Immortal Dao Fruits, Cards to Help Me

Chapter 102 Your Bounty Is Beyond Your Expectations~
Li Longhua was the third son of Li Tianshu, the leader of the Maitreya sect, and was deeply loved by his father.

The history of Maitreya Buddhism is very long. It was first founded during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang and was once very famous during the Wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties.

At that time, a monk named Faqing created one of its branches, called the Maitreya Mahayana School.

They claim that Maitreya will descend to earth in the final kalpa to save sentient beings and promote scriptures such as the "Maitreya Bodhisattva's Questions and Vows Sutra".

In reality, they just use the same old doomsday excuses to scare believers, and then launch riots and rebellions under the slogan of "the birth of a new Buddha".

This faction is quite peculiar. They contradict the Buddhist precept of abstaining from killing and advocate "murder and chaos." They believe that killing one person makes one a Bodhisattva of the first stage, and killing ten people makes one a Bodhisattva of the tenth stage. They "slaughter temples, kill monks and nuns, and burn scriptures and images." They also "prepare madness drugs to make people take them. Fathers, sons, and brothers do not recognize each other and only kill each other."

Purely oblique angle!

However, organizations like this usually start by catching people off guard and appearing very powerful; but they are then attacked by the masses and quickly destroyed.

However, while the Mahayana branch of Buddhism was destroyed, some of its unorthodox practices and missionary ideas and methods have survived.

They also created various classics and techniques that were inexhaustible and remained alive even after death.

When the Sui Dynasty unified China, and then the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Sui Dynasty, many similar branches emerged and became active during this process.

However, during the chaotic end of the Sui Dynasty, there were many heroes who defeated these foolish monks, who fled in terror and were no match for them.

However, after lying dormant for more than two hundred years, by the end of the Tang Dynasty, even more organizations emerged that rose up in rebellion under the names of Maitreya Sect or White Lotus Sect.

Moreover, after more than two hundred years of changes, its organization, structure, proselytizing methods, methods of deceiving people, and rebellion strategies have all advanced further! It has evolved!

That guy always stirs things up whenever there's a change in the world!
Finally, a group of righteous cultivation sects joined forces and wiped them out.

Then the Great Shun Dynasty was established and has continued to this day.

However, anything that benefits ambitious people cannot be completely eliminated.

The Great Shun Dynasty suppressed the White Lotus Sect for hundreds of years, but during its several periods of decline, various branches of the White Lotus Sect would always jump out and cause trouble.

The more we try to suppress them, the more they multiply!

At its peak, twelve rebel groups calling themselves the White Lotus Sect rose up in various places at the same time.

There were even two groups that started fighting amongst themselves!

The Great Shun Dynasty, after all, was a dynasty that had experienced three periods of prosperity, and it had more experience than the Han Dynasty.

They have always attached great importance to these White Lotus sects and folk religious branches—you wouldn't believe that these seemingly innocent folk sects would suddenly rise up one day, claiming that they have received a summons from the Eternal Mother and received teachings in a dream, and that they will lead their followers to establish a Pure Land Home! They have directly rebelled!

The White Lotus Sect is a catch-all; anyone who rebels can be thrown into it.

What exactly is word-of-mouth?!

Your own plan to rebel is somewhat illegitimate. Your subordinates are all uneasy.

But if you say that you are actually a member of the White Lotus Sect, your subordinates will immediately accept it: Ah! So we are a member of the White Lotus Sect, then our rebellion is perfectly reasonable!

Those who were already restless would rush over excitedly upon hearing that the White Lotus Sect was rebelling, ready to follow their leader and pull off a heist!
In addition, the current retired emperor, the former Kangchang Emperor, did nothing truly human during the last ten years of his reign, if not outright perverse actions.

He played a significant role in accelerating the decline of the Great Shun Dynasty.

During the last decade or so of his reign, the number of corrupt officials must have skyrocketed. They built palaces, constructed observatories, and engaged in all sorts of grandiose projects, including commemorating auspicious omens and paying tribute—all they cared about was money!
Local government offices plundered rare treasures and imposed taxes at every level, trying to curry favor with the emperor while simultaneously pocketing the spoils, becoming increasingly bloated with greed.

If it weren't for the Flying Fish Guards being truly ruthless and omnipresent, the common people would probably be making effigies of Emperor Kangchang in every household, cursing him to die young!

In that situation, it was practically fertile ground for the White Lotus Sect. Their development was booming.

According to the information collected by Chen Xiuxian on the forum, five or six years later, there were four openly rebellious groups, and seven or eight others were listed as traitors and issued arrest warrants... Among them, countless others were under the banner of the White Lotus Sect.

Uprisings, rebellions, suppressions, further rebellions, victories, defeats, routs, surrenders, and further rebellions occurred in various places... it can be said that they rose and fell one after another.

Many players who joined the Great Shun Dynasty and chose the military strategy route seized this opportunity to fight in hundreds of battles, large and small, across the country, accumulating over ten thousand military merits. That was truly a meteoric rise!

However, the military families of the Great Shun Dynasty were no good either.

Players without strong backing often had their military merits stolen by their superiors.

