Southern Jambu Continent, Cangwu Kingdom.
The capital of this kingdom neighboring the Black Tortoise Kingdom was now gripped by an inexplicable frenzy.
Nobody knew what madness had possessed a bunch of monks who ought to have been chanting their own scriptures in their temples. They had actually begun promoting so-called Hinayana Buddhism.
At first, everyone had thought it might simply be a routine Buddhist Sect activity.
Until this undertaking exceeded everyone's expectations.
Many Buddhist cultivators suddenly arrived throughout Cangwu Kingdom to preach Hinayana Buddhism, while the kingdom's temples all began taking action together.
Under the banner of saving people through Hinayana Buddhism and accumulating merit for themselves, they began buying up land in large quantities and reclaiming wasteland, attracting impoverished commoners with extremely low rents.
The land they reclaimed and purchased all belonged to the Central Province Buddhist Sect.
Stone steles rose among the fields, bearing crudely carved yet immensely intimidating words-Great Thunderclap Temple.
The Buddhist Sect's actions had clearly gone beyond normal bounds. Ordinarily, the other Immortal Sects established in Cangwu Kingdom would naturally have stepped in to stop them.
After all, preventing the unchecked expansion of Buddhist influence served every Immortal Sect's interests, let alone such nonsense as purchased land belonging to the Central Province Buddhist Sect.
Many monks with cultivation went out to spread Hinayana Buddhism. Under ordinary circumstances, the other Immortal Sects would at least have condemned them for beguiling the common people.
Yet this time, the situation was abnormal to the extreme. Every Immortal Sect established in Cangwu Kingdom all but ignored the Buddhist Sect's actions. Even criticism and gossip were scarce.
Those with any insight naturally picked up on this anomaly keenly-this was a major Buddhist Sect operation.
Although nobody understood what the Buddhist Sect intended, they could still recognize Buddhist cultivators who possessed