This matter was originally the Jade Emperor's embarrassment to Maitreya.
After all, the great rise of Buddhism is going to take away most of the fortune of heaven. As the Lord of the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor naturally does not want to see it.
But now that Buddhism is withering, how can he help before he can even snicker?
After Maitreya left Heaven, he returned to Lingshan again.
As soon as he came back, he saw some new faces.
Puxian and others also returned to Daleiyin Temple one by one at this time.
Their trip was quite fruitful. They were the ones who brought back those fresh faces. These were Buddhist disciples who had been living abroad.
Seeing this scene, Maitreya also had a rare smile on his face.
Since he became the Buddha, so many things happened one after another in Lingshan, and Maitreya really felt that it was too difficult.
Looking around, Maitreya's expression changed slightly.
"Why are so many people here? Where are the others?" Maitreya looked at Samantabhadra and asked.
There should be at least a thousand Buddhist disciples living outside the country, but looking around at this moment, there are only less than a hundred of them.
"That's all we've got for now. Others should be arriving one after another," Puxian said.
Only a handful of people arrived, and Maitreya's mood turned from joy to sorrow.
"What about Great Sun Tathagata Luya? And why didn't Kong Xuan come?" Maitreya glanced at the crowd and didn't see them at all.
Pu Xian hesitated, "I went to look for them, but I didn't even see any of them."
"Is there such a thing?" Maitreya's expression became even more ugly.
Lu Ya didn't come, and neither did Kong Xuan.
What puzzled Maitreya even more was that Guanyin, who had been brought back to life by Tathagata before, did not come.
"Is this Guanyin Bodhisattva going to betray me too?"
Miroku muttered to himself.
However, Maitreya still held on to a bit of luck.
He looked at Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva and said: "Two Sun and Moon Bodhisattvas, you and Samantabhadra go to find Guanyin. It would be best if you can bring him back."
"Follow the Buddha's decree."
The three of them performed a Buddhist ritual, turned around and left.
Watching the three people leave, Maitreya also flew up from his feet, "What's going on with Lu Ya and Kong Xuan? I'll go there myself. I don't believe they won't come out."
Maitreya soon left the Great Thunder Sound Temple.
For him, it is a good thing that Buddhism is withering now and these Buddhas who are living abroad can try their best to find them. Otherwise, without strong power, it will become even more difficult to find people who want to learn Buddhist scriptures.
Buddha Mountain.
On hibiscus wood.
Maitreya soon arrived at Zen Master Wuchao's dojo.
He had previously gone to the ashram of Mahavatha Tathagata and the ashram of Lu Ya, but there was no one there, so Maitreya had no choice but to come to Mount Buddha.
Luya's deity is a three-legged golden crow, and the two corpses are Zen Master Wuchao and Mahavairocana.
As soon as he arrived, Maitreya saw three figures who looked the same but were dressed in different clothes. They were setting up a barbecue grill on the top of the hibiscus wood and grilling meat there.
That's right, one real person and three clones, holding a barbecue grill and grilling meat.
Maitreya was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
Lu Ya was now a member of the Buddhist sect. One was named Zen Master Wuchao, and the other was named Great Sun Tathagata. Unexpectedly, he was barbecuing meat here, and he did not take him as the Buddha seriously at all.
"Lu Ya, you actually broke out of Xunxing? When did it happen?" Maitreya asked with an ugly face.
The three of them all turned to look at Maitreya without any change in their expressions, then turned their heads and continued to concentrate on roasting the meat.
With an angry look on his face, Maitreya walked over and smelled the aroma of barbecue, and couldn't help but feel refreshed.
"Lu Ya, I am talking to you. Are you deaf?" Maitreya repeated.
"It's broken, what's all the fuss about?" Lu Ya glanced at Maitreya angrily.
"What? You actually think it's no big deal?" Miroku looked shocked.
He didn't expect that Lu Ya would talk about breaking the precept so lightly, without even a hint of guilt on his face.
He didn't know that Lu Ya was no longer a member of the Buddhist sect, and he betrayed him even earlier.
Before, Lu Ya secretly helped Lin Xian deal with many Buddhists.
The Dingguang Huanxi Buddha died in Lu Ya's hands.
As for breaking the precept, Lu Ya broke it even earlier.
In the past, before the disintegration of Buddhism, he had restrained himself and did not dare to eat meat openly, but it was different now. Buddhism had no time to take care of itself, so it could not care whether Lu Ya broke the precepts or not.
Now that Buddhism has lost its former glory, how many people abide by the precepts of Buddhism?
"Lu Ya, please pay attention to your identity. You are a member of my Buddhist sect." Maitreya was very angry and continued: "There is also the Great Sun Tathagata. You don't stay in the west. Why did you come to this Buddha Mountain?"
"Why don't you accept it?" Sun Tathagata glanced at Maitreya and said angrily.
Hearing this, Maitreya really wanted to teach them a lesson, but when he thought about the lack of talents in Buddhism nowadays, he didn't want to just have a falling out.
Helpless, Maitreya could only shake his head and sigh, and then said: "It doesn't matter, it will be broken. These are small things. The main reason why I came here this time is to ask you to go to Lingshan to discuss matters."
"Looking for me? Discussing something?" Lu Ya smiled hoarsely, "Don't joke, okay? Buddhism is the same with or without me."
"How could it be? Now that Buddhism is withering, Lingshan still needs Senior Lu Ya to take charge of the overall situation." Maitreya lowered his body as much as possible, becoming extremely humble at this moment.
Lu Ya was also slightly stunned by Maitreya's sudden change.
However, no matter how humble Maitreya's attitude was, it was absolutely impossible for him, Lu Ya, to go to Lingshan. After all, he was no longer a member of Lingshan, and was even an enemy of Lingshan.
Then he said: "Maitreya Buddha, you see that my three-legged Golden Crow deity and the three corpses of the Great Sun Tathagata have left the Western world. Can't you still see the situation clearly?"
Lu Ya said as he took a bite of meat.
"I took the initiative to leave the Western World, but you told me to take charge of the overall situation?"
As he said that, the three people present laughed.
Maitreya was shocked when he heard this.
What does Lu Ya mean by this?
It seems that he and I are not on the same channel.
Lu Ya continued: "It is impossible to preside over the overall situation. Even if you give up the position of Lingshan Buddha to me now, I will not be surprised."
"You..." Maitreya immediately thought of a possibility, that is, the Lu Ya in front of him might also betray Buddhism.
It's not that he also wants to betray, but he has already betrayed Buddhism.
Seeing Lu Ya continuing to eat barbecue with relish, Maitreya swallowed his saliva and said with a fake smile: "Senior Lu Ya, you can't say that. You are now the mainstay of my Western world, and I, Lingshan, are going to start an unprecedented battle. At the conference, all the great powers from all sides will be there. If you don’t go, how can you do it?”
Maitreya was bragging. He was so unprecedented. Lu Ya shook his head after hearing this.
