Chapter 571: Believing in Science and Metaphysics Are Not Contradictory
Chapter 571: Believing in Science and Metaphysics Are Not Contradictory
As the saying goes, "spending money can avoid disaster."
Wen Rui acted wildly in the Queen Nuwa Palace, irritating the goddess Nuwa so much that she just walked away. It seemed that he had the upper hand, but in fact he had ruined his character.
After all, Nuwa is a goddess with great merits and status. Wen Rui, a junior, is so arrogant and humiliating to her. How should the other saints of the ancient times view this matter?
If Nuwa really went to file a complaint, even if Master Tongtian wanted to protect Wen Rui, he would not be able to find an excuse.
If the other victim, Taishang Laojun, adds fuel to the fire, it would be unjustifiable for Master Tongtian not to punish Wen Rui.
Things must be done from beginning to end, and the beginning and the end must be cleaned up. No matter whether Nuwa is happy or not to have Wen Rui be her big brother, and whether she appreciates this favor or not, the money must be spent first to avoid giving others a chance to criticize her.
Having promised to repair the Empress Wa Palace, Wen Rui acted decisively. The transmission channel on his chest opened immediately, and the Ultron robot army swarmed out, carrying heavenly building materials from the heavens that were used to repair the Yunque Fairy Palace and the Lingxiao Palace.
Without any hesitation, the funds and materials for the Jade Emperor to build the palace were misappropriated.
Not only did Wen Rui embezzle money, he also secretly balanced the accounts by including some of the materials he had embezzled in the funds for repairing the Wa Palace.
In this way, even if the Jade Emperor finds out that the Lingxiao Palace has fallen into disrepair and holds Wen Rui accountable in the future, he will have something to say and can tell him with confidence that the funds were used to give to Nuwa Niangniang's training palace.
Although you, the Jade Emperor, are great, are you greater than the goddess Nuwa?
Your Lingxiao Palace is magnificent and golden, while the palace of Nuwa is dilapidated and shabby. Is this acceptable?
I guarantee that the Jade Emperor will be speechless.
The materials carried out by the Ultron Legion are extremely rare in the human world and are considered rare treasures in the heavens, with inestimable value.
The priests of the Nuwa Palace were dumbfounded. How could they guess Wen Rui's intention? They were immediately thrown into confusion and couldn't figure out whether Wen Rui respected Nuwa or not.
How come he almost made people angry to death just one moment, and then he spent a huge amount of money and offered the largest offering since the establishment of the Queen Wa Palace.
The materials that Wen Rui took out were genuine building materials for the Lingxiao Palace. If used in the mortal world, they were enough to build a paradise on earth.
Logically speaking, the realms of Nuwa and her two mounts are not low, and they should not live like this. This is the limitation of the Meritorious Saint.
The Holy Way of Merit and the Shinto Way of Merit bestow great benefits on those who receive incense and faith, but they also have great limitations.
For example, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Western Buddhism, although they are extremely powerful, they still calculate carefully and collect offerings from mortals to build temples.
They clearly possess great power, but they cannot use it to mine gold and collect treasures from heaven and earth.
The situation of Nuwa is similar to that of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Western religions. Saints with merit can enjoy offerings from all living beings, but they cannot compete with all living beings for profit, and cannot plunder the resources of heaven and earth.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Heaven will never allow you to do such a good thing as building a memorial arch for your cousin.
As for Wen Rui, what he coveted was the wealth of the gods, not the wealth of all living beings.
His worldly property had long been transferred to He Lingyun along with his status as the leader of the Golden Spirit Immortal Sect, in a way that was permitted by the rules but had compromised the laws of nature.
The efficiency of Ultron's specialized robot construction is extremely high, and Wen Rui was willing to spend materials, so the Queen Wa Palace was completely renovated from the inside out. Even the stone steps leading to the top of the mountain from the bottom of the mountain were all replaced with platinum.
In Wen Rui's words, gold is too vulgar and is homogeneous with the decorative style of Western religions, and cannot bring out the purity and elegance of the goddess Nuwa.
