Chapter 427 - Becoming Shareholders From Borrowing Money (1/2)

“What a place to settle down, but I don’t see any signs of a music industry?” After all, Fang Ning was a talent in science and engineering, he immediately noticed the problem after taking a look around.

“Hehe, Brother Dragon, you have sharp eyes indeed.” Spirit King Bodhisattva smiled awkwardly then continued, “The Spiritual Insects Clan was born with shortcomings, previously they managed to find their financial source by looking after the sacred beeswax for the Truth Department, which was all thanks to you. Other than that, they can only sit idly and eat away. The good thing is most of the butterflies can support themselves as long as there are fresh flowers around, they don’t need clothes or residences, which saved a lot more necessities as compared to ordinary people.”

Although he was Bodhisattva who was high above, the Venerable One, he was not at all unfamiliar with specialised affairs.

Bodhisattva and Buddhas from the real world were different from what was stated in novels, perhaps they need not eat and drink like ordinary people, but they did need some glory and traditional music. Which one of these did not require manpower and resources?

In other words, it required the spending of money.

Furthermore, their followers were mostly profane, such that their livelihoods were not taken good care of by their earthly nations, which was why they sought help from the Buddha.

Since Buddhas enjoyed the incense from their followers, they needed to guide them, be it spiritually or in their living.

Schools that failed to do this or were incompetent in this sense had basically died out.

Commoners were the most realistic ones. They would not bother if everyone experienced the same situation. The Buddhas never responded, even though they accepted the offerings. Just like those clay puppets on earth, it depended on how the people operated them.

However, the upper realm had real Buddhas. Some of those new Buddhas were affected by their intent to expand their school, hence they would respond to the prayers of their believers, which would cause competition.

Naturally, believers would move towards Buddhas that were more responsive and granted wishes. In that case, one could not punish them anyway as it was considered to be heterodox, where Heavenly Retribution would be put into effect.

Over time, Buddhas and holy beings who wanted to rely on incense offerings from their believers or to expand their cultivation paths had to research on “how to respond to believers, how to guide believers”.

Upon hearing what he said, Fang Ning nodded then thought for a while before he said, “How’s their cultivation qualifications?”

“Most of them are dumb, after all they were humans before they were insects, it’ll take a lot of effort due to their change of mental state, which makes it harder for them to get used to the cultivation method of insects.” Spirit King Bodhisattva said bluntly.

At this moment, the butterflies that were spiraling above them instantly became mad after hearing that. They became down-spirited and flew without strength.

“Oh, if that’s the case, it’s really hard to find a way out for them… Wait up, how about their literary talent? They fly around outside every day and are resourceful, I suppose it’ll be suitable for them to be nurtured into literary talents?” Fang Ning had a sudden thought.

“This? I’ve never really thought of that before, they’ve had abundant life experiences, I guess we won’t know until we try.” Spirit King Bodhisattva only looked for long-term jobs for the Spiritual Insects Clan, not necessarily because he wanted them to become more powerful.

Humans would do all sorts of tricks whenever they were unoccupied, which was the same for insects, adding on to the fact that they were humans before this.

“Wait a minute, let me ask them.” Spirit King Bodhisattva reached his hand out and waved, then a butterfly landed on his shoulder.

“Xiao Wu, are you good in literature?”

“I’m an expert in it, I even composed some essays, it’s just a pity that I’m not able to write them in words due to my form.” The big butterfly spoke, it had a crisp voice of a girl.

“Eh, are you good at feel-good novels?” Fang Ning took the opportunity to ask.

“What’s that? I don’t know that.” The gigantic butterfly said in disdain.

“Eh, what a mainstream butterfly.” Fang Ning was not very pleased, but he could not be bothered to make a fuss out of it.

“Xiao Wu, don’t be like this. Since you’re already in this form, you should consider your future livelihood and cater to the market’s needs.” Bodhisattva advised it earnestly.

“I know, I’ll try my best to learn.” The gigantic butterfly lowered its wings and said, it was obviously dispirited.

Upon seeing that, Fang Ning was content. That would be great, he would have another source of mental nourishment in the future and he could help those idle spiritual insects in finding proper jobs.

For all he knew, they would become a literary race in the future.

“The Butterfly Lovers” had been handed down for ages, it was possible for the Spiritual Insects Clan to replicate more similar masterpieces like this, but they could not be tragedies as the master of the Fang Family was not fond of those.

After taking a look around, Fang Ning felt joyful, hence he wanted to make a move.

Right then, Spirit King Bodhisattva asked with a sincere smile on his face, “Brother Dragon, what do you think of the stunning scenery?”