Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

When the gleaming silver appeared before Han Shantong, his eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly embraced it.

“From today onwards, all who join the White Lotus will enjoy its blessings,” the fair-skinned Water Vajra announced.

Han Shantong hadn't expected such a turnaround, that he would receive another silver ingot. He was immediately overjoyed and quickly expressed his gratitude, “Your Eminence is righteous, I will follow you unto death.”

He was kidding. If he could get a silver ingot every day, never mind cultivating Buddhism, whatever he had to cultivate, Han Shantong said he could do it.

Hearing such an answer, the fair-skinned Water Vajra nodded slightly, “Go, and recruit disciples widely for my sect.”

“But Your Eminence, what if others are unwilling?” Han Shantong asked a crucial question.

Upon hearing this, the fair-skinned Water Vajra's eyes darkened, and a violent aura emerged from his body. He stared and said sternly, “Cultivating Buddhism is to bestow blessings upon the world, how can one not cultivate? Those who do not cultivate are insincere, and those who dare to resist, this Eminence will naturally deal with.”

“Alright,” Han Shantong nodded, then stood up and said, “Then Your Eminence, I will go and recruit disciples for you.”

“Go,” the fair-skinned Water Vajra said in a deep voice.

Han Shantong immediately ran out of the room happily, and then he quickly found his usual friends.

“Brother Han, why are you in such a hurry to call us over?” a friend asked.

“I'm here to lead you to wealth,” Han Shantong said.

After speaking, he quickly told everyone everything he had just experienced.

Upon hearing this, everyone revealed astonished expressions, their eyes filled with disbelief.

“Is this true?” someone asked.

“Would I lie to you?” Saying that, Han Shantong took out two silver ingots.

When they saw the gleaming silver with their own eyes, everyone finally believed Han Shantong's words.

They asked one after another where that man was.

When Han Shantong said he was at his house, they anxiously wanted to rush over.

Soon, at Han Shantong's house, he led four friends into the room.

“Your Eminence, I have recruited four disciples,” Han Shantong knelt before the fair-skinned Water Vajra and said.

The four friends also followed suit and knelt on the ground.

Seeing these four disciples, the fair-skinned Water Vajra revealed a satisfied smile, “Good, good, all who join my White Lotus can enjoy the blessings of Buddhism.”

Saying that, he tossed out two silver ingots.

Looking at the two silver ingots, three friends were about to rush forward to grab them, but only one person did not move.

One person boldly asked, “Your Eminence, why are there only two silver ingots?”

“Hmm? Are you questioning this Eminence?” the fair-skinned Water Vajra said sternly.

“Dare not, dare not,” that person quickly lowered his head.

“Continue to recruit disciples widely,” the fair-skinned Water Vajra said, and began to close his eyes and meditate.

Han Shantong had no choice but to call his friends out.

Once outside, the person who spoke earlier immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, “These two silver ingots are not enough to divide.”

Han Shantong also looked bewildered, he didn't know why it was like this.

Just then, Liu Futong, who hadn't spoken all along, suddenly said, “I understand.”

“Understand what?” the friends all looked at Liu Futong.

Liu Futong smiled, “The Eminence is distributing according to the time of joining the sect.”

“What do you mean?” everyone asked.

Liu Futong then explained, “Brother Han joined the sect early, so he received two silver ingots, while we joined late, so we can only divide two silver ingots among four people.”

Hearing this, they finally understood.

“Doesn't that mean the further back we go, the fewer silver ingots we'll get?” someone said.

“Yes,” Liu Futong nodded.

“Then let's just leave, we've earned enough anyway,” at this time, someone had the idea of retreating.

As far as they were concerned, this was free money.

As for what the White Lotus Sect was, what did it have to do with them?

“Shallow,” but unexpectedly, Liu Futong said with disdain.

“Brother Liu, what do you mean by that?” Han Shantong looked at the confident Liu Futong and immediately asked.

Liu Futong then said, “This is a no-loss business, and you actually want to leave?”

The man who originally wanted to leave looked puzzled, he said, “How is it no-loss?”

Then Liu Futong told his plan.

Originally, in his opinion, no matter how many disciples they recruited, the sect leader would ultimately be responsible for distributing the money.

Although they might not earn too much, they could use this as a gimmick to attract more people to join. And once the sect grew, the sect leader would likely increase the investment of money.

Even if he didn't invest money, they could take the opportunity to make money from those believers.

After listening to Liu Futong's explanation, the four people present all suddenly understood.

Indeed, they hadn't invested anything, but they could win over a large number of people, no matter how they looked at it, it was a no-loss business.

“Let's do it, we'll recruit disciples widely under the banner of giving money,” Han Shantong was the first to respond.

The others also echoed one after another.

Just like that, the five people decided to recruit people into the sect with money, and then exploit the believers later.

In the high sky, Guanyin, who had been observing this matter all along, had a slightly沉 face.

This method was actually somewhat inconsistent with the ideas of Buddhism, especially the money enticing believers.

But in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be used.

Overall, the new sect had been established, and the next step was to slowly erode those bottom-level people.

And the speed of money corruption was often the fastest.

Within the Extinction Dharma Country, Han Shantong and the five people immediately began recruiting disciples.

Their method was very隐晦, they planned to start with the people around them, so they wouldn't have to worry about being reported.

And when the people around them heard that joining the sect would get them silver, they didn't believe it at first.

But when they came to Han Shantong's house, and the man who called himself the sect leader did throw out the silver, they completely believed it.

From then on, they also became loyal disciples of the White Lotus Sect.

And during the recruitment process, Han Shantong, worried that these people would run away immediately after receiving the money, told them a new sect rule.

That is, all disciples who recruit others to join the White Lotus can receive additional grace.

Of course, this money must be paid by the fair-skinned Water Vajra.

When Han Shantong told this measure to the fair-skinned Water Vajra, the other party not only did not object but also praised it greatly.

Because in his opinion, all measures that could quickly increase the number of sect disciples were good measures.

So when this measure was implemented, those believers who originally planned to earn a sum and run away immediately gave up their decision and firmly stood on the side of the White Lotus.

Not only that, but they also began to try to get the people around them to join the White Lotus Sect in order to earn more money.