Gradually, images of his youth, when he was young and impetuous, suddenly surfaced in the old monk's mind, showing him forcibly raping women and even killing and setting fire to their families afterward.
Under the influence of this illusion, the old monk's true essence was momentarily stagnant.
But it was this momentary stagnation of true essence that caused the true energy that the old monk had originally gathered on his fist to become erratic.
Sensing the change in the old monk, Pang Ban's lips curled into a cold smile. Then, his true energy surged forth again, causing a peculiar force to erupt from his kick.
As soon as this force appeared, it tore through the true energy surrounding the old monk's fist with a fierce force, and directly broke the old monk's arm.
With no obstruction, Pang Ban stomped down hard on the old monk's chest.
As his chest rapidly deflated, the energy surged from the old monk's back, accompanied by a loud bang.
As blood splattered, the remaining force of Pang Ban's kick sent the old monk sprawling to the ground.
The moment his back hit the ground, the old monk spat out another mouthful of blood.
Judging from the old monk's sunken chest alone, one could tell that his heart had probably been destroyed by Pang Ban's kick.
"Senior Brother Xuanzhi!"
Seeing the old monk on the ground, whose face had turned ashen and whose blood had been spitting out and was now stained with spots on his own face, another old monk in the middle stage of the Celestial Realm stared wide-eyed and couldn't help but let out a low roar.
Upon hearing the sound, Pang Ban chuckled and stomped his right foot on the ground, actually charging towards the old monk in the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm.
Almost at the same time that Pang Ban made another move, Ba Shiba and Si Hanfei, who were standing next to him, also rushed towards the other two experts in the late stage of the Celestial Realm and the perfect stage of the Celestial Realm from the Northern Shaolin Temple.
However, Bashiba chose the old monk in the late stage of the Celestial Realm, while Si Hanfei chose the old monk in the perfect stage of the Celestial Realm.
In an instant, the entire back mountain was divided into two battlefields.
On one side was the battle at Murong Longcheng, and on the other side was the battle at the entrance to the back mountain, led by Pang Ban and his men.
The battlefield where the two sides fought was constantly surrounded by true essence and energy, stirring up clouds of dust.
With her gaze fixed on the old monk at the peak of the Celestial Realm on the back mountain, Lianxing transmitted her true energy and said, "Brother-in-law, didn't you say that Meng Chixing from the Great Yuan Kingdom was also coming this time? Why are the other two Celestial Realm experts here, but Meng Chixing is nowhere to be seen?"
In response to Lianxing's question, Chu Qinghe slowly replied, "Because Meng Chixing is still waiting for another master at the peak of the Celestial Realm from the Northern Shaolin Temple."
Lianxing exclaimed in astonishment, "There's another Celestial Realm expert? Didn't Kumārajīva say that there were only six Celestial Realm warriors in the Northern Shaolin Temple?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qinghe glanced at Zhao Min beside him and slowly said, "Either that guy lied, or even Kumārajīva doesn't know the true situation inside the Northern Shaolin Temple."
After a pause, Chu Qinghe added, "Although that old monk over there who has reached the peak of the Celestial Realm has not yet condensed his three flowers of essence, qi, and spirit, his strength is only slightly stronger than that of a martial artist in the late stage of the Celestial Realm, and not much stronger than that late stage Celestial Realm Si Hanfei. It seems that he has not been in the Celestial Realm for long."
"Given his level of true energy, do you think he could have communicated with me hundreds of feet away using his true energy as he did a few days ago?"
"If the Northern Shaolin Temple were relying on just these few people, the people of the Great Yuan Kingdom would probably have already taken action against it. Why would they have waited until now?"
Hearing what Chu Qinghe said, Lianxing finally realized what was going on.
He then said with surprise, "A faction with seven experts at the Celestial Realm, two of whom are even at the peak of the Celestial Realm, truly lives up to its reputation of having existed for over a thousand years."
The jellyfish-like Yin Ji standing nearby said, "Many years ago, Meng Chixing was comparable to someone like Zhang Sanfeng. His strength was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. The fact that Meng Chixing doesn't dare to make a move now shows just how strong the people in the Northern Shaolin Temple are."
After pondering for a moment, Chu Qinghe slowly said, "Perhaps, it's already infinitely close to the Divine Sealing Realm!"
Shuimu Yinji said, "So, whether the Northern Shaolin Temple lives or dies today depends on Meng Chixing and that person inside the temple."
Chu Qinghe nodded and said, "More or less!"
Beside her, Zhao Min's cultivation was only at the mid-stage of the Innate Realm. In terms of strength, she was inferior to Qu Feiyan, Xiao Zhao, and Lin Shiyin.
At this moment, the battle on both sides involved the Celestial Realm, and even Qu Feiyan and the other two women could not see it clearly, let alone Zhao Min.
Naturally, after being somewhat dazzled, Zhao Min glanced in Chu Qinghe's direction.
When Zhao Min noticed that Chu Qinghe and the others were moving their lips slightly but making no sound, she let out a soft "hmm" in her heart.
With her thoughts racing, Zhao Min immediately understood what was going on.
At this moment, Zhao Min was puzzled by the unusually quiet behavior of Shuimu Yinji and Lianxing, who were standing next to Chu Qinghe. They hadn't uttered a single word from beginning to end.
But now it seems that it wasn't that he didn't say a word; he was clearly chatting without her involved.
"Sigh~"
However, before Zhao Min could think further, an old voice echoed from the back mountain.
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