Chapter 139: Chapter 102: The Trap of Compassion and Mercy_l
Translator: 549690339
In addition to earning some Virtue Points, Lin Yi also planned to gather some information to see if the incidence of Evil Spirits in Cang Mountain City was overly severe.
The reason he wanted to take on this task was not only for the Merit Points, but also to eradicate Evil Spirits to gain more Virtue Points.
If the level of Evil Spirits in Cang Mountain City was within controllable limits, with only one or two of them displaying a low concentration of dark energy, it could indeed be a good place for him to farm Virtue Points given his current strength.
The terrifying thing about Evil Spirits is their stealth and silent attacks; if faced head-on, it’s unlikely that Exorcist Cultivators wielding an Exorcism Charm can stand a chance.
However, his title “Little Compassion Little Mercy” could indeed negate the greatest advantage of the Evil Spirits. His Ghost Perception had now increased by 30%, as had the effectiveness of the Rebirth Charm.
Still, his greatest reliance was the Mercy Shield, which could completely defend against the attacks of Evil Spirits and it also had purifying properties. Of course, undertaking this mission and heading to Cang Mountain City were premised on the fact that the outbreak of Evil Spirits there was within a manageable range for him.
Whatever he does, he must prioritize his own safety – that is the basic principle of the Path of Survival.
Lin Yi drove his Flying Boat and left Tian Yun City, heading directly to the Outer Sect. He needed to go to Qing Yun City to perform rites for the dead and gather some information.
The place where the most deaths occur daily is not the Cultivation M/orld, but the mortal world’s battlefields. Sometimes, wars do occur amongst the dominant sects of the Cultivation World, not to mention the mortal world’s countries.
When he was previously carrying out tasks in the mortal world, he had been to the battlefield to perform rites for the souls of ordinary humans.
Unfortunately, for those without a Spiritual Root who could not cultivate, performing rites after their death could only bring him a slight amount of Virtue Points per dozens of bodies and he had to perform the rites one-by-one, it was impossible to do it for multiple corpses at the same time.
Otherwise, with the death toll on a battlefield numbering in the thousands or even close to ten thousand, he could earn a few thousand Virtue Points in one go and that would be too easy.
An Evil Spirit, having committed countless heinous acts and harmed numerous people, could offer him more Virtue Points if he performed rites for them after being destroyed.
It reminded him of a famous saying in Buddhism, “Good people suffer, while sinners can become Buddhas the moment they drop their butcher knives”. It is indeed ironic.
Suddenly, a flash of insight seemed to pass through Lin Yi e s mind. He had an epiphany and stopped his Flying Boat on a peak in the Outer Sect, contemplating the insight he had just had.
Perhaps what he gained was not just the Virtue Points from the passing rites of the Evil Spirits. After passing the Evil Spirits, he could protect more people from being harmed by them and thus receive Virtue Points in return.
Just like when he handed over the Xuan Yin Sect’s Communication Talisman to Zhou Yun Feng, preventing some people from being attacked by the Xuan Yin Sect’s Evil Spirits, his “Little Compassion Little Mercy” had also increased by 20 experience points as a result.
However, all of this was just his speculation. He might try to verify it sometime by finding some evil people in the mortal world. He could then see if after killing them and performing rites, his Virtue Points would increase.
If they really increased, then he wouldn’t need to wait for corpses in Qing Yun City in future, he could just go to the mortal world and kill evil people.
At this moment, Lin Yi seemed to recall previously killing that cultivator from the Xuan Yin Sect, including the Flower Thief as well as the Evil Cultivator he killed when he rescued Xu Zhi Wu. All of them were evildoers.
After performing passing rites for these people, it seemed that the Virtue Points he obtained were normal, they didn’t increase dramatically. Could it be that he guessed wrong?
Just then, a pop-up window appeared before his eyes, “Congratulations to the host for comprehending the simple concept of karma, you have gained the subsidiary passive title “Compassionate Karma”.”
Seeing the pop-up before his eyes, Lin Yi was stunned for a moment. He hadn’t expected his insight to result in a new title, and a subsidiary passive one at that.
He couldn’t help but look at the title and check its effect.
“This is a subsidiary passive title, it cannot be upgraded and doesn’t need to be equipped. The host will receive the rewards of karma when performing passing rites, but the title “Little Compassion Little Mercy” must be equipped.”
Lin Yi immediately understood. No wonder the Virtue Points didn’t increase when he had performed rites for evildoers previously, it seems it was taken by this title panel.
But he wondered, if the rewards of karma awarded Virtue Points for killing evildoers, then what if he killed a good person? Would there be some punishment such as a deduction of Virtue Points?
Since he gained benefits from karma, correspondingly, if he did something bad, he should also bear the consequences of karma.
If that’s the case, there might not be a need to take this task of eradicating Evil Spirits. After all, he could gain Virtue Points in a safer way by killing evildoers.
After pondering for a while, Lin Yi decided to gather some information first. Now that he had Compassionate Karma, if he undertook this task and saved the people of Cang Mountain City, the Virtue Points he would gain would definitely exceed his expectations.
Perhaps he would be able to gather enough Virtue Points for Breaking Through the Foundation in one go.
Saving a city and killing an evildoer are obviously not on the same level.
He continued to drive his Flying Boat and eventually reached Qing Yun City. After greeting the city gate guard, he entered the city and went straight to the city’s largest shop, Wan Bao Tower.
The reason why it was named Wan Bao Tower was because no matter what treasure one was looking for, they could find it here. Including information.
Backed by the Liu Yun Sect, its credibility was extremely reliable..
