"Better than nothing."
Hayato shook his head.
He almost lost his life, and it was only with the help of the rosewood wooden fish, a Dharma artifact, that he successfully delivered this Evil Spirit.
The merit he obtained only insignificantly increased his magical power by a dozen or so strands.
Let alone forging a Golden Body of Merit.
To forge a Golden Body of Merit, the required merit is at least a million times more than the merit received just now.
In other words, he would need to kill several million Evil Spirits to possibly condense the most ordinary Golden Body of Merit.
The risk is too great, and the reward is too little.
It was more practical for him to recite the buddha scriptures a few more times.
However, this kind of extra surprise is better to have than not.
"The Evil Spirit has been delivered to become a Buddha by me. The fee for the dharma ritual can be transferred to my card later."
Hayato walked out of the bedroom, looked at the Asama brothers who were almost scared silly, and said lightly.
Logically, a dharma ritual should continue until the deceased is buried to be considered finished.
However, the job he took this time was just to deliver the Evil Spirit.
If they wanted to hold another funeral dharma ritual, that would be a second fee.
"Ah, okay!"
Asama Taro, who had just woken up as if from a dream, reacted and quickly nodded in agreement.
He looked at Hayato cautiously, his respectful eyes carrying a hint of fear.
Just now, he had personally seen his mother's Evil Spirit being delivered to become a Buddha by this young Master.
He couldn't possibly harbor any disrespectful thoughts in his heart.
Such a great Master, capable of delivering even Evil Spirits, was not someone ordinary people like him could offend.
"Wait, Lord Master."
Asama Jiro, who was kneeling beside him, suddenly spoke to stop him.
"We are willing to pay twice the amount and ask you to help our mother with another dharma ritual at the funeral."
"Jiro!"
Asama Taro frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with his brother's unauthorized decision.
After all, they had already paid double the price to deliver the Evil Spirit that his mother had become.
To perform another dharma ritual would mean paying double the amount again.
Each of the two brothers would have to take out one million yens.
This was not a small sum.
"Brother, just in case, if that Evil Spirit hasn't completely become a Buddha..."
Asama Jiro lowered his eyes and said softly.
Asama Taro immediately reacted. He had just seen how vicious that Evil Spirit was.
If the Evil Spirit revived and sought revenge, it would be the two brothers who would suffer.
Although he felt a pang of regret for the money, facing the threat of the Evil Spirit, Asama Taro gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, requesting Hayato to perform the dharma ritual again.
"Alright!"
Seeing this, Hayato could only nod in agreement.
After all, refusing benefits that were being handed to him would make him a fool.
As for whether the Evil Spirit would revive?
Are you kidding?
The descent of merit indicates that, for this world, this Evil Spirit has already entered the cycle of reincarnation.
Revival?
Unless she could break through the Six Paths of Reincarnation and crawl back.
However, if she could truly reach that level.
Without him needing to act, a heavenly tribulation would be enough to strike this Evil Spirit dead.
Tapping the wooden fish and reciting the buddha scriptures, with no risks involved.
Isn't this million yens essentially free money?
"Reciting scriptures is reciting scriptures wherever you are..."
Japan's funerals are very simple.
They are divided into three parts: wake, memorial service, and farewell ceremony.
The wake is held on the night before the elderly person's death, and the remaining two procedures can be completed within a day.
By the time the body was cremated and buried, the sky had just turned dark.
After being treated to a meal, Hayato bid farewell and left.
It was already late at night when he arrived at the Temple.
Perhaps because he had cultivated mana, even though it was late at night, Hayato was still very energetic.
He didn't feel sleepy at all.
He simply sat in meditation and recited the buddha scriptures until dawn.
Throughout the night, the buddha scriptures were recited over and over again.
The original scattered dozen or so wisps of mana had also reached fifty wisps without him noticing.
Besides being more energetic, there were no other effects for the time to time.
Swish!
The rising east sun shone on his face.
Hayato opened his eyes, and a faint Buddha light flickered in their depths.
He glanced at the system and found that the enhancement count had refreshed.
"What should I enhance this time?"
Hayato reached up and rubbed his chin, his eyes thoughtful.
He suddenly thought of the Evil Spirit he had delivered.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he had encountered such a ghostly thing.
However, since Evil Spirits exist in this world, are there other, even more powerful strange entities?
Just an ordinary Evil Spirit almost killed him.
If he were to encounter even greater monsters, he estimated he wouldn't even have a chance to run.
And there were definitely not a small number of these things.
Although the probability of encountering them was very small, he didn't want to stake his life on luck.
"Let's first find a way to improve my survival ability."
He had the buddha scriptures to cultivate and the purple sandalwood wooden fish to exorcise demons.
What he lacked now was a means of protection.
Hayato's gaze fell on the monk's robe he was wearing, intending to try his luck.
"Enhance!"
A light flashed, then instantly dimmed.
Hayato wasn't surprised by the first failed enhancement.
He immediately started the second enhancement.
With the first failed enhancement as a cushion, the second enhancement was successful.
Swish!
He saw a burst of Buddha light appear on the originally unremarkable monk's robe.
[Purifying Robe Kasaya]
[A kasaya blessed by Buddha Law, impervious to water and fire, difficult to damage with swords, unstained by dust, and capable of expelling evil and avoiding demons.]