Chapter 561: Shaolin

If the Carefree Sect's Xiao Yao Zi were still alive, he might well have the strength of the Martial Ancestor Realm by now.

As for Wu Yazi and the other two, their cultivation is at most at the late Innate Realm right now; they are still some distance away from the Martial Ancestor Realm.

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After five days of travel, Liu Bian and his party arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture.

By this time, Jingzhao Prefecture had already gathered quite a few people from the Jianghu.

However, these people were all from small sects and factions, mostly warriors below the sixth layer of the Postnatal Realm.

Therefore, Liu Bian and his men paid them no mind; Lü Bu and his men would deal with them.

Right now, the major forces of the Jianghu were all gathered in Xiangyang, so there were naturally no formidable ones here.

Liu Bian and his party continued on toward the Shaolin Temple.

However, Liu Bian's party of over a hundred people naturally attracted quite a bit of attention.

Moreover, their cultivation levels were all very strong; the hundred-odd Huben Army soldiers alone all possessed strength above the sixth layer of the Postnatal Realm.

Such a troop would naturally attract people's attention.

However, deterred by everyone's formidable strength, no one was blind enough to come and provoke them.

The party traveled like this for another five days before finally arriving at the foot of Mount Shaoshi.

Atop Mount Shaoshi was their destination for this trip: the Shaolin Temple.

When Liu Bian's party arrived before the Shaolin Temple gate, they were immediately discovered by the young monks of Shaolin.

The appearance of over a hundred people immediately drew the attention of the Shaolin Temple.

When they were ascending the mountain, they had already been spotted; seeing that they were government soldiers, they immediately notified the Abbot and others in the temple.

Therefore, by the time Liu Bian and his men arrived at the Shaolin Temple, the high monks of Shaolin were already waiting before the mountain gate.

"Amitabha. May I ask what business brings you benefactors to our Shaolin?"

The person speaking was the Head of the Bodhidharma Hall, Master Xuan Nan.

Behind him were Shaolin Temple's Xuan Ji, Xuanku, Xuan Bei, and a group of high monks of the 'Xuan' generation.

As for the Shaolin Abbot, Xuanci, he had led many Shaolin Temple disciples to Xiangyang City.

Hearing Xuan Nan's words, Liu Bian gave a wink to Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

The two immediately stepped out of the ranks. Dian Wei took out the twin halberds in his hands and pointed at Xuan Nan, saying:

"This General has heard the Jianghu rumor that all martial arts under heaven originate from Shaolin."

"Since that is the case, your Shaolin Temple's martial arts must be quite impressive, so I have come to ask for some pointers."

Hearing Dian Wei's words, Xuan Nan immediately recited a Buddhist phrase again, his face full of compassion as he said:

"Amitabha. This General is joking."

"How many martial arts are there under heaven? How would our Shaolin Temple dare to claim such a thing?"

"These are just the kind words of the Jianghu people; they cannot be taken seriously."

However, Dian Wei and the others were here to pick a fight; how could they be fooled by Xuan Nan's few words?

"This General does not care whether you are being truthful or not."

"Since we have already arrived at your Shaolin Temple, unless you can defeat us,"

"otherwise, your Shaolin Temple shall disband immediately. From this day forth, there shall be no Shaolin sect in the Jianghu."

As Dian Wei's voice fell, the Huben Army soldiers behind Liu Bian pointed their weapons to the sky and shouted in unison.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Over a hundred soldiers above the sixth layer of the Postnatal Realm fully unleashed their aura.

The heaven-shaking shouts, carrying endless might, pressed down upon Xuan Nan and the others of the Shaolin Temple.

"Hiss..."

Feeling the aura of the Huben Army soldiers, Xuan Nan and the others from Shaolin gasped in shock.

These soldiers were actually all existences above the sixth layer of the Postnatal Realm.

This army was definitely not an army of the Great Song.

"These soldiers have such formidable strength; they are all actually at the sixth layer of the Postnatal Realm or higher!"

"How could such a powerful army appear in this world!"

"Look at the black armor these soldiers are wearing; they are clearly not soldiers of the Great Song."

"Do you think it is possible that these people are the army of the Han Kingdom?"

As this person's voice fell, Xuan Nan and the others all looked shocked.

If these soldiers were truly from the Han Kingdom, then this Han Kingdom was perhaps too powerful.

At this critical moment of attacking the Song Kingdom, they dared to come to the heart of the Song Kingdom so high-profile; were they not afraid of being trapped within the Song Kingdom?

However, this was not something they could decide; the most important thing right now was to resolve the matter at hand.

Xuan Nan could not see the strength of the leader, Liu Bian; this handsome youth was clearly the core of this army.

Yet, he could not sense the slightest bit of Liu Bian's strength.

This youth gave him the feeling as if he did not exist; if he could not see him with his own eyes, he really would not have been able to detect his aura.

There was only one situation for such a result: this youth's strength was far higher than his own.

But this was perhaps too terrifying.

One must know that he, Xuan Nan, as the Head of the Bodhidharma Hall of Shaolin Temple, had cultivated for over fifty years to break through to his current Innate First Heaven Realm.

And this youth looked to be less than twenty years old.

At such an age, he was already an Innate Realm powerhouse, and at the very least, an existence above the sixth layer of the Innate Realm.

Otherwise, if he were below the sixth layer of the Innate Realm, he would have been able to sense the other party's aura to some extent.

"May I ask this General's surname? Our temple is no match for you Generals; we are willing to concede. I hope the General will spare us."

Xuan Nan looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu before him and said in a low voice.

If it were not necessary, they really did not want to be enemies with the Imperial Court.

This was not a good thing for them.

"Listen clearly: this General is Dian Wei, Commander of the Great Han Empire's Huben Army, and this is Xu Chu, Deputy Commander of the Huben Army."

"It is fine if your Shaolin does not want to fight; as long as you can disband the monks in the temple and submit to our Great Han Empire, this General will spare you all."

This was not the first time Dian Wei and the others had encountered such monks.

Back in the Shen Diao world, they had already seen through the actions of those monks in the Shaolin Temple.

Typically saying one thing to your face and doing another behind your back; instead of eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha properly, they loved to show off everywhere.

Many major events in the Jianghu had their shadows in them.

If they had really been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha properly, Liu Bian and the others would have spared them.

However, this Shaolin Temple was simply a place that harbored filth.

With the phrase "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot," how many sinful people had they taken in?

Moreover, they went around under the banner of justice while doing filthy deeds.

Liu Bian's Great Han absolutely would not allow such a sect to exist.

"Amitabha. It seems the General did not come to our Shaolin to exchange pointers, but to destroy our Shaolin."

"Since that is the case, although our Shaolin is no match for the General and his men, we must still learn from the General's brilliant moves."

"Our Buddhist sect does not only cultivate Zen; there is also the Wrathful Vajra Buddha!" ===== CHAPTER 562 =====