The Shang clan team killed the demon beast Jade Tooth Giant Elephant in the first treasure land, and it would take more than twenty years for the Golden Light Grass to mature.

During this waiting time, the hunting team was in groups of four or five to hunt near the treasure land, and Erfeng Chun guarded the treasures of the treasure land, while Taishang was responsible for assisting the hunting team in danger at any time.

Yuan Shi and Lingbao took two Mao gods and formed a hunting team.

These two Mao gods, one is called Sheng Shen and the other is called Xuemei, both of whom are the Taoists of the Mao God, and they are the same age as Yuan Shi.

In the large-scale hunting activities, in addition to clearing the demon beasts in the treasure land, there is also an important task to train the clan's Mao God.

When encountering a low-level demon beast, the Shang clan will let the Mao God make a move, let the Mao God experience it in the battle, and strive for the opportunity to break through.

Yuan Shi's team, if it encounters a low-level demon beast, Lingbao will be responsible for the shot, and the low-level demon beast will be shot by the Shengshen brothers.

There are many demon beasts in the flood wilderness, and most of them are low-level demon beasts, so theoretically, the Shengshen brothers have a lot of opportunities to make a move.

However, in fact, the flood wilderness is extremely vast, and the range of activity of each demon beast is very large, and there are actually not many opportunities for a team of people to encounter demon beasts.

According to the rules of the clan, at this time, the food of the hunting team should be responsible for the team itself, if you are lucky, you will encounter more prey, and these experienced Mao gods may be able to break through the realm; if you are unlucky, it will be a waste of time; if you are unlucky, you will encounter a group of demon beasts or a middle demon beast, and there is a possibility of injury or even fall.

The Sanqing brothers are naturally people with great luck, so the two brothers of Shengshen are gone.

Not long after the team came out, the four of them ran into three iron-backed centipedes.

In later generations, the hard shell of the iron-backed centipede, as well as its fangs and claws, can give cultivators a headache, not to mention that the iron-backed centipede's housekeeping skills are highly poisonous, and ordinary cultivators will turn into a pile of blood as soon as they touch it.

However, in the era of the Flood Famine, the iron-backed centipede belonged to the lowest level in the biological chain of the Flood Desolation Demon Beast, not to mention the middle-level demon beast like the Xiaoyue Demon Wolf, or the low-level demon beast such as the Angri Chicken at the bottom, which could eat it to death.

The attack and defense of the iron-backed centipede basically can't break any kind of creatures of the same level of strength, as for the poison in its fangs, it is still a bit of a threat to deal with some demon beasts, and for the gods and demons standing at the top of the desolation, they can't even sting a bag before they are turned away by divine power.

The biological chain of the desolate demon beast pays attention to the weak and the strong, if you want to advance, you must either devour the treasures of heaven and earth, or devour other demon beasts, like the iron-backed centipede, the lowest level of demon beasts that anyone can bully, generally has no possibility of advancement.

Therefore, these three low-level demon beast-level iron-backed centipedes, Yuan Shi was very relieved to let the Shengshen brothers solve them.

Each iron-backed centipede, the body shape has a length of three or four zhang, the thickness of the foot, in later generations, this belongs to the scary size, but in Hong Huang Li, it can only be said to be petite.

The two brothers, Sheng Shen and Xuemei, each have a three-zhang divine body, are tall and strong, and completely have the upper hand in size and strength, and there is no possibility of defeat at all.

The two quickly dealt with the three iron-backed centipedes.

With prey, the four began to eat.

For gods and demons, eating is not to survive, but to accumulate divine power faster.

As mentioned above, every grass and tree in the flood wilderness contains all kinds of avenues, that is to say, everything in the flood wilderness contains elements of divine power, but the types are different, so there are more or less divine powers.

And although the demon beasts do not have spiritual intelligence, they also have an advantage that this god and demon does not have, that is, they are not exclusive to the use of divine power.

A god and demon, what kind of law they cultivate, they can only absorb and use the divine power corresponding to this law, and they will reject the divine power of other laws, so the divine bodies of gods and demons are pure divine power crystallization.

The demon beast is different, the demon beast can absorb all kinds of divine power, and it is good to call these divine powers to fight, so the demon beast contains a large amount of various divine power in its body.

Gods and demons hunt demon beasts in order to absorb these divine powers.

The four of them tore open the carapace of the iron-backed centipede, tore off the centipede meat, and used it in large gulps.

Sheng Shen sighed: "It's a pity that my talent is average, and I haven't cultivated to the peak of Mao God yet, compared to the talent of the Lingbao brothers, I'm really ashamed." ”

Xue Mei also sighed: "Yes, most of our divine power is obtained by hunting demon beasts, and the divine power is mixed, and it is even more difficult to break through the realm." I'm afraid that until the five decays of heaven and man, that is, a hairy god. ”

Xuemei is talking about a public case in the wilderness.

