Chapter 290: The less karmic power, the more karmic power!

Since you want to fight, there's no hesitation; Shen Qing got up and headed straight down Qilin Mountain.

Shen Qing had just descended Qilin Mountain when he saw Wu Nian chanting sutras at the foot.

"Wu Nian, what are you muttering?"

Wu Nian looked at Shen Qing: "I'm chanting the Rebirth Mantra; just now a few ice shards fell and smashed several ants on the ground."

Shen Qing spoke flatly, walking toward outside the Shen clan: "I'm going to perform salvation for some evil spirits; are you coming?"

"Let's go."

Wu Nian lowered his head and murmured over the dead ants on the ground: "Amitabha."

He then lifted his steps and followed Shen Qing's pace.

He had just flown out of the gate when another person flew toward him head-on: it was the Dao Sect's Dao Heir, Zhang Dao Yi.

Shen Qing glanced at him: "What are you here for? Do you need something?"

Zhang Dao Yi scratched his head: "My old ancestor said to follow you, saying the debt of gratitude must be repaid; tell me if there's anything you need help with."

Shen Qing waved his hand: "I'm going to fight the Wokou; are you coming?"

Zhang Dao Yi's eyes lit up, "Fight the Wokou?"

"Go!"

"Then follow along."

As for Zhang Dao Yi's claim of repaying gratitude, Qingxuan Daoist indeed said that to him, but whether Qingxuan Daoist actually thought that is another matter.

Zhang Dao Yi had just taken a step forward when a Dao Sect elder asked.

"Qingxuan Old Ancestor, Zhang Dao Yi just broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, and you're letting him stay by Shen Qing's side—this gratitude isn't that great, is it?"

"Indeed, just returning a Daoist's corpse to the Dao Sect certainly doesn't warrant such great gratitude; after all, Zhang Dao Yi has broken through to the Martial Saint Realm, and his status is completely different now."

"However, Qingxuan Old Ancestor's thinking isn't so one-sided."

Qingxuan Old Ancestor glanced at the Dao Sect elder: "How long have you lived?"

The elder answered honestly: "Already over two hundred years old."

"You rarely come down the mountain, right?"

The elder nodded again honestly: "I guard the Sutra Pavilion and rarely come down the mountain."

Qingxuan Old Ancestor chuckled.

"No wonder you're so ignorant; can't you look further ahead?"

"Do you think following the Martial Emperor and Old Ancestor Shen is the only worthwhile deal?"

The elder nodded naturally, saying if he could follow the Martial Emperor and Old Ancestor Shen, he'd be willing to do anything.

Qingxuan Old Ancestor snorted.

"But even if you now shamelessly show up at their door, would they even bother with you?"

"Not to mention you; even if I shamelessly showed up, they wouldn't pay me any heed."

"And Shen Qing's talent is so dazzling it makes me unable to open my eyes; back then, the Martial Emperor and Old Ancestor Shen were nothing more than that."

"Now Shen Qing's rise is recent, and he has few respectable followers around him—at most counting Wu Nian—but now there's this excellent pretext of repaying gratitude to let Zhang Dao Yi stay by Shen Qing's side."

"If we do it well, we're basically the original shareholders."

"You can't wait until Shen Qing reaches the Martial Emperor's level before you cozy up to him—why would they even bother with you then?"

"If you keep this up, you won't even catch up to eating hot shit."

Two days later, Shen Qing successfully landed at the border of the Suke Dynasty.

Here, sixty thousand Great Wu Army troops have secretly gathered, and even more troops are on their way.

Shen He and the Suke Dynasty's Martial Saint Chahun also arrived here; they flew up into the sky.

"Shen He/Chahun pay respects to Young Master Shen."

Shen Qing nodded lightly; "According to Shen Dong, you stayed to gather intel—any gains?"

Shen He spoke, recounting everything he'd seen these days: "Yes, I walked around several cities near the Suke Mine these days."

"Every city shows traces of the Wokou; I can now confirm their target is the Suke Mine."

"I also made a loop around the eastern coastal position, spotted some Wokou traces at sea; based on my guess, there should be several Wokou garrisons on Red Stone Island."

"Shen He, after all, is of the Shadow Guard, having served over three hundred years—his intel work is genuinely not for show."

Shen Qing nodded satisfactorily: "Good, since you've checked this clearly, there's no need to hide—let's move straight in, starting with the Wokou garrison on Red Stone Island."

Shen Qing also couldn't be bothered with formalities; he went straight for the finish, giving them a Heaven and Earth Great Unity.

To make up for this world's lack of a nuclear bomb.

Shen He immediately spoke: "Good, I'll right away arrange the troops to march out, straight for Red Stone Island."

Chahun also hurriedly spoke: "Although the Suke Dynasty's troops aren't as good as the Great Wu Army, they can still lend a hand; I've already secretly assembled two absolutely reliable troops on the eastern coast..."

Shen Qing waved his hand: "We don't need them; just us few are enough."

It's just that Shen Qing no longer has use for them.

They're slow to kill on the battlefield, not to mention they easily cause casualties—somewhat wasteful.

Shen Qing is now a walking nuclear bomb; having low-level soldiers join would only be a drag.

Shen He froze: "Commander Shen, those Wokou garrisons might have tens of thousands; with just us few, I'm afraid we'll kill ourselves into the Five Declines of Heaven and Man."

Shen Qing said: "Don't worry; when the old ancestors return, they also bring back some means that can dispel your karmic bonds."

Shen Qing directly shoved this karmic method onto the Martial Emperor and the Shen Clan Old Ancestor's heads—anyway they also know karmic power; if others ask, they'll catch on and immediately pass the buck.

As he spoke, Shen Qing pointed a finger; the karmic threads on his left hand immediately wrapped around Shen He, and quickly dispelled the karmic bonds on Shen He.

Shen He, being of the Shadow Guard, has certainly killed many; thus his karmic bonds have already accumulated considerably. This sudden clarity made him feel a shudder all over, his legs went weak, and he couldn't help uttering some unspeakable sounds.

"Ah~"

Zhang Dao Yi looked at Shen He with a strange expression; Shen He reacted, his old face turning red.

"The karmic bonds on me seem to have truly lessened; I feel like I've become decades younger."

Zhang Dao Yi also looked at Shen Qing in surprise; the Dao Sect has existed for not a short time, the Dao lineage has flourished, also briefly collapsed, but after all the twists and turns it still survives.

The records within the sect can be traced back thousands of years; yet even so, he has never heard of such a method.

Shen Qing calmly stretched out his hand, also winding three strands of karmic thread around Wu Nian, Zhang Dao Yi, and Cha Hun.

"All right, don't ask more; if you want to know, go ask the Martial Emperor."

"Now we set out, kill the Japanese pirates; the tactics are also decided."

"Upon meeting, we attack; Cha Hun, Zhang Dao Yi, you and I will clear the map; Wu Nian, you are responsible for protecting the Dharma; Shen He, you are responsible for delivering the finishing blow; anyone still alive gets two stabs to the chest and one to the head."

"In short, we cannot leave a single living thing."

"Don't fear the karmic bonds; no matter how many, I'll reduce them to zero!"

"Set out!"

"What are you saying? Using so much karmic power, will there not be enough?"

"Of course, Shen Qing killing people will not increase the karmic bonds, but Wu Nian and them killing people will still increase it."

"But the less Shen Qing's karmic power, the greater the consumption; the greater the consumption, the more Wu Nian and them kill people; the more they kill, the more karmic power is plundered."

"Therefore."

"The less karmic power, the more karmic power!"