The resonant sound of Buddhist chants echoed over the Sea of Ezo, raising devout cries to the clouds above the sea. Master Juehui listened to the cheers of the Monk Soldiers, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth. He understood well that these fanatically courageous armed monk groups were the foundation of the sect's existence.
Regardless of whether the sect traded through the secretly controlled rice house every year to gain wealth, or collected land rents from the fertile lands occupied by temples and shrines in Kansai, a significant portion of it needed to be invested in raising, arming, and training Monk Soldiers. This made the large temple sects of Japan fundamentally different from those in the Han Land. They must first have a knife in hand before they can sit down in front of greedy Martial Families to discuss "Buddhist Law." Certainly, at times, the greed of Japan's large temple sects was no less than that of the Martial Family...