Good heavens, quite a few players have directly rebelled! They turned around and joined the rebellion, some even joining the White Lotus Cult!
The forum was absolutely laughing at this phenomenon, with countless players coming up with funny ideas!
There were hundreds of players complaining, and everyone was all smiles as if it were Chinese New Year!

It can be said that in the "Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth" version, the number of monsters in the wild has increased tenfold, their initiative has greatly increased, and they pose a much greater threat, encroaching on the living ground of the human race.

Internally, it was a game of strategy and competition between the Great Shun court and various rebel armies.

Oh, and by the way, it also spawned quite a few conspiracies and schemes.

Within the Great Shun Dynasty court, there were also some senior followers of the White Lotus Sect, who remained hidden for a long time.

This situation shouldn't be expected, because long after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, sects capable of influencing the upper echelons of the imperial court were no longer possible. Those gentlemen were shrewd and lived comfortable lives; they didn't believe in such things.

However, there is a true God in this world!

According to many White Lotus Sect players, the Eternal Mother seems to actually exist!
That vacuum homeland, though visible but intangible, doesn't seem like something unattainable.

Yes, if you follow the Great Shun Dynasty, you'll have a chance to continue serving as an official in the underworld after death, and you might even be granted a title like City God or Earth God.

But now there's a second option, and there must be some officials whose careers are not going well who are willing to take a gamble!

They truly believe that rather than serving the Great Shun royal family in life and death, it's better to enjoy eternal peace and happiness under the command of the Eternal Mother in their mortal homeland.
This creates a situation where we are intertwined and interdependent, and that's precisely where things go wrong.
It can be said that for the Great Shun Dynasty, the "White Lotus Religion" was the biggest concern.

Even the wild boar people of Liaodong, the werewolves of Liaoguo, the horsemen of the grasslands, and the dog-men and sheep-men of Western Xia combined are not as threatening as the White Lotus Sect in this heartland!

If the two are put together, the White Lotus Sect will probably have to be dealt with first.

This truly shows that internal stability must come before external threats can be addressed!

As a result, the Flying Fish Guard was specifically tasked with monitoring officials and people in various places. The Demon Extermination Division was nominally responsible for eliminating the great monsters that harmed the people and undermined the government, but its main task was to target the White Lotus Sect.

Absolutely, the number one major threat; absolutely, the kind of threat that if you find one, you'll wipe out a whole bunch of them.

……

You tell me, what a great contribution this is, the third son of the leader of the Maitreya Sect, a major branch of the White Lotus Sect?

Now, this achievement is about to be put before us.

After confirming that Li Longhua would arrive in Shencheng, Liaodong in two days, the matter slipped out of Chen Xiuxian's control.

People from the General's Mansion came in the middle of the night, burning incense and going through the underworld, spending a huge sum of money to "cross servers" and discuss strategies with the Chinese judge at the City God Temple.

We must ensure that this operation is foolproof!
Governor Yang Hao was counting on this achievement to be transferred back to the capital.

City God Li Chengliang also hoped to make a name for himself with this one shot. He wanted to live up to the Emperor's favor!

Therefore, both parties decided to invite more people.

So Chen Xiuxian met with Daoist Shouming and Daoist Shouyang from Jiuding Tiesha Mountain again. The two fellow disciples who had cooperated with the Mountain Ghost before had come again.

Master Shouming is already at the Refining Sha Realm (level 31+), and Master Shouyang is already at the peak of Refining Qi (level 30). There are also two experts at the Gang Sha Realm on the General's side.

In the City God Temple area, only the City God himself is considered to be at the Gang Sha Realm (level 40) – that's the only way to describe it, it's hard to say what would happen if they actually fought.

However, the City God certainly wouldn't personally intervene, as it would be beneath him and the cost would be too high.

He simply sent his eldest son, Judge Li Rusong, with a large number of ghost soldiers to lay a net of heaven and earth.

Three experts at the Gang Sha Realm are waiting for this traitor's son. What a blessing he has!

As it turns out, this was indeed not an exaggeration.

……

Two days flew by.

Li Longhua, along with several of his men, crossed the sea from Shandong to Liaodong.

Of course, this whole operation is kept secret; the route and the timing are all confidential.

The Daoist sect certainly wouldn't know. They're not qualified.

They only know the approximate time; the person will contact them when they arrive.

Therefore, Chen Xiuxian and his group were passively ambushed.

Of course, Chen Xiuxian is now a little Karami too~
Even at the level 20-something Qi Refining Realm, one is still unable to intervene in battles involving those at the Gang Sha Realm.

As the favorite son of the Maitreya Cult Leader, Li Longhua was definitely extraordinary in terms of both strength and the magical treasures he possessed.

He didn't intend to get involved.

It's just a training point, at most enough to cover your next dungeon run. Not worth the risk.

As for magic weapons and cultivation techniques, I wouldn't even take them for free. I don't want to attract the attention of the Maitreya Sect!

I'm just taking advantage of the chaos, killing a few small fry as a token gesture.

The focus was all on the treasure of the pseudo-emperor that followed.

(End of this chapter)