It was truly baffling when you thought about it.
But by now,
many of the Ascenders who had lived in the A Chinese Ghost Story world for years had grown accustomed to this way of life.
They had even begun to feel that this life was quite nice.
That was because,
in this world, they did not need to worry about suddenly being killed,
nor did they need to worry about problems with cultivation.
Everyone in the world, regardless of who they were, could use merit to exchange with the Imperial Court for all kinds of cultivation resources, including Divine Skill secret manuals, Divine Weapons, Great Medicine, qualifications to enter the Heavenly Court, and so on.
And precisely because of this Merit System,
everyone competed for merit.
Whenever anyone caused trouble, the martial cultivators and Sword Cultivators would rush to capture them, then escort them to the Imperial Court offices to earn merit.
With merit,
one could obtain anything.
Earlier, because Netherworld Yin-Yang Road was located opposite Lanruo Temple, they could slay demons and exorcise evil to earn a large amount of merit, so they never had to worry about resources.
But after the Underworld merged into the Nine Provinces Divine Sect,
the demons and monsters of the Underworld had either died or been domesticated, and the Sword Cultivators and martial cultivators suddenly lost a large portion of their sources of merit.
They could only turn their attention to those causing trouble throughout the world.
Moreover, because the two Zhuge Prime Ministers had promptly adjusted the merit exchanges,
capturing evildoers, thieves, and others could all earn substantial merit.
These martial cultivators and Sword Cultivators were more than happy to do so, traveling all over the place.
But by now,
the world had become so peaceful that everyone competed to be