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#375 - The Dilemma of Buddhism

Sun Hui also informed Yan Lai about this matter, and Yan Lai's reply was quite interesting.

He replied with: "Is that so?"

Sun Hui felt it wasn't simple and quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

After waiting for a while, Yan Lai sent a new message, a long reply, revealing the problems he discovered during his inspection in the South, some of which involved the Martial Dao Alliance.

The most glaring one involved the Buddhist sect, where some of the previous 'vicious' traditions had been restored, such as monks and nuns engaging in lewd practices.

There was even a famous two-faced nun.

Sun Hui was amazed by the actions of the Buddhist sect in this city, exclaiming: "Is this a cultural revival or something?"

However, let's not laugh at each other; everyone has their own mess to deal with.

Like the Martial Dao Alliance in Yan City.

"Have you sent it to the Great Monk?" Sun Hui asked again.

"I didn't want to originally, but since the bald donkey Huiming hinted at our two families, I can't hide it. I'll send it to him later and let him solve it himself," Yan Lai replied.

"Okay, I'll send it to him later too. The two of us together will be like returning a favor," Sun Hui responded.

Generally speaking, the Confucian School's best relationship wasn't with the Daoist or Buddhist sects, but with the Martial Dao Alliance.

The Buddhist and Daoist sects were sometimes more likely to come together, perhaps because of their purer religious choices.

The Confucian School and the Martial Dao Alliance cooperated more often.

"You're using my information to repay favors?"

Yan Lai sent a questioning message.

"It won't be for nothing. I'll also give you some information later," Sun Hui had expected Yan Lai to reply like this.

Just like Yan Lai's words just now, it was a question, but more so waiting for Sun Hui's reply.

"That's more like it... I think none of us four should hide anything this time. Let's share the information we have on the other three families, what do you think?" Yan Lai replied.

"I think it's a good idea. This time is truly shocking. Everyone knows that you and I have the best relationship, but your and my families in Yan City fight the most fiercely. It's not even as good as the development of Eighth High School, it's really..." The more Sun Hui thought about it, the angrier he became.

"These parasites should be eradicated. I have never denied competition. How can we progress without competition? It also doesn't meet Xuan Shi's expectations of us. But with a great enemy at hand, to kill each other for internal conflicts is crossing the line. This trend must be curbed."

Yan Lai also replied solemnly.

"That's right. Without competition, many problems can easily arise. But competition also needs a bottom line. This time it's obviously gone too far. If they have conflicts, I would even respect them if they went to the Life and Death Arena, but dragging down their own forces and pulling more people into the water is something I cannot tolerate," Sun Hui said.

It's not like there's no place to resolve disputes.

How many people don't die in the Life and Death Arena every day?

If you have the ability and courage, go there for a life-and-death duel!

If you don't have the guts for a life-and-death duel, but drag your own forces down, that's unacceptable.

"It's still because of negligence, a lack of effective supervision. All three of us have made the same mistake. We need to start inspections after this," Yan Lai replied.

This was the key: the lack of sufficient supervision.

Of course, they can't be entirely blamed. Who would have thought that with a great enemy at hand, and humans having just established themselves, such brutal infighting would occur?

As mentioned before, I won't go into detail. In short, the Four Greats in the future will not be in their current form.

But after all, it's not the future yet. Right now, we still need to unite. Right now, we are still too weak, and it is not conducive to decentralization.

There are not many experts either, and even fewer at the second level. Decentralization would only slow down development.

One more thing, the Four Greats are not the kind of domineering and arrogant organizations.

If you can't stand the control, you can leave and establish your own forces.

This is allowed.

The most annoying thing is enjoying the benefits of the united collective, while complaining that it's not free enough.

You can leave, you can go, no one is stopping you.

You can't say that private rights are rights, but public rights are not rights.

Public rights are none of my business, but I will resolutely defend my private rights. This is a double standard.

After the two exchanged information for a while, Sun Hui also sent the Confucian School's information he had to Yan Lai. Then, the two of them jointly sent the scandalous matters of the Buddhist and Daoist sects to Minghui and Jiutong.

Minghui was in the first Buddhist temple in Yan City, in a fairly good mood.

At least the environment here made him feel good. While the Martial Dao Alliance and the Confucian School were fighting so fiercely, the abbot here was also capable and had developed the temple very well.

In terms of strength, the Buddhist sect was the strongest existence in Yan City.

He praised the abbot and a group of meritorious officials.

