Being a talent in the Chusheng Demon Sect

Chapter 12: Gambling for Merit, the Puppet of Death
"Colorful Merit Fish, Billion Dollar Prize."

Since the relevant news had already spread everywhere and everyone was discussing it, Lu Yang found out the whole story without much effort.

It turns out that there is a permanent special task in the Chusheng Sect called "accumulating merits."

The location is just below the Holy Fire Cliff, deep in the sea of ​​clouds, in a treasure land called "Merit Pool". In the pool there lives an exotic spirit beast named "Merit Fish".

Fish come in five colors: white, blue, purple, gold, and colorful.

The closer it is to color, the more essence the merit fish has. Eating it can not only improve the quality of your true energy, but can even help you break through bottlenecks.

The so-called "accumulating merit" task also originated from this.

This task is limited to once per person per month. First, you blindly select a number, and then pay 10 contribution points to get the merit fish corresponding to the number.

However, the 10 contribution points paid by the monks will not be recovered by the Holy Sect, but will be recorded in the Merit Pool account. The high-level officials of the Holy Sect have made a special explanation on this: as long as someone can select the only colorful merit fish in the Merit Pool, they can get all the contribution points in the Merit Pool!
Nearly a hundred years have passed since this mission was issued.

But in the past hundred years, no one has chosen the colored merit fish. As a result, the contribution points in the pond have accumulated more and more, and have become an astronomical number.

"One billion! One billion!"

In the rocking chair, the old man was still muttering, his tone full of envy and jealousy.

Just yesterday, the super jackpot of this "Merit Lottery" finally came out, and the disciple who got it had just been a disciple for less than ten days.

The century-old prize pool was won by a newcomer who had been in the profession for less than ten days!

It’s no wonder that the old man in the library feels unbalanced. After all, the billion-dollar prize also includes his share of the Merit Pool missions he has participated in over the years.

Not to mention that Xiao Shiye, while winning the 1 billion grand prize in the Merit Pool, also got the most precious colorful Merit Fish. After eating it, he broke through from the first level of Qi Refining to the perfection of Qi Refining overnight. Now he has been accepted as a disciple by the real person in the sect and is in seclusion to prepare for the breakthrough to the foundation building stage.

In such a situation, even Lu Yang couldn't help showing envy.

But soon his eyes changed. Because the lucky guy, Xiao Shiye did not hide the number he chose when he drew the colored merit fish.

"2025113"

Looking at this number, Lu Yang couldn't help swallowing.

Just when Lu Yang memorized this string of numbers firmly in his mind and was ready to use it in his next life, a beautiful figure suddenly walked in from outside the library.

"Junior Brother Lu?"

Lu Yang looked up and immediately recognized the other person. It was Fairy Qingchen. She seemed surprised as well, with a look of surprise on her pretty face as if they had met by chance.

"Oh, it's Qingchen. Is it time?"

The old man in the library also saw Fairy Qingchen. His bored expression suddenly became serious. He stood up and said, "Then let's set off quickly."

"Senior Brother, are you going to explore the cave too?" Lu Yang asked curiously.

"What else?" the old man in the library said unhappily, "I just lost a lot of money. If I don't find some extra income, I'll be broke!"

"Lost a lot of money?"

"Ah, it was all due to my carelessness." The old man in the library sighed, "Some time ago, the Holy Sect and the Yushu Sword Pavilion in Jiangnan had a great battle."

"The Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion came prepared and seized a mass grave in the south from the Holy Sect."

"The 'Substitute Corpse' produced in that mass grave is a very valuable treasure. Once the mass grave was seized, its price within the Holy Sect skyrocketed."

"Everyone was stockpiling at the beginning, so I waited and watched for a while out of caution."

"Later, I realized that prices were only going up and not down, and I felt that the opportunity was fleeting, so I bought a batch of goods from others at a high price."

At this point, the old man in the library was filled with grief and regret, slapping his thigh. "Who would have thought that no sooner had I finished stockpiling than news came in that the Holy Sect had launched a counterattack and the mass grave had been recaptured. As a result, the price that had just risen plummeted in the blink of an eye, and is now even lower than the original price!"

Lu Yang: “.”

