Chapter 818

Chapter 818: Preparing for Battle

Blue Star, Qingyun

The last move of the three Bodhisattvas was defeated, and the three were once again seriously injured. Cao Ying and the others would not give them another chance. They rushed forward and completely defeated the three.

Looking back, the other battlefields were also coming to an end. With several times the number of soldiers and the help of formations, it was hard not to win. If this place were not in the heart of Qingyun, they feared the casualties would be too high. If they had used the Space Battleship, it would have been faster.

With the last arhat being destroyed, the battle ended. In the sky, only cultivators were floating, and Yangjiang City turned into a wasteland, filled with giant craters.

"Clean the battlefield. Everyone who is injured should go heal."

Lin Jiang spoke up, and instantly half of the people were gone. Outside the formation, Lin Huafei was ready with advanced healing elixirs.

"Ancestor, we’ve confirmed it. Not a single Buddhist cultivator escaped. Three Bodhisattvas, twenty-five arhats, and one hundred and twenty vajras, all fallen."

"Good. You must ensure that all their souls are completely destroyed. Do not be careless. We need to check all their storage bags and similar items systematically. The research on Buddhist cultivation is more advanced than ours; we cannot afford to make a mistake."

"Yes, Ancestor."

"How are our casualties?"

"On the Huaxia side, we lost three senior brothers and four Void Achievers. The demon race lost five Demon Emperors. On the Qingyun side, we lost two Void Achievers, and in the Ying Continent, we lost three Void Achievers, but we won’t count the other injuries."

"Eight Tao Achievers and nine Void Achievers, almost a ten to one casualty rate."

Lin Jiang’s face darkened; they were not outnumbered but were actually more in number attacking fewer. Losing over ten people like this was very costly.

"The physical strength of the Buddhist cultivator is extremely strong; they can usually continue to fight even after being heavily injured, which puts us at a disadvantage."

"I understand, let’s search for things about Buddhist cultivation to see if we can find some methods to practice."

Lin Jiang said he was quite eager about the cultivation methods of Buddhist cultivators. After fighting with a Bodhisattva, he realized how strong their bodies could be. Lin Jiang’s own physique had been strengthened with rare materials, yet he was still no match.

Next came the task of comforting everyone; all combat participants would receive free high-level spirit pills if injured, and everyone who survived would receive benefits. As Qingyun suffered the most heavy losses, Lin Jiang also compensated the affected citizens in Huaxia’s name.

In short, various compensations and benefits were offered to soothe everyone, and secondly, to have Chen Jinfa make efforts in spreading teachings in Buddhist cultivation.

Lin Jiang did not believe that the Buddhist sect would use the same tactic again. Sending only a hundred people likely meant they were planning a large-scale attack. Therefore, before their attack, he wanted to completely ruin the Buddhist sect’s reputation to decrease their chances of striking within Blue Star. This was also the reason why Lin Jiang and his team had made preparations for decades.

After finishing the chores, three days had already passed. Cao Ying took people to organize the storage bags of the Buddhist cultivators to gather more information, while Lin Jiang announced that he would enter seclusion to heal his injuries. In reality, this was just to meet Xia Qingshan.

Xia Qingshan appeared once again, looking very happy, as if he had just completed something satisfying.

"Calm down your smile, or I will get angry."

"What’s the big deal? Didn’t we already agree on this?"

"More than ten masters from Blue Star have died, my old brother is gone, and you dare say ‘what’s the big deal’ to me?"

Lin Jiang immediately shouted angrily. The Tao Achievers from Huaxia were all awakened cultivators, and each one was an important card in Lin Jiang’s hand.

"Okay, okay."

Xia Qingshan shrugged and chose not to argue with Lin Jiang. This time he indeed overindulged: three Bodhisattvas, twenty-five Arhats, along with three Tao Achievers and five Demon Emperors, all added up to more than thirty large meals. Although the food below Tao Achievers wasn’t as delicious, it was still food. After thousands of years, he had never felt this good; he could even sense his strength improving.

"Don’t tell me you absorbed their way and gained nothing. Hand over the teachings of Buddhism; I want the complete path."

"There is indeed something, I’m not lying to you, but I do not recommend you practice Buddhist methods. At most, take a little inspiration, and I will give you some secret techniques."

"Because I have discovered there is a problem with the Buddhist methods."

"What problem?"

