The Eagle Shooting Heroes: From Golden-Knife Prince Consort to Emperor Guangwu of the Great Zhou Dyn

Lingxi Temple is located on the banks of the Luofu River, which, according to legend, is where the beautiful Luofu washed her silk.

However, the Lingxi Temple was located here not because of Luofu.

The selection of sites for Taoist temples emphasizes being surrounded by mountains and water, gathering energy and sheltering from the wind, and being far away from the hustle and bustle of the world to facilitate quiet cultivation.

Guo Liqing and the Quanzhen Sect members arrived outside Lingxi Temple. He could sense that something was different here, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Before their arrival, Lingxi Temple had already been attacked by the Jin army once. However, the Jin army was small in number last time, and Lingxi Temple was able to repel them with the help of its disciples. But this time it was different.

The abbot of Lingxi Temple is named Qingxi Sanren. According to Sun Bu'er, Qingxi Sanren's martial arts skills are no less than hers, but Lingxi Temple does not like to show itself in the martial arts world and has very low visibility.

"Master Sun, thank you for coming to help!"

"Fellow Daoist Qingxi, our Daoist sect is united, and we should naturally help each other."

"May I ask, Master Sun, is this all the people you've brought?"

The speaker was an old Taoist priest standing next to Qingxi Sanren.

Sun Bu'er asked in confusion, "Who is this?"

Qingxi Sanren said, "This is my junior brother, Tan Daoren."

"Master Tan," Sun Bu'er said, "This time, the Jin army's siege is not just your Lingxi Temple's doing. Our entire Quanzhen Sect has been mobilized, dispersed to various sects to assist. These twenty-odd people are already doing our best!"

"Hmph! If it weren't for Qiu Chuji of your Quanzhen Sect going to Mongolia this time, how could we have caused such a disaster?" Tan Daoren said indignantly.

Upon hearing this, Qingxi Sanren immediately shouted, "Shut up!"

Qingxi Sanren simply told him to shut up, but didn't say he was wrong.

The Quanzhen Sect members' expressions also changed. They had all come down the mountain after receiving the news, thinking that now was the time for the Taoist sect to unite against a common enemy, but they did not expect someone to say such a thing.

It's like offering a warm welcome only to be met with a cold shoulder.

However, the members of the Quanzhen School dared not speak out in anger, because it was indeed the truth!

If Qiu Chuji didn't go to Mongolia, even if the Jurchens wanted to attack the Daoist sect, they would have no reason to do so.

Guo Liqing stood to the side and looked at the Quanzhen Sect members. Surprisingly, not one of them stood up to refute him.

Guo Liqing shook his head, sneered, and stepped forward, saying, "Daoist Master, according to you, if Daoist Qiu Chuji hadn't gone to Mongolia, none of this would have happened?"

Tan Daoren glanced at Guo Liqing and, seeing that he wasn't wearing a Daoist robe, knew he wasn't a Quanzhen disciple.

Who are you?

Guo Liqing cupped his hands in greeting to Qingxi Sanren and said, "My name is Guo Jing, courtesy name Liqing. Greetings, senior! I once cultivated under Daoist Ma Yu and Daoist Qiu Chuji. Although I did not enter the sect, I am still a half-disciple of Quanzhen. I met Uncle-Master Sun on the road and learned that Lingxi Temple was in trouble, so I came to help!"

Qingxi Sanren nodded and said, "Thank you very much, Young Hero Guo!"

Then, Guo Liqing looked at Tan Daoren and said, "Master Tan, even if the cause was Master Qiu, the Jurchens wanted to destroy the Daoist sects. Destroying the Quanzhen Sect alone would have been enough. Why did they have to destroy all the Daoist sects in the north? Have you thought about this carefully?"

"The Jurchens had no idea of ​​the difference between the Quanzhen School and other Taoist sects. They only knew that the Taoists from the Central Plains had surrendered to the Mongols, so they wanted to kill them!"

