Becoming an immortal through merit meant becoming an immortal through the infusion of merit.
Monkey King looked at the golden light on his body. "Becoming an immortal through merit is that simple?"
"How is it simple?"
Zhen Yuan Daisen couldn't help but laugh.
Cultivation depended on one's aptitude, merit also depended on one's quantity.
Monkey King had just returned to Flowerfruit Mountain, but his merit was frighteningly huge — he had enlightened the demon race and helped the human race greatly. Now, it was normal for him to become an immortal.
"Even if an immortal spent a thousand years, he wouldn't be able to match your merit in a few decades."
Zhen Yuan Daisen sighed.
His A Worthy Younger Brother was a genius in all aspects of cultivation.
Monkey King frowned. "But I've become an immortal, why can't I feel it?"
"Because you are an immortal."
Zhen Yuan Daisen couldn't help but roll his eyes. "This is your second time becoming an immortal."
Monkey King had already cultivated the Great Dao and was a true immortal.
Now that he had the Merit Dao Fruit, his immortal status was stable. Although he didn't have an immortal record, he was more protected by heaven and earth than some of the immortal officials in the Heavenly Palace.
Monkey King retracted the golden light around his body and carefully sensed for a while. He didn't feel much of an increase in strength.
But he had always hidden his strength. Even if he became stronger, it wasn't very obvious.
Becoming an immortal through merit caused the most obvious change in Monkey King's True Spirit. The True Spirit shone brightly and couldn't be restrained.
The light contained the will of countless humans and demons. They turned into a shield to protect the True Spirit, making it indestructible.
Monkey King felt that it was a pity. The light could stop others from attacking his True Spirit, but even with so many wills stacked together, it couldn't compare to a finger of the True Spirit.
Luckily, he didn't need external protection.
"Great Immortal." Monkey King continued to ask, "Is there any harm to me from this merit?"
"How is there any harm?"
Zhen Yuan Daisen smiled and shook his head. "Merit is the most benevolent thing in the world. Once it's bestowed upon you, you'll be impervious to all evil. It'll be even easier to deal with demons in the future."
The Monkey King nodded. In that case, he didn't need to chase these merit points away.
"It has many other uses."
Zhen Yuan Daisen continued.
Unfortunately, the reason why he became an immortal was not because of merit, so he could not give more guidance to the Monkey King.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, if you understand one thing, you will understand a hundred things. You can comprehend it yourself and create a virtuous immortal technique."
Zhen Yuan Daisen reminded the Monkey King.
The Monkey King finally understood.
He calmed his heart and wanted to see what merit could do.
As soon as he calmed his heart, the prayers of countless people appeared.
The Monkey King's dao heart was stable and wasn't affected in the slightest. His eyes swept past countless figures and finally, he saw a familiar face.
"Benefactor."
On the shore, the Golden Cicada said to the fisherman, "The Monkey King I'm looking for isn't a statue, but the real Monkey King."
The fisherman kept the wooden sculpture in his hand.
"Master."
He said with a pained expression, "I've brought you out to sea twice, but I really can't reach Mount Huaguo!"
Every time this monk with a bad sense of direction brought him out to sea, the seawater would somehow sweep the wooden boat back to shore.
The fisherman hadn't fished for a few days and just wanted to send this monk away as soon as possible.
"Amitabha."
Golden Cicada chanted a Buddhist scripture and said, "Benefactor, if you have perseverance, you will succeed. Try again!"
"Try? Try my ass!"
The fisherman shoved the wooden sculpture to the Golden Cicada. "Master, please don't trick me. Your feeling of getting lost is contagious. If I continue to follow you, I won't even be able to return home!"
He bowed to the Golden Cicada a few times and turned to leave.
The Golden Cicada watched the fisherman leave with a sad expression.
"Elder Golden Cicada."
The Monkey King tried to speak, but the wooden sculpture actually spoke.
The Golden Cicada was startled, but when he recognized the voice of the Monkey King, he was overjoyed.
"Wukong, quickly come and bring me back to Mount Huaguo!"
The Golden Cicada hurriedly said, "The vegetarian food in this world is really too disgusting."
"…"
The Monkey King was silent for a moment.
He didn't expect that the first thing the Golden Cicada said would be this.
"Elder, you should travel more in the human world."
The Monkey King said.
How could a person who wanted to become a Buddha not know the suffering of the human world?
He chatted with the Golden Cicada for a while and then returned to his body.
After opening his eyes, he called Ao Luan.
"Don't do that in the future."
The Monkey King said to Ao Luan, "Even if you don't like Elder Golden Cicada, you shouldn't have tricked him away."
Ao Luan clicked her tongue in her heart. As expected, she couldn't hide it from her brother.
She was the one who sent the jade prawn that tricked Elder Golden Cicada away. It was also her who changed the sea current and thought of a way to prevent the Golden Cicada from returning.
Ao Luan unwillingly apologized.
"You can leave."
The Monkey King called Ao Luan to leave, but Ao Luan didn't leave. Instead, she stared at the Monkey King strangely.
"Elder brother, why did you change?"
"Changed?"
The Monkey King felt strange, "How did I change?"
"Hmm …"
Ao Luan looked carefully for a while and then said with uncertainty, "It seems that the demonic energy has disappeared."
"That's the Merit Dao Fruit."
Zhen Yuan Daisen interrupted, "A Worthy Younger Brother has ascended to immortality, and his aura is holy."
The Monkey King didn't have any demonic energy to begin with. Now, he had the holy aura of the Merit Dao Fruit.
"Merit Dao Fruit?"
Ao Luan was shocked.
The Monkey King told Ao Luan about the change just now.
Ao Luan rolled her eyes. This doesn't seem too bad.
Not only does the Merit Dao Fruit increase her brother's aura, it can also make those coquettish bitches not dare to get close to him.
"Ao Luan."
The Monkey King suddenly remembered that the Dragon Palace had a lot of faith in the human world and had accumulated a lot of Merit Dao Fruit.
"Do you know what Merit Dao Fruit can do?"
He asked Ao Luan.
Ao Luan shook her head. Her father was the Dragon King who controlled the weather. He had great Merit Dao Fruit, but it had nothing to do with her.
"I've heard my father say before …"
Ao Luan suddenly remembered something. "Merit Dao Fruit can make one immune to all evils and distinguish between demons and demons."
"I already know about this."
The Monkey King was a little disappointed.
Zhen Yuan Daisen had already told him about the immune to all evils. As for distinguishing between demons and demons, it wasn't difficult at all.
Wait, distinguish between demons and demons?
The Monkey King suddenly had an idea.
Speaking of which, he already had the ability to distinguish between demons and demons. If he added the Merit Dao Fruit, would there be any changes?
"I see …"