Host: Red Dust Immortal Lu Xuan (Seventh Life)
Realm: Heavenly Master (Great Completion)
Cultivation Technique: Sunfire Talisman Sutra (11/9)
Points: 80000
"Heavenly Master... Great Completion."
In the quiet chamber, Lu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, as if there were golden-red talismans forming and dissolving within them.
He felt the pure yang spiritual power flowing through him like the mighty rivers of the Yangtze, boundless and ever-persistent, realizing a transcendental enlightenment beyond the mundane world.
From now on, ordinary weapons and magic skills would hardly harm him at all.
In this land of Qingzhou, Lu Xuan was a walking deity, whose words were laws.
He stood up and walked to the map of Qingzhou, his eyes scanning the tangled array of power markings until they fixed upon the provincial capital, "Jiang City."
"The time has come."
"The farce of Qingzhou should end here. The unification of the world starts now."
One month later, on the central border of Qingzhou.
"Halt! You, the Southern Army, have crossed the boundary! This is the territory of Military Governor Chen!"
Upon the high city walls, the guards of Qingzhou were on high alert, with the barrels of their guns trained on the steel torrent below.
Hundreds of military trucks lay quietly outside the boundary, their unified "Southern" insignias silently proclaiming the might of their master.
The garrison officer watched this scene, his palms soaked in cold sweat; though the other side had clearly crossed the line, he dared not easily give the order to fire.
Nowadays, who in all of Qingzhou doesn’t know that Commander Lu of the Southern Army commands a force of 300,000 fierce soldiers, dominating the six northern counties, using unfathomable talisman skills to eliminate all demons within his territory.
This uninvited strong neighbor brought a pressure far surpassing any verbal threats.
"Open the gates immediately!"
Deputy Mo stepped confidently from the military truck, raising his hand to point at the city behind the high walls, and declared righteously.
"Through our reconnaissance, your jurisdiction is teeming with demonic energy, fiends running rampant, tormenting the people! The Southern Army cannot stand idly by upon seeing such mischief!"
Deputy Mo then took a step forward, his expression impassive as he surveyed the garrison soldiers on the wall with uncertainty and fear, his voice suddenly rising as if to declare an irrefutable divine mandate.
"Our Commander Lu is the one ordained by Heaven, destined to sweep across the universe and annihilate all demons and evils, restoring righteousness to this world!"
"The heaven is dead, the yellow heaven shall rise! In the year of the Jiazi, the world shall be at peace!"
"This divine land should be unified by Commander Lu, saving all people from chaos!"
"Open the gate, welcome the king’s army—"
War is of utmost importance to the nation, it is the place of life and death, yet the way of conquest requires an upright and righteous army.
An army with rightful causes, as it has been throughout ancient and modern times, must establish a resounding name to undertake thunderous actions.
Lu Xuan deeply understands this principle.
Before the Southern Army’s spearhead pierced into the heart of Qingzhou, not only did he plan to seize territories, but more importantly, to win hearts and minds.
What Lu Xuan needed now was a banner that could unite the people’s hearts and occupy the rightful mandate of the Heavenly Dao!
In recent times, the talisman camp of the Southern Army has exterminated evil spirits and quelled demonic calamities, saving the people from distress, and its fame has spread throughout Qingzhou.
Now, Lu Xuan intended to ride this eastern wind and spread this "ordained by heaven" seed across all of Qingzhou, and even this chaotic world!
Thus, when Deputy Mo in front of both armies righteously shouted "sweep away evil aura, destined by heaven,"
It was no longer just a slogan, but a payment for Lu Xuan’s future sweeping endeavor across the world.
"Damn you!"
Confronted by Deputy Mo’s blatant provocation, the garrison officer’s face instantly darkened, and the last shred of reason in his mind was swallowed by anger.
He fiercely raised his pistol and pulled the trigger towards the sky!
"Bang—!"
"Brothers! They want to take our Xinyu County! Shoot to kill!" the garrison officer yelled desperately.
Almost at the moment his voice fell, hundreds of gun barrels on and off the wall spewed deadly tongues of flame simultaneously!
The dense bullets weaved a net like locusts, instantly transforming the Qingzhou army at the city gate into a deadly zone of flying flesh and blood.
Clearly, this was not the fierce battle the garrison officer had envisaged, but a one-sided slaughter.
The Xinyu County defenders, terrified, discovered that the bullets they fired at the Southern Army soldiers merely sparked, making the harsh sound of steel being struck!
All the Southern Army soldiers were enveloped in an invisible barrier, as if clad in an indestructible steel shell, ordinary bullets could not penetrate it in the slightest.
The Qingzhou army’s initial frenzy turned into confusion, and finally into boundless fear.
They watched as the enemy advanced steadily through the rain of bullets, unscathed, causing their belief to crumble completely.
Meanwhile, the garrison officer who personally witnessed this incredible scene felt a chill rush from his feet to his head, frightening his soul out of its wits.
He rolled and stumbled down the city wall, sprinting madly towards the command post, almost crashing through the door.
"Jiang... Major General Jiang! It’s not good! The Southern Army is coming at us! They... they’re impervious to weapons! It’s ghosts, it’s ghosts! Brothers... brothers can’t hold them!"
He collapsed on the ground, pointing towards outside the city, his face drained of all color.
"What!"
Major General Jiang leaped up from his desk, the color on his face vanishing instantly.
"Impervious to weapons..."
He muttered these four words repeatedly, as various terrifying rumors about the Southern Army flashed through his mind.
The special unit armored and armed with talismans, eradicating demons like slicing vegetables.
The Southern Army’s Talisman Camp!!!
"It’s the Talisman Camp... yes, it must be them!" Major General Jiang’s voice was dry, accompanied by a trembling he himself hadn’t noticed.