Since Ah Ao and Jia Ye proposed to send people to make friends with the Heavenly Court and spy on the customs and people of the Eastern Territory, after thinking about it repeatedly, Rulai also thought that the current situation of the Heavenly Court was a very suitable time for the expansion of the Buddha Sect to the east. But the candidate was not decided. In order to find the right person to do these two things, he decided to convene a Buddhist conference. With the sound of the grand and distant bell, the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, King Kong and other people who practice everywhere have rushed to the Da Lei Yin Temple in the auspicious clouds.

After everyone had come and sat down, Rulai told you the purpose of this Buddhist conference: "This time this time I have summoned you to come not to open the altar to teach the Fa, but to discuss with you a major matter related to the development of our religion. Everyone here was stunned, because everything in the past was decided by one person. It seems that this time the matter is either too big or too tricky, if you want to find someone to share it, that is, find someone to die with him. However, most people in Buddhism only love to recite the Sutra of the Dead, but there are also many people who have the ambition to shed blood for Buddhism. No matter what everyone in the audience thought, they all spoke together, "Please ask the Lord to explain." Rulai said, "Ah Da, Gaye, the two of you will tell you about the current situation in Heavenly Court again. ”

Ah Ao and Jia Ye were looking at each other and gesturing to each other in fear below, asking each other what was going on, but suddenly they heard Rulai call them, and they were so frightened that they almost didn't sit still. They hurriedly wiped their cold sweat and stood up to explain the various situations in the Heavenly Court now. When the two of them finished speaking, Rulai waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to sit down. Rulai also said, "Have you heard? Now in the Heavenly Court, internal problems are constantly arising, and this is a good opportunity for our sect to develop and expand to the east. Since the immortal realm replaced the heavenly realm, the 'Sanqing' teamed up to get rid of Hongjun. Because they were suspicious of each other, they found a mortal from the mortal world to manage the heavenly court on their behalf. And they are only responsible for pointing fingers behind the scenes. But as the Jade Emperor's cultivation gradually increased and his control over the Heavenly Court gradually strengthened, the 'Three Qings' began to feel scared again. They were afraid that the Jade Emperor would deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors like them, and seek power and usurp the throne. They are now starting to find fault with the Jade Emperor and the problems in the management of the Heavenly Court, wanting to take the opportunity to suppress the Jade Emperor. But the Jade Emperor has begun to covet power, how can he let the 'Three Qings' take back the power in his hands and everything that comes with it. He also took advantage of the 'Three Qings' to pick up management problems, and belittled and cut down some immortals who were loyal to the 'Three Qings'...... In this way, the Jade Emperor and the 'Sanqing' are already on the same page, although they are still very harmonious on the surface. But now there are problems such as the immortals privately going down to the mortals to make a lifelong agreement, marrying and having children, the gods and immortals fighting for the petty profits of a little incense, and the gods from all walks of life forming gangs and sects in the mortal world, etc., making the position of the Jade Emperor and dangerous. The 'Sanqing' also began to send people to collect all kinds of problems that arose during the reign of the Jade Emperor. If there is something wrong with the Jade Emperor in terms of rewards and punishments, then the position of the Jade Emperor will also be replaced. If the Jade Emperor is deposed by the 'Three Qings', and the Heavenly Court is reintegrated by the three of them, then the east will be an iron bucket, and our Buddhism will have no chance to develop to the east. So we have to make a decision now. If we want to expand, then we will now take the opportunity to take advantage of the friction between the Jade Emperor and the 'Three Qings', negotiate with one of them to join forces, and kill the other party, so that we can profit from it." If you don't agree with this expansion, cancel the plan. Do you think this is feasible?" The final decision is still in the hands of Rulai. Everyone also knew that this would happen, so they all chose to remain silent.

