Fang Jian delivered the imperial edict at the Mokanyuan, and then went to the Tiangongyuan.
The dean of Tiangong Academy, Master Gonghe, was extremely enthusiastic about Fang Jian's arrival, which even made Fang Jian feel that he was a little too enthusiastic.
Going out to greet, inviting, sitting in the main hall, serving tea, and complimenting were all done in one go without a break.
After taking a sip of tea, Fang Jian came back to his senses. It was probably because Master Gonghe was afraid that he would investigate Tiangong Academy that he was so attentive.
Although the Tiangong Academy is not as prestigious as the Tianfu Academy, they have abundant resources. The armors, standard magic instruments, magic treasures and all the equipment worn by the heavenly soldiers and generals in the heavenly court all come from the Tiangong Academy.
For example, if all the materials consumed by the Tiangong Institute in a month were converted into merit, they could be used to pay a million celestial soldiers a year's salary.
After Fang Jian realized what was happening, in order to prevent the head of Tiangong Academy from always looking at him anxiously, he explained his purpose.
"Oh!" After Fang Jian explained his purpose, Master Gonghe was relieved. He was really afraid that Fang Jian would come to investigate Tiangongyuan.
Some things are just fine if you don't check them normally, and everyone knows them, but if you check them, many people will definitely be in big trouble.
"So Master Hongqing came here for the matter of the magic weapon." Master Gonghe finally said after taking a sip of tea.
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, fellow Daoist, you should know that the Great Envoy sealed Broken Boundary Mountain to me, so I recruited six thousand Grass-Headed Gods. However, they still don't have any suitable magical weapons or defensive armor. So I came to ask you, fellow Daoist, are there any survivors from the Tiangong Academy?"
Master Gonghe said, "Of course we have the magical instruments Master Hongqing needs, but I'm afraid we can't gather 6,000 sets in such a hurry. The Grand Master has ordered us to concentrate all our efforts on refining magical instruments and armor for the four major lieutenant divisions. However, I can spare some for you..."
"That's not necessary." Fang Jian raised his hand and said, "The affairs of Heaven are of primary importance. My affairs are not urgent. Fellow Daoist, please do not let me delay the affairs of Heaven."
"Master Hongqing said it well!" Master Gonghe praised, then shook his head and said, "It's a pity that half a month ago, there were ten ships of magical instruments and protective gear, but they were all shipped to Guanjiangkou. If Master Hongqing had come half a month earlier, he could have distributed some of them."
Fang Jian smiled and said, "That's fine, that's fine. I came here just to ask. If there really isn't any, could you please ask Master Gonghe, if the Tiangong Academy has some free time, to rush and make six thousand sets of celestial weapons and armor for me?"
"This is easy to discuss, no problem!" Master Gonghe agreed immediately.
Fang Jian asked again, "Fellow Daoist, how much merit is needed to make six thousand sets of magical instruments and armor?"
Master Gonghe waved his hand and said, "The Heavenly Court has a rule that any Grassroots God under the name of an Outer Immortal Official can be provided with magical instruments by the Tiangong Academy. However, when the time comes, Master Hongqing will need to leave a talisman in the name of the Lord of Broken Boundary Mountain to receive the magical instruments for the Tiangong Academy's archives."
"Of course." Fang Jian nodded.
The matter was settled, and Fang Jian stayed to drink two more cups of spiritual tea before getting up to say goodbye.
After leaving Tiangongyuan, Fang Jian left the Heavenly Palace from the East Heavenly Gate and headed towards the East Heavenly Palace.
He impeached Jiuzhen Tianjun and Taihua Shangren. Taixuandu Province had already punished the two for their dereliction of duty over the years. Now he was going to start to rectify Dongtianfu.
Just when Fang Jian flew 100,000 miles out of Dongtianmen and was still a million miles away from Dongtianfu, Fang Jian suddenly found something wrong.
He felt the spiritual energy around him dissipate, and the golden clouds above the sky were replaced by Buddha's light.
