As Long As The Mind Is Willing To Slip, There Are Always More Solutions Than Difficulties! Xuanzheng Teaches You Merit Shenanigans!

On the shore of the Sea of Blood, the construction team officially began work.

"Sister Houtu, you go first."

Xuanzheng pointed to the shore, which was bubbling with blood, cleared by Qiangliang and Xizi with lightning. "First, designate a 'Purification Test Zone'."

Houtu nodded, her expression solemn.

She took a step forward and placed her hands forward.

RUMBLE!

The profound Origin of the Great Earth was stirred by her. On the shore of the filthy Sea of Blood, inch by inch, earth and stone condensed out of thin air, attempting to construct a stable landmass.

However, the blood seemed to possess life. The stench of resentment transformed into countless tiny tentacles, coiling and eroding ferociously.

The newly condensed pure land let out a "sizzling" corrosive sound the moment it touched the blood, quickly taking on an ominous dark red hue, then transforming into black mud and rejoining the Sea of Blood.

Houtu's brow furrowed, and she increased her magical power output.

The pure land condensed faster, but the corrosion was even quicker.

The two sides reached a stalemate. She couldn't even expand an inch of safe ground on the shore of the Sea of Blood.

"Too slow!"

Qiangliang, the Ancestral Witch of Thunder, who was beside them, glared with his tiger-like eyes, lightning crackling around him.

"Little sister, move aside! Watch me vaporize this damned pond with a blast of lightning and fire!"

Xizi, the Ancestral Witch of Lightning, nodded in agreement, dangerous electric snakes flickering around her body.

"That's right, what purification? Just destroy it directly and be done with it!"

[See? The typical difference in mindset between technical staff and demolition crews.]

Xuanzheng inwardly grumbled, but maintained a "professional" expression on his face, raising his hand to stop the two hot-headed brothers.

"Brothers, please calm down. We are here to build, not to demolish."

He turned to Houtu, his expression grave.

"Sister, conventional methods won't work. The resentment in this Sea of Blood is deeply bound to the Netherworld laws. Forcibly purifying it will be twice the effort for half the result."

Xuanzheng pretended to close his eyes, as if sensing something.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and took out a jade slip from his bosom.

"I checked the Pangu's Leftover Engineering Blueprints."

He cleared his throat and spoke nonsense with a serious face.

"The blueprints state that for this type of 'highly polluting, highly corrosive geology,' a special 'solidifier' is needed."

Qiangliang asked in a deep voice, "What solidifier? Geng Metal Divine Iron or Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi? I still have some stock!"

Xuanzheng shook his head and looked at Houtu with a meaningful smile.

"Neither."

"It's merit."

"Sister, don't you remember? The 'engineering bonus' that the Heavenly Dao gave you last time for repairing Buzhou Mountain hasn't been used yet, has it?"

Houtu was stunned.

Merit could be used like this?

"Try it,"

Xuanzheng encouraged. "Integrate the Merit Golden Light into your Origin of the Great Earth and try again."

Houtu was skeptical, but out of trust for her thirteenth brother, she did as he said.

With a thought, a strand of brilliant, fine silk separated from the auspicious cloud-like Merit Golden Light above her head, like a small golden stream, slowly merging into the Earth Power beneath her feet.

BUZZ--!

A miracle occurred!

When that earthy yellow origin power was coated with a layer of faint golden radiance, its nature underwent a drastic transformation!

Houtu reached out again, pressing towards the Sea of Blood!

This time, it was no longer a difficult tug-of-war!

The earth, shimmering with faint golden light, was like a red-hot iron brand, fiercely imprinted into cold butter!

"Sizzle--!"

A shrill scream came from the blood water!

The resentment, which had always been effective, encountered its nemesis the moment it touched the meritorious pure land, and was instantly vaporized and purified!

A patch of faint yellow pure land, several Zhang in size, tenaciously condensed on the shore of the Sea of Blood, as stable as a divine mountain!

It was no longer cold and dead, but instead exuded a gentle, tranquil, and reassuring aura.

"It worked!" Houtu's eyes widened in surprise.

Qiangliang and Xizi, two muscular men, were also dumbfounded.

You can play it like this?!

