Chapter 354

Chapter 355: The Confucian Libationer In front of Dafen'e Temple, Li Wangyi stood peacefully, his folding fan in hand. Inside the great temple, shielded by layers of formidable formations, the monks looked grave. The Confucian scholar outside did not seem at all fazed by the arrival of reinforcements from the Great Leiyin Temple of Lingshan—could it be that he had some hidden ace up his sleeve? Yet, here in the Western Pure Land Continent, the greatest Buddhist domain in the world, who could possibly stand in the way of the Buddhas from Lingshan? Suddenly, the Second Elder contemplated a possibility: could it be that the Confucian academy, which stood like an iron nail in the west, had intervened? As the world's preeminent teaching and the most prominent school of thought, the Confucian Sect had established an academy on each of the Nine Great Continents, including the Nan Menghua Continent and the Western Pure Land Continent. Although the academies in those two regions were tasked only with matters of Confucianism and did not interfere with the governance of Buddhism or Taoism, no one could ignore their influence when the Confucian Sect’s interests were at stake. As it turned out, the Second Elder had guessed correctly.