"You must be the expert who helped us just now, right?"
The young lady stared at Fangzheng and asked. It was unknown how old she was. As for Fangzheng, he chuckled.
"That's not important. What's important is what you said just now.... If you don't mind, can you tell me in detail?"
"Is it about the demons targeting the burly man?"
"That's right. This is something very interesting to me. If you don't mind, tell me about it."
"Sure."
Perhaps sensing that the situation was not as good as the old lady, the young lady fell silent for a moment before speaking in a tone that sounded like an old man.
"Your Excellency can be considered as this old lady's savior. Since Your Excellency has given the order, this old lady has nothing to hide."
A cold glint flashed across the young lady's eyes.
"You must have seen those guys who tried to expose our true identities, right?"
"Of course, they're missionaries from the outside world. What's wrong with them?"
"They aren't normal missionaries, but the lackeys of the demons."
"Oh...?"
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me in detail."
According to the "Heavenly Mountain Tonglao", this cult from the Western Region had already encroached on many countries. Originally, in their country and land, although the lives between humans and monsters weren't harmonious, it wasn't particularly tense. But one day, these missionaries who carried the banner of the "Supreme Buddha" suddenly appeared and began to preach their doctrines and help the people there expel demons and demons.
In the beginning, the daemons simply treated her as a common cultivator. However, as a Heavenly Mountain Maiden who had lived for countless years and gained sentience, she realized that there was something wrong with her words. As an ancient demon born in the prehistoric times, she keenly sensed that there was something wrong with the "Vajra Mana" that the monks were talking about. After some investigation, the "Heavenly Mountain Tonglao" discovered that the so-called "Boundless Mana" that the monks were using was, in fact, the demonic power of a great demon!
"Demon?"
Upon hearing that, Fangzheng pricked up his brows.
"You mean to say that the deities and Buddhas that the group of bald donkeys keep talking about are actually demons?"
"That's right. I once witnessed the descent of the so-called Buddha with my own eyes. At that time, after the great demon descended, the man, who was furious just a moment ago, suddenly burst into tears when he was illuminated by the divine light. He then confessed what he had done and said that he would enter Buddhism to atone for his sins … Although I'm not saying that humans can't change, after all, I've lived in this world for a long time, and I've seen enough of the fickleness of humans. But no matter what, it shouldn't have changed in an instant. Although those monks said that it was some Buddha's enlightenment, in this old woman's opinion, it's just … "
"Brainwashing …"
Fangzheng touched his chin and nodded. Speaking of which, he didn't think much about it when he was in the World of Sword and Fairy, but now that he thought about it carefully, those so-called enlightenment epiphanies were completely brainwashing and mental manipulation.
"Furthermore, I've also discovered their conspiracy. Have you ever heard those monks preach their Dharma?"
"You're talking about reincarnation and rebirth?"
"That's right. I've always been curious. Whether it's us demons or humans, our souls will return to heaven and earth after death. Why is there such a thing as reincarnation? What's more, doing good and accumulating virtue to cultivate the afterlife is even more illusory. Why would this great demon deliberately deceive mortals? This old woman is really puzzled. Your Excellency should also know that we demons live by eating the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The incense in the human world is harmful to us, so we definitely wouldn't want such a thing. "
"I understand that."
Fangzheng nodded in agreement. The demons in this world were all born after their spiritual wisdom was developed, and they absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth instead of the incense in the human world. The reason was very simple. The incense in the human world carried the wishes of humans. After all, humans generally prayed to the gods and Buddha when there was something wrong. For example, they hoped to win the lottery and make a lot of money. These miscellaneous wishes were highly toxic to the demon race. This was because the demon race cultivated their own Dao. Once they were confused by the wishes of others, they would become slaves to the wishes of humans.
Therefore, the demon race basically wouldn't choose to deal with the wishes of humans. Even if they wanted to help, they would do it secretly. No matter what, they wouldn't give them the chance to offer incense.
In the eyes of the demon race, offering incense was no different from asking for their lives.
Therefore, in this era that Fangzheng controlled, most of the demons were somewhat similar to the meaning of Taoism, "Believe it or not, scram, don't disturb my ascension."
Therefore, in this world, those who collected human's incense and wishes were also existences that were also born as humans. For example, the City Gods, Land Gods, Judges, and the like were all highly respected mortals when they were alive. After they died, they were appointed as officials in the netherworld. Usually, it was these people who came to receive the worshippers' power of faith.
Therefore, if the Buddha was a great demon like Tianshan Grandma said, then it would be very strange for him to collect incense and wishes on such a large scale.
