Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Fourth Battle of Faith
The vassal states of the Western Regions blossomed everywhere. From the Han Dynasty's Western Region Changshi's Mansion to the north and west, more than a dozen vassals were closely connected together, directly covering a space of tens of thousands of miles in radius.
Not to mention the three powerful clansmen in the North, with hundreds of thousands of tribesmen, ruthless people like Dou Jiande and Master Liang, who also used the power of the Wu Empire to carve out a niche in the Western Regions.
Compared to the Central Plains, where the aristocratic families are powerful, the gangs are astonishingly powerful, and Buddhism, Taoism and magic are intertwined, the local forces and religious forces in the Western Region are much easier to deal with.
At this time, the Tianfang Sect has not yet gained momentum. Not only are the sects in the Western Regions in chaos and hating each other, but there are also many small countries that are constantly fighting. Who can compete with the heroes of the Central Plains who have experienced blood and fire?
Either the Thunder Tiger of Emperor Wu came out of nowhere, or the Li clan finally conquered the world, and had to spend a lot of time to clean up the warlords in various places one by one?
Regardless of the fact that Li Clan's military capabilities are praised to the sky in the history books, the so-called God of War Li Shimin was defeated so many times, and how many times the forces behind him came to help solve the problem. No hero is easy to deal with.
That is to say, the strength of Emperor Wu was too strong. The strength of Jiangdong alone was not much worse than that of the entire Sui Dynasty, let alone the heroes of the Central Plains who were in constant war and divided by warlords, and could push forward without any hindrance.
The defeated heroes of the Central Plains could not defeat a fierce man like Emperor Wu, but it does not mean that they could not defeat a group of small countries in the Western Regions. As for the Persian Empire, which was still relatively strong at this time, it was nothing compared to the Central Plains controlled by Emperor Wu.
They are all ruthless people who have been fighting for a long time, and some of them are especially fierce. Even in the Central Plains, they are ruthless characters that people would not dare to easily provoke. In the Western Regions, they are simply invincible tyrannosaurs.
For example, Xiliang Overlord Xue Ju, who is famous in official history, was as brave as an overlord with his battlefield martial arts. There were almost no opponents of him among the countries in the Western Regions.
For another example, Li Xuanba, the natural warrior of the Li clan, wields an eight hundred kilogram sledgehammer like the wind in one hand. Which strong man from the Western Regions can withstand such a powerful attack?
Speaking of Li Xuanba, this guy is extremely fierce. The reason why Li Clan surrendered so simply was that, besides the fact that the situation was over, a fierce man like Li Xuanba was defeated by Wu Emperor Leihu's Mo Dao.
Without his last support, Li Clan had to surrender honestly if he wanted to save the lives of his people.
That is to say, Emperor Wu Leihu did not have the idea of eliminating future troubles. Otherwise, a terrifying and fierce man like Li Xuanba would still be difficult to live for a long time.
It is said that the generals of the late Sui Dynasty and the generals of the Three Kingdoms period have the same inheritance. They all focus on practicing Qi and strengthening their bodies. They specialize in battlefield killing skills. Their ability to compete may not be very good, but their power on the battlefield is quite terrifying. Li
Xuan Ba is one of the representative figures.
Lei Hu had fought with this guy at the foot of Daxing City. Relying solely on his own terrifying power, the power this guy could exert was definitely no less than a top-notch master in the late Xiantian stage. When placed on the battlefield, he was definitely a terrifying weapon.
If it weren't for Lei Hu himself being a great master of body refining, and the energy of his body's qi and blood was so majestic that it had even triggered his body to start evolving to a higher level, both in terms of strength and control of power, he would be superior to Li Xuanba.
It was really not easy to win that battle.
Lei Hu even suspected that this guy had unlocked a certain genetic lock and released a certain part of his body's potential, which gave him such extraordinary strength.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the equipment for this, otherwise he would have to slice up Li Xuanba and study it.
This guy didn't have a great reputation in the Central Plains. He was probably regarded as a trump card by Li Clan and placed in the vast area of the Western Region. He was an invincible general in battle.
Li Yuan is also interesting. I wonder if he can no longer suppress his first two sons. He simply took advantage of the opportunity of establishing a feudal vassal and founding a country to send his first two sons to stand on their own feet. He then used Li Xuanba, a young man with unparalleled military power but not very good intelligence. He held his son firmly in his hand.
Not to mention, the effect was quite remarkable. Li Yuan succeeded to several capable but not outstanding sons, and a group of clansmen became the top leaders in the vassal states of the Western Regions. Li Xuanba played a great role.
Not to mention these, as a group of vassal states established a firm foothold in the Western Regions and rapidly expanded their influence, Buddhism and Taoism followed very quickly and spread their influence.
Emperor Wu Leihu had already greeted Buddhism and Taoism. As a representative figure of Buddhism in Guanzhong, the great virtuous saint monk came to Li Yuan's vassal country with the first batch of Buddhist disciples who rushed to the Western Regions to spread the Dharma.
There are construction sites everywhere, houses, roads and cities are being built everywhere, and the atmosphere is prosperous.
The virtuous holy monk is a capable being, and he also has another identity, that is, the evil king Shi Zhixuan, who is famous in the Demon Sect.
This person was also shocked by the sudden change in the situation in the Central Plains. Before he could react, Emperor Wu Leihu, who was born in the true lineage of the Taoist Ancestor, had already agreed with the Central Plains.
