Chapter 341: Merit and Treasure
More than two months ago, Lu Changjing had mobilized the power of the Jiuzhou Alliance and started providing disaster relief everywhere.

If this were not the case, how many ordinary people would be able to survive a ten-meter-deep snowfall?
Fortunately, this world is an extraordinary world, guarded by many masters and gods and demons. Even those powerful warriors can deal with this disaster.

In addition, the Jiuzhou Alliance is now united, and Lu Changjing focuses on protecting the human race. Therefore, in this unprecedented disaster, the human race did not suffer many casualties, but the casualties among demons and monsters were quite severe.

Riding the clouds, galloping across the sky, everywhere you look is covered with snow.

The snowflakes are still falling, but the snow has changed from heavy snow to light snow. After more than three months, it finally seems to be coming to an end.

The temperature has dropped to more than 30 degrees below zero. When the snow melts, I'm afraid it will drop by another ten degrees to around 50 degrees below zero.

After flying for thousands of miles, there were almost no living creatures to be seen. Many human beings were hiding under the snow, or had been buried by it.

However, with the help of the Jiuzhou Alliance, they were able to barely survive, but those monsters and demons were not so lucky. Many of them were buried and crushed to death by the heavy snow.

A large number of houses collapsed under the weight of the snow. Even though preparations had been made in advance and the snow had been dealt with, many people were still killed by the collapsed houses.

After this heavy snow, at least tens of millions of humans died, and even more demons and monsters died, probably reaching billions.

There are still many warriors from the Jiuzhou Alliance providing disaster relief everywhere, and among them there are also many demons and monsters.

Lu Changjing looked blankly at the vast expanse of snow-covered Kyushu land. He did not find it very beautiful, but only felt a bone-chilling chill surging towards him.

Above the Nine Heavens, where Tianhen is, the number of world-destroying demons and monsters attacking Tianhen is increasing, and they are becoming more and more urgent.

Even though he couldn't see the situation outside, Lu Changjing knew that the snowstorm outside must be more terrifying than that in Kyushu.

Without the barrier of the Jiuzhou, and without a unified organization like the Jiuzhou Alliance to provide disaster relief, it would be impossible for the outside world to come up with a plan.

Could it be that these world-destroying demons and monsters had calculated this unprecedented snowstorm, and that's why they attacked Tianhen at all costs, trying to break through the Jiuzhou barrier and lead their people to hide inside.

But now that the heavy snowstorm has passed, why are they attacking more fiercely? Is there an even more severe snowstorm to come, or some other disaster?
Lu Changjing didn't dare to think too much. Such a great disaster could be caused across the Jiuzhou Barrier. If the Jiuzhou Barrier was broken, how serious would the disaster be? Just thinking about it was terrifying.

It was not until more than half a month later that the heavy snow melted away, revealing everything buried underneath.

Collapsed houses, passers-by suffocated to death, destroyed ancient forests, cities littered with corpses...it was a devastating sight.

Looking at all this, Lu Changjing, who had traveled through time and space and had little affection for ordinary people in this world, felt very uncomfortable.

In his previous life, he had never seen such a tragic scene. Even in movies and TV dramas, he had never seen such a horrific scene.

A large number of warriors from the Jiuzhou Alliance were dispatched to burn corpses everywhere to avoid causing plague, and to rescue the common people who were injured in the snow.

Because of the disaster relief work, even the work of repairing the land of China has temporarily slowed down.

In just over half an hour, Lu Changjing traveled all over the land of Jiuzhou. He was a little overwhelmed for a moment and stood near Tianhen for a long time in silence.

What on earth happened outside? Why did such a disaster occur? What on earth is wrong with this world?
The image of the blue bead inexplicably emerged in his mind, followed by the countless disaster-stricken people and the land of Kyushu... In a trance, Lu Changjing seemed to feel that emotions of gratitude, admiration, respect... gathered into a torrent, surging towards him.

This is the power of the wishes of all living beings, and this is also the power of merit!

Under normal circumstances, warriors cannot sense it, but in this strange state of enlightenment, Lu Changjing actually sensed this power of will from all living beings.

