Su Yu directly shared the attributes of the Five Elements Stone:
"Tier Six."
Ding Lingyu shrugged and said:
"I use a Tier Seven, just with slightly worse attributes. Since you’re still using a Tier Six, I’ll give this one to you."
Su Yu shook his head and said:
"That’s not how it works. Since we’re teaming up, the loot should follow the team’s rules."
Ding Lingyu nodded at this:
"Alright, let’s go by the rules. The starting price for a Tier Seven Magical Treasure is 1000 gold, and for equipment, it’s usually 500 gold. I’ll start at 500 gold."
Su Yu immediately bid:
"550 gold."
"P"
"???"
Ding Lingyu laughed and said:
"I’ll pass."
Su Yu smiled:
"If that’s the case, I’ll humbly accept."
He equipped the Immortal Spirit Stone, replacing the Five Elements Stone, and a new slot indeed opened in the Magical Treasure slot, increasing from four to five.
In the newly opened slot, he considered between the Profound Light Mirror, Nine Orifice Treasure Pearl, and Floating Light Saber and finally decided to re-equip the Nine Orifice Treasure Pearl.
"Nice, a bit stronger now."
He now has five Magical Treasure slots equipped with the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, Cyan Cloud Cover, Four Symbols Star Soul Banner, Profound Light Mirror, and Dragon Scale Flying Ship. A flying Magical Treasure also occupies a slot.
After closing the Magical Treasure slot, Su Yu checked the notification panel, which showed a notification for killing Xi Muchuan.
"Notification: Killed Xi Muchuan, gained 7 points of Celestial Dao Good Deeds."
"Notification: Killed Li Xinyu, gained 1 point of Celestial Dao Good Deeds."
"Hmm? Not only did I not lose merit, but I actually gained good deeds!"
"How much evil had this bastard done?"
Previously, Su Yu mixed in the Thousand Feather Association for a year and only accumulated 1 point of good deeds. Now, with the rewards from these two, he has a total of 9 points.
This indicates that Xi Muchuan and his henchmen were not good people, with negative merit on their own, and quite a bit of evil deeds, so killing them was equivalent to acting on behalf of heaven, rewarding good deeds instead of losing merit.
Understanding merit is about knowing the distinction between good deeds and evil deeds.
Simply put, doing good earns you good deeds, while doing bad earns you evil deeds.
But the standards of good and evil are not explained by normal human morality, but need to be interpreted from the absolutely rational perspective of the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao’s view of good and evil is not the same as human’s, as for the Heavenly Dao, human good and evil are too insignificant. So for daily survival activities, killing for food typically does not lead to either good deeds or evil deeds.
For conflicts between players leading to killing, it generally does not result in either. Only acts of unwarranted malice not essential for survival earn evil deeds.
Just like Xi Muchuan, Su Yu’s leveling here did not affect him, but he still maliciously wanted them dead, which is evil.
When burdened with evil deeds, killing in retaliation not only doesn’t accrue evil deeds but also rewards good deeds.
Additionally, players who level up by killing countless monsters don’t gain evil deeds as monsters are considered creations of the Heavenly Dao’s rules.
Good deeds and evil deeds are rare, and many players may never accumulate even one point of either in their lifetime.
Their purpose doesn’t relate much to ordinary players.
This is because a core function of good deeds and evil deeds relates to transcending tribulations, something most ordinary players won’t encounter as they never reach celestial tribulation.
Good deeds and evil deeds don’t lessen the power of a celestial tribulation but can reduce its difficulty.
If you have high good deeds, you’ll likely encounter an easier tribulation, and with enough preparation, the success rate is high.
If you have high evil deeds, you’ll definitely face a difficult tribulation, and no matter how prepared you are, you’ll likely turn to ashes under its horror.
Nine points of good deeds aren’t much, but it’s a good start, and in the future, he might strive to accumulate more, making future tribulations easier to handle.
......
Once everyone left, Su Yu and his group descended again to continue leveling here.
This place is fantastic, a leveling treasure trove; in one day, they could accumulate nearly twenty million kill experience—simply exhilarating.
The task of exterminating the demon town they had initially received was long forgotten compared to the thrill of earning over ten million kill experience a day.
Yes, Su Yu earned double experience due to his talent, leading to twenty million kill experiences—Lan Yiyi and others only earned over ten million a day normally.
But even ten million was substantial, a fortune they had never experienced—they relished it, even Ding Lingyu hadn’t had it this joyful even in the guild.
Su Yu decided to stay here for a while, at least six months or so, to see if he could gather ninety billion kill experience and enough Dao practices to cultivate an Immortal Bone first.
After entering a sect, the next step would be to consider the tribulation process.