But speaking of Duanmu Huai, after leaving Wujia Country, he headed towards Chechi Country, which is also an interesting place. According to the novels, Chechi Country respects Taoists and exterminates monks, mainly for rainmaking. As written in the books, when Chechi Country suffered from drought, the King ordered both monks and Taoists to pray for rain. The monks chanted all day with no effect, but once the Taoists performed their rituals, it rained right away.
Thus, the King was overjoyed, acclaimed the Taoists as true Immortals, and made all the monks do hard labor.
Of course, if you ask Duanmu Huai... well, he didn't see anything wrong with that.
No matter monks or Taoists, they both live off the royal stipend, and who could stand it when you just take the money and do nothing? In Duanmu Huai's view, what the King of Chechi Country did wasn't wrong at all. Since the monks were useless, they naturally lost respect for the Buddha.
