Chapter 974: Waiting

The Buddhist Sect needs to spread its teachings, and it is impossible to bypass the Human Race. Especially after the Buddhist Sect moved east, passing through the dynasties of the Human Race, those are the dynasties of Jiuzhou.

Although Fire Cloud Cave does not interfere with the development of the Jiuzhou dynasties, if the Buddhist Sect wants to come to Jiuzhou to spread its teachings, they cannot do so without speaking to Fire Cloud Cave and obtaining their confirmation; it would be very difficult for them to spread their teachings otherwise.

After all, this is a struggle against Fire Cloud Cave for the Qi of Luck and faith.

Forcibly spreading their teachings would only anger the Human Race; the Human Race is no longer the Human Race of the past.

In the past, the Buddhist Sect had Saints, and they could afford to be a bit tougher.

But now the Buddhist Saints have also left, leaving only them behind; although the strength of the Buddhist Sect is quite powerful,

it is still slightly inferior to the Taoist Sect overall,

and it is not stronger than the Human Race. Offending two major powers at once is something the Buddhist Sect really cannot handle.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Buddhist Sect to easily offend the Human Race.

Having lost an Arhat, I fear they can only swallow their teeth and stomach the loss; otherwise, what else could they do?

After all, who told them they were in the wrong?

Although a dozen or so mortals died, that is no different from a dozen or so ants; what the Buddhist Sect lost was a Golden Immortal Arhat, they cannot be compared.

But reality is just like this: if the Human Race were weak, the Buddhist Sect could claim to be in the right even when they were not; however, the Human Race is not weak, so if an Arhat truly dies, I fear the Buddhist Sect can only hold it in.

Su Fan and Zhang Liang are also clear on this point, so they do not care in the slightest.

Moreover, this Daluluohan the monk spoke of might not even be a Golden Immortal.

After all, for a Golden Immortal's disciple to only be in the Earth Immortal Realm is too pathetic; either the monk himself is too poor, or the former was lying.

So regardless of which it is, there is only one end for this monk: a dead end.

Bang!

Zhang Liang did not wait for this fellow's final threats or pleas for mercy, and instead struck the center of his forehead with a palm from the air, directly shattering his primordial spirit.

Subsequently, Su Fan reached out and slapped the air, extinguishing the fellow's True Spirit along with it.

He did not give the other party a chance to reincarnate.

"..."

Watching Su Fan's practiced movements, a row of question marks seemed to appear on Zhang Liang's forehead.

"This kind of person is not qualified to reincarnate. After reincarnating, he would still harm others. Since that is the case, then I will not give him the chance."

"The Buddhist Sect won't even have anyone left to deliver him to salvation."

The two then laughed heartily.

Zhang Liang is a disciple of Confucianism, but the Confucianism of this era is not what it became in later generations; the Confucianism of this era already has some shadows of the later Gongyang Confucianism—or rather, the later Gongyang Confucianism inherited a part of the current Confucianism.

What are the concepts of Gongyang Confucianism? The first is Great Unification; this point is also popular within Confucianism.

Next is revenge; what Kong Shengren said about "repaying grievances with uprightness" is not "repaying grievances with virtue."

If there is a grievance, then use a fair attitude to deal with it.

It has quite a bit of the martial arts spirit of "an eye for an eye." In the early Han period, the spirit of chivalry was prevalent among the people, which might also be related to this Confucian viewpoint.

Of course, Kong Shengren's "repaying grievances with uprightness" is even more magnificent.

As an orthodox disciple of Confucianism, Zhang Liang naturally has a deep understanding of this point, so since the Buddhist Sect killed people to spread their teachings, he killed these people to avenge those commoners, and he felt no shame whatsoever.

Confucianism has a heart of compassion, but that is for those vulnerable groups, such as these commoners; how innocent they were.

They were originally living tenaciously in this village, and then disaster fell from the sky; what did those dozen or so people do wrong?

