Chapter 282: Merit Treasure Vault, who is Brother Chong Er?

Li Hao's expression changed slightly. Hearing the other party's relaxed yet certain tone, clearly, there was no need to deny it anymore.

And on Li Hao's wrist, the blood-colored vine ring floated up a blood whisker, standing up like a cowlick, as if secretly listening to the conversation between Li Hao and Ji Yunguo.

Ji family?

The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King was very surprised in its heart. Having stayed in the Crimson Wood Corpse Ridge for thousands of years, several Desolate Ancient Sacred Clan members had come and gone to harvest the Dao Rhyme Blood Fruit it gave birth to, not to mention other tribes, who would fight until their scalps bled before even getting close.

It had also learned many things from the struggles of these guys, which made it extremely yearning for the outside of the Crimson Wood Corpse Ridge.

After all, since its birth, it had never been out.

Ji family—in the entire Great Desolate Heaven, there was only that one Ji family.

The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King felt a few inexplicable excitements bubbling in its heart. The youth had said earlier that he was the Desolate Ancient God Clan, and now he said he had Ji family bloodline—could it be that the Ji family was related to the Desolate Ancient God Clan? It seemed to have overheard incredible things. What to do, so excited! (><) "Your mother should be that little girl Ji Qingqing, right? She actually married into your Li family."

Ji Yunguo sighed.

From Li Tianzong's obsession, plus the news recorded by the Ji family in the ancient period, he also knew that the most powerful Divine Dynasty outside the Great Desolate Heaven, the Li family, were Divine Generals in that Great Yu Divine Dynasty, and could be considered prominent, a famous family.

Although this kind of family was not worth mentioning in their eyes and couldn't be considered anything, it wasn't truly unknown either.

Moreover, that Divine Dynasty had also been extremely glorious several thousand years ago, and even they, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Clans, wouldn't easily provoke them unless necessary.

Seeing that the other party had seen through it, Li Hao had nothing to say.

"No wonder those two guys were winking at you before they left. They must have been secretly transmitting messages to warn you, telling you to hide your identity."

Ji Yunguo recalled the parting earlier. He had felt it was a little strange at the time, but hadn't thought about it carefully. Now, hit by the boomerang, he reacted.

Seeing Li Hao tacitly admit it, Ji Yunguo sized him up. Although he had guessed it was that little girl's child when he sensed Li Hao's bloodline aura earlier, looking carefully now, he felt they looked more and more alike.

"You don't have to be too nervous. Although our Ji family forbids intermarriage with the outside world—once discovered, the intermarrying woman will be imprisoned for life, and those who intermarry with her, including her bloodline descendants, will also be executed—but there are exceptions to everything."

"If it were someone else, I might consider it, but in view of you sending me back to the Ji family, I'll turn a blind eye and pretend I don't know. But with your aptitude, I'll go back and talk to those old guys, and they should be able to accept you."

"Hmm?"

Li Hao's expression changed slightly. Intermarrying women imprisoned for life? Then in that case, that woman exposed her identity in Yanbei, intimidated the Sacred Palace, and was subsequently brought back to the Ji family—has she already been imprisoned? As Li Hao's expression fluctuated, Ji Yunguo smiled and said: "With your aptitude, even in the Ji family, you count as a top-tier Heaven's Pride. I don't know if a more monstrous genius has been born among the younger generation of the Ji family in the years I've been dead, but in my generation, you should be able to be ranked first!"

Li Hao was only fifteen years old now, in the Three Imperishable Realms; his cultivation alone was enough to be called Heaven's Pride.

Not to mention that Li Hao, in that barren place outside the Great Desolate Heaven, could still cultivate divine power and reach the limit of the Tongli Realm.

In the Desolate Ancient Sacred Clans, reaching the limit of the Martial Realm was either the older generation with long lives or rare monsters! "When you send me to the Ji family territory, I'll also give you a small gift."

Ji Yunguo said with a smile.

Li Hao didn't care, but asked: "Senior, if intermarrying women of the Ji family are imprisoned, how can they be freed?"

Ji Yunguo's eyes softened even more. Li Hao hadn't even heard of the gift he mentioned, but instead only cared about his mother. Although he hadn't had much contact with Li Hao, he appreciated this junior more and more.

