Upon hearing this, Kong Ming immediately bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Kongming then stood up and walked out of the meditation room. He then stepped on the clouds and turned into a ray of Buddha's light and flew straight into the sky.

...

But Fang Jian was sitting in the Hongde Hall drafting an imperial edict. The generals who were in charge of capturing and killing Luo Tao, the general who was in charge of destroying the altar Lu Wenyong, the general who was in charge of destroying the temple Li Yan, the envoy who was in charge of forwarding the edict Chai Zhou, and the heavenly general who was guarding the palace Lü Deqing were all sitting cross-legged in the hall.

"Send an order to the West Heaven Palace, ordering all scribes to come down to the mortal world immediately and convey my decree to all the city gods, mountain gods, water gods, and land gods in Xiniu Hezhou. Ask them to investigate and find out all the goblins and ghosts, big and small, in their respective territories, compile a detailed statistics, and then submit it to the West Heaven Palace. The deadline is three months, and no delay is allowed." After Fang Jian finished speaking, he handed the prepared decree to the general who came to receive the order.

The general took the talisman, bowed and said, "Yes."

Then Fang Jian called out again, "Where are the two generals, the destroyed temple and the destroyed altar?"

General Lu Wenyong, who attacked the altar, and General Li Yan, who destroyed the temple, immediately stood up and stepped forward, saying, "Your subordinates are here."

Fang Jian drafted another decree and handed it to the two men, saying, "From now on, the two of you will take my decree and each bring a scribe to the lower realms. You will inventory and register every Buddhist temple, monastery, and monastery in Xiniu Hezhou, leaving no one behind. This must be completed within one year."

The two generals, Fatan and Pomiao, were startled when they heard this. Then General Fatan, Lu Wenyong, said to Fang Jian, "Shangshu, why do we need to count and register Buddhist temples and monasteries?"

Fang Jian said calmly, "That's a good question. They would ask the same thing."

"They?" General Li Yan blinked and asked in confusion, "Who are they?"

Lu Wenyong reminded in a low voice: "They are the Buddhist disciples in the Buddhist temples and Zen monasteries."

Li Yan suddenly realized, and then he and Lu Wenyong turned their gazes to Fang Jian.

Fang Jian looked at the two of them and said, "If they asked you why you wanted to take inventory of Buddhist temples and monasteries, how would you answer?"

Li Yan and Lu Wenyong exchanged a glance, then both said in unison, "The answer is: We, the Shangshu of the Western Heaven Palace, have followed the instructions of the True Man Hongqing and, in accordance with the law, have compiled an inventory of all Buddhist temples and monasteries in Western Niuhezhou."

Fang Jian shook his head and said, "You're wrong. You absolutely cannot answer like that."

The two of them froze for a moment, then bowed to Fang Jian in unison and said, "Appreciate your guidance, Minister."

Fang Jian raised his hand, pointed at Li Yan and Lu Wenyong, and said, "If they ask, just say you're bored. Got it?"

"Puchi!" General Luo Tao, who was in charge of capturing and killing, and General Lu Deqing, who was guarding the palace, burst out laughing.

Lu Wenyong and Li Yan looked at each other, then looked at Fang Jian and said, "Master Hongqing...really...really want to answer like this?"

"Right." Fang Jian said, "Let them figure out what's real and what's false, and what's absurd. Let them figure it out for themselves!"

After saying this, Fang Jian used his magical power to send the imperial edict in front of the two of them and said, "Follow my orders and do not make any mistakes!"

Upon hearing this, the two men's faces immediately became solemn. After receiving the imperial edict, they bowed and said, "We will obey your orders."