"I don’t know the details yet, but my intuition is very strong. If you practice Buddhist methods, you might not be able to strike against the True Buddha, at least not against the one who created the methods. Once you do, there could be trouble."

"Mother and child method?"

It’s roughly that meaning. An important aspect of Buddhist methods comes from thought power, which can help clear the mind during Buddhist cultivation and enhance skills, among many other wonderful uses. However, thought power comes from their Buddha Master. When Buddhist cultivators transmit teachings, the first thing they build is the statue of the Buddha Master, which means the thought power is a gift from the Buddha Master.

"If you use the mother and child method to understand it, then the Buddha Master is the true master of Buddhism. Tell me, would any other Buddhist cultivators dare to lay a hand on the Buddha Master?"

"What does this Buddha Master want to do?"

Lin Jiang felt a chill; just thinking about it made him feel a bit scared. It was too frightening.

"I don’t know what he wants to do. I told you before, compared to creatures like myself, I am very weak. As for the Buddha Master, I can clearly tell you, he exceeds my imagination. To explain in science fiction terms, you are a three-dimensional being, I might be three and a half dimensions or four dimensions, while the Buddha Master could be five dimensions, six dimensions, or even seven dimensions."

"Are you really that afraid of it?"

"You don’t understand the distance between us, but don’t be too scared. Trust me, if the Buddha Master can’t unify the entire universe, then he has opponents. To him, I might just be a small ant. Having a real Buddha deal with me would already be treating me highly."

Xia Qingshan quickly explained; he did not want Lin Jiang to be too frightened. He was counting on Lin Jiang to help him with spells.

"It seems we will have many days ahead of us dealing with Buddhist cultivators."

"Of course, but don’t let your guard down. Every other world is our enemy."

"Understood. No more nonsense. Give me the methods of Buddhist cultivation, especially the secrets of the Stargate."

"I haven’t fully understood the secrets of the Stargate yet. Give me a little time; at most a hundred years, and I will give it to you. This involves the power of rules, and I need to use my strength for it."

"Waste, it will take a hundred years for such a small thing."

"Lin Jiang, that’s a bit much."

"What’s wrong? So what if it’s too much? Go ahead, hit me!"

"You…"

Xia Qingshan was so angry he nearly exploded and just ran away, not wanting to argue with Lin Jiang.

Xia Qingshan would not confront Lin Jiang now; it was impossible for him to break ties. Only Lin Jiang could unite most of Blue Star. Without Lin Jiang, Blue Star would fall apart.

When Lin Jiang saw Xia Qingshan disappear, he also sighed in relief. In fact, he had been testing Xia Qingshan’s limits. So far, it was fine; Xia Qingshan was not a fool.

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"How is the study of the Buddhist methods going?"

After exiting the gate, Lin Jiang found Cao Ying and asked her.

"There are many Buddhist practices, but they all lack the essential heart method. If you want to learn, it’s probably not going to work."

"Forget about the practices; we don’t need to worry about them. Our determination must be strong, along with some secret techniques."

"We did gain some insights. This time, too many Buddhist cultivators have died, especially in physical training methods. I have sent people to study it; direct learning won’t work because different systems can cause problems, but absorbing some essence should be fine."

"What about the Stargate Secret Technique?"

"There are some, but we can’t learn them. They involve certain powers of rules that we don’t know how to wield. However, I gave some to Cao Wang to see if he can make a breakthrough scientifically. Stargates, wormholes, and teleportation arrays have many similar principles."

"That is true. I hope Cao Wang can surprise us."

Lin Jiang nodded. Xia Qingshan held him back with one hand, and Lin Jiang didn’t want to say much. He didn’t really believe Xia Qingshan could help them; in the end, they had to rely on themselves.

"Next, there might be a full-scale conflict, Uncle. We need to be prepared."

"I know that during this time, you have worked hard to train more masters with Tao Achieving. The new generation of cultivators must also fully participate in the war, and the other Tao Achievers need to break through to the Transmigration Stage."

Lin Jiang said, "Those old brothers who haven’t broken through to Tao Achieving mostly have no hope. The new Tao Achievers can only be trained from the new generation. Some have not broken through to Void Achieving for hundreds of years; we can arrange for them to break through now."

As for Tao Achieving, many have not broken through for over a thousand years. It’s time for them to reach the Transmigration Stage. The few who are in seclusion are still in seclusion, and Lin Jiang hopes to have more helpers at the Transmigration Stage.