Then, as if by magic, it communicated with the blue beads. The blue beads, which had been unable to be refined before, suddenly loosened and could be refined. However, it required the help of the will of all living beings, or the power of merit.

Somehow, Lu Changjing knew the name of this bead.

Merit and treasure!

Ding Haizhu!
The so-called treasure of merit needs to be refined with the power of merit. Without the power of merit, it cannot be refined at all, no matter how high the level of cultivation is.

Only in a special situation can one sense the power of merit, and only those who are surrounded by the power of merit can sense the power of merit.

It was by chance and coincidence that Lu Changjing was able to miraculously refine the Dinghai Pearl and use the power of merit accumulated over the years.

"Om..."

At a certain moment, when Lu Changjing's refining of the Dinghai Pearl reached one ten-thousandth, this epiphany stopped.

However, at this moment Lu Changjing already knew how to refine the Dinghai Pearl. It required a huge amount of merit power. With all the merit power he had accumulated over the years, including the huge amount of merit power brought by this disaster relief, he had only refined one ten-thousandth of the Dinghai Pearl.

It is conceivable how much merit and power is needed to fully refine the Dinghai Pearl.

Although he only refined one ten-thousandth of it, Lu Changjing was able to borrow one ten-thousandth of the power of the Dinghai Pearl. However, this one ten-thousandth of the power was enough to stabilize the entire Jiuzhou land and prevent it from being affected by various natural disasters.

It can even spread to outside the Jiuzhou barrier and cover a wider area. Even Lu Changjing doesn't know how large an area this one-tenth of the power can stabilize.

Because with Lu Changjing's current cultivation and strength, he can't exert even one hundred thousandth or one millionth of the Dinghai Pearl's power, let alone one ten-thousandth of its power. At most, he can only exert one billionth of its power.

But even this little bit of power is enough for him to stabilize the situation in Kyushu. Even if there are various natural disasters, they can be weakened by more than 99%.

However, this requires Lu Changjing to maintain the power of the Dinghai Pearl when the natural disaster strikes. The consumption is so great that even Lu Changjing cannot hold on for long.

If he wants to protect the entire Kyushu land, with Lu Changjing's cultivation level, he can only maintain it for about ten seconds at most, and even super recovery cannot make it happen.

The smaller the coverage area, the longer it can last, or it can rely on the power of the formation, consume a large amount of spirit stones and other resources, and then play the effect of Dinghaizhu. In Lu Changjing's mind, the formation pictures and texts in the stone pillar and stone chamber where Dinghaizhu was located before emerged.

Although he couldn't figure it out yet, he could understand the use and arrangement of some of the outermost formations, which were also the most basic formations.

Even the most basic formation among them is at the low-level Xuan formation level. In other words, if he wants to set it up, he needs to have the attainments of a Xuan formation master.

We still don't have enough strength, so we can only let this natural disaster wreak havoc for a while.

After learning about the situation of the Dinghai Pearl, Lu Changjing vaguely realized that perhaps the world-destroying demons and monsters outside were attacking Tianhen frantically just for the Dinghai Pearl.

They also want to use the power of Dinghaizhu to solve these natural disasters, or weaken them. Otherwise, if the Jiuzhou barrier is breached, its power will inevitably drop significantly. Even if they hide in it, how long can they stay safe?

Although it was just a speculation, Lu Changjing was more than 50% sure.

It would have been fine if he didn't understand it, but now that he knows the function and effect of Dinghaizhu, Lu Changjing is also very excited, especially in the current situation.

Whether it is to protect himself and the people around him, or to keep the Dinghai Pearl, he will try his best and never let the world-destroying demons and monsters outside succeed.

At the same time, you must continue to refine the Dinghai Pearl, so that it can exert a greater effect, and it can also reduce the consumption of energy when used later.

If the previous disaster relief was out of compassion, and the restoration of Kyushu was slowed down for this purpose, then now, in addition to public motives, there are also selfish motives.

In order to better provide disaster relief, Lu Changjing asked many legions, garrisons, departments, etc. that were responsible for collecting resources and treasures for him to join in and earn merit for him.

