The bored Gu Changqing was about to download a game endorsed by Jia Bing when the internet suddenly lagged.
A strange voice suddenly rang out in his mind. "I'll give you one billion merit at the start. Do you want to transmigrate?"
"Get lost!"
Transmigration was a high-risk undertaking.
"I'll give you thirty billion more!"
"Get lost!"
Gu Changqing snapped back without the slightest politeness.
I have a car, a house, and money in the bank. Why the hell would I transmigrate?
"I'll give you countless gift packs too!"
"Can I come back?"
Gu Changqing asked casually.
If he could come back, then going off to have some fun would be fine.
"Yes!"
"Fine!"
Gu Changqing compromised.
After the world spun around him, Gu Changsheng arrived on a mist-shrouded island.
"Congratulations, Host, on arriving at Golden Turtle Island."
Golden Turtle Island?
Wasn't that Intercepting Sect territory?
Good heavens, that was a den of tigers and wolves, filled with monsters that ate people without even spitting out the bones.
"System, hurry up, I want to go back!"
Gu Changqing did not want to stay for even another moment.
It was too dangerous!
Golden Turtle Island was not a place where one could fool around freely.
"Yes!" the system replied. "But first, Host must bring down the Intercepting Sect."
"No!" Gu Changqing said urgently. "The Intercepting Sect will collapse whether I do anything or not. Why go through all that trouble?"
If he really tried to bring it down, he would probably be swallowed by monsters before he even made a move.
This was not his job. There was no need to seek death.
"Ding! One billion merit has been credited."
"Ding! Thirty billion merit has been credited."
There was also a string of massive gift packs.
Gu Changqing went numb.
Clearly, the system had no intention of letting him return now.
To survive, Gu Changqing could only keep opening gift packs.
"God Slaying Spear Fragment ×1."
"One volume of the Primordial Creation Scripture."
"Chaos Bell Fragment ×10."
There were so many items, but what was the point?
Any random little monster could crush him to death with a single finger!
All the good stuff would just end up belonging to someone else.
Then he opened the exchange system.
Pangu Banner: one billion merit.
God Slaying Spear: one billion merit.
All Innate Supreme Treasures cost one billion merit, Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures cost one hundred million merit, and High-Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures cost ten million merit...
With thirty billion as a foundation, Gu Changqing was not short on merit, but... so what?
Even if he exchanged for all of them, would he not still be a treasure-delivery boy?
To survive, Gu Changqing first got himself a Merit Set!
Every piece was a Merit Treasure!
Merit Saint Armor, Merit Gauntlets, Merit Saint Sword...
The entire set cost a full eight billion, arming him to the teeth.
In the Primordial World, only merit was the strongest defense.
Tong Tian, who was currently lecturing his disciples on the Dao, nearly had his eyes blinded by the light.
The Intercepting Sect lacked nothing except merit!
When had Golden Turtle Island gained such a treasure boy?
Fortunately, the Merit Golden Light flashed only once. Otherwise, the entire Primordial World would have been shaken.
Tong Tian appeared behind Gu Changqing in a flash.
This was a walking treasury!
The Intercepting Sect was destined to prosper!
This should mean he was safe now, Gu Changqing thought to himself. With so many Merit Treasures protecting him, ordinary monsters should not dare do anything to him.
Suppressing the joy in his heart, Tong Tian asked, "Whose disciple are you?"
Gu Changqing turned around and saw a middle-aged man in azure robes.
"I am Gu Changqing. I accidentally entered Golden Turtle Island. I hope, Immortal, that you will forgive my offense."
"Whose disciple are you?"
Tong Tian asked again.
"Changqing is an independent cultivator with no master."
An independent cultivator?
An independent cultivator was good!
Tong Tian secretly rejoiced. Mine, mine, it's all mine!
Who knew what sort of dogshit luck this brat had stumbled into, possessing a body full of Merit Treasures.
Although he could not do anything to him, still...
"Are you willing to take me as your master?"
Tong Tian continued, "As long as you take me as your master, I will not pursue the matter of you trespassing on Golden Turtle Island."
"May I ask who you are, Immortal...?"
Taking a master was not impossible. Ideally, he should find one who was neither too strong nor too weak.
Too strong would invite jealousy, while too weak would invite bullying.
"My name is Tong Tian."
