Chapter 116 I have accumulated a lot of merit, so feel free to deduct from my account.

"Don't waste your effort, it's useless."

The White Snake couldn't even be bothered to open its eyes, saying indifferently.

The nine chains binding it were the culprits, tormenting its body and mind every moment, devouring its vitality.

It had been like this for hundreds of years, and now it was reaching its limit.

That said, Renée's recent healing had taken some effect; at the very least, it had allowed it to catch its breath temporarily, making its speech less intermittent.

"Are you really content being trapped here? Don't you want to leave?"

Mu An coaxed.

Anyone could see that the Yao Beast trapped here was no simple creature; if he could subdue it, it would undoubtedly be a great help.

Furthermore, Mu An had his own little ulterior motives—an 'old thing' that had lived for hundreds of years surely had some 'savings' on it, right?

As long as the other party could produce one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones, he could completely rescue it by having it sign an employee contract.

Unexpectedly, the White Snake acted very indifferent.

"What for? To go out and wreak havoc on the mortal world?"

"See the nine Dragon-Binding Locks on me? Even a Cultivator at the Undergoing Tribulation stage would find it hard to break them. Do you think just the few of you have a way to help me shake off these shackles?"

Mu An chuckled.

"You are not me, how do you know I don't have a way to solve it?"

"By the way, that Qingyun Old Ancestor has already been slaughtered by us, and the Qingyun Sect has been disbanded."

"Now there is only one question: after I successfully rescue you, can you come work for me?"

The White Snake opened its eyes, its slit pupils staring directly at the Human Race male before it.

The latter did not evade, calmly meeting its gaze without a shred of fear or avoidance.

After a long while, the White Snake sighed faintly and looked away.

"You kid are actually quite interesting..."

It hadn't even solved the problem yet, yet it was already discussing what would happen afterward.

Although the Dragon-Binding Locks were not the Immortal-Binding Rope, they were far from something that anyone below the Undergoing Tribulation stage could touch.

Did he... really have that much confidence?

"If it is done, it should be so."

After some thought, the White Snake agreed.

It also had unfinished wishes in its heart, such as going out to see the myriad sceneries of this world, and if fortunate enough, finding an old friend to recount a few tales...

Normally, if one could live, no one would be willing to return to the heavens.

"Then before that... you should pay one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones first!"

Mu An rubbed his hands together with a smile, looking like a creepy uncle coaxing a little girl with a lollipop.

"..."

"You... don't tell me you don't have any?"

"..."

"That shouldn't be right. To have lived for so long and not even have this much money, wouldn't that be a wasted life..."

Mu An couldn't help but mutter to himself.

The White Snake was also somewhat annoyed and embarrassed by the questioning, its voice suppressing anger.

"I have been trapped here; what use would I have for those worldly possessions?"

Xiao Qingzhu also looked at Mu An with a strange expression.

How to put it? Money-grubber?

Even now, he hadn't forgotten to swindle the other party for Spirit Stones?

Or did spending one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones really achieve some miraculous feat?

Only Renée knew the truth.

After all, she was one of the beneficiaries.

At that time, they could fully utilize the power of the 'rules' to travel back to the real world, and could even resurrect from death, let alone get rid of a mere Dragon-Binding Lock.

"No money? Then that's tough!"

"Do you have any 'mainstream' methods for breaking free on your end?"

Mu An shrugged, tossing the question right back.

With his current cultivation at the Half-step Golden Core Realm, it was undoubtedly impossible to directly violently dismantle the Dragon-Binding Locks.

Er, well, not 100% impossible; for instance, he could first use Gold: Godification on Demon Transformation to temporarily skyrocket his own strength...

The man rubbed his chin, considering the feasibility of this method.

The White Snake felt somewhat speechless and confused.

He asked for money the moment he opened his mouth; could money solve a problem like the Dragon-Binding Locks?

However, this was still more realistic than that Red-Blooded Old Turtle from before.

That guy had demanded its essence blood and scales the moment it opened its mouth, and even threatened it with an old friend it cared about...

Although helpless in its heart, the White Snake still recounted its own method.

"If you can find someone who possesses great Karma, I can then perform the Art of Asking for Consecration upon them to reshape my golden body, cleanse all past Karma, and no longer be a body of atonement. These Dragon-Binding Locks will then automatically fall off, and I will naturally be able to break free."

"But... a person possessing great Karma is hard to come by in a hundred lifetimes, and the other party may not necessarily be willing to waste their Karma power on me..."

Hearing this, Mu An's eyes lit up.

Karma? Karma is good!

If there was anything he didn't lack, it was this thing called Karma!

After obtaining the ability [Gold - Infinite Karma], the power of Karma on him had been skyrocketing like a rocket.

Previously, there was the thousand-mile sweet rain that saved thousands of starving commoners, and the furious slaying of the Canglan River God to break the bad habit of human sacrifice.

And every time he slew a great Yao Beast that had been committing evil for hundreds of years, he could also gain quite a bit of Karma.

It must be known that all this Karma would be multiplied by a hundredfold before converging on Mu An.

Now, the aura of Karma on him was incredibly dense.

Had he not intentionally concealed it, Mu An might have just stood there and caused countless commoners to kowtow and worship, shouting something about a Buddha living among them.

"Mere Karma power..."

The corners of Mu An's mouth curled up slightly, his entire 'aura' fully unleashed.

The power of Karma was completely unsealed; it wasn't just thousands of golden threads wrapping around his body, the overflowing parts reached a hundred meters high, looking as if a supreme golden body had been molded outside his body.

In an instant, Mu An's entire person appeared to have a bit more of the demeanor of a celestial being, holy and inviolable.

"This... this is..."

Even an existence like the White Snake, which had seen great storms and waves, couldn't help but widen its eyes, shocked beyond measure.

This amount of Karma power was something it had only seen once in its life!

Perhaps a good person of a hundred lifetimes would be no more than this!

Terrifying!

Truly terrifying!

So... the conditions required for the method of breaking free that it had been yearning for were achieved so easily?

Why was there an inexplicable sense of unreality?

"Now can we talk about how you want to perform the Art of Asking for Consecration?"

Mu An chuckled.

At this moment, Xiao Qingzhu showed a look of worry, pulling his arm and lowering her voice to remind him.

"Brother Mu, I have also heard of the Art of Asking for Consecration."

"The more requests mentioned in the consecration, the more Karma this technique consumes from the user."

"Karma is a priceless treasure that cannot be exchanged for gold, and it is hard to come by. You must not agree lightly!"

Karma is hard to come by?

This thing comes way too easily!

He knew his own situation best; Mu An almost laughed out loud, slightly pacifying Xiao Qingzhu and telling her not to worry too much.

Furthermore, he keenly captured a key point.

As the party 'consuming' the Karma, he seemed to be able to dictate some of the requirements for the Art of Asking for Consecration.

It was equivalent to...

Infinite Karma = Infinite Wishes?

This inevitably made him think of certain wild maneuvers on the modern internet...