With the previous enlightenment, Lu Changjing no longer needed to go through another enlightenment and would be able to continue refining the Dinghai Pearl.

After all, he had already communicated with the Dinghai Pearl, and now he had refined one ten-thousandth of it, so he had a channel of contact.

Under the current situation, it is not difficult to earn the power of merit. With a large amount of manpower and material resources invested in it, many disaster-stricken human beings have been treated, and the power of merit can be said to be rolling in.

However, the power of merit required to refine the Dinghai Pearl is too enormous. Even with so much power of merit, Lu Changjing's refining of the Dinghai Pearl is still extremely slow.

During disaster relief, the focus is naturally on humans. As for demons and monsters, only the more important ones are rescued, and the unimportant ones are abandoned.

It’s different for humans. As long as they are human, they can get relevant assistance even if they are disabled.

Although many demons and monsters expressed their dissatisfaction with this, in the face of absolute force, they could only suppress their dissatisfaction. If they showed it, don't blame Lu Changjing for being ruthless and turning them into food. It just so happened that the Jiuzhou Alliance was in urgent need of all kinds of food.

Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. Since Lu Changjing is in power now, it is no wonder that he favors the human race.

If demons and monsters were in power, they would do the same.

In this mysterious world where personal power is respected, when Lu Changjing has control over all the powerful demons and monsters, he is no longer afraid of any trouble caused by these low-level guys.

For safety reasons, Lu Changjing deleted and modified the memories of monsters and demons above level 26, and occasionally checked them to avoid any problems.

The current situation is special. The land of Kyushu cannot withstand too much chaos, especially the Kyushu Barrier.

However, when the human rescue was almost done, Lu Changjing also asked the monsters and ghosts to rescue their own people, mainly rescuing the young and strong monsters and ghosts. As for the old and young ones, they would be rescued later.

Otherwise, even if we rescue them, it will just be a waste of food.

After more than a year of heavy snow, especially a heavy snowfall that lasted for a hundred days, the land of Kyushu has seen a serious reduction in production, with many places having no harvest and unable to support so many lives.

This is something that cannot be helped, and I believe that those demons and monsters can understand this.

Rescuing these demons and monsters can also gain merit and power, especially when rescuing demons and monsters with higher intelligence, the merit and power gained will be even greater, no less than that of humans.

However, when rescuing those demons and monsters with low intelligence, the merit power obtained will be much less. It seems that this world mainly values ​​those intelligent creatures. If they have no intelligence or have low intelligence, they will not be treated well.

It took several months to barely stabilize the situation in Jiuzhou. At this moment, Lu Changjing's refining of the Dinghai Pearl had reached 30,000ths.

But his strength is too weak now. He can't even exert one millionth of its power, let alone three ten-thousandths. The consumption of the Dinghai Pearl is too great.

I don’t know what level of meritorious treasure it is. It is so powerful. It is definitely not a mysterious weapon. The power of a mysterious weapon is not so strong.

The Heart Demon Pearl is a top-level mysterious weapon, but Lu Changjing feels that the Heart Demon Pearl is nothing compared to the Dinghai Pearl. It is just like a candle flame competing with the bright moon.

It must be a treasure above the Xuan weapon level, even several levels higher than the Xuan weapon.

If it weren't for the coincidence and enlightenment, and the blessing of various adventures, Lu Changjing would not have been able to refine the Dinghai Pearl. This treasure of merit is so powerful that there is no end to it.

I don’t know what is above the mysterious weapon, what is above that, and whether there is a higher level?
This world is too mysterious and strange. I don’t know where the Kyushu land where he is located is in this world. It should be a relatively remote continent, otherwise there would not be no other human beings coming here for so many years.

Or maybe there are no humans in the outside area anymore, and all humans are in this land of Kyushu. Thinking of this, Lu Changjing felt a chill in his heart, an inexplicable feeling, and a feeling of shouldering the historical mission and the entire human race.

"Buzzing..."

Just as he thought of this, a huge tremor was heard, and the source of the tremor seemed to be not far away from him.

(End of this chapter)