Earthly Dao Merit

The bonfire burned slowly until the bright moon was in the center of the sky.

Lin Le suddenly opened his eyes and grasped the long saber beside him, which belonged to Li Xingzhi.

The Tiger Bone Spear was just a makeshift spear he had fashioned with tree sap and other materials; being able to fight Li Xingzhi was already quite good.

Facing the wolf pack, it was better to have a sturdier weapon.

As soon as Lin Le woke up, the Big Yellow Dog beside him, which had been feigning sleep, also suddenly stood up, letting out a low growl.

With a running start, Lin Le leaped onto the rooftop and surveyed the surroundings. He saw forty to fifty pairs of eerie green eyes staring at him in unison.

Lin Le wasn't nervous; instead, he was pondering a question: could ordinary wolves yield killing karma?

Normally, when cooking, he had killed chickens and fish without gaining any killing karma.

However, killing that fierce tiger had yielded two points of killing karma.

Therefore, he could only be certain that only fiends with sentience or higher would yield killing karma.

Time to experiment.

Lin Le glanced at the tall alpha wolf standing outside the door, sneered, and unleashed his footwork, immediately darting out.

This leap covered ten meters, landing him right beside a wild wolf.

Then, Lin Le raised his saber and slashed. The wild wolf's head immediately fell to the ground.

Merit increased by one, but killing karma did not.

Confirmed, only creatures with spiritual intelligence possess killing karma.

Lin Le's eyes swept over, and he charged towards another larger wild wolf.

"Awooo!" The alpha wolf let out a howl at this moment, and all the wild wolves charged towards Lin Le.

Lin Le's expression was indifferent as he directly slashed upwards.

Squelch!

A wild wolf that lunged closest was instantly split in two.

Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the surrounding wild wolves were no match for Lin Le. Even sentient wild wolves died with a single strike from him.

However, what surprised Lin Le was that a sentient wild wolf only provided one point of killing karma.

Was there a hidden judgment?

Lin Le looked at the alpha wolf and suddenly accelerated towards it.

The alpha wolf, however, ran away without looking back.

It was sentient, not foolish. The wolves in the pack that were second only to it were no match for Lin Le, let alone itself.

He had to remember that it had taken considerable effort to subdue unruly wolves in the past.

Just then, a yellow figure suddenly darted out, directly colliding with the alpha wolf.

The running alpha wolf was inevitably forced to pause, regaining its balance to avoid falling.

Upon seeing the attacker clearly, the alpha wolf let out an enraged roar: "Awooo!"

Considering its sentience, it had deliberately spared this Big Yellow Dog's life back then.

It had originally intended to let the Big Yellow Dog regain its wild nature before incorporating it into the pack, as wolves and dogs were not entirely separate.

Who would have thought that this Big Yellow Dog would find a human master anew!

The alpha wolf charged directly at the Big Yellow Dog, intending to kill this creature that couldn't change its ways.

Meanwhile, Lin Le had already arrived.

White Ape Cleaves the Sun!

Using his saber as a spear, Lin Le slashed down, and a blood-red aura erupted from his body.

The bloody sharp energy streaked forward, and with one strike, it hit the alpha wolf's waist.

"Awooo!" With a mournful cry, the alpha wolf was sent flying. By the time it landed on the ground, its intestines had spilled out.

Seeing Lin Le charging towards it, the alpha wolf quickly cried out: "Human, I am willing to be your dog!"

The response it received was Lin Le's merciless saber.

The wolf's head fell, and thirteen points of merit and three points of killing karma entered his Inner Scenery.

Three points of killing karma. It seems that fiends in the sentient stage also have a hidden transformation.

Lin Le mused. Both the sentient stage and Martial Masters of the second limit yielded three points of killing karma, which meant their life levels were the same.

But the distinction between one and two points in the sentient stage indicated that sentience might not be just sentience.

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Le didn't dwell on it further. He wasn't a fiend, after all, so it was best to leave such questions for the wise to explore.