The physique of gods and demons is gifted, after eating demon beasts, spirit fruits or heavenly treasures, the divine body will automatically absorb the law divine power of its own cultivation, while other law divine power will be excreted as impurities.

A demon beast is at least a few zhang long, and with such a huge body, even if the divine power in its body is mixed, when it comes to a certain kind of law divine power, the total amount is not a lot.

Therefore, although gods and demons can survive and cultivate without eating, many gods and demons are still willing to shorten the accumulation process of divine power by hunting and eating demon beasts, saving time to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao.

However, now there are a small number of gods and demons who have always insisted on cultivating and accumulating divine power on their own, rather than relying on external forces to accumulate divine power.

The gods and demons of the self-cultivation school believe that even if the physique of the gods and demons can eliminate impurities when eating the flesh and blood of demon beasts, it is impossible to eliminate them completely, and in the end, there must be impurities left in the body, and only the divine power cultivated by oneself is absolutely pure, without impurities, it is easier to break through the realm.

The facts also seem to be able to confirm this point of view, those gods and demons who do not rely on external forces to cultivate, the probability of breaking through the realm is very high, reaching six or seven percent.

So for a certain period of time, this cultivation method was very popular, but later the cultivation mode of the flood wilderness returned to the original mode.

Because everyone found that if they cultivated their own divine power, it was easy to break through the realm, but it was too difficult to accumulate divine power, and many gods and demons had not yet cultivated their divine power to the peak of the realm, and they fell in the five decays of heaven and man.

And because the gods and demons attached importance to their own cultivation, they no longer hunted demon beasts, and neglected to hunt demon beasts, which led to a sharp increase in the number of high-ranking demon beasts in the flood at that time, and many gods and demons were swallowed by the sea of demon beasts, and even some super clans were tragically wiped out.

If it weren't for a few gods and demons ancestors, maybe the gods and demons as a race would have been wiped out.

That event was called the Monster Plague.

Now, the gods and demons of the Flood Desolation, except for some elites with outstanding talents who insist on cultivating on their own, the vast majority of gods and demons still rely on hunting demon beasts to accumulate divine power, saving time to specifically comprehend the law and break through the realm.

Yuan Shi was noncommittal about either method of practice.

And since Xuemei mentioned this matter, Yuan Shidao: "The improvement of the realm, the most important thing is the perception of the avenue, when you break through the realm, you need to perceive the avenue, when you usually practice and accumulate divine power, you still have to comprehend the avenue, as long as the perception of the avenue is deep enough, then the speed of absorbing divine power is fast enough, even if you don't rely on the flesh and blood of demon beasts and the treasures of heaven and earth, the gods and demons also have enough time to accumulate divine power." ”

"On the contrary. Yuan Shi paused and said: "If the perception of the Great Dao is insufficient, even if you rely on the flesh and blood of the demon beast to save the time for the accumulation of divine power, the gods and demons will still not be able to break through the realm, and can only sit and wait for the five decays of heaven and man to come." ”

Sheng Shen was puzzled: "The Dao of Perception is indeed important, but according to what you said, why don't you rely on external forces, and rely on your own cultivation gods and demons to break through the realm has a higher chance?"

Yuan Shi Dao: "According to my own experience, the process of self-cultivation and accumulation of divine power is itself a process of comprehending the Great Dao, when self-cultivation accumulates divine power to the peak of this realm, such a long time is enough for the gods and demons to meet the requirements of breakthrough." As for hunting demon beasts, the process of accumulating divine power is omitted, in fact, there is no experience of the Great Dao of Perception, so it is even more difficult to break through the realm. ”

After hearing this, Xuemei asked, "Is it better to cultivate on your own or hunt demon beasts?"

Yuan Shi muttered: "Existence is reasonable, since these two methods exist, there must be a reason for their existence, but I think that their essence is the same, in the final analysis, self-improvement is just that." ”

"Self-improvement?" Sheng Shen was stunned.

Yuan Shi said: "Yes, self-cultivation is of course in the Great Dao of Perception, but hunting demon beasts is not in the Great Dao of Perception, in the process of fighting, our understanding of the laws of the Great Dao will be more thorough, this is also in the Dao of Perception, this is all in the pursuit of the Great Dao is working hard, this is self-improvement." ”

Xuemei nodded and said: "Yes, self-improvement, this word describes it too well, I have been staying in the clan, waiting for the clan warriors to bring back the flesh and blood of the demon beasts, neither taking the initiative to cultivate, nor fighting with the demon beasts, this is nothing for nothing, so I can't advance to the lower gods and demons now." ”

Sheng Shen got up and bowed to Yuan Shi: "Listening to your words, I suddenly opened my mouth and thanked you." ”

Lingbao laughed and said, "You can get my second brother's guidance, is this considered preaching?"

