Holy Bone

Chapter 1987 One Hundred and Seventy Million Six Million Two Hundred and Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen
Ooh ooh ooh—

As the rooster crowed, the world began to lighten, radiating a bluish glow.

The first rays of the sun break through the darkness.

It has already reached the hour of Mao (5-7 AM) in the mortal realm.

As dawn broke and the first rays of sunlight shone down upon the earth, the world came into light.

The people in the city began to set out one after another. Some farmers drove their water buffaloes out to plow the fields, some merchants began to ride camels towards the southern desert, and some镖局 (security escort agencies) members, fully armed and in good armor, led caravans out of the city to escort goods...

There were also small vendors setting up noodle stalls, wonton stalls, mutton offal stalls, steamed bun stalls, porridge stalls, etc. along the street to start their day's business. They were busy with their business, and they were all smiles as they collected money.

The capital city was bustling with activity at dawn.

"Little brother!"

"Old Taoist priest, I've lost your head! I'm so sorry!"

"If you know this in the afterlife, don't blame this old Taoist!"

A heart-wrenching cry and the old Taoist priest's wailing shattered the tranquility of the Wuzang Taoist temple.

"Master Chen, what's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Has something happened to Master Jin'an?"

Fatty Li, who used to joke around and sleep overnight at the Wuzang Taoist Temple, hurriedly ran to the old Taoist's room.

Then they saw the old Taoist priest, his clothes disheveled, sitting cross-legged on the bed, constantly pounding his chest and stamping his feet, crying out to heaven and earth, looking full of regret.

The old Taoist priest, his eyes choked with emotion, raised his head and looked at Fatty Li: "Young brother, he..."

Uh!
The old Taoist priest was about to speak when he suddenly stopped, staring out the window with disbelief and utter shock.

Outside the window of his room, Jin An's figure stood prominently.

At this moment, Jin'an's head had turned back, and he had a head, hands, and feet, all intact. He was radiant and full of energy, his face glowing. He looked even more alive than a living person.

"Old Taoist priest, why are you making such a commotion so early in the morning? Did you not sleep well last night and get possessed?" Jin An's question immediately stumped the old Taoist priest.

The old Taoist priest, his beard bristling and eyes wide, roared, "Bullshit!"

"I am a genuine Taoist priest. I can exorcise evil spirits, I have a peach wood sword, and I also have the Yama's Seal. Evil spirits and demons have always been afraid of me and avoid me by going around them!"

Jin An nodded, but didn't dwell on the topic for too long. He quickly changed the subject, saying, "Old Taoist, I'm planning to have a bowl of mutton offal soup for breakfast this morning to warm myself up. Do you want some?"

Upon hearing that there was mutton to eat, the old Taoist priest's eyes immediately lit up. In a flash, he put on his Taoist robe, dressed impeccably and said in a serious tone, "That's excellent."

Seeing the old Taoist priest change his clothes so quickly, Fatty Li was stunned for a long time before finally saying, "Um... Master Jin'an, I also want some mutton offal soup..."

After Li Pangzi finished speaking, he looked at Jin An expectantly.

Haha, Jin An couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then, with a wave of his hand, he took the old Taoist priest, Fatty Li, and Xiao Jian, who was about to brush the sheep's wool, out to have mutton offal soup for breakfast.

"Young man, when did your brain slip away? I had no idea!"

"Young man, are you alright with your head back in your neck? Nothing serious happened, right?"

"Young man, may I learn your decapitation technique? The most important thing is whether it's easy to learn and whether it's difficult."

……

The old Taoist priest kept chattering away the whole way.

Jin'an found the old Taoist priest too long-winded, so he simply pretended not to hear him and continued walking.

It wasn't until the old Taoist priest changed the subject and asked about his experience in the underworld that Jin'an slowly began to recount his journey there.

From the Corpse Painting Cave to the Great Demon of the Underworld, then to the dazzling and colorful alien land, and then to the slaying of the Ten-Faced Buddha, the Jiang Family Ancestor, and the Old Man of Li Huo, I will recount them one by one.

During the trip, he didn't forget to drink a few sips of mutton offal soup to soothe his throat.

At the mutton offal soup stall, the old Taoist priest and Fatty Li were startled by what they heard, but they kept drinking the mutton offal soup. They listened with great interest and drank the soup to calm their nerves. Only Xiao Jian drank his soup in a very dull and calm manner.

"What a pity about that rare treasure that is suspected to be the heart of an ancient god. Even the great demon of the underworld went to such great lengths to obtain it. This thing must be a rare treasure in the world..." the old Taoist muttered to himself, saying with regret.

The old Taoist priest didn't forget to drink a few mouthfuls of mutton offal soup to soothe his anxious and uncertain heart.

Jin An, however, took the matter in stride, saying nonchalantly, "Whether it was the Great Demon Ape or the mysterious humanoid god-demon, they both saved my life. I don't feel too much regret about the missing treasure that is suspected to be the heart of an ancient god."

