Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 211 The Theory of Merit and Virtue, Testing the Treasure

The heavenly tribulation is easier for those with high merit, while it is more difficult for those with low or negative merit. If you have too much negative merit, or if you have done something that angers both heaven and man, and your evaluation in the heavenly realm is extremely low, you may even be sent to heaven directly when you undergo the heavenly tribulation.

Merit is easy to determine; one can clearly see how much merit one has accumulated.

However, some actions, while not accumulating merit, can indeed affect the assessment of merits and demerits.

For example, killing.

You might be able to lure the enemy into making the first move and then retaliate, or you might be able to avoid accumulating merit through various means, but killing is killing. You can change the surface merit, but you can't change your hidden score in the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, having high moral character does not necessarily make someone a good person.

If a bad person commits murder, arson, and other heinous acts in the first half of their life, but then washes their hands of the truth after leaving the country, can you say they are a good person?

But all of this changed after possessing the property of being unaffected by cause and effect.

Having this characteristic is equivalent to having a golden token granted by the emperor, equivalent to acting on behalf of Heaven, and you will never lose merit or hidden points in the Heavenly Way for killing someone.

"This merit must be used."

Upon returning to the villa, he immediately began refining the Immortal Banner, then poured all 100,000 merits into it in one go, successfully gaining the characteristic of being untouched by karma.

He then continued his seclusion to refine the guardian deities.

先将师祖赐下的妖魂精魄炼化，成功获得1个120级绝世模板的护法神将，10个120级恐怖模板的护法神将，100个120级精英模板的护法神。

There are two methods for refining guardian deities. One is to use a uniform template for Vajra deities, which will have the same attributes and abilities regardless of the demon souls, spirits, or spiritual objects used in the refining process.

One type is a divine general forged from special spiritual objects or high-grade essences, who mostly possess special abilities.

The batch given by the Grandmaster are all unified Vajra Generals, with the same attributes and abilities.

Vajra General (Elite): Level 120, 2 million HP, 20000 MP, 200 Attack Power, 1000 km/h Speed, Spells: Vajra Divine Power, Vajra Mountain Moving Technique, Vajra Body Protection Technique, Demon Subduing Vajra Palm, Vajra Divine Qi Technique, Mountain Moving and Earth Shrinking Technique, Fearless of Ghosts and Gods, Immovable as a Mountain, Vajra True Body.

Vajra General (Terrifying): Level 120, 3 million HP, 30000 MP, 300 Attack Power, 1500 km/h Speed, Spells: Vajra Divine Power, Vajra Mountain Moving Technique, Vajra Body Protection Technique, Demon Subduing Vajra Palm, Vajra Divine Qi Technique, Mountain Moving and Earth Shrinking Technique, Fearless of Ghosts and Gods, Immovable as a Mountain, Vajra True Body.

Vajra General (Peerless): Level 120, 5 million HP, 50000 MP, 500 Attack Power, 2000 km/h Speed, Spells: Vajra Divine Power, Vajra Mountain Moving Technique, Vajra Body Protection Technique, Demon Subduing Vajra Palm, Vajra Divine Qi Technique, Mountain Moving and Earth Shrinking Technique, Fearless of Ghosts and Gods, Immovable as a Mountain, Vajra True Body.

The Vajra General is ten feet tall, in human form, and appears as if cast from bronze and iron.

Then Su Yu took out the Blazing Flame Spirit Fire he had collected earlier and refined it into a batch of fire-type divine generals.

Flame God General (Elite): Level 110, 100 million HP, 10 MP, 10000 Attack Power, 2000 km/h Speed, Spells: Fire Magic, Bing Fire Divine Thunder, Fire Escape, Earth Extreme Blazing Flame Forbidden Technique, Five Fire Divine Force, Fire God Dharma Body.

The goal is to refine the finest items. A level 150 spirit essence will only reach level 120 after refinement, while the Blazing Flame Spirit Fire will reach level 110 and can be upgraded.

Besides killing enemies within the Immortal Pavilion, another way to upgrade it is to place it in a place rich in spiritual energy to absorb spiritual energy.

