Chapter 257: Lushan Troops
"Hurry up and follow the orders of the Xuantian Zhenwu Emperor and the Nine Heavens Demon Slayer Patriarch!"
The mighty Zhenwu Qi filled the entire hall, overflowing, and finally exploded with a loud bang!
Every disciple of the Zhenwu lineage present offered the same talisman.
This talisman is called the Void Talisman. If there is only one of them, it can only open a hole and do some minor transporting tasks.
But if hundreds or even thousands of them were gathered together, with the blessing of the energy of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, it would become a natural transportation formation!
Jiang Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at the grand scene in the air where, based on thousands of Void Transporting Talismans and with the blessing of the Qi of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, he began to engrave Dao patterns and construct a bridge of the void.
This kind of collective transportation method is extremely rare in Taoism, but it is often used by military strategists of the neighboring schools of thought.
Military strategists believe in raging like fire and swiftness in battle.
At this moment, the transportation method used in Taihe Palace also carried a strong military flavor.
This is understandable, or extremely normal. The Dharma lineage passed down by the Great Emperor Zhenwu is more like a military strategist in Taoist disguise than an authentic Taoist one.
A military strategist belonging to the Taoist school.
The Taihe Palace, or all the disciples of the Zhenwu lineage, are required to be familiar with military books in addition to various Taoist scriptures, and even be able to apply them. This is unique in the entire Taoist community.
This is also the plan made by the Great Emperor Zhenwu. If the evil spirits arise again one day, these disciples will only need a little training to become good fighters in the military formation.
In a sense, the entire Zhenwu lineage is the reserve force of officers of the Zhenwu Emperor.
Not to mention Taoism, the only person in the entire heaven who dares to do this is the Great Emperor Zhenwu.
Now, Jiang Lin saw the effect of Zhenwu Emperor’s layout.
Those disciples were more like soldiers than Taoists.
The eight hundred disciples were all very orderly in every move.
Eight hundred vermilion magic swords pointed to the sky. The next moment, eight hundred true martial energy rushed up into the sky and landed directly on the void that was already covered with Dao patterns.
‘Buzz! ! ’
The next moment, the Dao pattern vibrated, and a huge chaotic hole that was large enough to cover the entire hall was unfolded.
Seeing this, Master Magaki took a step slowly.
'tread……'
Every step he took carried with it a clanging and bloody tone, lacking any of the Taoist indifference and freedom.
"Enter!"
Daoye Magaki said only one word, and then rushed into the cave first.
Jiang Lin followed closely behind.
Following them came the eight hundred disciples of Taihe Palace, and the other two Taoist masters were at the end.
Eight hundred and three people flew into the chaos hole, and the next moment, the chaos hole closed.
Jue did not go with them. She actually wanted to go, but was stopped by Jiang Lin.
"No matter where you come from, now that you are a human being, you should live in this world cleanly and without blood if possible."
This is what Jiang Lin said to her.
Jue didn't quite understand, but he knew that this was his friend's concern for him.
She liked this kind of care very much and accepted it readily and stayed in Wudang Mountain.
Jue watched the chaotic hole close, blinked, turned around and walked into the hall.
Looking at the statue of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, which showed his majesty yet kindness, Jue thought for a moment and bowed down.
Since her friend was praying, she naturally had to follow suit.
Jue didn't know what the deep meaning was, her thoughts were very simple.
However, as soon as he bowed, something strange happened.
'Rumble...'
The statue of the Great Emperor Zhenwu unexpectedly moved three feet horizontally on its own accord to avoid Jue's bow.
This scene was not seen by other people. If they had seen it, they would have been shocked.
Within the statue, there is the thought of a deity, so it must be a deity.
If there are extremely treacherous and evil people, or extremely vicious and demonic people, who worship the gods, the gods will turn their backs and will not accept such worship.
Of course, if you were in front of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, there would be no such thing as turning your back, and a bolt of lightning would immediately fall from the sky.
Turning your back is a sign of refusing to accept the greeting, but moving three feet sideways is not a sign of rejection.