"On the contrary, we helped each other last night. This is called cause and effect. There is still a long way to go. In the future, I may have to rely on the help of the Great Demon Ape and the mysterious humanoid gods and demons in the underworld."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Li slammed his hand on the table and nodded, saying, "What Master Jin'an said is exactly what I think. When you're out in the world, the most important thing is to be loyal and make friends all over the world."

"I've traveled the world for so many years, and I've seen more people and animals than you've seen people. I understand these things, of course... but I still can't bear to part with them..." The old Taoist priest said with a regretful expression as he sipped his mutton soup.

Jin An, however, took it all in stride, laughing nonchalantly, "In that situation, eight great demons from the underworld were trying to kill me. It's already remarkable that I survived; everything else is now unimportant."

When Jin An mentioned how he barely survived, the old Taoist priest and Fatty Li couldn't help but ask Jin An how he managed to return to the mortal world alive.

However, Xiao Jian, with his wooden face and taciturn nature, was the best listener.

Jin An: "This matter is not complicated."

"We first hid in the Corpse Painting Cave, and then waited until the fighting outside stopped before returning in the white paper boat."

At this point, Jin An continued thoughtfully, "Those great demons of the underworld left very quickly; they must have been lured away by the great demon ape and the mysterious humanoid demon god."

"Because these underworld demons are only interested in the treasure that is suspected to be the heart of an ancient god, and the number of human primordial spirits is so small that the underworld demons neither benefit from it nor need to plot against it, so they naturally don't pay much attention to it."

At this point, Jin An adopted a sighing and emotional expression, saying, "I think the Great Demon Ape and the mysterious humanoid demon deliberately lured away the Great Demon of the Underworld, creating an opportunity for us to escape."

"Otherwise, there would be no need to move the battlefield so quickly and lure away all the demons of the underworld."

The old Taoist priest and Fatty Li both nodded.

Even the sword-shaving sword nodded in agreement this time.

Then the old Taoist priest pondered and said, "Speaking of the primordial spirit, what about those primordial spirits chosen by the great demons of the underworld from various forces? What became of these primordial spirits?"

Jin An: "Shortly after the Great Demon of the Underworld launched its attack on me, I saw a large number of the Great Demon of the Underworld's divine senses fly out from the colorful strange place, and in the end, they all returned to the Great Demon of the Underworld's body..."

"As for the people, none were seen."

Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest said with regret, "It's a pity about the experts from Yujing Jinque and Zhenguo Temple who traveled to the underworld this time..."

Jin An said, "This time, the criteria for the Great Demon of the Underworld to choose people are that they have demonic nature or evil intentions. These people are more in line with the divine aura of the Great Demon of the Underworld."

"The Jade Capital Golden Palace, the Zhenguo Temple, and other righteous people are all safe and sound and have not been selected."

Upon hearing Jin An's words, both the old Taoist priest and Fatty Li smiled genuinely.

The four of them drank more than a dozen bowls of mutton offal soup before reluctantly paying the bill and leaving. Just as Jin An was about to pay, he stepped on someone's dropped money bag.

The old Taoist priest and Fatty Li were already used to this. They asked Jin An how much money he had found, and then nodded with an "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.

Jin An, on the other hand, was in a great mood. He took out the Luobao Coin and praised it highly, saying that the Luobao Coin knew how to make money from money and was a virtuous little helper in managing household affairs.

The Falling Treasure Coin will knock away the money bags of those with wicked intentions every day, allowing Jin'an to find money bags several times a day.

Just as Jin An finished praising the Fallen Treasure Coin, he stepped on another money bag. Finding two money bags so early in the morning while going out for breakfast made Jin An laugh out loud, and he couldn't resist kissing the Fallen Treasure Coin.

When the four returned to the entrance of the Five Organs Taoist Temple, a primordial spirit emerged from the stone statue of the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Lord, which was the true form of the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Lord.

Thousand-Eyed Daoist covered his nose and said with a look of disgust, "Is it really necessary to eat so much garlic and ginger to get rid of the smell?"

"Bah bah bah."

"gross."

Jin An and the others exchanged glances, burst into laughter, and ignored the Thousand-Eyed Daoist's disdain and complaints. They strode confidently into the Five Organs Daoist Temple.

Standing alone on the roof, with an air of self-admiration like a fairy, the Peacock Buddha Mother ignored the return of the four people and remained standing alone, gazing at the Five Organs Taoist Temple and the distant outside the capital, her eyes filled with a nostalgic feeling that would make literati and poets grieve and feel heartbroken.

Not long after, "Jin'an" and Fatty Li boarded the Bi'an carriage and slowly headed towards the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department.

……

It is still the Five Organs Taoist Temple.

The room where Jin'an lived.

Jin An sat on the futon and began to take stock of all his gains from this trip to the underworld.

As for the "Jin'an" on the Bixie carriage, it was one of the clones transformed from his lead-mercury holy embryo. As long as he did not leave the capital, his clones could move freely within the capital's territory.