After a long time, no one answered, and Rulai was unhappy. He began to roll out names, allowing the man to speak his mind. The first person he pointed out was Guanyin Bodhisattva, whom he spoke to recently. Rulai asked Guanyin Bodhisattva, "Guanyin Bodhisattva, what do you think about this matter?" After Guanyin heard Rulai mention her name, she recited a Buddha name and said, "After listening to Ah Ao's description, coupled with your analysis, I think what you said is very reasonable. This is indeed a great opportunity for us. The disciples automatically asked Ying to go to Dongtu to propagate the teachings of our religion and let the world know that our religion exists to save them. ”

"A lot. But we haven't decided whether or not we're going to expand into the East. And the matter of the candidates will be discussed later. "Rulai waved his hand to let Guanyin Bodhisattva sit down. Then he asked the dragon descending Arhat.

The Dragon Descending Arhat recited a Buddha horn and said, "The disciple also thinks that this is a good time to preach and expand to the eastern land. After all, the land of the East is vast, and there are countless elixir treasures. If I can control it, it will greatly improve the overall strength of my teaching. However, we also need a very good reason to expand into the eastern territory, otherwise the 'Three Qings' and the Jade Emperor will join forces to eradicate us first. The disciple believes that the best reason is to help one of them to eradicate the other. And just now, the Buddha also said that if the 'Three Qings' depose the Jade Emperor, after their heavenly court is integrated, they will become an iron bucket. What if the 'Sanqing' doesn't thank us and doesn't buy our account. So we can only choose the Jade Emperor's side. But if we help the Jade Emperor eliminate the 'Three Qings'. Although we have the handle of the Jade Emperor in our hands. But in the same way, the Jade Emperor will also have our handle in his hands. How should this be? Why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. How?" The Dragon Descending Arhat directly finished his thoughts and worries. After hearing these words, the other people present also began to feel anxious.

"Jin Cicada, looking at your calm and relaxed appearance, you know that you must have a countermeasure in your heart. So what do you think of this as a good thing?" the psychology of the others began to waver after listening to the words of the Dragon Descending Arhat. It is useless to ask them clearly. Rulai glanced at the golden cicada. He thought that this golden cicada who made him jealous would also show a preoccupied look like others. But I saw that the golden cicada was still sitting quietly. This makes Rulai's anger not come to one place. I thought, "I'm going to let you pretend to be there, pretend to be calm." Rulai opened his mouth and asked Jin Chanzi what he thought.

Jin Chanzi recited the Buddha's name and said, "The disciple has no countermeasures in his heart. But the disciple knew that the master's mana was boundless, and he had already made up his mind in his heart. So the disciples are not worried about anything. Jin Cicada threw the question back to Rulai with a few words, and it was also to remind everyone that Rulai's mana is boundless, and he has already prepared in his heart, what is the meaning of you panicking here. Jin Cicada's words also calmed down the tense atmosphere in the palace.

After hearing this, Rulai's eyes narrowed and he took a deep look at the golden cicada. When others say this, they think it is perfunctory. But it's different from the mouth of the golden cicada. If you come to know, Jin Cicada has seen through her thoughts. Since Jin Chanzi said so, Rulai also knew that it would not be interesting to ask any more. He continued: "No matter what the result is, this thing to help the Jade Emperor fight against the 'Three Qings' can be tried." After all, we are only helping, and we don't need to send too many people. Besides, whether we succeed or not, we only lose a few people. However, we can intensify the contradiction between the Jade Emperor and the 'Three Qings'. At that time, the civil war in the Heavenly Court will definitely hurt the vitality of the Heavenly Court. We can then take the opportunity to expand into the Eastern Lands, and even destroy the Heavenly Court in one fell swoop. Speaking of which, I glanced at the faces of the crowd to see if they had any suggestions. He found that everyone was just sitting quietly on the futon, all expressionless. He asked again: "Do you have any objections?" He actually asked symbolically, no matter what objections everyone had, it was imperative to help the Jade Emperor deal with the 'Three Qings'. In fact, everyone also understood in their hearts, so they all said, "Everything is subject to the will of the Buddha." ”

"That being the case. This seat has decided to join forces with Heavenly Court. Next, let's figure out who should go. "Rulai threw out another topic, which seems to be endless.

