Above the nine heavens, at the dawn of chaos,
The Main God Temple stood silently, as if spanning the four directions of the heavens and earth, extending to the past, present, and future!
[Task completed, time for settlement!]
Around Wu Ming, air currents stirred and lights and shadows emerged, clearly displaying scenes from his previous journey to the Great Xia Dynasty, during the invasion of the Hu barbarians, and his struggles in Daqing Village.
Moments later, lines of text, resembling cloud seal script and golden inscriptions, appeared with a mysterious aura, instantly comprehensible:
[Main Quest: Survival! – Completed! Earn 100 minor merits!]
[Defeated five Hu cavalrymen, earned 250 minor merits!]
[Defeated one Tulu warrior, earned 100 minor merits!]
[Defeated a shaman priest, earned 300 minor merits!]
[Total merits earned: 750 minor merits!]
[Newcomer mission completed. Congratulations to registrant Gengshen 69 for passing the novice trial and becoming a true reincarnator!]
[Detected that registrant Gengshen 69 reincarnator has damaged three souls and seven spirits. Would you like to initiate healing? This healing requires 1000 minor merits!]
“A thousand? Three souls and seven spirits?”
Wu Ming shuddered: “My soul was injured, but how did I not know the shaman had the ability to harm souls…”
His expression suddenly froze as he realized that perhaps the Main God Temple wasn’t referring to the shaman, but rather his original soul that had crossed over!
“But… a thousand minor merits? I don’t even have that if I sold myself! Isn’t this supposed to be the easiest novice mission? How come I can’t even afford the healing fee?”
Wu Ming inwardly wept over his poverty, suddenly asking, “What can minor merits be used for?”
Swish!
Instantly, several massive light screens dropped down like a waterfall, displaying countless glowing characters, dazzling the eyes.
Categories such as martial arts, bloodlines, magical artifacts, and miscellaneous items appeared, as if in a supermarket, offering everything imaginable.
Wu Ming first looked at the martial arts section. Although he was somewhat prepared, he still felt blinded by the 24K titanium alloy glare:
“The Chaos Art: When chaos first opened, something was born. Practicing this art returns one to the origin, forging an immortal chaotic body that lasts forever! Exchange requirement: 1,000,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Heaven-and-Earth Creation Art: When fully mastered, it can manifest the elements of earth, fire, wind, and water, creating heaven and earth, and even worlds! Exchange requirement: 990,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Supreme Taiji Art: The top Daoist martial art, personally transmitted by the ancestral patriarch, reaching up to the realm of the Supreme Sage of Non-Existence! Exchange requirement: 900,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Buddha Golden Body: The supreme martial art of the Buddhist sect, forging a body of all Buddhas, destined to become the future Buddha! Exchange requirement: 900,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Celestial Star Descent Manual: Gathering the power of the stars in the nine heavens, forming the fate of the Purple Tenuity Dragon, altering destiny itself! Exchange requirement: 850,000 heavenly merits!”
…
“They all look incredibly powerful…”
Wu Ming then randomly clicked on the bloodline category:
“The Blood of the Twelve Primordial Emperors! Exchange requirement: 500,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Blood of the Divine Dragon! Exchange requirement: 200,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Blood of the Vermilion Bird! Exchange requirement: 200,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Blood of the Spinning Turtle! A bird’s head and a turtle’s tail, countering the Wood Escape… 10,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Blood of the Zhu Yan! A fierce beast, white-furred ape with red feet, its appearance heralds chaos across the land! Exchange requirement: 10,000 heavenly merits!”
“The Blood of the Evil Wolf! An ominous beast, fox-like body with red and white tail, bringing endless war disasters wherever it goes! Exchange requirement: 9,000 heavenly merits!”
…
There were also magical artifacts:
“The Chaos Pearl, 1,000,000 heavenly merits! The Pangu Axe, 1,000,000 heavenly merits! The Xuanyuan Sword, 1,000,000 heavenly merits! Why don’t you just rob me?”
Wu Ming grumbled, flipping to another page and seeing “The Twelve Heaven and Earth Divine Demon Formation,” similarly priced at 1,000,000 heavenly merits, he was speechless: “What exactly is heavenly merit?”
[The Main God Temple’s merits are divided into heavenly merit, major merit, and minor merit! The conversion ratio is ten to one! Items marked as heavenly merit can only be exchanged with heavenly merit. Merits can be split and combined, with a ten percent fee for each operation!]
Seeing this, Wu Ming was almost in tears: “Even splitting and combining merits incurs a ten percent handling fee. I was wrong! You’re even more ruthless than a robber. Why don’t you just become a loan shark?”
Suddenly, he had an idea and went back to the magical artifacts section, flipping frantically from the end until he finally found a blood drum very similar to the one used by the shaman.
[Human Skin Magic Drum: A specialized magical artifact of the shaman sect, made from human bones, skin, and blood, enhancing the power of shamanic magic! Rank: Low-grade magical artifact! Exchange requirement: 50 major merits!]
Wu Ming tried to exchange for it, and indeed, a prompt box popped up: [Insufficient major merits. Would you like to convert minor merits? This requires 550 minor merits!]
“No!”
Wu Ming clicked ‘no’ with a bitter face. If he had known that broken drum was so valuable, he would have risked danger to try it.
What angered him even more was the Main God Temple’s shamelessness!
“It should only cost 500 minor merits, but you still add a ten percent handling fee! Even splitting major merits into minor merits incurs a charge… This back and forth is even more exploitative than robbery!”
Unfortunately, no matter how Wu Ming protested, the Main God Temple remained unmoved.
