Chapter 56: Chapter 53: Behind the Brilliance
The surrounding earth began to tremble gently.
Li Hao was stunned, looking around, he noticed that the distant, damaged mountains and the crimson sky seed to be gradually fading.
Had he cleared it? Was the Mo River Battlefield about to disappear?!
Li Hao stood agape, everything happened too fast for him to react.
As he watched the ground sink and his little thatched hut about to collapse shaking, Li Hao quickly stepped out. Then, with a flicker, he appeared at the stage in the center of the village.
Pulling out the Gold Paper, Li Hao swiftly placed it within the eerie temple.
The temple suddenly burst forth with splendid golden light, unleashing a water-like Barrier that enveloped him.
Standing inside the Barrier, Li Hao watched as the outside village shook violently, like the world ending in destruction, everything tearing and blurring until it all vanished.
He found himself back in that narrow cave.
The old, humble temple had also quieted its golden light, becoming utterly ordinary, with two corroded statues with half-smiles on their faces.
The Gold Paper flew back like a thread, entering the palm of Li Hao’s hand, giving a warm sensation.
Li Hao felt as if there was an extra wisp of Divine Soul-like breath in his body.
As his mind willed it, the golden thread erged in his palm, transforming back into the Gold Paper.
There were three lines of small characters on the Gold Paper:
Na: Chong Er
rit Points: 100 (Ranked 99 in the Great Yu Dynasty)
ritorious Deeds: Cleared Fengshan Mo River.
“So these are rit Points? Doesn’t seem like anything special.”
Li Hao carefully examined the Gold Paper. He had heard from second master and Feng that the Mo River Battlefield had five levels with huge differences. The one he had just experienced should be of the lowest level, the Remorse Level Mo River Battlefield.
Destroying the Mo River Battlefield would yield rit Points, and if one were to clear it, causing the Mo River to disappear permanently, then the rit Points obtained would be hundreds of tis more!
That is to say, if he had just killed the black-robed scholar and destroyed the village, he would have only gotten one rit Point.
Beyond the Remorse Level.
There was also the Shadowy Ghoul Level Mo River.
The Ming Domain Level Mo River.
And the Ghost City Level Mo River that even second master and the rest didn’t dare to enter lightly.
As for the most terrifying Mo River, second master and the others didn’t ntion it; it’s a place where being involved ans doom even for their level of Saints.
Just the ntion of the Ghost City Level Mo River had already put it on the list of forbidden places.
And only Grandmasters of the Tianren Sect dared to enter the Ming Domain Level Mo River.
This Mo River had existed for a long ti; although it was not the responsibility of the Li Family to suppress it, they had so related materials. If one destroyed the Shadowy Ghoul Level Mo River, about ten rit Points could be obtained.
Destroying the Ming Domain Level Mo River would yield about a hundred rit Points.
But if one cleared the Ming Domain Level Mo River, then one could get ten thousand points!
As for what rit Points are used for, no one knows at the mont. It is said that even the Divine General Mansion, which has suppressed the Mo River for generations, hasn’t been able to figure out the use of rit Points.
And there are many rumors about rit Points. So say they can be exchanged with the gods after death for a reincarnated body, so say they can accumulate blessings for the afterlife, offsetting the karma of killing, and so forth.
But rumors end with the bigshots.
If both old masters say that no one has found the use of rit Points, then it must be so.
For now, the only use seems to be similar to a “score” that provides a rough estimate of how many strong beings exist in the Dayu Realm, based on the amount of rit Points.
Yes, existing ones.
If the person holding rit Points dies, the rit Points will disappear as well, and their na will be removed from the list.
Therefore, for many top forces, it’s a way to check if soone is alive or dead.
The two elders must be on the list too. I wonder what their ranking is… With a thought from Li Hao, the Gold Paper seed to sense his intentions, and the characters changed, expanding into a list.
rit Ranking.
The first na that caught his eye was: Wang Zhendong.
rit Points: 9372.
The second person, Wang Tianchong.
rit Points: 7328.
The third person was also surnad Wang!
The fourth, the fifth… Li Hao glanced through and noticed, to his astonishnt, that six of the top ten bore the Wang surna.
Continuing down, within the top thirty, there were fifteen of the Wang surna!
Li Hao’s expression changed subtly, his surprise laced with a tinge of heaviness in his heart.
