Su Mu listened with a helpless expression; what could he do?
The guy in front of me is just an afterimage; he can probably leave whenever he wants, and I can't stop him.
Upon seeing the Moon God sever the connection, a lotus petal immediately bloomed, and Su Mu's lips twitched involuntarily again.
I feel like the other party took advantage of me a lot!
The Moon God Goddess seemed to feel a little ashamed. Before Su Mu could speak, she pointed directly at the Purple-Gold Merit Lotus, and then the Purple-Gold Merit Lotus flew above the Dao Lotus and began to repair Dao Lotus little by little.
Su Mu counted them, and there were actually five Merit Lotus blooming!
I don't know how the merit is calculated; how much merit does these five flowers contain?
Su Mu was curious and was about to ask the other party some questions when he saw the Moon God suddenly raise her head and look at the sky.
Seeing this, Su Mu also looked up and saw that the Taiyin in space was beginning to shift, gradually revealing the sun.
Having been obscured for so long, the sliver of sunlight that was barely visible was already bursting forth with incredibly fierce flames, dispelling the surrounding chill.
"I cannot stay any longer. The Lesser Yang will soon return to its rightful place, and I will only have the opportunity to descend to the mortal realm once a year during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Moon Pursuing the Sun."
The Moon God seemed somewhat regretful, and reached out to take the calligraphy that Su Mu had just written.
His eyes made no attempt to conceal his admiration. "Raising a cup to invite the bright moon, making three with my shadow, you are truly the greatest talent in the world. Next Mid-Autumn Festival, don't forget to write a poem for me, and I will certainly come to share a drink with you."
Su Mu inwardly scoffed, "Give me a break!"
Perhaps it got tired of being up there and wanted to come down and have some fun. This time it came down and absorbed so much of my merit. I wonder what it will absorb next time.
Let whoever wants to write it write it; I'm not writing it.
Not knowing how much merit the other party had taken, Su Mu was somewhat annoyed that the other party hadn't explicitly stated this beforehand.
"I won't take advantage of you."
Seemingly aware of Su Mu's dissatisfaction, the Moon God Goddess pointed a slender finger and gently tapped Su Mu's forehead.
Then, her figure slowly disintegrated into moonlight, scattering across the ground, and she even took the calligraphy with her.
"Huh?"
Su Mu frowned, then his face lit up with joy.
The other party left him something earlier, something about the Dao Lotus and the Buddha Lotus.
Su Mu looked closely and quickly found the issue that concerned her.
How to cultivate the Dao Lotus? The Dao?
Su Mu stared blankly for a moment, his brows furrowing. Was the only way to make the Dao Lotus bloom through the Dao itself?
Upon seeing this, Su Mu didn't feel that her doubts had been resolved; instead, she became even more confused.
What kind of path is this? Is it meant to help one achieve enlightenment? Isn't that asking the impossible?
The Buddha Lotus was much as Su Mu had imagined; it indeed required the propagation of Buddhist teachings and scriptures in order to activate Buddha Lotus.
However, it's not that simple. For example, Buddhist scriptures need to be of the highest quality to be effective, and the recipient must also understand the scriptures.
For example, if Su Mu were to write down the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra and give it directly to a small child, the child wouldn't even be able to understand it, and that wouldn't be considered promoting Buddhist scriptures or the Dharma.
It seems that any Buddhist scriptures I write in the future should be given to the senior monks.
Su Mu wrote this down.
Buddhist Sect on Earth love to promote their doctrines and teachings, and it turns out they're doing the same thing in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Daoist Sect, however, is different. Daoist Sect seems similar to other religions on Earth, emphasizing enlightenment?
But if it's about enlightenment, why was there no sound when I recited the Tao Te Ching before? When I recited it, no sound came out.
Could something strange have happened here?
Looking at the information left behind by the Moon God, Su Mu couldn't help but investigate further.
Wake up!
Seeing that Su Mu remained motionless and deep in thought for a long time, Yu Guyue couldn't help but wave her hand to wake Su Mu up.
"You haven't been bewitched by that Moon God, have you?"
When Yu Guyue saw Su Mu open his eyes, a bewitching pink glint flashed in her phoenix eyes.
When it comes to bewitching people, that's her Divine Ability. She wants to see if Su Mu has been tricked by the other party.
"No, that's not true. I'm just trying to decipher something the other person left behind."
Su Mu waved his hand and said that he had no problem.
Yu Guyue carefully checked the area and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no signs of being cursed.
"That's good. I was worried something had happened when I saw you so distracted."
Yu Guyue withdrew her Divine Ability. She had checked and confirmed that there were no problems.
Su Mu reached out, wanting to take back the three lotus flowers. He hadn't guessed wrong before; for a cultivator like him, the ultimate goal was the Three Flowers Gather at the Crown.
He does indeed have three flowers now, but something's not quite right about them.
Just as Su Mu was about to recall the three lotus flowers, he suddenly froze.
The original five-petaled Purple-Gold Lotus Flower now only has three petals left!
The missing petal of the Dao Lotus has now been repaired, but repairing just one petal actually requires two petals of the Merit Lotus?
Su Mu felt a pang of heartache. He wasn't quite sure how significant the five-petaled lotus was, but it had been activated in cooperation with the Moon God.
Given the Moon God's status, the fact that the other party cares so much about these merits suggests that they must be quite substantial.
Moreover, upon closer reflection, imagine the catastrophe that would result if this seal were broken. It took five petals to avert this disaster, so one can only imagine how weighty each petal truly is.
Now, to make up for the piece that was torn off, they've paid such a high price.
Su Mu felt a sharp pain in his heart and couldn't help but think of that Ancestor Wuwang. It was all because of that guy that he had wasted so much merit to repair this petal of the Dao Lotus.
Little did Su Mu know that he owed such merit to the Ancestor Wuwang.
If it weren't for the interference from the other side, there wouldn't have been any danger of the seal being broken.
Although Su Mu used up two petals of the Merit Lotus, Su Mu still gained three petals in return, making this a profitable Su Mu.
At this moment, the Ancestor Wuwang had no idea that not only had everything he had done been completely ruined by Su Mu, but the other party had actually gained so much merit because of him!
At this moment, the Ancestor Wuwang was hiding deep inside, watching with his own eyes the incomplete Dao Lotus displaying its divine power above. The resentment in his heart almost made him lose control and fight Su Mu to the death.
"Damn you! You follow me wherever I go, always opposing me. Do I owe you something?!"
Ancestor Wuwang. He already had no physical body, yet he was still being harassed and targeted by Su Mu.
Having cultivated for tens of thousands of years, when had he ever suffered such injustice?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Su Mu was his nemesis. He felt that as long as Su Mu was around, his Fortune would not be good and he would suffer a series of misfortunes.