Ch 213: The Power Of Public Opinion
“Master Dingkong, you are the Abbot of Tianlong Temple, a High Monk of the highest order, yet you use such a flimsy excuse. Isn’t that rather disrespectful?”
Many monks’ faces darkened.
Do they think we are fools?
Can you all perform the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art?
“Everyone, this truly isn’t an excuse; everything is true.” Huining and Huihai, several Chief Monks, also quickly came out to clarify.
Everyone sneered without speaking.
Act.
Keep acting for me.
We will quietly watch your performance.
At this moment, someone in the crowd said, “You yourselves don’t know the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art, yet you say a little girl learned it? It’s all an excuse. I heard that this little girl met Jueyuan in Dongyan Province and experienced life and death with your disciple Jueyuan before being detained by you. Is that the case?”
Experienced life and death?
Hearing this, everyone thought of the scene of Fahai helping Xiao Qing through the Heavenly Tribulation.
Yes, Xiao Qing and Fahai also experienced life and death together.
“Master Dingkong, is this true or not?”
Someone came forward to question.
“This…”
Dingkong couldn’t lie at this moment, so he could only grit his teeth and say, “To say that they experienced life and death, that is true, but actually…”
“Alright, no need for explanations.” The High Monk said, “This should be Tianlong Temple’s matter, and we shouldn’t interfere, but doing this truly violates Heaven’s harmony. We hope Tianlong Temple will quickly release the female benefactor and not make mistake after mistake.”
“That’s right, release her!”
“What you are doing is no different from beasts!”
“Tianlong Temple, as one of the Four Great Temples, doing such a thing is a disgrace to the Jianghu!”
Many disciples from other temples below also began to make a commotion.
This made the faces of everyone in Tianlong Temple extremely ugly.
They couldn’t figure out why these people suddenly rushed to Tianlong Temple to demand that they release Yun Qianzhu.
What does this matter have to do with them?
If it were Li Hanzhou making this request, it would be understandable, but these people have nothing to do with Li Hanzhou.
For a time, they were somewhat bewildered.
“We cannot release her!”
At this moment, Huining stepped forward, glaring at everyone and saying, “I don’t know what relationship you have with this woman, but this woman stole Tianlong Temple’s Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art and even cultivated it to the Minor Accomplishment realm. If such a person is released, wouldn’t our Tianlong Temple’s cultivation methods be leaked?”
“Hahahaha!”
“Hahahaha!”
Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but laugh.
“Why are you laughing?”
Huining looked surprised.
“Master Huining,” someone asked, “Doesn’t Tianlong Temple know how to lie convincingly anymore? You say a little girl stole your sect’s martial arts, fine. Let’s say she stole your Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art, which has been lost for hundreds of years. Fine, let’s assume she did steal this cultivation method, but she’s only been imprisoned for less than two months, right? Did she cultivate the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art to the Minor Accomplishment realm?”
“Is your treasured martial art that easy to learn?”
“Hahaha!”
Everyone roared with laughter.
Even a High Monk from Gu Sha Temple sarcastically remarked, “I heard that among the Tianlong Temple ancestors, the fastest person to reach the Minor Accomplishment realm in the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Great Zen Art took six years, and that person was already the most talented person in Tianlong Temple’s history. Yet a little girl did it in two months? Doesn’t that mean everyone in Tianlong Temple is useless?”
“You!”
Hearing this, everyone in Tianlong Temple was furious!
Huining was also extremely aggrieved. Yun Qianzhu did indeed cultivate to the Minor Accomplishment realm in one month. Not to mention these people, even they themselves still found it unbelievable when they thought about it.
“Everyone.”
At this time, Dingkong spoke, “Everyone, please calm down. This matter is Tianlong Temple’s responsibility. Tianlong Temple will consider releasing her. I need to discuss this matter with Martial Uncle Jiulong. I hope everyone will go back first. I will tell you the results of our discussion at tomorrow’s Buddha Affinity Convention.”
Hearing Dingkong bring up Master Jiulong.
Everyone’s voices became much quieter.
The people from the other Three Great Temples didn’t say anything. They were just seizing the opportunity, not wanting Tianlong Temple to really produce another Buddha.
As for the people from the smaller temples, seeing that the people from the Three Great Temples weren’t saying anything, they naturally wouldn’t take the lead in causing trouble, so they also agreed.
Everyone could only disperse, but some who had not yet emerged from the Tale of the White Snake were still grumbling along the way.
“Sigh.”
Seeing the departing crowd, Dingkong turned to the many Chief Monks and said, “Although I don’t know what’s going on, I think Li Hanzhou is behind this.”
“Senior Brother, we cannot release Yun Qianzhu!” Huining quickly persuaded.
“Not release her?”
Dingkong sneered, “Didn’t you see the situation today? The news will soon spread throughout the South Sea, and the Three Great Temples will also put pressure on us. If we don’t release her, Tianlong Temple’s reputation will be ruined. Huining, go find Li Hanzhou and ask him to come to Tianlong Temple. This person is quite scheming. If we continue to stubbornly refuse, I don’t know what outrageous things he will do next.”
“Yes…”
Huining gritted his teeth, looking unwilling as he led people away.
He naturally knew where Li Hanzhou was.
At this moment, Li Hanzhou was drinking tea in Misty Rain Tower, waiting for the final outcome of this matter.
Li Hanzhou understood that relying on his own strength, it would be difficult to sweep through Tianlong Temple and rescue Yun Qianzhu. He couldn’t deal with Monk Jiulong. So, he thought, since his own strength was limited, he would use the pressure of public opinion to crush Tianlong Temple, forcing Tianlong Temple to release her.
That’s why this world doesn’t have Douyin, otherwise Li Hanzhou would definitely make Huining and Dingkong and those old bald donkeys feel the joy of online bullying.
Shangguan Wanwan was stunned by Li Hanzhou’s actions.
She didn’t know before why Li Hanzhou came to her small Misty Rain Tower to be a storyteller, but now she understood. Everything was aimed at Tianlong Temple.
Tianlong Temple’s Buddha Affinity Convention was originally meant to increase its glory, but unexpectedly, the convention became a knife to slaughter themselves.
Li Hanzhou, with the story of the Tale of the White Snake, nailed Tianlong Temple to the pillar of shame.
Anyone who has heard the Tale of the White Snake has no good feelings towards the people of Golden Mountain Temple.
As a result, Tianlong Temple did the same thing as Golden Mountain Temple, and its reputation instantly collapsed. Shangguan Wanwan felt that Li Hanzhou’s methods were even more terrifying than his strength.
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