Chapter 49: Chapter 44: Five Ghosts Take Shape, Merit Manifests!

The sound of the rain was delicate, gentle, and continuous.

Ning An personally escorted Elder An to the outside of the temple.

Just as Elder An was about to board the car, Ning An couldn’t help but ask:

“Elder, do you think it’s possible that there are things we might never understand, even until our death?”

He didn’t know what method the system would use to extend Elder An’s life, but he imagined it would be beyond human comprehension.

Like that golden light just now, perhaps in the eyes of the world, that’s the principle.

But when Ning An operated the Five Ghosts Transport Skill, he saw five small ghosts use this as a conduit, climbing onto Elder An from an unknown place.

At the same time.

Just as the five ghosts attached, An Ruolin’s life chart miraculously stopped breaking, leaving only golden threads busily stitching it up.

This strange scene confused Ning An, but he understood it was the system starting to work, prompting his question.

“Yes!”

Elder An thoughtfully glanced at Ning An, then smiled and said:

“Just like how the Suirenshi Clan recognized fire, the agrarian civilization recognized bronze and iron tools, the modern society recognizes the microscopic world, and now, we are even trying to understand and master the unfolding of protons.”

“There are many things in the universe I don’t understand, and I won’t understand in this lifetime, but eventually, we will have descendants who will figure it out. Our offspring, generation after generation, will never be left with things unknowable…”

With the lingering sound, when Ning An looked up again, Elder An’s car had already gone far.

“Grandpa, do you think your sudden flash of inspiration was related to those three sticks of incense?”

As the Daoist temple got further and further away, An Xiaofu finally couldn’t resist the question in her heart and asked.

She had indeed heard about this miraculous place online, which is why she impatiently brought Elder An here to burn incense and make a wish.

But she understood her grandfather, who came from a scientific background, was never one to believe in these godly and metaphysical things.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t insist on explaining the “golden light shining on the temple” spectacle.

Yet, once the Divine Invitation Incense was lit, Elder An suddenly had a flash of inspiration, immediately breaking through a theoretical bottleneck, which was somewhat inexplicable.

“As long as it’s useful to me and the result is good, does it matter whether it exists or not? But compared to these few incense sticks, you seem to have quite an interest in that Little Daoist.”

“Grandpa! I’m not talking to you anymore! Hmph!”

Watching An Xiaofu’s flushed face, pretending to be angry, Elder An shook his head and smiled.

…

Just as the last incense burner left, Ning An quickly closed the broadcast, shut the temple doors, and returned to his residence.

“System, quickly give me the gold coins!”

The pleasant mechanical female voice chimed in as promised.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for resetting five singularities!]

[Reward: Five Enchanting Words!]

Ning An: ???

This is pushing him onto the path of the Nine-tailed Fox!

Even the Hypnotic Mushroom from Plants vs. Zombies wouldn’t dare hope to charm a bunch of zombies at once!

Before Ning An’s other thoughts could surface, the system’s voice rang out again.

[Ding! Detected a singularity destined by fate, rewarding host with ten strands of merit!]

A streak of golden light suddenly appeared in the air, infusing Ning An’s arm.

A faint realization bloomed in Ning An’s heart, as if his own path had gained additional protection.

The path to becoming an Immortal seems a bit smoother now.

This is the power of merit!

Feeling the difference from before, Ning An was bewildered but extremely excited.

This is merit even the Immortals envy!

The reward given by the system was truly amazing!

Though the system’s previous rewards were extraordinary, they weren’t as mind-blowingly impressive as this sudden power of merit!

As long as the Changchun Temple continues to have incense burners destined by fate, he can keep gaining merit!

In the long run, achieving a Merit Golden Body isn’t impossible!

“I wonder if Elder An’s extension of life will attract other top figures to come.”

Ning An had thought it through, the system’s cost for Elder An was nothing more than two things:

Five Ghosts Transport and being unable to reincarnate.

He doesn’t believe, with a continuous stream of incense burners making wishes, and the rewards given by the system, that he won’t be able to resolve these two things!

…

While Ning An was still immersed in the system’s rewards.

The trending lists of major platforms once again skillfully filled up with Changchun Temple.

[Breaking News: Breakthrough in carbon fiber technology, even surpassing the West, crucial point comes from it!]

[Statue opens eyes, golden light emerges: Is this the edge of science or a mystical miracle!]

[Shocking: High school physics teacher passionately explains the principle of the golden light on the temple, moved by it!]

…

At this time, it was less than an hour since Elder An left the Changchun Temple, and various news online had already gone viral.

Countless content creators turned into Photoshop wizards, turning the massive live broadcast footage into videos and uploading them.

With numerous pop-up reminders flooding the screens, more and more people joined in.

“I haven’t read much, don’t fool me!”

“I can believe in the breakthrough in carbon fiber theory, after all, inspiration is elusive, and with Elder An’s intelligence, he could come up with it even without a sudden inspiration, but extending life, I don’t believe it.”

“Not fooling you! I was there, two golden lights shone directly on Elder An, and the statue was entirely made of copper, yet its eyes could glow?”

“Ah… I’m dizzy, how is Elder An’s health now?”

“Not sure, but who hasn’t had their wishes fulfilled at Changchun Temple?”

“That’s true, though the way of fulfilling wishes seems quite unusual.”

As everyone passionately discussed, a comment that seemed out of place crawled out from a corner.

“Haha, you Dragon Country people are so naive. When we opened your country’s door with cannons back then, your ancestors were praying to gods and ancestors. What good did it do?”

Before everyone could react, more outrageous comments popped up at the same time.

“To be honest, I really like your Dragon Country’s stuff. I visit museums almost every week to admire the art your ancestors left behind, but unfortunately, your descendants were incompetent and couldn’t protect them.”

“Exactly, exactly. Honestly, praying to your Dragon Country gods is less effective than praying to the spirits of our ancestors. After all, they have had intimate contact with your ancestors, so they should have many common topics to discuss!”

Once this comment from an IP in Japan appeared, it instantly attracted countless dark-climbing spirits.

Hell is empty, and the demons are on earth.

“Yeah, my grandfather told me back then that your Dragon Country people are the easiest to fool, hahaha.”

“I say, stop believing in your so-called Taoism. I bet our bathroom ancestors are more effective!”

“Dragon Country still claims to be the Celestial Empire, hahaha. A Daoist Temple where fulfilling a wish comes at a cost must be worshipping an Evil God, yet you crazily pursue such malevolent gods, how foolish!”

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