Cultivation: Being Immortal Chapter 937

In the year 9900 of the Blue Star Xia calendar, Mahayana Star

The Buddhist sect in the Tianbei Star Domain has just stabilized. At this time, it has been twenty years since the battle in the unknown Star Domain.

Back then, the Buddhist sect conceded defeat and left the unknown Star Domain, but their troubles did not end because they lost nearly half of their forces in the Tianbei Star Domain, leaving them feeling very weak.

The power of the Buddhist sect in the Tianbei Star Domain was originally on par with the Heavenly Court, and the Buddhist sect was more proactive, infiltrating many planets of the Heavenly Court. Therefore, after the battle in the unknown Star Domain, the Heavenly Court was eager to remove the Buddhist sect’s influence from all their planets.

After thousands of years of effort, the Buddhist sect was naturally unwilling to fail again. So, in these twenty years, they have been tirelessly working to stabilize their forces in the Tianbei Star Domain, expending countless efforts and dedication.

Things calmed down a bit, and the Buddhist community was also discussing the gains and losses from this event, conducting a post-war summary. Compared to the Heavenly Court, the Buddhist community was more proactive in some ways and showed no signs of decay.

"In this battle, our Buddhist community suffered greatly. Our Mahayana Star faced heavy losses. Eighty Bodhisattvas and one thousand two hundred Arhats set out, but only eighteen Bodhisattvas and three hundred sixty Arhats returned…"

Bodhisattva Hui Kong gathered the high-ranking members of Mahayana Star to discuss and summarize the war. As the main force in this battle among the stars, Mahayana Star did not just lose more than half; it was nearly three-quarters. This was also because their power was so strong that the Heavenly Court took great care of them.

"The key to the gains and losses of this battle lies in the Blue Star of the Tiannan Star Domain. The cultivators of Blue Star are weak, but their technological weapons are extremely powerful, especially their expertise in long-range attacks…"

Looking back at the entire war, from the True Buddha Immortal battlefield to the battlefield of Buddhist cultivators, the Buddhist community actually did nothing wrong. Compared to previous wars, they were better prepared and stronger.

Logically, they should have won; it was expected that they would win. On the battlefield, the strength of the Buddhist community always held an advantage, nearly three to two in numbers. As for morale, the Buddhists showed no hesitation, with many Buddhist cultivators boldly self-destructing on the battlefield.

The only variable was the thousands of Space Battleships from Blue Star. They were unfamiliar with the tactics of Space Battleships and did not heed Ci’en’s advice, leading them to be constantly on the defensive on the battlefield, seemingly unable to fight back at all.

This change frightened the Buddhist community because, after the battle, they realized they had no way to break the enemy. The Buddhist community certainly had means for long-range attacks, but their long-range capabilities were different from those of Blue Star.

The Buddhist sect’s long-range attack methods can reach distances from dozens of kilometers to ten thousand kilometers. Within this range, their attacks do not weaken much, but once distances exceed this range and reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilometers, their power diminishes significantly.

On the other hand, Blue Star’s long-range is different; hundreds of thousands of kilometers is quite normal. This is because the way they both unleash their powers is different. The Buddhist sect and cultivators trigger their attacks using their own spiritual power, where the spiritual energy needed for the attack and the energy required for flight are linked. Thus, the farther the distance, the weaker the power. Blue Star, however, separates these energies, just like artillery shells, where a firing pin ignites the gunpowder at the shell’s base, giving it kinetic energy, and the explosion upon landing is additional gunpowder.

In space, while they don’t use shells anymore, their design philosophy is the same. Therefore, Blue Star’s technological weapons can travel very far.

The Buddhist sect is currently worried about how to counter the attacks from these Space Battleships. They have thought of many ways, such as the Buddhist Domain and battle formations, which can actually restrain the Space Battleships, but this requires the ideal situation. In reality, they have tried this and it did not work at all because Blue Star does not send battleships to fight alone; they always engage in joint operations with multiple units.

Once Hui Kong finished speaking, the high-ranking members of the Buddhist sect had extremely troubled expressions. They had also not figured out how to counter Blue Star’s capabilities. Just thinking about how cheap Blue Star’s technological weapons are made them shudder, because such weapons can be mass-produced and their cost compared to the Buddhist cultivators is truly too low.

"Ci’en"

Seeing that no one was speaking, Hui Kong didn’t hesitate and directly said, and then someone pushed the door open; it was Ci’en from Da’en Temple.

When Ci’en and the five open-minded Bodhisattvas landed on Mahayana Star, they followed Hui Kong and others to the battlefield. In the end, only Ci’en returned alive, and that was because Hui Kong paid a price to save him. During the battle, Hui Kong had sensed that something was wrong, so he specially rescued Ci’en, who knew the most about Blue Star.

"Brother"

Ci’en bowed to everyone. Although they were all Buddhas, there were still differences in their status.

"Ci’en, among the Buddhist community, you are the first in understanding Blue Star. Please share, what can we do to defeat Blue Star’s Space Battleship?"

"I report to you, Brother, there is currently no way."

"Is there no way now, but could there be one in the future?"

"Yes, in the ordinary world where people don’t understand cultivation, bows and arrows are very powerful weapons. On the battlefield, to deal with bows and arrows, you can either use a shield for protection or fight back with arrows."

The biggest feature of Blue Star’s Space Battleship is that it can strike enemies from hundreds of thousands to millions of kilometers away, and there are many of them. Even if we use the Buddhist Domain or form battle formations, it is hard to resist, as they can break through by concentrating their fire.

"In the past, in the Tiannan Star Domain, our method was to choose skilled Buddhist cultivators who could move quickly to get close to the Space Battleship and destroy it. However, this tactic is becoming less effective as the Blue Star’s experts are increasing. They use their powerful fighters as a shield, making it hard for us to break through. Therefore, we can only use long-range means to counter their long-range attacks."

"Currently, our Buddhist community’s long-range attack secret techniques cannot reach that distance, unless we gather hundreds or thousands of powerful fighters to form a battle formation. However, this would make the target too large and the formation would be easily broken."

"Yes, Brother, so my idea is that we should also develop technology to counter their technology."

Ci’en and Hui Kong sang together as if they had practiced beforehand. Many leaders, while listening, began to understand the meaning behind it.

"Senior Brother Hui Kong, do you remember the chaos caused by Wufo City many years ago?"

"Senior Brother Hui Kong, what do we do about the deceptive words brought by technology? If that is the case, is our Buddhist path still the same?"

Immediately, a conservative leader spoke up, reminding everyone that Mahayana Star has had advancements in technology. They didn’t see many benefits, but they witnessed a lot of drawbacks; otherwise, they wouldn’t have tried to convert Wufo City. Just think about how many dirty things were revealed after the conversion of Wufo City.

"I understand what all of you brothers are saying, but this time is different; it is time for our Buddhist path to seek change."

Hui Kong nodded. He knew very well what the drawbacks of Wufo City were; he had led the conversion of Wufo City, and he had initially disagreed. However, this battle woke Hui Kong up, making him fully realize that if he held onto the old ideas, the Buddhist path would be doomed.