"Your mother Ji Qingqing's status in the Ji family is not low; she is of the direct line. If it were other Ji family juniors with lower status, without anyone to plead for them, they might be executed directly, but your mother's bloodline is pure, so she will only be imprisoned."

Ji Yunguo also felt a bit of emotion. He hadn't expected that the little girl who had pulled his beard back then had not only grown up, but had a son.

And it was relying on the other party's son that he was able to return.

"Your mother should be imprisoned, but when you compete for the top of the Ji family's Heaven's Pride list, you will be able to visit her. In the future, when you grasp the power of the Ji family and hold real power, you will naturally be able to release your mother, exchanging your own family contributions for your mother's freedom."

Li Hao was slightly startled, his heart secretly relaxing.

Low status, beaten to death directly—it seems the Ji family truly values bloodline enough.

The gentle eyebrows and eyes of that woman appeared in his mind. Although he had also thought about visiting that mother he hadn't seen for more than ten years on this trip, it was just a thought.

He had originally only intended to send Ji Yunguo back and then leave, not to disturb her. After all, that grandfather had told him about the Ji family's affairs, and recognizing her might not be a good thing, instead destroying her life and bringing her trouble.

But now that she was imprisoned, he had to go.

Top of the Ji family's Heaven's Pride list?

Li Hao's gaze flickered, and he immediately asked Ji Yunguo again, learning some of the Ji family's rules.

Ji Yunguo only introduced them simply, and for the rest, he only said that Li Hao would know when he arrived at the Ji family.

Time flew by.

Several more days passed.

Li Hao crossed seventy or eighty thousand miles, more than half the straight-line distance of Liangzhou.

Along the way, he slew more than ten Demon Kings and also killed a ferocious beast with the bloodline of an ancient Demon King. The opponent was extremely ferocious, its strength belonging to the best in the same realm, but encountering Li Hao, this little monster who could fight in adverse situations, it was also beaten to death in two or three strokes.

And absorbing the essence blood of these Demon Kings, the refinement strength of Li Hao's physical body improved again, as if tempered by thunder and fire, belonging to an extremely strong level among Nine-Casting divine weapons.

Crossing mountains and ridges, sweeping across the Great Desolate, Li Hao, although only a youth, having just entered the Great Desolate Heaven, was like a little barbaric beast, unstoppable.

Finally, Li Hao stepped into the Ji family territory.

His body soared high in the sky, crossing mountain peaks and cliffs. Before his eyes was a vast dense forest, endless.

In the center of the dense forest was a large lake, several hundred miles in diameter, with winding and long waterfalls threading through the dense forest, extending to the cliffs, the water rushing down with a *splash*, and there were rainbows and rosy clouds in mid-air.

"We're here."

Ji Yunguo's voice carried a trace of trembling, showing his inner excitement and restlessness.

The obsession of many years in the Mo River was about to be completed at this moment—how could he not be excited? Fallen leaves return to their roots, dragon whales sink into the sea; the source of life is always seeking its final destination.

Li Hao's primordial spirit flew out, patrolling everywhere, penetrating through the leaves of the dense forest, but he didn't see any signs of human activity, and said: "This is it?"

"Hmm."

Ji Yunguo's soul spirit appeared beside him, standing to the side and gazing, as if breathing deeply, feeling the soil aura of this hometown.

But he had no organs now, and didn't know if he could truly feel it.

"Ahead is the Sacred Mountain barrier of my Ji family. Only those with my Ji family bloodline can enter; otherwise, one needs to pay respects to the mountain first. Do you see that?"

Ji Yunguo pointed.

Li Hao looked along the direction, and on a towering mountain peak in the distance, there were shockingly several ancient characters carved vertically.

Desolate Ancient Ji Family.

It seems this was indeed the Ji family territory.

"Thank you, my wish is fulfilled."

Ji Yunguo turned his head, looking at Li Hao with eager and solemn eyes.

Although he knew Li Hao would bring him home, standing here now, his attitude toward Li Hao was even more eager and sincere. He smiled and said: "I said before, when you bring me back, I will give you a small gift."

