The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Reporting to my lord, I have progressed from the minor completion of the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm to the peak of the fourth level, and am only one step away from the fifth level!"

"And our entire Sky Guard, after tonight's battle, has all reached the Innate Realm in terms of cultivation level!"

"It has even produced quite a few Grandmaster-level martial artists!"

"The one with the highest cultivation level has already reached the peak of the ninth level of the Grandmaster realm!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Heng understood Chu Xiu's meaning. He took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions and said in a strong voice, "Now our entire Shocking Guard has greatly increased in strength, and the power of the Killing Blade Formation has also become even stronger!"

Even a martial artist at the Dharma Aspect Realm level could be killed with a single strike by my three thousand Heavenly Guards!

"very good!"

"The Killing Blade Manual requires killing to grow faster."

"The Sky Guardians are born for slaughter!"

"For our Northern Garrison, for His Majesty, let us slay all the treacherous officials and villains!"

Chu Xiu's face showed satisfaction, and he said in a deep voice.

"Your subordinate will never let you, my lord, or His Majesty down!"

"We, the Sky Guard, will never let you down, sir, or His Majesty!"

Fang Heng knelt down and said solemnly.

"Get up."

"I will give you half an hour to collect all the wealth of the Great Buddha Temple."

"Set the temple on fire in half an hour!"

Chu Xiu waved his hand and said.

"Yes!"

Fang Heng responded and got up to walk towards the Great Buddha Temple.

"Congratulations, host, for pacifying the Great Buddha Temple and steadfastly doing positive things. You have been rewarded with thirty years of Dharma power, the first strike of the Qiankun Zhentian Blade, and ten Pure Yang Wuji Pills."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"The first strike of the Qiankun Zhentian Blade?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Each time a martial arts skill is awarded, it is usually a complete skill.

But this Qiankun Zhentian Blade is only the first strike.

From this alone, Chu Xiu could guess that this Qiankun Zhentian Blade was very likely an extremely powerful sword technique!

"Receive award."

Chu Xiu took a deep breath and said in his mind.

He was already full of anticipation for the Qiankun Zhentian Blade.

The words fell.

An incomparably powerful Dharma power appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian.

The Shangqing Divine Skill automatically activated, absorbing this power of the Dharma Image.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Xiu's cultivation level broke through from the third level of the Dharma Aspect Realm to the fourth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

However, once he reached the fourth level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, this Dharma Aspect power was completely exhausted.

Immediately afterwards, countless thoughts about the Qiankun Zhentian Blade flooded Chu Xiu's mind.

This is a truly unparalleled sword technique.

There were a total of nine cuts.

The first strike requires a cultivation level of the Dharma Aspect Realm to execute.

Without the cultivation level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, one could very well be completely drained with a single strike.

This is truly unparalleled swordsmanship!

"Indeed, this Qiankun Zhentian Blade is extraordinary."

"The power of this single strike may very well surpass my Immortal-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!"

"The number of sword techniques I can use has increased again!"

Chu Xiu said with a look of amazement on his face.

Indeed, his Immortal-Slaying Sword Technique, though it is said to be able to slay immortals.

However, this sword-drawing technique is actually a swordsmanship with a high starting point and a high upper limit.

It can continuously incorporate new sword techniques; the more sword techniques incorporated, the stronger the Immortal-Slaying Drawing Sword Technique becomes.

It incorporates a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand sword techniques, causing the Immortal-Slaying Sword Technique to constantly evolve.

Ultimately, it will achieve the true power to slay immortals!

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The Shocking Guard used local materials, felled trees, and built simple carriages. They then placed boxes brought from the Great Buddha Temple onto these simple carriages, filling more than two thousand carriages in total.

This shows just how wealthy the Great Buddha Temple was!

Furthermore, members of the Shocking Guard carried out golden Buddha statues that were one meter or even several meters tall.

"Reporting to my lord, I have already ransacked the Great Buddha Temple."

"The gold alone exceeded five million taels, the silver exceeded eighty million taels, and there were countless gold and silver jewelry of all kinds."

"The quantity of pills and spiritual herbs is also enormous, and it has not yet been counted. I can only pack them all up and take them back to our Northern Garrison Command for a later count."

"One million hectares of fertile land!"

“Not only in Fufeng County, but throughout the entire Sizhou, there are fertile fields belonging to the Great Buddha Temple.”

Fang Heng strode up to Chu Xiu and bowed respectfully.

"A large Buddhist temple possesses such great wealth."

"These martial arts sects, while not all of them are bad, at least 90% are not!"

A murderous glint flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes as he spoke with chilling ferocity.

He wasn't targeting Dafosi Temple or the Buddhist community.

His target is all the martial arts sects in the world.

If martial arts sects have accumulated such vast wealth, one can only imagine the terrifying wealth that powerful and aristocratic families have amassed.

If these people aren't killed, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be destroyed by them sooner or later!

Fang Heng lowered his head, not daring to reply.

"Sir, set fire to the temple."

Chu Xiu remained silent for a long while before speaking in a low but powerful voice.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Heng waved his right hand and shouted, "Set it on fire!"

In an instant.

Countless torches were thrown into the Great Buddha Temple.

The entire Great Buddha Temple was quickly engulfed in flames, illuminating the entire world and turning everything red.

At this moment, the Great Buddha Temple seemed to become exceptionally solemn and majestic, possessing the true aura of a Buddhist holy site.

"Let's go back to the Northern Garrison Command."

Chu Xiu said something, turned his horse around, and headed towards the capital.

"Return to the Northern Garrison Command!"

Fang Heng shouted and rode his warhorse to follow behind Chu Xiu.

One carriage after another, escorted by a group of elite guards, headed towards the capital.

It took a full three hours.

Chu Xiu then led a large group of Jingtian Guards back to the capital.

Chu Xiu's return, especially with so many carriages, caused a stir in the capital city late at night!

The residence of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Jiang Xin arrived at the depths of the Ministry of Rites' residence. Outside a study, he respectfully reported, "Your Excellency, the Great Buddha Temple has been completely razed to the ground by Chu Xiu and the Northern Garrison's elite cavalry!"

He knew it very well.

Wang Hao had been waiting for news.

So it's still in the study.

squeak...

The study door opened, and Wang Hao came out, his brows furrowed. "Dozens of Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators from the Great Buddha Temple attacked Chu Xiu alone, and they still couldn't kill him?"

"Reporting to the master, dozens of Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators have all died under Chu Xiu's blade."

"After killing Zen Master Yuanxin and others, Chu Xiu led the Northern Garrison's elite cavalry to raze the entire Great Buddha Temple to the ground."

"The Great Buddha Temple is now a sea of ​​fire, and it is still burning."

After considering for a moment, Jiang Xin said, "Chu Xiu alone was able to kill dozens of Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators from the Great Buddha Temple. This old servant suspects that even if his cultivation level hasn't yet reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, he already possesses the strength of someone at that level!"