In the distance, Old Ancestor Minghe, who was forced to "invest" and had been watching coldly the entire time, also showed a deep look of surprise on his sinister face.

Isn't merit used for severing corpses, refining treasures, and offsetting karma?

This Witch Clan is actually using it as... building material?!

His understanding had been subverted.

Just then, an even stranger scene appeared.

Some weak, resentful souls floating near the pure land seemed to be drawn in and drifted over involuntarily.

They didn't dare to step onto the pure land, only lingering at the edges, but the ferocious and pained expressions on their faces visibly lessened. A hint of confused attachment appeared in their hollow eye sockets.

"They... don't seem to be in as much pain anymore."

Houtu's voice carried joy.

The compassionate light radiating from her grew more intense, as if she were a true Earth Goddess, protecting these helpless souls.

Without hesitation, she continued to activate the power of merit, attempting to expand the range of the pure land.

[Stage One, 'Foundation' test successful. Now, commencing Stage Two, 'Load Bearing' test.]

Xuanzheng watched this scene with a calm heart. He even secretly recorded the precise data of merit consumption and purification efficiency using the [Script Mirror].

The moment Houtu expanded the pure land to a radius of ten zhang!

An anomaly occurred!

"Ahhhhhh--!!!"

A surge of the purest pain, despair, and hatred, stripped from countless resentful souls as they were purified, converged into an invisible mental shock. It was like a poisoned dagger, fiercely stabbing towards Houtu's Primordial Spirit!

Houtu's face instantly turned pale, and the pure land beneath her feet began to shake violently!

"Sister!" Qiangliang and Xizi cried out in alarm, about to rush forward.

"Don't move!" Xuanzheng ordered in a low voice, stopping them.

In his eyes, the mirror surface of the [Script Mirror] flickered wildly.

[Here it comes, the 'Resentment Backlash' phenomenon from the project risk assessment. This is the first stress test for the project leader. If you endure it, you'll be the qualified legal representative; if you can't, someone else will have to take over.]

Houtu felt the immense pain that threatened to tear her soul apart.

However, she did not choose to seal herself off and block out the pain.

Instead, she slowly closed her eyes, completely opening her mind and spirit.

"Your pain, I feel it..."

An even more majestic and purer compassion surged from the depths of her bloodline.

She did not fight against the pain but used her compassion to accept, embrace, and soothe it.

Buzz--!

The tottering pure land did not collapse. Instead, it instantly erupted in brilliant light!

On the pale yellow earth, a soft, nascent green began to quietly sprout.

The restless emotions of the lingering resentful souls gradually calmed down.

Minghe's pupils contracted sharply.

He understood.

This Ancestral Witch Houtu was not using magic power or spiritual power, but a force he had never understood—compassion.

A force that could transform the world's most potent resentment into vitality.

"Very good."

Xuanzheng nodded with satisfaction, as if everything was proceeding as he had predicted.

He walked forward to the center of the pure land and drew a circle on the ground with his toe.

"Sister, here, use the merit earth to construct a 'Soul-Guiding Platform'."

He then drew the shape of a small pool beside it.

"Here, dig a 'Resting Pool'."

[Hehehehe, the prototypes for the 'Reception Hall' and 'VIP Lounge' are taking shape.]

Houtu suppressed the tremor in her heart and acted as instructed.

She mobilized the Earth Power, infused with merit, and began to shape the structures Xuanzheng had mentioned in the center of the pure land.

Her focused and compassionate expression made her figure appear incredibly sacred against the backdrop of the dark Sea of Blood.

Minister Minghe watched this scene in silence.

He suddenly felt that his position as "Minister of Purification" didn't seem... as humiliating anymore.

Xuanzheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the nascent "construction site," already planning the subsequent engineering.

[The Soul-Guiding Platform is the reception area, the Resting Pool is the waiting area... Next, there will be the 'Bridge of Helplessness' toll station, the 'Homeland Gazing Platform' scenic spot, and most importantly, the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation' core hub...]

[Hmm, we also need to designate 'VIP channels' and 'regular channels'.]

Houtu raised her hand, and a Soul-Guiding Platform, formed by magic power, slowly rose in the center of the pure land.