Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2971 Luohou VS Hongjun (Part )

Chapter 2968: Luohou VS Hongjun (Part )

Buddhist teachings are still good at bewitching people. After all, even in peacetime, there will always be people who live a hard life.

Becoming a monk means stopping working and escaping the hardships of life, so it naturally attracts a large number of people who want to escape reality to become monks.

But with the imperial edict of Emperor Xiaohe, Buddhism was directly defined as an evil sect, and believing in Buddhism was equivalent to rebelling against the court. Now the common people had to face the reality even if they wanted to escape. After all, it was better to have a difficult life than to die directly.

In this way, under Hongjun's planning, the Buddhism that Luohou had painstakingly developed for seventy years, saw the number of believers reduced by one third in just one month just because of an imperial edict from the Han Emperor.

From this we can see that although the Han Dynasty shared the world with aristocratic families, its ruling power in the early Eastern Han Dynasty was still very strong, and the people also highly recognized the Han Dynasty.

Liu Zhao's edict was extremely powerful and hit the weak spot of Buddhism directly, causing it to lose its legitimacy of justice. The sharp drop in the number of believers was secondary, but the most important thing was that it destroyed the foundation of Buddhism in the Central Plains, which naturally made a number of Buddhist leaders anxious.

Minghe, a representative of the radical faction, even proposed a strategy of sending people to assassinate Liu Zhao and support the new emperor to succeed to the throne, so that the new Han emperor would order the withdrawal of the previous emperor's summons, which also won the support of most people.

Since things have happened and they can't solve the problem, the best way is naturally to solve the person who raised the problem.

Luohou was naturally extremely shocked when he learned about it. He did not expect that Liu Zhao, who was only 14 years old, would have such courage to do something that even his father, grandfather, and grandfather did not dare to do. But he saw the essence of the matter at a glance. It was definitely Hongjun who was behind it, otherwise how could Liu Zhao have such courage.

"Well, Liu Zhao is just a fourteen-year-old boy. Killing him won't solve the problem. What really needs to be solved is the Confucian and Taoist families who support him behind the scenes, that guy Hongjun."

Since Hongjun had drawn his sword, Luohou naturally had to accept the attack. However, there was one thing he couldn't figure out. Hongjun should not have broken through to the semi-profound perfection yet. Where did he get the confidence to take the initiative to provoke him?

Aren’t you afraid that if you lose, the situation will get completely out of control?

Luohou instinctively felt that something was wrong, and after some contemplation, he finally thought of a person he had missed, that was Yang Mei, who met Hongjun seventy years ago.

"Is Yang Mei still alive?"

Luohou didn't know that Yang Mei's "Turtle Breath and Withering Glory" skill had the effect of reducing the consumption of life span during seclusion. If he really knew, he would have tried to snatch it away long ago. After all, this was a magical skill that could prolong life. Now that even Hongjun was not his opponent, it was even more impossible for Yang Mei to stop him.

Although Luohou didn't know how old Yang Mei was back then, he knew without a doubt that he was definitely over a hundred years old. Now another seventy years had passed. He felt that even if Yang Mei was still alive, he must be close to the two hundred year old mark, and was beginning to be unable to maintain his peak and was on the decline.

Thinking of this, Luo Hou couldn't help but sneer and said, "Hongjun, if you think that you can deal with me by joining forces with Yang Mei, then you are totally wrong."

After stumbling along the way, Luohou knew very well that opportunity was more important than talent.

Hongjun's talent is stronger than Luohou's. Even though he is twenty years younger than Luohou, his cultivation is still superior to the other. However, as Luohou obtained the four volumes of "The Green Lotus Sutra of Creation", he took the lead in breaking through to the semi-profound perfection.

As for Yang Mei, although he is a senior, he has never obtained any volume of the "Creation Green Lotus Sutra" after all, and the skills he can create with his own understanding are already limited to the peak of the middle stage of Semi-Profound.

This is naturally not because Yang Mei’s talent is not high enough, but because of her lack of experience. After all, those who have not read the "Creation Green Lotus Sutra" will never be able to imagine the splendor of the ancient times.

However, Hongjun, who was in the late stage of Half-Profound Realm, and Yang Mei, who was in the middle stage of Half-Profound Realm, were obviously not enough to make Luohou, who was in the great perfection of Half-Profound Realm, feel afraid.

