Chapter 419: Supporting the Dragon Court and Slaying the Demon Monk

The four monks were shattered by Richard, their bones and muscles were broken, and their lives were cut off.

At this moment, four golden lights flew out from the corpses and rushed into the sky. They were as fast as lightning and were about to break through the mirror space and escape.

But how could Richard give them a chance?

At the moment when the golden lights were about to escape, a force of time instantly enveloped them, and then the four golden lights flying in all directions were lightly grabbed by a big hand.

"Still want to run?" Richard looked at the souls of the four monks with a smile. Each of these monks was stronger than the Shuten Doji he met in Japan. It must be said that Buddhism still has some background.

"Let us go soon, do you really want to provoke a war between Buddhism and Taoism?" Chengfei looked at Richard in horror.

"We've already started the fight, so what if we start a war between Buddhism and Taoism?" Richard snorted coldly: "The Hu sect is the Hu sect. Even if the doctrine has been reformed, it still doesn't learn its lesson."

"Dare to help the alien race fight for the dragon, I'll see if your Taoist master can't kill you!"

As Richard said this, he tried to crush their souls with force in his hands. Feeling that their souls were unstable, the faces of several monks suddenly changed.

"No."

"Bang!"

Before he finished speaking, Richard crushed the souls of these monks directly. They had already started, so they naturally wouldn't have a chance to turn over. If they were let go, these monks would just go back and find a suitable pregnant woman to be reborn, and because their souls were strong, they would recover their original strength in no time.

Richard directly shattered their souls and killed them completely.

-Soul siphoning!

The broken soul energy was instantly extracted into the magic gem. Four soul gems fell into his hands.

The strength of these four monks was only one step away from entering the legendary high level, and there were not many such masters even in Buddhism.

After dealing with the four monks, Richard sent the last bit of their soul core into the reincarnation. Even if these monks reincarnated, they would no longer be their original selves. It was equivalent to using the damaged soul to wash away the memory and reconstitute a new soul.

After taking back the soul crystal, the mirror space in front of him disappeared.

At the same time, near the Khitan military camp, a sword light flashed in an instant, and at the same time, a golden light quickly escaped.

Although the distance was far, Richard could still feel the majestic sword intent that pierced the sky. Only the Pure Yang Zhenren Lu Dongbin could have such power.

Since they dared to interfere in the dragon fight in the mortal world without following the rules, Lu Dongbin would naturally not be polite. So when Richard was dealing with these monks, Lu Dongbin also went directly to the monk Benyuan.

When he saw Lu Dongbin appear, Benyuan didn't even think about it and wanted to escape from here. He had heard of Lu Dongbin's name when he first entered the practice. The living golden immortal, the world's number one sword cultivator, these names are all earned by fighting.

Over the years, so many evil demons have died in his hands, and Benyuan naturally knew that he would never be his opponent.

This time, he conspired with others to use evil methods to attack the emperor of Zhou, which obviously violated the bottom line. If he was not discovered, it would be fine, but he was caught on the spot.

Lü Dongbin's Pure Yang Immortal Sword arrived in an instant, and Benyuan did not dare to stay at all, so he flew to the old nest of the Khitan Kingdom. If he was lucky enough to hide back in Fengguo Temple, with the help of Fengguo Temple's heritage and Khitan's national destiny, he still had some chances to survive. If he couldn't escape back, he would die.

Benyuan didn't even think about fighting with Lü Dongbin, and ran away at the first time, but even so, it was too late. After all, the sword fairy is famous for his fast sword speed. In terms of escaping light alone, few can compare with them.

The sword light flashed, and caught up with Benyuan in an instant. Then the sword light swept across, and the sword energy and golden light kept colliding, and countless golden lights were shattered. In a moment, Lv Dongbin released hundreds of sword lights, completely shattering Benyuan's protective golden light.

One by one, the Buddhist beads, bowls, and cassocks glowed with golden light to resist, but they were directly submerged in the sword light that was as unstoppable as the tide.

The last flying sword flew past in an instant, and Benyuan's head flew up in an instant, with an unwilling look on his face.

"Lv Dongbin, you wait for me!" A golden light flew out in an instant, and then fled at several times the speed before.

