For Ye Zan, the merit monument is a trump card and a trump card, but it is not something that must be kept secret.
Some things are like hidden weapons. Only when used unexpectedly can they defeat the enemy. In other words, these things are meant to kill the enemy, to counterattack the opponent at the critical moment. Naturally, the opponent cannot be prepared in advance.
However, there are also some things that do not necessarily need to be actually used, but can serve as a deterrent to the enemy as long as they are placed there for others to see. Just like the nuclear bombs in the early days of the technological world, since their invention, the number of actual uses has been extremely limited, and their main function is to deter.
When Ye Zan's Merit Monument is used, the merit consumed is basically proportional to the opponent's strength. Of course, there is also the influence of merit here. If the other party has high merit, then the merit monument will consume more merit. However, no one in the world today has such merit as Ye Zan, so this factor can basically be ignored.
In other words, facing those opponents who are weak and low-level, Ye Zan basically does not need to care about the number of uses based on the merit he currently possesses. But, having said that, when facing opponents who are weak and low-level, Ye Zan generally does not need to use the Merit Monument. His own strength is enough to deal with those miscellaneous fish.
And if the enemy he faces is a powerful person like the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea, then Ye Zan's merits will not be able to withstand consumption, and may be gone after one or two uses or three or four times. In this case, the merit monument in Ye Zan's hand cannot be used as a trump card like a hidden weapon. It is best to show it directly to scare the opponent.
It's like holding a revolver in your hand with only six bullets at most, facing a dozen or even dozens of enemies. Everyone knows that your pistol can kill up to six people. As long as you run out of bullets, you will have no power to resist. However, when the other party is not very united and has no determination to fight to the death, who would be willing to be these six people who consume bullets
If, facing so many enemies at the same time, you do not choose to show this pistol, but hide it in your sleeve and use it as a hidden weapon. Although you can still kill an enemy with one shot, the result is likely to be that after killing six enemies, the remaining enemies will pounce on you and eat them alive.
Therefore, when facing a powerful enemy in the Dharma Realm or Tongtian Realm, the merit tablet in Ye Zan's hand is like that revolver. When there are plenty of "bullets", exposing this "pistol" will naturally make those powerful people fearful, which will naturally be more effective than hiding it.
Just like when the East China Sea Jiao Sage came to Yuqingzong to question him, Ye Zan only relied on the deterrent power of the Merit Monument to scare him away without spending any merit. As for the Outer Domain Supreme who later came to seek revenge, his original plan was to send his Dharma Body to the Yuqing Sect, so knowing that Ye Zan had a merit monument would not be affected in any way.
Therefore, at this time, in order to gain the trust of Elder Yu, Ye Zan could also openly say that he wanted to earn more merit.
In addition, Ye Zan's honesty also has a great advantage, which is to give others a reason to believe in him.
Sometimes, the more you say that you don’t want anything, the more you say that you have no desires and desires, the more you will make others suspicious. After all, there are so few saints who have no desires or desires. No one would believe that they could meet such a saint.
Moreover, the more you say what you want, as long as it does not conflict with the other party's interests, the more likely you are to make the other party trust you. The other party will "put themselves in your shoes" and think about it in your shoes. If you were faced with something like this, would you be equally unable to refuse it
Sure enough, when he heard Ye Zan say that he wanted to earn merit, Elder Yu suddenly showed a look of shock, but his guard and suspicion were obviously much less.
"Fellow Taoist, you said it was for merit?" Elder Yu asked in disbelief.
Of course, the suspicion that Elder Yu is showing now is completely different from the previous suspicion. It is just an instinctive reaction under shock. After all, this kind of merit is still a relatively elusive thing for ordinary people. Although people often talk about "accumulating merit", in fact, no one really regards merit as a kind of pursuit.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that there is no measurement standard for merit, and no one knows how much merit they can get from doing something. Moreover, no one knows what specific benefits it will bring to oneself after accumulating so much merit, whether it will reduce disaster or increase luck.
It is precisely because of this that when the ancient immortals established the Immortal Court, they created something like a merit tablet, which allows people to know more intuitively how much merit they have.
However, even at that time, only the immortals in the Immortal Courtyard could use the merit stele, and ordinary cultivators were still not qualified to use the merit stele. After all, at the level of a true immortal, every move will have a considerable impact on the world, and the increase or decrease in merit will be more obvious.
As for ordinary ascetics, even if they have a merit monument, it is very difficult to earn merit. Not everyone has the opportunity and ability to earn a lot of merit like Ye Zan, so naturally there is not much demand for merit monuments. It was probably because of this that the Immortal Court did not spread the merit stele to the "lower realm".
This also leads to the fact that ordinary ascetics never have any substantive concept of merit, and at most they just talk about it.
Therefore, when Elder Yu heard Ye Zan mention "merits", he was naturally a little unbelievable, or it could be said that it was difficult to understand.
"Not bad!" Ye Zan nodded, glanced at True Lord Duobao next to him, turned back and said: "To be honest, I found a villa of Uncle Xuanqing a few years ago, and obtained from it There is a merit stele left behind. That merit stele is said to be something from the Immortal Court that Master Xuanqing found when he was traveling in the endless void. It can measure the increase or decrease of the owner's merit. "
This time, Ye Zan considered the face of True Monarch Duobao and did not directly ask Elder Yu if he already knew about it. Instead, he introduced the origin of his merit monument from the beginning. You must know that when he was in the underworld to prevent the invasion of evil spirits from outside the world, Ye Zan used the Merit Monument, and later used it to scare away the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea. Therefore, the Tianbao Sect must also know about the merit monument in his hand, but they don't know if it was sold to other areas.
