The two palms draw a circle, and yin and yang qi come out, intersecting and merging.
A round Taiji appeared in Qing Yu’s hands, spinning endlessly.
“The Nine Heavenly Truth Sutra combines Buddhist gong methods and has excellent fusion for Buddhist martial arts, if I can completely integrate Buddhist martial arts into Dao gong, then it is truly Buddha is the Dao.”
If one were to turn the Buddhist martial arts into Daoist martial arts and use it in front of those monks at the Great Zen Temple, they would bring faces that would surely look wonderful.
“Daoist Master Qing Yu, are you alright?” From not far away came the call of Gu Chen and the others.
“These people, ah, they are really scared out of their wits by Zhuge Long Su.” Qing Yu lost his smile and shook his head.
These Daoist priests, who had originally settled in Northern Zhou, had always been under the shadow of the Confucian Sect, and were deeply afraid of Zhuge Long Su, the head of the Confucian Sect’s Shan He School.
When they saw Zhuge Longxu at the door today, they were truly frightened. They were scared, especially when Zhuge Longxu came with a killing intent, and would not let Gu Chen and the others have an easy time.
If Qing Yu did not take Zhuge Long Su’s test tonight, not only would he face death, but Gu Dan and the others would also be cleared afterwards.
“Nothing more, you and the others can come in.” Qing Yu transmitted his voice.
After a while, the sound of hurried footsteps approached from afar, and the four Daoists, including Gu Chen, and Xu Tie Cheng, the head of the Flying Cloud Pa*s garrison, arrived in a hurry.
“Sit.” Qing Yu sat on the main seat in the main hall and reached out his hand.
After the five people sat down, Qing Yu said, “Dean Zhuge is here to prevent the Tong Shen realm powerhouse from the wolf barbarian side, and as long as the other side’s Tong Shen realm powerhouse does not appear, he will not show himself.
As for the refining of the water ghosts ——”
Qing Yu’s gaze swept over the faces of the five Cancers.
Unlike Qing Yu, these five people did not have the courage to confront Zhuge Long Su, and now all had a somewhat uneasy look on their faces. Even Xu Tiecheng, who was at the highest realm, was hiding a trace of deep unease.
The Confucian Sect has been rooted in Northern Zhou for three hundred years and its influence has penetrated into every aspect. Even if the Confucian Sect’s situation was not as good as before, it could not make the people lose their respect for the Confucian Sect.
“You are serving His Majesty, refining water spirits to stop the wolf barbarians, for the sake of the mountains and the country. The Mountain and River Academy has its own Dao and His Majesty to hold back, so you need not worry.” Qing Yu said indifferently.
When Gu Chen and the other five heard this, they could not help but look relieved and let out a long breath in their hearts.
“Thank you, Daoist Master Qing Yu.”
The five rose up in unison and bowed respectfully.
“This is as it should be, you and the others need not be polite,” said Qing Yu, waving his hand.
“General Xu, today the poor Taoist defeated the head of the wolf barbarians, Gaju, and greatly dampened their morale. But the wolf barbarians have only the slightest intention of retreating, in your opinion, what will they do next?”
After the five of them sat down again, Qing Yu asked Xu Tie Cheng.
“The main strength of the wolf barbarians’ army does not lie in Gaju, but in the Golden Wolf Khanate, which is behind the wolf barbarians’ army. As long as the Golden Wolf Khanate continues to provide support, the top echelon of the Wolf Barbarian Army can be replenished.
Moreover, Gaju is only a pawn of the Golden Wolf Khan. As long as the Khan does not give the order, these 150,000 troops will die here, and they cannot retreat at all.”
The Golden Wolf Khan was the strongest man in the gra*sland and naturally had the power to decide the life and death of any gra*slanders with a single word.
If these tribesmen dare to retreat without the Golden Wolf Khan’s nod, they will end up no better than defeat and death, only worse.
If they all died in battle, the Golden Wolf Khanate would instead take care of the remaining old and weak in these tribes, and even focus on supporting these tribes.
The two choices are clear: who is better and who is worse. Retreat or fight to the death, without Xu Tie Cheng having to say, the people knew that the gra*slanders would definitely choose to fight to the death.
Either they would all die in battle, or the Golden Wolf Khan King would order a retreat, there was no third choice.
Qing Yu’s right hand rested on the main handle, his index finger tapping as he quietly pondered.
Xu Tie Cheng, Gu Chen and the other five people were also quiet, waiting for Qing Yu to make a decision.
Although Xu Tie Cheng was the only one present who knew about the military and the rest had little understanding of it, Qing Yu’s performance this evening was proof that there are times when one’s great strength can dictate the movement of a war.
The only person present was Qing Yu, who had the highest status, so he had no choice but to let him decide.
“Rather die than retreat? ——” Qing Yu tapped his index finger and said, “In that case, let them all die here. General Xu.”
“The last general is here.” Xu Tie Cheng rose and cupped his fist.
“Of those present, you are the only one who is good at military matters, so you will be in command of this battle. The ancient dust and others will obey your orders, and the Zephyr, Mountain and Wind Sects will also help you.”
Among the Daoists, including Guduan, there are six divisions: Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain and Zephyr. Qing Yu’s version of “Zhouliu Six Void Kung Fu”, “Zhouliu Heavenly Strength” has not been practiced by a second person so far due to the extremely demanding state of mind.
The “Zhouliu Thunder Power” is a reference to the Daoist thunder method, which requires extremely high levels of true qi and is extremely dangerous to practice. After three consecutive practitioners died from the backlash of lightning power, there are no more warriors who choose to practise it.
The Earth, Water and Fire divisions needed to work together to push the Subterranean Dragon into operation, so naturally they could not contribute either. So there were only three departments of manpower for Xu Tie Cheng to command.
“You just need to let most of the enemy troops get within three miles, then we will win this battle.” Qing Yu commanded.
One mile was the limit of Qing Yu’s ability to manipulate the current, but if only one strike was made, then the Submerged Dragon Strike could appear anywhere.
Since there was a Tong Shen realm hiding in the shadows, it would not allow the Submerged Dragon to be launched repeatedly. Rather than having the running waterway broken by the enemy’s Realm of the Tong Shen at that time, it would be better to just strike one blow at full power and seal the victory in one go.
“With Dean Zhuge holding back the enemy Tong Shen, and then exterminating this army, those remaining True Dan will be struck by the Poor Dao.”
Qing Yu’s eyes were slightly closed, with a hidden murderous intent. Even so, it sent chills down the spines of the people present.
This was a powerful man beyond their expectations, his power had already exceeded the realm of True Dan. Even Xu Tie Cheng, who was also at the True Dan realm, felt that he did not have the slightest chance of winning in front of Qing Yu, and would not even have a chance to escape alive.
“This battle must be won beautifully, so that the ambitions of the gra*slanders can be temporarily dispelled. Whoever dares to make a mistake, the poor dao will take whoever refines the water ghost, understood?”
The light words were revealing a deadly threat.
Refining Water Ghosts ——
“He–”
When they thought of the Water Ghost’s appearance, all the people present shuddered. Especially Gu Chen and the others, they presided over the refining of water ghosts, but never thought that they would one day become water ghosts too ah.
“We will do our utmost to repel the wolf barbarians!” The five men shouted in unison with conviction.
“I hope so,” Qing Yu stood up and marched outside, “just draw the army to within three miles, if you can’t even do that, then you and the others are wasting food by living, so you might as well die.”
