Zhang Yuan stared at the six thousand gold bricks before him in disbelief.
Wait, what?
Did you all plan this together?
You really each stocked a thousand gold bricks in your Dao Domains?
His plan to demand a lion's share had fallen apart.
The corner of Zhang Yuan's eye twitched. With a sweep of his sleeve, he collected the six thousand gold bricks before him.
He was a man of utmost honesty and integrity. Even though his plan had fallen apart, he would still tell Xie Changye and the others the method as promised.
"You fellow Daoists certainly possess fortunes beyond measure."
Zhang Yuan chuckled, then began explaining how to enter the pagoda.
"This place is a Buddhist kingdom within the Shared-Sorrow Lotus Realm. This pagoda is imbued with the Buddhist Sect's conceptual image. Only those who have entered the Buddhist fold can push open its doors and enter."
Xie Changye said, "Entered the Buddhist fold? Is that the only way?"
The others could not help looking at Zhang Yuan as well.
None of them were monks who had entered the Buddhist fold.
Zhang Yuan shook his head. "Naturally, there is another way. Anyone outside the Buddhist Sect who wishes to enter must recite an entire treasured Buddhist scripture before the doors. Only once the recitation is finished will the doors open. So, do any of you fellow Daoists know the Buddhist scriptures?"
Everyone looked at one another, exchanging blank stares.
That lowered the difficulty, but it was still rather troublesome.
As Foundation Establishment Celestials, they had studied countless classics before proving the Dao and becoming Celestial Persons, so they certainly knew a little of the Buddhist scriptures. But reciting an entire treasured Buddhist scripture from beginning to end required someone rather particular.
Their knowledge of Buddhist teachings was far