Cultivation: Being Immortal Chapter 905

9280 in the Blue Star Xia calendar, Huaxia

After several rounds of negotiation, Lin Jiang and Canglan Star roughly reached a partnership. The two sides would cooperate to establish an interstellar group, funded by other life planets, to build a cross-border teleportation array.

If Blue Star Lord provides technology and talent, while Canglan Star handles business talks, funding, and they share the profits equally, then Blue Star earns half and Canglan Star earns half. This is the benefit for the early stage. In the later stage, Blue Star will earn some maintenance fees, training fees, and costs for replacing parts, while Canglan Star will benefit from doing business, as their geographical location is more advantageous. Blue Star is already quite remote.

"Taoist Friend Ming’an, one more thing, we must agree on the costs of the teleportation array between the planets. The toll cannot be too high; otherwise, the Interstellar Teleportation Array will have no meaning."

"Taoist Friend Lin, don’t worry, the leaders of each planet are all people with vision, and this is something we can definitely agree on."

"Then I feel assured. We have prepared the team to build the inter-dimensional teleportation array; we can set off at any time. The business matters still need Taoist Friend Ming’an to take care of."

Lin Jiang nodded. The construction of the inter-dimensional teleportation array between the planets of the Tiannan Star Domain is already about one-third complete. Lin Jiang had already told Zhu Bin to train more technicians. Now there is more than one team that can build it, and they can quickly mobilize another team if needed.

Next, they discussed some detailed issues. For example, the current maximum transmission distance of the inter-dimensional teleportation array is thirty light-years. It’s not that it can’t go further, but this distance is the most suitable. Beyond this distance, energy compression technology cannot keep up and a large amount of spiritual energy is needed, which wouldn’t be cost-effective.

As for energy compression technology, beyond this distance, energy storage cannot keep up and often causes transmission failures. Therefore, thirty light-years is currently the limit, and this distance exceeds the flying value of all spacecraft, after all, even a light-speed spaceship takes thirty years to reach.

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"Taoist Friend Lin, do you know what has happened to Lingqing Star now?"

One day, Lin Jiang and Ming’an were chatting, and Ming’an finally mentioned Lingqing Star.

"It is not known for now."

"Taoist Friend Lin is pretending again. As far as I know, even though Lingqing Star is occupied by the Buddhist sect, the basic industry is still there. You wouldn’t have communication tools? I have gone to university."

Ming’an smiled and said, don’t think he hasn’t studied; he attended university on Lingjing Star and also studied for a time on Blue Star. Although he cannot create quantum communications, he knows the basic rules.

"Taoist Friend Ming’an, please explain carefully."

Lin Jiang also smiled hypocritically. Lingqing Star was a trap he set for the Buddhist sect; how could he not know? He just wanted to understand how Ming’an sees the situation.

"Taoist Friend Lin must have planned this long ago. The Bodhisattva Fa Kong from Lingfa Star was also created by you; it’s just that Bodhisattva Fa Kong died on Lingfa Star later. This time, you have mass-produced Bodhisattva Fa Kong."

"This is serious, very serious. We do not have that ability."

"It is now difficult for the Buddhist community to spread their teachings; the situation is quite awkward. According to Buddhist theories, all their actions have a single purpose, just like ours, which is to concentrate resources and train talent. However, their theoretical framework is wrapped in a guise of hypocrisy, presenting offerings as a reason…"

Ming’an carefully shared their views and analysis. He was greatly influenced by Blue Star’s ideas and had learned to summarize theories and engage in debates. What he said was sharp and true.

The most serious problem for the Buddhist community now is the clash between reality and their theoretical logic. Whether it is the Buddhist community, the Heavenly Court, or Blue Star, they all have control over their respective territories, and their goal is the same: to allocate resources, collecting them from ordinary people and cultivators, and then distributing them to others.

