The reappearance of the temple completely detonated the entire Shanghai Tang and the surrounding counties and cities. The incense of Tianxian Palace can no longer be described as prosperous, and many people have no choice but to worship outside the palace. Because of the need, incense burners were placed around the entire palace. No one was dissatisfied, and the owner of the house next door even paid for the incense burner placed in front of his own house.

Zhou Lie's master and apprentice were not ambiguous, and they worked in the temple the next day. Zhou Lie was in charge of fortune-telling, and the two junior disciples were helping inside, and at the same time responsible for the security in the Immortal Palace.

On the first day they came, they were amazed by the crowd, they had never seen such a spectacular scene. One by one, in order to put incense in front of the statue, they did not hesitate to wait for a day.

This era is turbulent, some people are precarious, and some people are worried every day, and their hearts are not settled. I heard that the gods appeared, how could there be no reason not to worship. In fact, they don't know that they go to worship, not really to worship God, but to find a sustenance for their hearts when the six gods are ownerless, and to find something for themselves to do.

After the events of that night, the devil did not move at all. Maybe I'm really scared, maybe I'm holding back my big move. But no one cares about them, and people only know that the devils are also afraid. The devils were afraid, so they were happy, and they ran to the Heavenly Immortal Palace.

For the past two days, Xiyue spent most of her time meditating in her room. She is familiar with the power of faith, and she is also listening to the suffering of all beings. Through the power of faith, Xiyue can not only know what the believers want, but also clearly know all the personal circumstances of the believers, whether they are good or evil. According to the situation of these people, she will help them appropriately based on the principle that good will be rewarded for evil and evil will be rewarded.

The more devout a person is, the purer the power of faith, and the greater the chance that Xiyue will hear his prayers. It is impossible for Xiyue to listen to the prayers of the believers every day like now.

Only when believers worship with devotion and the power of faith accumulates to a certain extent will it be fed back to believers. Of course, all this does not need to be led by Xiyue himself, only a wisp of divine thought needs to be left on the statue. Divine thoughts gather faith and become a little incarnation, and the incarnation will help the deity to do things to save the suffering.

This is actually a bit like a transaction, but the way of heaven is fair, and how can there be a return if you don't pay. No matter how much God loves the world, he cannot relieve everyone's suffering. God has a priesthood, and he also has to practice. It is impossible to keep an eye on everyone in the world all day to see if they are suffering.

Of course, Xiyue's purpose is not simple, she wants to benefit all sentient beings, but she also wants to restore the glory of Xihe and the glory of Taoism.

But how can people's purpose ever be simple, and their beliefs and offerings are also conditional. People set up gods on a sacred platform, worship them, and believe in them. But at the same time, they had the hope that God would answer them. How to respond to them? Miracles, which bring them additional benefits.

Many people burn incense and worship the Buddha is fake, they have already planned it in their hearts, this is a kind of transaction, I worship, worship you, you have to fulfill my wishes.

Man's desires are so terrible that even God is afraid. If God satisfies them once, they will ask for more. And when miracles are not manifested, when desires are not satisfied, and anger builds up, they abandon the God they once believed in.

They will say that God is always on high, looking down on all beings, cold and unforgiving. People worship and believe in them, but instead of saving the world and helping the world, they will only punish them. All faults are God's, not man's.

But in reality, it was not God who abandoned humanity first, but man who first turned faith into a transaction. It is the people who think that this is the transaction when they worship the gods. It is true that God is born and dies in the heart.

Xi Yue has been contemplating the power of incense belief for the past few days, and this power is very complex and terrifying. Mottled and impure, there is good and evil, and the power that can make God fall and die.

Thousands of living beings, praying and weeping in your ears. There is pure faith, but more so it is all for their desires, for their benefit. For this reason, they dare to ask for anything, and the ugliness of human nature is undisguised in front of Xiyue.

Although Xiyue has long known the inferior nature of people and has been prepared for a long time, she is still very angry and disappointed when she experiences it herself. Why can't people be satisfied, why can people do anything for their own desires?

In fact, they were also a little scared, after all, Xiyue had shown miracles and had boundless mana, but their desires still made them desperate. Xi Yue could feel their hesitation and fear during the worship, but it still didn't stop them.

But Xiyue can't help it, is it possible to kill them all? If this is the case, will the people of the world not have to die? Born as a human being, who dares to say that he has never been evil, never against his will.

became a god, and Xi Yue understood God's helplessness. It's not that God won't perform miracles to help mankind, but it's that he can't satisfy this endless desire, let alone help it.

Of course, God is not all good, they will be angry, they will give up on humanity, and they will punish humanity. It's not all because of human greed, but also because of God's selfishness.

Xihe is like this, she doesn't care about incense. In the face of the growing desires of human beings, she abandoned them and no longer manifested into the world. There were no miracles, and the worship of Xihe gradually disappeared, and the figure of Xihe gradually existed only in legends.

And there are gods, they are stationed in the earth, there is no worship, no strength, no merit. They will also be corrupted by the evil of the faith and then die. They will punish humanity and vent their grievances.

This is God's selfishness, but human beings are not responsible.

Humans don't reflect, they only blame. So God couldn't do it, so he found the Buddha. The Buddha sacrificed himself to satisfy people, and the transaction was fair. That's why people believe in Buddhism and forget God.

Taoism cultivates itself, seeking detachment. Probably this is why Taoism will gradually be replaced by Buddhism. But it is precisely those Taoists who are truly merciful and compassionate in the mountains and wilderness, who go out of the mountains in troubled times and live in seclusion in prosperous times.

Buddhism, on the other hand, is the opposite, closing mountains in troubled times and preaching in prosperous times. It can be said that many times the fruits of Taoism's hard work have been picked away by Buddhism.

put down the butcher's knife and became a Buddha on the spot, deceived many believers, and hid many sins.

Buddhism is indeed committed to purifying sentient beings, and its flaws are not hidden. But if it really talks about contribution, Xi Yue really can't think of anyone. Maybe he doesn't know Buddhism, she has the impression of Buddhism in her memory of people in Buddhism who benefit all sentient beings and sacrifice themselves for others, but she really doesn't say how much she has contributed to the whole country and nation.

Those who are very powerful in my memory are all Taoist people, such as Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, Fan Li, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen, Zhang Liang, Hua Tuo, Tao Hongjing, etc. One by one, they either pacified the troubled times and overthrew tyranny, or they helped the world and saved countless people who were struggling in the sea of suffering, thanks to the nation and the society.

In Xi Yue's view, the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism are somewhat opposite, one cultivates himself and the other is for the world. But the actual thing is just reversed. A Taoist priest who keeps shouting that he wants to transcend the red dust will save the world instead, and a Taoist priest who wants to purify all sentient beings is to accumulate merit for his next life and to be able to ascend to the Pure Land of Bliss.

In Xiyue's view, although Taoism does nothing, although it seeks freedom and detachment. But on the whole, none of them were detached. Those who have risen to the top, those who have become gods, each has their own priesthood.

And Buddhism, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who lie on the lotus platform are all light and have nothing to do. In Xiyue's view, they are truly detached, without office or power, but with a noble status, they only need to practice and understand the Dharma every day. When you are free, you should go to the world to save the suffering people and spread the Dharma.

The Buddha Kingdom really deserves the Pure Land of Bliss. And the fairy world is just another world.

Which is good or worse, Xiyue doesn't know, probably there is really no absolute perfection in the world.