The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Seeing this scene, everyone admitted that they were somewhat impressed by Chi Miao's coolness. After all, anyone would look incredibly cool carrying a lightning rod and using lightning to kill ghosts.

Especially since Chi Miao is quite cultured and knows how to put on airs.

Suddenly, a phrase popped into their heads: "Wow, Queen, you're so sassy!"

Ying Wuhuo smirked: "Pretending, just pretending!"

Jin Shengfei: "Well, you've got quite an attitude, haven't you? You really are an attitude guy."

Ying Wuhuo: "..."

How come they've already got new nicknames so quickly? These people are really toxic.

"Chi Miao's rescue was truly amazing! He said he had a solution, and he really did!"

"More than powerful, she's incredibly cool! Carrying a lightning rod, chasing after a ghost to strike it down!"

"Yes, it's even glowing with golden light!"

"Golden light? What golden light?"

After one person reminded him, the others were also confused. Chi Miao was a fire spirit root cultivator, and at most he could only emit red and white light. When he circulated his cultivation technique, he would emit purple light. What was golden light?

When they looked, they saw that there really was golden light!

Where the ghost was struck, it vanished, but left behind golden orbs of light that were warm, powerful, and captivating.

Ying Wuhuo had seen this thing before, but he found it utterly unbelievable.

"This...is this merit?"

"What?! Merit???"

When the concept of these two words was introduced, everyone was so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

The path of cultivation is inherently about defying fate and changing one's destiny. Therefore, every major breakthrough after the Foundation Establishment stage will attract a heavenly tribulation. This heavenly tribulation is unstoppable by mortals, and only merit can protect the body.

Merit can not only protect the safety of the monks, but also bless their destiny; one can receive all kinds of benefits.

Even compared to top-tier spiritual treasures, these are priceless treasures that cannot be sought after!

And now...

They were everywhere.

"This...this whole place is all merit? By what right?!"

Not only the new students, but even the elders started to curse.

How much merit do these older generations have accumulated, working themselves to the bone their entire lives?

Now Chi Miao just struck a ghost with lightning and all that merit is left on the ground? What kind of justice is this?!

He Wanban found several thick books and hurriedly flipped through them until he finally found them.

"I see... I see!"

His hair was gray and now somewhat disheveled. He looked at the water mirror and explained the reason for the merit he had accumulated.

"Merit is distributed according to the actions of cultivators based on the laws of nature. Most of the ghosts in this sword tomb can be described as wandering ghosts. They have no fixed abode, cannot be reincarnated, and cannot be destroyed. They are trapped in the sword tomb."

"It is right to fear thunder. Thunder is the only way to destroy them. The reason why such a scene did not occur when the cultivators with thunder spirit roots entered the sword tomb to choose swords is because it does not belong to the thunder of heaven and earth! If it hits a ghost, it will cause the ghost's soul to be scattered."

"The lightning that Chi Miao summoned using the lightning rod is genuine natural lightning that can send wandering souls back into the cycle of reincarnation!"

"Where there's a snake bite, there's always medicine. The lightning strikes at the Sword Tomb over the years have all been to restrain the wandering souls, even sending them back into the cycle of reincarnation!"

"Chi Miao helped Heaven do this, so... that's why her merits were counted!"

He Wanban explained everything, and when everyone saw what was reflected in the water mirror, they were both angry and amused.

If this merit were given to them, their cultivation might even improve.

Chi Miao really stepped in dog poop and slipped into becoming a VIP member!

How did she manage to achieve this by sheer luck?!

Golden merits, like rain, poured into Chi Miao's body from all directions, warming and nourishing her flesh and the withered lightning spirit root within her.

Chi Miao also learned about this, and considered it a meritorious deed.

Not only did it make her feel no sensation of being struck by lightning, but it also nourished her lightning spirit root.

awesome!

More! She needs even more merit!

Chi Miao suddenly burst into laughter.

Laughter echoed through the narrow space as she ran faster and faster, carrying the lightning rod!

"Don't run! Don't run! None of you should run! Let me chop you up, let me collect the merit!"

"Let the merits come even more fiercely!!!"

She's gone mad, this time Chi Miao has really gone mad.

Tireless, like a ferocious beast, it chased after the ghosts, slashing and hacking at them!

She will never let a ghost escape from any place she encounters!

Jin Shengfei and his group were stunned by what they saw, their minds blank and unable to utter a single word.

"This world is so absurd, it's suddenly become something I never imagined, it's all gone mad, everyone's gone mad, hahaha!"

Who chases after a ghost?

That's so brutal!

Amidst the torment of being struck by lightning and undergoing the restoration of merit, Chi Miao's physical body became far more powerful than it should have been, and the lightning spiritual root within him grew stronger and stronger.

"Gou Shi System, has my Thunder Spirit Root been activated?"

Gou Shi System: "It's definitely usable, but the root value is at most sixty. However, at this rate, if you get struck by lightning for another half hour, it will reach ninety."

Chi Miao's eyes lit up.

"I'd love to be struck by lightning!"

What a series of good things!

The traditional idea in the cultivation world is that the more mixed one's spiritual roots are, the worse one's talent is.

But why is that?

Why are having multiple attributes actually a bad thing?

Because upgrading requires each spiritual root to be fully infused with spiritual power, two spiritual roots require double the amount, and three spiritual roots require triple the amount.

Furthermore, if one's spiritual roots are mixed, the root value will be divided up, making it difficult to achieve a high average root value, and thus one's talent will be even less outstanding.

But this problem will not occur at all with Chi Miao.

Because she cheated.

Because her root value is so high that anyone who tries to measure it will be overwhelmed!

Her cultivation speed was already terrifyingly fast, which made her foundation prone to instability. Having an additional spiritual root to limit her cultivation would be entirely beneficial!

Gou Shi System: "No wonder everyone hates cheaters."

Chi Miao: "Wake up, you're cheating."

Gou Shi System: "You're right."

For the next half hour, Chi Miao continued to act as the most despicable person in the entire Sword Tomb, carrying a lightning rod to strike the wronged souls clean. In the end, not only were the wronged souls gone, but even the thunderclouds that had been swirling over the Nine Swords Mountain Sword Tomb for hundreds or even thousands of years dissipated.

Everyone who witnessed it said, "I never imagined that the Sword Tomb would become so peaceful and harmless because of her alone."

This is too outrageous.

Playing it out and letting anyone hear it will leave them speechless.

Inside the Sword Tomb, the sky was clear and the weather was so beautiful that everyone felt they were on vacation, not undergoing a trial.

Chi Miao finally emerged from under the lightning rod, looking radiant with joy.

"What an exhilarating battle! So satisfying!"

When she appeared before everyone, a dazzling golden light pierced their eyes.

"Ouch! It's so bright!"

"How can he be even more dazzling than Jin Shengfei!"

"What's with that tiny bit of divinity?"

"Stop talking, my legs are giving way, I want to kneel down!"

When they realized why the golden light was so dazzling, everyone knelt down in unison!

"???"

Why is my knee completely out of control?