Chapter 244: Merit and Miraculous Use
It seemed natural for Li Daoxuan to be defeated, but it was not too bad. At least during the competition, he was able to cause a lot of trouble to Uncle Jiu. Many of his moves were unexpected, which also surprised Uncle Jiu.

After all this competition, Li Daoxuan thought of the matter of the Yangzhou prefect again.

After all, a living person was suddenly burned to death. This is probably not something that can be done by ordinary magic.

Maybe it's some kind of witchcraft, maybe it's some kind of black magic, or maybe it's some other evil spell.

All in all, it was quite difficult to guess, and Li Daoxuan didn't figure it out.

"What you said is quite interesting. Do you know where the nails were driven into the female corpse's feet?"

"It should be the middle of the sole of the foot." Li Daoxuan gestured.

“If there is an iron nail nailed in the center of the sole of the foot, then it should be the technique of sealing spirits and exorcising evil spirits. It is called the Twelve Meridians Foot Acupoints, and it can ascend to heaven and worship Yuqiong. It can seal the feet with external objects. This corpse should be extraordinary. Perhaps you can check where this female corpse came from and when she died.” Uncle Jiu said with a smile.

"But the woman has been dead for about half a month, and now I burned her to ashes. How can I find her?" Li Daoxuan was a little troubled after hearing what Uncle Jiu said. After all, the person had been dead for so long, not only the body was gone, but probably even the soul was gone. It would be troublesome and difficult to find her.

"Hahaha, you really forgot what's right in front of you. Think carefully about what you have now, and then think about whether you can do it." Uncle Jiu laughed and patted Li Daoxuan on the head, "Think more and don't ask too many questions."

"Think more and ask less? You have to ask if you don’t understand." Li Daoxuan scratched his head, frowned, and wondered what he had.

Suddenly, an idea struck him. He clapped his hands, a look of joy appeared on his face, and he shouted excitedly: "That's right! I still have nails!"

"Oh! How could I have forgotten this thing! So stupid, so stupid!" Li Daoxuan was quite upset. He had never thought that he actually had something that could be used for interrogation. And this thing was the iron nail that he had put away and mentioned repeatedly.

That iron nail was not an ordinary object. It was an iron nail used to seal corpses. It could seal the soul of the female corpse and make it temporarily usable. This meant that there should still be some residual soul of the female corpse in the iron nail. He might be able to communicate with the residual soul of the female corpse through the iron nail and call back her three souls and six spirits from the scattered underworld.

In this way, we can ask the woman's name and find out who is causing the trouble.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan seemed to have some clues about the prefect's burning himself. He breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Uncle Jiu: "Thank you, Uncle Jiu, for your guidance."

"Haha, why thank me? These are all things you should have, but you just can't remember them for the moment. I'm a spectator, so I can see clearly from outside, so I can give you some pointers." Uncle Jiu smiled, then pointed to the fruits on the table, "Take some away when you leave, I can't finish them if I keep them."

"Ah? Can this be taken out?" Li Daoxuan was a little confused.

"We should at least try to take it out. Maybe we can do it." Uncle Jiu said meaningfully.

"Then I'll give it a try?" Li Daoxuan was eager to try it. He also wanted to see if he could bring something out of this illusion. Compared with the teachings of Uncle Jiu and the others, being able to bring something out was a bit too outrageous.

"Go." Seeing Li Daoxuan was about to leave, Uncle Jiu waved goodbye.

Coming and going is the same as returning to the same place, someday we will be reunited.

With something in his pocket, Li Daoxuan felt the sky was dark and the earth was getting dark. The smoke in front of his eyes was about to recede when he suddenly felt a sensation.

——But do you want to take the thing in your arms out of the illusory world?
The Land of Illusion? Is that the name of this world?
It turns out that it is called Taixu Illusion Realm, which is a nice name.

Li Daoxuan had heard of the name Taixuan Huanling. He had seen it in Dream of the Red Chamber. It was a place where gods and ghosts lived, where immortals from heaven and earth lived.

The tragedy of Dream of the Red Chamber originated here and ended here.

Taixu is also known as Daxu. Taixu means the appearance of Tao.

Tao Te Ching says: "The Tao is great, empty and quiet."

It is said that the invisible gives birth to the visible. Taixu is not the root of the changes of all things, but the basis for the survival of all things.

Now the invisible figure signaled Li Daoxuan to take something out of the illusory world.

Li Daoxuan hesitated for a moment and then made up his mind.

"I want to take the fruit out of my arms," ​​he responded. ——One inch of merit is required.

"Ah? It turns out that I need to consume this merit. Merit can have this effect?" Li Daoxuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the merit hidden in his bridal chamber would have this effect.

Anything you bring out from the Realm of Illusion must be exchanged for merit points.

The so-called inch-by-inch golden light of merit refers to the amount of merit points.

One inch of merit is one inch long in the bridal chamber, but this length is somewhat illusory. After all, it exists in the Niwan, so the bridal chamber is endless.

The length is just manifested according to the subconscious mind of Lord Li Daoxuan, so the merit value is stored inch by inch in the bridal chamber.

After counting carefully, he found that his merit value was 27 inches. This means that he would be able to bring things out of the illusory world 27 times in the future.

But he felt that there might be something wrong with this algorithm. Maybe different things required different amounts of merit?
However, there is no way to test it at the moment, so Li Daoxuan can only wait and see.

After using up an inch of golden light of merit, he woke up from the illusory world of Taixu.

I heard the sound of birds singing and roosters crowing.

After Li Daoxuan opened his eyes, he felt something heavy in his arms.

He reached out and touched it, and found it was something cold. He stood up and took a look, and found that it was the fruit that Uncle Jiu asked him to bring out.

These fruits are round and shiny, and look particularly tempting.

Li Daoxuan picked up one and put it in his mouth, and thick juice poured into his mouth like a tide. It was truly delicious.

"It's exactly the same as what I ate in the illusory world of Taixu." Li Daoxuan was extremely surprised and put the remaining fruit in his arms on the table.

These fruits include pears, melons, apples and bananas. They are all fresh fruits of good quality. Unlike some fruits, by the time you buy them, they have been shelved in transportation for a long time.

Although there are not many, they are rare.

The noise woke up the sleeping Gong Youwei. She looked around curiously and saw the fruits on the table.

Those things were extremely tempting to her. She shook her little head and seemed to wake up in an instant, then jumped onto the table in a few steps.

After transforming into a human, he couldn't wait to pick up a fruit and put it in his mouth, exclaiming as he ate, "This is so delicious! I've never eaten such a delicious melon!"

"Is it delicious?" Li Daoxuan said with a smile.

"Delicious! Hey! Where did you get these? Why didn't I see them before?" Gong Youwei's little face was full of curiosity. She looked at Li Daoxuan while eating the melon.

She tried to find an answer so that the things she ate would not be temporary.

After all, I tasted such a delicious melon, which was different from the ones I had eaten before.

"It's a secret, but there will be no less in the future." Li Daoxuan looked mysterious.

It's not that he didn't want to tell Gong Youwei the truth. After all, the illusory world of Taixu was too mysterious and he didn't know how to start. He also didn't know if Gong Youwei would believe it even if he told her.

However, after hearing that she would still have more melons to eat in the future, Gong Youwei finally let go of her worries and ate it all contentedly, then turned into a rabbit combing its hair.

At this time, the maid's voice came from outside the door, and it was time for someone to wake up.

(End of this chapter)