Therefore, faced with this situation, the major Buddhist temples dared not hide anything and could only tell the truth.
But to be honest, for those masters and abbots, this kind of thing is actually no big deal. These Buddhist disciples have all participated in the war in Jambudvīpa, and your Tianluyuan has no right to interfere in this. Just say it and forget it.
Therefore, the memorial that Tang Yu submitted to Dao Fangjian recorded in detail the number of Buddhist monks from the True Fairyland of Xiniu Hezhou who were transferred to Buddhism.
After receiving the memorial, Fang Jian attached great importance to it and immediately forwarded it to the headquarters of the Southern Continent Expedition Commander-in-Chief and handed it to Erlang Shen.
After reading the memorial, Erlang Shen immediately knew that another 150,000 true immortal monks from the Buddhist sect had joined the battlefield in the Southern Continent. He immediately issued an edict to the six marshals on the front line, asking them not to attack too quickly, to be careful not to advance too deep into the enemy's territory alone, and to always pay attention to changes in the number of people on the opposite side.
When Erlang Shen's edict reached Nezha, his left vanguard of 30,000 heavenly soldiers had already captured Laojun Mountain and were setting up the "Thick Earth and Rock Formation" in Laojun Mountain.
The celestial general who led these 30,000 celestial soldiers was Chen Menggeng, one of the 72 Earthly Fiends. Chen Menggeng ordered his men to bury the corpses of the Buddhist disciples in Laojun Mountain on the spot, and then he issued talismans and used the power of magic to unlock the seal of the earth veins in Laojun Mountain.
"Pass the order down to set up the formation as soon as possible." Chen Menggeng said to his three Du Yuhou who were at the Taiyi Xuanxian realm.
"Yes." The three chief officers immediately bowed and accepted the order.
At this time, a celestial soldier came up to Chen Menggeng and said, "General Disha, the underworld's ghost soldiers are here to collect souls."
Chen Menggeng nodded and said, "Everything is as usual."
Throughout history, the Heavenly Court has waged wars for two reasons: firstly, to show its power and punish disobedient people; secondly, to spread virtue and educate all living beings. Therefore, in wars, only the physical body is killed, and the soul is not destroyed.
It's not just the Heavenly Court that's like this. Even though Taoism, Buddhism, and Xuanjiao had been fighting in the Southern Continent for decades, with countless casualties on both sides, they never destroyed the enemy's soul in battle, but left a glimmer of hope.
Although the soul is scattered but the true spirit still exists, the true spirit needs to be nurtured into the soul again, which requires countless time and massive resources. Even if the nurturing is successful, it will take tens of thousands of years before one can return to the immortal path.
But it is different if the soul is left behind. If the soul is left behind, one can reincarnate directly. If one is lucky, one will have the opportunity to become an immortal and re-enter the Tao in the second life.
If you are unlucky, you can regain your chance to become an immortal even after ten reincarnations. Only the true demons from the heterodox sects will destroy people's souls at will. Even the Xuanjiao sect, which is not recognized by the Heavenly Court, adheres to this bottom line.
Therefore, in the war of conquest in the Southern Continent, in addition to the two fighting parties, there were also ghost soldiers from the underworld who shuttled between the battlefields from time to time. They were responsible for collecting the souls of the heavenly soldiers and Buddhist disciples, and then bringing them back to the underworld for centralized placement.
At this moment, a messenger descended from Laojun Mountain on a cloud and found Chen Menggeng, saying, "General Disha, the Demon Suppression Marshal has issued an imperial decree."
After saying this, the messenger immediately presented the imperial edict with both hands.
Chen Menggeng immediately took the imperial edict and unfolded it to take a look. He then frowned, "One hundred and fifty thousand True Immortal Realm cultivators are joining the battlefield in the Southern Continent?"
Chen Menggeng closed the edict, then called over a military officer and asked, "Have the astronomical scouts been dispatched?"
The chief officer said, "They have all been sent out."
"Is there any report?" Chen Menggeng asked.
The chief military officer raised his head and said, "There has been no reply yet. General Tian, what happened?"
Chen Menggeng handed the imperial edict to Du Yuhou and said, "The Great Marshal of Demon Suppression said that the Buddhist sect has withdrawn another 150,000 Buddhist monks from Xiniuhezhou to join the battle in Nanzhanbuzhou. We should be careful and vigilant."
After reading the imperial edict, the Chief of Police smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Tian. We have already checked before. Within a thousand miles of Laojun Mountain, there is only this group of Buddhist monks in Laojun Mountain."
Chen Menggeng said, "The real and the fake are constantly changing, like flowing water, so we must not be careless. Send down the order, and tell all the heavenly soldiers to take up their positions. If there is any change, they can immediately meet the enemy with battle formations."
"Your command is respected." The chief military officer bowed and accepted the order.
But at the moment Du Yuhou turned around, the void around Laojun Mountain suddenly rippled, and then there was a loud "boom" sound, and then the void shattered, and then more than a hundred huge golden handprints appeared out of thin air, and fell towards Laojun Mountain from all directions.
Upon seeing this, Chen Menggeng immediately shouted, "It's the Buddhist magical power 'Great Thousand Hand Seal'! Quick, form a formation to meet the enemy!"
There are two types of formations in the Heavenly Court. One is the formation that seizes the fortune of heaven and earth. This formation does not require much manpower, but requires a large formation with a "formation base" as its support. This formation has extremely powerful defensive capabilities. As long as the Jieyu Jade or the power of the earth veins continuously supplies the formation, a Taiyi Xuanxian-level formation can withstand the attacks of at least ten Golden Immortals. However, it is difficult to set up and takes a long time.
The other is to form a formation with the physical body and magic power of the heavenly soldiers. This kind of formation is actually not called a formation, but a "battle formation". This kind of battle formation does not require the help of the power of heaven and earth, but coordinates the strength of the people who form the formation to exert a more powerful force.
Although this battle formation can gather the power of the crowd, it is still far inferior to the battle array. Moreover, as long as one of the people who set up the formation dies, the battle formation will lose coordination and reveal flaws. However, the advantage is that the formation can be formed quickly. As long as the heavenly soldiers are well trained and have enough tacit understanding, they can form a formation to meet the enemy in a very short time.
So Chen Menggeng just gave an order, and the 30,000 heavenly soldiers in Laojun Mountain immediately formed 3,000 small battle formations in an orderly manner.
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