19. Merit and karma

Even though Bai Ye guessed everything, he didn't expect that the reward of the Heavenly Dao task would actually be merit!

"This is the most precious reward!" Bai Ye looked at the number 60 behind the merit item column on the information panel, and his heart was really excited: "Just rely on this, don't do all the other rewards!"

Merit is a rotten word written in countless flood literature. And in every article on the flood wilderness, the protagonist relies on this thing to become a Buddha and become an ancestor, and the power is boundless! Maybe everyone's detailed explanation of merit is different, but there is always one thing in common -- merit is a good thing! The best thing on the flood famine!

This is also confirmed by the information obtained from Fuxi!

"Between heaven and earth, there are many honorable places. The honorable position is recognized by heaven and earth, and it is taken by one's own moral cultivation, which has great power. ”

The morality in this sentence refers to merit!

According to Fu Xi, a saint is also a kind of honorific position. From this, it can be seen that merit must be a prerequisite and an important help for sanctification!

"I've been here for fifteen years, and I've finally got merit!"

Thinking of the gap between himself and those traverser predecessors who worshipped Pangu and took Hongjun as disciples as soon as they crossed over, Bai Ye's eyes were really watery. Fortunately, the merit reward that came today finally made him regain some self-confidence!

After a while, when his mood calmed down, he finally came back to his senses and thought carefully about the problem.

"For this task, my rating is 60%, and the reward I get is 600 reputation and 60 merit...... It seems that if I complete it with a 100% rating, my quest reward will be 1000 reputation and 100 merit!"

Thinking that he had gained 40 less merits, Bai Ye felt sorry in his heart, just like the meat in his bowl was taken away by others, which was sad, distressing, sad, and ......

"Forget it! This is your own choice, what is the pity at this time?

After comforting himself, he left the 40 merits behind him "very generously", and the corners of his mouth were still flattened and continued to analyze.

"From this point of view, merit can only be obtained from the Heavenly Dao mission!"

"But it is also said that the so-called merit must be a reward that will only be obtained by conforming to the way of heaven and responding to the general trend. If you go against the sky, it would be good not to be beaten into dust by the Heavenly Punishment God Thunder, where can you still get merit!"

Merit is a gift from the Heavenly Dao to reward living beings, and it must be obtained in accordance with the great events of the Heavenly Dao, not some small favors given to others in ordinary times.

For example, post-earthization reincarnation.

After the reincarnation of the earth mother, this is the need of heaven, and the general trend is derived. Hou Tu Niangniang's move, inheriting the way of heaven and compassion for all sentient beings, although she has fallen, she also has immeasurable merits. But if someone thinks about Hou Tu Niang Niang and blocks this matter, so that Hou Tu Niang Niang does not fall, although it can be regarded as saving people's lives, but it is against the general trend of heaven, and will not get a star and a half of merit!

In fact, most of his soul was immediately destroyed by the Heavenly Punishment God Thunder, and his true spirit no longer existed!

The Heavenly Dao task completed by Bai Ye is the general trend of the Heavenly Dao of 'Terran Prosperity', and this is the only way to gain merit!

"Now there's only one option left on my dashboard and it's never been touched!"

The information panel on the White Nights now looks like this:

【Name:White Night】

[Level: Level 7 - Creatures of the Wilderness]

【Innate Faction: Terran】

[Faction Reputation: 3600-Respect]

[Merit: 60]

[Karma: 0]

[Experience: 0%]

This option has never been touched, and naturally it is karma.

Karma, it's a very magical thing, it can bring bad luck and many calamities. White Nights used to think that it was something that could be called negative merit and that it could cancel each other out with merit.

But this thinking is wrong.

Karma is a thing that reads the existence of power. It will bring bad luck and calamity to people, and it will even involve people in heaven and earth to kill them! It will not cancel out merit with merit!

Actually, if you really want to say it, karma and merit are somewhat similar! It's just that one pulls people to the good and the other pulls people to the bad!

From the internal analysis of merit and karma, each can be seen as two parts - one is functional, and the other is intrinsic.

It's a bit troublesome to say this, so let's take Hiroshiko as an example.

Guangchengzi, as the first disciple of the Sect of Exposition, Yuan Shi Tianzun once specially asked for an errand from the Three Emperors for him to accumulate merits. There is no doubt that he helped the three emperors of the human race and gained a lot of merits. We count the merits he received in quantity as 4.

And because of this errand of the emperor, he left the Yuxu Palace to go down to the mortal world and joined the civil war of the human race, which naturally caused cause and effect and gained karma. This amount of karma, we record it as 3.

Inevitably, merit and karma play a role in him! Karma wants to drag Guangchengzi into a killing and robbery, and even cut off the immortal path, but the merit protects him and helps him achieve the immortal path.

So who plays a big role?

Naturally, there is a greater amount of merit!

Because he had the merit of 4, the merit of 3 was suppressed and could not play a role for the time being! Therefore, in the civil war of the human race, that is, the battle of the deer, he successfully escaped the killing and was not involved in it.

But even though the inherent amount of merit remains the same, in fact, because of the suppression of that karma, the merit of number 3 has already consumed their role - the only one that can play the role of merit in the future is the remaining one!

Naturally, the remaining 1 merit cannot suppress the karma of 3. So immediately after the battle of the gods, Guang Chengzi could not sit in the Jade Void Palace as a spectator, but was involved in it and fought hard to deal with the catastrophe.

Of course, under the protection of Yuan Shi Tianzun, even though Guangchengzi was closed by the Jiuqu Yellow River Array and cut three flowers, he finally completed the catastrophe and was able to return to the Yuxu Palace for Qing Xiu. At this time, the karma with the number 3 has also played a role, and now it only exists as an inherent amount of karma. So the one merit that had been suppressed and failed to play its role was regained and protected Guangchengzi.

This is how merit and karma exert their functions with each other, check and balance each other, and influence the general trend of one person!

It is also typical of the Fu Jin Xianyun neutron of the teachings.

This immortal with great merit relied on the majestic merit to suppress his karma, although he went through the Great Tribulation of the Gods, but it was all a scene, not to mention a disaster, and even his own image was not reduced at all! I don't know how many people were envious! But because of the consumption in the Great Tribulation of the Gods, although the inherent amount of merit remains unchanged, there are many fewer people who can continue to play a role, so in the next catastrophe, he will definitely have a hard fight!

It is precisely because of the effect of karma and its relationship with merit that every monk, even those who are powerful in the wilderness, will accumulate merit and avoid karma, for fear that they will suddenly suffer a catastrophe and turn into ashes!

At this point, White Night has done a great job!

"My karma now is 0, but my merit is 60! As long as I can continue like this, I will never suffer calamity! Until the merit is accumulated enough, I can directly achieve the immortal path, or even the highest honorable position!"

After Bai Ye looked forward to his future, he finally moved his eyes to the second link of the Heavenly Dao mission, which was the only one he could focus on now.

[The second link - the protection of the mighty: If you want to survive in the two desolate lich clans and many other forces, you must find a strong enough backer for the human race!The current completion rate of this link: 10%]

Facing this task, Bai Ye took a deep breath and looked solemn.

"There's not much to say about this. I've done all the foreshadowing, just wait until the time is up, and the task will be done!"

Thinking of what he had done, he had mixed expressions.

"I just don't know how effective what I do will be, and how much it can stimulate Lao Tzu!"

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