The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Just as the other three or four soldiers were about to shout, they heard several hissing sounds, and their throats and upper body were hit hard. Then their voices went hoarse and their bodies went numb!
This young man in black actually has a Han Chinese face! He's Han Chinese?

Pang Shiwu walked up to Zaxi and said, "I meant no harm! I heard you just now trying to incite these soldiers to attack the Jokhang Temple?"

Tashi sensed that the other party meant no harm, so he said, "Yes!"

"You want to save your sweetheart?"

"You...you heard everything?"

"Not bad!"

"I wanted to save her!"

"Then you don't need to try to turn these soldiers against their cause."

"Why?" Zaxi exclaimed in surprise!
"Because the Jokhang Temple is gone!"

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says! The Jokhang Temple has been razed to the ground!"

"What? Then...where is my rum...?"

"I don't know either! The cellar of the Jokhang Temple is completely empty, except for some skeletons, there are no living people left!"

"What? Remains? But she was only kidnapped a day ago!"

“Those remains look quite old, so they probably aren’t your sweetheart’s. But almost all the monks at Jokhang Temple are dead. I wonder what the monk who took your sweetheart’s name was?”

"His name is Hassan!"

A scream suddenly came from outside!
The soldiers inside the tent all showed expressions of terror!

Pang Shiwu said, "Don't be afraid! My friends are hunting down your comrades!"

Zaxi immediately retorted angrily, "You still say you meant no harm! You are slaughtering my brothers!"

Pang Shiwu placed his hand on Zaxi's shoulder and whispered, "If your comrades don't die, they will appear on the border of my Great Song Dynasty in a few days. At that time, they, including you, will pick up their butcher knives and slaughter those innocent people! Those are my compatriots!"

Zaxi said, "Impossible!" He couldn't bear to wield a butcher's knife and kill innocent people!

Seeing his shifty eyes, Pang Shiwu coldly said, "You think you're a good person?"

Zaxi said, "Of course!"

"Then are you a qualified soldier?"

"Of course!"

"Your superior, your Zanpu, has ordered you to slaughter the people of the Song Dynasty. Do you obey the order?"

Zaxi suddenly paused!
As an excellent soldier, obeying orders is a must!
But how could he bring himself to kill innocent civilians?

Disobeying orders? That's a violation of military orders and should be dealt with according to military law!

"Impossible!" Zaxi glared at Pang Shiwu. "We Tibetans have lived in peace with the Central Plains for so many years, how could war break out in our generation? The room you described is definitely fake!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Whether it's true or not, you can ask your leader later, right? That guy, what's his name, Ruben or Dongdai, my friend will keep him alive, and we can confront him face to face later, and that will settle things."

"What...what exactly do you want? If you want to kill us, why are you telling me so much?"

Pang Shiwu said, "You're lucky! I was going to come in and kill you all, but I didn't expect you to be such a devoted lover, and so loyal and righteous, wanting to risk your life to save your sweetheart. I admire you! So not only will I not kill you, I will also help you fulfill your wish!"

"How...can you help me fulfill my wish?"

"I'll take you to the Jokhang Temple. You can search the entire temple freely; you might find some secret chamber! If you don't find it, then check if Hassan is among the monks' corpses! If Hassan isn't there, it means he's still at large, and I'll help you find him!" Tashi was somewhat incredulous. "Are you serious?" The other person's powerful aura had already convinced him that the young man before him could definitely grant his wish! But happiness had come too suddenly, and he was still a little unsettled, constantly wondering if he was dreaming!

Pang Shiwu said, "Wait a while. There are quite a few of you. It will take them some time to fight."

Zaxi and the others were all extremely shocked!

How could he describe the three thousand cavalrymen in this camp as nothing more than three thousand sheep? As if killing them would be as easy as crushing ants!
Zaxi asked, "How many of you are there in total?"

Pang Shiwu said, "There are three of us in total, including me."

"What?!" Everyone was shocked!
There are three people in total! That means there are only two people outside the tent!

