Chapter 1380 - 932: Duanmu Huai Passes Through Chechi Country, a Great Immortal Offers Strategies at the Golden Palace
But speaking of Duanmu Huai, after leaving Wujia Country, he headed towards Chechi Country, which is also an interesting place. According to the novels, Chechi Country respects Taoists and exterminates monks, mainly for rainmaking. As written in the books, when Chechi Country suffered from drought, the King ordered both monks and Taoists to pray for rain. The monks chanted all day with no effect, but once the Taoists performed their rituals, it rained right away.
Thus, the King was overjoyed, acclaimed the Taoists as true Immortals, and made all the monks do hard labor.
Of course, if you ask Duanmu Huai... well, he didn’t see anything wrong with that.
No matter monks or Taoists, they both live off the royal stipend, and who could stand it when you just take the money and do nothing? In Duanmu Huai’s view, what the King of Chechi Country did wasn’t wrong at all. Since the monks were useless, they naturally lost respect for the Buddha.
Well... but on the other hand... Chechi Country has killed so many monks, and the Buddha didn’t even blink. Contrast that to the Wujia Kingdom’s King, who only dunked your Bodhisattva for three days, and you throw a fit, both scheming and killing the king. It shows how little you value your followers in Buddha’s eyes.
So Duanmu Huai thought it was quite amusing and told Sun Wukong about it, who was also taken aback after hearing it.
"Master, what shall we do? If Chechi Country respects Taoists and exterminates monks, won’t we be in trouble? Should we just bypass it?"
"The territory of Chechi Country is broad; there’s nowhere to bypass, just like in Wujia Country, just enter the main hall, get the pass permit, and then we can leave immediately."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand. To be honest, he did fancy riding Sun Wukong’s Somersault Cloud, but alas, according to Sun Wukong, the magic cloud couldn’t carry mortals. Ordinary people would sink like clay figures, Duanmu Huai getting on it would be like a skyscraper, directly smashing through...
Fortunately, Pegasus was also like a Harley, not slow at all.
As for the three Immortals, to be honest, Duanmu Huai wasn’t too keen on dealing with them. Although he dislikes Buddhism, he isn’t fond of Taoism either. After all, as a Judge at the Tribunal, Duanmu Huai’s position is on the side of humans, and both Taoism and Buddhism often dismiss human concerns.