Seeing Ye Zan's eyes sweeping over, Zhenjun Duobao couldn't help but blush, and quickly said with a wry smile: "Fellow Taoist Wuji, our sect is not so ignorant of the importance! Without the nod of fellow Taoist, such an important matter, our sect would No matter what, there won’t be any leakage.”
Of course, that's what True Lord Duobao said. The real reason is because of the rise of Yuqing Sect, and Tianbao Sect can no longer ignore Yuqing Sect's feelings.
Ye Zan knew this very well, but the two parties were partners, and there was no need to make the other party unable to step down, so he nodded and said: "Fellow Taoist Duobao is overthinking it. I don't doubt what you mean, I just want to ask you." My friend can be a circumstantial witness, at least let Elder Yu know that I am not talking nonsense."
"That's not the case with fellow Taoist Wuji. Although I find this to be a bit unbelievable, I don't doubt that fellow Taoist is deliberately deceiving you. However, I know nothing about the merit tablet after all, so it is difficult for me to know how to obtain merit. Imagine it. If you fellow Taoist don't mind, can you elaborate on it?" Elder Yu asked curiously, without questioning Ye Zan's words.
However, when Elder Yu asked Ye Zan to elaborate, he actually had some intention of exploring the authenticity. If this person lies, he may be able to tell a lie in one or two sentences, but if he tells a lie in dozens or hundreds of sentences, it will easily reveal his flaws.
Ye Zan didn't mind Elder Yu's inquiring, so he said easily: "There's nothing hard to say about this. Of course, I can't tell you a definite standard on how to obtain merit. I can only talk about what I have done. Something."
Ye Zan not only didn't mind Elder Yu's inquiring, he could even say he wanted it. Since the other party asked, it meant that the other party was interested. If he really didn't ask anything, it would be something Ye Zan didn't want to see.
"Fellow Taoist, please speak!" Elder Yu looked like he was all ears.
"Now, in the Shenhua Realm, not only are there thousands of miles to spread the gods, but I have also designed a set of things called rail transit for them in secular countries. Just saying this, the elder may be a little bit bad. Understood, why don't you just look at the images below." Ye Zan first introduced the rail transit, and in order to make it easier for the other party to understand, he also used the holographic projector to show the relevant images.
In the holographic image, there was first a high-altitude bird's-eye view, and what was seen were very regular long lines on the earth. Those long lines are straight in some places and curved in others, but whether they are straight or curved, they are all very regular. You can tell at a glance that they cannot be any natural product.
Immediately afterwards, the image in the bird's-eye view began to zoom in rapidly, as if a person was falling rapidly from a high altitude. The lines on the ground became clearer and clearer, and something could be seen flying along the lines.
"Elder Yu, this is what I call rail transit. The lines you see are not ordinary official roads, but a special kind of road called a track. On that track, what is speeding is like The long snake-like thing is a kind of train specially used for this kind of track. You should have seen the reason why it is called a 'train'. It is like a dozen carriages connected in a row." Ye Zan said. While showing the holographic image, he explained it in detail to Elder Yu.
Ye Zan not only wants to push the Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission to the outside world, after all, the Thousand Miles of Sound Transmission is for monks, and the merits it can provide are not actually the highest. Among the things in Ye Zan's hands, the ones that can really earn him the most merit are those that can benefit ordinary mortals. For example, rail transportation and high-yielding crops are all things that can have a great impact on mortals and the secular world.
However, if Ye Zan wants to truly promote rail transportation and high-yielding crops to various realms in the outer realm, he will have to rely on the help of the great sects in each realm. When Ye Zan was in the Shenhua Realm, he was promoting rail transportation everywhere, and he often asked sects from various places to help. In other words, even if they don't help, at least they should not cause trouble, and don't stop them from doing things like those sects in the Great Jin Kingdom did back then.
The Thousand Miles of God, as well as the network operation that Ye Zan mentioned to everyone in the outer domain before, are actually paving the way for the following things. Through network operations, Ye Zan can have some reliable partners in other areas. When the time comes to further promote things like rail transit, he will naturally get a certain degree of support and help.
Among all this, for Ye Zan, if the Moi Cult could be brought in, everything would really be perfect. First of all, the Moyi religion has absolute dominance in the Moyi realm. It will be very easy to promote those things in the Moyi realm, and there will be almost no obstacles. Secondly, the teleportation circle controlled by the Moi Cult can also connect several realms in the outer realm. Ye Zan will also have the opportunity to travel to those realms more conveniently, and with the help of partners in those realms, he can promote rail transit to the wider world.
Therefore, Ye Zan is now introducing Elder Yu very carefully, doing everything possible to let the other party see the benefits of this.
Moreover, compared with other realms, the Moyi realm has another advantage, that is, the ascetics of the Mayi religion have not separated from the world. As mentioned before, the Mayi realm is a bit ****. The Mayi religion is not only a sect of monks, but also a secular manager.
In other realms, ascetics are aloof and regard ordinary mortals as ant-like existences, so naturally they are not willing to do anything for ants. The so-called battle between good and evil is not essentially about protecting mortals, it is just a conflict over the concepts of monasticism. It is not uncommon for people on the demonic side to sacrifice the blood of countless mortals for magic weapons, and after those on the righteous side to eliminate demons and protect the way, they can put the magic weapons into their pockets with peace of mind.
And here in the Moyi realm, since it is the model of ****, then even if the secular mortals are still ants, they are also ants or subjects under the management of the Moyi religion. Therefore, from the perspective of rulers, the Moi Sect is somewhat more concerned about whether these ants can benefit and live a better life than other sects.
After listening to Ye Zan's introduction, Elder Yu looked at the speeding train in the holographic image, nodded and said: "This thing looks like a land canal, but it allows secular people to go further and makes it more convenient for all places. The circulation of products!”