Therefore, there is a common law in these ten continents on the sea.
When facing the invasion of sea monsters, all monks who are able to take action must do their best to defend the human territory.
If any cultivator openly disobeys this order and avoids fighting when he is capable of taking action, he will be expelled by the ten continents.
This decree is to safeguard the rights and interests of the entire human race.
Of course, if the situation has become beyond redemption, abandoning the island and fleeing is understandable.
Like the situation just now, as a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core, Xu Chunniang could not be faulted even if she did not take any action.
As for the old woman and the pale-faced scholar, the situation is different.
Not to mention that these two people were born and raised in Qionglin, and have deep feelings for the island, as all their relatives and family assets are here.
Once the two retreat, the six Jindan-stage sea monsters that invaded Qionglin Island would no longer have any scruples and would wantonly slaughter tens of thousands of cultivators and mortals on the island.
If the two men left, they could only save their own lives, but the loss of Qionglin Island would be inevitable.
Therefore, these two people would rather fight to the last moment than retreat.
Fortunately, their persistence was not in vain.
Daoist Xu happened to pass by at this time and saved Qionglin Island from danger.
Several cultivators who came from Fenglei Island soon saw Fellow Daoist Xu, who aroused their great curiosity.
Upon learning that Fellow Daoist Xu had killed a middle-stage Jindan monster in almost the first encounter, and later killed a late-stage Jindan crocodile monster on her own, several people were amazed and looked at her with new eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Xu is only at the fourth level of the Golden Core, yet he has such skills. It really makes us ashamed."
The speaker was the leading cultivator named Zhou who came from Fenglei Island. He had the cultivation base of the sixth level of Jindan and had remained in the middle stage of Jindan for many years.
Facing the crocodile monster in the late Jindan stage, he was not very confident that he could kill it.
"Friend Xu has killed four Jindan-stage monsters in a row, which adds up to a total of 2,000 merits. In this small Qionglin Island, he was able to gain so many merits in just one battle. It is really enviable."
"Merit points?"
Xu Chunniang was a little confused.
Seeing that she was confused, someone explained.
"The so-called merit points are a new measure set up by Yanzhou Zudao to encourage all cultivators to go to the front line to kill sea monsters."
Next, he explained in detail the specific division of merit points obtained by killing monsters of different levels.
Killing a sea monster in the Qi training stage can only gain a few points of merit.
Killing a sea monster in the Foundation Establishment Stage can earn you dozens of merit points.
As for the Jindan stage sea monsters, you can get at least 300 merit points for each one you kill.
Among the four sea monsters killed by Xu Chunniang, two in the early Jindan stage were worth 600 merit points, one in the middle Jindan stage was worth 600 merit points, and as for the crocodile monster in the late Jindan stage, it was worth a full 900 points.
These four Jindan stage monsters alone are worth at least 2,100 points.
Xu Chunniang nodded and had a general understanding of how merit was calculated.
"So what are these two thousand merit points specifically for?"
"In order to encourage human cultivators to join the war and kill sea monsters, Zudao issued merits, which are extremely useful. Merits can be used directly as spirit stones to purchase various common cultivation resources and materials in the market.
In addition, Xuanzhou Zudao has also united various large and medium-sized islands and noble clans in the continent, and brought out many rare good things, including skills, top-grade spirit stones, and even infant transformation pills! As long as you have enough merits, you can exchange them. "
Speaking of this, a hint of envy appeared in the eyes of the monk named Zhou.
"The value of one merit point is roughly equal to one mid-grade spirit stone. Even though your two thousand merit points are not many, if converted into spirit stones, they are as much as 200,000, which is already a considerable amount."
Two thousand merits, worth two hundred thousand spirit stones!
From the value of merit points, Xu Chunniang saw the importance that the ancestral island of Yanzhou attached to the battle between human cultivators and sea monsters, and also saw the severity of the situation in Yanzhou.
If the situation had not reached a critical juncture, how could the aristocratic families, led by those from Yanzhou Zudao, be willing to take out these good things
Especially good things like the Infant Transformation Pill, they have always been in the hands of these top forces, and very few can flow out to the outside world.
And this time, they were actually willing to take out the Infant Transformation Pill, which shows how determined they were.
But it must be said that this is undoubtedly a good opportunity for all the cultivators in Yanzhou.
As long as you can gain enough military merits, you will have the opportunity to obtain a large amount of resources.
Moreover, these noble families will not confiscate the proceeds from killing sea monsters.
This is equivalent to getting double the profit for every sea monster killed on the front line.
These thoughts flashed through Xu Chunniang's mind, and suddenly she remembered something and asked.
"What is the current situation in Yanzhou?"
A trace of solemnity flashed across the eyes of the monk surnamed Zhou, and he shook his head slightly.
"The situation is not optimistic. Several medium-sized islands and dozens of small islands in the entire Xuanzhou have been occupied by sea monsters. As for those smaller islands, the number of those occupied is countless.
Moreover, this time the sea monsters came with a fierce force, which was different from any other sea monster tide. In the past, there had never been a situation where more than a dozen islands were occupied at the same time. "
Speaking of this, a trace of worry flashed in the eyes of the monk surnamed Zhou.
He came from Fenglei Island and was born into a not-too-small family of cultivators. He had heard some rumors about the abnormality of the sea monster.
But the matter involves too many things, which makes people panic. It is better not to talk about these things before they are confirmed.
Hearing this, a hint of relief flashed in the old woman's eyes.
"If Fellow Daoist Xu had not happened to pass by here, my Qionglin Island would have already fallen and been completely occupied by sea monsters. If those sea monsters attack again after you leave, what should we do?"
Monk Zhou shook his head and said comfortingly.
"Don't worry. I haven't heard of any island being attacked twice. After the first attack fails, these sea monsters will usually choose another target."
This is also the reason why the cultivator surnamed Zhou felt a little uneasy. The behavior of these sea monsters was too organized and planned, as if someone was secretly controlling them.
The old woman's face relaxed, revealing a hint of guilt.
"You have come from afar to help my Qionglin Island. Unfortunately, the teleportation array on my island has been completely destroyed in the war. If we want to repair it, we can only wait for Fenglei Island to send a high-level array master."
The cultivator named Zhou already knew that the teleportation formation on Qionglin Island had been destroyed, so he did not look disappointed.
"It's okay. We'll take a detour back to Fenglei Island, but it will only take a few days."
Xu Chunniang remained silent. The essentials of the teleportation array had always been firmly in the hands of the Ten Continents’ ancestral islands and some large families.
Some of the materials for setting up the formation are even firmly under their control.
Even though she was a third-level formation master, she was powerless without the relevant formation diagrams and materials.