Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 866 Incense
The people of Yongzhou huddled inside their tightly closed homes, listening to the deafening shouts of battle outside. The official roads were blocked by barbed wire, the Xiaoshui River was filled with wrecked warships, and even birds dared not fly over this area.

The imperial advisor has gone mad.

The medicinal herbs were all confiscated, blacksmiths worked through the night to forge weapons, and even the vermilion gates of wealthy families were dismantled to make shields.

The wounded soldiers' camp was filled with constant groans, but anyone who still had a breath left was turned into a walking corpse by the evil magic of the Taiyin Master.

"This is turning Yongzhou into a graveyard!" The once eloquent teahouse owner, looking at the armored corpses patrolling the streets, trembled and sealed off the cellar.

The situation on the snake tribe's battlefield was ten times worse.

The Serpent Mother's golden crown was askew, and her scaled robes were stained with blood. She never imagined that the serpent race's guerrilla tactics would be so utterly ineffective against the human army.

"Your Majesty! The northern water fortress has fallen!"

"The brothers of Dongya were all wiped out."

Battle reports came in quick succession, like a death knell. Even more terrifying was that the Imperial Army was advancing in the opposite direction along the Snake Path, heading straight for their stronghold!

"His-"

With a sweep of her tail, she severed three stone pillars, and finally crushed the communication scale:
"You bastard from Bao'an Hall! Aren't you going to make a move?!"

Outside Yongzhou City, on the ruins of the Huilong Pagoda.

"Good, the progress is very fast."

Xu Xuan was very satisfied with the changes in the battle situation.

The battle was actually quite small, with fewer than 10,000 participants on both sides combined. If it weren't for those extraordinary elemental beings who could fly and teleport, it would have ended three days ago.

The Imperial Advisor is truly a damn talented individual.

On the ground, the Black Scale Heavy Cavalry formed the "Nine Palaces Demon-Locking Formation." Although each knight had a pair of wings sticking out of their backs in a rather cheesy way, their combat power was truly remarkable. Every stomp of their hooves shattered the burrows where the snake clan was hiding, so they could be classified as Taoist soldiers.

The ordinary troops also had their own ideas, constantly splashing realgar while wearing talismanic robes, their methods were very sophisticated.

Of course, all of this was expected.

It was only when those paper kite warriors that could fly and disappear into the ground that I truly opened my eyes.

They actually used origami to send a small force into the air, gaining air superiority and launching area attacks on the snake race below.

If it weren't for the snake's unique body structure and the rugged terrain, it would have been pushed over in one go.

This Taiyin Zhenren was able to make unorthodox techniques incredibly sophisticated; no wonder he was highly valued by the emperor back then. His strategic thinking was remarkably advanced.

If the conflicts in the outside world are also at this level, then this world is truly interesting.

Xu Xuan had already gained a lot in just a few days of fighting, and even sneaked to the edge of the battlefield a few times.

If it's true that the old snake demon said he wasn't much different from the Grand Preceptor, then he could get a lot of spoils after this battle.

Hey hey hey.
"Hanwen, come and wipe the Buddha statue."

Xiao Bai's voice came from deep within the ruins. Xu Xuan clapped the dust off his hands and replied, "Hey, coming!"

The sixteen-foot-tall golden Buddha statue miraculously remained intact during the war. Although Xiaobai had used it as a weapon to flatten the three-headed crane, not a single piece of paint had been chipped off.

At this moment, the person who used the hidden weapon was kneeling in front of the lotus platform, holding a silk handkerchief in her delicate hands, wiping away the bloodstains on the golden body little by little without using any magic power.

The crane demon's minced flesh got stuck between the Buddha's fingers, so she carefully picked it out with a silver hairpin; the war-blackened necklace was taken off and put back on.

"I beg Buddha for forgiveness," she said, beads of sweat glistening on her forehead, "otherwise there will be divine retribution."

Xu Xuan was about to make a joke when he saw Xiao Bai suddenly turn her head.

Morning light pierced through the ruins, falling on her dusty face. The jade hairpin in her hair swayed slightly, and her eyes reflected the Buddha's light and his shadow.

The joke that was on the tip of his tongue suddenly wouldn't come out. "I'll help you." He took the handkerchief, his fingertips touching Xiaobai's slightly cool wrist.

Although he was thinking to himself, "I am a dignified successor of the Golden Light Mantra of the Taoist sect, but I cultivate the Taiyin Demon Art. Why am I wiping Buddha statues?", his hands moved with exceptional care.

This girl has a clear conscience, is beautiful, and has a perfect temperament and personality.

Xu Xuan couldn't bear to refuse.

To have a preordained marriage right after transmigrating is a stroke of luck.

Once things are settled in Yongzhou, I'll cultivate immortality while becoming a divine couple with the White Snake, and incidentally, I'll also improve the local economy and people's livelihood.

I wonder who will step in to stop it when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan suddenly asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time:
"Little Bai, you've cultivated for so many years and you've really never seen immortals or bodhisattvas?"

His fingertips unconsciously caressed the base of the Buddha statue. Since demons and monsters were rampant, why did no miracles ever appear?
Even the practice of evil arts by captive animals is done so openly and openly, and can create such a large-scale spectacle, even directly affecting the livelihoods of a local community.

If there truly is an order beyond mortals, it should at least display some ruthless methods.

Xiao Bai paused, her eyelashes, still damp with incense ash, trembling slightly. "I've never seen it." Then she added firmly, "But it must exist!"

From the day she was born, she knew that there were gods in the heavens, and this was a consensus among almost all living beings in this world.

It's strange that Xu Xuan asked that question.

As for why the Buddha doesn't care, how could the beings of the mortal world possibly know?

Xu's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

I always thought it didn't exist.
As a transmigrator and a practitioner of demonic arts, I'm afraid I'll be the one targeted by the lightning tribulation during my tribulation.

But so far, we've only done good things, while the bad guys have been doing bad things without any retribution. Maybe I'm one of those who were born into this world to maintain justice and order.

Just as she was lost in thought, Xiaoqing came over carrying a bucket of water, cursing: "When are we going to the battlefield? Master has sent twelve messages urging us to hurry up."

They had originally planned to go, but Xu Xuan stopped them.

As a result, Xiaoqing received an urging email shortly afterward, which made her very annoyed.

She still retained some of the ties to her master and fellow disciples, and deep down she harbored a profound hatred for the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion's hunting of the snake clan.

What's with that old man surnamed Xu doing, pressuring us? Could it be that he never intended to go in the first place?

Others might not do something so contradictory, but it's hard to say about him.

And my older sister too. She clearly wanted to go to the battlefield as soon as possible, but now she's settling down to do these trivial things. I really don't understand.

"Ahem, since the battlefield is so urgent, let's set off."

After reading the hastily written last letter and sensing the anger, despair, and a hint of pleading within it, Xu Xuan decided it was time to set off.

They tried to leave but failed, and were caught by Xiaobai.

"Offer incense!"

Okay, okay, you're quite devout.

Xu Xuan decisively grabbed three incense sticks, lit them with a flash of golden light at his fingertips, and said, "Hurry up with the process, we're in a rush to kill someone!"

Xiao Bai pressed down on the swaying incense stick and softly murmured, "May this journey be safe and may Hanwen be free from disaster and calamity." The soft murmurs, mixed with the sandalwood incense, drifted up to the clouds, creating a truly solemn and dignified atmosphere.

She didn't tell Xu Xuan that she was feeling very flustered and filled with a strange emotion.

Unease? Fear?
(End of this chapter)