Seeing Wu Yi take out a small black wooden hammer, Yu Jia’s beautiful eyes lit up with curiosity. “Erlang, is this the hammer you used to defeat Xu Yangfeng?”
“But it looks so ordinary. Doesn’t seem special at all?”
Without answering, Wu Yi simply swung the hammer.
TANG—
[Merit +1]
“Ah~ hsss—”
Caught off guard, Yu Jia let out a soft gasp from her nose. The bizarre tingling sensation shot straight up her head, making her scalp numb and her eyes roll back.
Wu Yi laughed, “How did that feel?”
The first function of the Hammer of Boundless Merit: [Reversal of Heaven and Earth]—only caused numbness in the scalp and a buzzing head, temporarily suppressing cultivation without causing real harm. The suppression would fade after a while.
After all, Wu Yi wouldn’t actually hurt Yu Jia. But being struck out of nowhere like that, who could take it?
Yu Jia held her head and angrily pounded on his chest. “You jerk! Why are you hammering me?”
Wu Yi grinned mischievously. “Didn’t you say you didn’t believe me?”
TANG—
[Merit +1]
“Ah~ hsss—stop… stop hitting me!”
TANG—TANG—TANG—
[Merit +1]
[Merit +1]
[Merit +1]
[…]
After more than a dozen strikes, Yu Jia collapsed weakly. Holding her head, she pleaded breathlessly, “Erlang, please stop… I believe you, okay?”
She was dizzy, her vision spinning. She felt like her soul was about to float away.
Chuckling, Wu Yi switched to [Second Hammer: Legacy of Wei Wu], which specifically raised the favorability of pregnancy candidates.
He thought, “Yu Jia’s favorability is already at 84. Reaching 90 shouldn’t take long.”
Just as he raised the hammer again, Yu Jia’s face turned pale with fear. “Y-You’re hammering me again?”
“I don’t want it! You bastard!”
She remembered the numbing sensation and bolted without hesitation. That feeling really wasn’t pleasant!
“Ah~ what are you doing?!”
Just as she stood up, Wu Yi pulled her right back. With shameless glee, he said, “Running? It’s your honor to be hammered by the Hammer King. Don’t be ungrateful.”
“Women always say the opposite of what they mean. Saying ‘no’ means ‘yes.’”
He started hammering again.
TANG—TANG—TANG—
[Merit +1]
[Merit +1]
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Each strike added one merit point—valuable experience.
Now, not only was he increasing Yu Jia’s favorability, he was also gaining merit. A win-win situation.
Favorability reaching 90 meant total trust and unwavering loyalty.
“Huh?”
Yu Jia felt something was different.
Though her head still buzzed, it wasn’t as dizzying as before. Her cultivation hadn’t been suppressed either.
Instead, a strange warmth was budding in her heart, growing rapidly.
She looked at Wu Yi with a slightly different gaze… one filled with unconscious closeness.
Wu Yi kept an eye on her favorability bar, and as he hammered away, the numbers began to slowly rise.
[85]
[86]
[…]
Suddenly, Yu Jia noticed Wu Yi’s face turning paler and paler. She gasped, “Erlang, what’s wrong? Why do you look so pale?”
Indeed, Wu Yi’s complexion was ghostly white, and he felt lightheaded.
“I’m fine… just need a moment.”
Using the Hammer of Boundless Merit consumed immense mental energy. From hammering Xu Yangshuo in court to now, although he’d earned over 300 merit points, his spirit was almost completely drained.
“System, invest all 378 merit points into soul.”
Merit points could enhance four attributes:
Cultivation Realm = Realm level
Soul = Spiritual power and comprehension
Bone Structure = Cultivation speed and talent
Physique = Speed, strength, defense, recovery, and physical toughness
[Ding: 378 merit points consumed. Soul enhanced.]
As his spiritual strength surged back, Wu Yi continued hammering without pause.
[89]
[90]
The moment favorability hit 90, the system chimed in.
[Ding: Congratulations, host. Pregnancy Candidate No.1 Yu Jia’s favorability has reached 90. Randomly generating a sacred-grade technique or artifact.]
[Generating…]
Wu Yi stopped hammering, filled with anticipation.
“Please be a sacred-grade soul cultivation technique… That’s what I need the most right now.”
The strength of spiritual power determined how many times he could hammer someone. It was the foundation of everything.
[Ding: Generation complete!]
[Congratulations, host. You have obtained Sacred Artifact: Ice Soul Jade Tear.]
[Ice Soul Jade Tear: A sacred treasure of the Ice Dragon Clan, nurtured over ten thousand years by the Ice Dragon Emperor with his soul essence and blood.]
[Effects: Nourishes the soul, greatly enhances soul defense, rapidly restores spiritual power. Highly resistant to mental attacks such as charm, control, illusions, and aura suppression.]
“Holy sh*t!”
Wu Yi cried out in excitement.
Exactly what he needed—just what he wished for!
This was an absolute treasure!
“My cotton pants and padded jacket, my sister-in-law and my darling—you’re amazing! You’re my lucky star!”
Still basking in excitement, Wu Yi ignored the dumbfounded Yu Jia and eagerly studied the Ice Soul Jade Tear.
He closed his eyes and looked inward—inside his sea of consciousness, a tiny, crystal-clear drop appeared.
It looked just like a teardrop.
About the size of a fingernail, it glowed softly as it nourished his soul.
At the same time, his exhausted spiritual power was recovering at an astonishing rate.
“Perfect. No more worrying about running out of spiritual energy.”
Yu Jia snapped out of her daze. Her beautiful face flushed a deep red, the blush spreading to her ears. “You… shameless!”
She turned angrily, trying to storm off—but Wu Yi grabbed her again.
“Don’t run. The real show’s just getting started.”
As he spoke, he switched to the Fourth Hammer: [Tempering into Steel].
[Tempering into Steel: Enhances soul, bone structure, cultivation, and physique.]
In other words, Wu Yi could take a talentless nobody and hammer them into a peerless genius.
This time, he was targeting Yu Jia’s bone structure.
Bone structure determined cultivation talent and speed, as well as future martial potential.
Yu Jia currently had an upper-tier mortal-grade bone structure. Among commoners, this was impressive—but compared to true geniuses, it was mediocre.
She had reached the 8th stage Martial Master Realm at 26 years old, which already showed how hardworking she had been.
But her future achievements would be limited, likely stopping at the 5th stage Martial Commander Realm.
But it didn’t matter…
Wu Yi could help Yu Jia… become a god.
TANG—TANG—TANG—
[Merit +1]
[Merit +1]
[…]
“Ah~!”
But to his surprise, the moment he began hammering, Yu Jia trembled violently from head to toe.
“It… it hurts so much!”