Jin An first considered how much good karma he had accumulated.

The art of looking at qi!
One hundred and seventy-six million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and thirty!

"!"

When he saw the nearly two hundred million merits, even someone as resolute as Jin An was clearly taken aback.

He was stunned for a few moments before he came to his senses.

“Hiss!”

Jin An couldn't help but gasp.

Then, from shock to ecstasy, he could no longer contain himself and burst into laughter.

Heaven have mercy, the most good deeds he had ever done before was only a little over 40 million.

Let alone accumulating over 100 million in good deeds, I haven't even reached 50 million.

Now, suddenly possessing over 170 million, nearly 200 million in karmic merit, how could he not be utterly displeased?

This is an unprecedented and earth-shattering amount of wealth.

It is no exaggeration to say that his accumulated merits exceeded 100 million, which far exceeded his understanding. He had fantasized about becoming rich through accumulated merits several times in the past, but he never imagined that he would actually accumulate merits exceeding 100 million so quickly.

Because of his strength, the number of demons and monsters, the various treasures bestowed by imperial decree, and so on, all of these factors will limit the amount of his virtuous deeds.

No amount of good deeds could possibly be enough for the imperial decree he received.

Putting everything else aside, the conferment of the magic treasure alone caused him both heartache and mental exhaustion, because it had consumed far too much of his energy.

however!
Nowadays!

He has accumulated nearly 200 million in good karma!
And the root of all this is the underworld!
Before he passed away, he had already conferred magical treasures and cultivated precious medicines, and his yin virtue had been almost completely depleted, leaving only a few hundred thousand yin virtue.

Therefore, all of his 170 million in good deeds were earned through virtuous deeds!
More accurately, it was a success achieved in a dazzling array of foreign lands!
For every member of the Hundred Races he killed, he gained nine million merits. He had killed at least a dozen or thirty members of the Hundred Races!

If the number of people from all races exceeds twelve, then their accumulated merits will exceed one hundred million!

This was an incredible and extraordinary encounter!
Opportunity!

Blessings!

Jin An laughed heartily for almost the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before he gradually calmed down.

Although his facial expression had returned to calm, the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but smile, and his chest was still filled with joy.

"That's life, isn't it?" Jin An sighed.

Having accumulated so much merit, Jin An no longer hesitated and immediately took out the magic treasure to bestow its blessings.

He knew that as long as the magic weapon was powerful enough, his strength could be increased even further.

Essence Holy Embryo, Azure Blood Holy Embryo, White Tiger Holy Embryo – these are the lead and mercury holy embryos that Jin'an obtained during his journey to the underworld, amidst a dazzling array of strange and wondrous places.

Without hesitation, he conferred the three lead-mercury holy embryos to the late stage of the fourth realm, which cost him a total of 7.2 million yin virtues.

Afterwards, he tried to confer the sacred essence of lead and mercury upon the lead-mercury embryo again, hoping to confer it upon the pseudo-fifth realm...

It just didn't work out.

Imperial decrees have no effect here.

Subsequently, Jin An began to confer titles upon his magical treasures. The first one he conferred a title upon was the Kunwu Blade. Now that he had reached the late stage of the fourth realm, the Kunwu Blade could be conferred a title upon an even higher realm.

Imperial conferment!

Kunwu Blade! The fourteenth imperial decree!
Consuming three million units of Yin virtue!

At this point, Kunwu Blade had also reached the late stage of the fourth realm, and was able to keep up with his strength.

In any case, at this moment, he had accumulated so much good karma that he could never spend it all. So Jin An simply took out the statue of the Earth God that he had obtained in the blessed land and bestowed upon it a title.

The statue of Tu Bo is extremely useful in the underworld. Tu Bo, who has nine curved horns, is the master of the underworld in folk mythology. He is an ancient deity, a god that everyone respects but keeps at a distance. Conferring a statue of Tu Bo will benefit his future journey in the underworld.

and.

With the collapse of the Four Symbols Formation of Heaven and Earth, the birth of demons and monsters in the world has become more frequent. In the future, there may be even more powerful and difficult-to-deal-with demons and monsters. The statue of Tu Bo will also be of great use in the mortal world.

Previously, Jin'an Yin De was not enough, so naturally there was no rush to confer the title of Tu Bo God statue. Improving one's own strength was the most important thing.

But things are different now. Today, he is a "suddenly rich" man with 170 million in good karma, and he no longer needs to worry about how to save money and be frugal.

Imperial conferment!

The statue of the Earth God, the first imperial conferment!
It consumes one million units of Yin virtue!

The statue of the Earth God, the second imperial decree!

Two million units of Yin virtue have been consumed!

The statue of the Earth God, the third imperial decree!

Consuming three million units of Yin virtue!

Then it could no longer be conferred titles, and the Earth God statue successfully reached the late stage of the fourth realm. Jin An now possessed more than ten late stage fourth realm magic treasures!
Lead and mercury-enriched embryos alone!

He has nine!

(End of this chapter)