The Fourth Financial Crisis

The Haiya Sect monk looked at the fruits of his labor, with a satisfied expression on his face.

He slightly bowed his hands to the merchants on both sides of the street, then turned into blue light and soared into the sky, leaving the work site. Next, he has to rush to the next snow-covered main road to continue his public service work.

Although this was not the first time for Yang Lu to witness a cultivator's magical performance, he was still amazed by this miracle, which was like a low-end version of "Moses Opening the Sea".

Cultivators helping people clear snow is nothing new in Haiya City.

Although cultivators all have the ability to move mountains and reclaim seas, the existence of the heavenly merit system has prevented the Kyushu cultivation world from being reduced to a jungle arena where the jungle is dominated by the jungle.

According to the rules of heaven in the Jiuzhou cultivation world, any behavior that is conducive to social stability will be rewarded by heaven's merits, and any behavior that undermines social stability will be punished by heaven. Merit is like some kind of hidden attribute in the earth's online games. It is invisible and intangible, but it does exist.

It is precisely because of this hidden incentive and restraint mechanism that ordinary people do not have to worry about dying when they go out, old monsters who have practiced for thousands of years will not fall like dumplings, and a game equilibrium can be formed among the strong.

In Yang Lu's view, if there were no constraints from heaven, the cultivation civilization would have destroyed itself long ago.

This is not his subjective assumption.

At the peak of the Cold War on Earth, less than five countries in the world possessed nuclear weapons, and the launch of nuclear weapons in each country required at least 2-3 far-sighted national leaders to press the nuclear button at the same time before it could officially take effect. But even so, mankind has almost erupted into a full-scale nuclear war several times.

Looking at the entire Kyushu cultivation world, there are tens of millions of Qi-refining stage monks who are comparable to humanoid tanks, hundreds of thousands of Foundation-building stage monks who are comparable to humanoid tactical missile launchers, and tens of thousands of Golden Core-stage monks who are comparable to humanoid nuclear warheads. There are monks and hundreds of Nascent Soul stage old monsters whose destructive power far exceeds that of hydrogen bombs.

If these masters of cultivation want to activate their magic, they only need a slight movement of their spiritual thoughts. This is a much simpler process than launching a nuclear bomb. It is so powerful that it can even change the climate of the planet.

It is precisely because merit is very important to cultivators, and too much loss of merit can even cause cultivators to degenerate into irrational demons. Only the humanoid nuclear bombs in the cultivation world can form a stable game equilibrium.

The behavior of the Haiya sect monks just now cleaning the road is the most common daily work of cultivators in Jiuzhou - cultivating merit.

The so-called cultivation of merit can be simply understood as the cultivation version of helping others. But there is actually no accurate statement in the world of cultivation about what kind of good deeds you can do to gain heavenly merit.

After all, merit is invisible and intangible. Cultivators of all ages can only continue to explore through the method of "putting forward hypotheses-testing in practice-modifying hypotheses".

Like the disciples of the Haiya Sect who clear the snow in the city, you can get heavenly merits; like the Lingshi Reserve Bank, you can maintain the financial stability of the Kyushu cultivation world, and you can also get heavenly merits; like some "ancient monks" who kill demons and eliminate demons, Those who guard the soil can also obtain heavenly merits...

Corresponding to merit, if a cultivator's behavior is denied by heaven, then the cultivator will also obtain a kind of "negative merit" - which is the so-called karma.

Killing and abusing mortals at will will lead to karma. Malicious attacks on junior monks who are lower than oneself will lead to karma. Destroying social stability will also lead to karma. Even malicious damage to people's livelihood infrastructure will also lead to karma. …

It is precisely because of the existence of karma that the world between cultivators and mortals, high-level cultivators and low-level cultivators has barely reached a balance in the game, allowing the entire society to operate normally.

But even so, there is still a serious imbalance between the status of cultivators and mortals.

After all, cultivators who slaughter mortals only need to deduct their merits as the price. As long as they don't kill people with serious sins, they will not fall into the devil's path due to karma. But when mortals fight against cultivators, the price they pay is their own lives.

For cultivators, killing mortals can be regarded as a special consumption behavior. There is only a question of whether it is worth it, not whether it is feasible. Cultivators killing people with passion are like impulsive consumption by people on earth. It is not a rare thing. .

This is why, when Chen Ping asked Yang Lu to intervene in the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Yang Lu was very resistant.

The white gloves of becoming a cultivator may seem majestic on the surface, but in fact they are dancing on the tip of a knife. If the cultivator behind the hostile chamber of commerce is severely offended, the consequences will not be something that a mere mortal like him can bear. The opponent can't afford to offend the Golden Blade Sect, but killing him, a pawn, is not a problem!

This is like a chess game of life and death. You can only play chess honestly, but your opponent may overturn the table at any time if he is anxious to lose. If you are not careful in this kind of chess game, the result will be irreversible.

Fortunately, Chen Ping didn't mean to let him die, but just asked him to do what he could. So Yang Lu planned to join the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to see the situation before deciding on the next action strategy.

Just like Chen Ping said, no matter what happened, he could at least hide under the big tree of Qingning Chamber of Commerce and enjoy the shade.

This is countless times more comfortable than a homeless shelter!

Furthermore, although mortals are in an absolutely disadvantaged position compared to cultivators, Yang Lu is not without room for initiative.

Since he can attract the attention of the president of Lingshi Reserve Bank through a working paper, he can naturally exert his special influence through other channels.

It's just that the Immortal Ascension Conference is about to start in three months, and he doesn't want to cause too much trouble before then. If the spiritual root aptitude can be tested by then, then he can play with one force and lose ten sessions. There is no need to do these twists and turns.

Along the clean and fresh streets, Yang Lu led Murong straight to the destination of his trip - the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

Yang Lu had only been to the homeless shelter run by the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the civilian area, and had never been to the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the wealthy area. Fortunately, finding the way was not a problem for Murong, who was a newspaper boy.

Under the guidance of the newspaper seller, they quickly found the right direction.

Haiya City has a radius of more than ten miles. According to the standards of the medieval era, this is definitely a world-class super metropolis. However, Yang Lu has long seen through observation that Haiya City is actually a modern city in the guise of a medieval city.

The existence of spiritual energy formations and immortal cultivators makes the productivity of the cultivation world roughly equivalent to that of the early industrial revolution era. If compared to London and Paris in the 18th century, Haiya City is the largest commercial port in the eastern part of Zhongzhou. The size of this city is not comparable. exaggerate.

Although Haiya City is quite vast in area, the areas where wealthy people gather are relatively densely packed. With the main palace of Haiya City as the center, Haiya Pavilion and several large chambers of commerce are arranged outwards along the ring according to their status.

As an emerging force that has just intervened in Haiya City in recent years, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce can only build its headquarters at the junction of the wealthy area and the civilian area. However, the straight-line distance from Haiya Pavilion is not too far, and it can be reached on foot. .

Since the grassroots monks of the Haiya Sect have just completed the work of clearing the snow on the roads, most of the businesses on the left and right are still closed, and the whole city has not yet fully returned to its original bustle.

Walking on the slightly empty street, Yang Lu suddenly noticed something was wrong. He always felt that someone was quietly following him about twenty or thirty meters behind him.