Tang Yu watched as the relics were taken away. He didn't care, and he couldn't do anything about it. Only Buddhists could collect the relics of the Buddha's gods.
Even if the gods in heaven or Taoism took it, the Buddhists could take it back immediately with just a spell or a hand seal.
After an incense stick of time, the wound on Tang Yu's chest gradually healed, but it was only a preliminary healing. But at least he could move freely.
At this time, ten divine lights descended from the sky. Tang Yu looked up and saw ten divine generals flying in front of him. They bowed to him and said, "Capture and kill the general. The minister has ordered us to take you back to Xitian Mansion."
Tang Yu nodded and pointed to the ruins of Shuangjian Temple below and said, "Don't worry, erect a monument here."
"The monks of Shuangjian Temple secretly obeyed the command and disrespected the Heavenly Law, attempting to resist the decree of Master Hongqing. We are capturing and killing General Tang Yu. Following Master Hongqing's command, we uphold the Heavenly Law and destroy the rebellious monks. This monument is erected as a warning."
These were the words written on the stone tablet erected by Tang Yu in front of the mountain gate of Shuangjian Temple. After erecting the tablet, Tang Yu and the ten generals rode on the clouds and returned to Xitianfu.
And in the territory of Amo country, on a high mountain cliff called "Maliu Cliff", the Ghost King Bodhisattva is sitting cross-legged in the center of Maliu Cliff with a "gloomy skull" look.
He looked at the dozens of relics floating in the air in front of him. These were the relics of the monks of Shuangjian Temple.
Originally, at the moment when Master Xianzheng and Tangyu were fighting, the Ghost King Bodhisattva was ready to secretly help Master Xianzheng kill Tangyu.
But when Tang Yu used his first clear light magical power, the Ghost King Bodhisattva immediately dismissed this idea.
Because at that moment, the Ghost King Bodhisattva recognized Tang Yu's origin, "Nirvana's divine light, inner Yuan stars, he is actually a person from the Qingxiao Treasure Realm." The Ghost King Bodhisattva said in a deep voice.
Moreover, the person who can use the two magical powers of Nirvana Divine Light and Inner Yuan Star Fighting is definitely not an ordinary person, but a person of extremely noble origin in the Qingxiao Treasure Realm.
"Could it be the Demon Emperor, Demon Queen, or the son of Demon Master Kunpeng?" Ghost King Bodhisattva's eyes shone with a sinister light. "Interesting! I never thought the four gods of the Qingxiao Treasure Realm would be so generous as to send their own bloodline to serve as an official under Fang Jian."
As the Ghost King Bodhisattva spoke, he already had an idea in his mind. If this person's identity was really as he guessed, then it would be a shame not to make use of him.
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The destruction of Shuangjian Temple spread to the ears of all Buddhist disciples in Xiniu Hezhou in just a few days.
In addition, Xitian Mansion continuously transmitted the imperial edict to the various immortal officials' shrines and major Buddhist temples and monasteries. Therefore, when the news that Shuangjian Temple was suppressed by Xitian Mansion reached the ears of these Buddhist disciples, everyone was extremely shocked.
When Guangfa Temple was destroyed, only the temple was destroyed. Not many monks died. Most of them were imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison of Xitianfu.
But this time, Shuangjian Temple was different. This time, the entire temple was wiped out, from the abbot to the lowest-level disciples, no one survived.
This news was also confirmed by eight Bodhisattvas. In fact, the eight Bodhisattvas initially issued the decree to confirm this news in order to declare the cruelty of the Western Paradise to the Buddhist disciples and the people of Xi Niu Hezhou.
But what the Eight Great Bodhisattvas did not expect was that after their decrees confirmed the news that Shuangjian Temple was suppressed by Xitian Prefecture, all Buddhist disciples in the entire Xiniu Hezhou fell silent and no longer took any action.
Although these Buddhist disciples followed the teachings of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas correctly, facing the pressure from the Western Paradise, the abbots and headmasters of every Buddhist temple had to be responsible for their own disciples.
Whether it is to eliminate evil spirits or to spread Buddhism, what is ultimately needed is "people", or outstanding disciples in the religion.
If one insists on exterminating the evil spirits in order to follow the Bodhisattva's teachings, and ends up sacrificing everyone in the Buddhist temple, it would be a huge loss and not worth it at all.
You destroyed the demon, but did Buddhism flourish? No, on the contrary, because of disobeying the Western Paradise, it would cause huge losses and the decline of Buddhism.
Therefore, after learning that Shuangjian Temple had been destroyed, the abbots and headmasters of all the major Buddhist temples immediately accepted the imperial edict from the divine general who came to announce it and stopped their efforts to exterminate the demon.
The Eight Great Bodhisattvas also understood this situation very clearly, so they did not issue a decree to order the Buddhist disciples to eliminate the demons. Instead, they issued a decree to order all Buddhist disciples to avoid direct conflict with the Western Paradise as much as possible.
Under the laws of nature, all struggles within the three realms are nothing more than struggles over ideals and beliefs.
This is true in Buddhism, Taoism, and the Heavenly Court.
The Heavenly Court must fight for the Heavenly Laws and Regulations, the Taoist sect must fight for the Taoist Laws, and the Buddhist sect must fight for the Buddhist Laws.
But the premise of all struggles is people. If people are gone, what’s the point of winning the struggle?
Like all the Buddhist monks in Xiniu Hezhou, Bao Yun and his wife, who were sheltered in the Shiqiu Land God Temple, were also shocked.
The couple learned the news of the destruction of Shuangjian Temple from Zhang Qing. At that time, they stood there in shock, speechless.
After a long while, the couple finally came to their senses and asked in disbelief, "Frost Stream Temple... was destroyed?"
Zhang Qing shook his head and smiled, then answered again: "Indeed, he was killed by my Xitian Palace's General. If you two fellow Taoists are interested, you can go to Shuangjian Temple to see it with your own eyes."
Upon hearing this, Bao Yun and Bao Xin hurriedly shook their heads. What a joke! Even if Shuangjian Temple was destroyed, it would still be a Buddhist temple in a short time. How could they, two Yangshen realm demon cultivators, dare to run there?
"I can't believe it," Bao Xin said in disbelief. "Shuangjian Temple is such a big Buddhist temple, and it was destroyed just like that?"
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