But I dare not accept it.
Jue scratched his hand and blinked in confusion, but immediately put the matter behind him and began to look around the hall curiously.
For her, everything in this world is full of curiosity and she wants to explore it.
The statue of Emperor Zhenwu had returned to its original position at some point, and his eyes, which were originally filled with compassion, now held a hint of helplessness as he stared at the girl who was touching and looking around in his own hall.
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On the other hand, Jiang Lin was not as leisurely as Jue.
This Taihe Palace's transportation formation is not something that humans should sit on.
The spatial barrier of the Three Realms is extremely thick, which is also the foundation of the Three Realms.
But precisely for this reason, the general method of void transport is not to break through space, but to escape into space.
One breaks, the other escapes, the difference between them is too big.
The former is to fold the space and create a hole, so that you can get from one end to the other with just one step.
The latter simply uses the void to "glide", which is often called the great escape method. It is faster than the general escape method, and because it is in the void, there are very few obstacles.
But it will take some time after all.
What subspace navigation technology...
Jiang Lin was complaining out of boredom, his whole body was upside down in the space, just like he was in a washing machine.
The method of void transportation passed down by Emperor Zhenwu is naturally the former, which is to break through the space. However, even with the blessing of Emperor Zhenwu, the extremely thick space barrier of the Three Realms will still make the person being transported suffer.
Although to outsiders, stepping into the mixed hole and then getting out from the destination only takes a few breaths, it can be called a miracle.
But for the person being transported, this time is not as simple as a few breaths.
There is no such thing as time in the void.
All in all, Jiang Lin didn’t know how much time had passed. When he came to his senses, he was already in another place.
Jiang Lin steadied his body in mid-air and stepped on the flowing wind to come to the side of Taoist Zhenyuan.
At this moment, in the air, behind the three Taoist masters and Jiang Lin were eight hundred members of the Zhenwu Sect in a neat formation.
There was not a trace of noise, only a smoke-like aura of war rising into the sky.
"This is Lushan."
Taoist Magaki looked at the steep mountains and rivers below, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"Little Daoist Brother Jiang, how do we do this?"
Another Taoist priest spoke softly, slowly raised his head to look at the sky, and said seemingly unintentionally: "There is a Xu Zu on top of Lushan Mountain."
Jiang Lin smiled softly when he heard this. He knew that this Taoist priest was not being cautious or afraid of the ancestor of Lushan.
Instead, he was asking Jiang Lin to what extent he should go, whether to just slap him and leave, or to slap him painfully, even to the point of drawing blood, or even worse, to place the trail of blood in front of the ancestor on top of Lushan's head.
"Let alone Xu Zu, even if it's Deng Zu standing behind this Lushan, what does it matter?"
Jiang Lin spoke softly. The Deng Zu he mentioned was naturally his own Deng Ziyang Zhenren.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Taihe Palace understood what Jiang Lin meant, and they also knew that this was the intention of their own demon-subduing ancestor.
No mercy, no scruples, and no show of face!
"That……"
Taoist Maguki suddenly grinned, with a cold look in his smile, and looked coldly at Lushan.
As a Taoist sect, colluding with demons is naturally unacceptable to Taoism, not to mention that it has fallen into the eyes of the Zhenwu lineage.
What's more, there was a black law wizard following him.
"Kill them all."
Jiang Lin said these four words calmly. Being involved with demons is a capital crime in Taoism, no matter what lineage you are from, what backers you have, or why.
Even without the instruction of Emperor Zhenwu, even without any other plans, this alone is enough.
"Set up the formation!"
Taoist Maguki raised his arm and shouted, and the highest level of cultivation in the world burst out unrestrainedly.
That is a terrifying aura that is enough to rival or even crush some immortals and gods.
None of these Taoist priests in the world are easy to get along with.
"Respectfully obey the command of the Nine Heavens Demon Slayer Patriarch!"
Eight hundred disciples responded one after another, and streams of True Martial Qi rose into the sky. Under the coordination of the three Taoist masters, they gathered into two Dharma images in mid-air.