"But fortunately, there's Qingchen." The old man in the library sighed for a moment, then cheered up again and sighed, "Qingchen is a good person."

Fairy Qingchen smiled shyly, "Brother, you are so kind." "That is truly from the bottom of my heart," the old man in the library said sincerely, "If you hadn't recommended Brother Zhao to me, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to get my money back."

"It's just a small favor." Fairy Qingchen said modestly, "Brother Zhao just happened to be short of a batch of dead corpses, and you already have a large stockpile. Qingchen just happened to come across it by chance. I only hope that when I explore the cave later, if Qingchen finds something he likes, I hope you can help him a little."

Senior Brother Zhao, Zhao Xuhe? Lu Yang's heart moved slightly.

"By the way, Junior Brother Lu."

It was only then that Fairy Qingchen seemed to remember Lu Yang and turned to look at him: "Junior brother, are you really not planning to join us in exploring the cave this time?"

".I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Senior Sister."

Lu Yang shook his head and said, "Junior brother has just entered the sect and is weak and powerless. He only wants to focus on cultivation. Exploring the cave is too dangerous and I really don't have the energy to do so."

"Boy, I don't like what you said."

The old man in the library shook his head. "Focus on cultivation? Ordinary disciples like us, with no money or power, will never achieve immortality if we only focus on cultivation."

"Cultivating immortals is inherently about going against the will of heaven. Without taking risks, how can one achieve rapid progress in cultivation?"

“When everyone else is afraid and wants to retreat, you should be more courageous to try and strive for it, so that you can seize the opportunity!”

Others are afraid of your greed, no wonder you go bankrupt.

No matter how much the old man in the library talked, Lu Yang always refused politely. He was so angry that he turned around and left, saying "A rotten tree cannot be carved."

Fairy Qingchen didn't know what to say when she saw this. She just looked at Lu Yang deeply, then turned around and left. She went to a hidden cave on Butian Peak with the old man from the library. She asked the old man from the library to wait in the outer courtyard first, and then she walked into the inner courtyard and came to a quiet room.

After a while, the door of the quiet room opened and Zhao Xuhe walked out.

"Failed again? He still didn't agree?"

Zhao Xuhe listened to Fairy Qingchen's story, his brows gradually furrowed. "She's truly a person with a firm heart. Well, it won't hurt to lose her."

"Brother, I think there is something wrong with this person."

Fairy Qingchen bit her silver teeth and said, "The life lamps of my three mistresses have gone out. I asked them to kill that guy last night, but now it seems that they failed."

"Brother, you know that my three mistresses are all at the third level of Qi Refining. If Lu Yang could kill them, could it be that he must have reached the middle stage of cultivation?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhao Xuhe shook his head without hesitation: "Breaking through the bottleneck is not easy. In just a few days, he has broken through to the third level of Qi Refining at most. It is impossible for him to break through to the middle level."

"You don't have to be suspicious. I've checked his purchase records."

"He bought so many Vitality Pills. If he consumes them regardless of the cost, it wouldn't be surprising for him to reach the third level of Qi Refining. As for your three mistresses."

"He used his skills to borrow money to acquire a magical power, the Divine Sky Sword Controlling Technique from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion." Zhao Xuhe carefully analyzed the situation and said, "If he is gifted and has a keen understanding of the sword art, and can quickly master the sword techniques, then it wouldn't be surprising if he killed your three mistresses."

"This brother is right."

Fairy Qingchen thought for a moment and felt that Zhao Xuhe's analysis was more reasonable. After all, she had a deep understanding of how difficult the mid-term bottleneck was.

It took her nearly ten years to finally break through.

Now, to say that a newly initiated disciple has achieved a breakthrough in less than a month is simply a fantasy, unless he is the reincarnation of a real person.

"Okay, let's talk about this later."

Zhao Xuhe waved his hand, his eyes gleaming coldly: "Let's take care of the 'cave' matter first. Have you gathered all the people?"

"Everyone is here." Fairy Qingchen nodded and said, "Especially Wang Bairong from the Library. Senior Brother bought his surrogate corpse, and he trusts us now."

"That's good."

Zhao Xuhe smiled coldly: "My Holy Sect has always produced many talented people. Whether we can make a fortune from this opportunity depends entirely on my fellow disciples."

(End of this chapter)