Journey to the West: The Eighty-One Tribulations of Being Hairless

"May I ask, brother, how much does a nine-thousand-year-old peach usually cost?"

"A nine-thousand-year-old purple-veined peach?"

"Brother, are you planning to sell the peaches His Majesty bestowed upon you?"

Zhou Yi could only nod, expressing his helplessness, "To be honest, brother, although I gained a lot of merit from advancing to the Middle Thousand World, it also consumed a great deal of it!"

The remaining merits were almost used up after purchasing a Great Luo True Technique from Langhuan Pavilion last time. Given the current situation, I cannot descend to the mortal realm and cannot go on missions in the Heavenly Court!

Without sales performance, relying solely on that meager fixed salary, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy any resources!

Therefore, they wanted to exchange the peaches for some merit!

"The consumption is very high?"

Brother, what have you been doing? You have so much merit! Did you use it to refine a postnatal merit treasure? Or did you put it into that middle-thousand world?

Millions of merits! Surely you could never use them all up?

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, Wang Lingguan was baffled!

As a Grand Luo Golden Immortal and a high-ranking official in the Heavenly Court, he naturally possesses considerable knowledge. Generally speaking, opening up a middle-thousand world in the chaos, ranging from low to high level, can yield over ten million Great Dao merits.

Even in a low-level mid-thousand world, one can accumulate ten million merits!

While upgrading a minor world to a middle world doesn't yield as much merit as directly opening one up, it still grants at least half the merit of directly opening one up.

That is, more than five million merits.

And five million merits!

It's enough for a mortal to absorb and directly advance to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivator. Although their mental state might not be able to keep up, there is absolutely no potential for depletion, and they have the potential to become a Da Luo in the future.

Zhou Yi is currently only at the Celestial Immortal level, which clearly means he hasn't used merit to improve his cultivation!

There are only two reasons then!

Alternatively, one could use the merit to refine acquired merit-based spiritual treasures!

More than five million merits are enough to refine a top-grade acquired merit spiritual treasure!

The Merit Treasure is a wonderful thing!

This is a priceless treasure capable of suppressing destiny!

There are actually not many things in the Three Realms that can suppress destiny!

The best is the innate treasure, the second best is the acquired merit treasure, then the innate spiritual root, the merit spiritual treasure, and the innate spiritual treasure!

Yes, while merit-based spiritual treasures may not be as profound as innate spiritual treasures, they are far superior in suppressing fortune.

Only those with innate spiritual roots!

This is why all beings in the Three Realms cherish innate spiritual roots so much!

One merit-based spiritual treasure is indeed not enough to suppress a great sect of saints, but it is more than enough to suppress a great immortal sect.

However, Zhou Yi is only at the Celestial Immortal level right now!

They did not establish any new school of thought.

There's absolutely no need to create merit-based spiritual treasures to suppress one's luck!

Therefore, it should be used to support his Middle Thousand World.

"Sigh, I'm not trying to criticize you, brother, but if it were a Great Thousand World, it would be worth investing in. But a Middle Thousand World... can't become a Great Thousand World so that we can attain the Primordial Chaos."

Why waste those resources? This is a great merit! You're really wasting money!

It's generally very difficult to advance in the Middle Thousand Worlds!

My Heavenly Court rules over hundreds of Middle Thousand Worlds and thousands of Lesser Thousand Worlds, but I have never seen a Lesser Thousand World successfully advance to the Middle Thousand World!

Furthermore, we haven't seen any Middle Thousand Worlds advance!

Even a minor advancement like advancing from a low-level mid-thousand world to a mid-level mid-thousand world wouldn't be possible, so your merit points were completely wasted!

Wang Lingguan looked at Zhou Yi with the eyes of someone looking at a spendthrift and tried to persuade and explain.

"Hundreds of middle-thousand worlds? Then why is it so difficult for Buddhism to find them?"

Hearing that there were actually hundreds of middle-thousand worlds beneath the Heavenly Court truly surprised Zhou Yi. He had previously heard the Eastern Emperor mention that Buddhism currently only had four chief bodhisattvas!