Putting force into his legs, Lin Le pursued the wolf pack that had scattered due to the alpha wolf's death. Although ordinary wild wolves didn't yield killing karma, they did yield merit.

The lotus seeds had no use for him at the moment, but that didn't mean they wouldn't in the future, so the more the better.

During this time, Lin Le also had the Big Yellow Dog act as a bloodhound, tracking down the remaining wild wolves for him.

Eventually, they chased them to a bloody forest filled with shattered bones.

Looking at the broken bones on the ground, Lin Le quickly identified them as human bones.

They should all be from the villagers from earlier.

The Big Yellow Dog seemed to catch a scent and went to a pile of remains, letting out mournful whines.

Lin Le took one look and knew these remains must belong to its master.

Without offering comfort, Lin Le began collecting the remains.

As they were too fragmented, Lin Le gathered them all and piled them together.

Finding a few pieces of cloth, Lin Le wrapped the master's shattered bones in front of the Big Yellow Dog and placed them before it.

"Find a good spot yourself to bury him," Lin Le said softly. "May he rest in peace."

"Woof," the Big Yellow Dog nodded, picked up the cloth bundle, and left.

Lin Le also returned to the village to find a cart and brought back all the remains.

He piled up firewood, lit it, and the flames consumed the remains. Lin Le also dug a large pit nearby by the firelight.

By dawn, after digging the large pit, Lin Le glanced at the still-burning bonfire and directly doused it with soil.

His purpose in burning them was only to remove the smell of blood from the remains, preventing any monsters from digging them up and eating them after he left.

So, burning them until they were almost done was sufficient.

Pushing all the remains into the large pit, Lin Le found a stone slab. He infused his Blood Qi into the blade and cleaved the slab into a rectangular shape, standing it up before the pit.

He carved "Tomb of All Villagers of Qiaomu Village" with his knife.

Then, he stomped off the wolf heads with his knife and piled them in front of the tombstone.

"Consider these as grave goods; you should like them," Lin Le said softly, looking at the tombstone.

"Supreme Edict, deliver your lonely souls, all ghosts and demons, all beings of the four forms, receive grace and be urgently reborn, urgently reborn."

After reciting the Sutra for Rebirth from his past life, Lin Le suddenly froze. His Yang energy had decreased.

When he performed Inner Vision, he saw that on the lotus, another lotus seed had grown beside the ten golden lotus seeds.

However, unlike the other golden lotus seeds, this one was a yellowish-brown color.

Earthly Dao Merit

Information suddenly appeared in Lin Le's mind. Merit was divided into three types: Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, and Human Dao.

Human Dao, like when Lin Le killed evildoers, rewarded good and punished evil, promoting the flourishing of the Human Dao.

Earthly Dao, like Lin Le was doing now, involved promoting natural cycles and regulating the earth's energy.

Heavenly Dao involved perfecting rules and strengthening the world.

After understanding the information, Lin Le looked at the tombstone before him, a hint of strangeness in his eyes. So, if he hadn't buried them and recited the Sutra for Rebirth, ghosts would have appeared here.

Ghosts, meaning the souls of the deceased, should travel to the underworld to be reborn. Remaining in the mortal realm with resentment or malevolence makes them Oddities, disrupting Yin and Yang, and they must be guided.

Today, Lin Le buried all the villagers of Qiaomu Village and killed the wolves, pacifying their resentment, thus eliminating the potential disaster of Yin and Yang confusion, which resulted in these ten points of Earthly Dao Merit.

Lin Le looked at the Big Yellow Dog beside him. "Are they buried properly?"

The Big Yellow Dog nodded.

Lin Le said, "If you stay here, I'll find you a good home again."

"Woof," the Big Yellow Dog barked at the tombstone, indicating it wanted to stay.

"Then remember to take care of yourself," Lin Le said, patting its head.

"Awooo." The Big Yellow Dog nodded.