Around the ruins, tents were set up everywhere, and the bunkers were given to ordinary people like Madame and Yue Lao and Teacher Meng to live.

Zhu Tianpeng asked for a tent alone, nominally because he wanted a better rest, but in fact it was for the convenience of going out at night.

Qian Yuanzi taught everyone a set of simple methods of breathing, and everyone sat quietly, breathing heavily, and cherishing this opportunity.

In the middle of the night, Zhu Tianpeng teleported out of the sentinel's sight and soon came to the cave where the golden bats met.

Seeing him coming, the Golden Bat Demon turned into a human form in front of him, becoming an inconspicuous white-bearded bald old man, looking at Zhu Tianpeng with a look of surprise, and his face was full of smiles.

"Daoyou is really trustworthy, the golden bat is polite here!"

Zhu Tianpeng also saluted according to the other party's appearance, although it was a little awkward, but since he came here, he also tried to say in the tone of the ancients:

"I don't know if my friend called me here, what is there to discuss?"

"To tell you the truth, thousands of years ago, I followed my master's practice, and my master had predicted that our clan would be in trouble because of this, and he also deduced that there was a young man who would help my clan out of danger. ”

When Zhu Tianpeng heard this, he immediately felt incredible, how could he appear in his master's prediction.

"Who is your master, and how can he be so powerful?"

Jin Bat seemed to expect him to ask such a question, and said casually:

"My master has said that if there is fate, we will meet each other, and there is no need to cling to these false names. ”

Zhu Tianpeng's eyes widened, and he was even more surprised.

"You mean, your master is still alive? How is that possible? How can a man live a thousand years?"

The golden bat smiled and said:

"Many changes in the world are incomparably mysterious, how can we use common sense to say that it is me, and I have lived for thousands of years?"

Zhu Tianpeng tried his best to suppress the surprise in his heart, and after calming down, he asked again:

"I believe what you're saying, but I don't know how you're going to thank me. ”

The golden bat pointed to the side with his right hand, and Zhu Tianpeng saw a huge wooden box next to it.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a gift from my master to you, please accept it with a smile, as for what I give, you can only know it after you open it. ”

Zhu Tianpeng glanced at the other party suspiciously, walked to the front of the wooden box, and opened the wooden box without hesitation.

In the wooden box, a golden curved bow appeared in front of him, and next to the curved bow were nine golden arrows of different shapes.

Zhu Tianpeng liked it when he saw it, this golden curved bow was very similar to the curved bow he saw in his dream, both in style and size.

He stretched out his hand to pick up the bow, but it seemed to be in a box, and he couldn't hold it.

"Fellow Daoist, this is what I want to give you. The golden bat said, spitting out the golden pill from his mouth, and the golden pill emitted a ray of light shining on the curved bow, and soon, the curved bow slowly rose and floated in the air.

"Hold it, remember, don't let go no matter what. ”

Zhu Tianpeng acted according to his words, and the moment he held the bow, he felt as if he had been electrocuted, which lasted for a while, and then returned to normal.

The golden bat put the golden pill away, his spirit was a little sluggish, and his tone became a little lazy.

"I have helped you refine this curved bow, and you can include it in your dantian cultivation. ”

Zhu Tianpeng's heart moved, the curved bow was gone, and a golden curved bow condensed a hundred times the size appeared in its dantian, and the nine long arrows also stood quietly next to the curved bow.

"Fellow Daoist, this curved bow can only be used when you cultivate to the Foundation Building Realm.

Now that the troubled times are coming, this world will soon usher in great changes, you have to work hard to increase your cultivation, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to survive in the troubled times.

I don't have the master's ability to reach the sky, so I can only be a couple, and keep this place for my master while concentrating on cultivation. But you are not very human, don't be the frog at the bottom of the well, and be complacent.

Remember, everything has a fate, and although my cultivators respect the way of heaven, they must also have the heart of defying the heavens, so that they can attain the great way..."

Zhu Tianpeng returned to his tent in a daze, looking at the golden curved bow in the dantian, his heart was extremely complicated.

After three days, the fog finally cleared, and there was no longer a sweet smell in the air.

Everyone's task was successfully completed, and they finally had to go home.

Zhu Tianpeng's merits have increased a lot, and after killing the last leader of the strange insects, his merits have soared a lot.