Fang Jian immediately realized that something was wrong. He looked up and saw that all the stars in the sky had disappeared at that moment.
Fang Jian stopped and looked forward, only to see a huge statue slowly emerging in the sky, supported by golden Buddha light.
"Amitabha." The Dharma image gradually solidified in the golden Buddha light, and finally a Bodhisattva with a slender figure, standing barefoot on a lotus platform, with a round face, a flower vine crown on his head, a large robe that covers his shoulders, a cloud shoulder, shoulder rings on his arms, necklaces on his chest and knees, a shawl across his abdomen and knees, and a round Buddha light behind his neck appeared in Fang Jian's eyes.
Fang Jian's eyes fixed, then he bowed and said, "I wonder which Bodhisattva is here to see you? Fang Jian is honored."
The Bodhisattva then spoke, "I am Baotanhua from the Pure Lapis Lazuli World in the East. I have a cause and effect matter that I need to clarify with the Immortal Hongqing."
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In the Taixuan Palace, the great envoy of Taixuan, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, opened her eyes in an instant.
She immediately looked towards the east and saw at a glance that Fang Jian had fallen into the Vaiśravaṇa world of Bodhisattva Baotanhua.
The Vasa world is one of the magical powers of Buddhism and a manifestation of the Buddhist doctrine of "one flower, one world".
All Bodhisattvas and Buddhas can use their great magical powers to open up the Possa world. In this Possa world, the creator is the absolute ruler.
The Queen Mother of the West frowned. She didn't expect that Bodhisattva Baotanhua would come to her so soon, and it was at the critical moment when she had just begun to clean up the immortal officials and heavenly soldiers in the heavenly court.
But she couldn't take action this time, because Bodhisattva Baotanhua came to find Fang Jian to clarify the cause and effect.
The last time she took action was because Fang Jian wanted to enforce the laws of Heaven, so anyone who took action against Fang Jian was provoking Heaven.
But this time it was different. Fang Jian was not only an immortal official, but also a cultivator with true immortal skills.
Being a cultivator, there are causes and effects, and one must understand the causes and effects. Therefore, the Bodhisattva Baotanhua came this time to target Fang Jian’s identity as a cultivator, not his identity as an immortal official.
Fang Jian killed all the monks in Gucang Temple in order to execute the law of heaven, but at the same time he also created a cause and effect relationship with Bodhisattva Baotanhua, because Master Gucang was also a disciple of Bodhisattva Baotanhua.
Cause and effect are not within the scope of Heavenly Law, so if a cultivator with whom he has a causal relationship kills an immortal official, it is not considered as disobeying Heaven or violating Heavenly Law.
Like the previous Simingyuan Zhenren who was killed by the demon immortals, that was against the Heavenly Court and violated the Heavenly Law, because the Simingyuan Zhenren was only patrolling the lower world and had no intersection with them at all.
Therefore, unless it is a serious matter, monks usually try to be harmonious and avoid causing consequences due to momentary impulse, which can be very troublesome.
This is also another reason why most immortal officials dare not be too strong in the face of Buddhism and Taoism, because it is very troublesome to have cause and effect with these two.
But this also indirectly confirms a problem, that is, there are omissions in the Heavenly Rules, and because of the Taoist Ancestor and the Buddha, the Jade Emperor did not include cause and effect when establishing the Heavenly Rules.
This gives the Taoist and Buddhist monks a lot of room to operate, but at the same time it is also a buffer point between the Heavenly Court and the Taoist and Buddhist sects, just to avoid violent conflicts between the Heavenly Court and the Taoist and Buddhist sects.
Moreover, the other party only sent one Bodhisattva Baotanhua. It is not a big deal for you, the chief envoy of Taixuan Province and a Daluo Jinxian, to stop a Taiyi Jinxian.
Therefore, it is not convenient for the Queen Mother of the West to take action this time, but Fang Jian is a sharp sword in her hand, how can she be easily defeated by the Buddhists?
After much thought, the Lady of the Nine Heavens said to the boy beside her, "Go to the Queen Mother Nuwa's Palace."
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