Liu Zhao's imperial edict to destroy Buddhism completely opened the prelude to the war between Buddhism and Taoism, and officially stigmatized Buddhism as the devil's sect. The local Chinese sects, led by Confucianism and Taoism, also officially launched a siege against foreign Buddhism, which is known in history as the War between Taoism and Demons.

After waking up Yang Mei and the other three, Hongjun did not directly launch a decisive battle because they needed time to recover. Instead, he chose to reduce the power of Buddhism first. Buddhist forces in various places were attacked by Confucianism and Taoism, and suffered heavy losses.

Faced with these bad news, Luohou remained calm and asked his four disciples to lead the team to rush to the rescue. Hongjun also sent three disciples to support. The first round of competition between the second generation of Taoism began, and this competition lasted for more than a hundred years.

Although Buddhism is powerful, it is an alien sect after all. In addition, it has been classified as a demonic sect by the imperial court and can no longer get support from the local area. Facing the full-scale siege of Confucianism and Taoism, even if it has double-digit grandmasters, it is still inevitably at a disadvantage.

Just when people thought that the Demon Sect could not hold on and Luohou was about to take action himself, the remaining forces of the Hundred Sects took the initiative to come forward to support.

In a Buddhist temple somewhere in the Central Plains, under the leadership of the young Shangqing Taoist and Yuqing Taoist, the Buddhist disciples in the temple were about to be killed, and the grand master who was guarding the temple was almost at the end of his life. But at this moment, the brothers Dijun and Taiyi of the Yin-Yang School came with people to support.

After just experiencing a great battle, Shangqing and Yuqing suffered heavy losses. Faced with the brothers Dijun and Taiyi who were in their prime, they could only choose to temporarily avoid the attack.

Before leaving, the Taoist Shangqing asked in confusion, "Di Jun, why are you still helping the Demon Sect? Have you forgotten that fifty years ago, Luohou played with you as monkeys? Do you still want to be used by Luohou?"

Di Jun sneered and said, "It's still unclear who will use whom."

Hearing what Di Jun said, Yuqing and Shangqing looked at each other with solemnity in their eyes. It was obvious that Di Jun's words had shown the attitude of the Baijia sect, and they would never watch the Demon Sect being easily wiped out.

That's right, Luohou did play tricks on the Baijia fifty years ago, and the Baijia and the Buddhist sect do have hatred, but hatred also has priorities. Compared with the little grudge that Luohou betrayed the Baijia, the Baijia obviously hated the Confucianism and Taoism that suppressed them for more than two hundred and fifty years, so they helped the Demon Sect when it was at a disadvantage.

This time the Taoism and the Demonic Sect have completely torn their faces apart. No matter whether the Hundred Schools get involved or not, the war will never stop until one side is completely defeated. The Hundred Schools naturally cannot watch the Demonic Sect fall so quickly. At the very least, they have to consume all the foundation of Confucianism and Taoism. Otherwise, how can they benefit from it?

Just as expected by various schools of thought, their support and participation in the war made the originally tilted balance between Taoism and Demonism once again balanced.

With Luohou and Hongjun still on the field, both the Taoists and the Demons had to engage in a war of attrition, which doubled the severity of the war and saw an increasing number of casualties on both sides.

"We can't go on like this. Otherwise, even if we wipe out the Demon Sect, it will only benefit the other families."

Hongjun said with a serious face, he knew that he was going to end up in trouble. After all, it was only a year since the war started, and both sides had lost nearly ten grand masters and nearly ten thousand disciples.

These people are not ordinary soldiers, but have been carefully trained. Each of them has been read and can write. They are talents who can take charge of the political affairs of a country. If they continue to fight like this, the foundation of Confucianism and Taoism will be completely destroyed.

Upon hearing this, Yang Mei said with a serious face: "The four of us have recovered our power, and have comprehended the "Blue Lotus Sutra of Creation". Although we have not broken through the realm, our power has also improved. With you, Daoist Fellow Hongjun, the five of us will be able to defeat Luohou together."

After Hongjun awakened Yang Mei and the other three, it would only take them a few months to recover their powers, but Hongjun waited for more than half a year. Naturally, this was to ensure that everything was foolproof. He shared the remaining fragments of the "Creation Green Lotus Sutra" with the four of them for them to comprehend together.

Hongjun did not share the Green Lotus Chapter with others. What he shared with the four people were only the fragments collected by the Confucianism and Taoism. After all, except Yang Mei, he did not know the character and personality of the other three among the four, so naturally he did not dare to share the Green Lotus Chapter easily.