Though suppressing the Mo River was the duty of the Wang Family, he couldn’t imagine how many lives of the Wang family mbers had been sacrificed for this responsibility.
Behind each na on the list, the rit Points, which looked like re cold, glittering numbers, represented countless life-and-death struggles and perilous encounters.
There is no difference between this and slaying demons on the border.
You should know that the Li Family defended the country by slaying demons on the border, with six out of nine sons from the last generation dying in battle, a truly extre tragedy.
Now it seems that the other Divine General Mansions probably did not have it much easier.
After all, he could see so many from the Wang Family on the rit list; who knows how many more there are who had once been on the list but then disappeared?
This aging dynasty still enjoys a prosperous era, with peace within its borders, the common folk are healthy and content, young girls play on flower boats, young lads ride horses in the suburbs for leisure, peddlers carry their wares everywhere to sell, free from worries. Yet how many unnad brave souls hold high this everyday scene of a thousand households’ lights in the darkness, cradling it silently?!
“This era of prosperity… it did not co easy,” murmured Li Hao to himself.
Deep in his heart, he felt a solemn reverence for the nas listed above.
His gaze continued downward, yet he did not see the na of Second Elder; perhaps he used a pseudonym.
But Li Hao did see a nickna ntioned by Elder Feng: Bu Liuxing.
Ranked at number 35, with a conspicuous rit value of 3,201.
Li Hao couldn’t help but pause, almost certain that anyone who has earned such a high rit value and is called by this na has to be the Thief Saint!
“Elder Feng lives a hermit life and still has such a high value of rit…” Li Hao’s eyes beca solemn.
Apart from Second Elder, Elder Feng had few friends.
Which ans, his rit value was mostly earned through his own battles.
Alone in suppressing the Mo River.
However, Elder Feng has a poor reputation; he is the Thief Saint despised by the powers of the world.
The target of thousands of pointing fingers.
Why then would he bother taking risks to do such deeds?
Perhaps there is an answer, perhaps no answer is needed.
Li Hao fell silent, suddenly feeling that the fishing elder who joked and laughed with him was only familiar in interaction, but not truly understood.
A mont later.
He continued to look further down the list.
Soon, he saw another familiar na, Jian Wudao!
Incredibly, like the Wang Family, he used his real na.
You should know that apart from the Wang Family, most of the nas above are pseudonyms.
For example, Thief Saint’s Bu Liuxing, who has the surna Bu?
Sword Saint… Li Hao’s eyes narrowed a bit when he saw his ranking, number 76.
With a rit value of 738.
This ans he has at least destroyed seven Ming Domain Level Mo Rivers or cleared seven Regret Level Mo Rivers.
Li Hao had already realized that the rit list does not represent the full extent of one’s strength. For instance, the Thief Saint and the Sword Saint are both of the Four Stands Realm, but their rit values differ by four to five tis.
There are also many other masters who most likely did not participate in the suppression of the Mo River.
After all, other than the rewards from the dynasty, dealing with the Mo River brings no other benefits. No one knows what use these ethereal rit values have.
The world thrives on interest.
One does not rise early without a benefit.
This also leads to a severe shortage of manpower at the Mo River Authority, creating a tense situation.
At the sa ti, it is also why he could rank within the top hundred of the Great Yu Dynasty by rely clearing a single Regret Level Mo River.
Li Hao sighed quietly, putting away the gold paper.
Suddenly, he felt a slight disturbance in his perception, noticing soone approaching.
Li Hao quickly realized what was happening.
Looking again at the divine temple in front of him, it was slowly sinking into the ground as if it was about to disappear.
This temple was connected to the Fengshan Mo River.
Now that the Mo River had disappeared, it was natural that the temple would also vanish.
Wait a minute.
Li Hao was suddenly alard, wondering if this Mo River was so simple to deal with, could it be the one that was ant for the test of the new disciples a year from now?
If it disappears now…
What will they test a year from now?
Oh, boy.
Isn’t this equivalent to ripping up the exam papers of these candidates in advance?!
Li Hao was speechless. He only wanted to teach that scholar how to paint, but he never intended to clear the barrier!
Ti to slip away.
Li Hao quickly moved, vanishing from the spot in an instant.
As Li Hao fled in a hurry, in various parts of the world, many people were disturbed.
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