Therefore, Zhang Liang became increasingly dissatisfied with the actions of the Buddhist Sect.

Back when the Hundred Schools of Thought spread their teachings, or when other Immortals spread their teachings, they never did such things.

Whether it was the Hundred Schools of Thought or other Immortals spreading their teachings, they were all arrogant; if you were willing to listen, that was your opportunity; if you were unwilling, they never forced it.

They never disdained to force it.

Yet this Buddhist Sect has truly opened his eyes.

The Buddhist Sect is, at any rate, a major power; according to Su Fan's words, it is a powerful force comparable to the Heavenly Court, no weaker than those gods and immortals.

Yet they used such methods.

Zhang Liang is a noble of Han; when Great Zhou had not yet fallen, the various states actually worshipped some gods and immortals, even Han had them.

There were even Ancestors from Han who were still gods in the Heavenly Court.

After all, among the Hundred Schools of Thought, Taoism existed as early as the Pre-Qin period, and the path of cultivation has had an Inheritance since ancient times; which noble did not have the Golden Elixir Great Dao?

It is just that the Golden Elixir Great Dao has higher requirements for the cultivator, and those who can truly cultivate to become Immortals are few.

However, the various states also had cultivators, especially those nobles who had more resources; naturally, there were those who could cultivate to become Immortals.

Some did not go to heaven but stayed in the human world, where they could enjoy endless glory and wealth with the cultivation of an Immortal.

In the human world, even a commoner could suddenly become a great noble if they reached the Earth Immortal Realm.

Of course, there were also some people with firm wills who wanted to cultivate to higher realms and were not interested in the glory and wealth of the human world, so they could only go to places more suitable for them.

The Heavenly Court was a very good place to go.

The Heavenly Court had more resources and more techniques that they could pursue.

The ancestors of Han had ascended to the Heavenly Realm, and in fact, all states had such people.

There were even connections.

When Great Qin destroyed the Six States, there were also those cultivators from the Heavenly Court who descended to the world, but unfortunately, they did not expect that Great Qin was a Qi Luck Dynasty that rose by riding the momentum.

Great Qin's founding might not have been as long-standing as the Six States, and its foundation might have been a bit weaker, but Great Qin inherited part of the legacy of the Yin-Shang.

In reality, its foundation was even deeper, and coupled with the bloodline of Great Qin, its strength was actually even more formidable.

Those who descended to the world and came to the human dynasties all ended up dying.

As for the gods and immortals worshipped by the various states, these gods were not fools; the wars of the human dynasties were filled with baleful Qi.

They did not dare to get involved easily; furthermore, the Human Race's Fire Cloud Cave would absolutely not allow it.

As for those in the lower realms, because of their status, the Fire Cloud Cave of the Human Race will not pay them any mind; if you are willing to go to the lower realms, then whether you live or die is no concern of the Fire Cloud Cave, but for other immortals and gods, if you dare to go to the lower realms, it is certain death.

If the mortal dynasties cannot deal with you, the Fire Cloud Cave will also send people.

Back then, Zhang Liang also saw the King of Han once pray for the immortals and gods he had worshipped to descend to the lower realms to help, but unfortunately, not a single one came down.

Therefore, regarding those immortals and gods, Zhang Liang also held no good feelings in his heart.

In ordinary times, Han offered constant worship to these immortals and gods, but as a result, when trouble arose and they were asked for help, they all acted like cowards.

However, those immortals and gods had never forced anything upon the human world, nor had they ever made any unreasonable demands of mortal humans.

If you are willing to worship, then worship; of course, there were also immortals and gods who demanded offerings and Sacrificial Priests, but that was merely the extent of it.

Compared to Buddhism, those methods seemed quite "upright and honorable."

"An Earth Immortal bald donkey has died; I imagine a group of bald donkeys will arrive before long."

"What shall we do next?"

"Are we to continue waiting here?"