The Wonderful Uses of Merit

Jiang Yuechu untied the dingy cloth bag and flicked her wrist.

The items fell onto the table with several crisp clinks.

Unexpectedly... the entire wealth of a dignified Roaming Void Sea Venerable from the Sumeru Sect amounted to no more than a handful of items.

In truth, it was not difficult to understand.

At the Roaming Void Sea realm, a cultivator's heaven-reaching foundation lay entirely within their Dao Painting; every gesture carried the might of heaven and earth.

Ordinary spiritual treasures and external objects offered only negligible increases to the combat strength of Painting Realm cultivators.

At this moment, aside from two or three white jade porcelain bottles for holding pills and several heavenly treasures, the table held only a few jade slips and a string of Buddhist beads.

At the sight of it, Jiang Yuechu could not help but cast a sidelong glance over.

The bracelet held eighteen smooth bodhi beads, wreathed in faint, fine wisps of golden mist that swirled and flowed across their surface.

It was clearly no ordinary item.

Jiang Yuechu pondered for a moment but did not immediately reach for it.

Instead, she turned her attention to the jade slips.

To her now, no matter how wondrous an object was, it remained nothing more than an external possession.

What truly mattered was the path of cultivation beyond the Painting Realm.

After all, ever since she began cultivating, she had accumulated Dao Cultivation by slaying demons and fiends.

Every breakthrough in realm had come as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

When had she ever been so stifled as she was today?

With that thought, she no longer hesitated. Extending a fair finger, she picked up one of the jade slips.

Her divine sense sank slightly and entered it.

Several breaths later, Jiang Yuechu slowly