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More coming at 12 o'clock! A burst of output!) Feng Zikang himself was taken aback.

"How can there be so much?" Killing Wudouya only yielded four hundred Merit Points. Could it be that he had done many inexplicable good deeds everywhere, accumulating as much as eight hundred and eighty Merit Points?

This... perhaps he should do more good deeds in the future—helping the elderly and supporting the young, robbing the rich to aid the poor?

Although his nature didn't lean towards altruism, if it could be exchanged for Merit Points, for divine abilities... then doing a little good reluctantly wouldn't matter.

"Slaying the Soul-Snatching Demon, avenging the seventy-three mortals of Longshiyu, gained fifty Merit Points..." "Repelling the Nine-Tailed Fox, rescuing the Young Miss Wu, gained thirty Merit Points..." "Slaying the White Bone Demon, resolving the two-hundred-year suffering of the Barbarians, saving countless young children, gained one hundred Merit Points..." Slaying the White Bone Demon? Feng Zikang smiled knowingly.

The operational method of this Merit System was fundamentally people-oriented. The Great Reincarnation Disk was not omniscient or omnipotent; it relied on testimonies and confirmations before tallying the results.

He didn't need to worry about being watched by a pair of eyes no matter what he did. This meant that perhaps there was a way to deliberately cheat and defraud Merit Points?

A thought stirred in Feng Zikang's mind. "Completing a private entrustment from an Elder of this sect, gained one hundred Merit Points..." These Merit Points were not acquired from thin air; they were transferred to him from Elder Yun.

Private entrustments also offered Merit Point rewards, but they were assessed based on the mission's difficulty, with a cap set on the transferable amount, preventing some Masters from casually transferring their points to disciples in exchange for divine abilities. "Then...

what about the remaining six hundred points?" Could it be for his meritorious service in intercepting Huo Zhongguang from falling into the demonic realm last night? However, this matter had just occurred; the Great Reincarnation Disk might not have tallied the merits yet.

Moreover, on the surface, the interception had failed. Even if it was included, there shouldn't be as much as six hundred points, right?

Elder Wu closed the jade booklet and laughed heartily. "My dear grand-disciple, how can you not know that the points gained from Merit missions are not strictly fixed by the amount marked on the jade booklet?

It depends on the quality of your completion. Your frontal slaying of Wudouya, who was ascending as a Flood Dragon on the battle array, was highly rated; this single act alone earned you one thousand Merit Points!" The military sect's merits encouraged direct, head-on confrontations.

Feng Zikang's execution of Wudouya demonstrated extraordinary strength, leading to the highest possible evaluation this time! One thousand points!

This was even higher than the Merit Points Huo Zhongguang received for slaying the Demonic Turtle, enough to exchange for a Yellow Grade Fifth Rank divine ability like the 'Primal Chaos Unstoppable Blade Cleave'! Of course, Feng Zikang was currently only at the fifth layer of Qi Induction, so exchanging for a Yellow Grade Fifth Rank divine ability was useless for now.

Since he had many points, he could exchange for an acceleration divine ability in addition to an offensive method. "Oh?" Elder Wu narrowed his eyes and smiled up at him, "These Merit Points can be exchanged for cultivation techniques and divine abilities here in the Scripture Hall, or you can go to the Hundred Armaments Workshop for magical weapons and artifacts, or to the Pill Room for spirit elixirs and marvelous medicines.

If you want to pick two good Yellow Grade Third Rank divine abilities, then not much will be left..." Feng Zikang smiled faintly, "External objects are good, but they cannot compare to the treasure within oneself. My mind is made up; please help me select two divine abilities, Martial Uncle-Ancestor!" Elder Wu clapped his hands in praise, "A good child!

This is the true principle for us practitioners of the Military Way!" He cheerfully led Feng Zikang into the Scripture Hall. Since Luo Kedi had already descended the mountain, the hall was naturally staffed by other auxiliary disciples.

Elder Wu pondered for a moment, then had the current disciple bring over two supplementary scrolls of divine abilities. "You have one thousand two hundred and eighty Merit Points.

