CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 60: THE SECRET CANON OF MORALITY

"The name ’Profound Yellow Daoist Collection’ sounds like the style of the Moral Sect, but is this the ’Merit Forging Chapter’? Does it mean the Profound Yellow Daoist Collection has other Chapters as well?"

Lu Yan felt somewhat curious.

He had unintentionally inherited the legacy of the Moral Sect. If possible, he naturally wanted to collect other Chapters of the Profound Yellow Daoist Collection to understand the foundation of this ancient moral lineage.

However, for now, it’s better to focus on the current ’Merit Forging Chapter’.

As he opened the tome, the introduction stated that the Profound Yellow Sect’s merit forging technique was inherited from ancient Profound Yellow Immortal, and later generations simplified it to form the current ’Merit Forging Chapter’.

Lu Yan glanced at it and skipped ahead to the main text.

The ’Merit Forging Chapter’ didn’t contain much, as Lu Yan reviewed it for half an hour and grasped the bulk of it.

After reading, there wasn’t much smile on Lu Yan’s face. Instead, there was a trace of worry between his brows.

The ’Merit Forging Chapter’ was complete; the forging process, corresponding array, and ceremonies were all clearly recorded.

These things were not particularly valuable. At most, the arrangement of arrays would be somewhat troublesome, but with Lu Yan’s ability, he could prepare them with some time.

But there were two points that exceeded Lu Yan’s current capabilities.

The first point was merit! A vast amount of merit!

Because merit is extremely special and difficult to quantify, only when enough merit accumulates does it transform into a Merit Golden Wheel, appearing behind the Divine Soul. When encountering curse techniques, the Merit Golden Wheel can protect oneself, thus the Moral Sect uses the Merit Golden Wheel as the unit of measurement.

To forge a Merit Treasure, at least three Merit Golden Wheels are required.

Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Moral Sect, who has proven their Dao for a thousand years, struggles to gather one Merit Golden Wheel, let alone three for forging a Merit Treasure.

Although Lu Yan obtained merit from slaying over a hundred thousand zombies in the apocalypse version, most of it had been used for cultivating the Profound Yellow Merit Fire, leaving not enough merit to form even one Merit Golden Wheel, far from enough for forging a Merit Treasure.

If it were just this point, it wouldn’t pose much difficulty for Lu Yan.

As long as he enters the apocalypse version again, abandons the time for offering soul sacrifices, and focuses on slaughtering zombies, with his current power, he could quickly accumulate enough merit for forging a Merit Treasure.

But the key lies in the second condition.

The object for forging a Merit Treasure must leave a legend in the world, worshipped by all the people, to carry vast amounts of merit and transform into a Merit Treasure.

For this point, the ’Merit Forging Chapter’ provided several examples.

A mortal kingdom once suffered a flood, turning three thousand miles into a waterlogged land. A True Monarch of the Moral Sect arrived in the mortal realm with the Heaven-Escaping Ship, ferrying millions of mortals to safety.

During the entire process, the Nascent Soul True Monarch did not make an appearance, only the Heaven-Escaping Ship shuttled back and forth carrying the mortals.

Millions of mortals, grateful for the True Monarch’s salvation, revered the Heaven-Escaping Ship as an Immortal Ship, offering incense and worship. Decades later, the Heaven-Escaping Ship was successfully forged into a Merit Treasure.

There are several other similar examples, where Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Golden Core Real People used treasures to save people, ultimately gathering immense merit and achieving the forging of a Merit Treasure.

"Their methods of saving the world are indeed valuable for reference. Perhaps in a different version, I could use similar methods to save people.

But my Soul Banner, once used, invokes the Ghostly Realm. It doesn’t seem like something that would be revered and worshipped by the populace."

Closing the ’Merit Forging Chapter’, Lu Yan’s heart couldn’t help but feel anxious.

"Moreover, this method is too slow. To have the Soul Banner worshipped by the populace, it must be exposed.

When the information reflects in the Xianxia version, if the forging of the Merit Treasure fails, it would certainly attract the siege of the orthodox sects.

Ensuring the Soul Banner is revered by the populace must be done cautiously."

With a plan in mind, Lu Yan casually picked up the ’Merit Forging Chapter’ and began searching for other books on the many bookshelves.

The Scripture Transmission Order is undoubtedly going to be for this ’Profound Yellow Daoist Collection: Merit Forging Chapter’, as some arrays and ceremonies within require the tome’s essence to perform, which is crucial for Lu Yan’s future resolution of the Soul Banner’s hidden dangers.

However, with more than two days left, he might as well search for other valuable tomes.

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After obtaining the method for forging a Merit Treasure, Lu Yan completely let loose and started extensively reading books in the Scripture Pavilion.

The Cyan Simurgh Sect’s rich accumulation over tens of thousands of years far exceeded Lu Yan’s imagination. Cultivation arts, ancient mythology, wonders, and secrets of the Cultivation Realm were all there.

Thanks to the enhancement of soul strength from absorbing vast amounts of Moonlight Spiritual Qi, Lu Yan’s memory far exceeded that of average cultivators, allowing him to devour and retain vast amounts of tome information in his mind.

During this period, the purple-robed Golden Core Real Person appeared to advise Lu Yan to carefully choose a book to contemplate, which might yield something when combined with the tome’s profound charm.

But Lu Yan agreed verbally and continued to rapidly peruse the tomes.

To Lu Yan, his greatest advantage is the ability to gather information from different world versions. When jumping between versions, this information from different versions can have unimaginable value.

Once certain information is confirmed to be valuable, Lu Yan can focus on researching that particular part.

What Lu Yan needed was not specialization in one field, but acquiring enough information, and this Scripture Pavilion was perfect for meeting his needs.

Seeing Lu Yan’s attitude, the purple-robed Golden Core Real Person completely lost interest in him, withdrawing the monitoring Divine Sense and quietly waiting for the three days to end.

...

Two days quickly passed, and on the third level of the Scripture Pavilion, Lu Yan was alone browsing the bookshelves’ contents.

As the Golden Core Real Person mentioned, using the Scripture Transmission Order to enter the first three levels of the Scripture Pavilion was a waste, and during these two plus days, Lu Yan hadn’t seen any other disciples of the Cyan Simurgh Sect.

Books pages flipped rapidly in his hands, imprinting their contents into his mind with a glance, then he continued to the next page.

But even at this reading speed, after more than two days, Lu Yan had only touched less than a ten-thousandth of the Scripture Pavilion’s first three levels.

Habitually picking up another book from the shelf, Lu Yan couldn’t help but freeze in surprise.

The tome in his hand seemed to have been burned by a fierce fire, severely damaged, and placed in a corner on the third level of the Scripture Pavilion.

During these days, Lu Yan had come across many torn tomes and bamboo slips. The Scripture Pavilion, preserved for thousands of years, did not lack such damaged items.

But the special leather of mystical beasts that composed the tome felt so familiar, immediately reminding Lu Yan of the materials of ’Moral Day Record’ and ’Profound Yellow Daoist Collection: Merit Forging Chapter’.

"Could this tome also be a secret canon of the Moral Sect?"