But before he could be happy for long, Minghui, who was surrounded by a group of local monks being the center of attention, staggered and almost lost his balance.

Of course, it is very inaccurate to describe a late-stage Profound Transformation monk like this.

But this description really fits Minghui's mood at the moment.

What he feared most was the scandalous and lewd atmosphere of the Buddhist sect before. In the past two or three years, under his high-pressure reorganization, it had improved a lot.

But do you still remember those 'sacrificed monks'?

These so-called monks were not willing to sacrifice themselves; Minghui made them sacrifice themselves, they had to die.

You have done too many things that do not conform to the rules of the Buddhist sect, and you still want to live?

Impossible.

All of you go to the most dangerous places to defend against the enemy and sacrifice yourselves. Use your deaths to awaken the Buddhist disciples, and also use your deaths to restore some of the Buddhist sect's reputation.

If you have done something wrong, and you die in the battlefield of the bizarre and the pioneering, this is very fair in Minghui's view.

Use your life to wash away the mistakes you once made.

Those who are in the Buddhist sect pay attention to the fairness of my Buddha's compassion, which is very fair.

Therefore, when he saw the information sent by Sun Hui and Yan Lai, especially the places that seriously damaged the reputation of the Buddhist sect, he was immediately furious.

The good mood just now instantly vanished, leaving only anger.

"Ah! Amitabha!" Minghui chanted the Buddha's name tremblingly.

"How unreasonable! What a sin, what a sin!"

The local monks surrounding him were immediately stunned. What happened? What news did the leader see that made him so angry?

Minghui waved his sleeve, lost all interest in browsing, and directly occupied the abbot's meditation room to recuperate.

At the same time, he sent messages in a rage to the vice Buddhist leaders of the headquarters, such as Jinguang and Baiyi, as well as the enforcement monks.

Other things can wait, but this cannot wait. Such tumors must be eradicated as soon as possible.

Every moment they exist is an erosion of the Buddhist sect's fortune.

Jiutong was in a similar mood. He also received the scandalous matters of the Daoist sect that Yan Lai had, and the scandalous matters of the Daoist sect that Sun Hui had.

In general, the Daoist sect's were not too outrageous, which may be related to the teachings and personality.

However, there were also many who amassed wealth unscrupulously, seduced women, and harmed others.

The most outrageous was an old Taoist priest who had started eating people, harming many young boys and girls, supposedly to break through to the extraordinary level, but had already become possessed.

Jiu Tong sighed quietly, managing to remain calm. He wasn't a fool; having received favors from them, he understood Sun Hui and Yan Lai's intentions.

Therefore, he straightforwardly sent the two of them the sordid affairs of the Confucian School and the Martial Alliance that he knew about in various places.

Yan Lai and Sun Hui, who were waiting for news, first received the Taoist information they wanted.

After a while, they also received information from Minghui of the Buddhist School.

After his initial anger, Minghui gradually calmed down and remembered to reply, otherwise he would violate the taboo among the four of them.

He had already received the dark information about the Buddhist School from the Martial Alliance, the Confucian School, and the Taoist School, so he naturally had to send the dark information he possessed about the three families to the three of them.

Mutual exchange of what was needed.

No mistakes, one song, one hair, one content, one look!

The four great leaders all possessed dark information about each other's families in various places.

It could only be described as shocking. Some were repeated records, such as a piece of news from the Martial Alliance that the Confucian and Taoist Schools already knew and had passed on to their headquarters.

There were many repetitions, but also many that were not.

The biggest problem was the darkness of private possession, where the leaders in various places were also members of the local major families, using their relationships to benefit themselves at the expense of the public. This was the most common.

Previously, the leaders in various places were assigned based on their strength; now it seemed that they would have to be transferred to different locations.

They could not be both the leaders in various places and members of the major families there.

They planned to expel all such leaders from their respective schools and recover all the wealth they had previously swallowed.

Offending the Buddhist School, the Taoist School, the Confucian School, and the Martial Alliance, and still wanting to run.

However, these were not things that one person could decide.

They would continue their inspection and wait until they returned to headquarters to conduct systematic discussions and sorting.

Fortunately, for now, only the four of them knew about this news, and no one else knew, so there was no fear of leakage.

In the leader's group chat.

Sun Hui: [Overall, all four of our families have a lot of darkness. Do you all agree with this point?]

Yan Lai: [Agreed.]

Minghui, Jiu Tong: [Agreed.]

