Chapter 800: Sowing Discord

Sowing discord.

"Yang Shen, he is actually a disciple of the Jie Sect!"

Yang Zongying's expression changed slightly, and at the same time, wisps of killing intent flickered in his eyes.

Taiyi Zhenren was dead; as his disciple, how could he remain indifferent?

He had originally decided to lead his fellow disciples down the mountain to Xiqi to assist Jiang Ziya and avenge his master.

If Yang Shen was a disciple of the Jie Sect, then he would not need to travel ten thousand miles to Xiqi.

"First, there is no doubt that there are many Jie Sect disciples within the Great Shang territory, and the third-generation Jie Sect disciple Wen Zhong is even the Grand Tutor of Great Shang. In order to consolidate the Jie Sect's influence in the Human Ancestral Land, it is very likely that the Jie Sect sent someone to assist the next Human Emperor..."

The arguments in "Discussing the Honghuang over Wine" were much the same as those in "The Way of Zhou in the World." Through various "reasonable inferences," it was finally concluded that Yang Shen was a disciple secretly taken in by Tongtian Jiaozhu.

After finishing the arguments, "Discussing the Honghuang over Wine" continued to throw out speculations, saying that Tongtian Jiaozhu wanted to use the Fengshen War to completely crush the Chan Sect, thereby dominating the Honghuang and incidentally avenging the grudge of being driven out of Kunlun.

It was precisely because of this that Yang Shen shot and killed Taiyi Zhenren and wounded Guangchengzi right from the start.

It then continued to speculate that the Jie Sect would next use similar means to eliminate the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect one by one, and that it was even possible they would trade lives for lives, because there were far more Golden Immortals in the Jie Sect than in the Chan Sect.

As long as all the Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect were killed, the Jie Sect would naturally be able to dominate the Honghuang.

The Fengshen War had already begun, so for the high-level cultivators of the Honghuang, this was no longer a secret.

"Yang Shen, Jie Sect!"

Yang Zongying was furious, his hair standing on end, and he gritted his teeth, saying: "The hatred of killing my master is irreconcilable; I will fight you to the death. Men, gather all the disciples; I intend to attack the Jinhui Sect."

The Jinhui Sect, a sect founded by the Jie Sect Golden Immortal Jinguang Daoren, was only over a million miles away from Qianyuan Mountain.

In the Honghuang, wherever there was a branch of the Chan Sect, there was bound to be a branch of the Jie Sect nearby.

But where there was a branch of the Jie Sect, there was not necessarily a branch of the Chan Sect.

Because the Chan Sect was strict in accepting disciples, unlike the Jie Sect which turned no one away and had ten thousand immortals coming to pay homage, the number of their branches in various places naturally could not compare to the Jie Sect.

Although Jinguang Daoren was a Golden Immortal, he was only a peak Mysterious Immortal, and with the Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure bestowed by Taiyi Zhenren, it was not impossible to kill the opponent through a sneak attack.

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Compared to Yang Zongying, the content seen by Chan Sect disciples in other places was different.

They were not disciples of Taiyi Zhenren and could not empathize like Yang Zongying.

The content they saw was basically about demons of Jie Sect origin, either wantonly slaughtering the common people with cruelty that was simply hair-raising, or Chan Sect disciples being secretly ambushed and killed by Jie Sect disciples.

Some of the videos of Chan Sect disciples being ambushed were recorded secretly by others, and some were recorded by disciples who were lucky enough to escape with their lives.

Such actions naturally stirred up the hatred of the Chan Sect disciples toward the Jie Sect.

As for the videos of Jie Sect disciples slaughtering the common people, they naturally stirred up the "Saint Mother" heart of the Chan Sect disciples, because influenced by their grandmaster Yuanshi Tianzun, Chan Sect disciples generally looked down upon Jie Sect disciples.

Moreover, most of these Chan Sect disciples were themselves of the Human Race, and their hatred for the Demon Race was deep in their bones.

Now that they saw the Jie Sect disciples being so cruel, their killing intent naturally boiled over.

"Kill, kill the damned Demon Race of the Jie Sect!"

"Grandmaster Tongtian is simply messing around, taking in nothing but demon beasts to plague our Human Race."

"The Demon Race killed my people; the crime is unforgivable. Back then, hundreds of thousands of people in my tribe were all devoured by a Heavenly Immortal-grade fierce bird in one night. I escaped with my life because I was away to apprentice myself to a master. Later, I begged my master to intervene, only to find out that the opponent was a disciple of the Jie Sect, and my master was helpless. Now that I have achieved success in my cultivation, it is time for revenge."