To become the chief Bodhisattva, one must possess a middle-thousand-world system!

"How could Buddhism compare to my Heavenly Court? My Heavenly Court is the legitimate successor of Heaven and Earth, acknowledged by Pangu, and can wield the power over Heaven and Earth, as long as a middle-thousand world appears around the Pangu Great World."

The Heavenly Court could sense it immediately and then send troops to occupy it!

It can be said that my Heavenly Court has a greater advantage than even those saints, let alone ordinary Buddhist bodhisattvas!

Hiss...

At this moment, Zhou Yi felt the power of the Heavenly Court. Hundreds of middle-thousand worlds! The fortune produced by one middle-thousand world was enough to support a powerful Grand Luo Golden Immortal!

In other words, if things were normal, the Heavenly Court would already have at least a hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals.

I knew it! How could someone who has become the rightful ruler of heaven and earth end up in such a miserable state, getting beaten to a pulp by a monkey like Sun Wukong?

"Alas, brother, I come from the lower realm. I have disciples and relatives there. I can't just abandon them! I had no choice but to ascend to the heavenly realm back then!"

There are no higher-level cultivation methods in the lower realms; the only option is to attempt ascension and seek a path of cultivation!

The Book of Changes does not deny this.

The world of Liaozhai!

Zhou Yi does indeed have relatives, including his younger sister, and his disciple is now the Heavenly Emperor in the world of Liaozhai!

"Uh... I forgot about that..."

Even without attaining the Great Luo realm or severing the Three Corpses, one can still be bound by emotions. Not to mention you, my brother, I also have a sect in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and they occasionally ask me to send them some immortal pills or magic treasures!

However, although the Middle Thousand World can support Taiyi Golden Immortals, in that kind of environment, it would probably take forever to cultivate to Taiyi Golden Immortal. Here's a suggestion for you, brother!

Once things have settled down in the Heavenly Court, if your family members or disciples achieve the True Immortal realm, then ascend directly to the Heavenly Realm!

The Pangu Great World, in terms of both its spiritual environment and the Daoist principles of heaven and earth, is far superior to the lower realms!

Wang Lingguan expressed his understanding of this.

"Thanks for the reminder, but given the current situation, it seems unlikely. Let's wait until things improve!"

Wang Lingguan nodded and continued.

"Although the nine-thousand-year-old purple-veined peach is precious, it is still just an innate spiritual fruit for Taiyi Golden Immortals to cultivate. If it weren't for that trace of innate origin, it would probably only be a fruit for Golden Immortals to replenish their magic power!"

This item can also be purchased at the Heavenly Treasury, and it usually costs around 200,000 merit points per piece!

However, because the Empress often uses scarcity marketing, the supply cannot meet the demand, and the price in the outside world can basically reach 250,000 or even 300,000 merits!

If two 9,000-year-old purple-veined peaches were sold, they would fetch a price of 500,000!

If you're willing, brother, I'll take you right now!

I have a good-for-nothing junior in the mortal realm. He's mediocre in talent and comprehension, and after thousands of years, he's still stuck at the level of a celestial being. I originally didn't want to get involved, but since you want to sell peaches of immortality, I'll take them.

What?

Scarcity marketing?

Even immortals understand this?

Upon hearing this familiar term, Zhou Yi was somewhat bewildered, but then he realized that if mortals could figure it out, how much more so immortals? Immortals, in terms of wisdom and computational power, were absolutely incomparable to mortals.

"But, brother, to be honest, this nine-thousand-year-old purple-veined peach is considered a top-tier natural treasure in the Three Realms. Even if you sell it for merit points, you won't be able to buy any decent natural treasures with those merit points!"

"Well......

"Brother, it's like this, I'd like to learn alchemy to see if I can earn some merit points through it. Given the current situation, I can't take on quests, and I can't just sit around and do nothing!"

Zhou Yi also shared his thoughts!

"What?! Learn alchemy? Earn merit points by refining pills?" Wang Lingguan stared at Zhou Yi in disbelief, scrutinizing him from head to toe, making Zhou Yi feel somewhat uncomfortable...