The world was frozen in an instant, and the original instantaneous escape light was like being trapped in a quagmire at this moment, almost stagnant.

The next second, it was shattered by a sword light, turned into a rain of light and disappeared.

"It's already this critical moment, you don't run away immediately and even speak wildly, do you think you are not dying fast enough?" Lv Dongbin gently called back, and a flying sword flew back in an instant, then turned around beside him and returned to the scabbard on his back.

Then, Lü Dongbin waved his hand to collect the Buddhist beads, bowls, and cassocks that had lost all their spiritual energy, and then burned the remains of Benyuan with a fire.

The flames burned quickly, leaving behind a pale golden body, but the Buddha light on it did not seem very strong.

"The golden body arhat who cultivated with the help of national destiny, took a shortcut and still wanted to achieve enlightenment!" Lü Dongbin chuckled, and then another sword light slashed down, and saw that the golden body of the arhat that many Buddhist temples wanted was instantly chopped into pieces by the sword light, and then it was worn into countless gold powders by the sword light and completely lost its function.

After solving Benyuan, Lü Dongbin did not make any more moves, and the military camp below did not find any abnormalities at all. After cleaning up the battlefield, Lü Dongbin directly turned into a light and disappeared.

Richard saw the sword light in the distance and knew the fate of the Khitan monk. He immediately flashed a teleportation light and appeared in a temple in the next second.

"Chenghui monk, come out, you are in trouble!" Richard's voice sounded.

"Amitabha!"

"Donor, did you find the wrong person? I am just a wandering monk." A monk with a solemn appearance appeared in front of him.

"Why don't you dare to admit what you did?" Richard sneered.

"I really don't know." Chenghui said.

"Haha, do you really think that others don't know what you and the Khitan monk conspired to do?" Richard said.

"The cycle of heaven and the order of the four seasons, I am just following the time of heaven!" Chenghui said lightly.

Richard sneered, "Follow the will of heaven, haha, if you follow the will of heaven, why do you need to practice? Isn't it following the will of heaven to die of old age?"

"I have sent your junior brothers into reincarnation, now it's your turn!"

"How dare you!" Cheng Hui's face suddenly changed, and he threw the rosary in his hand at Richard.

The 108 beads contained Cheng Hui's decades of Buddhist magic power, and once they were thrown, it was a shocking blow. A ray of spiritual light fell from the sky, instantly covering the surrounding space.

The 108 beads were also blocked by the power of space.

"You dare to show off your tricks in front of an expert!" Richard snorted coldly, and the next second a golden light instantly covered it. Cheng Hui swung his cassock, and the surging magic power instantly made it as hard as gold and iron. Countless golden lights burst out at this moment.

Monk Cheng Hui was beaten back again and again, and the Buddha's light on the cassock was directly dispersed.

Before he could stabilize his body, a golden staff appeared in front of him, and then Cheng Hui felt a huge force that knocked him out, and his golden body could not resist.

At this moment, a powerful space force instantly broke through his golden body defense.

——【Big Dimension Slash! 】

Richard directly touched his face and activated the spell, and Cheng Hui's monk's cassock and golden body were instantly broken, and the golden body was actually split into two.

Pale golden blood was splashed.

Dozens of stick shadows burst out in an instant, and the golden staff smashed towards Cheng Hui's head and body.

In a flash, Cheng Hui's body was broken. The golden body of Buddhism was directly beaten into gold powder.

"If you don't have that ability, wouldn't it be better to stay honest? You dare to interfere in the world!" Richard said disdainfully, and casually shot out the red lotus fire. As soon as the dark red flame touched his flesh, it instantly burned violently.

Seeing the state of the Red Lotus Karma Fire, Richard raised his eyebrows and said, "It is said that the four elements of Buddhism are empty, but you actually have such desires, what kind of Buddhism are you practicing!"

The flesh and blood of Monk Chenghui, along with his golden body, all became nutrients for the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

However, in the blink of an eye, it completely turned into a pool of ashes, and the Red Lotus Karma Fire also took on a little gold. After some research, Richard found that the more the Red Lotus Karma Fire devoured the flesh and blood of desire, the stronger its power would be. If it could continue to grow, it might really grow into the legendary Red Lotus Karma Fire that burns everything.