Sun Hui: [Since that's the case, the four of us shouldn't make a fuss. We still need to continue the inspections, because without them, we wouldn't discover these problems. It's simply shocking... So, we should publicly announce that the four of us are handling the aftermath of the previous teleportation array explosion, but secretly inspect various places, and share information. How about that?]

After speaking, fearing that everyone wouldn't understand, he added: [Of course, the information sharing I'm talking about is the sharing of dark information in various places, not involving other information. What do you all think?]

Yan Lai: [Agreed 1]

Minghui, Jiu Tong: [Agreed 23!]

Sun Hui: [Then it's settled. We'll continue to inspect various places, and everything will wait until we return to headquarters... In addition, I have a reminder for Grandmaster Minghui: you must endure.]

They all understood each other very well.

The three of them knew that Minghui couldn't stand the Buddhist School engaging in lewd and evil deeds. This was Minghui's sore spot, and they feared that Minghui wouldn't be able to restrain himself.

In fact, it was already too late. Minghui had already flown into a rage, rebuking the deputy leader and the head of the Enforcement Hall. Fortunately, there was still a chance to salvage the situation.

Minghui: [Amitabha, everyone, rest assured, there will be no leaks. Buddhist disciples do not speak falsely. This old monk has indeed already rebuked Jin Guang, White Robe, and the others, but only those two know. After my anger, I also realized what was happening and have already told the two of them not to make a fuss and to endure for now.]

Minghui openly guaranteed to everyone.

With this guarantee, everyone was relieved.

Yan Lai, the chatterbox, couldn't help but say: [In this old man's opinion, your Buddhist School is not doing well like this. The more you forbid something, the worse it gets. My Confucian School doesn't have the so-called prohibition of marriage... The Taoist School also has distinctions, and the Martial Alliance doesn't care at all. That's much better. What about your Buddhist School? The standards are set too high, but the followers can't reach them...]

Yan Lai didn't know if he was sincerely offering advice to the Buddhist School or simply mocking them.

Minghui found it very embarrassing.

And he couldn't refute it. The truth was just as Yan Lai said. The other three families didn't have this concern.

The others' requirements for the other three families were also different. No one cared if members of the three families formed families, married, or had Dao partners.

The Buddhist School was different. Even saying a few extra words to a woman would attract strange looks and be very conspicuous.

Minghui: [This old monk knows the drawbacks, but how can rules that have been in place for thousands of years be easily reversed? The Buddhist School isn't without lay disciples, but the common people don't acknowledge them as true Buddhists. This old monk is already changing things, but how easy is it?]

This was also the biggest problem that Minghui and the Buddhist School faced.

There had been such voices long ago.

For example, rumors that they didn't produce anything, saying that during human disasters and large-scale population reductions, the Buddhist School was still forbidding marriage, which was simply against ethics, etc.

In short, they had encountered such smears and slanders before.

He had also made changes, vigorously developing lay disciples, gradually increasing the status of lay disciples, and gradually making them equal to true monks.

It wasn't that he hadn't done it, but it couldn't have an immediate effect in a short period of time.

Their development was not fast, ranking third among the four, and they were still far behind the first Confucian School and the second Taoist School. This aspect of constraint occupied a large factor.

Now that this kind of thing had happened again, he was very uncomfortable.

Jiu Tong: [Let's not talk about this. Grandmaster Minghui's wisdom will definitely solve this problem. It's useless for us to worry. Let's do as Chief Steward Sun said, handle the aftermath on the surface, and sort out and investigate in secret until we return to headquarters.]

It couldn't be said that Yan Lai and the others were meddling.

If it's none of your business, why are you worrying?

In fact, there was a relationship. The four great ones had become a common term, and were sometimes tied together.

For example, someone would say: "Have you heard? Something happened again in a certain place in the Buddhist School, a certain eminent monk... It's outrageous and beyond description..."

A: "I heard. They're really not acting like humans. How dare they!"

B: "I remember the Taoist School had something like that before. These four are not good things."

C: "The four families are too powerful, constantly pressing down on us. Alas!"

D: "None of them are good things."

This kind of situation often occurred. When one had a problem, everyone would recall the previous mistakes of the other four, leading to easy implication and being accidentally injured.

In addition, the four great ones were not benevolent masters. When they had a problem, how would they shift everyone's attention?

Naturally, they would drag the other three into the water.

Okay, let no one have a good time.

In this way, when they had good things, they would only promote themselves, and when they encountered bad things, they would drag the other three into the water.

Even if they weren't bound together, they were easily implicated.

...... (End of this chapter)

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