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Through the information cocoon created by Immortal Tomb, Jie Sect disciples believed that the Chan Sect was insidious and cunning, intending to weaken the Jie Sect through the Fengshen War to become the number one sect in the world; while Chan Sect disciples believed that Jie Sect disciples were cruel and bloodthirsty, also wanting to completely crush the Chan Sect.

Thus, under this instigation where information was not shared, the conflict that had accumulated between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect for hundreds of thousands of years finally erupted, and it took on the momentum of a single spark starting a prairie fire.

The incident where Taiyi Zhenren's eldest disciple Yang Zongying used a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure to launch a sudden sneak attack and kill Jinguang Daoren went viral on TikTok, becoming the flashpoint that ignited the war between the two sects.

Of course, that was a matter for later. Through Immortal Tomb, Yin Qi was also shocked after learning this news.

He had not expected that the conflict between the Chan and Jie Sects had accumulated so deeply.

He had only just exerted some effort, and the two sects were already fighting.

So he instructed Immortal Tomb to create millions of virtual accounts again to intensify the instigation of the conflict between the two sects.

He wanted the war between the two sects to spread to the entire Honghuang.

To prevent Tongtian Jiaozhu from intervening, he instructed Immortal Tomb to block information from Tongtian Jiaozhu, as well as important figures such as Duobao Daoren and other direct disciples, and the Seven Attendant Immortals.

Even if Tongtian Jiaozhu could find out later, it would certainly be too late to intervene.

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Zhaoge.

Zichen Hall.

Shang Rong, Bi Gan, Zishi, Jizi, and other important officials of the Imperial Court arrived one after another, and the atmosphere at the scene was somewhat oppressive.

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In the battle at Sishui Pass, although Great Shang could be considered to have won, it had sacrificed the National Teacher Yang Shen.

This was a nearly fatal blow to Great Shang.

Because everyone knew how much effort the National Teacher Yang Shen had put in for Great Shang to achieve its current success.

Yin Qi also had a cold and stern expression, with sorrow showing between his brows, and he said in a deep voice: "Imperial Uncle, in the battle at Sishui Pass, what were the losses of our Great Shang?"

The Imperial Uncle he referred to was not Bi Gan, but Jizi.

Jizi was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Affairs Department and one of the three giants.

Now that Wen Zhong and Huang Feiwu were leading troops outside, he was the actual person in charge of the Military Affairs Department.

Jizi stood up, bowed, and said: "Great King, according to the statistics, besides the National Teacher, our Great Shang also lost one Mysterious Immortal Class Warship, five Heavenly Immortal-grade warships, and thirty Earth Immortal Class warships;"

"As well as eighteen Mysterious Immortals, five hundred and thirty-six Heavenly Immortals, and two thousand seven hundred and fifty-three Earth Immortals."

"In addition, more than seven hundred and fifty thousand soldiers were killed in action."

"Other minor or serious injuries have not been counted."

Hearing these numbers, the important officials present could not help but gasp.

This loss is simply too great.

Ten years ago, in the era of Di Yi, the Yin Shang had only twenty or thirty experts of the Immortal Dao.

Yet look at now; in just a single battle, they have lost over three thousand experts of the Immortal Dao. How could they not be shocked, how could they not feel the heartache?

It is just that they do not know that compared to the number of casualties in Xiqi, the Yin Shang's losses are much lower.

In Xiqi, fifty-eight Mysterious Immortals died in battle, nine hundred Heavenly Immortals died in battle, and three thousand five hundred and twenty-six Earth Immortals died in battle.

The reason for such a large disparity is, firstly, the lethality of the Warships is too high, and many of Xiqi's Immortal Dao experts were blasted apart by the Warships; secondly, the Yin Shang side has better equipment, and the lethality of their immortal arts and martial arts is stronger.

The purpose of the Martial Hall's existence is conquest, so the Immortal Dao experts who come from the Martial Hall have mastered great arts of slaughter and are more skilled at killing, which is not something the cultivators of the Chan Sect can compare to.

As for the Yin Shang army, not only is their equipment better, but they have also mastered moves of slaughter and are proficient in battle formations.

These battle formations were all meticulously created by Yin Qi.

Although Yuanshi Tianzun bestowed a large amount of cultivation resources and techniques upon Xiqi, he provided absolutely no battle formations.

After all, he is a Saint and has no need to study such things.

Precisely because of this, the Yin Shang was able to inflict such heavy casualties on Xiqi, despite having only committed over seven million troops and having far fewer Immortal Dao experts than Xiqi. (End of chapter)