Their bodies were covered with a faint layer of pale golden brilliance, not on the surface of their clothes, but deep within their skin.
Apart from this layer of luster, there is nothing unusual or special about it.
Walking along the Heavenly Road, the powerful men from the Chongxiao World were already waiting for them. Seeing this strange situation, Qu Yitang took advantage of the situation and asked for an explanation.
"This is the merit of the Great Dao." Shi Xiangyuan nodded lightly, quite satisfied, "Help a small world escape the danger of loss and collapse, and save tens of millions of lives. This is a reward from heaven, you can accept it with peace of mind. "
The theory of merit is familiar to everyone. In the world of Chongxiao, the spiritual root method is the mainstream of the immortal way. However, in other worlds, there are many other methods that directly point to the avenue. The merit cultivator is one of them, and Buddhist cultivation is closely related to it. It also has quite a lot of implications.
According to the records of the meritorious monks of various major sects, their cultivation realm is only slightly different along with their spiritual roots. They do not have steps to strengthen the physical body such as Qi training. Instead, they help the world through rectification of the body, charity, wisdom of the world, elimination of evil, etc. Be good and accumulate merit by getting rid of evil thoughts. When you realize the wisdom, you can naturally build the foundation of the Tao and escape from the mortal world.
Therefore, most meritorious monks cultivate their minds and regard the human body as an external object. After reaching a certain level, they will even abandon the physical body and use their souls to exist in the world and become immortal gods worshiped by the mortal world. This is also true for human incense. A major assisting factor for Taoist monks in their practice.
Zhao Xun and others nodded in understanding, but they also knew that meritorious monks had a drawback, that is, the years required for cultivation were extremely long, and most of them died in the middle before they could achieve the great path. Giving up the physical body was one of the special ways to extend life span, and at the same time, because Most of the people who worship immortals in the world are devout and serve one master but not both. If two meritorious monks decide to place the incense in one place, they will fight over the enshrinement.
In addition, there are different levels of merit. The merits of being upright and giving are the simplest and easiest types to obtain. They are also the ones that monks in this way accumulate the most. They can fight and plunder each other. Therefore, merit monks mostly go alone, and even There is no such thing as a master-disciple inheritance.
As for the merits and virtues of the Great Dao, Zhao Shun and others felt puzzled.
There is no introduction to this kind of merit in the sect's records.
Shi Xiangyuan was so discerning and considerate. He stroked his beard and smiled lightly when he saw this, and said: "The merits of the great road are not only what meritorious monks seek throughout their lives, but also what monks all over the world regard as treasures.
"It is useless for practice, and it is not helpful for advancing in strength, but its function can make everyone crazy——"
He rarely showed his confidence, but the head of Taiyuan next to him smiled and answered everyone's doubts: "The purpose of the merits of the great road is to eliminate the power of thunder tribulation and help monks overcome the tribulation and attain enlightenment."
Spiritual root monks have three rounds of inherent calamities, which are the three-nine thunder calamities of the Tao seed when they achieve the true infant stage, the six-nine thunder calamities of enlightenment when they achieve the great master of the gods, and the nine-nine thunder calamities of breaking the world when they reach the heaven after perfecting their practice. In addition, there are countless minor tribulations and inner demon tribulations that are constantly entangled in the monks' journey to immortality, which is heart-stopping.
"If you have the merits of the Great Dao, you will be helpful to the way of heaven, and you will receive its rewards. Although the merits on your body are not deep, you may not be able to withstand even the least powerful three-nine thunder tribulations, but At least ordinary inner demons and small tribulations cannot be easily coerced."
In this way, their great virtues are more like amulets to resist inner demons.
"Don't feel that you have too little merit," Shi Xiangyuan's expression straightened, and he warned, "The merits of the Great Dao are hard to come by. The way we non-merit monks want to obtain this thing is to continue the path to heaven, or to teach the Dharma. Apart from Tuodao, there is currently only one known method that requires accumulation over many years.”
He paused and then said: "However, this method is too far away from you. It is not convenient for you to know the details of it. You only need to understand that a true infant monk who has been killing demons at the border for hundreds of years will not necessarily receive the great merits. There are as many as you have now.”
Everyone should claim that it is, and they are already extremely satisfied in their hearts, so how can they dare to be greedy.
Zhao Chun frowned and glanced at the group of people going to Heyan Xiaoqian World, only to find that the light golden light on his body was much richer than that of others. Shi Xiangyuan and the other monks also obviously noticed this difference, and nodded and said: "Zhao Chun , your contribution during this trip is not small."
When he was waiting outside the boundary, he could only notice the safety of Zhao Shun and others. As for what happened inside the boundary, he didn't know much about it. However, the Heavenly Society would decide the amount of merit given based on the amount of dedication. Among the people present, Zhao Chun is undoubtedly in the first place, and Qu Yitang, Qi Bochong, and Lin Yiyi are more important than the others. Zhou Kang, who is also in the Ning Yuan realm, has more merits than Wu Hua and others, and is almost as good as Fenxuan. .
"But I'll just do my best." She was humble, and the others didn't feel it was unfair. After all, if Zhao Chun hadn't thrown a piece of white light to connect the sky, today's Heyan Little Thousand World might not have been successful. Take it back.
The people with the most transcendent status in the field are undoubtedly Shi Xiangyuan and the head of the Taiyuan Taoist sect. As for the other major sects, either the head masters came in person or sent respected people here. Qu Yitang and others were praised by the elders of their own sects as figures that the disciples could often see, and they were stunned for a moment.
There were already monks waiting in Chongxiao World. When Zhao Xuan and others returned, they took advantage of the situation and went to Heyan Xiaoqian World to eliminate the remaining evil cultivators, appease the righteous monks, and bring them back on track.
After picking up Zhao Chun and the others, things should have been considered complete, but Shi Xiangyuan reached out and made a move, and a golden light slowly floated out from the dark chaos.
Everyone looked carefully and saw that it was a golden toad as big as a palm. It escaped from the long steps of the Heavenly Road and was summoned by Shi Xiangyuan into his hand. He opened and closed his mouth and tongue, saying something silently.
"I see, you are in for an adventure." He murmured softly to himself, raised his finger and tapped the golden toad's head. After a moment, he saw the golden light expand and disperse, and a boy who was just as tall as a person's chest and abdomen stood in front of everyone. In front of him, he shouted: "Thank you senior, thank you senior."
"The Six-Eyed Golden Toad is an extremely noble lineage among the toad monsters. As far as I know, even the overseas Youzhou in the Chongxiao World does not see this lineage of heavenly monsters. However, in the past, when I was still practicing in the main sect, I was in Wanwan. During the royal banquet, the Six-Eyed Golden Toad clan came to congratulate..."
When the words "Imperial Banquet of Ten Thousand Races" were mentioned, the face of the head of Taiyuan next to him suddenly changed slightly, but he returned to his original state in an instant.
"From what you described, you should have consumed the essence and blood of the six-eyed golden toad demon, and you happened to be a member of the toad genus, so you accidentally sublimated your bloodline. So besides you, there is no one else in the clan. There has never been a second six-eyed golden toad... And the demon clan with pure blood has a long lifespan. You have taken many life-extending pills because of you, and you have been alive since you were cut off from heaven. It is reasonable. place."