Two people chasing down three thousand Tibetan cavalry? Is that even possible?

Even if they sneaked into the tents and killed their enemies one by one with a swift stroke, each of them would have to swing their swords at least 1,500 times, right? They'd be exhausted! Besides, the commotion earlier had been quite significant, waking many soldiers who were now fully armored and ready for battle. Even if these two were highly skilled, they probably wouldn't be able to finish the fight quickly. Zaxi even thought that the two outside might very well die in the Tibetan army's ranks if they fought to the bitter end!
After all, the Tibetan cavalry were exceptionally strong; even without their horses, they could still wield swords and shoot arrows!
Each cavalryman was equipped with a powerful crossbow and a sharp scimitar!

Over the years, everyone has developed a tacit understanding: those at a distance from the enemy harass them with arrows, while those closer engage in hand-to-hand combat! This multi-pronged approach makes it impossible for the enemy to defend against, and that is the advantage of a battle formation!

Pang Shiwu said, "You seem to lack confidence in my friend!"

If someone doesn't have confidence in my friend, then they naturally don't have confidence in me!
Zaxi said, "To be honest, I don't have much confidence."

Pang Shiwu flicked his sleeve and released everyone's pressure points with a few fingers from a distance. "Come with me!"

He was the first to lift the curtain and step out of the tent.

The group quickly donned their battle robes and armor, grabbed their weapons, and followed them out of the tent.

Outside, corpses littered the ground, and two figures were advancing deeper into the area!
A blond man's right hand flashed with red light. With a wave of his hand to the right, a tent on the right instantly vanished into thin air! With another wave to the left, a tent on the left was immediately engulfed in raging flames and turned to ashes in an instant!

The other figure was exceptionally graceful; it was a woman draped in a fox fur coat. Her right hand glowed with an indigo light, as if she were wearing some kind of glove. Like the blond man, she waved it lightly, and a flash of blue light appeared, as if thousands of steel claws were simultaneously grabbing and tearing at the tent, instantly ripping the entire tent to shreds!
Zaxi and the others felt their scalps tingle!

This wasn't a fierce battle between two sides; it was a one-sided massacre! People near the tents were even dying in their sleep!

Some soldiers with sharp hearing and quick reflexes rushed out of the tents, but they were immediately killed by the woman in the green coat with flying stones! So far, almost none have survived!

So Tashi was so shocked that he froze completely!

Are these man and woman even human? With a flick of their wrist, five or six soldiers in a tent vanished from this world, completely disappearing without a trace! No remains were found, as if they had never existed!

The man and woman were like demons, sweeping away everything in their path with the force of autumn winds, leaving nothing but desolation!
A Tibetan soldier standing next to Tashi said in a trembling voice, "Are they even human? The tent turned to ashes before they even touched it! Is this martial arts?"

Zaxi said, "I think so."

"You're not sure either?"

How can I be sure now?

"That's sorcery!"

"Don't jump to conclusions! If the Holy Venerable were here, he could easily destroy the tent with a single palm strike!"

"The Holy Venerable's martial arts are profound, almost godlike! But it is said that he is not satisfied with the status quo and wants to break through to the Celestial Realm. He urgently needs a large number of rare and precious materials!"

At this moment, Pang Shiwu said, "You should know what kind of rare and precious materials he's talking about, right?"

Zaxi said, "I heard that they are rare and precious herbs like Ganoderma lucidum, or the inner cores of ancient mythical beasts, which can help improve one's cultivation and break through bottlenecks!"

Pang Shiwu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and sneered, "Since those elixirs are so rare and hard to come by, do you think the Holy Venerable would waste his energy waiting for them?"

Zaxi was taken aback, "Then he..."

Pang Shiwu's face was grim. "Of course he'd focus his limited energy on readily available rare and precious materials! Those girls with pure Yin constitutions, those children with extremely Yin or extremely Yang destinies—these are the rare and precious materials he can easily obtain!" He paused. "So, do you still consider him a human being?" (End of Chapter)