Materials such as pearls, gemstones, and corals were treated like dirt. After the Chamber of Commerce established a trade alliance with the Four Dragon Kings, these treasures were truly like dirt. It was a perfect time to clear out the inventory and make room in the overcrowded warehouses.
The renovation of the Wahuang Palace is aimed at building an image project. We don’t seek the best, but the most expensive.
The purpose is to spend enough money, firstly to make Nuwa no longer have the confidence to complain, and secondly, the Jade Emperor will not be able to find fault when he checks the accounts in the future. When decorating the interior of the main hall of the Nuwa Palace, Wen Rui also mixed in some private goods.
The murals around the main hall had faded and fallen off due to long-term chanting, so Wen Rui arranged for robots to repaint them.
The original murals of course depicted the scenes of Nuwa repairing the sky and creating humans. After Wen Rui repainted them, he added popular science pictures of the evolutionary process of biological evolution and even printed the genetic double helix as a symbol.
Of course, these private versions of the murals are placed in inconspicuous corners to ensure that they do not overshadow the main theme.
In this way, believers who come to worship Nuwa can gain scientific knowledge while being baptized by metaphysical beliefs, which is killing two birds with one stone.
Doing this small action is also to convey a message to Nuwa.
That is, there is no conflict of core interests between worshipping Nuwa and believing in science and adhering to Jiejiao. It is entirely possible to seek common ground while reserving differences, achieve mutual benefit and coexist peacefully.
By then, even those followers of the Jiejiao sect who have undergone in vitro fertilization can come to the Wahuang Palace to pray for their children to be born with good genes.
After all, gene editing is difficult and costly, and it is not affordable for ordinary families. Praying to Nuwa for blessings is more cost-effective.
Both parties definitely have the basis to cooperate to obtain the incense of all living beings. Once the cooperation is reached, Guanyin and the like can be put aside, and Taoism will achieve absolute monopoly in the field of seeking children and praying for blessings.
Moreover, Wen Rui believes that after the renovation and reopening of the Wahuang Palace, it will surely welcome a large number of believers.
If nothing else, it's worth the price of admission just to see the most expensive temple in the history of the mortal world.
Western religions are very good at marketing in this regard. They exchange Buddhist scriptures for gold and build magnificent temples to spread the Dharma, which leads to an increasing number of believers.
Two flowers bloom, each with its own beauty. When Wen Rui was carrying out infrastructure construction in the Wa Palace, Nuwa teleported to a large cave located on the eastern coast of Nanzhanbuzhou.
This place is called the Three Emperors Holy Land. In the cave there is an ancient fairy cave and a magnificent fairy palace.
The cave is the Huoyun Cave, and the immortal palace is the Huoyun Palace.
As a saint with great merit, Nuwa has always been on good terms with the Three Saints of Huoyun Cave, and is even a brother to the Emperor of Heaven Fuxi.
When King Zhou was writing poems in the Queen Nuwa Palace, Nuwa was not in the palace. She had gone to the Huoyun Cave to celebrate her brother's birthday with a private party.
After entering the Holy Land of the Three Emperors, Nuwa asked the Fire Phoenix and the Blue Luan to wait outside, and she flew straight into the Fire Cloud Cave alone in a huff.
The three Holy Emperors Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan, who had already sensed something, were waiting at the entrance of the cave. When they saw the lingering anger on Nuwa's face, they were all surprised.
"Sister, what's wrong? Why are you here in anger?"
Fuxi frowned and asked, but before Nuwa could answer, he counted with his fingers and nodded, "Oh... this time it is related to Jiejiao again..."
Xuanyuan and Shennong were inferior to Nuwa in status, and their relationship with Nuwa was not as close as Fuxi's. They all greeted Nuwa in unison, "Greetings to the Queen Mother Nuwa."
"Brother, my two Taoist friends, please come with me to the Biyou Palace to seek justice from Tongtian!"
Nuwa said angrily: "I am a saint, but I was bullied and teased by a group of children from the Jiejiao sect. Is there any justice in the world? Brother Tongtian is the most protective of his people. I am afraid that I will suffer if I go alone, so I invite you to come with me to show our support."
(End of this chapter)