One is a black tortoise, and the other is a flying snake.
These two are also symbols of Zhenwu Emperor.
According to legend, the Great Emperor Zhenwu achieved the state of fasting, but there were often movements inside his stomach, which disturbed the Great Emperor's meditation. So the emperor simply pulled out his intestines, and they transformed into a black tortoise and a flying snake. From then on, the snake always accompanied the Great Emperor Zhenwu and became the guardian deity under Zhenwu's command.
However, we still need to consider carefully the word 'Dharma protector'.
After all, he is the Great Emperor Zhenwu. When did this gentleman need a protector?
The image of the Black Turtle and the Soaring Snake rose up in the air, reaching a height of a hundred feet. It was created by eight hundred disciples of the Zhenwu Sect under the guidance of the three Taoist masters.
Jiang Lin didn't know the exact power of it, but he felt a sense of crisis as if a thorn was hanging in his back.
These two statues of Dharma are enough to pose a threat to his life.
‘Buzz! ! ’
It sounds slow, but in fact it only took a dozen breaths. After the Dharma image was condensed, there was finally movement on Lushan Mountain.
The entire Lushan Mountain was buzzing with a sound, and streams of evil spirits filled the air. Altars could be vaguely seen.
These altars are not as solemn and dignified as other altars. Instead, they are extremely high and dangerous, and naturally carry an air of ferocity and cruelty.
The method of Lushan is extremely cruel, and is even not much worse than the black law method practiced by Jiang Lin.
It means fierce, cruel and brutal.
"Fellow Taoists from the Zhenwu Sect and the Taihe Palace, why are you showing off your might in front of my ancestral temple? What's the reason?"
An old voice was heard from within Lushan.
At the same time, a surge of energy emerged, and it was obvious that there was also a Taoist master.
Lushan is also a major Taoist sect in the world. It is not difficult to understand that it has one or two Taoist masters who are like the stabilizing force of the country.
Taoist Maguki did not answer, but took two steps back, making Jiang Lin stand out.
From the very beginning, after the Grand Master Dangmo gave Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiang his instructions, I knew that, in the final analysis, Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiang was the one who had to make the final decision on this matter.
They were just assisting as ordered.
Jiang Lin did not show any modesty either. He just raised his eyes, with a cold purple-gold divine light shining in them.
"There are people among the disciples of Erlu Mountain who have colluded with demons. Their crimes are unforgivable."
"This judge comes here in compliance with the order of Zhenwu and the law of Taixuan. I am ordered to kill all the criminals in your lineage!"
"But if you resist, you will violate the orders of Zhenwu and go against the laws of Taixuan, which is intolerable to the Dao!"
"Open the mountain gate quickly! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
After these words, no sound was heard from Lushan Mountain. Instead, the mountain became quiet. Only the evil spirit that ran across Lushan Mountain was still surging.
Seeing this, Jiang Lin's expression became even colder. Sometimes no response is the best response.
At first glance, one could tell that those evil spirits were the result of Lu Shan's true method, and the meaning was obvious.
"My Lushan Dharma lineage is the lineage of Xu Zu, and your Beiji Zhenwu is not the same."
The old voice that had just been heard was heard again in Lushan.
To put it bluntly, the laws of Zhenwu and the rules of the Arctic have no effect on us in Lushan!
As for being unacceptable to the Tao?
Go and tell Xu Zu!
"Even if there are people who are colluding with demons, it is my turn to check my own pulse. It is not my turn..."
"Imperial command! Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder!"
Jiang Lin interrupted the words of a Taoist priest from Lushan and raised the Zhenwu sword in his hand to the sky.
As soon as he opens his mouth, he speaks the true words to exorcise demons; as soon as he makes a move, he uses the divine thunder to destroy demons!
Using the Zhenwu sword as a medium and the Xuantian Zhenwu sword technique as the foundation, relying on the trace of Zhenwu blood within the sword, Jiang Lin activated the legendary Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Thunder.
