Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 619 - 245: Battle of Jianan Temple

Watching as his father and the others had gone far away, Shen Chongming squinted slightly, then waved his hand and led the remaining Shen Family cultivators to attack towards the southeast.

The cultivators’ army traveled in a burst of wind, with streams of light quickly penetrating deep into the interior of Zhili County.

During the Imperial City meeting, Shen Chongming forcefully named and confronted Jianan Temple.

Monk Hui Yuan was also clear that in this major harvest, the Shen Family would not let things go so easily.

In the splendid grand hall, the skinny Monk Hui Yuan sat in the main seat.

In front of him stood more than ten monks wearing similarly brown monk robes.

"The foundation of the Shen Family should not be underestimated; all of you junior brothers must be extra cautious this time."

"Hui Kong, Hui Ming, you two take three thousand monks to guard Red Leaf City in the northwest, and be ready to reinforce the Imperial City Zen Temple at any time."

"Hui Jue, Hui Wu, Hui Sheng, the three of you take five thousand monks and depart from here to enter Xingyang City."

"The Great Brightness Master has sent word that the amount of blood food required this time needs to be doubled. We cannot afford to defend passively; the common people that need enlightenment must be enlightened."

"This battle must showcase the might of our Jianan Temple."

A fierce glint flashed in Monk Hui Yuan’s eyes, completely devoid of the compassion seen by outsiders.

"Hui Jie, Hui Jing."

"The two of you take two thousand monks and two thousand mages from here to the southwest. If met with resistance, fight with all your might, and if the opportunity arises, directly threaten the cities like Anyang."

"Remember, any city captured in this battle must immediately pacify and enlighten the common people within."

"This way, even if the Shen Family counterattacks later, we will not suffer any losses."

"World Honored One be at peace, we shall faithfully follow the commands of Senior Brother."

The various monks who were named saluted respectfully and quickly left the grand hall.

The few remaining in the hall looked at Hui Yuan.

"All of you junior brothers keep this Zhili Imperial City secure; I am going to have a good talk with the World Honored One."

"If I can borrow the power of the World Honored One, this battle will surely deal a heavy blow to the Shen Family."

After speaking in a deep voice, Hui Yuan turned around and walked towards the back of the grand hall.

...

Celestial Aromatic Mountain is a mountain range stretching east-west, standing between Zhili County and Jinghe County.

The range extends for over a thousand miles. Although the peaks are not high, they are very steep.

Before the arrival of the Immortal Sect, this mountain range was a natural barrier to the south of Yu Country’s Imperial City.

The forces south of Zhili County wanting to attack the Imperial City had to bypass this range, either taking the west route through Yunzhong County or the east route through Three Mountains County.

But after the arrival of the Immortal Sect, these mountains, with an average altitude of just a few hundred meters, posed no challenge for the cultivators despite their steepness.

Shen Chongming, leading nearly three thousand cultivators, had now arrived near Celestial Aromatic Mountain.

"Patriarch, the bald monks from Jianan Temple have arrived."

From the dense forest, a Shen Family cultivator hurriedly approached Shen Chongming and reported with a bow.

"Have the specific numbers been ascertained?"

Shen Chongming asked in a deep voice.

The cultivator bowed and said, "The numbers are not many, three to four thousand."

"We should be able to handle them."

Shen Chongming nodded slightly, then a cold smile appeared on his lips.

"Pass down the order, everyone use the Invisibility Talisman, catch them by surprise first, then wait for an opportunity to strike."

Born with the Thunder Spirit Root, one should act openly and uprightly.

But Shen Chongming particularly disliked mindless head-on charges in broad daylight.

If there was a chance to trap the enemy in the shadows, he definitely wouldn’t want to expose his face.

Following his orders, all the cultivators in the forest took out an Invisibility Talisman and affixed it to themselves.

In an instant, the figures of thousands of cultivators became illusory and slowly vanished into the jungle.

To ensure foolproof action, after using the Invisibility Talismans, these cultivators also secretly performed the Concealing Breath Skill to perfectly hide in the forest without revealing a single flaw.

After completing all this, in the void several hundred miles away from Celestial Aromatic Mountain, a large stretch of golden clouds floated in.

On these golden clouds, thousands of monks from Jianan Temple emitted a golden glow, their auras sharp.

"Brother Hui Jie, we are approaching Celestial Aromatic Mountain and have yet to encounter Shen Family cultivators."

"Could it be they haven’t entered Zhili County from this point?"

Monk Hui Jing, stout and with his brown monk robe strained, looked with confusion at the distant Celestial Aromatic Mountain and spoke in a deep voice.

Dark-skinned and skinny, Monk Hui Jie’s eyes sparkled continuously. The terrifying power of Divine Sense at the Perfection of Void Observation realm swept over the land below and the surrounding clouds, clearly showing a high level of vigilance.

"Junior Brother, do not let your guard down; the Shen Family has risen quickly to become a Golden Core Family, their strength should not be underestimated."

Hearing this, Hui Jing still carried a faint smile on his face.

"Junior Brother is not underestimating them; just that I’ve heard the Shen Family’s cultivators are not numerous."

"This time they’re stubbornly standing against our Jianan Temple because Senior Brother Hui Kong intercepted and killed one of their direct lineage disciples some days ago."

"These cultivation families all have a weakness, which is extreme protectiveness."

"Junior Brother thinks that the Shen Family might have concentrated all their forces to rush to the Imperial City Zen Temple to seek revenge on Senior Brother Hui Kong."

After a brief pause, he stroked his big belly, a glimpse of greed flashing in his eyes, and said, "If we encounter no hindrances this time, we could march right into the cities under Shen Family’s governance."

"Shen Family governs well and treats the common people with compassion. The blood food in the cities under their control numbers in the millions."

"If you and I can enlighten a city’s worth of blood food, there’s a chance to cultivate the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss within our bellies."

"At that time, if we present a large amount of blood food to the Great Brightness World Honored One, in his joy, he might reward us with some followers to nurture in the Pure Land for day and night prayer, with the light of Great Brightness possibly within our grasp..."

The words left Monk Hui Jie with fervent eyes, and his breath became heavier.