Chapter 630 Gather merits and become the city lord
Lin Li spent three days in seclusion and refined all the Earthly Evil Roots. However, before going out to find the Earthly Evil Veins, he planned to study the merit energy in the Earthly Ancestral Cauldron and the Earthly Root Cauldron.
The Holy Emperor unified the continent and avoided many killings and conquests, which was a great merit. He refined his lifetime merits into the three earth-grade tripods. Their merits are the foundation of the earth-grade tripod and cannot be absorbed and refined. And the merits gathered in the tripod are The energy of merit has been exhausted in the hundreds of years in the Glacier Jedi, but it is still enough for Lin Li to study a thing or two.
He took out the Digen Cauldron, now the owner of the cauldron, stretched out his hand, and a black-yellow aura wandered out, swirling around his fingers. Lin Li opened his mouth and inhaled, and the aura of merit also entered his mouth.
He followed the method of absorbing the energy of Earthly Evil and allowed the particles in his body to absorb the energy of merit. It was extremely smooth, as if absorbing the energy of Earthly Evil. Moreover, the particles seemed to be inlaid with a layer of gold, making them more tenacious and full of power. He is naturally capable of restraining evil spirits and can be protected from all evils.
After completely refining the energy of merit, Lin Li opened his eyes, thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "The second round of the Nine Revolutions Xuan Gong is actually able to absorb the energy of merit. I read some ancient classics, the Great Buddha's Buddhism has a golden body of merit and virtue. It seems that the aura of merit is also a good thing for cultivating the body. It has its own differences with the aura of earthly evil spirits. It’s just that our witch clan is too heavy on killing, so we don’t pay much attention to merits. And now I have the aura of meritorious deeds and the aura of earthly evil spirits. Practicing the body together, it will definitely be more powerful than the original technique, reaching a level that no one has ever achieved before. This is a breakthrough point for me to go my own way... The second turn of the Nine Turns Mysterious Technique should be, Condensing Earth Sha, Wrap your merits and train your body."
"But how do you get enough merit?"
A new question loomed in front of Lin Li. There was not much merit left in the Dizu Ding and the Digen Ding. The two cauldrons had been sealed in the Glacier Jedi for hundreds of years. The merits in the Digen Ding were still there. A lot of Qi was wasted by the big lord, and the remaining merit Qi of Dizuding was very much, but it was consumed by the Longevity Realm zombies who borrowed the power of hundreds of zombies.
In order to solve this problem and deepen his understanding of the Qi of Merit, Lin Li decided to look for the answer in the classics.
There is a library in the Ice and Snow Sanctuary, which contains hundreds of thousands of classics covering all aspects. Browsing through the classics, one hundred thousand spirit stones at a time, can last for a while, or several hours, but at most one day. If it exceeds one day, continue to pay.
Lin Li entered it and stayed there for three days. He read hundreds of thick books, including the understanding of the Qi of Merit and Virtue by the strong men of the Great Bingzhou, as well as Buddhist scriptures from the Great Buddha State.
He finally had an understanding of the energy of merit.
Gong refers to good deeds, and virtue refers to good intentions. One of the books, "Mahayana Yi Zhang", says: "Gong refers to function. It can break through life and death, achieve nirvana, and save all living beings. It is called merit. This merit is the virtue of a good person. , so it’s merit.”
I heard that in Buddhism, there are monks who have been studying a Buddhist scripture all their lives, but they can't fully understand it. Lin Li naturally can't fully understand it, but he also understands the word "kind", that is, doing good deeds can accumulate merit.
"The energy of merit can eliminate karma and has infinite magical effects. I have underestimated its effect. Now I practice more shaman body training techniques and am not good at mastering some secret techniques. That day in the big territory, King Jiangyin Rebellion, if he can control more of his merit energy and exert his power, I really might not be able to control him. I am really careless."
Lin Li was slightly frightened when he thought about it now.
His mental power sank into the origin of the witch heart, and he spoke to King Jiangyin, "King Jiangyin, that day in the Glacier Jedi Territory, do you still remember to control the energy of merit and resist my restrictions?"
The King of Jiangyin thought that Lin Li was trying to settle an old score, but Lin Li continued: "Back then, you said that one general's meritorious deeds would be great, and that his backing would be a great meritorious deed. I also praised you, saying that you were an eternal emperor and had great merits. It turns out that you are an eternal emperor and have great merits."
That's wrong. Now I understand the word "merit" better. What you have is not merit, just merit. ... Merit is for yourself, virtue is for all living beings. Merit can only build a career, and good virtue can carry things. You
Killing tens of millions of people is just to build meritorious deeds for yourself, not for the common people, so you gather very little merit and virtue and cannot exert your abilities."
King Jiangyin fell into silence for a moment, then exhaled and said with emotion: "Even if you don't have great luck and have no inheritance, you will not be an ordinary person. Because you are always thinking and improving your spiritual realm, you can only keep thinking.
Only good people can make progress, and I can predict your success."
"Well, just stay with me and witness my success."
Lin Li laughed loudly and walked out of the practice room.
He had an idea for his next step and no longer wanted to be bored in the sanctuary.
Lin Li walked directly to the ruling hall of the Lord of the Holy Domain. Originally, he was not qualified to meet directly, but due to his special status, he could pass.