He raised his hand and beckoned, the void twisting, as if some kind of black ribbon was extending.

Li Hao saw it clearly; it was shockingly the aura of the Mo River.

Ji Yunguo could still control some of the eerie power of the Mo River at this moment.

As the black ribbon split, it seemed to open a void gate, from which two figures fell out, like two monsters resembling lions and snakes, intertwined together.

One was covered in red fur, the other in silver fur.

Li Hao probed the aura on them, and his expression changed suddenly: "Candle Zhu Huoshen!"

These two demons were shockingly the Candle Zhu Huoshen couple, and they weren't dead yet!

However, at this moment, the Candle Zhu Huoshen couple had their eyes tightly closed, revealing their original forms, as if in a faint.

Moreover, their bodies had become small, and their aura was relatively weak.

"They possess the bloodline of Taiyin Youying and were originally twin-born as one. If one of them can cultivate to the half-step Peaceful Dao Realm, the combination of the two will directly become a true Peaceful Dao Realm!"

Ji Yunguo said to Li Hao: "A true Peaceful Dao Realm is much stronger than what you saw in the Mo River. You must not be careless when you meet one in the future. With your current strength, you need at least a few more years of cultivation to be able to rival one."

"Due to the remnant thoughts in the Mo River, the strength of those Peaceful Dao Realm cultivators is not as good as when they were alive, and some of the secret techniques they had when alive might not all be usable."

Li Hao heard his warning, his heart chilling slightly, and he nodded.

"After they combine to become a Peaceful Dao Realm, they can split again into twin-born as one, and then cultivate separately. If they can each cultivate to the Peaceful Dao Realm, their combination might have a chance to hear the Dao!"

Ji Yunguo said to the unconscious Candle Zhu Huoshen couple on the ground: "Their bloodline is still very strong. Even in our Ji family, they are Demon Kings that need great effort to seek and tame. They are extremely rare, so consider them a small gift for you!"

Li Hao was stunned. The other party actually gave him the Candle Zhu Huoshen couple as a gift?

I really thank you... Li Hao wanted to say, these two Demon Kings were no good people, but if they were used to make soup, it would be a good choice.

Ji Yunguo saw Li Hao silent and laughed:

"Don't worry, I used the remaining power of the Mo River to wipe out their consciousness, and I also branded your figure in their consciousness."

"When they wake up again, they will only remember you and treat you as their master. Just treat them well."

"Of course, although they are masters, demons have spirituality. You know, everything in this world that has spirituality has times of obedience and times of rebellion."

"Therefore, you still need to treat them well yourself and teach and tame them well."

Li Hao was somewhat surprised. He became the master of this Candle Zhu Huoshen couple? Taming a Demon King was extremely difficult. For example, the first Palace Tianren Zongshi of the Tan Palace, a thousand years ago, only reached some kind of agreement with Song Qiumo, not a true master-servant relationship.

As for the other Divine General Mansions, it was said that the Xia family liked to tame Demon Kings. That old lady of the Xia family had extremely strong demon-taming skills, and most of the places where the Xia family sat had Demon Kings secretly assisting in guarding.

Those Demon Kings were also recorded in the Great Yu Divine Dynasty's Demon Register and belonged to "official employees."

If this Candle Zhu Huoshen couple truly became tamed Demon Kings, they would definitely count as extremely strong helpers. The couple combined, with Peaceful Dao Realm combat power—this was comparable to that Buddha Lord.

The number two person on the surface of the Great Yu Divine Dynasty! "I have also taught you how to use the Universe Jade Belt. You can just temporarily store them in it. Their physical bodies are eroded by the Mo River, and their cultivation is damaged. When you obtain the Ji family's recognition and become Heaven's Pride, you can apply to send them to the Ji family Sacred Land for recuperation."

Ji Yunguo said.

The Universe Jade Belt he spoke of was the jade belt the short man threw to Li Hao. Inside was a Dao Rhyme Blood Fruit, claiming to be a world space.

It was no different from the space opened up by a Dao Heart Realm cultivator, just that a strong person had transferred the heaven and earth space to a treasure. Such items were called Small Worlds in the Desolate Ancient Sacred Clans.

