Chapter 645: Treasure of Merit
The gate of the temple had long since decayed into ruins. Zhang Qian and the Crazy Taoist Priest entered the temple smoothly without encountering any resistance.

"Huh? What is this?!"

As soon as he entered the temple, Zhang Qian saw a strange thing. In a corner of the temple was floating a golden toad. The toad seemed to be made of pure gold, the size of a palm, and emanated wisps of auspicious and peaceful Buddhist light.

However, when Zhang Qian took a closer look, he felt that there was something wrong with these Buddha lights. These rays of light were not as simple as Buddha lights. There was an extremely magical power contained in the Buddha lights. This power was somewhat similar to the power of luck, but it was a level more mysterious and magical than the power of luck.

With the help of the light from the golden toad, Zhang Qian swept his eyes and immediately took in the entire scene inside the temple.

The floor of this small temple is paved with golden bricks. It is spotless and dust-free, as if someone cleans it every day. However, this is impossible. There are no outsiders here. It should be that the golden bricks on the ground contain dust-repelling restrictions, which are still effective after several eras.

There is a small altar in the middle of the temple, and on the altar there is a gray-black Buddha statue. The statue is about ten feet tall and looks compassionate. Apart from that, there is nothing special about it.

Zhang Qian walked near the golden toad and carefully reached out to touch it. Unexpectedly, the golden toad was immediately activated and fell into Zhang Qian's hand. Then, an extremely gentle, auspicious and vast force enveloped Zhang Qian's body.

The feeling this power gave Zhang Qian was very similar to the power of luck, but it was even more magical than the power of luck. The moment this power descended, Zhang Qian even felt this strange power brushing against his soul, sweeping away all the invisible dust in his soul.

"No, this is not dust, this is..."

Suddenly, Zhang Qian sensed carefully and found that his soul seemed to be several times lighter, even his thinking became more flexible, and his comprehension also greatly increased. He immediately thought of a power that was very similar to the power of luck, but more rare and precious than the power of luck.

That is the energy of merit!
The light lingering on this golden toad is actually the energy of merit!

Zhang Qian was not unfamiliar with the energy of merit. The original body of his magical power, the Linglong Pagoda of Mysterious Heaven and Earth, was an acquired treasure of merit in the prehistoric world!
The real Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda of Heaven and Earth is the most famous treasure of merit in the prehistoric world, and the magical power of the Xuanhuang Pagoda condensed by Zhang Qian is purely condensed with the power of luck. It's not that he doesn't want to condense the energy of merit, but unfortunately he simply can't do it.

Because the energy of merit is a higher level of power than the power of luck, this kind of power only exists in the Great Thousand World. The Middle Thousand World only has luck but no merit.

This is determined by the foundation of the world, but even in the vast world, it is extremely difficult to obtain the energy of merit.

It takes even tens of thousands of luck's forces to condense into an energy of merit. You can imagine how precious the energy of merit is.

Zhang Qian obtained all the luck of the Yin-Yang Sect, and combined with his own luck power, he was able to practice the Xuanhuang Pagoda magical power. However, if all his luck was condensed into merit energy, it might be less than two merit energies, which is impossible to condense the Xuanhuang Pagoda.

According to the ancient world, people with great merits will definitely have great luck, but people with great luck do not necessarily have great merits. The energy of merit is extremely precious, and it is not realistic to condense it simply by using the power of luck. Only by doing things that benefit the world can the energy of merit rewarded by the world be the main source.

The energy of merit is a kind of power that is even more useful than the power of luck. This can be seen from the legendary saints in the prehistoric world. It can be said that all the saints in the prehistoric world have achieved the status of supreme saint by relying on the power of infinite merit, without any exception.

This is a supreme power that can enable people to achieve sainthood. At this moment, Zhang Qian sensed the aura of merit from this golden toad.

The toad felt heavy in the hand, and no one knew what material it was made of. This golden toad opened its big mouth, as if it was croaking, and its eyes were extremely smart and lifelike. Coupled with the faint aura of merit around it, it was obviously an extremely rare and precious treasure of merit.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Zhang Qian discovered that the toad was ownerless. He easily imprinted his spiritual sense into the deep of the magic weapon's embryo and refined it.

As soon as he refined it, Zhang Qian discovered that this toad should be a wooden fish. Although it didn't look like a wooden fish, it functioned like a wooden fish. The toad's belly was hollow, containing a dark space. The space was hazy and nothing existed. After carefully sensing it, Zhang Qian found that the toad didn't contain much merit energy, only about one, but the auspicious divine light emitted by this merit energy actually made the demons and Buddhas outside dare not approach!
Obviously, those demons and Buddhas were afraid of the meritorious aura of the toad.

Holding the toad, Zhang Qian turned his gaze and was about to continue searching to see if there were any other treasures. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he found that the crazy Taoist had disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Qian shouted, but heard no answer from the mad Taoist priest. The demon Buddha outside the temple kept roaring, and the mad Taoist priest suddenly disappeared. Zhang Qian suddenly felt a weird feeling.

"Huh? There's another door here!"

At this moment, Zhang Qian discovered an extremely secret door on the wall next to the Buddha statue. The door was hidden very cleverly and could not be found at all without careful observation.

Walking forward, Zhang Qian stretched out his hand and pushed the door. Unexpectedly, the door opened directly without making any sound!

Once the door opened, there was a very long passage behind it. The end of the passage seemed to be in sight and it was very dark.

Looking down, Zhang Qian saw a row of footprints on the ground of the passage. The footprints were clearly visible above a thick layer of dust.

"Is it the Mad Taoist?"

Zhang Qian immediately thought that these were the footprints left by the crazy Taoist priest, so he walked in without stopping.

The dark passage was extremely quiet. There was no other sound walking here except for the sound of one's own footsteps. Zhang Qian had been walking for a quarter of an hour and still hadn't seen the end of the passage, as if the passage was endless.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and just when Zhang Qian was getting a little impatient, a corner finally appeared in front of him.

Carefully turn the corner and another passage appears. There is finally a change in front of this passage and a bright spot appears in the distance ahead.

“This is the exit!”

Seeing the bright spot, Zhang Qian immediately knew that the exit was just ahead.

He immediately quickened his pace, and soon arrived near the exit.

As he stepped through the exit, Zhang Qian immediately felt a strange force sweeping over him, as if he had passed through a barrier membrane.

When he passed through this strange barrier, the world in front of him surprised him!
"This world! How is it possible!"

Zhang Qian widened his eyes and looked shocked!

(End of this chapter)