He entered the main hall and saw that Fang Baiyu and Luan Fengyi were both in the hall. After paying homage, he said directly: "I want to be a city lord outside, please ask the Lord of the Holy Domain to appoint me."
Luan Fengyi was slightly surprised, "Why do you want to be the city lord? Being entangled in the secular world will definitely affect your cultivation. What do you think?"
Fang Baiyu and Luan Fengyi did not mention the matter of Dizu Ding and Digen Ding at all, which made Lin Li relieved. Since everyone had a tacit agreement to pretend not to know, he would naturally not take the initiative to bring it up.
Before Lin Li could answer, Fang Baiyu said: "The new Lord of Binghan City has not done anything, and the people and family members in the city are full of complaints. You can replace him. I will give you the right to remove him, and you can directly take up the post."
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"Yes." Lin Li bowed and turned to leave.
Facing Luan Fengyi's confused gaze, Fang Baiyu turned to his wife and said: "Although I don't call myself an emperor, I am actually the emperor of half of the ice state. Only by gathering the aura of imperial power can my Human Emperor Cauldron be more powerful. And
The earth tripod is a place of great virtue, so it is natural to gather merit. What is merit? It is difficult to gather great merit, and small merit is to do good deeds."
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High in the sky, Lin Li was flying with his wings, quite like the person who passed the examination in ancient times and traveled a long distance to take up his new post. Although Lin Li didn't care about the position of city lord, he was young after all, so he couldn't help but feel excited.
The King of Jiangyin clicked his tongue and exclaimed: "You are the lord of a city at a young age, and it is also a big city next to the mountain gate. You are really young and promising. I didn't do anything like you back then."
Although Lin Li was excited, his thoughts were still clear, "My role as city lord is just a small episode. I accumulated some merits and soon resigned. And Fang Baiyu will not really let me control the power of the entire city, and
It’s almost the same as taking a part-time job.”
King Jiangyin still said: "Even so, it is rare to see a twenty-year-old city lord. You may be an unprecedented person and an unprecedented person. You have set a precedent."
Lin Li speeded up again, "Binghan City is the first city I have taken root in in the Great Bingzhou, and it can be regarded as a unique city. I will first go to Binghan City to take up the post, and then find Cui Ying to solve her physical problems."
Seeing the outline of Binghan City again, Lin Li felt a sense of intimacy. A few months ago, he was still a passer-by when he was shopping for resources in the shops in the city. But now, his identity has changed and he is actually the owner of this place. Understand his identity
Whenever you meet anyone in the city, you must respectfully call out, "City Lord Lin!"
Lin Li entered the city lord's palace, took the merit document, dismissed the original city lord's official position, and then took up the post himself. All these complicated things are not mentioned. Naturally, some guards thought that Lin Li was mentally ill and wanted to kick him out. However, Lin Li was slightly
Showing your strength will solve the problem.
Lin Li sat down on the throne in the ruling hall, holding the handle of the chair, and looked at the officials of His Highness, including financial officials, judicial officials, law enforcement officials, and military commanders in charge of the city's defense forces. These people, stomping
Stamping their feet, the entire icy city trembled, but they had to listen to Lin Li's words. Lin Li was sitting, and they could only stand and look at each other.
Lin Li was very high-spirited and had the urge to scold Fang Qiu, do something big, and be a good city lord. But then he suppressed the urge. This was not what he wanted. Improving his strength was the most important thing. The reason why he
Isn't being able to sit in a high hall a benefit brought by strength?
Lin Li said loudly: "The previous city lord was fat and fat. I heard that he was a relative of a certain sect master of Binghan Sect, so he took this position. What did he do to make the whole city complain."
The financial officer replied: "Lord Hui Lin, the previous Lord Zhu raised taxes on the people by 50%, and the tax paid by each family was also a large amount, and those families were extremely struggling. Moreover, Lord Zhu took the family share, and in
There are hundreds of mansions in the city. Among them, less than half of the shops on Caiyuan Street are under his name."
"This guy is quite fierce. In order to amass money, he is simply lawless."
Lin Li briefly commented on the previous city lord, but he was slightly grateful in his heart. If city lord Zhu hadn't been greedy, how could he have shown that he "loved the people like a son".
With a wave of his hand, he issued his first order after taking office, "Taxation for the common people should be returned to the previous level, and senior citizens over seventy years old are exempt from taxation. The taxation of various family groups should also be returned to the previous level."
Lin Li's simple order reduced Binghan City's financial revenue several times, which amounted to millions or tens of millions of spiritual stone revenue.
hiss!
All the officials took a breath and shook their heads inwardly, thinking, "Sure enough, they are young and ignorant, and they reduce taxes so rashly. The people will naturally praise their virtues, but where do their achievements come from? It is said that new officials have three things to do when they take office. This fire.
But if you pass it, you will burn your own future first."
Seeing that Lin Li was so young, they could guess at a glance that he was related to a certain senior official. They did not dare to say anything against him and just watched the joke secretly.
Lin Li didn't care about the thoughts of the officials below him. He focused on accumulating merit for himself. What did the city's fiscal revenue have to do with him? Even if the fiscal revenue failed to make ends meet after a period of time, he would have left long ago.
As a city lord, Lin Li did not amass wealth, but was greedy for merit.
Therefore, there is no corrupt official in the world, even those who are honest have ulterior motives.