Now, Du Feng actually heard about becoming a saint in this small, nameless city. Previously, the ghost servant had also said that collecting merits was actually a way to accumulate merit, including the collection of telekinesis. The Ten Yama Kings were always doing this, even giving up the chance to ascend to the Heavenly Realm.
In the short term, he seemed rather foolish, but if he could really become a saint, wouldn't he be even stronger than the God Emperor? Other people's painstaking cultivation was actually not as good as his accumulation of merit.
Thus, in the eyes of the masses, East Deity, Du Feng, and even Zhuang Biusi were earning everyone's merit for greater benefits.
"What a joke. Do I need you to accumulate merit for me? You're not worthy!"
Du Feng released Cultivation with a boom. He only released Cultivation, not using his aura to suppress everyone. If he did, the God Emperor's aura could crush them into meat patties.
"Ah, he's the God Emperor."
"No, no, I've seen the God Emperor before. He's definitely the God Emperor."
Everyone panicked, including the City Lord of the city. Because the City Lord was only a World King, he had to bow to the God Emperor. Some World Kings from better cities could even step on him, but he'd never seen the God Emperor before.
Now, a living God Emperor was standing on top of the City Lord Manor's wall, and a friend of East Deity and the others. Everything had happened so quickly that it was unbelievable.
"God Emperor, we were wrong. We didn't know those elixirs were yours."
"God Emperor, don't kill us. We were really wrong."
Everyone knelt down and admitted their mistakes to Du Feng. They'd thought that East Deity was easy to bully, so they'd come to condemn him. Now that they saw the powerful Du Feng, they all knelt down in fear. Of course, if Du Feng acted like East Deity and gave them elixirs and flattered them, it wouldn't take long for them to climb over Du Feng's head.
But would Du Feng do that? Of course not. He understood human nature too well. Sometimes, it was better for the wicked.
Boom!
Seeing everyone kowtow and admit their mistakes, not only did his attitude not change for the better, but he even released a portion of his pressure. Those people were kneeling on the ground and kowtowing. They didn't expect such a powerful aura to press down on them, and they were forced to crawl on the ground. His face and chest were pressed against the ground, and he had to work hard to breathe so that he would not suffocate to death.
"Lord … Lord Divine Emperor, we were wrong, please forgive us."
"Please forgive our ignorance. We won't dare to do it again."
"Yes, we will hand over everything we owe you."
These people were really despicable. Previously, East Deity kept giving them gifts, but they still didn't know how to be satisfied. Now that Du Feng had taught them a lesson, not only did they not want their belongings, but they also wanted to hand over everything they had in the past.
"I won't take back what I've given away. Don't even think about getting any benefits for free in the future."
Only after Du Feng withdrew his pressure did those people crawl up from the ground. Then, a strange thing happened. Many thin transparent threads connected to his body. Although every single one of them was so thin that it couldn't be detected, so many people seemed to be transferring something into his body.
What was going on? Could this be the so-called gathering of merit?
What Du Feng didn't expect was that East Deity's good deeds were met with complaints. Now that he had come to suppress these people, they were actually grateful. This was because everyone felt that the Lord Divine Emperor was already very benevolent by not killing them. Yet he still didn't take back what he had given away. That was even more benevolent.
Of course, Du Feng wouldn't give them anything. He had never thought of giving them anything, but he would compensate East Deity, Zhuang Bousi, and the others. Especially East Deity. He couldn't give up just because he was old. Now, even Zhuang Bousi was at the World King Realm, but he was still at the God General Realm. He felt like a completely different person from the East Deity of the East Continent.
Many ambitious and ruthless people in the Heaven Domain had become good-for-nothings in the Divine World. He didn't want to see East Deity become a good-for-nothing too.
"I will leave your lives here. I will come back to take them at any time."
At this point, Du Feng released his aura again, pressing everyone onto the ground. They were so frightened that they begged for mercy. Wisps and wisps of merit began to flow into his body again. These people felt that the Lord Divine Emperor was being benevolent by not killing them.
It turned out that the method of gathering merit wasn't just doing good deeds. If not for the incident with East Deity, Du Feng wouldn't have known that things would turn out like this. Actually, he wasn't very interested in gathering merit. After all, he hadn't reached the peak of the Divine Emperor Realm yet, and he hadn't encountered a situation where he couldn't improve his Cultivation. But this incident had touched him quite deeply. Perhaps one day, he would really need to collect a large amount of merit.
"Don't think about it. There's no end to collecting that stuff. Who knows how much is needed."
At this moment, Du Tulong suddenly spoke. He had tried the path of becoming a saint through merit. He did good deeds everywhere and seemed to have collected quite a lot. But in the end, he didn't become a saint. If he had become a saint, he wouldn't have had to fight with the Heavenly Hound. All below the Saint level were ants. The Saint Body was eternal and indestructible.
"You don't have to worry too much about it. Becoming a saint through merit is the weakest among the Saints."
Du Tulong was right. Becoming a saint through merit was a very special situation. Even an ordinary old lady without any Cultivation would not know any sword techniques, fist techniques, or movement techniques. As long as she accumulated enough merit, she could become a saint. Under such circumstances, the Saints would only have a high cultivation level, but their combat strength wouldn't be strong.
It was the same logic as when Du Feng was at the God Thearch Realm, he still couldn't beat a portion of the God Emperors. That was why Du Tulong didn't want Du Feng to take the path of becoming a saint through merit. Of course, if he couldn't become a saint under other circumstances, he could still try to become a saint through merit. After all, it was still useful to raise one's cultivation level by one level. At least, he would have no problem crushing the Heavenly Hound.
"Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Let's take it one step at a time."
Du Feng had just found out that there was a Saint above the God Emperor Realm. He didn't know what becoming a saint was all about, and he didn't have any books to refer to. In the past, when he raised his cultivation level, he could refer to the examples of his predecessors. He also had a large number of books and corresponding elixirs to assist him.
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