However, the process is completely different. The Buddhist community chose shortcuts and the most shameless methods, using Buddhist theories to fool people into believing in them completely. They make ordinary people feel guilty through various theories, convincing them that offering their wealth to the Buddhist community is a way to atone for their sins.

The benefit of this is that the Buddhist community does not have to be responsible for these ordinary people. If something goes wrong, it is because they did not cultivate good karma in their past lives, so they deserve to suffer in this life. Alternatively, it can be said that this is their fate, something they must go through.

In contrast, Blue Star’s secular government operates under a contract—a social contract. The rulers establish a government to collect taxes from ordinary people, and the government has to be accountable to them. It must build infrastructure and take care of the poor, maintaining a certain fairness in society, and ordinary people have the right to supervise.

Therefore, the Buddhist community on Lingjing Star now does not know how to respond. Hundreds of millions of educated ordinary people are challenging their Buddhist theories. Out of respect for the Buddhist community’s power, they are willing to pay taxes, but they demand that the community be responsible for them as well, rather than dismissing them with empty words about their lack of good karma.

This is causing a lot of discomfort for the Buddhist community. If they are unwilling to change their theories, they will not win the hearts of the people on Lingjing Star. If they do change, it will impact their theoretical foundation.

"This matter is actually quite simple for the Buddhist community: either they forcibly convert everyone, or they eliminate them all."

Lin Jiang smiled and said that he truly knew about Lingqing Star. He had even deliberately placed many talented officials there to keep creating problems. These talents were more powerful than a Space Fleet.

"It’s impossible to kill them all. The Buddhist sect needs the people’s faith. Their faith is very mysterious, and they are also very interested in the technology you left at Lingqing Star. As for trying to forcefully convert them, they have tried, but they failed."

"They gathered senior monks to forcefully convert a city of one million people. They succeeded in a short time, but most people could not stand the loss of material things, so they quickly gave up."

Ming’an said he knew that the Buddhist sect had forcefully converted an entire city of up to a million people and that it lasted for six months, but it ultimately failed.

After the forceful conversion, the people of the city became extremely devout, making worship a part of their lives. The citizens gave their savings, and the merchants contributed their reserves to the temple. They even voluntarily banned industries like killing animals. However, problems began to arise after six months, and the unemployment in the farming industry became a huge issue, leading to their abandonment of the effort.

"Taoist Friend Ming’an, do you believe that the Buddhist sect can solve these problems? Do not underestimate their abilities."

"I believe it, and I am looking forward to seeing how they solve it. Does Taoist Friend Lin have a way?"

"Yes, but I won’t say."

Lin Jiang said that balancing religion and the secular world was not something new, and the unity of religion and politics could work.

But under this system, the Buddha’s teachings will surely decline. In the competition of civilization, it is like rowing against the current; if you do not move forward, you will fall behind. If you do not improve, while others do, then you are moving backward.

This is why Lin Jiang dug a big pit for the Buddha’s teachings. Lingqing Star is like a testing ground that Lin Jiang left for them. Over time, the Buddha’s teachings will surely find a balance between politics and religion, and eventually, they might spread this experience.

In the short term, the strength of the Buddha’s teachings will increase. After all, while the strategy of joining politics and religion is outdated, it is still better than the current state of the Buddha’s teachings. However, this will also limit their true reform and make them miss the chance to become truly powerful.

"It seems that the Buddha’s teachings have really met a master with you. When are you all planning to take action on Lingqing Star?"

"We do not have that strength. It’s better to rest and recover."

Lin Jiang waved his hand. "Why do anything with Lingqing Star? Let’s enjoy playing with the Buddha’s teachings slowly. It would be best if we could directly destroy the theoretical system of the Buddha’s teachings. Even if we can’t, we should at least dig a long-lasting pit for them."

Lin Jiang also does not want to fight for now. He wants to focus on resting and recovering, at least until the combined strength of the human race and the demon race exceeds four or five hundred masters before taking action. Otherwise, facing a strong life planet, there would be no chance of victory at all.