The spiritual light flashed, and the soul binding technique was activated instantly. The soul of Monk Chenghui was directly trapped, and then a golden light directly shattered it.

The soul power was directly imprisoned in a magic gem, leaving only the last bit of the soul core to be put into reincarnation.

After completing these things skillfully, Richard directly used the power of time to restore the surrounding environment to its original state, and then turned and left.

It took Richard only a quarter of an hour to go back and forth, and no one noticed. At this time, the Great Zhou army camp was in good order, and many people were resting and preparing for tomorrow's battle.

As time went by, especially with the appearance of the Phoenix, the morale of the Zhou army became higher and higher, and the battle became smoother and smoother. The Khitans had originally hoped to attack, but were also frustrated.

Unless there were any natural disasters or man-made disasters, the outcome of this war was doomed.

In the following time, Richard did not pay attention to the battlefield, but continued to compile books. It was not difficult for an agricultural country in the classical era to prosper. As long as the policies of the founding period of the dynasties were implemented stably for 20 years, they could basically prosper.

This was the case in the Han and Tang dynasties.

But it is not easy to make the country prosper for a long time. In the founding period, basically, the wars were settled, the population decreased greatly, and there was a lot of land. At this time, as long as the land was distributed equally and the people lived in harmony, the world would recover.

This was because the world was underpopulated at that time and there were many acres of land. Even if those noble families occupied a lot of resources, the remaining resources could make the people grow stronger. But after decades of development, the population prospered, and the land began to gradually become insufficient.

And various contradictions began to erupt at this stage.

Were there no conflicts before? No, it's just that the cake was big enough before, so all the conflicts were covered up. Now, the cake is still so big, but there are more people sharing the cake, so the conflicts can't be covered up.

In the classical agricultural civilization, it is basically impossible to keep the country prosperous and strong.

After all, the conflicts between population growth and land, the conflicts between the aristocratic families and the poor, the conflicts between the aristocratic families and the court, etc., these conflicts will accumulate little by little and finally break out.

Even if the court realizes the problem, it will be difficult to reform. For thousands of years, the only reform in ancient China that was successful and continued was the Shang Yang Reform.

After the Shang Dynasty, both Wang Anshi's and Zhang Juzheng's reforms ended in failure. Even if they succeeded in the beginning, the reformers would die and the regime would cease.

A large part of the reason is that the opposition to the reform was strong, and the emperor was not firm in mind.

Richard did not think that what he had formulated would be followed by future generations. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a system of rules and regulations, and wrote that the ancestral system could not be modified. What was the result?

His so-called ancestral system became a complete joke and a political tool. Anyone who wanted to reform would use the ancestral system to oppose it, but they themselves did not care about the ancestral system at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral system not only failed to stabilize the country, but became a weapon for those with ulterior motives.

Richard wrote these books just to leave something for future generations and a guide for those who wanted to reform.

Just when Richard was compiling the book, the Zhou army began to fight a decisive battle with the Khitans. During this period, the Zhou army had won victory after victory, and with the appearance of the Phoenix, everyone was brave enough to take the lead, and the Khitans were no match at all.

Faced with this situation, the Khitans could only retreat continuously. Although the Khitans had begun to transform into a country during this period, the various tribes of the Khitans still existed until the demise of the Liao Dynasty.

So on the battlefield, once a defeat occurred, the soldiers of each tribe would rush to escape and let others cover the rear. Because they knew very well that if the strength of their tribe was strong enough, they would occupy more resources and voice in the country. And once the strength was damaged, their voice would be reduced.

Now on the battlefield, in the case of continuous defeats, the generals of each department naturally had their own plans.

So a retreat quickly turned into a rout. After seeing this situation, Guo Rong immediately ordered a pursuit, and the elite army of the Zhou Kingdom began to pursue the Liao Kingdom.

Although the Liao Kingdom had a large number of cavalry, the Zhou Kingdom also had cavalry. With the pursuit, the Khitans had no chance to fight back.

Tens of thousands of troops were defeated, with heavy casualties. After seeing the Khitans' defeat and fleeing, the important cities of Youzhou, Jizhou and other sixteen states of Yanyun also opened their cities and surrendered. In just three months, the sixteen states of Yanyun were recovered by Guo Rong in one battle.