Wu Ming was also quite clear that facing this unreasonable monopoly, nothing he said would matter. He flipped through the martial arts section again and finally found what he wanted to see:
“Hmm, the Tortoise Breathing Technique! This was the method I used during my internal strengthening stage, specifically for training the energy of my internal organs. My sister went to great lengths to obtain it—it’s worth 100 minor merits! Now that I’ve reached the true energy stage, I should practice the advanced version, the Spiritual Tortoise Qi-Nurturing Technique, which costs 300 minor merits… Hmm… I should try to get the follow-up techniques from my sister first. Wouldn’t want to waste them…”
Wu Ming painfully closed the exchange interface, staring at the evaluation of his damaged three souls and seven spirits, shaking his head: “Better to resolve the hidden danger first…”
He didn’t want any lingering effects on his soul, but the shortage of 250 merits still made him extremely depressed.
“Main God Temple, can you recycle martial arts and items here?”
Wu Ming tried to ask.
[Yes! But they must be appraised to confirm their value!]
Obviously, Wu Ming had nothing of value on him, and the martial arts he possessed were already cataloged by the Main God Temple, so there was no way he could hope to make a profit.
“Even gold and silver aren’t accepted… Sigh, if only my ring were here, maybe I could try…”
Wu Ming frowned, suddenly his expression changed, and he pulled out the jade pendant that had caused him to enter the Main God Temple from his chest.
Upon entering the dungeon, everything else was stripped away, leaving only this jade pendant with him—a clear testament to its uniqueness.
[Jade Pendant (Unknown rare item, requires appraisal)]
At this moment, the jade pendant’s surface appeared even more translucent, with golden stars inside swirling more rapidly.
It seemed like Wu Ming’s imagination, but when he took out the jade pendant, the entire primordial space seemed to tremble.
“Appraise it!”
Wu Ming said nervously, his heart pounding: “I hope this appraisal doesn’t cost me money either. Hope the fee isn’t too high, enough to make me go bankrupt…”
Fortunately, this time the Main God Temple didn’t charge, and instead seemed even more eager than Wu Ming himself, acting directly.
Boom!
A powerful beam of light shot down from the Main God Temple in the celestial palace above, enveloping the jade pendant in a mighty display.
“What’s going on?”
Wu Ming kept stepping back, watching the Main God Temple tremble, his expression changing again: “Could it be that…”
Within the beam of light, the jade pendant’s surface shimmered, suddenly projecting countless images, even giving Wu Ming the illusion of infinite vastness within, as if containing a world.
After a long while, the beam receded, and the jade pendant slowly fell. Wu Ming eagerly looked at the result:
[??? : Possibly an essence relic of the world, a lost part of the Main God Temple! Would you like to contribute it to the Main God Temple?]
“Huh? What about the reward? How many merits will I get?”
Wu Ming asked in surprise.
[Insufficient authority, cannot answer!]
“So, just give me any martial art or bloodline, I’m not greedy, just one of the top ten items on the heavenly merit list would be fine…”
[Insufficient authority, cannot answer!]
Wu Ming asked a few more questions, a smile suddenly appearing on his face: “So it’s a lost part of the Main God Temple? And… it doesn’t forcibly take it either, not even tempting me to hand it over… Indeed, this Main God Temple at this point is just a rigid thinking inanimate object, or… just a passive program with limitations?”
“I choose to contribute!”
Wu Ming gritted his teeth and made the decision.
After all, it’s better to have one bird in the hand than a thousand in the forest.
At his current cultivation level, he was incapable of studying this item. Moreover, the previous dungeon experience had clearly demonstrated that this item held no utility for reincarnation dungeons.
Even in the outside world, with his identity and status, he would have to slowly climb until he could break through the disguise and study the essence of the world, by which time he might have already gone through countless reincarnations and been long dead.
Moreover, he would have to be careful not to leak any information at all.
Wu Ming understood all too well the truth that an innocent man can still be guilty for possessing a valuable item.
“It’s not mine anyway, so it won’t hurt if I bet wrong!”
Wu Ming gritted his teeth and immediately selected confirm.
Boom!
In an instant, the heavens and earth shifted. The jade pendant suddenly turned into a streak of light, vanishing into the Main God Temple above the primordial chaos.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The primordial energy flowed, and the entire world seemed to undergo a tremendous transformation.
The Main God Temple roared, becoming even more magnificent and radiant. Suddenly, a streak of light fell, entering Wu Ming’s body.
[Ding! Registrant Gengshen 69 has made an outstanding contribution to the Main God Temple! Basic permissions have been greatly enhanced! Earned the exclusive title – The Main God Temple Envoy!]
“The Main God Temple Envoy? What’s the use of that?”
Wu Ming’s face was full of question marks.
[The Main God Temple Envoy is for those who have made outstanding contributions to the Main God Temple. The Main God Temple looks forward to growing together with the Main God Temple Envoy!]
[Reincarnators who equip the Main God Temple Envoy title can enjoy the following privileges:
A. Know the reincarnation mission information three days in advance!
B. Receive a free healing quota of 5000 minor merits after each mission!
C. Gain true vision, exempt from the handling fee for merit exchanges!
D. Every three reincarnation missions, receive one exemption from the penalty for failing the main mission!]
“I… I… I…”
Wu Ming was utterly shocked.
“This… this is simply…”
In his heart, he vaguely realized that even if the Main God Temple gave him some supreme martial arts or top bloodlines, he would still be in a relationship of being raised and dependent. But now, it felt as if he was about to rise up and become the master of his own destiny!
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