Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 344 The truth behind it

"Do you really want to know the whole story of the destruction of Fangdao Town?" Fan Hai Jinghong did not hide anything and told everything he had seen and heard in Fangdao Town, including how people in the town performed blood sacrifices for the so-called holy artifact of the priests by 'inverting dreams'.

In Fan Hai Jinghong's memories, the Holy Master Wanshengyan, the Holy Dharma Master, and the Masters Guangming and Wuque heard a completely different truth.

Fan Hai Jinghong once doubted God, so he went out to travel. He heard that Fang Daoyi had a holy sword that could help people communicate directly with God, so he went to see it.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Fangdao City, what they saw was a purgatory.

The villagers in Fangdao held torches and chanted evil words, "My Buddha will live forever. My Buddha will live forever..."

A villager actually came to the stone base where the inverted dream was located with a baby in his arms, ignored the baby's crying, and placed the baby on the altar.

Then, he actually burned the baby and sacrificed blood to the holy sword.

The Radiant Master said in disbelief: "Amitabha, the upside-down dream actually has such a magical power to confuse people's minds."

"What a shame. I have personally visited and seen it with my own eyes."

"Just for a sword?"

"A sword that can hurt demons and even more so Buddhas. I don't want to use it, but fate forces me to use it, and use it over and over again."

"That's why you killed them."

"Their crimes are not limited to this."

As Fan Hai Jinghong spoke, everyone's thoughts returned to Fangdao Town. The blood sacrifice did not end there, as another villager came with an old man tied up.

"Today I want to dedicate my father to you. He will live forever, and my Buddha will have no boundaries."

"How can you"

Before he could finish his words, the old man's son took a dagger and pierced the old man's heart. Blood splattered all over his upside-down dream.

The old man's son showed no guilt at all. He held the dagger still dripping with blood in his hand and looked at Inverted Dream with a look of worship. "Respect, great holy sword. May it be immortal for thousands of years, and my Buddha will have no boundaries."

Not only that, the villagers in Fangdao Town also skinned all the monks passing by because they had different ways of worshipping Buddha, and used them as a blood sacrifice to "inverted dreams".

Yibu Lianhua guessed Fan Hai Jinghong's belief through his words, "So you question the Buddha."

“It has always been my motto to keep questioning and avoid blindly following others.”

At this point, this is no longer a general interrogation, but has risen to the level of a discussion of the Dharma. Yibu Lianhua saw the shadow of his past self in Fan Hai Jinghong, "a typical Buddhist skeptic."

"What I doubt is not Buddha, but God. God and Buddha, God and Buddha, God and Buddha are not the same concept, but they are often confused."

"Well, I understand what you mean. Fan Hai Jinghong, go on."

After seeing and hearing all this, Fan Hai Jinghong picked up the "Inverted Dream" that was inserted on the stone base, destroyed Fang Daoyi, and at the same time took on all the sins.

The Holy Law Master said: "Amitabha, what destroys Purgatory is often another Purgatory. Fan Hai Jinghong, you should have thrown away the sword." "You can throw away the sword, but you can't throw away the sins, let alone the past."

The Saint then asked, "Even if it might lead to the wrong ending."

"Are you afraid of making mistakes and choose to stand aside? Escaping is not my style."

“So are you still on the path of doubt?”

“Never give up.”

“In that case, Holy One, I have asked all my questions. The next step is up to you.” Inside the Great Sun Hall, the Buddha statue representing One Step Lotus flashed with holy light and returned to its former state.

"Farewell, Saint Venerable." After Yibu Lianhua left, the Saint Dharma Master in the light and shadow asked, "Fanhai Jinghong, do you have any evidence or witnesses for what you said about Fang Daoyi?"

"There are relevant records in the Buddhist scriptures of Tianmen. Because this matter is too shocking, and because the people of Fangdaoyi believe in Buddhism, this is a dark past of Buddhism, so a monk in Tianmen deliberately recorded this matter, but kept it secret and did not want to make it public. This is also the reason why I left Tianmen."

