Chapter 156 The Clash of Cultural Ideas

Gu Yunli's surprised expression made Emperor Qingxu look strange:
"It seems you don't know yet?"

Gu Yunli quickly bowed and said, "Please give me some advice, Your Majesty."

"You can find out by looking online."

Gu Yunli was full of suspicion. He spared a thought and scanned the Internet. By the time he understood what had happened, if he had not been in front of Emperor Qingxu of Beidu Palace, he would have blurted out the "wu cao".

However, the huge Internet is experiencing turmoil again.

Of course, there are hot news on the Internet every day, but this hot event is definitely not ordinary!
Gu Yunli had been completely immersed in spiritual practice during this period and had neglected the Internet, so much so that he was completely unaware of such a big thing.

The incident originated from a pinned post.

The post title is:
[Where should Xi Niu Hezhou go? Please give me some advice. 】

The post reads:

If I tell you this, you fellow Taoists will definitely not believe it.

I am from Hezhou, Xiniu. A month ago, I met a wandering monk by chance. He blessed me and gave me a prayer wheel. After turning it, I realized that there are such wonderful places in the world.

No one knows how shocked I was after logging onto the Internet.

I no longer know how to describe what’s inside me.

I lost my mother when I was three years old. My father said that she died at the hands of an evil spirit. When I was nine years old, the drought demon was born and the wilderness was barren for thousands of miles. My father sold me that year. Although I was sold, my life became better.

My adoptive parents were very good to me, but unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long. When I was eleven years old, a wolf demon attacked and six people in the village were abducted, including my adoptive parents.

Later, I entered the temple and became a young monk, chopping wood and fetching water every day.

My master told me that the reason why I was so miserable in this life was because of the karma I created in my previous life.

Only when you have paid off your karma can you be free.

I think I must have been a monster in my previous life, which is why I killed my parents, my adoptive parents, and even many people I know or don’t know.

I became a Buddhist and started to slay demons and monsters everywhere.

But this monster could never be killed completely, and there were always more powerful monsters wreaking havoc on the world. I asked my master for help, but later, my master also died.

Maybe I really was a big demon in my previous life!
It was not until I met the wandering monk and logged onto the Internet that I realized that the world could be like this.

My master has always told me that in Jambudvīpa, people are greedy, lustful, and enjoy causing trouble, with a lot of killing and fighting, but I see it all as joy and peace.

Everyone can log on to the Internet, learn a hundred arts, and practice martial arts;
The monks farm for the world;
The people burned incense and prayed in exchange for food.

The demons and monsters that committed all kinds of evil in Xiniuhezhou became video hosts, teachers, and reporters in Nanzhanbuzhou...

What I find hard to imagine is that the General Chamber of Commerce openly and wantonly sells instruments of killing.

I expected that, as the master said, the more killing, the more fighting, but from what I saw on the Internet, it was more for fun, for the purpose of shooting so-called videos.

There are too many things that make me lose my Buddhist mind.

They say that the mystical methods are ways to kill, but I see agricultural channels and medical channels promoting ways to save lives;
They say that the officials of the celestial court treat the people of the world as sheep, but I see the star of the Winged Constellation collecting all kinds of performances from all over the world to entertain the people;

They say that the immortal officials in the celestial palace are only for incense and worship, but I see temples on the Internet that protect all living beings.

If it were only the Internet, it would be fine, but this may be the special feature of the true master in the network domain.

But I saw countless networks in the Southern Continent, including geomancy, water mirrors, moon mirrors, armillary spheres, and the sea of ​​stars...

No one knows that I stayed up all night for several days when I first learned about the Internet.

If... there was also the Internet in Xiniu Hezhou, would there still be the tragic situation of evil spirits wreaking havoc?
Is this due to the inaction of Buddhism, or is Xiniu Hezhou the real evil land?
My faith was about to collapse, and I was wondering, could it be that this was a strange and fantastic story in which the evildoers of the Xuanmen sect bewitched me and made me fall into the evil way?
If this was an illusion, it was all too real.

I have had private chats with countless netizens, and I can feel that they are real people.

Unfortunately, I have limited magical powers, unable to cross the desolate sea, let alone ascend to heaven and search for the immortal gate. I only ask my fellow Taoists, can you help the world and save Xiniu Hezhou?
Save my parents, adoptive parents, and countless mortals who should not have died.

