The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

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

The four monks' golden bodies were shattered by Richard, their bones and muscles were broken, and their lives were gone.

At this moment, four golden lights instantly flew out from the corpses and rushed straight into the sky. Their speed was as fast as lightning and they were about to break through the mirror space and escape in a moment.

But how could Richard give them a chance?
Just when several golden lights were about to escape, a force of time instantly enveloped them, and then the four golden lights flying in all directions were easily caught 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 Douji he met in Japan. It must be said that Buddhism still had some foundation.

"Let us go soon. Do you really want to start a war between Buddhism and Taoism?" Cheng Fei looked at Richard in horror.

"We've already fought, so what if we start a war between Buddhism and Taoism?" Richard snorted coldly: "A Hu religion is a Hu religion. Even if it reforms its doctrine, it still doesn't learn its lesson."

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

As Richard used force in his hands, he wanted to crush his soul. Feeling that his soul was unstable, the faces of several monks changed suddenly.

"don't want."

"boom!"

Before he finished speaking, Richard crushed the souls of these monks. Since they had already taken action, they would naturally not have a chance to turn the tables. If they were released, these monks would only need to go back and find a suitable pregnant woman to be reborn, and because their souls were strong, they would soon recover their original strength.

Richard directly shattered their souls and killed them completely.

——Soul siphon!
The shattered soul energy was instantly extracted into the magic gems. Four soul gems fell into his hands.

The strength of these four monks is just one step away from entering the high-level legendary level. Even in Buddhism, there are not many such masters.

After dealing with the four monks, Richard sent the last bit of their soul cores into reincarnation. Even after reincarnation, these monks would no longer be their original selves. It was equivalent to using their broken souls to wash away their memories and re-form 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. The only one who could have such power was the Pure Yang True Man Lu Dongbin.

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

When Benyuan saw Lü Dongbin appear, he didn't even think twice and wanted to flee from here. He had heard of Lü Dongbin's name when he first started practicing. The title of the living golden immortal and the world's number one swordsman was earned through hard work.

Over the years, countless evil demons and heretics had died at his hands. Benyuan naturally knew that he would never be his match.

This time, he conspired with others to use evil methods to attack the emperor of Zhou, which obviously violated the bottom line. It would have been fine if he hadn't been discovered, but he was caught on the spot.

Lu Dongbin's Pure Yang Immortal Sword arrived in an instant. Benyuan didn't dare to stay at all and flew towards the Khitan's lair. 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 chance to survive. If he couldn't escape back, he would die.

Benyuan had never thought of fighting with Lu Dongbin, and ran away immediately, but even so, it was too late. After all, the sword immortals are famous for their fast sword-riding speed. In terms of escaping light alone, few can compare with them.

The sword flashed, and in an instant it caught up with Benyuan. Then, as the sword light swept across, the sword energy and golden light collided continuously, and countless golden lights shattered. In a moment, Lu Dongbin released hundreds of sword lights, completely shattering Benyuan's protective golden light.

The Buddhist beads, alms bowls, and cassocks glowed with golden light in an attempt to block the attack, but they were submerged in the sword light that was as unstoppable as a surging tide.

The last flying sword flew past in an instant, and Benyuan’s head flew up instantly, with a look of unwillingness on his face.

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

The sky and the earth froze in an instant, and the light that was originally escaping thousands of miles away seemed to be stuck in a quagmire at this moment, almost stagnant.

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

"It's already such a critical moment. Why don't you escape immediately and yet you are talking nonsense? Do you think your death is not fast enough?" Lu Dongbin gently waved his hand, and a flying sword flew back instantly, then circled beside him and returned to the scabbard on his back.

Then, Lu Dongbin waved his hand to collect the Buddhist beads, bowls, and robes that had lost all their spiritual energy, and then burned Benyuan's remaining body with fire.

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

"The golden arhat who relied on the national fortune to practice cultivation took a shortcut and still wanted to achieve enlightenment!" Lu Dongbin chuckled, and then another sword light slashed down. The golden body of the arhat that many Buddhist temples coveted was instantly shattered by the sword light, and then ground into countless gold powders by the sword light, completely losing its function.

After resolving Benyuan, Lü Dongbin did not make any more moves, and the military camp below did not notice anything unusual. After cleaning up the battlefield, Lü Dongbin turned into a beam of light and disappeared.

When Richard saw the sword light in the distance, he already knew the fate of the Khitan monk. Immediately, a teleportation light flashed, and he appeared in a temple the next second.

"Monk Chenghui, come out, your crime has been exposed!" Richard's voice rang out.

"Amitabha!"

"Donor, have you found the wrong person? I am just a wandering monk." A monk with a solemn appearance appeared before his eyes.

"Why don't you dare 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 nature and the order of the four seasons, I am just following the will of heaven!" Cheng Hui said lightly.