"Now that the matter is clear, I will begin to pronounce the verdict." After receiving a definite answer, the Saint Law Master made a decision, "Fanhai Jinghong, as one of the three great masters of the Buddhist Kingdom Tianmen, you have violated the precept of killing, and you are to receive the "Eight Parts of the Chana Punishment" of the Ten Thousand Saints Rock as punishment."

The Immortal Master was shocked and said, "Saint Law Master, is this punishment too harsh?"

No wonder the Venerable Wuque changed color when he heard about it, because the "Tanaba Punishment" is the most severe punishment in Buddhism. It uses needles to tattoo the body, chains to bind the body, and seals the Yuan Gong. Then the monks must be subjected to eight different extreme tortures: water, fire, wind, thunder, sword light, ice sound. Since ancient times, no monk who committed a crime and was subjected to this punishment could pass the third stage.

But from another perspective, if a monk can survive these eight punishments, his sins will be cleansed, and this is also a glimmer of hope left by the creator of the punishment for the punished.

(The Buddha Sword only made it through the third level before it was exhausted, and the end of the eternal journey of implementing the Eight Punishments of Chana is the path to the Buddhist organization that specializes in sentencing, 'Yungu Leifeng')
The Holy Law Master said, "Venerable Wuque, please listen to me. But remember that everything has its reasons, and you are not a monk of Wanshengyan. If everything is really as you said, then Wanshengyan will not intervene in this matter. Wanshengyan will pass the news back to the Buddha Kingdom Tianmen, and wait for the Buddha Kingdom Tianmen to bring the evidence. If everything is really as you said, Wanshengyan will hand you over to the Buddha Kingdom Tianmen for disposal. As for the "Inverted Dream", this sword is the fuse of all these events, so I rule that you can no longer hold the "Inverted Dream", and from now on, the "Inverted Dream" will be kept by the Zhijie Hall. As for the Fangdaoyi bloody case that you caused, its cause and effect. Do you have any complaints about this ruling?"

"Fan Hai Jing Hong is the same as before. I have nothing to say."

"In that case, the two venerables, Guangming and Wuque, would you please temporarily detain Fanhai Jinghong? When the people from Tianmen arrive, if everything is true, hand him over to them to take away."

"Yes." They really believed that Fan Hai Jinghong was a person who killed people and stole things. It was because the Buddhist Kingdom was biased in protecting and upholding the reputation of Buddhism that the two venerables were so anxious to execute Fan Hai Jinghong.

Now the truth is out. It is true that Fan Hai Jinghong killed people, but the people he killed were all a group of evil people who killed young children and committed suicide by committing crimes against their parents. The nature of their crimes is different.

Haven’t you seen that the two great role models of Buddhism now, Yi Ye Shu and Fo Jian Fen Shuo, have killed many such evildoers, and no one has ever criticized them.

Yi Ye Shu has a nickname, called "Evil Heart Demon Buddha", because of his decisive and clear-headed style of doing things, his hatred of evil, and his ruthless attitude in eradicating evil.

(Although part of this is due to the influence of its predecessor, the Creator)
Venerable Guangming and Venerable Wuque, who had no objection to this disposal, took the order and took Fanhai Jinghong away.

When the Saint saw that the matter was resolved, he returned to his retreat to continue his cultivation.

After the monks Guangming and Wujiu returned to the Dainichi Hall, they heard the monk in charge of reception come to report that Su Huanzhen and Ye Xiaochai came to visit.

The two monks understood that Su Huanzhen came to Wansheng Rock on behalf of the Wulin Public Court to inquire about the matter of the two of them secretly capturing Fanhai Jinghong, so they asked the monk in charge of reception to take the two of them into the Dayi Hall.

Thanks to Wu Mengsheng for the reward.

(End of this chapter)