Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 317 Arrival in the Land of Cherry Blossoms

As the sun sets and the sky is ablaze with red clouds, the winter plum blossoms at Nagasaki Yasukaze Shrine are illuminated in a dazzling display of color.

At this moment, a dozen or so men were gathered together in the shrine. They were all dressed in hunting robes of various colors and wearing tall black gauze hats, dressed as standard Japanese priests and monks.

Among them was the head monk from the Sakura Kingdom, dressed in a white hunting robe:
"His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that this time, Minister Guan must not return. The dignity of our Great Sakura Empire cannot be challenged."

"That's only right. My great Sakura Empire is not the weak and incompetent Qing government. Guan Shaoqing's attempt to act recklessly in my great Sakura Empire is simply wishful thinking."

"If he comes, let him never leave."

"I have heard that His Majesty the Emperor has promised a generous reward. Anyone who can kill or eliminate Guan Shaoqing will be granted a high-ranking official position and a generous salary. This is a great opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves and enjoy wealth and honor."

"Moreover, since Guan Shaoqing has come all the way from Singapore, if he were to land in our Great Sakura Empire, there is a high probability that he would do so in Nagasaki. This is a golden opportunity for us."

At this point, everyone present couldn't help but show warm smiles.

To make a name for oneself.

Wealth and honor.

How many people in the world don't yearn for these things?

"However, while fame, fortune, and wealth are desirable, Guan Shaoqing's strength should not be underestimated. If we want to take him down, we need to plan carefully. It would be best to avoid a direct confrontation with him. That way, even if we can't take him down for the time being, we can still ensure our own safety."

At this point, some people calmed down and were not blinded by the prospect of fame and fortune.

"Mr. Matsushita, do you have a good plan?"

"Yes, as long as we are certain that Guan Shaoqing is in the right mind, we can completely use ghosts, gods, evil spirits, cannons, and explosives to launch a suicide attack on him. Even if Guan Shaoqing has extraordinary abilities, can he withstand cannons and explosives? If once is not enough, we can do it twice. If twice is not enough, we can do it three times. As long as he is injured by the explosion, he will surely die."

The monk, known as Matsushita-kun, said with a smug expression.

"Matsushita-kun, that's a brilliant plan!"

The other monks' eyes lit up upon hearing this.

As one of the world's leading military powers, the cultivators of Japan were well aware of the immense power of Japan's firearms, including artillery shells and explosives.

To put it bluntly, it was precisely because of the emergence of firearms such as artillery shells and explosives that the status and influence of these cultivators declined significantly.

Even the most powerful cultivators cannot withstand the damage from firearms. They might be able to withstand ordinary long guns, short guns, and bullets, but no cultivator can withstand the destructive power of artillery shells and explosives.

Therefore, since the advent of firearms and other hot weapons, the status and influence of cultivators have been declining.

Even if Guan Shaoqing is strong, how could he possibly withstand artillery shells and explosives?

If Guan Shaoqing couldn't hold on, they could simply use artillery shells and explosives to kill him.

Furthermore, as sorcerers who can command spirits, they have an easier time using artillery shells and explosives, and can directly command spirits to carry artillery shells and explosives to carry out suicide attacks.

How do we respond to such an attack?

Who in the world could withstand that?

Even the most powerful cultivator?

In any case, among the group of Japanese monks present, they couldn't think of anyone in the world who could withstand such an attack.

Even this moment.

The Japanese monks in the shrine were already imagining the scene of Guan Shaoqing being killed by artillery shells and explosives at the behest of them and the spirits they commanded.

But at this moment.

"Om-!"

In the sky.

Suddenly, a terrifying pressure, as mighty as the heavens, descended.

The Japanese monks in the shrine suddenly felt a sudden heaviness in their bodies, as if a mountain had been placed on them, and they were almost forced to their knees by the terrifying pressure.

The group of monks from the Sakura Kingdom were also immediately terrified.

"who?!"

Looked up.

Then, a young man with an ethereal and otherworldly air, like a banished immortal, slowly emerged from the sky.

"Guan Shaoqing!"

Upon seeing the young man's appearance clearly, the expressions of the assembled Sakura Kingdom monks changed drastically once again, for the newcomer was none other than Guan Shaoqing. Guan Shaoqing's photograph had already circulated throughout Sakura Kingdom, so the group naturally recognized him.

Guan Shaoqing stood high in the sky like a banished immortal, looking down at the Jingfeng Shrine below.

"I will use you all to announce my arrival, Guan Shaoqing."

The words fell.

Guan Shaoqing also raised his hand and pressed down on the Jingfeng Shrine below. His martial arts blood burst out instantly, forming a huge blood-red handprint covering an area of ​​tens of meters, accompanied by a terrifying heat wave that swept across an area of ​​hundreds of meters, pressing down on the Jingfeng Shrine below.

Inside the shrine, the group of Japanese monks were so terrified that they collapsed like limp mud.

At this point, the previous cheerful conversation was nowhere to be seen.

Not to mention dealing with Guan Shaoqing.

Faced with Guan Shaoqing's palm strike, these mages from the Sakura Kingdom had long forgotten to think; only boundless fear overwhelmed their entire bodies like a tidal wave.

"boom--"

However, at this moment, in the shrine where the gods are enshrined at Jingfeng Shrine, a monstrous ghostly aura that had reached the Golden Core level suddenly erupted and directly met Guan Shaoqing's attack.

At the same time, in the shrine of Jingfeng Shrine, a tall, ghostly figure appeared.

This is the deity enshrined at Jingfeng Shrine, whose essence is a demon god whose strength has reached the level of a demon king.

But a pity.

In Guan Shaoqing's presence today, unless a Ghost Emperor appears, any Ghost King is no different from an ant.

"Rumble--"

A deafening roar, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting open, was heard.

Guan Shaoqing raised his hand and unleashed a massive, blood-red handprint that crashed down like a world-destroying palm, instantly causing the entire Jingfeng Shrine to collapse.

Guan Shaoqing's palm strike created a massive, charred crater nearly a hundred meters in diameter on the ground. The area within a radius of three hundred meters was a scene of utter devastation, resembling an earthquake and charred as if burned by fire.

The Japanese monks and the spirits enshrined at the Jingfeng Shrine had long since turned to ashes.

[Ding! You have slain a demon and eliminated a ghost, gaining 370 merit points;]

[Ding! You have slain a demon and vanquished a vengeful ghost, gaining 70 merit points;]

[Ding! You have slain a demon and vanquished an evil spirit, earning 50 merit points;]

【.】

in mind.

The message notification from the Book of Creation then rang out, sounding more than a dozen times in a row, and the merit points increased by nearly 600 points.

Guan Shaoqing's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected that there were quite a few evil spirits and demons hidden in this shrine.

Guan Shaoqing then understood.

The deities enshrined in these Japanese temples are similar to those worshipped in Southeast Asia; in essence, they are just ghosts and spirits rather than true gods. With the addition of some of their subordinates, it is not surprising that such a shrine contains more than a dozen evil spirits and demons.

In essence.

These shrines in the land of cherry blossoms are actually dens of demons, because the gods they worship are actually ghosts and spirits.

Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but feel happy.

In this case.

Then he can go ahead and farm merit points to his heart's content.

After all, there are quite a few shrines in Japan, as well as many temples, which are probably in a similar situation to the shrines. Since they are all places that symbolize the gods in Japan, they are bound to be birds of a feather.

His purpose in coming to the Sakura Country was precisely to sweep through it.

Then let's just sweep through all the shrines and temples in the Japanese spiritual world.

This line.

He, Guan Shaoqing, intends to destroy the cultivation world of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)