Reward settlement

Meanwhile, the Rat Spirit became a disciple of Guanyin Bodhisattva and went to the Southern Sea to cultivate.

Ao Tu finally got some peace and quiet.

He would casually pick up a few Ancient Times scriptures he had obtained from the Blood Sea to read, or go out for a walk.

In this Black Pine Forest forest, besides Demon, there are also many Roadside Bandits. Some of them are driven by poverty, while others are Evil Person have accumulated evil deeds over generations.

Upon seeing them, Ao Tu collected them into the Soul-Scattering Gourd.

In addition, there were also Good Souls from past lives. Although they were far fewer in number than Evil Souls, Ao Tu still encountered one.

In Zhenhai Temple, there is a Golden Body that has already passed away. Its soul did not enter the Arhats Path, but remained in the Golden Body. It was discovered by Ao Tu and put into the Purple-Gold Red Gourd.

Within its soul was a small White Lotus Fragment, which Ao Tu collected and integrated into Third-Grade White Lotus.

Ao Tu was previously unaware of the origins of these souls, but now, after creating the Human Race of the Northwestern Two Lands, he has a general understanding of the reasons behind them.

The Human Race in the Northwestern Two Lands were created by him using the flesh and blood of Desolate Beast in the past. These people are naturally more violent and lack Wisdom than Human Race.

To compensate for this deficiency, Ao Tu gave up the most precious Primordial Heaven treasure Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus.

He dispersed the spiritual light of the Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus into the Northwestern Human Race, offsetting the effects of the Desolate Beast's flesh and blood. However, this was not a gift, but a loan.

Under Ao Tu's plan, those naturally gifted individuals in the Northwestern Land will be favored by the White Lotus, and spiritual light will gather upon them, granting them greater Wisdom and virtue, thereby ensuring the prosperity of the Human Race in the Northwestern Two Lands.

The Merit and Wisdom of these people will also benefit White Lotus, serving as interest on Ao Tu's loans.

As for most other people, their spiritual light diminishes with each generation, and the violence derived from the flesh and blood of Desolate Beast gradually takes over.

Over generations, this accumulation will naturally lead to the formation of Evil Souls.

This is the root of the problem.

However, Ao Tu is not without a solution to this problem.

He Good Corpse had made preparations from the beginning. Every so often, they would guide the virtuous to goodness, collect the accumulated White Lotus, and while they themselves would be nourished, they would then distribute the collected White Lotus back to the Northwestern Human Race, thus ensuring an endless and continuous cycle of life.

In the Northwestern Two Lands, all the exceptionally talented and virtuous Human Race will ultimately repay Ao Tu with their Wisdom and virtue through this channel.

This is not Ao Tu manipulating the souls of the Northwestern Human Race by relying on his power, but a normal loan transaction that has been passed down from Ancient Times times.

However, judging from the current situation, Ao Tu's strategy has clearly run into problems.

Whether it's the Good Souls left in the Sarira at Golden Light Temple, the Golden Body at Zhenhai Temple, or the endless Evil Souls in hell, all of these prove that Ao Tu's plan had gone wrong.

To be more precise, something went wrong with the Good Corpse. The lent White Lotus could not be retrieved for some reason, which led to the unresolved problem of violence among the other Northwestern Human Race. Evil Souls accumulated over generations, resulting in an intractable situation. In the end, the only solution was for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to make a great vow to forcibly suppress the endless Evil Souls.

Ao Tu is currently unaware of the specific reason for this error.

Based on the current clues, he speculated that the loaned White Lotus could not be retrieved, which could be due to two main reasons.

One possibility is that someone intervened in the lending process; another is that the Northwestern Human Race he created betrayed him, Borrowing Lotuses Without Returning Them.

Both scenarios are possible, and they could even occur in parallel. Ao Tu cannot fully understand the reasons behind them based solely on clues.

After all, Ao Tu True Body was born in this life in response to the times. He could only contact the past through his Good Corpse. The Karma involved were too great, and Ao Tu's cultivation was too low to see the whole picture.

Fortunately, Ao Tu is now very close to attaining Attainment of the Dao.

His Good Corpse attained Attainment of the Dao through great virtue and was recognized as the master by the Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus. His Self Corpse Attainment of the Dao through extreme evil and refined the beings of the A Great Continent, obtaining the Merit Treasure Gratitude Bag.

