Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 464: 225. Fighting breaks out in Guangling Prefecture City

Guangling Prefectural City, West City Wall

Ren Tianxing, watching the approaching Demon Sect's white-robed army from below, felt his brows twitch violently and an unstoppable surge of fear welling up inside him.

Unexpectedly, Sword Leader Gu had predicted correctly, one hundred thousand soldiers of the Brahman World Purifying Army were heading straight for the city. Without proper preparation, just relying on the less than ten thousand soldiers he had in the city, even with the Silver Sword Formation, they probably couldn't escape a fate of the city falling and its people perishing.

"Who would have thought that the Demon Army would really be so rampant, this time defending the city will rely greatly on both venerable masters and your temple's Earthshade Monastic Soldiers!"

Ren Tianxing spoke with respect, not to mention that in the current crisis, only the one hundred thousand Earthshade Monastic Soldiers at the city gates could provide him some sense of security. Just the fact that Masters Wuxing and Wuyan had cultivation levels above his own within the Yin Yang Holy Realm meant he had to be respectful towards them.

Although both masters looked compassionate and benevolent, it was clear in terms of presence that Master Wuxing was slightly superior, consistent with Ren Tianxing's understanding—Master Wuyan possessed only Qiányáng Realm cultivation, whereas Master Wuxing had attained Xuanyin Realm, thus naturally leading this mission from Leiyin Temple.

"With the strength of Guangling's city walls, the city-protecting Sword Array of the Holy Sect, plus my Leiyin Temple's one hundred thousand Earthshade Monastic Soldiers, a mere one hundred thousand troops are nothing to fear!"

"That may be so, but after all, this is the elite of the Demon Sect, one hundred thousand soldiers of the Brahman World Purifying Army, not even my Holy Sect's Jinjia Army should take them lightly. I hope both venerable masters will be cautious."

While Ren Tianxing agreed with Master Wuxing's statement in his heart, he still prudently reminded them to be cautious. He hadn't finished speaking when Master Wuyan rebutted him.

"Sword Envoy Ren, please watch your words! The Demon Army is just the Demon Army, what Brahman World Purifying Army, nothing more than a group of Buddhist traitors acting on their own accord. The World-Honored One has already expelled this group of evil obstacles from the Righteous Path of our Buddhist Sect."

Ren Tianxing felt his face stiffen as he was rebuked, noticing that the expressions of both Wuxing and Wuyan were a bit off, he quickly remembered the old grudge between the Rakshasa Demon Religion and Leiyin Temple and promptly bowed to apologize, saying, "Forgive me, venerable masters, it was my oversight!"

"It's fine, the Demon Sect has indeed dominated Yongzhou these past years, their reputation greatly surpassing our Leiyin Temple, diminishing the awe of Buddha. We two monks came here for two reasons: one is to exterminate demons and support the Righteous Path; the second is to vindicate our temple, letting the world know that our Chan Sect is the true stem of the Buddhist Sect, to rectify hearing and sight!"

Master Wuxing looked solemnly at the Demon Sect's army now close to the city walls, the tone of his voice revealing firmness, and the faint Buddhist light emanating from him made it difficult for anyone to doubt his words.

His companion Master Wuyan, as well as Master Yuan Kong beside them, and even Yuan Kong's disciples Buyu and Bu Zheng, along with Ding Buhai, who had now resumed his identity as a Chan Sect disciple, all had expressions no different from his.

"Back when the Brahman Sect defected, it led to the loss of Buddhist authority. Our Chan Sect has lain dormant for a thousand years, but today, we will use the blood of you Buddhist traitors to wash away the humiliation our Chan Sect has endured over this past millennium!"

Master Wuxing gazed down at the Demon Sect's forces outside the city, firmly thinking to himself. His face bore not a hint of warmth for his same origin brethren, only soaring killing intent rising in his pupils.

The expressions of the monks behind him were virtually the same as his.

Indeed, though the Buddhist Sect stood alongside Confucianism as one of the three major paths of the Righteous Path, and Leiyin Temple was the Orthodox of the Chan Sect, for over a millennium, they could only bear the name of a Quasi-Holy Land, suffering the ruthless oppression of Qinjian Villa in Jizhou; in contrast, the Brahman Sect that defected back then transformed into the Rakshasa Holy Sect that occupied a whole province, thriving and prospering.

Leaving aside the old grudges, just the starkly different destinies of the two brought enough enmity from Leiyin Temple towards the Rakshasa Holy Sect into their very bones.

"How did so many filthy baldies pop up in this fine land of Xuzhou, could it be that Qinjian Villa wouldn't allow you to stay in Jizhou anymore, a bunch of destitute dogs with nowhere to go, coming to Xuzhou to take up space?"

Zhang Zhenwei's precisely targeted taunts not only called out the identity of the Leiyin Temple soldiers but also tore open their wounds in Jizhou, angering the already indignant monks of Leiyin Temple even more.

"Destitute dogs, maybe, but it's better than you group of Buddhist traitors. At least we're one of the World's top ten Holy Lands, and yet we have to serve as dogs for Great Jin, charging into battle for others, you've probably lost everything but the empty title of Holy Land, haven't you?"

"Even if my Holy Church has nothing left but the empty title of a Holy Land, that's still better than you lot, squeezing and trying to be recognized as a Holy Land but failing, isn't it?"

"Mingquan Demon Blade Zhang Zhenwei, the great general of the Purifying World Army, is that all you can do, just flaunt your verbal prowess? We have plenty of time, as long as you want to keep this up, this poor monk doesn't mind continuing this conversation for another day or two!"

"Losing your temper after just a few words?"

"They say monks are articulate, but I guess that's not saying much."

"Probably got scared by Qinjian Villa over the years."

"Well, after being beaten up, their mouths aren't so sharp anymore, hahaha!"

"Just a bunch of orphans with no parents, abandoning their ancestors, their way of thinking is something normal people can't keep up with."

...…

If it were a usual debate, both sides being reserved, few could outtalk the monks of the Chan Sect. But with swords drawn and a battle imminent, why would the Demon Sect hold back?

Zhang Zhenwei took the lead, and soon the rest joined in, jeering and talking over each other with all sorts of indecent slander and abuse, infuriating the monks from Leiyin Temple quite severely.

"You Demon Sect thieves really do have sharp tongues!"

Rent Tianxing spoke with his gaze intently fixed on Wuxing and Wuyan beside him—Zhang Zhenwei was clearly trying to provoke them, and the two masters should see through his tactics. However, such filthy language was truly unbearable, and he feared they might lose patience and lead the Earthshade Monastic Soldiers out of the city, standing ready to step forward and intervene.