In the 8022nd year of the lunar calendar of Blue Star,
in a room of Lingjing Star Modern City, Fakong sat on a stool. In front of him was a video projection, VR technology, which made people feel as if they were there.
The content of the projection was a documentary about the changes of Lingjing Star over the past few decades.
The beginning of the documentary was a traditional Lingjing Star society, with Buddhist monks and temples everywhere. Most of the people in front of the camera were ragged, skinny, and had numb expressions on their faces.
Then the immortal cultivators of Blue Star appeared. They killed the Buddhist monks, destroyed the temples, took away all the farmland, and distributed them to the people. In the uneasy mood of the people, teams of workers appeared again.
These workers commanded strange machines to pave roads and bridges for the people in this area, build water conservancy facilities, and forcibly promote their so-called fertilizers and chemical fertilizers.
Then the grain harvest came, a real big harvest. Fakong could see the surprise on the faces of the people. What was even more surprising was that the people of Blue Star collected very low taxes and left most of the grain to the people. Many people were really full for the first time, and then they went to kneel down to worship the people of Blue Star, more pious than kneeling to any Buddha statue.
Then there was a dramatic change in society. The people of Blue Star opened schools and shops here, and set strict laws for them, telling them what to do and what they could do.
The knowledge in the school was very clear, and the goods in the shops were dazzling, and the prices were extremely cheap. The poor people could afford it. The numbness on the faces of the people slowly faded, and there were more and more smiles.
Then, there were more and more new things in the documentary. There were electric lights on the road, cars, and factories in the town. More and more people gave up farming and started working in factories. The wages they received were more cost-effective than farming.
The students in the school also graduated. Some went to higher institutions for further studies after graduation, some entered factories, and some became technicians in the fields. Everything was so prosperous.
After watching the sixteen-hour documentary, Fakong's face became confused again, because he knew that there was no falsehood in the content shown in the documentary.
Because some things were seen by his own eyes. In the past two years, he followed this immortal cultivator named Zhang Qing and traveled to sixteen cities and hundreds of towns in Lingjing Star. What he saw and heard was more shocking than the documentary.
"Master Fakong, have a glass of water."
Zhang Qing turned off the projection, turned on the light, and brought Fakong a glass of water.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang."
"How is the documentary? I have more than 20 documentaries in my hand. The purpose is the same, to record the social changes on Lingjing Star, but the angles are different. Some are from the perspective of former Buddhist practitioners, some from the perspective of poor people, and some are from agriculture, handicrafts, cultural industries and so on. Do you still want to watch it?"
"Let's watch it later."
"Master Fakong, do you want to discuss Buddhism with me?"
"You?"
"Yes, it's me. Don't underestimate me. Although my cultivation is only in the late Nascent Soul stage, I am the most proficient person in Buddhism on Lingjing Star and Blue Star, and I have a thorough study of your Buddhist theories."
Zhang Qing said. He was very confident about this because he had actually defeated a Buddhist master from Lingjing Star in the process of debating.
"I know what you want to say"
"Well, I also know that the master is a true monk, but there are some things I have to say. Compared with the practices of your Buddhist sect on Lingjing Star, we may be the real Buddhist practitioners"
"I dare not agree"
"Master, of course I disagree. Although we don't practice Buddhism, we are doing great good things. These poor people don't have to be poor. It's not that they didn't do good deeds in their previous life, so they have to suffer in this life. We have refuted your Buddhist theory with practical actions. Happiness can be created by our own hands.
Lingjing Star has been in our hands for decades. We have not used any conspiracy or tricks. We have not deceived the people of Lingjing Star, nor have we treated them harshly. Their living standards are hundreds of times higher than those in the hands of you Buddhists.
Or do you firmly believe that they are born to suffer, and only you can become the best?"
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"Master, I am afraid you are also from a poor family."
"Yes"
"I think so too, otherwise the master would not be so sympathetic to these people. They should have used swords and weapons instead of being willing to listen to us,"
Zhang Qing said. I am afraid that only empathy can lead to sympathy. If they are born in a wealthy family, it is difficult for them to feel these.
"Master, sometimes we really have to think about what the Tao we are pursuing is. Whether it is cultivating Buddhism or cultivating immortals, becoming immortals and living forever is certainly our ultimate pursuit, but we cannot live forever for the sake of longevity. People living in the world will always have many fetters. If there is nothing, what is the difference between it and a stone.
The stone at the door, according to our detection, should have been formed millions of years ago. It has existed for a long time, but does it have any meaning? Does the master really want to be that stone..."
Zhang Qing continued to output his own theory. He was not afraid of logical errors in the theory. In fact, they were all traps in his rhetoric. As long as Fakong dared to follow, he could refute Fakong and make him unable to answer.
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"Zhang Qing is quite capable. Even the Buddhist monks in the Bodhisattva realm were stunned by him."
"Shi Yi, is Zhang Qing fooling people?"
Shi Yi said in front of Liang Long, who turned around and asked.
"Isn't it?"
"Shi Yi, you are inferior."
"Liang Long, what do you mean, explain it clearly?"
"It's very simple. With Fakong's realm, Fakong can find out as long as you play a little fake. The main point is sincerity. Sincerity, understand? "
Liang Long said, Zhang Qing is not faking it, it's all real, this is the most terrifying thing, if it's a conspiracy, it would have been discovered long ago.
"Nonsense, when I was in Blue Star, I went to the grassroots a lot, and those ordinary people were still suffering. How many people said that they don't want to have children, just don't want their children to come into the world to suffer"
"One thing for each thing, the level of social development is different, the needs are different, based on the previous status of Lingjing Star, they were full and warm, that was the greatest happiness, there was no pursuit of material quality, Blue Star is a higher social level"
"Hey, then I understand, it's the information gap, an information gap can make the Bodhisattva realm Buddhist cultivator stunned, I can only say that I admire it"
Shi Yi said with a smile, this problem is not difficult to explain, Liang Long is right.
"It can be regarded as an information gap, but what we did was not wrong, Zhang Qing is right, compared with the Buddhist sect, we are the big good guys"
"Haha, the big good guy who killed who knows how many people"
"You have killed many people, and you will have to kill more in the future. This Fakong is very powerful, maybe even stronger than Kongyan before. Maybe he is from the Buddhist world. They are moving very quickly. We must let Zhang Qing hold him back."
"How is the factory going? Can the space battleship be built?"
"It's OK, but it will take some time to form combat effectiveness. We have too few people with us, and the talent reserve is not enough. It is best to open up the cross-border teleportation array to Blue Star as soon as possible, otherwise we will not have any chance of winning."
Liang Long said that the foundation of Lingjing Star was too poor, and their time was too short. It was also because the Buddhist cultivators moved too quickly. It was thought that it would take hundreds of years to appear, but it came in a few decades.
If the cross-border teleportation array could not be built, Liang Long would really have to take people to become interstellar pirates. Anyway, he would not be buried with Lingjing Star, but he did not want to be an interstellar pirate yet.