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

It must be said that Han Shantong's measure indeed greatly increased the enthusiasm of the believers. Not only that, but it also made more believers willing to stay in the White Lotus.

Under this terrifying influence, one person told ten, and ten told a hundred. Basically, everyone around these people knew about this matter and joined the White Lotus.

Just a few days.

While the king was still leading Tang Sanzang and his disciples to revitalize the country,

unbeknownst to him, a religious sect was rising among the people.

This sect was called the White Lotus.

Although the Extinguish Dharma Kingdom was said to extinguish Dharma, it did not prohibit the establishment of religious sects, as long as they were not Buddhist.

So, when the officials learned about the emergence of a White Lotus sect, they only regarded it as a folk-organized sect and did not take it seriously.

What they didn't know was that the White Lotus was cultivating the very Dharma they were trying to extinguish.

As the number of believers grew, Han Shantong's house was clearly no longer sufficient.

Therefore, Liu Futong suggested, 'Why not establish a stronghold? That way, it will be easier to manage these believers in a unified manner.'

This suggestion was quickly approved by the sect leader, White Pure Water Vajra.

Now, Han Shantong and Liu Futong had become the left and right guardians of the sect.

The benefits of being the left and right guardians, in addition to arranging believers, also included bestowing favors and alms on them.

This was a good position to skim profits from.

However, the two were not blinded by short-term wealth. Looking at the thousands of new believers, their ambition to control power was ignited.

This made them realize that if the number of believers in the sect continued to increase, wouldn't there be a day when they could be on equal footing with the king?

Once this idea took root, it could no longer be contained.

They began to frantically recruit believers.

Taking advantage of the previously released monks, Liu Futong used these free laborers to start building the White Lotus stronghold.

With everyone's concerted efforts, a building quickly stood tall in the Extinguish Dharma Kingdom.

The exterior of this building was the same as ordinary buildings, but the interior held a hidden world.

The vast interior space could accommodate more believers.

During the construction, the monks who were serving as laborers happened to hear about the White Lotus.

Originally, they were somewhat tempted, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous.

After all, they had just been released from prison.

But when they learned that the White Lotus cultivated the Dharma and recited scriptures, these monks defected without hesitation and became believers of the White Lotus.

During this period, as the number of White Lotus believers grew, the White Pure Water Vajra, who had been enlightened earlier, revealed his true nature again.

Initially, he only secretly went to brothels at night, but later, he even directly taught the female believers of the sect the dual cultivation method.

Under the sect leader's explanation, everyone actually accepted this bizarre cultivation method.

Not only the sect leader White Pure Water Vajra, but also Liu Futong and Han Shantong, watching the growing White Lotus sect, began to indulge in pleasure.

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In the palace, the king, who was vigorously carrying out the Extinguish Dharma movement, came to the room where Chu Hao and others were with a worried expression.

"Immortal, a major event has occurred," the king said with a frown.

"What is it?" Chu Hao asked.

"Immortal, the envoys who were sent out earlier have not returned. I don't know if they encountered misfortune on the road," the king said.

Chu Hao had already anticipated this outcome, but he simply nodded and said, "The journey to other countries is arduous, and problems are inevitable."

"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as the Extinguish Dharma movement can continue, everyone will see the actual results," Tang Sanzang followed.

Now, Tang Sanzang seemed to have found a new goal.

When he saw the people living prosperously because of the flourishing of life, he felt that what he was doing was very worthwhile.

What Chu Hao didn't know was that while he was staying in the palace, the Western Heaven had already made a move.

However, this time, because there was a sage to guide them, their actions were even more secretive.

So much so that Chu Hao, who had been observing the movements of the Western Heaven, had not noticed it.

"Has there been any problem in the city recently?" Chu Hao asked.

The king pondered and replied, "Immortal, no. Everyone is proceeding according to the country's plan."

"Isn't there any sign of the revival of Buddhism?" Chu Hao asked again.

The king still shook his head: "Immortal, I have not heard anyone promoting Buddhism."

He had indeed not heard of it, because what he had heard was that the White Lotus sect was widely recruiting disciples.

The king, who was busy with the Extinguish Dharma movement, did not pay attention to this matter.

Because in his opinion, this matter was just a trivial matter compared to the Extinguish Dharma movement.

Of course, this was also because the White Lotus sect was indeed clever.

Liu Futong and Han Shantong understood very well that if the matter of cultivating Buddhism was exposed, it would definitely usher in a major crisis.

So they disguised the Dharma in ordinary teachings. Although everyone was reciting scriptures, Liu Futong said that it was the White Lotus scriptures.

Since the guardians had said so, everyone naturally believed it to be true, so that the king also believed that the White Lotus sect was a new sect and had nothing to do with Buddhism.

The king's words made Chu Hao even more puzzled.

He didn't believe that the Western Heaven would really let it go.

"It seems I have to go out for a walk," Chu Hao thought to himself.

At this moment, the voice of Dipankara Ancient Buddha suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Prison God, would you like to come out for a meeting."

Hearing the voice of Dipankara Ancient Buddha, Chu Hao was slightly surprised.

It seemed that the Western Heaven was planning to take action.

"I'll leave for a while," Chu Hao said, walking out of the palace, and then turned into a stream of light and flew into the air.

Deep in the high sky, on a white cloud, Dipankara Ancient Buddha was sitting there, calm as water.

When Chu Hao arrived, he opened his eyes: "Prison God, you tricked me so badly last time."

"Ancient Buddha, I didn't trick you. Aren't incarnations and the main body the same?" Chu Hao finished speaking and looked at the other party: "Just like you now, is it the main body or an incarnation?"

"All beings are like illusions, ever-changing. How difficult it is to find the truth," Dipankara Ancient Buddha said.

"I don't understand what you're saying. Tell me, what do you want to see me for? Did the Tathagata ask you to hold me back?" Chu Hao said.

Hearing such straightforward words, Dipankara Ancient Buddha was also surprised.

He nodded and said, "Indeed, but Prison God is so洒脫. I have never seen a person like you."

"Now you've seen it, right? I'm telling you, this is a normal person. Those hypocritical guys in Mount Ling don't compare to me," Chu Hao replied.

Speaking ill of Mount Ling in front of Dipankara Ancient Buddha, Chu Hao looked very normal.

Hearing this, Dipankara Ancient Buddha was not angry, but confused: "Prison God seems to have a prejudice against Mount Ling."

"That's not called prejudice, that's called normal cognition," Chu Hao retorted.