Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Sixty-Three: Earning Merit Points

Although the storage bags of Qi Refining stage disciples weren't large, with so many bags, plus those of the others, their bodies were suddenly full.

Seeing that it would take a long time for their Dharma Affinity to recover, Lin Haoming simply tidied things up a bit, putting all these people's storage bags into several, and stacking the empty bags together, wrapping them in a cloth bag.

It had been almost a whole day since they came in, and these people's storage bags already contained a considerable amount of spirit stones. A rough estimate showed over three hundred mid-grade spirit stones alone, including two high-grade spirit stones, plus low-grade spirit stones, bringing the total to approximately eighty thousand spirit stones.

This was already a considerable sum. Lin Haoming had even discussed with Wang Chen that he would take all the spirit stones first to ensure he could exchange them for three Foundation Establishment Pills, and then give one to Wang Chen.

Wang Chen had no objections. He understood the current situation; getting even one Foundation Establishment Pill was already a stroke of luck, so he wouldn't argue.

Lin Haoming saw that he was able to take things in stride and was a decent person, so he didn't reject him further.

Of course, Lin Haoming was in a very good mood. To him, spirit stones weren't a big deal, since they would all have to be handed over eventually. But the magical artifacts, talismans, and pills from these dozens of people would all be his.

The storage bags of these dozens of people contained three or four hundred magical artifacts alone, and the vast majority were of mid-grade or higher. After all, low-grade magical artifacts were practically useless here, unless they had special functions.

Among them were nearly a hundred high-grade magic artifacts. In addition, while most pills were for healing injuries or detoxifying and restoring mana, they were all the most effective types; he even found twenty or thirty Spirit Recovery Pills. As for the various talismans, there was a motley collection, too many for Lin Haoming to keep track of, including some low-grade top-quality talismans. Unfortunately, he didn't find any talisman treasures.

Thinking about it carefully, if there really were talisman treasures, he wouldn't have been so easily killed by Hu Xiangzhen. Moreover, even the lowest-grade talisman treasures cost seven or eight thousand spirit stones. Someone with that kind of wealth must have a significant background; either they wouldn't bother coming to a place like this, or they were someone like Hu Xiangzhen. If such a person truly existed, Hu Xiangzhen probably wouldn't have dared to kill them so easily.

In fact, the value of these items alone was probably no less than the eighty thousand spirit stones he had obtained, and all of it belonged to him!

After dealing with his gains, Lin Haoming noticed that Fa Yuan was still healing his injuries, while Wang Chen went to deal with the seven or eight Earth Fire Demon Wolves.

Lin Haoming didn't bother with the seven or eight Earthfire Demon Wolves, but Wang Chen knew they carried many valuable items. Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to deal with them.

Lin Haoming ignored them and, remembering the Soul-Soothing Mantra he had obtained earlier, took out the jade slip and slapped it on his forehead.

The Soul-Soothing Mantra wasn't difficult. Lin Haoming's first impression was that it did resemble Buddhist scriptures he had seen on Earth. However, when Lin Haoming began to read it carefully, he suddenly felt that the Merit Bead seemed to resonate with him as he silently recited it.

This resonance was peculiar; Lin Haoming was certain he had never experienced anything like it before.

Strangely, when Lin Haoming stopped reciting, the Merit Bead immediately stopped resonating as well. As soon as it resumed, the resonance also resumed, as if there was an inexplicable connection between the Soul-Soothing Mantra and the Merit Bead.

Lin Haoming tried reciting the Soul-Soothing Mantra completely. After he finished, something astonishing happened.

Many of the already fragmented corpses now emitted clusters of white light.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming was overjoyed, knowing he had successfully used the Soul-Soothing Incantation on his first attempt. He immediately continued chanting it silently.

As Lin Haoming continued chanting the Soul-Soothing Incantation, these remnant souls, just as when Fa Yuan had used it before, as they returned to the cycle of reincarnation, countless white points of light representing merit converged towards Lin Haoming.

Lin Haoming felt an unprecedented surge of merit directly impacting him. His divine sense sank into the Merit Bead and discovered that in such a short time, he had actually gained fifty portions of minor merit. Adding to the three portions he already possessed, he now had fifty-three portions of minor merit.

Fifty-three small merits—this was something Lin Haoming had never dared to imagine before. He felt even more excited than when he had gained so much wealth. He knew that with so many merits, he could now unseal the fifth layer of the Spirit Gathering Pearl's seal and then the third layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl's seal.

Lin Haoming himself hadn't expected to earn so many merits so easily. He now realized how immense the opportunity he had received from the Dharma Affinity was. Roughly calculating, he could earn one complete small merit for performing a ritual to help a cultivator pass on!

Without hesitation, Lin Haoming immediately unsealed the third layer of the Demon Gathering Pearl's seal.

The instant the seal was unsealed, Lin Haoming discovered that the Merit Pearl had given him another message: he only needed to consume nine small merits to unseal the first layer of the third pearl of the Merit Pearl.

Faced with this choice, Lin Haoming hesitated. After all, when he unsealed the second bead last time, the Demon Gathering Bead was practically useless to him unless he later obtained the *Divine Bone Technique*. Now, gambling on a bead whose function he had no idea what it would do, Lin Haoming dared not make a hasty decision.

The fifth layer of the Spirit Gathering Bead's seal required twenty-seven small merits, as did the fourth layer of the Demon Gathering Bead. Both were things Lin Haoming needed, and together they required fifty-four small merits. He had forty-four left, and he felt he could gather the ten short in the Mad Cave. However, unsealing the third merit bead would require nineteen, making it more difficult to gather the required amount, especially since Fa Yuan's injuries had healed somewhat; he couldn't just watch himself absorb merits.

Lin Haoming suddenly realized he was caught in a dilemma.

Thinking it over carefully, unlocking the fifth seal of the Spirit Gathering Pearl was crucial, because it would essentially give him an inexhaustible supply of high-grade spirit stones. Unlocking the fourth seal of the Demon Gathering Pearl, however, only increased its capacity, which he could somewhat relinquish.

Having considered this, Lin Haoming unlocked the fifth seal of the Spirit Gathering Pearl first. Afterward, as expected, unlocking the sixth seal required a full set of Great Merit, meaning he needed to collect 81 Small Merit Points to unlock the sixth seal.

Although the required merit was high, Lin Haoming had anticipated this. Faced with the remaining merit, he resolutely decided to unlock the third Merit Pearl.

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