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Chapter 468 I'm Fighting Ksitigarbha?

Now Feng Xue finally understood that the more unsatisfactory a person's life is, the easier it is for the candle in their heart to be lit.

However, this kind of misfortune is relative, because first of all, you must be able to survive while experiencing misfortune. If even the most basic problem of survival cannot be met, then the candle symbolizing the "lifelong practitioner" will not be able to be lit.

As for why the "candle of survival" couldn't be lit...

The most basic requirement for a heart candle can actually be summarized in one sentence: "These are all excellent, but I just don't like them."

In other words, even if a better option comes along, one should still steadfastly choose the original pursuit; this is the "Tao" of the Heart Candle.

For example, Confucius believed in having strength but did not use it to subdue others, and Mencius believed in sacrificing his life for righteousness. They abandoned cost-effectiveness in order to pursue the path they were willing to follow. However, the basic concept of survival does not meet the conditions, or rather, it represents the highest cost-effectiveness for living beings.

The underworld today is filled with ghosts who don't want to live anymore. Their basic needs are more than met, but their lives are incredibly dull and unbearable. With this conflict, a little guidance can ignite their inner candles and lead them on the path of self-discovery.

The candles lit in this way may not all be for seeking peace of mind, but Feng Xue is not worried about this, because in this underworld, no matter what one pursues, the true nature of things inevitably points to Buddhism.

Do you want to be reincarnated?
That would require breaking Buddhism's monopoly on reincarnation, which would mean destroying Buddhism.

Do you want to live a peaceful life in Fengdu?

That would mean ending the sustainability of Buddhism by exploiting its resources to the point of exhaustion, which would mean destroying Buddhism altogether.

Do you want to become a beneficiary?
That would mean eliminating the current beneficiaries, which would mean destroying Buddhism.

……

In short, in the underworld today, Buddhism is the only problem. Solving Buddhism is the universal solution. Therefore, regardless of what the Heart Candle is, their first-stage essence is inevitably to destroy Buddhism.

If someone wants to destroy Buddhism, they won't leak their information to the Buddhist community. Otherwise, the Buddhist community will surely sever this lineage, and those who ignite the candle of the heart will not benefit from it.

Therefore, Feng Xue didn't even care whether these ghost kings were truly loyal, as long as they didn't leak the news to the Buddhist sect, nothing else mattered.

The little bell continued to collect various data, and Feng Xue continued to cultivate, spread the Dharma, and spread the Great Vow of Peace. Since Lin Gaoyu, more and more ghost kings living in the outside world have come to surrender with their underlings.

Today, Fengdu Branch City No. 1744 has become a city of starlight. As long as you use your spiritual vision, you can see the starlight all over the streets.

These ghosts, some nearly a thousand years old and others a hundred, suddenly had hope. Stimulated by Feng Xue's reassuring presence, they cultivated with extraordinary seriousness. Feng Xue's Ziwei Cantong Qi was completed in its initial draft in just seven days, and in the following days, it was revised every day. But in this vibrant state of life and flourishing of all things, the two monks brought some bad news.

"The tax officer is coming." "Can't we pay taxes remotely?" Feng Xue frowned, glancing at the nano-dome reflecting starlight. She was told that it could only be seen with spiritual vision, but in the underworld, was it possible to see with the naked eye? In the current situation, anyone with normal intelligence could see that something was wrong, right?
"That's really impossible." Now that Guizhen and Guishan have also lit their heart candles, they're practically family now, so they're less reserved and speak their minds more directly.

"Taxes used to be payable remotely, but then a lot of corrupt officials emerged... much like what happened to us. Many ghost kings appeared. At first, the higher-ups didn't really care, since as long as the vows were paid, it didn't really matter whether it was managed by Buddhist disciples or ghost kings. But the problem was that some ghost kings ate ghosts, and in Fengdu City, most people still had ghosts worshipped at home. If a ghost king ate them, it meant the incense offerings were cut off, and the vows couldn't be sent down, leading to a deficit. So later, tax officials had to come door-to-door to collect taxes. Actually, our branch city of 1744 just finished exterminating ghosts, so we shouldn't be collecting taxes so soon. We don't know..."

Gui Zhen was explaining when Gui Shan suddenly slapped his forehead and said:

"I know why!"

When Guizhen suddenly spoke up, his face turned green. So you deliberately didn't say anything when we were discussing things before, just to trick me, right?

He was furious, but Guizhen couldn't vent his anger at the moment. He stared intently at Guishan, looking like he might pounce on him and bite him at any moment.

Gui Shan also looked helpless, because he had only just thought of it.

Feng Xue could naturally see Gui Shan's emotional change, but he also felt that it was good that the two monks had some conflict. Moreover, helping to explain at this time would only be seen as favoritism, so he didn't expose it, but simply showed an interested expression:
"tell me the story?"

"Well, the problem might be that the goods you provided were too pure. After all, as you know, taxes in the underworld are basically squeezed from the poor, so there's a pretty high proportion of impure wishes. The goods you provided before were too pure. Although I priced them according to high-purity goods, very few people in the underworld can purify wishes to that level, so..."

"Oh, I understand!" Feng Xue nodded, finally getting it. It's like in a place where people normally trade gold with a purity of 70% or 80%, if you insist on bringing out 24k pure gold, even if you are indeed trading at the price of pure gold, the fact that you brought out pure gold is already very eye-catching.

But this is not the monks' fault. Purifying the power of vows is just a matter of physical strength, but adding impurities without being noticeable is a matter of skill.

At least Feng Xue couldn't do it, and the two monks probably couldn't either.

Seeing that Feng Xue didn't seem to be angry with him, Gui Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, but still reminded her:
"My lord, those tax officials often carry the Earth Store Bodhisattva Seal. Regardless of their cultivation level, even if you kill them, new tax officials will still come. If too many are killed, then the one who comes next will be the Shackled General."

"Can't we even ambush them on the road?" Feng Xue hadn't originally intended to kill them, but after hearing him say that, she couldn't help but think about it that way.

“It’s difficult. The Road to the Underworld is a journey of the heart. There is no direction, only a goal. Wherever you think you are going, you will definitely go. If you are ambushed on the way, it will also reveal where you were ambushed on your way.” Gui Zhen shook his head, and Feng Xue also frowned.

Although the ghosts in the city are making rapid progress, they are still some distance away from becoming powerful. At least compared to Yingbao, they are far behind. Under these circumstances, he doesn't expect to be able to cause any damage to Jizang with these ghosts right now.

As for letting him hit...

Just kidding. For gods, whether it's an armored god like Delis, or a virtual god or a god of faith, the power of will is definitely power. Someone who already has the highly popular and highly respected identity of Ksitigarbha, and who has ruled the underworld for hundreds of years and implemented a sustainable plan of draining the pond to catch all the fish, he can't even imagine how strong the other party could be!
(End of this chapter)