A Cruel Era

What truly left Wang Ye silent was this.

Things like this were happening everywhere, not just prayers for children.

Those praying for wealth, before doing so, first donated large sums of money to the temples, then prayed for riches.

What a bizarre cycle.

Yet countless people still flocked to it, finding it perfectly reasonable.

After all, though Buddha did not love wealth,

the Dharma was not passed on to the unworthy. Since you needed Buddha's help, naturally you had to show your sincerity.

There were too many people praying to Buddha. If your sincerity was insufficient, how could you draw Buddha's attention?

And wealth was the most valuable thing in the mortal world.

Giving up wealth was equivalent to giving up sincerity.

Thus, Buddha did not love wealth, but you had to offer it. That was the inexplicable logic.

Yet the results Spirit Mountain created were surprisingly effective. Not only did it need to give nothing in return, it amassed enormous wealth. After all, the world was vast, and some rare treasures lay in extremely hidden places that even Spirit Mountain lacked the energy to gather all of them.

But what was most abundant in the world?

It was these seemingly ordinary people.

They brought the things they had found only after countless hardships, arriving at the temples with the mindset of pilgrims, only for those lofty monks to take them away expressionlessly.

In the end, they merely sprinkled a few drops of water on you and sent you away.

All while saying,

"This is blessed water bestowed by Buddha.

"Buddha has already blessed you. If your wish has not come true, it is because your heart was not sincere."

That single phrase, "your heart was not sincere," had ruined who knew how many people.

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