Chapter 768: Buddhism may not be more useful than gun skills
Chapter 768: Buddhism is not necessarily more useful than shooting
Wen Rui watched them quietly as if they were facing a great enemy, watched them busily setting up a defensive formation, watched them sound the alarm and recall all the monks sent out of the temple.
"Teacher, will you let them prepare to deal with you?"
Princess Meiduo quickly reminded: "Why not break out of the encirclement while they are still unstable?"
"Not urgent……"
Wen Rui smiled and tried to comfort her. After hundreds of monks had arrived and surrounded the courtyard, he calmly said to the old monk, "The Western Sect and our Jie Sect have not officially declared war yet. Are you sure you want to fire the first shot?"
The old monk didn't quite understand the meaning of "fire the first shot", but he understood what Wen Rui meant, and his nervous expression became tangled.
"Emperor, I do not want to clash with Jiejiao at this critical moment in the mortal world, but this woman is from Hezhou, Xiniu, and should be under the jurisdiction of the Western Sect. Even if your clone comes, you cannot break the rules."
"Rules? When you, the Western religion, sent monks to preach in Jambudvīpa, did you still remember what rules were?"
Wen Rui sneered and said, "In the past few years, when the two religions were at odds, my Jie Sect only exposed your hypocritical nature and expelled the evil monks who were suspected to be the descendants of Po Xun, but never carried out any substantial persecution against Western believers."
Pointing at Mei Duo, Wen Rui continued, "This child believes in Jiejiao, so she is my Jiejiao disciple. Don't say she is from Hezhou, Xiniu. Even if she is not human, but a demon, a devil, or a ghost, my Jiejiao teaches everyone equally. Whoever dares to touch a hair of my Jiejiao disciple is declaring war on my Jiejiao. We will not hesitate to launch a world-destroying war among the three realms. It was so in the past and it is so today."
"This is Jiejiao!"
These words were spoken with great domineering power, and the great emperor's divine might burst out. All the monks felt a huge pressure, and the will to kill was like a substance, instilling an unquestionable cognition in their sea of consciousness.
The old monk might not believe what the great men of the orthodox and human sects said, but when Wen Rui, the spokesperson of the evil sect, said such words, he could not afford to have any luck and thought it was just bluffing.
The Jiejiao sect was really capable of such a thing, otherwise there would have been no great catastrophe of the Conferred Gods five hundred years ago.
Invisible pressure immediately fell on the old monk's shoulders. He was confident that he could mobilize the entire temple to wipe out Wen Rui's incarnation of the god, but he could not afford the subsequent crazy revenge from Jiejiao.
"I'll give you one minute to think about it. After one minute, I'll lead my men away. Anyone who dares to stop me will be regarded as declaring war."
Wen Rui flicked his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "This is the greatest tolerance I can give you. If you don't know what's good for you, Tathagata can't blame me for bullying the weak. Just think of it as me teaching his foolish disciples a lesson for him."
"Master, otherwise, let's just forget it. She is just a mortal noblewoman. It doesn't matter even if we let her go."
Guanghui whispered, "I heard rumors in Lingshan that Jietian Emperor is very powerful and Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was unable to subdue him. He also took away his magic bottle. When you went to Lingshan to attend the Dharma Assembly, didn't you notice that the Bodhisattva quietly replaced the bottle with a flower basket?"
"Don't lie! It will only boost others' prestige and destroy your own ambition!"
The old monk angrily said: "What do you know? We must not give in. If we set a precedent, in the future, as long as the people of Xiniu Hezhou believe in Jiejiao, they will belong to Nanzhanbuzhou and will not be under the jurisdiction of our religion. What will happen then?"
"The evil thoughts of Jiejiao are the most likely to arouse the desires in the hearts of mortals. They are more depraved than the evil thoughts of the demons. The more they practice Jiejiao's evil methods, the more they think that the world is just as described in Jiejiao's scriptures. If they all believe in science, who will still believe in Buddhism?" Seeing that the monks were about to give up, the old monk lowered his voice to explain to the monks: "Science can change their lives. If they can't feel the Buddha's teachings of 'the furnace of heaven and earth, all living beings are suffering', then what is there to seek liberation?"
"If we retreat this time, when the Buddha holds the salvation ceremony, I wonder how many mortals in Xiniu Hezhou who secretly believe in Jiejiao will summon the Jietian Emperor's clone to come. Are we going to watch him take our people away safely every time?"
“If this scene happened in public, countless cowards would follow suit and join the Jie Sect in search of a glimmer of hope. If word spreads from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, it will sooner or later destroy the foundation of our sect’s inheritance!”
After his explanation, the monks suddenly understood.
The monks of Bunolinka Monastery were all devout believers. After understanding this truth, they naturally strengthened their belief in sacrificing themselves to protect the Dharma. Their hearts were no longer shaken, and their fighting spirit soared as they shared a common hatred for the enemy.
"Emperor, I don't want the two sects to go to war, but I don't dare to set a precedent. If you promise to set a rule and only take her away from now on, instead of responding to every request from everyone who summons you, then I will immediately remove the formation and send you off."
The old monk stepped forward, clasped his hands together and said solemnly.
"Alas, it seems that my reputation is not prominent enough. A mere first-level Arhat dares to bargain with me."
Wen Rui laughed self-deprecatingly and shook his head, "Are you qualified to talk to me about rules? My rules are the rules! Jiejiao disciples, you can go wherever you want. Do you really think Xiniu Hezhou is the territory of you bald asses? It is still unknown whether your ancestral temple can remain in Xiniu Hezhou in the future!"
"First courtesy, then force. I have said everything I need to say, and one minute has passed. You have brought this upon yourselves, so I will not show you mercy."
Wen Rui winked at the girl behind him and said, "Little girl, follow me."
As he spoke, he walked slowly forward with his hands behind his back, pressing closer and closer towards the monks who were surrounding him.
"Emperor, if you insist on doing this, I have no choice but to offend you!"
The old monk's eyes were determined, his robes fluttered in the wind, and he made the vase seal with his hands and swung his arms to attack Wen Rui.
The monks behind him chanted the Vajra Mantra and passed their own magical powers to the old monk through the Vajra Demon Subduing Array. The old monk's body seemed to be covered with a layer of gold powder, condensing the magical power of the entire temple. The golden energy pouring out of the Vajra Seal was like a surging wave, far exceeding the power of the magical spells of the First Fruit Arhat realm.
Golden energy was coming towards him, but Wen Rui just laughed and raised his hand to fire a shot!
A dark blue beam of light shot out from the small high-energy cosmic ray emitter he was holding, hitting the old monk right between his eyebrows.
The penetrating power of this cosmic ray was amazing. Before it had time to burn the skin, flesh and bones between the old monk's eyebrows, it had already passed through his brain and roasted the brain matter inside.
The old monk stood there in shock. He became brain dead in an instant. His soul drifted out of his body in a daze, hanging in the air, and said in astonishment: "What a... such a fast... gun..."
A by-product of researching mosquito-killing artifacts, it is average in killing mosquitoes but excellent in killing people. The penetrating power of high-energy cosmic rays is like that of a neutron bomb. It is difficult for any defensive means below the Golden Immortal level, whether metaphysical or scientific, to effectively resist it.
(End of this chapter)