There are also many changes to the values in the altar.

Physical Level: Xiaowu Level 3 (Level 4 requires 3,000 merits)

Cultivation level: Qi refining level 2 (level 3 requires 2,000 merits)

Divine power: upright without shadow (Xiaocheng needs 2,000 merits)

Archery (2,000 merits)

Merit: 10,000,837

Shooting the leader of the monster insects has increased by 8,000 merits, and the monster insects he helped kill before also have 2,000 merits, and this 10,000 merits are enough for him to upgrade all his levels and supernatural powers to the next level, but he didn't do this, the curved bow given by the golden bat needs to be used during the foundation building period, and how to use these merits, he hasn't thought about it for a while.

On the plane back to Beijing, the hum of the engine made people a little drowsy, and Lin Lao was lying on a stretcher, his thighs were wrapped in layers of gauze, and he was already asleep at this time.

Shen Mulan suffered internal injuries, although she had taken the special medicine for the treatment of internal injuries, her face was still a little pale, Zhu Tianpeng went to see her, probably felt a little unbearable on her face, so she didn't give him a good face.

Zhu Tianpeng felt bored, so he came to sit down next to Qian Yuanzi, and just when Qian Yuanzi opened his eyes, he asked:

"Master, I have a question in my heart that I would like to ask Master Father?"

Zhu Tianpeng is no longer the insignificant senior student who set off at this time in everyone's hearts, and no one can predict how far he can grow after awakening.

In addition, he worshipped Qianyuanzi as his teacher at this time, and he already had a very important weight in everyone's hearts, so his question immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Daoist Qianyuanzi said casually:

"Tell me and listen to it, if the teacher knows, he will definitely know everything. ”

"Oh!" Zhu Tianpeng nodded and continued to ask:

"People in the world always pay attention to merit, but what is this merit and how can it be obtained?"

After a moment's thought, the Taoist chief replied:

"Meritorious deeds are good deeds, and virtue is kindness. The unity of heart and action is called merit.

Striving to do good deeds and accumulating one's virtue through doing good deeds is called merit.

Merit is not the same as benefit. For example, many good believers mistakenly believe that merit is equivalent to money, and how many volumes of scriptures they recite and how many good deeds they do can be exchanged for corresponding good fortune in the next life, and this kind of good deed is called merit, not merit.

The Tao Te Ching says: "The saint does not accumulate, because he thinks that he has more, and he has more with others." ”

It means that the more you give regardless of the return, the greater the reward you get, and not being obsessed with the reward and always holding on to the peace of mind is merit. ”

Zhu Tianpeng was stunned, no wonder he could ask for it but couldn't, and if he went with the flow, the merit would come naturally, and then he asked:

"How is merit calculated, how is it measured?"

Qian Yuanzi touched the beard on his chin and continued:

"It is said that merit can be measured, and there are some ways to accumulate merit in the world, but in my opinion, everything can be done as you like, and deliberately measuring merit is easy to get it, in the words of Buddhism, it is the merit phase. ”

Remember, respecting teachers, honoring parents, being helpful, saving people in danger, and so on are all accumulating merits, such as saving countless people some time ago, it is a great merit, and the saved person will also have a share of merit in the future.

But remember that you need to stick to your heart and come from your nature, otherwise it will only be merit and not merit. ”

Zhu Tianpeng only realized at this time why his merits increased unconsciously, it turned out to be the daily accumulation and the transfer of the people he saved.

"Thank you Master for your teachings, so what's the use of making merit?"

Qianyuanzi is a master of Taoism, and he said with a smile:

"Merit is so useful that the world says it removes karma and opens up wisdom, but it is much more than that, and I don't know it all.

You just need to accumulate more merits, and only you can appreciate the wonders. ”

Zhu Tianpeng nodded, thanked Qianyuanzi just about to sit down, Qianyuanzi came from a fluttering voice, but he listened to it but was in good spirits.

"Remember, punishing evil and promoting good is also merit, especially killing people who are evil to evil or others, it is a great merit, you are already destined to take this path, this time it is just some monsters and monsters, if you encounter a wicked person or a demon, as long as you do not violate the law of the country, let go of the killing, there is no need to have any knots. ”

Zhu Tianpeng hurriedly bowed and thanked him repeatedly.