Chapter 22 Priest Group
"Yinglong" soon arrived over Hikone Castle. Over the years, in addition to building Taoist temples in major feudal cities, Daomen has also dug artificial lakes to serve as landing places for flying boats. When not in use at ordinary times, they can also be used as reservoirs or Attractions are not a waste.
The key to flying boats is water, the key to firearms is fire, and both are inseparable from gold.
Half of the entire Omi country is Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Horinsu. There is also the saying of Omi's eight scenic spots. Among them, Hikone Castle itself is listed as one of the eight scenic spots and is known as the "Bright Moon". This saves the time of digging an artificial lake, and the huge "Yinglong" can land directly in Lake Biwa.
With the huge size of "Yinglong", it is impossible for the city to know nothing. As early as "Yinglong" appeared at the end of the line of sight, the warriors on the watchtower had already discovered and reported it to Master Shi Zhouzhai and His Highness Hidemao.
Yagyu Munegen personally escorted Toyotomi Hidemo to the outside of the city, accompanied by a group of Hidemo's guards. They were all sons of the family who had been loyal to the family for generations, and their cultivation level was quite good. The leader among them was a heavenly being. Cultivation. Xiumao himself is not an ordinary person without the power to restrain a chicken, he has a cultivation level equivalent to the stage of returning to his true nature. After all, he was from the Yusan family, so he had no shortage of resources, and he also had Zong Zheng as his swordsmanship teacher. Such a level of cultivation is quite impressive for his age.
"Yinglong" descended the gangway, and the newly formed five-person team came down one after another. Xiumao was deeply influenced by the Central Plains. He could speak fluent Central Plains Mandarin with a pure accent. When communicating, you couldn't even tell that he was from Fenglinzhou.
After a brief greeting and introduction, Li Tiangang said: "Time is running out and the situation is urgent. We will not enter the city. Please ask Master Xiumao to board the ship."
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Toyotomi Hidemo raised his head and glanced at the "Yinglong" that was as towering as the castle tower, sighed softly, and stepped up the gangway.
Yagyu Mun was standing there, watching Hidemo board the "Yinglong", and said to Li Tiangang: "I want to stay at Hikone Castle and cannot escort His Highness Hidemo to Beijing, so the safety of His Highness Hidemo will be entrusted to you."
Li Tiangang said: "The safety of Young Master Xiumao is related to the entire situation in Fenglin Continent. The camp and the Taoist government attach great importance to it. Master Qingwei personally arranged the escort. We will not be careless in the slightest. Please rest assured Shi Zhouzhai."
Yagyu Munamasa said no more.
Li Tiangang was the last to board the gangway.
Ding Weilingguan, who was in charge of commanding the spirit officer, ordered to take off, and the huge "Yinglong" left the lake carrying rich water vapor. During the ascent, the water vapor continued to turn into clouds and mist, surrounding it.
Long Congyun.
It was the first time for Toyotomi Hidemoto to board the "Yinglong". Looking down at the earth from the sky, the magnificence was indescribable. He was naturally shocked, and it even slightly offset some of his uneasiness.
Li Tiangang came to Toyotomi Hidemo: "Master Hidemo, the deck outside is not safe, please come with me."
Toyotomi Hidemo nodded slightly and had no objection.
Under the leadership of Li Tiangang, Toyotomi Hidemoto came to a special room. If compared to the ships of the Celestial Master and the National Master, then this is where the study rooms of the Celestial Master and the National Master are located. However, this "Yinglong" is not a ship, but a battleship, so this place is empty.
There is no doubt that this is one of the safest places in Yinglong.
Li Tiangang said: "Master Xiumao, I want to confirm again, are your guards trustworthy enough?"
Toyotomi Hidemoto was not a fool, and he understood the meaning of Li Tiangang's question. Koga-ryu ninjas are pervasive and are good at various disguises and disguises. If a ninja is hiding among his guards, he may be killed at a critical moment.
After all, it was related to his life and death, and Toyotomi Hidemoto had to be cautious and replied: "I can ensure that there are no disguised ninjas among my guards. This has been confirmed by Ishishusai. As for their loyalty, there is no doubt about it. , not only are they my retainers, but their father and their sons are also my retainers. If I die unfortunately, not only will they have to commit seppuku, but their father, son, mother, and wife will not be spared."
Li Tiangang nodded: "It's very barbaric and cruel, but it is undeniable and very useful."
Toyotomi Hidemo said: "It is the spirit of the Central Plains nobles to humiliate their ministers and die. Then it spread to Fenglinzhou, and we have carried it forward very well."
Li Tiangang said noncommittally: "It's all a thing of the past. Now is the Taoist era. The world must always make progress through constant changes. Sticking to the rules and being complacent will not lead to eternal peace."
However, Li Tiangang did not dwell too much on this issue and instead said: "From now on until we arrive at Xiujing's camp, please don't leave this place, Master Xiumao."
Toyotomi Hidemo nodded seriously.
On the other side, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu stayed at the bow of the ship, standing against the strong wind.
Qi Xuansu said: "Qingxiao, this is the final opportunity to assassinate Toyotomi Hidemoto. How do you think the 'Zunbo Faction' will choose to do it?"
Zhang Yuelu said: "I'm not very familiar with Fenglinzhou's methods, but the theory is similar. After 'Yinglong' is completely sealed, they won't be able to get in without the strength of Wu Luo's incarnation, so they can only attack from the front, so It must be fair and honest."
Qi Xuansu said nothing, and some memories came to his mind again.