On the contrary, it appears that his True Body is the lowest.

However, as the True Body, he has already severed two corpses. The Good Corpse and the Self Corpse are both his own. His talent and ability have far surpassed those of the great Supernatural Ability beings. There is no need to worry about the the Path. At present, he is only one opportunity away from Attainment of the Dao.

Once he establishes the Good and Evil Realms and resolves the remaining issues of Good and Evil in the Northwestern Two Lands, he will surely gain great Merit and be able to use this Attainment of the Dao.

In comparison, the system's rewards for obstructing the Journey to the West are actually much less substantial.

A few days later, Tang Sanzang and his disciples left the Mission Area.

[Rewards are being calculated; a total of 1,182 days of interceptions have been recorded.]

[Reward: Ten-Thousand-Year Tridacna.]

[Received the reward: Great Immortal Rosy Glow Pill]

[Reward: Third-Grade Green Lotus Spiritual Root]

[Reward obtained: Ten Ultimate Arrays - Heavenly Annihilation Formation]

[Received the reward Supernatural Ability Celebration Cloud Golden Lamp]

[Reward: Four Fiends' Flesh and Blood.]

[Reward: Twelve-Rank Karmic Fire Red Lotus Root]

[Received reward: Creation Mother Qi.]

[The extra 87 days will automatically be carried over to the next Side Quest; the next Side Quest is: The Interesting Journey to the Dharma-Extinguishing Kingdom.]

Ao Tu took out all the rewards to examine them.

There's no need to elaborate on the Ten-Thousand-Year Tridacna; as Dragon Race origin, he's extremely familiar with it. Dragon Race like to hide treasures inside Tridacna. If a thief tries to steal the treasure, the Tridacna can close its two shells, trapping the thief and preventing their escape.

In addition, Tridacna shells are also a treasure, used to make Ritual Vessel and polish Buddhist Prayer Beads.

Every year, the Dragon Race of the Four Seas would offer many Tridacna to the Heavenly Court Spirit Mountain. There's not much to say about the Heavenly Court, but Spirit Mountain had some requirements.

Buddhist Sect cannot bear to kill living beings. Tridacna are not Grass and Wood; they belong to sentient beings, and therefore should not be killed indiscriminately.

Buddhist Sect only accept Tridacna that died unexpectedly, of old age, or of illness, and those that are in good condition.

The effects of the Great Immortal Rosy Glow Pill are self-evident; it goes without saying what kind of Elixir Pills it is.

The Third-Grade Green Lotus.

Over the years, Ao Tu has successively obtained the Third-Grade Golden Lotus, the Third-Grade Black Lotus, and the Third-Grade White Lotus. Now he has finally obtained the Third-Grade Green Lotus, but he has not yet obtained the third-grade red lotus.

However, since he has already borrowed the Twelfth-Grade Red Lotus, he doesn't need to be too fixated on the third-grade red lotus.

Of the Lotus Throne in Ao Tu, apart from the Third-Grade White Lotus which he broke off from his Good Corpse, the other Third-Grade Golden Lotus, Third-Grade Black Lotus, and Third-Grade Green Lotus all belong to the "Second-Generation Lotus Throne".

The so-called "Second-Generation Lotus Throne" refers to Lotus Throne that is formed from the Lotus Seeds seeds of Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform. It is not a product of Primordial Heaven Spiritual Root, but rather something that is formed Postcelestial.

These Lotus Throne can grow and increase in grade after obtaining a favorable opportunity. For example, Ao Tu's Third-Grade Black Lotus grew into Fifth-Grade Black Lotus after obtaining a favorable opportunity, and also produced lotus roots.

However, in any case, these Lotus Throne can only grow to the Eleventh Grade at most, and can never surpass the original twelfth grade Primordial Heaven Lotus Throne.

The opportunities required to nurture it to the Eleventh Grade are unimaginably vast; if used for Alchemy, they would even be enough to raise a Lingming Stone Monkey. Using them to support the Lotus Throne would be a complete waste of resources.

Ao Tu held the Third-Grade Green Lotus in his hand, wisps of Creation Qi dripping down, emitting a pleasant fragrance. Ao Tu felt that this fragrance was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

Perhaps, there's some element of fate involved.