Chapter 524: Quitting While You're at It Is the Long-term Strategy
Chapter 524: Quitting While You're at It Is the Long-term Strategy
Wen Rui was hit on the head, and although his expression remained unchanged, he was actually so frightened that his crotch was a little wet.
Although he said he was not convinced, he was still very nervous in his heart. He was sure that Master Duobao would never beat him to death, but if the Buddha took action, it would be very easy to beat you to a state where you would rather die than live.
However, the expected magical powers did not appear. The blow on the head was just a casual hit, without much strength used.
But the cautious Wen Rui still activated the fairy-level nano units throughout his body and conducted a comprehensive scan of his physical condition and spiritual state at the quark scale to make sure there were no sequelae left.
After a thorough inspection, no abnormal values were found. It seemed that Master Uncle was just playing around.
"Child, I've heard from Junior Sister Jin Ling and Wu Dang that you have been a bad student since you were young."
Taoist Duobao said angrily with a stern face: "Now that you have grown up, you are even more naughty than before. You have great merits, and which of the Arhats I taught is not a virtuous monk with merits? You killed twenty-seven of them, and tortured and humiliated the rest for a whole year. Even if they violated the precept of anger, they have suffered this disaster, and the bad karma they provoked you should be over."
Wen Rui's eyes rolled, and his heart fell to the ground. His great-grandmaster had not joined the Western Religion voluntarily, and five hundred years was too short. As for the fellow sect members of the Jie Religion, how could they make things difficult for him, the great grandson of the Jie Religion?
"It's only you, Grandmaster, who is here. Otherwise, even if Tathagata comes to me personally to ask for the person, I won't let him go until he gets slapped twice!"
Wen Rui straightened his back and said confidently, "To be honest with you, Uncle Master, am I punishing them for the small matter of these Arhats blocking my way? How many uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters were trapped by their formations and died or captured? If they were just soldiers following orders and not the culprits, I would have spared them. Otherwise, there would not be 500 Arhats in the Western Church now."
Taoist Duobao looked at him deeply, shook his head, and sighed, "You, we, the ancestors, have all let go of what happened back then. How can you, a grandson, be so obsessed with it when you joined the sect only a few decades ago?"
Wen Rui said seriously, "It's because I believe that only Jiejiao can help sentient beings in the three realms break the burning house. Whether it's Chanjiao or Xifangjiao, they will never break the red-hot iron house. The only difference is whether they let the people trapped inside die more painfully or more comfortably."
There is no peace in the three realms; they are like a burning house, filled with suffering and extremely frightening.
This is just one of the many parables that Tathagata Buddha told to his fellow venerables.
It means that Buddhism can enable sentient beings to recognize the most real crisis in life as soon as possible, not be tempted by petty gains, and escape from dangerous situations immediately.
"Doesn't Tathagata like to describe the Western Paradise to sentient beings?"
Wen Rui said: "I built a city in the human world with the ideas of Jiejiao and the fragments of the Heavenly Dao passed down by the leader. Although it is not perfect, it is not much worse than the so-called Paradise. Only the devout believers of the Western religion who have died can go to Paradise. The ticket price is one in a million. To put it bluntly, it is difficult to qualify even if you live in a dream. The Free City I built can be enjoyed by all living beings and can exist in reality."
"The material basis determines the superstructure. If material civilization does not meet the standards, what spiritual civilization can we talk about? I firmly believe that only the practical Jiejiao can save sentient beings. The number of souls sent to hell by Western religions every year is tens of thousands times more than those sent to paradise. If this continues, hell will be full, heaven will be empty, and the world will be a mess."
Taoist Duobao looked at Wen Rui steadily and said, "The leader held a ceremony to teach the Dharma, but you clearly only attended a few times. How come you have learned the Dharma he taught so deeply? Are those things you have done in the mortal world and what you just said really from the leader, or did you make them up and fabricate them yourself?" Wen Rui was shocked. The other party was indeed a Buddha with perfect merits and unparalleled wisdom. He guessed the truth casually and was almost right.
Master Tongtian never taught the theory that technology can change the world. All the so-called "Jiejiao knowledge" taught at Liberty City University were plagiarized by Wen Rui by using the master's name and adding his own personal ideas.
"Master, you think too highly of me. I am just a little clever and my practice is shallow. How could I compile such a systematic, all-encompassing and accurate Jiejiao scripture that expresses the laws of heaven?"
Wen Rui was extremely modest at this time, with a humble and low-key face, not daring to take credit for the achievements of others or abuse his talent for personal gain. He said with shame on his face: "It was just by chance that I opened my mind and comprehended the supreme wisdom hidden in the old scriptures of the leader, and explained it a little bit..."
At this point, his face was filled with admiration, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism, and he exclaimed, "The master's words of wisdom are indeed extremely correct. The Taoism he passed down is extremely profound and beneficial to all living beings. Not only can it enable the demons with incomplete six senses to attain Taoism and become immortals, it can also allow the mediocre humans to use the power of gods in their mortal bodies."
"For the rest of my life, I only hope to translate the true meaning hidden in the old scriptures by the master, compile it into a book in a language that is easier for sentient beings to understand, and let sentient beings understand the supreme wisdom of the master. That will be a perfect merit and a regret-free life."
Taoist Duobao rolled his eyes in a very human way and said, "You are too shameless. If I, as your elder, wrong you, my master will find trouble with me."
"These are all my sincere words..."
"Alright, who can you fool with your little bit of Taoism? Both Junior Sisters Jin Ling and Wu Dang said that your motives were not pure, but you actually did some things for Jiejiao."
Taoist Duobao waved his hand, interrupting Wen Rui's explanation, and said, "Just tell me, what can we do to release him and put an end to this matter?"
"My bottom line is that Western religions will never be introduced to Jambudvīpa."
"Think about it carefully. If this matter ends with me, you can get some benefits."
Taoist Duobao said calmly: "If this is really your bottom line, then I can only go back and tell Tathagata that I can't do anything about it. Next time, whether he comes in person or invites other powerful Buddhists, I am sure he can't withstand two slaps from you, but you will have to bear his slap."
"Fortunately... my bottom line is very flexible. I just raised the price. You should bargain with me."
Wen Rui weighed the pros and cons in just one second, and said with a wry smile, "As for religious freedom, my Jiejiao is tolerant and inclusive. As long as it does not affect production and life, there is no need to ban Western religion in the Southern Continent. But these more than 400 monks were captured by me one by one with great effort. Even 400 pigs are worth some money, right? A few broken scriptures of Western religion can be exchanged for tons of gold sand. It is reasonable that the value of monks who can chant scriptures can be multiplied by hundreds of times."
"By the way, I don't take gold sand. I still have thousands of tons of that stuff in my warehouse. It's too hard to even use it to wipe my butt."
(End of this chapter)