Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains
Chapter 840 - 840: 368, Consecutive Conquest of 7 Cities, The Reality and Illusion of the Chan Sect (Part 2)

New Yu Era, the ninth of July, 1332, early morning

Eastern Gate of Pengkang County. Buddha Lord Yu Liuli gazed eastward, the white military tents stretching for miles outside the eastern gate reflected in his pupils, causing his usually serene eyes to appear somewhat somber at this moment.

A monk in a purple robe hurriedly flew over from the city and stood beside Buddha Lord Yu Liuli, his face incredibly grave:

"Wu Yuan, pays respects to the honored one, Wu Ping and Wu Jin are already out of contact, once Jiuchi County fell, Yinping, Zhao Cheng, Yuyan, and Lingquan have all successively lost contact, eight or nine times out of ten they have already been breached, not a single sect member or disciple from southwest came over, supposedly they shouldn't have all been killed, now it seems there's only one possibility, Hexi must have blocked all the official roads from those places to our Pengkang!"

Yu Liuli's expression became even more somber immediately, and he turned back and asked: "Ignoring Jiuchi for now, how many sect members and disciples from the three counties within the county have arrived?"

"Jinyang County 387, Pingchuan County 612, Qingzhi County 321."

"Over a thousand, how could it be so few?"

Yu Liuli's tone was somewhat incredulous. At dawn on the eighth, he received a message from the temple, learning that Hexi's large army was coming, and immediately notified the sect members and disciples of Pengkang's three counties to all gather in the county city to defend the city; unbelievably, only over a thousand people had come in a day.

Previously when Leiyin Temple was stationed in Jizhou, its power could encompass the territory of two provinces, and the number of disciples in the temple had long exceeded a million. Even traveling south from Jizhou, there should still be at least over a hundred thousand remaining. The entire territory of Jianye only has one Tao City, one prefectural city, plus five counties and nineteen districts, totaling only twenty-six cities. With so many sect members and disciples, even if scattered, every city should still have quite a lot, at least thirty to fifty thousand people.

The three counties should have at least over a hundred thousand disciples; yet only over a thousand came!

"According to the sect members who came, all the main roads within the county have already been occupied by the Hexi army. No one is allowed to pass, even if they disguise themselves as ordinary civilians, they are not let through. Most of the over a thousand who came over did so late last night before the Hexi army set up their formation. The Hexi army entering our county now, I fear, is more than the three hundred thousand we see in front, plus the five hundred thousand behind us."

Yu Liuli wore a trace of anger on his face and said in a deep voice: "Of course not just, Jiuchi County City, and four counties have all fallen. Wu Ping previously sent word, saying at least five hundred thousand troops. There are three hundred thousand in front of us, five hundred thousand more behind us. That already makes a hundred and thirty thousand troops, and Hexi can still send troops to block all the official roads, stopping the ten-plus thousand disciples from the three counties. Just how many did they bring this time!"

More than a hundred and thirty thousand, Wu Yuan's face flashed a hint of gravity, watching the red armored soldiers walking around those camps outside the eastern gate, he said heavily: "Red armor, top-grade war horses, the thirty thousand before us should be the elite Red Flame Army of Hexi, equivalent to the elite of the Holy Land, as stated by Abbot Wufa. If so, this city, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what? Are you saying the Earthshade Monastic Soldiers of our temple are not as good as them?"

Buddha Lord Yu Liuli could naturally discern Master Wu Yuan's meaning; he turned his head, stared sternly at Wu Yuan, a single question causing his forehead to be covered with a thin layer of sweat.

"With me here, even if the mere thirty thousand Red Flame Army here, or Hou Yuxiao himself comes in person, he's not going to break the prefectural city's gates. As long as reinforcements arrive, not only can the crisis of the prefectural city be resolved, but perhaps this east wind can also be used to incorporate Hexi's three prefectures..."

"Not afraid of biting one's tongue with the wind, huh!"

A cold voice echoed from the sky; interrupted, Yu Liuli turned and looked beyond a mile outside the eastern gate, where five people were standing at some unknown time, his pupils slightly constricted.

In recent years, Leiyin Temple still had some understanding of the upper echelons of the Hexi coalition.

The leader wore a cyan robe, with handsome features, obviously too young, yet his aura was stronger than Yu Liuli's. Despite himself, Yu Liuli could still recognize that this was none other than the now famously renowned Lord of Hexi, Hou Yuxiao.

Recalling the young man standing before him, who crossed paths with the publicly venerated Fahai, Yu Liuli slightly stepped back half a step, his mind and spirit tense to the extreme. Yet his face remained relaxed, smiling lightly, he cupped his hands and said: "I've long heard of Master Hou's great name, to meet today is a great honor indeed!"

"Sure, which monk of Leiyin Temple are you, report your name, so that later you don't become a nameless ghost, that would be bad."

Yu Liuli's expression paused, he first signaled to Wu Yuan, saw Wu Yuan getting the hint and started instructing to guard the city army alertly, then he turned to look at Hou Yuxiao, his eyes slightly narrowed; he bowed slightly, softly said: "My monastic name is Yu Liuli, greetings to Master Hou."

Unexpectedly, this monk can actually endure so well!

A hint of disdain appeared on Hou Yuxiao's face, as he continued to taunt: "This Quasi-Holy Land is ultimately just a Quasi-Holy Land, the temper of the sect members and disciples are far too inferior to those of the Holy Land."

Quasi-Holy Land can be considered a sore point for Leiyin Temple.

Before Yu Liuli spoke, Wu Yuan beside him could not hold back, angered he rushed forward and shouted: "Hexi scoundrel, narrowly escaped from the hands of the World-Honored One Fahai once, yet dare to be so arrogant, mere Hexi alliance, when the reinforcements from our temple arrive, you dog thief shall not return!"

Hou Yuxiao's pupils trembled, across a mile away, his momentum instantly enveloped Wu Yuan, the air around the city wall stagnated immediately, Wu Yuan's face full of anger, as if had suffered a heavy blow, his body trembled fiercely.

"Nephew was rude, please Master Hou, be gracious and forgive his trespass!"