This thunder is not cultivated according to the thunder method, is not under the control of Jade Pivot, and is not allowed to be led by the Thunder Department. It is the thunder that belongs only to the Great Emperor Zhenwu. It is the thunder that the Patriarch of Subduing Demons used with his hair loose and barefoot to cut off the evil spirits in the world!
Jiang Lin didn't know how powerful it was, he only knew that this thunder was not aimed at people or objects, but only at demons.
If there were no demons, this would just be a bolt of thunder out of nowhere, not even as good as Jiang Lin's casual Five Thunder Technique.
But if there is a demonic aura...
There are countless thunder methods in the world, but no thunder is more capable of destroying demons than this one!
‘Buzz! ! ’
The sky suddenly darkened, and even Jiang Lin felt his body sink.
I saw that in the void, there were no dark clouds, but there was blood spreading.
An extremely positive and powerful energy permeates everyone's heart!
This means that the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder that Jiang Lin brought forth has taken effect!
It also means that there is indeed demonic energy lurking within this Lushan Mountain!
This thunder is the biggest, most solid and clearest evidence!
"fall!"
Jiang Lin was too lazy to talk nonsense. When this Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder changed, Jiang Lin knew that there was definitely something unclean inside Lushan.
As to whether the entire Lushan Mountain is not clean, or only one or two of its branches are not clean, it is not within Jiang Lin's consideration.
But he colluded with demons and was killed immediately without asking the reason!
In this regard, even Taoism, which has always been known for its tranquility and inaction, has an iron-blooded and cruel side.
Do you really think that all Taoists are good guys?
Do you really think that Taoism won’t punish people by association?
You are wrong. The prerequisite for being quiet and inaction is to have the ability to sit on the top of a mountain and watch the clouds roll by.
If there really is a problem internally, the Taoist sect's iron-blooded methods are the best in the three realms!
Jiang Lin only came here on orders to exterminate the scum within the Taoist sect.
Besides this, what does it have to do with Jiang Lin?
'boom! ! ! ! ! ’
The blood-colored Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Thunder came down with a loud bang and hit Lushan Mountain fiercely!
Countless mountain-protecting talismans and the secret codes of Dao patterns accumulated over countless years were like a piece of torn paper in front of this bolt of lightning. They were torn to pieces in the blink of an eye!
The entire Lushan Mountain was shaking and wailing as if it could not bear the heavy burden.
I don’t know how long it took, but the thunder dissipated, and the evil spirit above Lushan disappeared.
However, at this moment.
"Roar!!!"
A ferocious roar sounded within Lushan.
One after another, soldiers and horses with murderous aura came out. Their numbers were enough to crush the eight hundred Zhenwu disciples on Jiang Lin's side.
It can even be said that the entire Lushan Mountain is now filled with soldiers and horses!
The monstrous evil spirit has long since destroyed the peaceful life of Taoism, and has replaced it with brutality and killing!
Jiang Lin frowned, and the three Taoists also frowned, with clear anger in their eyes.
This is no ordinary army.
Soldiers and horses are the ghost soldiers and demon generals sent by Taoism.
These troops should have been dispatched by the Tiancao Division of the Heavenly Court before they could be used by Taoist practitioners.
But now, Jiang Lin came here on the orders of Zhenwu. Why would any troops dare to respond to the lower world at this time?
Are all the people in Tiancaosi pigs?
Of course, as Lushan is a lineage that dispatches troops, especially in this ancestral place, it is not a big deal to have some troops of its own.
But this number should not be so much even if Lushan was expanded tenfold!
There is something strange about this.
Jiang Lin frowned, with a purple-gold divine light shining in his eyes. It didn't take him much effort to see through the background of these soldiers.
They are not ordinary soldiers, but soldiers trained with demons as their core!
"very good."
Jiang Lin had a sneer on his face, and the Fengdu Jiuquan Order suddenly flashed in his hand. He knocked three times without hesitation.
"Six Cave Heavenly Demons, come quickly upon receiving the order, and be with this judge..."
"Destroy mountains and destroy temples!"
(End of this chapter)
