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Chapter 52 Heavenly Merit
If an ordinary person wanted to refine the Soul Banner into a magical weapon of virtue, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy.

First of all, it can be seen from the diary that refining a magic weapon of merit requires a large amount of merit power. Even the Morality Sect must open a pool of merit to have this foundation.

The user holding the Thousand Souls Banner will inevitably reap countless souls and commit heinous killings. It is a blessing that such heavy karma is not suppressed by merit, let alone accumulating enough merit to refine merit magic weapons.

Even if we look at it from another perspective, if the great master of the evil path does not do it himself, but instead looks for a person with great merit to refine the magic weapon, the Merit Soul Banner, is this idea feasible?

Obviously, this approach is not possible.

Even if the holder has no sinful karma, the soul flag has been refined by killing so many people and their souls have been sacrificed into the soul flag, which will accumulate a huge amount of resentment. Karma and merit are naturally contradictory and there is no possibility of compatibility at all.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there has never been any absurd statement about the treasure of magic merit in the fairy-tale version.

But if these things happened to Lu Yan, the results would be different.

First of all, Lu Yan has a huge amount of merit, and he also has the doomsday version as a reserve, so he will not lack merit at all.

Secondly, Lu Yan’s soul flags, whether they are resentful souls or main souls, are basically from harvesting zombies. Zombies lack the two souls of heaven and earth and the ghost soul is confused. The resentment left after the sacrifice is less than one thousandth of that of a normal soul flag, and as for karma, there is none at all.

In this case, the Soul Banner is fully qualified to be refined into a magical weapon of success.

As for the last point, it was actually a guess made by Lu Yan after reading the "Daily Records" based on some information in the book.

In the "Daily Records of Daode", every inner disciple of Daode Sect would go down the mountain to gain merit after establishing their foundation.

The way they gain merit is mostly by slaying demons and eliminating evil. Interfering in worldly affairs and causing disasters will only result in karma and loss of merit. This is completely different from Lu Yan's personal experience.

Lu Yan has personally tested it and found that killing zombies that pose a threat to humans does not accumulate merit. Instead, merit can be gained by stripping away the wandering souls of zombies and freeing their seven spirits from the constraints of the physical body.

Apart from this, there was no sign of any merit gained from killing those marauding cultivators and demonic cultivators before.

Lu Yan and the disciples of the Daode Sect thousands of years ago seem to be on two completely different paths of accumulating merit.

Lu Yan boldly guessed that this might be related to the inheritance of the Daode Sect.

The path that disciples follow is humanity. They can gain humanitarian merits by slaying demons and protecting the order of humanity.

However, Lu Yan’s encounters in the apocalyptic version are completely different from the path of the fairy-tale version.

Lu Yan is stripping away the souls of the zombies in order to eradicate the chaos of the end times. His path is to save the world. There is a doomsday version of the heaven that will bestow merits and blessings.

Lu Yan inherited the merits of the Heavenly Dao. If he were to refine a magic weapon of merit, it would most likely be a different scene.

By then, when the magic weapon of merit is completed, even if Lu Yan takes out the soul flag in front of the righteous sect, facing the meritorious vision of rosy clouds descending from the sky and golden lotus emerging from the ground, I am afraid no one will be able to say a word against it.

"If we can really succeed in refining it, then why would we have to worry about being exposed?"

Lu Yan's heart was pounding.

Continuing to flip through the "Moral Diary", Lu Yan was a little disappointed to find that there was no information on how to refine merit magic weapons, but instead it returned to recording daily content.

However, the "Daily Record" is not a book on spiritual practice, but just a diary from thousands of years ago. It is obviously not realistic to find the method of refining meritorious magic weapons from it.

Lu Yan turned to the last page, which only recorded the time of [July 13, 76,351 in the Tiandao calendar].

Apart from this, the pages of the book are blank, and everything seems to have come to an abrupt end at this moment, just like the Daode Sect that disappeared in the long river of history.

Closing the book with some regret, Lu Yan began to think about the information in the "Moral Diary".

Compared to Lu Yan's previous idea, it was obviously more feasible to refine the Soul Banner into a merit weapon. The only question was where to find the method to refine the merit weapon. "The Daode Sect was besieged by the righteous sects and suffered heavy losses. Then the war between righteousness and evil broke out again and was slaughtered by the evil sects.

According to this theory, the classics of the Daode Sect should have been preserved in both the righteous and evil sects that besieged the Daode Sect at that time.

After all, this is a Dharma inheritance of merit, and it is impossible for the various sects to let it go."

“But the Daode Sect has been extinct for thousands of years, and I have never heard of any sect carrying forward the law of merit and virtue. Even the magical power of merit and virtue has gradually disappeared.

Under such circumstances, the importance that each sect places on the method of merit and virtue must have greatly decreased, but it may not be difficult to find a method for refining a magic weapon of merit and virtue. "

Lu Yan pondered secretly in his heart.

In today's world of cultivating immortals, the ten major orthodox sects rule over many blessed places, and there are countless unorthodox sects under their command.

The seven great sects of the evil path are also well-known in the world of cultivation. Both the righteous and evil paths have ancient sects that have been passed down for tens of thousands of years.

The Red Lotus Demon Sect, a rising star that rose to prominence after the great war between good and evil, has a history of thousands of years, but it is still the youngest sect among the orthodox Xuanmen and the upper sects of the demonic path.

“If you want to learn how to refine the Merit Treasure, you should start with these large sects. The best target is the Red Lotus Demon Sect, which is suspected to have seized the inheritance of the Morality Sect and founded its foundation.

After killing Cheng Yu, news came out that the Red Lotus Demon Sect was planning to locate a secret relic in Wushan.

Can I use this information to profit from it and achieve the goal of obtaining the method of refining the merit treasure?"

Lu Yan seriously thought about the feasibility of this matter.

At this moment, the restriction outside the cave suddenly showed signs of being triggered. Lu Yan frowned and looked towards the entrance of the cave.

Now the Qinggu Market has been blocked by Xie Yun and his men, and the many cultivators in the market are busy taking care of themselves. How could anyone take the initiative to come to his cave?

"Could it be that there are other casual cultivators who want to ask about the review?"

Lu Yan became a little alert. After a little thought, he put the books in front of him into the storage bag, stood up and walked towards the cave gate.

The restrictions on this cave are just like a doorbell. It is impossible to stop cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training or above from breaking in. The safety of the cave area depends largely on the order of the market town.

The order in Qinggu Market is currently in chaos, so Lu Yan naturally cannot hope that this ban can stop outsiders.

Instead of waiting for the other party to break in, it is better to take the initiative to investigate.

Walking to the restriction, Lu Yan's gaze fell towards the outside of the cave. The one-way restriction allowed Lu Yan to clearly see the scene outside the cave.

There was no human figure outside the cave, as if the restriction being triggered just now was just an illusion.

Lu Yan looked around cautiously and put his right hand into his arms.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement outside the cave. Lu Yan put down his right hand which had been put into his arms, frowned slightly and walked back into the cave.

However, after taking a few steps, Lu Yan stopped.

I saw a figure sitting in front of the desk in the cave, as if he had been waiting for Lu Yan for a long time.

Then, a cold voice slowly sounded:

"I heard that you are mine?"

(End of this chapter)