The Small World space inside that Universe Jade Belt was extremely large, comparable to the heaven and earth space opened up by a Fate-Reversing Realm cultivator, so accommodating the Candle Zhu Huoshen couple, whose physical bodies were damaged at the moment, was no problem.

"Now, finally home."

Ji Yunguo finished explaining to Li Hao and had no more worries, looking at the scenery ahead, his obsession gradually dissipating.

As his obsession dissipated, Li Hao felt a heat in his palm, and a golden light emerged from his palm—it was the Mo River Golden Page.

At this moment, it flew before his eyes, and ancient characters were chiseled onto the paper surface:

【Progress 100%, cleared Dragon City Mo River, reward, 100,000 merit.】

【Congratulations, you have become the first person in the Great Yu territory to accumulate 100,000 merit, opening the Merit Treasure Vault.】

【Congratulations, you have summoned the Merit Treasure Vault, reward 10,000 merit.】

【The Mo River is about to close, please leave the Mo River】

One achievement ancient character after another was branded.

Subsequently, Li Hao saw his merit ranking beside the golden page jump to first place.

He squeezed the original first place, Wang Zhendong, down.

The other party's merit, which Li Hao saw last time at Fengshan Mo River was 9372, had now reached 9527.

It hadn't broken ten thousand yet.

When Li Hao was surprised, the golden page reflected a golden rosy light, which gathered into characters again:

【Merit Treasure Vault has been opened, merit can be used to enter and exchange for merit supreme treasures】

At the same time, a small, exquisite golden Merit Palace appeared on the golden page.

Li Hao's divine sense moved, and he felt his consciousness seem to be sucked into it, as if he had suddenly arrived at a golden, magnificent palace.

And before his eyes, treasures containing the aura of heaven and earth Dao were floating all around.

Li Hao looked up and was stunned.

It was too shocking.

The names of those various treasures made him dumbfounded.

【Sword Heart: sells for 100 merit points】

【Tianren Zongshi Heart: sells for 100 merit points】

【Nine-Casting Divine Weapon: sells for 10,000 merit points】

【Fate-Reversing Power: sells for 10,000 merit points】

【Tongli Extreme Realm · Divine Power: sells for 10,000 merit points】

【Sacred Heart Heavenly Treasure: sells for 50,000 merit points】

【Hearing Dao Fruit: sells for 100,000 merit points】

Li Hao doubted his eyes were having problems. These merit supreme treasures were too exaggerated! Sword Heart? Wasn't this a state of mind? It could actually be exchanged?! And, Fate-Reversing Power? This was a unique ability possessed only by Fate-Reversing Realm experts, equivalent to a second life!

Here, it could actually be exchanged for ten thousand merit points! Tongli Extreme Realm was even more exaggerated; the divine power state could also be exchanged, and the merit required was the same as Fate-Reversing Power.

"This is too exaggerated."

Li Hao felt it was inconceivable. These various things that were difficult to touch had all become "items" in this Mo River's Merit Treasure Vault, able to be exchanged directly!...

At the same time Li Hao opened the Merit Treasure Vault, the entire Great Yu Divine Dynasty, the land of nineteen states, was all boiling! Everyone who had stepped into the Mo River felt a burning sensation in their palms, followed by the emergence of the golden page, from which golden light erupted:

【In the Great Yu Divine Dynasty territory, the first person to reach 100,000 merit has appeared, now opening the Merit Treasure Vault】

The prompt of golden light characters left everyone dumbfounded.

After they entered the Merit Treasure Vault in suspicion, they were immediately stunned by the scene inside.

According to their own merit points, they could only see the next level of merit supreme treasures.

For example, 100 merit points could at most see merit supreme treasures priced at 1000 points.

But 10 merit points could see merit supreme treasures priced at 100 points.

Sword Heart, Tianren Zongshi Heart! Just seeing these made countless people shocked and in an uproar.

Apart from Sword Heart, there were also Blade Heart, Spear Heart, and many other weapon states of mind! One had to know, realizing entry into the heart was a must for geniuses! But now, it could actually be exchanged directly?