So after refining all the Blazing Spirit Fire, he directly stored the Nine-Ring Immortal Banner in the core of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl and asked Canghai to take good care of it.

With the Nine-Precept Immortal Banner completed, Su Yu finally possessed a ninth-tier magic weapon of exceptional quality, only a hair's breadth away from becoming a tenth-tier supreme treasure. In terms of sheer wonder, it was likely even stronger than a typical tenth-tier magic weapon.

He got his new treasure, but his magic item slots were limited. He hesitated for a long time before finally taking off the Wind and Fire Fan.

In this way, besides the Zhenhai Pearl, the other four magical treasures he was equipped with were the ninth-tier rare Nine-Ring Immortal Banner, the eighth-tier magical treasure Wind God Token, the eighth-tier rare treasure Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer, and the seventh-tier treasure Azure Cloud Canopy, which can be described as a qualitative change in quality.

"Cool!"

Su Yu rubbed her hands excitedly, preparing to go to the southern demonic cultivation area to test the power of her treasures with disciples of the Blood Demon Palace or Yin Yang Demon Sect.

Although one is immune to all laws and not afraid of losing merit or hidden points from the Heavenly Dao, it is still better to kill demon cultivators if necessary, and one will not have any psychological barriers no matter how many one kills.

Thinking of this, he immediately bid farewell to his master.

However, upon hearing his words, the grandmaster stopped him and smiled, saying:
"Since you have such thoughts, it just so happens that Wan Yu, a true disciple of our sect, has a conflict with a true disciple of the Yin Yang Demon Sect in the Western Sea over a celestial abode. Both sides have invited experts to set up a arena in Zhongyuan City to decide the ownership of the celestial abode. If you are interested, you can go and take a look."

Su Yu smiled and shook her head, saying:
"I just wanted to test the power of the magic weapon."

Xuanwei Daoist laughed and said:

"No need to participate, just go and see for yourself, and witness the strength of the top experts from both the righteous and demonic factions."

"Then the grand-disciple will go and take a look."

"Well, let's go."

Su Yu bowed and left the Suspended Mountain, then teleported directly back to Ten Thousand Poisons Island.

It's been a long time since I've been back. I'll first show my face at the guild and catch up on the current situation.

In Thousand Star City, Su Yu stood suspended in the air for almost an hour. Below him was a massive city that completely occupied the canyon. Relying on the two thousand-meter-high mountains on both sides of the canyon as city walls, its defensive power was extremely strong. The city's protective formation was a complete Five Elements Rotation Formation.

The city was bustling with people, both inside and outside, with players coming and going everywhere.

Aside from the main members of the Thousand Star Palace, most of the players are ordinary casual players.

As Su Yu watched, she also checked the regional channels, which were even more lively inside than outside.

His main focus was on the commercial channel within the local channels, which had surpassed the headquarters of the three major guilds back then, and even Jinjiao Island couldn't compare.

"Very good!" Su Yu closed the regional channel with great satisfaction, then opened the guild channel to carefully check the current status of the guild and examine the numerous guild records one by one.

It took Su Yu more than three hours to finish reviewing the records. She then sent a message to Gu Zhiqi, Qi Dongyang, and other subordinates, summoning them back.

Then he leaped into Thousand Star City and entered Thousand Star Cave.

After more than half a year of development, the Thousand Star Cave Heaven has been largely developed, and most of the area has been converted into spirit fields to grow various spirit creatures that are in high demand and mature quickly.

The Five Elements Sect's mountain gate, the core of the cave, is now the absolute core of the guild. In particular, the spiritual veins of the five peaks have attracted a large number of guild experts to work hard to earn guild contribution points in exchange for the opportunity to use them.

At the main peak of Jinling, Su Yu and Chu Xinyue sat facing each other. He skillfully washed and brewed tea, and said with a smile:

"After not seeing you for more than half a year, Sister Xinyue's strength is even greater than before."

The improvement is indeed significant. When she left, she was level 112, and now she is level 125. She has leveled up 13 times in just over half a year, which is incredibly fast for a Loose Immortal.

