I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 634 I Also Want to Improve (46)

If it's only a point or two lower, then it doesn't matter.

However, these students' grades showed a very absurd downward trend, so absurd that it even felt a bit wrong.

All other subjects were normal, but the average score for academic subjects dropped by seven points.

Fortunately, this situation mainly occurred among second-year high school students, and third-year students have not been affected for the time being, but it is still unsettling.

Seeing this, the temple keeper of Garan City felt a little uneasy, but he quickly focused his attention on the profits and attributed them to normal fluctuations.

However, the next day, the grades dropped again.

This time, the grades of senior high school students also changed, which was like the sky falling in the eyes of students who still had more than half a year to go before the college entrance examination.

The temple keeper in charge of education immediately began to investigate, but before any conclusions were reached, the grades began to decline even further, at an astonishing rate.

As the situation became increasingly serious, the head priest of the temple in Garan City finally sat down with the temple priest in charge of education to seriously discuss the problem.

As the temple keeper of the Bodhisattva of Universal Benefit, he found one of the students' exam papers and couldn't help but frown after reading it.

"What's wrong with this student? The toilet paper they made is terrible! Why is the method for making alcohol inappropriate for children? And why is the ice cream shaped like a snowman's poop?! Is this student mentally unstable? Has this student never been to school before?"

The temple keeper gave a wry smile and pointed to the student's previous exam paper, saying, "There were no problems before; his scores were quite high. But lately, things have been getting increasingly bizarre. And it's not just him; many students have encountered similar situations."

"…Why is that?"

The temple keeper summoned the Hidden Star Lord, who burned incense to drive away the Day and Night Wanderers before saying, "I suspect we've been attacked. And not just any ordinary attack, but an attack targeting our cheating."

"Be careful!"

"There's no need to hide it now. It's an open secret in Galan City; everyone knows it."

To quickly become a mid-level star deity, faith and money are essential.

As the Bodhisattva of Universal Benefit who wields wisdom, the shortcut to enhancing faith is to improve the performance of believers, which makes the Bodhisattva appear very efficacious and naturally attracts more faith.

However, improving grades is not easy, so it is necessary to take unconventional approaches.

One method is to share the characteristic of the Universal Benevolent Star Lord, namely, wisdom, so that students can receive some of the Universal Benevolent Star Lord's blessings, thereby improving their grades.

After the college entrance examination, the blessing is taken back, and the students can improve their scores significantly in the process.

Blessing is the privilege of the Star Lord, but this practice of bestowing blessings to help students cope with the college entrance examination is no longer legal after being used a few times. Now it can only be done when it is certain that it is absolutely under control.

Upon examining the identities of these individuals, the temple keeper of Garan City discovered that they were indeed students who had secretly applied for blessings, and this time they had suffered particularly severe losses.

After a moment's thought, the head priest of the Garan City Temple asked in confusion, "Do you mean that the wisdom characteristics of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra have shifted?"

“That’s how it is.” The temple keeper nodded timidly. “Wisdom is originally used to describe the ability to solve problems. Now most people think that problems can be solved in this way, so these students who have been given wisdom will think so too. They don’t have much culture to begin with, and after being influenced, they will only answer questions according to the wisdom of the Universal Benevolent Star Lord.”

"...Is such a thing even possible?"

"Possibly. An attack targeting Bodhisattva Puhui has already begun. The [Wisdom] attribute will be disrupted for a short period of time; this is a tactic employed by the Dream Weaver. If left unchecked, the short-term disruption will become a long-term one, and Bodhisattva Puhui's Wisdom attribute will be affected."

After explaining, the temple keeper looked at the head temple keeper of Garan City and said earnestly, "Head temple keeper, the dream should stop now."

He didn't say which dream it was, but the two people present knew which one it was.

The temple keeper of Garan City certainly knew that the best option now was to stop the dream, eliminate its influence, and reclaim all the dreams.

But he couldn't bear to part with it!
In the past few days, the cost of using the Dream Realm alone has reached 300 million, and the revenue from related industries is even more outrageous, attracting countless cultivators.

One reason for this is the rather monotonous nature of Buddhist dreams, but more importantly, it's the release of repressed instincts within them, and these dreams do indeed help to solidify one's Buddhist heart. It is beneficial to Buddhist practitioners, but undoubtedly poisonous to the followers of the Universal Benevolent Star Lord.

Under its influence, believers will in turn affect the wisdom of the Universal Blessing Lord, causing His wisdom to deviate and ultimately fall behind the entire era.

But that's money!
That's a lot of pure, unadulterated money!

In the past, he would go to great lengths and beg and plead for tens of millions of dollars.

But now, you can earn tens of millions a day just by leaving it idle—that's all money!

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated, grasped the temple keeper's shoulder, and asked, "How many days!"

"What days?"

"Just a few more days, five days, no, three days will do! As long as I earn 500 million, I'll have the money for a large-scale water and land ritual, and I can take another step forward! Once I've ascended and achieved the Arhat status, you can push all the problems onto me! At that time, for the sake of his own face, the Universal Benevolent Star Lord will help me cover it up."

"But……"

"No buts, it's settled. I've been reincarnated several times, and in each life I've diligently cultivated, but in each life I've been stuck here. I want to improve, I want to achieve immortality! My chances are running out, and I need this opportunity!"

"Temple keeper, please be careful!"

"How can I be careful! I've already said I want to live forever, so grant me immortality! Just three days! Just wait three days! After that, I promise I won't treat you unfairly!"

Tempted by the promise of immortality, the temple keeper of Garan City finally abandoned his loyalty to the Bodhisattva of Universal Benefit and succumbed to money.

As long as the money is available, a large-scale Dharma assembly can be held, making a name for oneself in the Land of Rebirth, thereby gaining the favor of the Bodhisattva of Universal Benefit and attaining the Arhatship.

Seeing the already deranged temple keeper of Garan City, the education temple keeper could only nod and say for the time being, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you for three days. But after three days, you must resolve this issue."

"Thank you, thank you!"

Grasping the temple keeper's hand tightly, the temple keeper of Garan City was filled with gratitude, but the ritual implements were already being slowly prepared.

Although the other party agreed, it's still safer to have someone die.

Once the other person dies, we can just shift all the blame onto them.

If one attains Arhatship, then finding a way to bring back and enlighten others is a beautiful story.

Just as he was about to deliver a thunderous blow, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Looking down, he saw that his heart had been pierced and his spiritual roots had been severed; there was no way to save him.

"you……"

He had a lot to say.

For example, why did you take action?
Why are you still considered an expert?

But he no longer had the chance.

The temple keeper in front of me still looked timid, with a harmless smile on his face.

Seeing the temple keeper speechless, the instructor whispered, "I also want to improve."

　I'll update the remaining two chapters later; you can read them when you wake up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)