At the same time, the various factions of the Demon Sect naturally gathered around Emperor Wu and were basically unified.
How could the evil king be so arrogant and arrogant that he could bow his head to Emperor Wu Leihu honestly, not to mention that Emperor Wu's mother-in-law Zhu Yuyan wished for his death.
But if Shi Zhixuan wanted to confront Emperor Wu directly, he didn't have the courage.
In the past several battles with Emperor Wu, Shi Zhixuan never defeated him once. Not to mention nonsense like having a psychological shadow, it is true that he was very afraid in his heart.
He no longer wanted to face the competition directly, and he was worried that Emperor Wu was too strong and could see through his disguise, so he simply asked his substitute Pei Ji to serve in the court in his official body, while he himself hid in a temple in Guanzhong and sat in the palace. Watch the storm and wait for the opportunity.
If possible, Shi Zhixuan would like to get rid of the Evil Emperor in Yang Gong's treasure, absorb the essence from the Evil Emperor's relics, and repair the damaged and divided spirit.
With the strength and foundation he has accumulated over the years, once the split spirit is repaired, he will be able to step into the realm of a master immediately. It is estimated that even if he is not a match for Emperor Wu, at least he will have no problem in protecting himself.
Previously, rumors about Yang Gong's treasure were raging in the world, and he didn't know how much real information there was. However, he was convinced that Yang Gong's treasure was in Daxing City, Guanzhong, and he hid in Buddhism for the convenience of inquiry.
But he didn't expect that Emperor Wu Leihu would kindly let go of a group of frustrated heroes and let them establish a vassal state thousands of miles away in the Western Region. Before he could realize the impact of this matter, he got the instructions from the top officials of the Northern Buddhism, hoping that his Another level of great virtuous saintly monks can participate and make achievements.
Shi Zhixuan had no choice but to be curious about the situation in the Western Region, so he followed the first wave of Buddhists. The first stop was the vassal state where Li Yuan, who had close relations with Buddhism, lived.
I have to say that Emperor Wu made a good move.
In order to develop his own vassal state, Li Yuan really spent all his money and money. Almost the entire Li clan moved to the Western Regions, and there was one less trouble for the Central Plains court.
The virtuous holy monk played by the evil king is really good. After arriving in Li Yuan's vassal state, he quickly opened up the situation of spreading Buddhism. Taking advantage of the infrastructure construction in various places, he deeply rooted the Buddhist faith at the bottom. As long as
If there is no major reversal, there will be no problems with the foundation of Buddhism here.
After casually explaining the follow-up teachings, the virtuous holy monk played by the evil king had a lot of free time. While thinking about future plans, he also wanted to take a more detailed look at the reality of the vassal states in the Western Regions.
Condition.
It is impossible to say that the Evil King is not envious in his heart. Why are juniors from the Demon Sect like Lin Shihong and Fugongyou able to establish a kingdom in the Western Regions and become kings, but he, the majestic Evil King, cannot?
Even if the Evil King is not very interested in national construction and puts more thought and energy into martial arts, the full tilt of the resources of a vassal state will have an impact on improving his martial arts. At least it will be much better than nothing at all.
With his current strength, once he reaches the realm of Grandmaster, the resources he needs to consume to go further will be absolutely staggering. If there is a vassal state behind him to support him, at least he will be able to go further faster!
Of course, even if you don't establish a country in the Western Regions, you can still get great help as long as you have the faith resources of one or several vassal states.
However, those guys from Southern Buddhism are not polite at all.
Not only are all the monks sent here to be at least third-rate in martial arts, but in terms of Buddhist theory and unity, they are much stronger than the major branches of northern Buddhism.
This made the evil king very unhappy. He also knew the reason for this. Isn't there a Buddhist school in the south? Why did he feel that the gap between the northern and southern Buddhist schools was a bit big?
With the Evil King's methods, if it weren't for the close relationship between Northern Buddhism and Li Clan, he might not have been able to capture the religious resources of several vassal states to which Li Clan belongs. The methods of those guys from Southern Buddhism are not bad either.
Unexpectedly, the two small vassal states of Lin Shihong and Fugongyou were built very quickly with their help. The two vassal states, each with a radius of less than a thousand miles, were built quite well.
Especially the emergence of cement, a building material, is simply a powerful tool for building roads and building cities. There is no need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources, and use sticky rice to finger juice. However, southern Buddhism is able to obtain cement beyond the quota allocated by the court.
, how can you not be favored by the heads of those small vassal states?
No one is a fool. The fact that Southern Buddhism was able to obtain so much cement beyond its normal share obviously had a weak relationship with Emperor Wu. Otherwise, given Emperor Wu's control over Jiangdong, Southern Buddhism would not have such ability at all.
The Taoist sect is not to be outdone. Although it has no intention of opening its gates widely, it has also built many Taoist temples in the Western Regions through its relationship with the high-level officials of the various vassal states.
Of course, Buddhism and Taoism are both foreign religions. They compete with various local religions for religious resources, and various overt or covert methods are used. Secretly, the fight is already fierce.
This is also one of the main reasons why the virtuous holy monk played by the evil king came here. There must be a highly respected and powerful monk in charge, otherwise he may not necessarily get an advantage here in the Western Regions.