Chu Xinyue waved her hand and said:

"With a hidden paradise at your disposal, how could your cultivation not improve rapidly if you cultivate day and night? But even that can't be as fast as you. Your cultivation has greatly improved this time."

"By the way, where did you go for your training this time?"

"Falling Star Islands, have you ever heard of them, Sister Xinyue?"

Chu Xinyue shook her head and said:

"I've heard of it, but I've never been there. What's it like there?"

"That place is amazing, completely different from ours. By the way, Sister Xinyue, have you ever heard of the Taixu Divine Network and the Taixu Divine Mirror? Those things are incredibly magical, really."

While making tea, Su Yu told her about her experiences on the Falling Star Islands.

Chu Xinyue had never left Blue Mountain Island and was quite curious about the outside world, so she listened very attentively.

Chu Xiaoyu was about to report to Chu Xinyue when she arrived to find someone speaking softly and slowly. A woman was listening attentively with her chin resting on her hand. The man gently pushed the teacup in front of the woman, and the two raised their cups to drink together, looking like a perfect couple.

She stood quietly for a long time with a complicated expression, until the conversation came to an end, then she gently knocked on the door, waking the man and woman who were engrossed in their conversation.

After leaving Chu Xinyue's place, Su Yu returned to her own Fire Spirit Main Peak, where Qi Dongyang, Gu Zhiqi, Zhuang Zhuoshi Ning, and others had all arrived.

Su Yu's gaze swept around and was immediately drawn to Qi Dongyang. She asked in surprise:
"Are you about to undergo tribulation?"

Qi Dongyang nodded and said:

"I was close to transcending the tribulation two years ago, but I was too busy with the affairs of my former guild to calm down. Now I have switched to cultivating the Five Elements True Scripture and my strength has improved. I also have enough resources to prepare for the tribulation. I have made up my mind to trigger the heavenly tribulation."

Su Yu nodded and asked:
"How confident are you? Have you prepared all the materials for the tribulation?"

"If it's a third-tier heavenly tribulation, I'm about 50-60% confident."

"If we're unlucky enough to encounter a second-level heavenly tribulation, we'll have less than a 10% chance of success."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu exclaimed in surprise:

"So low?"

Qi Dongyang smiled wryly:

"To transcend tribulation is to defy the heavens, which is inherently difficult. Having a 50% or 60% chance of success is already quite good."

Su Yu
How can I increase my success rate?

"It's simple, better magic weapons. I've now gathered five seventh-tier magic weapons and over thirty sixth-tier cannon fodder items."

Su Yu was surprised:
"Isn't this enough?"

"We have enough cannon fodder, but we still need a powerful defensive magic weapon, at least a seventh-grade rare item, or even an eighth-grade one. Of course, if we don't have one, we can replace it with an item that can weaken the power of the heavenly tribulation."

Su Yu pondered for a moment and said:

"Go to Flying Star Island later and see if they have any eighth-tier defensive magic items for sale. Ask around at a few super merchant guilds and see how much money they need, and ask them to withdraw it from their guild accounts."

Then he looked at Gu Zhi Qiu and asked with a smile:

"You shouldn't be undergoing tribulation that soon, right?"

Gu Zhiqiu smiled and said:
"You haven't even undergone tribulation yet, how could I be so fast? It's still a long way off."

Looking at the others, Shi Ning, Zhuang Zhuo, Meng Chen, and others all waved their hands repeatedly:
"We have only just switched to studying the Five Elements True Scripture."

Su Yu shrugged. All of his old brothers had obtained the Five Elements True Scripture. The profound-level Daoist techniques were absolutely top-tier for them. In addition, they were all now squad leaders with the support of the guild. In the future, they might really be able to glimpse the Heavenly Tribulation.

Next, they reported on their work one by one. Combined with the guild information he had reviewed earlier, Su Yu had a complete understanding of the guild's development over the past six months in just two hours.

He stayed in the guild for a week, showed up a few times to participate in guild activities, and then quietly left Wan Du Island to return to his sect, before heading to Zhong Yuan Island.

(End of this chapter)