True Essence of Buddhist Dharma

After teaching Tang Sanzang that set of "True Essence of Buddhist Dharma" enough to make the Great Powers of the orthodox Buddhist Sect cough up three liters of blood, Lin Zhu stirred his thoughts slightly. His figure vanished soundlessly from before the cave like a drifting breeze or cloud, leaving not the slightest trace, as though he had never stopped there at all.

Almost the instant he left, a cold, mechanical notification that only he could perceive sounded leisurely in the depths of his consciousness.

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully imparted subversive Buddhist teachings to the key plot character 'Golden Cicada Reincarnation · Tang Sanzang,' profoundly distorting his established worldview and injecting highly uncertain variables into the main Journey to the West storyline. Mission: 'The Guide's Wicked Fun' has been completed beyond requirements!]

[Calculating rewards... Due to the extreme 'creativity' and 'destructiveness' of the teachings imparted, the potential impact on subsequent plotlines has been rated: Abyss-tier. Reward critical hit triggered!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained 100,000 Merit points!]

One hundred thousand Merit!

Even Lin Zhu, whose state of mind had long been tempered into the stillness of an ancient well, could not help being slightly moved. The power of Merit was one of the most fundamental and wondrous forms of recognition and blessing from this world, with endless uses.

Obtaining a hundred thousand points at once was an astonishing windfall even for some long-established Grand Yi Golden Immortals.

Though this system was usually elusive and its rewards inconsistent, once a critical hit was triggered, it was certainly generous.

His consciousness sank into himself, and a translucent status interface visible only to him appeared before his eyes, glimmering with faint flowing light. His gaze swept quickly past fields such as cultivation realm and Divine Powers before finally