"Changqing greets Tong—"
"Disciple greets Master!"
Gu Changqing dropped to his knees immediately.
With Tong Tian Cult Leader standing before him, he had no choice but to kneel.
Other monsters might fear his Merit Treasures, but Tong Tian was no ordinary monster.
He was a Saint!
"Good, very good!"
Tong Tian Cult Leader was in high spirits.
At the instant Gu Changqing became his disciple, he sensed that the Intercepting Sect's fortune was no longer leaking away.
Merit Treasures truly could suppress fortune!
More importantly, this brat did not possess just one Merit Treasure, but entire sets of them!
"From today onward, you are my final disciple. Come with me to Biyou Palace."
Tong Tian did not give Gu Changqing any chance to refuse.
A treasure boy had to be protected.
If someone else risked their life to trade one for one, there would be nowhere to cry afterward!
It was over!
He was finished now!
Becoming Tong Tian's disciple was not a good thing. A tall tree caught the wind, but unfortunately, he had no right to refuse.
If Tong Tian gave him a set of Great Treasure Swords, no amount of Merit Treasures would save him.
Biyou Palace was adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, overflowing with spiritual energy, solemn and majestic.
Tong Tian placed Gu Changqing to one side, then said to the disciples, "Gu Changqing is the new final disciple I have accepted."
"Congratulations, Master."
"Congratulations, Junior Brother."
Those who could enter the inner hall, whether outer disciples or inner disciples, were at least second-generation disciples.
"Good." Tong Tian nodded, then said, "Now, continue listening to the Dao."
After saying that, he glanced at Gu Changqing and added, "You should go listen as well."
"Yes."
Gu Changqing chose a corner and sat down cross-legged.
Tong Tian began lecturing on the Dao again, speaking so brilliantly that flowers seemed to fall from the heavens.
Gu Changqing was equally dazzled. He could understand every word, but when they were put together, he had no idea what they meant.
Damn it!
By the time this lecture ended, who knew how many years would have passed? He would not need to go back at all!
Damn system!
What a con artist!
Bored out of his mind, Gu Changqing directly exchanged for a jar of Nine Revolutions Golden Pills.
One million merit per pill, a full hundred pills.
Crunch!
One golden pill entered his stomach, and his cultivation surged wildly until it reached the Golden Immortal realm.
With vast merit upon him, there was no issue of undergoing tribulation.
Listen to the Dao?
Screw that. How could it compare to taking pills?
The Merit Saint Armor had a concealment function. Others could not see his changes, though Tong Tian's eyelid twitched.
One moment, he had been a weakling. The next, he had become a Golden Immortal expert.
Unable to suppress the joy in his heart, Gu Changqing swallowed another pill.
His cultivation increased a little.
Another pill, another little increase.
One pill after another, one little increase after another...
Tong Tian: Damn it, this is too extravagant! Even Haotian was not this lavish!
Please, act like a human being!
After Gu Changqing finished all one hundred Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, his cultivation had increased somewhat, but only to a limited extent.
It seemed that the supposedly awesome Nine Revolutions Golden Pills could only raise cultivation to the Golden Immortal realm.
At least they could still increase it a little!
Gu Changqing exchanged for another jar.
Crunch!
What the hell!
Tong Tian was furious.
That was the equivalent of a hundred Golden Immortals!
That was enough already.
He had seen prodigals before, but never one this wasteful!
Don't get angry. This is my final disciple. I cannot slap him to death!
Tong Tian endured and endured before transmitting his voice to Gu Changqing. "Changqing, Nine Revolutions Golden Pills can only raise your cultivation to the Golden Immortal realm. Eating more is useless. Above Golden Immortal, you can only improve your cultivation through comprehending laws."
"Oh."
Gu Changqing nodded, then searched through the system's pills to see whether there were any that could raise cultivation beyond the Golden Immortal realm.
There really was one!
Limitless Creation Pill.
Ten million merit per pill.
To Gu Changqing, who possessed tens of billions, ten million merely had one more zero than one million.
Another jar.
One billion merit.
Crunch!
Crunch, crunch...
Tong Tian's eyes turned green!
What the hell you were eating wasn't pills—it was Great Luo Golden Immortals!
Good heavens, what a waste!
"Outrageous!"
Tong Tian rebuked them outright.
The disciples were all dumbfounded.
What was going on?
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