Usually, this required relying on aptitude and comprehension, stuck to death, and non-geniuses couldn't realize it! And the Tianren Zongshi Heart was even more so. Many geniuses of large families could use resources to pile up to the Fifteen-Li Realm, but some were stuck in the Heavenly Human Tianren Zongshi Realm for decades, unable to seek it.

No matter how much their parents doted on them or how many resources they spent, they couldn't forcefully push them to Tianren Zongshi, and in the end, they could only be buried among the crowd, their hearts seeking the Dao desolate and broken.

But now, the Tianren Zongshi Heart in this Merit Treasure Vault gave them hope!

"Heavens, this is simply a treasure land!"

"Even the Tianren Zongshi Heart can be exchanged, this is too exaggerated!"

"If you can clear a Yin-Sha level Mo River, you get 1000 merit points, enough to exchange for ten!"

"Can Tianren Zongshi Hearts be stacked? Will it become a super Tianren Zongshi?"

"Thinking too much."

At the same time, there were intense discussions everywhere within the Great Yu Divine Dynasty.

Countless family descendants, Divine General Mansions, etc., were all startled by this heaven-shaking change.

In the Imperial City Sacred Capital.

Inside the magnificent and strict Imperial Palace, the Hearing Hearing Yu Huang was holding a morning court, sitting upright in the main hall.

His posture during the morning court was towering and straight; he was in middle age, his physique robust, his gaze like the sun and moon that could capture people's souls, making people dare not look directly.

At the dragon carpet at his feet, many ministers and military generals stood on both ends.

At this moment, they were discussing the matter of conferring rewards for Liangzhou.

"That Li family..."

A civil official was reporting, and halfway through his words, sudden exclamations erupted.

This civil official's heart skipped a beat, thinking he had stood on the wrong side or said the wrong thing. Just as he looked up in shock, he saw golden light emerging on both sides of the court.

The Mo River had extended to the Great Yu Divine Dynasty for more than two thousand years. Since eight hundred years ago, it had become increasingly obvious and serious. Before, it was only outside the borders, in a small range, and could still be controlled, but now it was gradually expanding.

Since the Wang family was assigned to guard the Mo River, this project had also become a means of swearing loyalty. Therefore, many ministers, to show their loyalty and comply with the imperial court, had also gone to the Mo River to receive their Mo River Household Registers.

After all, slaying demons and eliminating devils could be faked, but the golden paper of the Mo River Household Register was real and could be taken out at any time to prove one's loyalty and benevolence.

"Merit Treasure Vault?"

"What's the situation?"

"The first person to accumulate 100,000 merit has appeared? How is that possible? I remember Wang Zhendong's merit points were close to 10,000. Did the Mo River make a mistake?"

"100,000?"

Everyone was shocked and in an uproar.

Soon, someone brought out the Merit Ranking, and immediately saw the name at the very top, towering above the iron-fisted general of the Wang family:

Brother Chong Er!

"Who is Brother Chong Er?!"

"Who is this person, such a strange name, who is Brother Chong Er?!"

In the court, everyone looked at each other, looking at each other in shock.

Among them, several Wang-surnamed officials had shocked eyes. They all knew the terror of the Mo River. A name not surnamed Wang had actually appeared at the top of the Merit Ranking?!

One had to know, the appearance of the Merit Ranking, apart from sorting, was basically meaningless, so not many people were willing to challenge the Mo River. Even those Sword Saints and Blade Saints would rather go slay demons than go to the Mo River.

After all, the Mo River Division gave too little, while slaying demons and eliminating devils, apart from fame, also had merit, enfeoffment, and the treatment of the two was vastly different.

On the dragon throne, the Hearing Hearing Yu Huang was stunned. This was also the first time he had seen such a divine and strange thing.

Merit Treasure Vault?

His eyes were solemn, falling on the treasure vault on the golden page, his divine sense moved, and he immediately penetrated into it.

Soon, a magnificent palace no less than the Imperial Palace appeared in his mind, with many merit supreme treasures inside.

"Sword Heart?"

"Fate-Reversing Power?!"

The Hearing Hearing Yu Huang's gaze swept over, his pupils also shrinking slightly, completely shocked.

He immediately realized what kind of earth-shaking changes the birth of this Merit Treasure Vault would bring—what kind of earth-shattering merit it was!

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