The moment the three ghosts vanished, Li Xu felt three streams of energy enter his body.
But they were nowhere near as intense as when he had killed the Old Crone ghost.
I took a deep breath. Uncle Yu, beside me, saw it and widened his eyes in amazement.
"What a Four Calamity Fate Pattern. No wonder they call it the perfect fate for this line of work.
Just sending off a few ghosts lets you absorb True Qi."
Uncle Yu's words stunned me.
Wasn't what I absorbed "Merit"?
Master had said that every time I sent off a ghost, killed a ghost, or did anything to guide a departed soul onward, I would earn a mouthful of Fortune Blessing.
That Fortune Blessing was what they called "Merit."
It would suppress the Four Calamities in my fate pattern and bring my destiny into balance.
That way, I would not be tainted by Yin Sha and evil energy, would not develop corpse spots, and could stay healthy like an ordinary person and live a long life.
Now that Uncle Yu had put it that way, I naturally asked in confusion.
"Uncle Yu, Master said I absorb Fortune Blessing, that it's Merit. Why has it become True Qi?"
Seeing my confusion, Uncle Yu smiled.
"Merit can't be seen or touched. It's something intangible. How could you possibly absorb it?
It only appears in our Book of Life and Death.
When you accumulate virtue, do good deeds, and guide departed souls onward, it naturally benefits you.
Once you have enough Merit, it can naturally suppress the Four Calamities in your body.
What you can actually feel is a mouthful of True Qi.
And the qi I'm talking about is the one written with the four dots beneath it.
This is Primordial Qi. Everything