But it would not be a good idea not to come up with something, after all, the four of them knew that Luohou was after the Qinglian chapter.

Now the four of them are going to fight Luohou together with Hongjun. It's okay for you, Hongjun, to be on guard against Luohou, but isn't it a bit too much for you to be on guard against your own people as well?
Hongjun naturally knew this, but it was impossible to ask him to hand over the Green Lotus Chapter. He did not trust anyone among the four except Yang Mei, but being stingy was also not an option. So he took out the remaining fragments of "The Green Lotus Sutra of Creation" collected by Confucianism and Taoism.

None of the four had read the original text of "The Green Lotus Sutra of Creation", so naturally it was difficult for them to tell the truth from the false. Moreover, this text was not false in the first place, and even if it was only a fragment, it was still of great help to the four.

This is also the main reason why the four people did not follow Hongjun into battle after their powers were fully restored, but instead remained in seclusion for another half a year. After all, the more time they have to comprehend the scriptures, the greater the probability of winning the decisive battle.

After hearing Yang Mei's words, Hongjun nodded, then looked at Qiankun Taoist and the other three. Seeing that they also nodded to him, he immediately said in a deep voice: "In this case, let's concentrate all our strength and rush straight to the Demon Sect's lair to force Luohou to show up and fight to the death."

With Hongjun's order, the battle between the Demon Sect and the Dao Sect was instantly paused. The Confucian and Taoist sects, which had been attacking aggressively, all gave up their original targets and moved to the Huainan area of ​​Yangzhou, which was the base camp of the Demon Sect.

There are three reasons why Luohou set up his base camp in the Huainan area:
First, the power of Confucianism and Taoism here is relatively weak, so it can avoid the attention of Confucianism and Taoism;

Second, the Huainan region was not bad in terms of population or economy, and was more suitable for preaching.

As for the other three reasons, they are due to geographical reasons. Huainan is connected to the Central Plains in the south and embraces the Jiangnan region. If it is targeted before it develops, Buddhism can retain its strength and retreat to the Jiangnan region.

Obviously, Luohou was also afraid that Buddhism would be strangled by the Confucianism and Taoism before it even got started, so he even thought of a retreat in advance.

The Confucianists and Taoists are making such big moves, and the people in the Demon Sect are not blind. They can naturally see the other party's intention, which is to attack Huainan directly for a decisive battle.

The Confucian and Taoist schools were so eager to fight to the death that many people in the Demon Sect were nervous. After all, it was impossible for them to be so confident if they were not sure enough.

Faced with this situation, Luohou waved his hand and announced the recall of disciples from all walks of life, as well as contacting allies from various schools of thought. He was ready to wait for the Confucianists and Taoists to come and fight a decisive battle with them in his base camp.

On the day of the decisive battle, the Demonic Sect and the Hundred Schools dispatched nearly ten thousand people, and the total number of the Confucian and Taoist coalition forces reached 13,000. Together with the 3,000 reinforcements sent by the Han Dynasty, the total number reached 16,000.

Judging from the number of people, the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Han naturally have the advantage, but if Hongjun loses, it will be useless even if the people below win.

The battlefield had been set up and both sides had arrived, but the two sides confronted each other at the foot of the mountain for two hours, and no one dared to be the first to fire the first shot.

In the end, under Hongjun's advice, it was the Taoist Shangqing who held the Qingping Sword and took the lead in challenging the Demon Sect, and the one who faced him was Jie Yin, a disciple of Luohou.

Although Shangqing and Jieyin fought for a hundred rounds without a clear winner, the battle between the two pushed the morale of both sides to the peak and completely kicked off the decisive battle between Taoism and Demons.

Although there were only three people participating in the Taoist-Demon decisive battle, both the number of masters and the intensity of the battle far exceeded that of a battle of one hundred thousand people. After all, 80% of the Han Dynasty's talents were concentrated here.

At the same time, the decisive battle between Hongjun and Luohou officially began.

As soon as Hongjun saw Luohou, he felt a little uneasy, because even when he saw that there were five half-Xuan on his side, Luohou did not show the slightest fear, and did not even blink.

"Is Ban Luohou really so strong that he is not afraid of the Five Half-Xuan? Or has he made a breakthrough in other aspects?"

Hongjun didn't understand where Luohou's confidence came from, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. However, he never expected that an accident would happen as soon as the fight started.