It was a little similar to the feeling of drug addiction.
"Later, I found out that the great demon absorbed the souls of humans, and the incense and wishes were distributed to the mortals who were bewitched by it!"
"Oh? There's such a thing? "
Hearing this, Fangzheng suddenly frowned, while Tianshan Grandma nodded.
"That's right. You may not know this, but after the great demon bewitched the humans, it would make them become monks. Then, these people would continue to offer their spiritual energy to it. When the spiritual energy was exhausted, they would naturally die. However, because becoming a monk was considered to be leaving the mortal world, no one would know that these people were already dead. Not only that … "
Speaking up to this point, Tianshan Grandma's expression turned ugly as if she recalled something.
"The great demon was still talking nonsense, tempting people to join it. It said that monks don't produce, don't marry, and don't have children, all for the sake of cultivating their virtue and achieving eternal bliss. Because of this, it and its servants tempted several countries, and those countries were gradually destroyed under its cover, turning into dead lands.
Of course, if no one produced, no one married, married, and had children, the country would definitely be finished. Oh, speaking of which, a few years ago, Fangzheng did receive a report of a large number of young women entering the border for no reason. Because of this, many local men also enjoyed the pleasure of having a harem.
Of course, there were also many men who were sucked into the Shuraba and lost their lives.
So that's what happened after all this time!
Come to think of it, all the men had become monks, and if the young and beautiful women didn't want to live alone, they would have to look for new men elsewhere.
"It was the same for the country I used to live in. The king of that country listened to the demon's lies and worshipped Buddha wholeheartedly. In the end, he led all the ministers to become monks. At that time, the queen was in great pain, and in the end, she lost her mind and declared that the country would become a country where only women lived … "
"Ugh …"
Could this be how the Womanland in Journey to the West came about?
"But the queen was just a woman after all. In the end, the country was destroyed, the land collapsed, and the spiritual energy was lost. We had no choice but to flee all the way north. Then, by chance, we learned about the Great Han Dynasty, so we came here to seek refuge."
"I see …."
Fangzheng nodded after listening to Tienshan Tonglao's story. Of course, he knew that this Tienshan Tonglao must be hiding something, but what she said … was indeed worth investigating. Speaking of which, Fangzheng really had no idea what was going on in the countries outside the Great Han Dynasty. After all, he had been busy climbing up the technology tree since he was in power. In Fangzheng's opinion, climbing up the Manhattan Project was a technological victory. Other religious and diplomatic victories were nothing to him!
But he didn't expect so many things to happen outside.
He originally thought that in this era, there was no need to pay much attention to the countries outside China ….
Was the Great Voyage Plan really going to be brought forward?
Forget it, that's not important. At least, Fangzheng hadn't heard of anyone named Li Huamei being born yet. It wouldn't be too late to start the Great Voyage Era after she was born.
But what Tienshan Tonglao said was a more pressing reality.
"You said that they were going to attack our country …. Is there anyone else besides those bald donkeys?"
"Of course, I'm not just making empty promises."
Tienshan Tonglao nodded.
"Perhaps you don't know, but there have been several cases of disappearances at the borders of this country. On the surface, these people seemed to have gotten lost in the forest, but in fact, they were kidnapped and brainwashed by the Great Demon. They were then bestowed with demonic power and displayed their divine might. The place we were at before was like this. Fortunately, we met a person from Su Hang who came here to buy things. That was how we managed to escape and leave that place of trouble. "
As expected, the shopkeeper was tricked. But ….
Hearing this, Fangzheng's eyes flashed with a cold light.
You actually dare to cause trouble in my territory? Are you really tired of living?
"Thank you for telling me."
After learning the situation from Tienshan Tonglao, Fangzheng nodded. He took out a token from his pocket and threw it to her.
"In return, I'll give this token to you. You can take this token to the underworld and show it to the City God. He will arrange everything for you. By the way, the Great Han Dynasty is different from other places.
As long as the demons here abide by the rules, they can live peacefully. There won't be any problems, so you can rest assured. Well then … I'll take my leave. "
With that said, Fangzheng cupped his fists at everyone. Then, he took a step back and completely disappeared into the shadows, vanishing without a trace.
At this moment, the pressure that had been exerting on the others slowly disappeared.
"Phew …."
The members of the song and dance troupe got up and sighed. They looked at Tienshan Tonglao uneasily.
"Is this okay? Tell that person …. "
"I'm old. I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing. Let him be."
Tienshan Tonglao shook her head and looked at the token in her hand.
"Now, we can only hope that this token is as useful as he said."
(End of this chapter)
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