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Chapter 455 Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Vow Fulfilled, Cryptocurrency Trading Depletes Budget

In the underworld, in the desolate wilderness, on the road to the Yellow Springs, Feng Xue looked at the two monks, silently summarizing the information he had heard earlier. He gently stroked his chin, looked down at the two monks, and said:

"You mean... after Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva enters the underworld with the Ten Kings of Hell, he will fulfill that great vow of not becoming a Buddha until hell is emptied?"

“Yes, yes!” the monk nodded.

"Then, in order to fulfill this great vow, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva embezzled public funds and over-issued currency, causing a huge deficit?"

“Yes, yes!” the monk nodded.

"Later, the deficit became too large to be covered, so Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva planned to abolish the Heavenly Bank under the pretext that 'since the underworld has been taken over by Buddhism, the currency should also be changed to Buddhist currency'?"

“Yes, yes!” the monk nodded.

"Then the design drafts for printing ghost money in the mortal realm were not changed, causing mortals to continue burning ghost money from the Heavenly Bank. As a result, the power of vows was still bound to the Heavenly Bank, causing the collapse of the Great Vow Coins issued by Ksitigarbha?"

“Yes, yes!” the monk nodded.

"Then Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's cryptocurrency investment also went down the drain, and he completely gave up. In desperation, he severed the bond between his vows and currency, causing all the currency burned in the mortal realm to flood into the market, resulting in inflation?"

“Yes, yes!” the monk nodded.

"I'll curse your grandma's leg!" Feng Xue kicked the monk who only knew how to say the right thing more than ten meters away, then looked at the other monk and said:

"So now Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has completely given up and is simply resorting to extorting protection money from the ground and robbing his vow power?"

"Yes...no, no!" The monk was about to nod when he saw his teammate, who was still standing a dozen meters away, and quickly shook his head.
"Scraping the land is just a facade; the main purpose is to incite public anger. Once the public is angry, the ghosts who can't stand it will leave the city and won't return at night. They will become vengeful ghosts, and these vengeful ghosts will eat other ghosts. When the vengeful ghosts become powerful, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will send people to exterminate them. To exterminate the ghosts, donations are needed. The Ten Kings of Hell donate, and the ghost messengers, judges, ox-headed and horse-faced demons, and the day and night wandering gods all have to donate as well. After they donate, the rich ghosts and poor ghosts also have to donate. After the ghost king is defeated, the money from the Kings of Hell is returned in full, and the remaining money is split 20/80. Finally, the ghost king is thrown into hell, and a huge amount of merit and vow power is obtained. We are just errand runners; Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva eats the lion's share!"

"..." Feng Xue was rendered speechless by the monk. What the hell is this Cyber ​​Thief's Tale?

So it's like "I haven't even finished fulfilling my vow to Ksitigarbha, and I've already spent all my budget on cryptocurrency trading"?
Feng Xue felt completely overwhelmed at this moment, and picked up the monk, saying:

"If this is the underworld, how did I, a living person, come down here? And why do you two still have physical bodies?"

"???" The monk's expression was quite subtle. After a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, we don't know what's going on with you. We didn't notice before because Your Majesty's Yin energy was too strong, making you look like a ghost as well. As for us, we're not actually made of flesh and blood. We're like the things burned from paper offerings, a kind of outer shell of willpower, somewhat like the state of a Taoist spirit leaving the body and using magic to envelop the primordial spirit. However, we're not that advanced. It's just that the Yin energy in the underworld is heavy, so it naturally formed. Fengdu is relatively remote, and there aren't many old ghosts. If you go to the core area, you'll see many things that don't look human. That's because they've been ghosts for too long and have gradually forgotten that they're human, so their bodies have changed accordingly. It's precisely because of this that we can tell that the two people beside you are a robot dog and a bionic..."

"boom!"

"That's why I said, can you suppress this stress reaction?"

Feng Xue looked at the half-broken monk's robe in her hand, then at the big monk who had flown even further than the monk she had kicked, and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is really a conditioned reflex for her; you can just treat it as a stress disorder."

Sarah offered an explanation, but Feng Xue only felt helpless. How many mentally ill patients had Fina taken in in such a short time?
"I feel like if you keep going like this, you'll end up in a mental hospital cultivating immortality." Feng Xue sighed, while Fina pouted.

"Don't think I don't understand. I went to the Great Qin with you before, and I know that in the Qin language, 'cultivating immortality' is an insult!"

“No…” Feng Xue thought for a moment, then gave up explaining the “sitting in oblivion” method to Fina. She walked over to the monk who had finally gotten up and said:
"So the current situation is that the entire underworld is playing the game of nurturing bandits to enhance its own power?"

“Yes…” Gui Zhen was about to say “yes” when he suddenly remembered the kick from before, so he quickly stopped and changed his tone:
"These ghosts in remote cities are relatively new, and they're mostly still enjoying the novelty of their recent deaths. They spend their days racing cars, flying planes, dropping bombs, or messing around online. So even with inflation, they don't seem to care. After all, their families can make enough money just by burning paper money for them. Without our warning, most of these ghosts don't think about finding a way to make a living. But after a few years, when their families start to reduce the frequency of sacrifices, they'll begin to realize how terrible inflation is. And because no ecosystem has been built up in the city, it'll be too late for them to start making money. In the end, they'll either risk going to other ghost cities to find a way to survive, or they'll become vengeful ghosts... and eventually be thrown into hell."

"Good heavens, this is a move that only Buddhists could pull off!" Feng Xue grinned, but then suddenly realized something, and a horrified smile spread across her face as she examined the Guizhen in her hand: "You just said that you also just took on this job?"

“That’s right, we haven’t done anything wrong! We just came down here, and we were told to do this by our superiors. We had no choice, Your Majesty. Please forgive us! We will definitely repent and reform…”

Upon hearing Feng Xue's words, Gui Zhen immediately burst into tears. Feng Xue retaliated with a powerful backflip, whipping him into a dazed spinning top, before saying:

"Want to become a city management officer... um, for someone like you who collects protection money, what kind of procedures do you need? Is it possible to get higher authority? Like the authority to manage and operate the entire city?"

"This..." Guizhen was speechless for a moment upon hearing this, but then, Guishan, dressed in rags, with a bruised and swollen face and half of his clothes torn off, rushed over and shouted:
"Yes! Definitely! The underworld now operates on a tax-farming system. As long as you can make offerings to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, you can get any official position, and all profits will be split 20/80! However, this method requires a Buddhist disciple as a guide. I am willing to serve His Majesty the King, so please spare my life, Your Majesty the Ghost King!"

Upon hearing Gui Shan's words, Gui Zhen's face immediately turned green, and he immediately swore an oath:

"Me too! Me too! Your Majesty the Ghost King, please don't kill me! I know this better than he does; I was the one who handled the paperwork for the Great Vow Temple! If you entrust this matter to me, I'll definitely do a perfect job!"

(End of this chapter)