Life or Faith-That Was the Question

Were the monks of Zhiyuan Temple steadfast in their devotion to Buddha? Cheng Tian did not know.

He only knew that people only had the mind to think about such things after they had eaten their fill.

The vast quantities of stone needed for Chechi Kingdom's construction projects were all quarried by the demoted monks. The monks had paid dearly in blood and even with their lives for it. Even modern mines and quarries were far from safe, let alone those of ancient times.

Because the Three Immortals honored Taoism and suppressed Buddhism, they subjected the monks to brutal enslavement.

Any monks who could survive under such cruel oppression surely possessed a powerful desire to live.

So long as the conditions were right, some of them would certainly be willing to give up certain things in order to survive, including the faith they had always upheld.

Clearly, the order to persuade the quarry workers to change their faith had been issued by Cheng Tian in the Three Immortals' name.

After becoming Grass Head Gods and confirming that they had successfully made it ashore, the three backgroundless immortals cherished their current status even more than expected. Even if they had doubts about Cheng Tian's orders, they would carry them out without hesitation.

An incomplete choice of sides meant absolute disloyalty. Now was precisely the time for these three newly promoted Grass Head Gods to prove themselves.

They were merely arrogant, not truly stupid. Otherwise, they would never have learned the Orthodox Five Thunders Technique.

The Three Immortals knew that Chechi Kingdom was the only place where they could demonstrate their worth, so whatever Cheng Tian said, they acted on decisively. Even if it might harm their own interests in Chechi Kingdom, they did not care.

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