Among the Yellow Grade Third Rank divine abilities, you can choose freely. However, the effectiveness of a divine ability is most crucial when matched with your own core cultivation method; you shouldn't just pursue power..." "You want an acceleration divine ability.

The saying goes, 'Nothing in the world is unbreakable, only speed is unbreakably fast.' While this is an exaggeration, it holds truth. This divine ability, 'Thousand Mile Sojourn,' shares the same origin as your Brilliant Calculation technique.

Mastered to its peak, it allows one to traverse a thousand miles in an instant. This costs five hundred Merit Points..." Feng Zikang took the supplementary scroll and, after a brief study, was very satisfied.

This 'Thousand Mile Sojourn' divine ability was useful regardless of the distance—it could enhance reaction speed in close combat and had remarkable effects for long-distance rapid transit. He happily exchanged five hundred Merit Points for it.

"As for this offensive divine ability..." Elder Wu glanced at the iron sword hanging at Feng Zikang's waist, coughed twice, held the other supplementary scroll in his hand, pondered for a long time, and then slowly placed it before Feng Zikang. "This divine ability..." Elder Wu sighed softly, "It cannot truly be considered a divine ability of our sect.

However, the previous Sect Master, General Lu, reshaped and remolded it, aligning its fundamentals with the Martial Way. This ability possesses infinite power and inscrutable profundity, but its momentum is too absolute, and its killing intent is excessively fierce.

Practitioners of this technique tend to be somewhat..." "Inauspicious!" "Inauspicious?" Feng Zikang was slightly startled. Why learn an inauspicious divine ability?

"Hahaha!" Elder Wu instead let out a loud laugh. He stirred his spirit, and his bones let out metallic clicks, "What is called inauspicious is merely the talk of ignorant, foolish people!

We disciples of the Military Way walk stained with blood, emerging from fields of slaughter—where is the auspiciousness in that? This was General Lu's very first sword technique divine ability.

Seeing that it matches his iron sword, I brought it for you. Whether you learn it or not is up to you!" "Oh?" Feng Zikang took the supplementary scroll and gazed intently.

Nine large characters were written upon it. "Starlight Great Extinction Sword Technique Divine Ability!" "What grand talk!" Feng Zikang chuckled.

A mere Yellow Grade Third Rank divine ability, bearing the title of Great Extinction, was rather ironic. But this was unavoidable.

Especially since this technique was not originally from the Military Way. It was unknown where General Lu had learned it from.

If it was a sect that had not received the true transmission in the secular world, possessing such a powerful sword manual, they would indeed become complacent and arrogant, casually naming it with vulgar titles like 'Invincible' or 'Great Extinction'. "Do not underestimate it..." Elder Wu sighed, "This divine ability is incomplete.

General Lu only mastered three forms initially. Afterward, he spent forty painstaking years trying to supplement and perfect it, but he never succeeded.

In the end, he abandoned the sword for the saber, and only then did his journey become smooth, his cultivation rising steadily..." "If this Starlight Great Extinction Sword Technique Divine Ability were complete, General Lu once stated that even with his Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation, he might not necessarily be able to defeat it!" "What?" Feng Zikang was greatly astonished. A divine ability that even a Tribulation Crossing stage expert might not win against—what level would that be?

Profound Grade? Earth Grade?

Or the even more ethereal Heaven Grade? "But...

this is clearly only a Yellow Grade Third Rank divine ability..." The designation was clear: only Yellow Grade Third Rank. Even an incomplete technique of a Profound Grade High Rank divine ability shouldn't degrade this drastically, should it?

"Martial Uncle Lu mastered three forms, so... how many forms are there in the complete divine ability?

How many are missing?" To what extent was it incomplete that the grade dropped so sharply? "I'm not entirely sure how many forms this sword technique originally possessed, but General Lu calculated for a long time.

This sword technique was created with the intent to extinguish the myriad stars in the heavens; one star corresponds to one form..." Elder Wu stroked his beard, his expression peculiar. "The complete sword technique likely consisted of thirteen thousand five hundred forms!"