Dong!

The Buddha Bell rings without the wind!

One sound, two sounds, three sounds...

Up to nine sounds.

Nine rings of the Buddha Bell, this is the highest courtesy, only the founding patriarch of a sect can enjoy such treatment.

"Miao Yu!" Du Yuexin said calmly, "According to what Mr. Su said, this temple has sheltered seventy-nine people full of sin?"

"Replying to Senior Sister!" Miao Yu bowed, "It’s true that this temple has sheltered seventy-nine disciples. However, they have now laid down their knives and sincerely turned to Buddhism."

"How can you be sure they have truly laid down their knives and not just temporarily kept them at their waists? How can you be sure they have sincerely turned to Buddhism and are not merely hiding in this temple to escape the law from outside, just waiting to rise again when the situation calms down?"

Miao Yu was shocked, "Amitabha, Senior Sister..."

Du Yuexin slightly raised her hand, "The Buddhist pure land cannot harbor filth! All seventy-nine of these people must be expelled from this temple. It won’t be too late for them to return once they’ve atoned for their sins. From now on, no one in this temple is allowed to use ’laying down the butcher’s knife and achieving instant enlightenment’ as an excuse to cover up filth. Otherwise, Luohua Temple is an accomplice in harming the world, and what right do we have to use the name of Buddha?"

Pa!

Pa!

Gu Suixin clapped his hands in praise, "Master Miaoxin’s words are the most righteous Buddhist theory I’ve heard while traveling the Jianghu. The Great Power of the Buddhist Path, truly lives up to its reputation! I am in admiration!"

He bowed deeply.

Zhang Tao also bowed deeply, "Precisely so. The so-called ’laying down the butcher’s knife and achieving instant enlightenment’ comes with a premise: you cannot owe a mountain of blood debts. You must repay the debts completely before you qualify to talk about laying them down! The law of the world, punishing evil and promoting good, is itself a repayment of debts, embodying the fairness of the Heavenly Dao."

Everyone exchanged glances, and the seventy-nine people’s faces turned ashen.

If it were someone else saying these words, they would have a bellyful of rebuttals, but these words came from the founding patriarch of this temple.

This temple was established by her.

All rules are ultimately interpreted by her.

If she wants to give it up, who can interfere?

Miao Yu and Miao Shen straightened their waists slowly, still wanting to make one last effort...

Du Yuexin met their eyes, "There are two more things I must inform you!"

"Amitabha, please instruct us, Senior Sister!" The two’s hearts were slightly startled.

"Firstly, if you two had any dealings with Heart Dao in the past, it stops now! From today onwards, if there remains the slightest entanglement with Heart Dao, I will personally abolish your cultivation and clean house!"

The two nuns were greatly shocked and fell to their knees with a thump, "Senior Sister, do not listen to this man’s nonsense. We have not had any improper dealings with Heart Dao."

Lin Xiaosu said lightly, "What is proper or improper varies with individuals. Perhaps you think it normal to have some dealings with Heart Dao for Luohua Temple’s standing in the Jianghu. However, in my view, these dealings make you complicit with evil."

This finishing blow made the two nuns’ hearts jump wildly, as if their entanglement with Heart Dao became a settled conclusion.

The focus of the debate shifted to what was proper or improper.

"Amitabha, Mr. Su..."

Du Yuexin raised her hand, directly interrupting, "This matter is decided with one word! From this day forward, break all entanglements; can you do it?"

"We accept Senior Sister’s directive!" Master Miao Yu bowed deeply.

Du Yuexin said, "Secondly, I heard that our Luohua Temple still holds properties outside?"

Miao Yu, Miao Shen’s hearts skipped a beat, "Senior Sister, it is true that Luohua Temple holds properties outside, but those properties were donated by followers, with no coercion from the temple."

Lin Xiaosu nodded slightly, "I can testify that Luohua Temple’s seventeen properties were indeed not coerced. You simply provided some assistance to Heart Dao, and in return, Heart Dao ensured that the sects under its control provided you with some returns. So, your acquisition of these properties does not count as coercion, just as a ’clever take’!"

Everyone’s faces completely changed.

This finishing move...