At this time, in order to express himself, Gaye first stood up and said his thoughts, but this time he also learned to be obedient, and no longer recommended the golden cicada, but recommended Guanyin Bodhisattva instead. He said, "The disciple recommends Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva listens to the suffering of the world, rescues everyone from suffering, and understands human nature and human hearts very well. Moreover, Guanyin Bodhisattva's Buddhist purpose is not weaker than that of all Buddhas, and he can go to heaven on behalf of my sect to make friends with him first. Then we will discuss with the Jade Emperor about dealing with the 'Three Qings'. ”

The Tiger Arhat was not happy. He stood up and said, "The disciple has objections. Guanyin Bodhisattva has to save the suffering every day, how can there be extra time to discuss matters with the Jade Emperor. The disciple thought that my senior brother should be the Arhat of the Dragon Descending to take charge of this matter. Because my senior brother's ability to subdue demons and subdue demons is not inferior to that of all bodhisattvas. Besides, the Heavenly Court will only intrigue and fight, but a group of savage and ignorant people. Only absolute force can convince them. Therefore, the disciple thinks that it should be the senior brother who descends the dragon. ”

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. Maitreya Buddha suddenly spoke and said, "Buddha." The disciple recommended the golden cicada. Jin Chanzi has been practicing under your seat for so long, and his mana and Buddhist cultivation are no longer inferior to you. He is now only convincing in my teaching. Otherwise, everyone will be unconvinced. People will think that you are favoring the golden cicada. ”

After listening to Maitreya Buddha's words, he glanced at the reaction of everyone. I found that everyone's faces were expressions that agreed with Maitreya Buddha's point of view. Although he also understood that many people in the sect were dissatisfied with his practice, everyone had opinions in their hearts and were not convinced. But the reason why he never let Jin Chanzi go out to do errands was that he was afraid that after Jin Chanzi's prestige in the hearts of everyone was raised, he would threaten his status, and he was afraid that he would be replaced by Jin Chanzi. Since Maitreya Buddha said these words in front of everyone, it means that the dissatisfaction in the hearts of everyone is already very deep. He didn't want to let the golden cicada sit idle anymore.

"Golden cicada. Rulai called the golden cicada up and said, "Since you all think that I am favoring you. Then I had to make them understand that this seat is equal to everyone. However, the mission to Heaven is not for you. Because your experience is still shallow. So I've decided to let you take on another task. It is to go to the eastern earth and mortal world to understand the customs and customs there, so that our future expansion work can be carried out smoothly. "Actually, Rulai wants to push the golden cicada into the fire pit. He wanted to take advantage of the dangers that no one knew about in Dongtu to get rid of the golden cicada. Because it was Maitreya Buddha's proposal to let Jin Chanzi go out to do things for Buddhism, if something happened to Jin Chanzi, he could push it all away. Later, in order to get rid of the golden cicada, he added: "In order to minimize the risk, this seat is limited to you to go to Dongtu alone. After we join forces with Heavenly Court to get rid of the 'Three Qings', we will send someone to inform you to return. And before that, don't use the magical powers and spells of our Buddhism, so as not to expose your identity, which may put your life in danger, and it will also allow Heavenly Court to seize our handle first, so that we will fall into passivity. Rulai further sealed the retreat of the golden cicada.

"Disciple remember. The disciples must keep in mind the instructions and reminders of the master. The golden cicada folded his hands.

"Then the golden cicada, you can pack up and set off. "Rulai directly asked the golden cicada to leave. I'm afraid that someone will jump out again when the time comes.

"Disciple respects the Dharma. After the golden cicada said the Buddha name, he withdrew from the main hall.

