In the 9500th year of the lunar calendar of Blue Star,

more than a hundred years ago on Lingqing Star, Xuanfa convened the Buddhist high-level

officials of Lingqing Star to discuss how to solve the problem of the Buddhist teachings and Dharma propagation on Lingqing Star. Someone proposed that the Buddhist theory should change with the times. This statement was opposed by many people, and also supported by many people. The opponents naturally held high the banner of the Buddha, claiming that the Buddha must not be blasphemed, and that the Buddha's words and deeds must be completely followed, and regarded as the truth.

The supporters also had sufficient theories, and various examples proved that Buddhism is not immutable. The eminent monks of all ages have annotated Buddhism and also added many of their own ideas. Different versions of Buddhist scriptures have completely different meanings. Moreover, there are some true Buddhas with profound Buddhist cultivation, who also have scriptures bestowed, becoming part of the Buddhist theory.

The supporters and opponents continued to debate, and finally almost fought each other, but were stopped by Xuanfa and others, and the debate ended unhappily.

However, the impact of this meeting was still very deep. Those monks who supported the reform of Buddhist theory were very disappointed with Xuanfa and others. They believed that the situation of Buddhism on Lingqing Star was not optimistic. The enemy was eyeing them covetously, but Buddhism could not even rectify Lingqing Star. If the enemy came, how could they resist? Would they go to other star regions to find reinforcements?

These people were disappointed with Xuanfa and others, and finally decided to do it themselves.

They disguised themselves as mortals with the identities of Arhats and Bodhisattvas, entered the bottom of society, and conducted research on the society of Lingqing Star. After

many investigations, they were very familiar with the situation of mortals, low-level cultivators, and mid-level cultivators. At this time, Lingqing Star was different from when they first occupied it. Most of the cultivators who received the favor of Blue Star either died in battle or sat in meditation. The new generation of cultivators did not have a deep impression of Blue Star, and even Blue Star became a legend.

Now the social classes of Lingqing Star are pragmatic. They only want to live a good life and don’t care who is above their heads. Therefore, the initial resistance when they occupied Lingqing Star has almost disappeared in recent years.

According to the results of the investigation, these Buddhist monks have also made countermeasures. They have introduced the class of lay disciples. They are very tolerant of this class. You don't need to be sincere to Buddhism, just don't do anything against Buddhism, and recite the Buddha verbally.

At the same time, they have reformed the government offices in various places, and strongly supported the officials who are willing to accept the settings of lay disciples. Opponents were dismissed or dealt with secretly.

This is their first step. After dealing with the upper echelons of the government, they asked the government to remove cultural propaganda and the departments about negative news about Buddhism in textbooks, and add some content to promote Buddhism.

And let the disciples actively participate in charity, such as building bridges and roads, and helping the elderly and the weak, all in the name of Buddhism. At the same time, they modify Buddhist principles and keep pace with the times. They say what the general public likes to hear.

The most important point is to prohibit Buddhist disciples from interfering in secular business, fully respecting professions and technology. They have a full understanding of the secular world and know that the current society is different from the past. Managing society is a very professional job that is not something that ordinary people can do.

After completing this series of reforms, Buddhism was separated from the secular world. It did not directly manage ordinary people, so negative news naturally decreased a lot. Just like the urban management, why are they hated? Because they are front-line managers and it is easy for negative news to be magnified.

When time goes on, the positive image of Buddhism exceeds the negative image, and their preaching and spreading of the Dharma will be much smoother, especially with the strong support of the government. Although it is not possible to achieve the scene of the whole people believing in Buddhism like the previous Lingqing Star, there are also 70% to 80% of Buddhists, and there are very few who really resist.

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The reform of the enlightened Buddhist cultivators was a great success, but it made the conservative Buddhist cultivators very angry, especially the modification of Buddhist principles, which made them unacceptable.