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This is the end of the post, it’s quite long.

The information that was exposed was enough to shock the entire southern continent.

This post has attracted tens of thousands of likes so far, and its content has been screenshotted and shared on countless forums and even other networks, triggering a wave of public opinion. Various comments have emerged one after another.

"Fuck, the Internet has spread to Xiniu Hezhou? They are going to dig up the Buddha's ancestral grave!"

"Is Xiniu Hezhou so miserable? Is it full of evil spirits?"

"It's fake, right? This is a deliberate story to cheat for points and incentives, right?"

"Although there are many demons in our Southern Continent, as long as we don't go to the barren land, basically nothing will happen. There are temples for land gods and mountain gods everywhere, and I'm worried that I don't have any merits!"

"Big monk, I feel embarrassed by your bragging. In fact, our Internet has only been around for two or three years, and life has only gotten better in the past three years."

"After reading this post, I suddenly realized that Xiniuhezhou is exactly what Nanzhanbuzhou looked like before the Internet appeared."

"I have to admit that Gu Zhenzai has changed the world!"

"How do I get to Xiniu Hezhou? I want to go there and slay demons and monsters."

"Forget about the upstairs. Do you think that everywhere is Jambudvīpa? If you go there, you will be a monster."

"I just want to know, is that monk Youfang the incarnation of Gu Zhenzai?"

There is no harm without comparison!
Through the comparison, many people realized for the first time how epoch-making the emergence of the Internet was.

So much so that there was even a wave of reminiscing about the past on the Internet.

Of course, with great fame comes great criticism.

As the incident spread, many people began to doubt the authenticity of the incident. Some even suspected that someone was deliberately creating a hot post to gain points!

At this point, we can only say that the netizens in Jambu Continent are just being unilateral and self-indulgent.

Unexpectedly, as the situation escalated, a bunch of people suddenly emerged on the Internet speaking up for Xiniu Hezhou.

"A group of livestock raised by the Immortal Court are qualified to mock Xi Niu Hezhou?"

“When talking about the glory of the Internet, even beggars receiving food relief would puff out their chests with pride.”

"Habits of bad speech, false speech, and frivolous talk, talking about the Way and the Buddha, how ridiculous!"

Compared with netizens from Jambu Continent, the tone of this group of people seemed very formal, and the details of their linguistic habits did not seem like those of netizens from Jambu Continent.

Unfortunately, this group of people is so small that they are completely at a disadvantage in online wars of words and are even little known.

Until this group of people were forced into a corner and began uploading a large number of videos and photos of Xiniu Hezhou as evidence.

The scenery was so different from that of Jambu Continent that it made everyone realize that the Internet had really spread to Xiniuhe Continent.

For a time, it attracted countless onlookers and, of course, all kinds of verbal battles.

……

Gu Yunli's thoughts raced like lightning, and soon he figured out the whole cause and effect of the matter. He was surprised, yet also somewhat convinced that it was natural.

The exchange of information between two relatively closed worlds will inevitably lead to collisions and contrasts in ideology and culture.

Overall, the development of Xiniu Hezhou is indeed not that good, so it is not surprising that a pilgrim mentality has emerged.

Of course, it is understandable that this would anger the local indigenous people.

What deserved his attention was the attitude of Emperor Qingxu.

"During this period, I have been immersed in my cultivation and neglected to manage the Internet. I didn't expect that something like this would happen."

Gu Yunli briefly explained, and then continued, "Your Majesty, are you worried that my humble servant's preaching in Xiniu Hezhou will cause dissatisfaction among Buddhists?"

"Dissatisfied? Humph, when the Buddhist sect sent people to kill you and steal your Dao, why didn't you ask me if the Immortal Court was satisfied?"

Emperor Qingxu sneered and said:

"At this point, I will not hide some things from you. Although the Buddhist sect has submitted to the Immortal Court, everyone knows that they are disloyal. Now they have even occupied Xiniu Hezhou and are eyeing us covetously. Although the Immortal Court wants to conquer us, it has been delayed until now because of the impact of a single move. Now that we have the Internet as a weapon, we may be able to take over Xiniu Hezhou without bloodshed."

At this point, Emperor Qingxu looked at Gu Yunli meaningfully and said, "Since this war started because of you, are you willing to be the vanguard?"

(End of this chapter)