Yuan Shi said with a smile: "Don't laugh, I don't know anything about the Dao, how can I have the ability to preach." Not to mention preaching, this is not even teaching, how to put it, at most it is just a solution. Moreover, whether the solution is correct or not has to be said separately. ”

Lingbao said: "The preacher, it must be the ancestor, the ancestor is the teacher, the inheritor, the elder of the clan must not be, the old sect, your way of solving doubts, I think you can also be respected in the name of the second brother, and it can be called the old beginning." ”

Yuan Shi said: "Third brother, you are joking again, how can this puzzle-solving trip be called the same as the ancestors, and even more respected in my name, which is even more inappropriate." ”

Sheng Shen and Xuemei said: "Brother Yuan Shi doesn't need to excuse himself, what Brother Lingbao said is very true, Xuemei (Sheng Shen) worships Lao Shi." ”

After Sheng Shen and Xuemei finished speaking, they bowed deeply.

As the two of them bowed, they saw thousands of yellow lights flashing in the sky, converging into an auspicious cloud above the heads of the four people, shooting rapidly towards the place where the four people were.

All the Xuanhuang light was divided into four parts, two of which accounted for one percent each, and the two of them were submerged from the Tianling Gai of Sheng Shen and Xuemei, and the remaining two parts each had a forty percent number, and they were submerged into the bodies of Lingbao and Yuan Shi, but the figures of the two did not change.

Sheng Shen and Xuemei were at a loss, while Lingbao and Yuan Shi had experience, and Lingbao exclaimed: "Merit from heaven!"

Sheng Shen and Xuemei were pleasantly surprised: "This is the light of merit?"

Lingbao laughed: "That's right, the light of merit, this shows that your act of worshiping the beginning has been recognized by the desolate world, so the heavens will make merit as a reward." ”

Sheng Shen and Xuemei were pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect that our brother and the wicked would also have a day to gain merit." ”

What is the use of merit, the gods and demons of the desolation know that merit is in the body, it is not stained with cause and effect, and it can suppress luck.

Lingbao said: "Since heaven and earth have recognized your act of worshiping the beginning, I think that in the future, anyone who solves doubts can be respected in the name of the second brother and called Lao Shi, and those who are solved can follow it in the name of the two of you and call it a student." ”

Sheng Shen and Xuemei smiled: "Then the two of us will also be famous for the ages." ”

Yuan Shi said: "All the ancestors and ancestors preach and teach, and they dare not respect it in their own name, how dare I obey it in their name, the name of the old beginning is not appropriate, it is better to take a sound and call it a teacher!"

The three of Lingbao nodded and said, "Great goodness." ”

The four of them received merit from heaven, and each was overjoyed.

But he didn't know that in the unknown time and space, there was an ancestor who was even happier.

"This Yuan Shi really has a chance, and he can get another merit so quickly, Ancestor I thought I would have to wait for a few tribulations. The ancestor smiled and said: "My ancestor interfered slightly, the merit of the beginning of this time is divided into a share of the spiritual treasure, which is regarded as the merit of the spiritual treasure borrowed by the beginning of the beginning, and the backlash of the ancestor and I can be reduced by half, and I will wait for the morality to quickly earn a merit to repay the debt." ”

Don't mention this ancestor, only say that the appearance of the auspicious cloud of merit alarmed the people of the nearby Shang clan.

When Feng Chun appeared in the auspicious clouds of merit, he flew up and went straight to the place where the accident occurred, even taking care of the golden light grass that was guarded.

When Feng Chun arrived at the place, he found that it was the four people of Yuan Shi, and he was busy asking for the reason.

Sheng Shen Xuemei happily explained the reason for the incident.

Feng Chun laughed: "God bless my upper clan." ”

Yuan Shi and Lingbao were puzzled, and Feng Chun explained:

All the gods and demons who can obtain the merits of the heavenly generals have a bright future, because the merit can suppress luck, and under the condensation of luck, the gods and demons perceive the avenue is a matter of course.

It can be said that the amount of merit directly determines the path of the gods and demons, and according to the observations of the great gods of the predecessors, there are three ways to obtain merit.

In the first case, if the trivial things are in line with the path of merit, you can get merit, and if you don't meet the path of merit, you will be deducted from the merit, but these merits are scattered, and they cannot be directly felt whether they are gained or lost, and they cannot be known until one day, when the accumulation of quantity reaches a qualitative change.

In the second case, something touches the heavens and the earth, and the light of merit falls from the sky.

The third situation is actually an enhanced version of the second situation, where something has a great impact on the desolate world, and if there is too much light of merit, it will condense the clouds of success and virtue.

Generally speaking, as long as the second situation can be reached, as long as the gods and demons who have obtained merit do not do evil things that anger the heavens and people resent and lose their merits, there is a 30% chance of being promoted to the upper level of gods and demons.

If the auspicious cloud of merit appears and is obtained by one person, this god and demon will definitely be able to be promoted to the upper god, and there is a high chance of being promoted to the great god.

Author's question: Last time, I asked what Yuan Shi relied on to obtain merit. Now that the answer is clear, the question continues, what will Yuan Shi rely on to gain merit next time?