"The saying goes, 'Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor.' Even the barbaric Jurchens understood this principle. Do you really think they couldn't distinguish between the Quanzhen School and other Taoist sects?" Guo Liqing said with a smile. "I've dealt with Wanyan Honglie of the Jurchens. That guy is an expert on the Central Plains. He knows the martial arts sects of the Central Plains very well! The Jurchens of today are no longer the fishing and hunting tribes of the Changbai Mountains and the Heilongjiang River. They are extremely cunning!"

Imagine if everyone in the Central Plains Taoist community hated Qiu Chuji of the Quanzhen School as much as Master Tan did—why would the Jurchens even need to send troops? They would have fought each other themselves!

Everyone's expression changed.

Standing behind Guo Liqing, Yin Zhiping quickly chimed in, "Junior Brother Guo is right. The Jurchens are deliberately trying to incite us to fight amongst ourselves!"

Guo Liqing nodded and said loudly, "But we, the Central Plains Daoist sect, aren't that stupid! Right? We absolutely cannot let the Jurchens succeed!"

"Yes! We absolutely cannot let the Jurchens succeed!"

The disciples of Quanzhen Sect and Lingxi Temple were both mobilized.

In particular, some of the disciples of Lingxi Temple believed that the Quanzhen Sect had offended the Jurchens, which led to this great disaster.

But after Guo Liqing explained, they suddenly realized that this was clearly a ploy by the Jurchens to sow discord!

Guo Liqing continued, "Besides, the Jurchens occupied our land and killed our people! Even if the Jurchens don't come to kill us, does that mean we shouldn't go and kill them?"

Gentlemen, how much longer must we endure the Jurchens' slaughter?

"That's right! The Jurchen invaders have occupied our land and slaughtered our people! Although we are people of the martial world, we must also shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the Jurchen invaders and restoring our land! Today, even if the Jurchen invaders don't come to kill us, we will still go and kill them."

Guo Liqing glanced at Yin Zhiping beside him. Apart from being a bit lecherous, this guy was pretty good in other ways.

The Taoist priest only said two sentences, but Guo Liqing rattled off a whole bunch of things, leaving him dumbfounded and speechless.

Taoist priests cultivate themselves in seclusion year-round, so they don't have sharp tongues.

Qingxi Sanren stepped forward and said to Guo Liqing, "Young Master Guo is right. No matter how many people there are, we will fight the Jin traitors to the death today!"

Guo Liqing pressed down on Qingxi Sanren's hand with one hand and said, "Daoist Master, we don't necessarily have to fight to the death!"

"Does young hero have a brilliant plan to extricate us from this predicament?"

"It's not exactly a brilliant plan! If you trust me, please hear me out."

"Young hero, please speak!"

"I noticed that fortifications had been built all around the Taoist temple, so I guessed that the Taoist priests intended to use the temple as a stronghold to defend it to the death!"

"That's right!"

"I believe this is inappropriate!"

"What does the young hero think we should do?"

"The enemy is strong and we are weak; if they attack, we retreat! I suggest you Taoist priests abandon your temples!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Even if we die, we will never abandon the Taoist temple!" Master Tan said angrily.

Guo Liqing, however, only looked at Qingxi Sanren and said, "Daoist Master, even if we defeat the Jin people today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, day after day, as long as the Jin Kingdom is not destroyed, we will never have a day of peace. Now that the Jin Kingdom wants to destroy our Daoist sect, why don't my fellow Daoists seize this opportunity to unite and fight against the Jin invaders! When the Jin Kingdom is destroyed and our land is restored, we will return here and continue our cultivation!"

"Destroying the Jin Dynasty is easier said than done!"

Guo Liqing suddenly turned to look at the Taoist priest in the pool, glaring angrily, and said, "Destroying the Jin Kingdom is difficult, very difficult! Does that mean we shouldn't destroy it?"

Guo Liqing's words were a wake-up call.

Difficult! Does difficulty mean it will never perish?

This sentence resonated in the hearts of all Taoist disciples.

Even Taoist disciples harbor the ideal and ambition to restore our lost land!

"Hahaha! What arrogance! You dare to talk about destroying my Great Jin!"