No matter what the effect is, they will not accept it. In their opinion, it is absolutely impossible for Buddhism to make concessions to the secular world. If it is the Heavenly Court, then forget it. After all, the Heavenly Court is also a major force here. The cultivation of the Emperor of Heaven is not lower than that of the Buddha. They have to respect the strong, but mortals, low-level cultivators, what is that?

The conservative Buddhists also took their own measures. Lingqingxing had no shortage of cultivators who turned to Buddhism for survival and wealth. The conservative Buddhists vigorously promoted these people and replaced the original government officials with them. Those who disobeyed their orders suffered countless casualties.

They even stopped arguing with mortals and low-level cultivators, and directly eliminated them. They also forcibly issued many laws, such as requiring mortals to go to nearby temples to worship Buddha every so often, and using government money to build Buddhist temples. They also required mortal schools to add Buddhist courses and prohibit all other Taoist exercises, etc. After a series of policies, the

mortals and low-level cultivators within the sphere of influence of the conservative Buddhists were immediately filled with resentment. Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

When Liang Long left, he took away nearly a million people from Lingqingxing, all of whom were elites, but the industry and technology left behind were still not to be underestimated. Those mortals militarized their industrial skills and attacked Buddhism. The resistance that had been silent for many years broke out again.

Their resistance was also strongly suppressed by the Buddhist sect. After all, the technology left behind was extremely backward compared to that of Blue Star. Not only could they not build space battleships, they could not build robots similar to Gundam, so their resistance failed.

But the Buddhist sect also won a tragic victory. Needless to say, the casualties of low-level Buddhist practitioners were great. What was more, the image of the Buddhist sect collapsed. The mortals and immortals within its power fled in large numbers. They could not escape Lingqing Star, but they could escape to the territory of those enlightened Buddhist practitioners.

This move also triggered the contradiction between enlightened Buddhist practitioners and conservative Buddhist practitioners. The Buddhist sect was not a monolithic entity. Although they all followed the Buddha, their different understandings of the Buddhist scriptures led to many factions. The Buddha did not care about these problems, because as long as they all respected him, it would be fine.

Now there is another contradiction. The True Buddha who entered Lingqing Star also did not care, because he did not touch the bottom line of the Buddhist sect. Even the True Buddha supported the enlightened Buddhist practitioners at this time, because their reforms were really useful and the number of believers really increased dramatically.

But the conservative Buddhists didn't care. They first accused the enlightened Buddhists, and then sent people into the territory of the enlightened Buddhists to capture some fugitives. The conflicts between them continued to escalate.

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Blue Star and

Lingqing came back one after another, and Lin Jiang was also interested.

"Thank you for the hard work of the people on the intelligence front,"

Lin Jiang said. Lingqing Star had spies he left behind, and there were many of them. Even the reforms of the enlightened Buddhists and the characters who were behind Lin Jiang were all for the purpose of detonating the conflicts in Buddhism.

"Are you going to take action against Lingqing Star?"

"Yes, I'm going to give Lingqing Star to Lin Ying. It's been many years since she broke through the tribulation,"

Lin Jiang said. Lin Ying's aptitude was not outstanding. He spent countless treasures to promote her to the tribulation period, and it has been many years now.

"Lin Ying, what about you?"

"I'm not in a hurry. There are plenty of life planets,"

Lin Jiang said calmly. Anyway, he can live longer than immortals. Whether he passes the tribulation or not is not very meaningful. In the future, he may not be the one to fight. Cao Ying can also be a freeloader for him.

"When will we start?"

"Not in a hurry. Observe slowly. Wait until the Buddhist theory impacts the upper echelons. And it's best to take these things to other Buddhist cultivation worlds. I haven't figured out how to plan it specifically,"

Lin Jiang said. Solving the problem of Lingqing Star is very simple. With their current strength, Xuanfa and the others can't stop them at all. Even if they are at the level of True Buddha, they can ask for help. What Lin Jiang wants is to expand this pit and affect the entire Buddhist cultivation world.

Lin Jiang hasn't figured out how to operate it. Conspiracies and tricks are also very tiring.