine. As he expected, only a few wisps of faint black gas appeared, which showed that mining was a low-karma event.

Of course, the more likely possibility is that this Skull Mountain is the immortal body after death, but why did this immortal die? Did he die voluntarily for the common people, or was hunted to death by karma? There is no way of knowing.

Maybe it is the corpse of a hanging street lamp, so the current mining will not incur debt.

Zhao Guanshan thought about this in his mind and started his daily mining activities.

Indeed, for every cubic meter of spiritual ash mined, the karmic black air passively obtained is only three very light strands of black air, or it should be said that it is gray air.

As Zhao Guanshan mined the ash, this thing would automatically attach to his body and be reflected in the karma hourglass, but it would only exist for one second before disappearing.

"This karma hourglass is quite accurate and interesting."

Zhao Guanshan thought it was great. He felt that this thing was like a watch that could monitor heartbeat and breathing. It was very good.

The daily life of a miner is boring, but Zhao Guanshan didn't feel tired and just kept digging day after day. When he strengthened the ash shield to +14, he was lucky enough to encounter a drop of immortal blood.

This time he was not busy mining, but immediately took out the karma hourglass to measure it. The result shocked him. This drop of immortal blood could actually measure a grain of blue sand in the karma hourglass.

Although I don’t know what standard the blue color represents, this is enough to prove one thing, that is, immortal blood has no karma, but instead has merit.

"So that's why there are so many demon miners here."

Zhao Guanshan seemed to be thinking about something, and even suddenly thought, why do those demon miners have to take the so-called magic pills to turn themselves into demons before mining the ore? Can't they just use their human bodies to mine the blood of immortals?
He seemed to have guessed a little bit of the truth. "Could it be that the so-called magic pill is actually a karmic debt package? Once you take it, you will acquire a large amount of debt in a short period of time, becoming neither human nor ghost. If you can mine immortal blood at this time, because of its special properties, it will immediately neutralize the debt package. In this way, although the immortal blood is gone, the karmic debt is partially offset."

"Wonderful!"

Zhao Guanshan was simply amazed by this operation!

Is this mining? This is clearly karma dumping!

By dumping the karmic debt, we can reduce the karmic debt in the fairy world and the world of immortal cultivation. It’s amazing.

"So, this should be the reason why I can't fully absorb the immortal blood. Because I'm not a debt bag, the immortal blood can't be quickly offset and neutralized, etc. It's still a bit confusing. Immortal blood can't be likened to currency, but rather a resource."

"My interaction with the immortal blood should be healthy and orderly. No, I still need to try it out and see the results before drawing any conclusions."

While analyzing, Zhao Guanshan carefully chiseled open the rock and quickly swallowed the drop of immortal blood. Almost at that moment, he could clearly see a grain of blue sand appearing on the top of the karma hourglass.

But this is really just a magic tool to monitor karma, and it cannot interfere with anything during the entire process.

As Zhao Guanshan quickly circulated his innate pure yang energy and absorbed the energy from the immortal's blood, the karma hourglass also maintained real-time detection at all times.

After he spent three months to perfectly absorb one tenth of the energy of this drop of immortal blood and integrate it into his own pure yang body, and tempered his pure yang body to the fifty-second level in one breath, he looked at the karma hourglass again. The top was empty, and the hourglass below still had twenty-eight grains of golden sand, which did not increase or decrease.

The merit of the blue sand that came with that drop of immortal blood dissipated, and he did not absorb any of it throughout the process.

"So, it's either because of my twenty-eight grains of golden sand."

"Or, is it that my absorption process is part of normal production and life and does not involve karma?"

Zhao Guanshan still couldn't be sure, but he didn't feel any regrets. Even if it was the merit of the blue sand, it might not be a high-quality asset after being absorbed and held in his hands. If too much was absorbed, problems of one kind or another would inevitably arise.

At this time, he also tested his Purple Fire Spirit Soldiers, Spirit Ash Shield, Spirit Ash Javelins, and Spirit Ash Armor. He was just testing them for fun, but the results surprised him.

First, the +10 Ash armor has no karma.

The +12 Ash Javelin has a little karma.

But the +14 Purple Fire Spirit Soldier and the Spirit Ash Shield instead have a very strong karmic black energy.

"Is it because there is too much spiritual ash for strengthening? Or is it because too much is mined in one place? Or is this inevitable, the more powerful the spiritual weapon, the more karmic debt the magic weapon itself carries?"

Zhao Guanshan looked at the billowing black gas tested out from the karma hourglass and couldn't help but frown. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to leave here because the karma of the minerals inside the Skull Mountain began to increase.

Half a year ago, when one cubic meter of ash was mined, there were only three wisps of light gray karma. Now, when one cubic meter of ash is mined, it has turned into four wisps of light gray karma.

This is very obvious. For example, the Purple Fire Spirit Soldier, which was the first to be strengthened to +14, was strengthened six months ago. Although it also has a very strong karmic black energy, it is obviously about one-fifth less than the Spirit Ash Shield.

"Little things add up to a lot. The karmic debt of this place is increasing, and the feng shui is deteriorating. It is not suitable to stay here for long. Let's leave."

Zhao Guanshan returned along the same route, but just as he was about to crawl out of the small hole with a diameter of ten centimeters, he saw a team of witchers in spirit form.

Some of them look vaguely familiar. I don’t know their names, but I have seen them before.

"They are the demon hunters from Tianlong Dao Palace. Why are they here?"

Zhao Guanshan felt something was wrong. The karmic debt in Skull Mountain increased, and he felt something was wrong. When he was about to leave, the witcher from the Taoist Palace arrived.

It can't be a coincidence!

"Of course these people may just be here for reconnaissance, passing through."

Zhao Guanshan hoped that he was overthinking it, but after just a moment, he sighed helplessly and shook his head. He knew that there could not be so many coincidences!

The Dao Palace in the Devil's Fire Abyss is not only a fattened pig, but also a savior!
Because a group of witchers numbering nearly a thousand people appeared.

He even saw the long-lost immortal Mei Xun!

(End of this chapter)