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

"Your fellow apprentices have been sent into reincarnation by me, 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. Once they were used, they were earth-shattering. A beam of spiritual light descended from the sky, instantly covering the surrounding space.

The one hundred and eight Buddhist beads were also blocked by the power of space.

"How dare you show off your skills in front of an expert!" Richard snorted coldly, and the next second, golden rays of light instantly enveloped him. 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 Chenghui was beaten back repeatedly, and the Buddha's light on his robes was directly dispersed.

Before he could steady himself, a golden staff suddenly appeared in front of him. Then Cheng Hui felt a huge force that knocked him away, and his golden Buddhist body could not withstand it.

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

——【Big Dimension Slash! 】

Richard placed his hand close to the monk's face and cast a spell, and Monk Chenghui's robes and golden body were instantly torn apart, and the golden body was actually split into two.

Pale golden blood splattered.

Dozens of stick shadows burst out in an instant, and the golden staffs smashed madly at Monk Chenghui's head and body.

In a flash, Monk Chenghui's body was beaten to pieces, and his golden statue was directly beaten into gold powder.

"If you don't have that ability, wouldn't it be better for you to stay still? How dare you interfere in the world!" Richard said disdainfully, and casually shot out the Red Lotus Karma Fire. As soon as the dark red flame touched his flesh, it burned fiercely in an instant.

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, and you actually have such desires. Why are you still practicing Buddhism!"

Monk Chenghui's flesh and blood, as well as his golden body, all became nourishment for the red lotus fire.

But in the blink of an eye, it completely turned into a pool of ash, and the red lotus fire also took on a bit of gold. After some research, Richard found that the more the red lotus 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 fire that burns everything.

With a flash of spiritual light, the soul-binding technique was instantly activated, trapping Monk Chenghui's soul directly, and then a golden light shattered it directly.

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

After finishing these tasks skillfully, Richard used the power of time to restore the surrounding environment to its original state before turning around and leaving.

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 order, and many people were recuperating and preparing for the battle on the battlefield tomorrow.

As time went by, especially with the appearance of the Phoenix, the morale of the Zhou army grew higher and higher, and the battle became smoother and smoother. The Khitans' original hope of attacking Benyuan was also thwarted.

Unless there is any natural disaster or man-made disaster, the outcome of this war is already determined.

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. The policies of the founding period of each dynasty could basically prosper as long as they were implemented stably for 20 years.

This was true during the Han and Tang dynasties.

But it is not easy to make the country prosperous for a long time. In the early days of the founding of the country, the wars were basically settled, the population was greatly reduced, 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 is because the world was underpopulated at the time, and there were many acres of land. Even if the nobles occupied a large amount of resources, the remaining land could also allow the common people to grow stronger. However, after several decades of development, the population prospered, and the land began to become insufficient.

Various conflicts began to erupt at this stage.

Were there no conflicts in the past? No, it was just that the pie was big enough before, so all the conflicts were covered up. But now, the pie is still big, but there are more people to share it, so conflicts can no longer be covered up.

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

After all, the contradictions between population growth and land, the contradiction between the aristocratic families and the poor, the contradiction between the aristocratic families and the imperial court, etc., these contradictions will accumulate little by little and finally erupt.

Even if the imperial court realized the problem, it would be difficult to reform. For thousands of years, the only reform in ancient China that succeeded and lasted was Shang Yang's reform.

After the Shang Dynasty, both Wang Anshi's and Zhang Juzheng's reforms ended in failure. Even if they were successful at the beginning, they would die immediately after the reformers died.

A big part of the reason for this was that the forces opposing the reform were strong, and the emperor was mentally unstable.

Richard didn't think that what he established would be followed by future generations. You have to know that Zhu Yuanzhang established a system with many rules and regulations, and wrote that the ancestral system cannot be modified. What was the result?
His so-called ancestral system has become a complete joke and a political tool. They will use the ancestral system to oppose anyone who wants reform, but they themselves don't care about the ancestral system at all.

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

Richard wrote these books just to leave something for future generations, and to leave a guide for reform for those who want to reform in the future.

While Richard was compiling the book, the Zhou army began a decisive battle with the Khitans. During this period of time, the Zhou army had won battle after battle, and with the appearance of the auspicious phoenix, everyone fought bravely and the Khitans were no match at all.

Faced with this situation, the Khitans could only retreat. 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.

Therefore, on the battlefield, once a defeat occurs, soldiers from each tribe will rush to escape, leaving others to cover the rear. Because they know very well that if the strength of their tribe is strong enough, they will occupy more resources and have more say in the country. Once the strength is damaged, their say will be reduced.

Now that the troops on the battlefield have suffered a series of defeats, the generals of each unit naturally have 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. Under the pursuit, the Khitans no longer had a chance to fight back.

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

(End of this chapter)