After Jin Chanzi left, Rulai continued: "What you said just now is very reasonable, but have you ever thought about it. The Jade Emperor has ruled the Heavenly Court for so long. You all think that he doesn't know how to buy people's hearts, and he doesn't understand human nature? Besides, loving face is a common problem of immortals, and you think that if you send Bodhisattvas and Arhats to the heavenly court, the Jade Emperor will not think that we will look down on him? Then we and the Jade Emperor will not be able to reach a cooperation. There is not even a chance to move east. Rulai said the worries in his heart. After listening to it, everyone also felt that this is indeed a tricky problem. If the Venerable Buddha is allowed to go to the heavenly court, it will make the heavenly court feel that there is no one in our Pure Land of Bliss, and then look down on our Pure Land of Bliss. In this case, the two sides will not be able to reach an agreement to join forces. And sending Venerable Bodhisattvas and Arhats to Heaven will make Heaven feel that we look down on them in the Pure Land of Bliss. In this way, the two sides still cannot cooperate. People are like this, they all like to be suspicious of each other, whether they are gods or mortals, this psychology has not changed. ”

At this time, Ah Dou suddenly stood up and said, "Buddha, why don't we just fan the flames and let the Jade Emperor and the 'Three Qings' fight among themselves. When they are defeated, we will wipe them out with a thunderbolt. Wouldn't that be better?"

This time, Randen explained, "If you do what you say, if it succeeds, it will be fine." If we don't succeed, the Jade Emperor will join forces with the 'Three Qings' to treat us as enemies and guard against us at every turn. Aren't we going to have to delay our expansion? And we don't have the timing at all. This is the only chance. ”

This doesn't work, that doesn't work. The mood of the crowd was happy and restless. Rulai also found that everyone was unsettled, and immediately recited the "Paromita Heart Sutra", which calmed everyone's minds.

When he saw that everyone had no idea, he said, "Since you have no better proposal, it will be up to you to decide." Led by the Buddha of the Burning Lamp, he led Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva and one hundred Arhats to heaven together. Teach the Heavenly Court on my behalf. Rulai's words stunned everyone present. This battle is already equivalent to half the strength of the Pure Land of Bliss, which is quite an unprecedented formation. In the past, when I made friends with outsiders, I usually sent envoys from others. Although this time I went with the intention of negotiating and cooperating with the Jade Emperor to jointly eradicate the "Three Qings". But in the hearts of everyone, they just thought that they only needed a Bodhisattva or Arhat leader to go to Heaven to make friends, but who knew that as soon as Rulai opened his mouth, he would let an awakened Buddha Fruit Position, three Bodhisattvas, and a hundred Arhat leaders go. This also reflects how much importance Rulai attaches to this negotiation and cooperation.

Although everyone understands the importance that Rulai attaches to this cooperation, there are still many people who raise objections. Oppose such a big battle to the heavenly court. If you still don't understand when you see everyone, you can only explain it in detail to everyone again: "If we only send one Bodhisattva or Arhat to lead the team to the Heavenly Court, it will make the Heavenly Court feel that we despise them, and it will also make the Jade Emperor feel a kind of resistance in his heart, making it difficult for us to reach cooperation with each other." If we only let one Buddha Venerable go to the Heavenly Court, we will only make the other person feel our respect for them, but we will not see our strength. The Jade Emperor still won't join forces with us. Only when we let the Jade Emperor see our strength will he be tempted to join forces with us. That's why I have this layout. And Maitreya Buddha and I, along with the rest of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and so on, have to sit in the Pure Land of Bliss to prevent anyone from committing crimes. What I'm worried about is that if there is a war within the Heavenly Court, some of their immortals will move to our side in order to avoid disaster, and they may also bring some lawless people to take the opportunity to make trouble at this time. When the time comes, our Pure Land of Bliss may also be in turmoil again. So we have to have someone stay here. ”

Hearing this, everyone began to understand the importance of this mission to Heaven in their hearts, and then no one raised any objections.

After the conference was dispersed, Rulai left Ah Ao and Jia Ye alone, and told them that no one in the Da Lei Yin Temple managed all the chores, which seemed very messy, and there were no systematic regulations, so let the two of them stay in the temple to take care of everything in the future.

In fact, everything in the Da Lei Yin Temple is in order, and Rulai just wants to find an excuse to cultivate some cronies. He became more and more wary of the golden cicada.

Ah Da and Jia Ye were very happy and excited when they heard Rulai's words. Not only did Rulai not blame them, but he also let them stay in the Great Lei Yin Temple on an errand, and they were very happy. They hurriedly laughed and folded their hands in thanks.