Don't Be Afraid, I'm Not the Devil Leader!

Ji Changsheng felt as if his progress on freeloading just silently leveled up again.

"Since, Your Majesty, you already understand everything, there are a few things that I don't need to remind you of. However, regarding matters of Merit Energy, you won't be able to accumulate much within the Mystic Temple. So, stop going to the Scripture Hall. I will devote three days to teaching you, and then you can go down the mountain to accumulate merit," Li Changxi said.

Ji Changsheng: "Sister Master, can't I farm merit in Illusory Light lineage's Various Illusions?"

"You can, but it's not as fast as farming it down the mountain. After all, it is an illusion and doesn't offer as much as the real world."

"Sister Master, I don't understand. Why can the illusion reap merit?"

Li Changxi solemnly said: "Little Brother, do you believe that is not just an illusion, but also a real existing world? I belong to Star Monarch Tai Yin. Once I die, all the worlds I once suppressed will face the apocalypse. Saving the doomsday will grant you merit."

Ji Changsheng: "..."

"Just joking, Little Brother, you didn't really believe it, did you?"

Ji Changsheng didn't want to say anything.

Because he kinda believed it.

If one can cultivate and earn merit in an illusion, what's the difference between the illusion and the real world?

Looking at Elder Chuanjing and others' intent, it seems challenging for them to farm merit.

Therefore, there's definitely no way to farm merit in this illusory realm.

This implies that it might be Li Changxi's personal little secret?

However, given Li Changxi's mental state... She may not even be aware of it herself.

Ji Changsheng kept his doubts in his heart and asked again: "Master Sister, can I leave the mountain so easily?"

Li Changxi responded with an affirmative nod: "We both are Immortal Almighties, and the teachings here in the Mystic Temple are essentially meaningless to us. Prioritizing accumulating merit through deeds of chivalry is the way."

Ji Changsheng was utterly speechless.

He knows what happened to his eight senior brothers.

The way Li Changxi mentors her disciples mainly focuses on free-range cultivation and risking one's life.

Apart from him, who is the reincarnation of the Great Emperor Changsheng, ordinary people would fail to bear it.

...

Li Changxi is a person of action.

When she said she would guide Ji Changsheng in cultivation for three days, she really started doing it.

The efficiency was surprisingly high.

"Your Majesty, your early Foundation Establishment stage hasn't stabilized yet."

After saying this, Li Changxi continued: "But it doesn't matter. Once you advance to the middle-Foundation Establishment stage, it doesn't matter whether the base of the early Foundation Establishment stage is stable."

Ji Changsheng: "...Master Sister, you make a compelling point."

The previous eight seniors didn't die unjustly.

He realized that Li Changxi's cultivation method encourages taking bold strides forward.

"With your Majesty's background, don't worry about a stable base. Just break through."

Ji Changsheng was a bit numb: "Master Sister, it has just been a day since I broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Li Changxi waved her hand dismissively: "Our real cultivation base is the Supreme Unity. Cultivation in the illusion realm is just for the sake of doing it; do we really need to start over? Let me assist you with your cultivation."

Ji Changsheng quickly experienced Li Changxi's unique cultivation method.

She directly took out a bag of spirit stones.

All were top-grade.

A bag of top-grade spirit stones is a treasure that might amount to the lifetime income of a rogue cultivator.

Under Ji Changsheng's gaze, Li Changxi crushed all the top-grade spirit stones into mist, engulfing him within.

Ji Changsheng then heard her say: "You're the first amongst the Inner Sect Disciples this year. Your monthly wages are ten top-grade spirit stones. However, now there are only two of us left in the Illusory Light lineage. The Spiritual Energy within the Illusory Light realm is ours to use. We have the location and the Spiritual Energy necessary for breakthroughs, the rest will depend on merit. Disciple Brother, have you used up the merit you acculumated earlier?"

Ji Changsheng couldn't deny.

He hadn't used it up.

During the Soul Drawing Array, Ji Changsheng could've broken through further, but the Master was worried about his unstable base, so he forcefully led him out of the Soul Drawing Array.

Unfortunately, Ji Changsheng now had a new mentor in Li Changxi.

Li Changxi wasn't worried about the base issue at all.

"Use it up," Li Changxi decisively said. "Merit Energy is irreplaceable. There's no need to hoard it. Disciple Brother, use your fast-paced cultivation to shock these mediocre beings in the Mystic Temple."

Under Li Changxi's gaze, it was hard for Ji Changsheng to refuse.

One has to stick with the reputation they've built and act accordingly.

Otherwise if the reputation collapses, the consequences he would face would be even more unbearable

So, Ji Changsheng gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, and ordered himself in his mind: "Merit, give me an upgrade!"

Ji Changsheng unchained the suppression on his own Merit Energy.

When the Merit Energy went out of control, something unexpected happened.

The Evil Blood Energy also suddenly went out of control.

Then, the vision of a blood river engulfed the Moon Palace.

Ji Changsheng was shocked.

Damn.

How was he supposed to explain this?

Previously, Bing Ziping was killed by Li Changxi simply because he accumulated some Evil Blood Energy.

Now, the issue was not just the Evil Blood Energy. He had accumulated enough Evil Blood Energy to form a river, a river in reverse.

Ji Changsheng never thought that he would expose his undercover status at this moment.

What should he do?

Ji Changsheng looked at Li Changxi.

Then a thought struck him.

Doesn't Li Changxi look a bit confused in real?

"Huh?"

"A river in reverse?"

Li Changxi did seem a bit confused.

"The Evil Blood Energy forming into a river indicates that, Disciple Brother, you must have killed at least ten thousand beings. Oh, of course, Disciple Brother, you are the reincarnation of the South Pole's Emperor Changsheng, the one who commands life and death, good and evil, kills demons, gives thunderous orders, and has countless resentful spirits under him. This all makes sense."