Chapter 984

Facing this sudden change, the Buddhist Sect did not retreat.

Instead, they increased their efforts in the Nanzhan Buzhou.

Within just a few short years, more than a dozen Arhats arrived; these Arhats are not necessarily all Golden Immortals.

But the number of Golden Immortal-level Buddhist disciples who have come to the Nanzhan Buzhou is at least two handfuls.

Clearly, facing the voices denouncing the Buddhist Sect everywhere, the Buddhist Sect chose to fight hard, and they also chose to denounce the Yanhuo Domain, which had the loudest voices.

Especially the Yanhuo Sect; the Buddhist Sect investigated clearly at the first opportunity that it was the Yanhuo Sect spreading the word outside that their Buddhist Sect's actions were like those of the Demonic Path.

"Senior Brother, why are you stopping me? This Yanhuo Sect is truly abominable to the extreme, slandering us like this; let me go over now and wipe them out."

The Jinshen Luohan looked furious.

"Junior Brother, don't be impulsive. Wiping out the Yanhuo Sect is easy, but if we do that, our Buddhist Sect's reputation will be even more ruined. The outside world will only say we killed them to silence them in order to hide the truth."

"By then, we won't be able to defend ourselves."

The Pagoda-Bearing Arhat shook his head, looking at his reckless junior brother with some headache; he had been sent over by the Buddha recently, and he had only just understood the situation in the Nanzhan Buzhou.

He also had a headache regarding the changes in the Buddhist Sect in the Nanzhan Buzhou.

At first, it was fine; the competition with the Yanhuo Sect in the Yanhuo Domain didn't fall behind, and according to the situation at the time, it would have been enough to stand on equal footing with the Yanhuo Sect within fifty years, and then use that as a foundation to slowly expand outward.

But no one expected that this Yanhuo Sect would be so despicable, actually splashing dirty water on their Buddhist Sect.

Of course, in the eyes of the Pagoda-Bearing Arhat, the information spreading outside was entirely dirty water splashed by the Yanhuo Sect.

It was just them slandering the Buddhist Sect in order to stop them.

As for the captured disciples, he believed everything was the means of those people; he didn't believe that Monk Zhi Zhen and the others would choose that kind of method.

But right now, this news has completely spread, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult for them to reverse the Buddhist Sect's reputation now.

After all, this is the Nanzhan Buzhou, the home turf of the Daoist Sect.

The Daoist Sect's sects in various places have been here for so many years; it's not something the Buddhist Sect can break with a few words.

Therefore, the Pagoda-Bearing Arhat knows very well that wanting to reverse the Buddhist Sect's reputation in the short term is impossible.

Since that is the case, let's ignore the Buddhist Sect's reputation for now and gain a foothold here first.

Take over a place with a spirit vein, then open the mountain gate; the Daoist Sect can establish various sects in the Nanzhan Buzhou.

Their Buddhist Sect can too.

Learn the methods of the Daoist Sect, and then slowly erode the Daoist Sect's home turf.

Then constantly recruit disciples; this way, slowly expand the Buddhist Sect's influence, and in this way, the Buddhist Sect's reputation can be slowly improved.

"Junior Brother, what is most important for us now is to establish the mountain gate."

"Next, we not only need to establish a sect belonging to the Buddhist Sect in the Yanhuo Domain, but also establish them together in other places, just like the Yanhuo Sect."

"Then attract ordinary mortals to protect them; do this slowly, and over time, we can win back our Buddhist Sect's reputation."

"In this process, we may have conflicts with local sects, but remember, we can fight them, but remember not to touch the bottom line."

"You want to wipe out the Yanhuo Sect; the Yanhuo Sect is indeed not strong, but they have the support of the Changsheng Temple behind them. You should know who that Changsheng Temple is related to."

"Guang Chengzi of the Chan Sect."

The Jinshen Luohan is not a fool; he naturally knows the background of that Changsheng Temple. The Changsheng Temple is a sect established by the current leader of the Chan Sect, Guang Chengzi.

It is quite famous throughout the Earth Immortal World.

The Jinshen Luohan doesn't know what Guang Chengzi's cultivation is, but he is at least a Great Luo Golden Immortal, or even at the peak of Great Luo; the entire Buddhist Sect doesn't have many of those.

And as the disciple most favored by the Primordial Saint, Guang Chengzi's wealth is also famous in the Earth Immortal World.

His strength is quite formidable.

The Yanhuo Sect relies on the Changsheng Temple behind it.

"So Junior Brother, you should know why I didn't let you be impulsive. The Yanhuo Sect is indeed abominable, but they have the Changsheng Temple standing behind them. We can arrange for disciples to go and fight with the Yanhuo Sect, but we cannot touch the final bottom line."

"If you go and wipe out the Yanhuo Sect, that is equivalent to tearing open the final bottom line. When the time comes, we establish sects everywhere, so will the Daoist Sect also send experts to wipe out our sects?"

"In this way, the end result will be a war between our Buddhist Sect and the Daoist Sect."

The Pagoda-Bearing Arhat explained slowly. As a Buddhist Arhat, Pagoda-Bearing's cultivation is not the highest among the Arhats; at least he cannot compare to the Tiger-Subduing and Dragon-Subduing Arhats.

But as a disciple of the Ancient Buddha Randeng, his status in the Buddhist Sect is still very high, so he naturally knows some of the plans of the Buddhist Sect's higher-ups.

Before coming, his master, Randeng, had warned him not to be impulsive when coming to the Nanzhan Buzhou.

One can compete with the Daoist Sect, but one cannot touch the final bottom line.

Just like before, both the Buddhist Sect and the Yanhuo Sect had losses, and the greatest was only a True Immortal, which did not touch their respective bottom lines.

Although True Immortals are also very strong, if they haven't reached the Golden Immortal stage, then whether it is the Buddhist Sect or the Daoist Sect, cultivating True Immortals is not difficult.

But it is different once they reach the Golden Immortal stage.

If a Golden Immortal of the Yanhuo Sect really dies, given the personalities of those people in the Chan Sect, they will inevitably be furious. When the time comes to cause a war between the two sides, then he will be a sinner of the Buddhist Sect.

Their Buddhist Sect is not afraid of the Chan Sect, and even if the Human Teachings are added, their Buddhist Sect is not afraid either.

But starting a war with the Daoist Sect is different.

This will affect the Buddhist Sect's future plans.

The Buddhist Sect is destined to flourish in the next kalpa; if they really anger the Daoist Sect, then the Daoist Sect will cause trouble from within, which might cause unnecessary trouble.

The Buddhist Sect also doesn't want to offend the entire Daoist Sect excessively.

After all, in the Earth Immortal World, the Daoist Sect is still the most powerful, and the Buddhist Sect itself is not well-received.

"Senior Brother, I understand; I know what to do."

"Junior Brother, as long as you understand."

"How about this: you take people to the Qianshan Ridge area, find a place, establish a mountain gate, do it well, and become the sect leader of a sect; that will also be good for you in the future."

The Buddha gave the order for them to come over, scatter throughout the Nanzhan Buzhou, and establish sects in order to compete with sects in various places.

They naturally also want to achieve a career, and becoming a sect leader also provides quite a bit of luck, which is also good for their future cultivation.

Although it's hard to say how much their cultivation can be improved, if they do well, the Buddha won't be stingy when the time comes, perhaps even bestowing Innate items.

In the future, their hope of breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage will be even greater.

Especially since there are quite a few Innate items in their Buddhist Sect's Eight Treasures Merit Pool; these are all necessities for them to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage.