The Purple-Robed Celestial Master has turned into a zombie?! Who can stand that?!

Chapter 215 The Number of Believers Decreases
Reporting to the police at Leiyin Temple was useless, because the authorities ignored them.

Moreover, they have no evidence pointing to Longhushan or Zhang Tianlu.

The authorities will ignore anything without evidence.

Without official intervention, the monks of Leiyin Temple wouldn't dare to provoke Longhu Mountain and Zhang Tianlu.

After all, Zhang Tianlu and his group had only just arrived at Leiyin Temple, and they had already demolished most of the temple's Buddhist halls.

Are you tired of living? Dare to go to Fenglei Mountain and settle accounts with Zhang Tianlu?
I'm afraid they might be able to go, but they might not be able to come back!
After Zhang Tianlu directly looted over a thousand relics from inside Leiyin Temple.

A few days later, the official investigation results of Leiyin Temple were also released. The final result was that all the high-ranking Taoist priests involved in the case at Leiyin Temple were sentenced to ten years in prison.

The charge was involvement in the alleged murder of a minor, and there wasn't even an attempt.

If it's suspected of attempted murder, the charge might be lighter, but special cases are handled on a case-by-case basis.

After all, if Zhang Tianlu hadn't asked the Heavenly Court for help, that little boy would have really died.

The little boy's resurrection can be described as a miracle.

Therefore, they cannot be convicted of attempted murder; they should be convicted of murder directly.

With the help of the Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, a truth-telling talisman was directly affixed to these monks, making them tell the truth and say everything they wanted to say.

This thorough investigation also revealed that nearly 90% of the high-ranking monks in Leiyin Temple were involved in this matter.

Therefore, 90% of the top-ranking officials were directly arrested and imprisoned.

Leiyin Temple is now practically defunct.

All that remained was ruins, and almost all of the high-ranking Taoist priests inside had been arrested and forced to work on sewing machines.

The remaining monks are all young monks. They don't have the funds to rebuild, and even if they did, it wouldn't be of much use.

Because the incident at Leiyin Temple was officially announced after it occurred.

The severity of the incident was explained to the public in a strict manner.

Leiyin Temple is suspected of abducting and murdering minors.

These few words alone are enough to sentence him to death. After the official report of this matter, it quickly aroused a lot of discussion among netizens.

This shocked many netizens and became a trending topic.

After the news went viral, more and more people in China learned about it and were stunned when they saw it.

"Holy crap, Leiyin Temple is suspected of murder and abduction? And it's a child, really?"

"It's definitely true. Didn't you see that this message was posted by the official account? And Leiyin Temple has already been shut down."

"I happened to be nearby when Leiyin Temple was destroyed and witnessed it with my own eyes. Putting everything else aside, that battle was truly terrifying. It's just a pity that the website and official channels are stuck and I can't post it."

Otherwise, I could record a video on my phone and post it out so the guys can see it.

"Holy crap, buddy, you really have a video? I'll pay you 5 yuan to send it to me!"

"I can't post it. After the battle ended, the local authorities immediately stopped the flow of people and deleted all the videos from my phone."

If you really want to see, you can search for the current state of Leiyin Temple. Most of the temple's halls are now destroyed. Looking at the current state, you can imagine how terrifying that battle was.

"Awesome, I'll go check it out."

"Speaking of which, those bald monks at Leiyin Temple are truly disgusting. They even attacked minors. Is this what they call compassion?"

"This isn't the only incident like this that's been exposed. How long ago was it that the abbot of Fazhong Temple borrowed tourists' lifespans? Has it already been forgotten?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. They have so many Buddhist followers. They don't even know they've been sold out. It's a case of one willing to give and the other willing to receive."

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This matter has been gaining momentum online, and there have been many instances of boycotts against Buddhism in real life.

Some people were so angry about this incident that they went directly to the local Buddhist temple to cause trouble.

They were also advised by officials that there was no need to get so agitated.

This matter was only done by Leiyin Temple, and in essence it has little to do with other Buddhist temples, so don't take your anger out on others.

Do not use this incident to do anything illegal.

After all, many online celebrities try to boost their popularity by leveraging trending events, a practice commonly known as "traffic-grabbing." Therefore, the authorities have issued a ban, and any online celebrity engaging in this form of traffic-grabbing will be directly banned.

This can be considered the last act by the authorities to protect Buddhism.

Otherwise, the situation in Buddhism would be even worse.

However, after this incident, Buddhism's influence within China was greatly diminished.

This also caused huge losses to Buddhism, since Buddhism is a path of incense offerings.

The more popular and bustling the Buddhist temple is, the more it will benefit the temple.

This will allow the countless gods and Buddhas within the Buddhist sect to advance their cultivation progress even faster.

If their incense offerings encounter problems, or if the offerings become insufficient,

The loss to Buddhism is extremely serious.

This incident also directly affected the Buddhist community's plans in the lower realms.

On Fenglei Mountain,

Zhang Tianlu had some understanding of the situation outside, and after learning that the Buddhist community had lost a large number of believers and pilgrims because of this incident.

A smile also appeared on Zhang Tianlu's face.

That's exactly the effect I wanted.

He's happy as long as Buddhism is unhappy.

One is giggling, the other isn't.

When I ascended to immortality, I failed to transcend the tribulation, and there were Buddhist figures among them.

This can be considered an eye for an eye.

The Buddhist sect caused him to fail in his tribulation, leaving him to suffer in the mortal realm for over two thousand years.

This sowed the seeds of the problem. Now, Zhang Tianlu's exposure of the Leiyin Temple incident has caused the Buddhist sect to lose a top expert like Maudgalyayana, and the incense offerings of the Buddhist sects in the lower realms have been severely damaged.

This can be considered as repaying one's debt.

After all, if the Buddhist sect hadn't interfered with Zhang Tianlu's ascension more than two thousand years ago, he might have already ascended to the Heavenly Court.

In that case, if Zhang Tianlu hadn't been in the mortal realm, this wouldn't have happened, and the Buddhist sect's plans wouldn't have been disrupted.

This is cause and effect.

Meanwhile, in the Upper Realm, within the Great Thunderclap Temple of the Western Paradise Buddhist sect.

This place is a true Buddhist holy site.

Located in the upper realm, the Western Rhinoceros Hezhou.

The true form of the Buddha is right here.

After the incense offerings in the lower realm were affected, the Great Thunderclap Temple also sensed the damage to its incense offerings.

The Dragon Kingdom today is completely different from what it used to be.

In ancient times, due to shortages of productivity and food, the population was not so large, and there were few Buddhist believers.

But things are different now. With the advancement of technology in the lower realm, productivity, food reserves, and population have all increased. The Dragon Kingdom is now the largest country on Earth.

Although not all of China's more than one billion people are Buddhists, Buddhism still has a tremendous influence in China.

Of the more than one billion people in the world, at least one billion believe it to some extent.

When you enter a temple to burn incense, you will also bow to the Buddha statue you encounter.

This has also unknowingly increased the number of incense offerings to Buddhist temples.

But now, after this incident, the number of Buddhist offerings has decreased significantly.

Inside the Great Thunder Temple, the expressions of all the gods and Buddhas were not pleasant because of this matter.

(End of this chapter)