He experienced the crash of two flying boats. Some people may say that "Yinglong" is not comparable to ordinary flying boats, but Qi Xuansu has witnessed the scene after the crash of "Yinglong". Apart from the real person Cihang and the parties involved, he is the first witness. people.
Could he really be at odds with something like a flying boat?
However, it is a pity that the number of spiritual officials and Taoist priests is seriously insufficient. If there are enough people, it would be safer to open all the formations of "Yinglong".
Four hundred spiritual officials are still too few.
"Yinglong" is very fast. While the two were talking, it was about to leave the territory of Jinjiang.
At this moment, Qi Xuansu suddenly felt that the sky became brighter, and Zhang Yuelu, the railings, the deck, everything around him was stained with a layer of red light.
Qi Xuansu looked up suddenly.
The whole sky turned red without knowing when, and the clouds were burning wildly, which was more gorgeous than the fire clouds at dusk.
In the middle of the cloud layer, a big hole was broken, like an inverted crater, with only a rich red light that was about to overflow.
A huge meteorite burning with blazing flames passed through the big hole and fell from the sky, dragging a long flame tail, cutting through the sky, leaving a long trace behind, and swept towards "Yinglong".
The meteorite was clearly reflected in Qi Xuansu's pupils, and the blood-like light made Qi Xuansu look like a "blood man".
"This is..." It was the first time that Qi Xuansu had seen such a scene.
Li Tiangang's voice sounded at the right time: "Don't panic, this is just a trick of the Tianmen Priest Group, and the Dingwei Lingguan will solve it. As for the Priest Group, it is probably equivalent to our alchemist camp. Through some means, it gathers the power of everyone and casts spells far beyond its own strength."
Since ancient times, there has been a saying of "opening the altar to practice", which requires burning incense and bathing, opening the altar and placing incense, requiring a very complicated ritual, and a long time, to use a certain spell. This is the method used by alchemists. Although this method is almost useless in close combat, before the alchemist sets up the altar, he will be beaten to death by the warrior with three punches and two kicks, which makes the alchemist appear extremely weak, but if it is placed on the battlefield, giving the alchemist enough time to prepare carefully, it can burst out with extremely terrifying power.
That's fine. The alchemist camp is like armor. Armor can improve defense by increasing the number of armor plates. The alchemist camp can also increase the power of spells by increasing the number of alchemists who cast spells together. The more people there are, the greater the power.
This is something that the Qigong practitioners cannot imitate. The strength of the Qigong practitioners is to form a large formation, but the formation can generally defend and trap people, but it cannot actively attack, which is inflexible.
The exiled immortals can be imitated, but where in the world are there so many exiled immortals?
Then there are the witches and shamans. The witches and shamans can also imitate such actions. In fact, the gods of the secret society are similar to the joint casting of the alchemist camp. The number of Taoist witches and shamans is indeed more than that of exiled immortals, but it is also quite limited. After all, the Taoists do not attach importance to witches and shamans, and are more willing to use their limited divine power to cultivate spiritual officials.
This is why the Taoists only have the alchemist camp but not the Qigong camp, the exiled immortal camp, and the witch camp.
As for the warriors, most of them are in the army of the black-clad men. The black-clad men themselves fight in a large army. For example, they connect the blood and qi of many warriors to create an area where magic is forbidden. The iron torrent of the black-armored heavy cavalry is the pinnacle of the joint combat of warriors.
Fenglinzhou has two groups of priests and onmyoji who are good at joint casting. The priests belong to Tianmen and are loyal to the royal family. The onmyoji belongs to the onmyoji and is loyal to the Toyotomi Xiangfu.
So the priests must be the group that attacked "Yinglong".
At this time, in the Chaori Shrine far away in Chaori Mountain, hundreds of priests are gathering together, and under the leadership of the palace chief and the god, they are collectively performing rituals.
In the main hall of the shrine, countless incense and candles are burning, each candle is as thick as a baby's arm, the candle flames are jumping, and the lights are brilliant. The incense sticks are as thick as an adult's finger, and the blue-red incense heads flicker and are surrounded by smoke.
There are also various scriptures and instruments intertwined, as grand as a bell.
Above the shrine, golden clouds gathered and transformed into an old face. It was the shrine's chief, who looked at the end of the sky.
It was not yet dusk, but the place was already stained with a rich red color. From a distance, it looked like the sunset was quietly climbing up to the sky.
The meteorite was getting closer and closer to "Yinglong".
At this time, the main gun of "Yinglong" began to move up slowly, aiming at the meteorite.
This cannon is called "Broken Star", with a diameter of three feet and a barrel of more than ten feet. It can fire the "Dragon Eye Armor II" weighing 14,000 kilograms and the "Phoenix Eye Armor II" weighing 9,600 kilograms, with a maximum range of 150 miles.
The number of four hundred spiritual officials is not enough to operate the main gun, but Dingwei spiritual officials can. At the beginning of the Yuhuatai, Qi Niang had manually bombarded Siming Zhenjun.
In an instant, countless heaven and earth energy began to gather towards the cannon, like a whirlpool, constantly swallowing the surrounding heaven and earth energy.
A fiery red light emanated from the depths of the muzzle.
The next moment, there was a loud bang.
The entire "Yinglong" seemed to tremble, and a circle of air waves spread out in all directions, which was more violent than the gale.
A "Dragon Eye Armor III" that had been calculated in advance shot out from the barrel and hit the falling meteorite.
The meteorite exploded directly, and countless fragments with residual flames fell in all directions, like a meteor shower, and like a grand fireworks display.