Chapter 525: Chapter 376: Military Drill _2
“Not too late, not too late… It’s an honor to have Master Huiyuan visit our Blood Fiend Palace,” said the second Palace Master of Blood Fiend Palace hastily.
As he spoke, he had already sent a message to the main guest hall’s Blood Fiend Palace Master.
That Palace Master’s eyes flickered, and he stood up, smiling, “Everyone… The representatives of the six major clans of Da Xia and Master Huiyuan from the Buddhist sect have arrived. Let’s go out and greet them.”
“Oh?”
“So they have come from the six major clans and the Buddhist sect?”
At this moment, more than thirty people had gathered in the main hall.
Of course.
Calling them people…
Actually, some of them weren’t humans at all.
For example, the Palace Master of Blood Fiend Island was a demon, and there were also a few demons and Yin spirits.
It’s just that their cultivation was profound. After transforming, their auras converged, and one would not be able to see through them without reaching a certain level of strength… Especially those few ghosts, they were all in the Ghost Immortal Realm, having cultivated flesh bodies using blood and flesh.
A group of humans, demons, and ghosts proceeded grandly out of the main hall to greet the arrivals.
“Master Huiyuan!”
“Brother Li!”
“Wang Xiong…”
Of course, there was no shortage of greetings.
The Patriarchs of the Li Clan, Tang Clan, and others, as well as Master Huiyuan, just responded indifferently. One could tell that deep down, they somewhat despised these evil cultivators, Demon Kings, and Ghost Immortals.
Especially Master Huiyuan.
He was chanting Buddhist scriptures in his heart at the moment.
If it were not for the special circumstances today, he would have begun “subduing demons and eliminating evil” by now.
Many of the unaffiliated cultivators saw the expressions on their faces and naturally understood their thoughts. Still, they had no choice but to conceal their feelings. The two Palace Masters of Blood Fiend Palace were extremely enthusiastic and said, “Fellow cultivators, Master Huiyuan…please.”
“I have already ordered a banquet to be prepared. Please, everyone, head to the main hall; let’s talk while we eat.”
Everyone was about to move when Master Huiyuan spoke up, “Amitabha…Fellow donors, on my way here, I saw several warships entering the nearby waters. Have any of you seen them?”
“Warships?”
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the elder Patriarchs from the six major clans, the Bloodblade Sect, and Patriarch Zhang changed.
These overseas loose cultivators acted like they didn’t care at all.
Even…
They didn’t even know what warships were!
The Palace Master of Blood Fiend Palace curiously asked, “Master Huiyuan, may I ask… What are warships?”
Master Huiyuan had left the “pocket dimension” earlier than the others, so he knew what warships were and that they carried terrifying weapons. However, how could he know the specifics?
He bluffed, “A warship is a large ship belonging to the Da Xia navy… It’s called a warship because it’s big.”
The Palace Master of Blood Fiend Palace laughed, “It’s just a few ships; why should we care?”
“That’s right… How big can a ship be?”
“Back in the day, the imperial navy had to look up to us in this sea area… Why did the emperors impose a maritime ban? Didn’t those emperors and court officials know the benefits of maritime trade? It’s just that their navies couldn’t do anything to our 36 Immortal Islands overseas.”
Just as they were speaking…
Boom!
A loud rumbling noise came from a distance.
Everyone saw…
A hot fire and a huge mushroom cloud rose from the sea level thousands of miles away.
Following that, a heatwave rolled across the sky, rustling everyone’s clothes and making the trees on Blood Fiend Island sway.
“Look!”
Suddenly, a Demon King pointed at the distant sea level and shouted loudly.
Many powerful cultivators followed the direction of his finger and saw that a “water wall” had risen on the sea level a hundred miles away!
This was caused by the tsunami generated by the violent explosion!
The tsunami reached Blood Fiend Island and stirred up waves several dozen feet high on the outside of the island.
“……”
A moment of silence from the powerful cultivators.
The Palace Master of Blood Fiend Island’s eyelids twitched, and his voice suddenly became much hoarser. He asked solemnly, “Master Huiyuan… What is that?”
“Firearms!”
Master Huiyuan said, “These are the cannons of Da Xia’s government…”
“Nonsense!”
Although they held some apprehension toward the Buddhist sect in their hearts, someone still spoke up, glaring and saying, “I’ve seen cannons before… Back then, when the imperial navy attacked my Demon Island with thirty thousand troops, they gathered forty-three ships and fired their cannons repeatedly, but they couldn’t even break through our island’s defenses!”
“Amitabha.”
Master Huiyuan said, “A monk does not lie… Fellow donor, you’re not aware that the modern Da Xia is no longer the feudal dynasty of old. They have the best and most numerous armies in the world, and their technological weapons are among the top globally… Their cannons can shoot from Da Xia to the other side of the ocean in Miland, leveling a city with just one round…”
As he was speaking, a musical tune sounded from Master Huiyuan’s kasaya (robe):
“I’m looking up at the moon above!”
“How many dreams are freely soaring!”
Master Huiyuan took out his cell phone, swiped it with his finger, which was holding his staff, and picked up the call, “Hello…What? Military exercises? Alright, alright, I understand!”
After hanging up the phone,
Master Huiyuan said, “After some investigation, it turns out that the Da Xia military is conducting a military exercise in this sea area…”
Blood Fiend Palace’s second Palace Master asked, “Master Huiyuan, what is a military exercise?”
“……”
Master Huiyuan said, “A military exercise is a military exercise…”
Patriarch Li nodded, adding, “It’s probably Da Xia’s military trying to demonstrate their army’s strength to the world in an attempt to deter us… Everyone, don’t worry. There’s a military base near my Li Clan’s ancestral home. They won’t dare to act rashly.”