Becoming a Wizard by Starting From the Mind Closure Technique-Chapter 959 - 74 Pure Land

Chapter 959: Chapter 74 Pure Land

Chapter 959 -74 Pure Land

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Guanglin Mansion.

As the date for the Commandery Princess, the much-gossiped-about darling of the Prince of Guanglin, to seek a suitor drew near, the mansion city and its surroundings completely burst into activity.

However, this hustle and bustle belonged to the nobility, the great families, the Buddhist temples, the monks, and all those “noble” persons who stood above the people.

The commoners at the bottom had nothing.

On the contrary, they had to pay an extremely high price for this activity.

The roads around Guanglin Mansion needed repairs, the city gates and walls required cleaning, the roads inside the city had to be spotless, decorations and lanterns must be hung, and all had to be joyful and festive.

Of course, the noble people didn’t need to do these things themselves, they just had to give the order.

These tasks were always done by the peasants with mud on their legs.

These peasants, who longed for the nobles’ charity on usual days, to receive enough food to feed themselves and their families, should give their all to the nobles!

So, were the peasants paid for repairing the roads for the nobles, cleaning the city gates, walls, and streets…?

Wages?

To be given a few meals was already a grace from the nobles.

“Has it always been like this?”

A carriage bearing the mark of the Guanglin Prince’s Mansion passed over the immaculate and decorated road. Jasmine sat inside the carriage and asked softly to Guo’er, the maid who had once run to the mountain’s summit.

“It has always been like this, Commandery Princess.”

Knowing her Commandery Princess’s rising sympathy and sense of justice, Maid Guo’er hurriedly advised, “It has always been like this, Commandery Princess, and there’s nothing wrong with it.”

“How so? Why is there nothing wrong?”

Jasmine stared at Maid Guo’er and asked seriously, “If you’ve worked, you should be paid. Why is it not wrong that they’re not paid?”

Maid Guo’er bit her lip, took a deep breath, and plucked up the courage to say, “Money… you have to be alive to earn it, and you have to be alive to spend it!”

Upon hearing this, Jasmine fell silent.

“Soul Seizing” had already occurred nearly two months ago.

Following the original Commandery Princess’s way of doing things, Jasmine had done quite a lot, visited many places, seen many people and things, and her understanding of this world, of the remnants of Buddhism’s civilization, had deepened.

Initially, she couldn’t quite understand why, even after Buddhism’s civilization was brought to such ruinous straits, it still upheld such intense and oppressive internal governance.

You see, even though the Wizard civilization conquests spanned the Heavens, wielding powerful or gentle means to conquer one civilization after another, they never exploited and oppressed their own peoples like the remains of Buddhism did.

The worlds conquered by the Wizard civilization, if they had something valuable, were actively assimilated and then developed extensively.

Resource-based worlds focused on producing resources in exchange for more advanced civilizational knowledge from the Wizards;

If the resources were insufficient but the world possessed biological and occupational diversity, they would produce Servant Battalions to trade for opportunities to move towards a higher civilization.

Although the Wizard civilization could not be considered a pure White Lotus, it definitely did not engage in open exploitation and oppression like the remnants of Buddhism did.

Clearly, by the inherent characteristics of their civilizations, the Wizards should be the cold-blooded and cruel ones, and Buddhism should be the compassionate and merciful one!

After integrating the original Commandery Princess’s memories and her recent investigations and reflections, coupled with today’s experience, Jasmine finally understood.

Without exploiting and oppressing, without plunging the commoners into a sea of suffering, how could you inspire the commoners’ longing for salvation, for transcendence to the other shore? How could the commoners revere the Buddha?

Without exploitation and oppression, how could you feed a group of so-called nobles and have these nobles face the exploited and oppressed commoners, thus showcasing the Buddha’s loftiness and great compassion?

The Buddha is compassionate and cannot bear to witness the filth of the human world.

So it is entirely possible to just not look, right?

With these thoughts, Jasmine sneered, her eyes filled with sarcasm.

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She lifted a corner of the curtain and peered through the gap at the three great suns in the sky, with nothing she wished to say.

However, the more Jasmine behaved this way, the more Maid Guo’er became frightened.

She truly feared that the Commandery Princess would do something as drastic as running away from home on the eve of seeking a suitor, causing the Prince to lose face in front of all the nobles.

Luckily, the carriage smoothly entered the Guanglin Prince’s Mansion, and the Commandery Princess sat securely as if she was not averse to the idea of seeking a suitor.

This oddity relieved yet also terrified Maid Guo’er.

Could it be that the Commandery Princess was planning something big?

Amidst Maid Guo’er’s complex gaze, Jasmine gracefully exited the carriage and returned to her own residence, closing the door for quiet self-cultivation.

On the road from White Horse Zen Institution to Guanglin Prince’s Mansion.

Link walked side by side with Monk Liao Chen, accompanied by representatives from several other halls of White Horse Zen Institution on their way to Guanglin Mansion.

These monks, regardless of being fat or thin, tall or short, all shared one common characteristic—they were young and childless.

Yes, childless.

Many venerable monks of White Horse Zen Institution had their own offspring.

“Junior brother, are you confident?”

As they walked, Monk Liao Chen bumped Link’s shoulder and asked with raised eyebrows and a teasing tone, “I hear the Commandery Princess is a great beauty, and since she practiced from a young age, her body is both tough and flexible, hehe…”

Link kept his gaze steady and his mind focused, walking calmly and replying calmly, “Senior brother, have you also cultivated the Joyful Zen?”

No matter whether it is White Horse Zen Institution or other Buddhist temples, no matter which sect of Buddhism they practiced, most monks cultivated Joyful Zen.

It wasn’t because the monks liked to cultivate Joyful Zen, but rather that doing so made it easier to comprehend the true essence of Buddhist teachings.

However, Monk Yuanzhi, the head of the Reception Pavilion of White Horse Zen Institution, was an exception; although he had a lineage, he had not cultivated Joyful Zen, and yet his Buddhist teachings were profound.