The fifth use of merit was to protect oneself.
According to Dao Lord Golden Bull, this merit represented the Heavenly Dao's recognition.
As long as you possessed merit, no one would dare attack you, because attacking you was equivalent to attacking the Heavenly Dao.
Regardless of whether they managed to kill someone with great merit, the attacker would inevitably be tainted with endless cause and effect and karmic burden.
Thus, under ordinary circumstances, no one dared attack someone whose entire body radiated the light of merit.
Hearing this, He Pingsheng's head grew hot with excitement. Wonderful, wonderful! I'll have a protective talisman from now on.
Let's see who dares hit me!
But just as this thought crossed his mind, Golden Bull said with a chuckle, "Young friend He, if you think this merit can shelter you for the rest of your life, you're mistaken!"
"Leaving aside the fact that there are always some deathsworn who can wear down your merit, merit itself isn't eternal. It will dissipate with time!"
He Pingsheng felt rather troubled. "It can dissipate?"
"Of course!" Dao Lord Golden Bull chuckled. "If you don't refine it for your own use and simply leave it on your body to protect yourself, this merit will dissipate!"
"And it dissipates extremely quickly!"
"In roughly a thousand years, it will have vanished completely!"
He Pingsheng nodded.
In that case, he needed to strip this merit from his body quickly and refine it.
He could use it for Dao comprehension, to improve his cultivation, or to condense a Dao Seed.
In any case, once refined, it would no longer dissipate.
Hmm...
He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then closed his eyes in contemplation and attempted to refine it.
But after several attempts, he discovered that he could not.
He could not refine