Chapter 116: Battle of Feng City Again

  One day, Su Hu's army arrived outside Fengcheng and joined forces with Xiqi. King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, and Jiang Ziya personally visited Su Hu's camp to meet him, and Su Hu and his son hurriedly went to greet them.

  "Xiao Hou paid respects to Wu Wang, having seen Jiang Lao Chengxiang. Xiao Hou was just about to go and request an audience, how could I trouble Your Majesty to come see me first? Xiao Hou is guilty." As he spoke, Su Hu was about to kneel down, but Ji Fa hastily took a few steps forward and supported him.

  "General Su and my father were old friends, you are Senior Wang's junior, now you can raise the banner of justice again, in times of crisis to help Junior Wang out, how could Junior Wang not come?"

  "Your Majesty is being polite, the humble Chong Hou Hu is just barely holding on, even if things are not going smoothly, can Chong Hou Hu still defy heaven and not be defeated? Your Majesty's victory is within sight."

  With mutual politeness, Su Hu led Wu Wang and his ministers into the big tent. Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya suddenly found that there was another person sitting in the big tent, who had a stout build and a smiling face.

  "Wu Wang, Jiang Chengxiang, this is a disciple of the holy man Maitreya from Mount Sumeru, and he is also the teacher of the Dogzi." Su Hu introduced Maitreya to the two men.

  Jiang Ziya was shocked at the time, although his cultivation period was short, he was clear about dealing with the disciples of the saints. Maitreya had obtained the true transmission of the two great saints and was said to have reached the realm of beheading corpses. His status was high and his Tao was profound. Especially now that he appeared here, Jiang Ziya couldn't help but wonder if Buddhism wanted to help him spread his teachings?

  The thought flashed through Jiang Ziya's mind, and he didn't dare to neglect Maitreya. He hastily pulled the still somewhat confused King Wu, and together they bowed their heads in respect: "Little Dao (Wang) has seen the true person."

  "Hehe, Jiang Zigong, no need to be too polite. This time I'm just following Su Houye and his son, you guys discuss the matter." Maitreya pushed the matter to Su Hu, making it clear that he was raising Su Hu's value, but in reality, this Taoist priest was still the one who had the final say. Jiang Zigong didn't point this out and sat down with Wu Wang.

  "Your Majesty, King Wu, Su Hu has long known that Zhou of Shang is tyrannical and cruel, harming the loyal and virtuous, bringing disaster to the world. He had also risen in revolt before, but lacked sufficient strength. Now that Your Majesty has succeeded to the legacy of King Wen and rescued the people from fire and water, Su Hu is willing to lead the troops of Jizhou to surrender to you and follow your commands."

  Suhu and Su Zhongzhong knelt down together in front of Jiefu, who was somewhat surprised. He thought that Suhu would at most come to make some empty promises, and he also had the intention of pulling Suhu into his own camp. However, after all, Suhu is now the father-in-law of King Zhou and the father of Daji, so how could he surrender just by saying so?

  "Your Majesty, do not doubt that the current Daji is no longer a little sister. She has been possessed by a fox spirit and has become an evil being. My father and I are nominally imperial relatives, but in reality, we have an unresolvable vendetta with King Zhou. We would like to kill him now if possible, but unfortunately, our strength is insufficient. For now, we can only wholeheartedly follow Your Majesty, hoping that one day we will be able to avenge ourselves." Su Quanzhong said from the side.

  Jiang Ziya naturally understood all this and secretly gave a signal to King Wu, who tacitly understood.

  "Both of you, please rise. Since the Marquis of Su is willing to surrender to Western Qi, King Wu will not dare to mistreat him. From now on, I will confer upon the Marquis of Su the title of Pingbei Hou. After we defeat Chonghou Hu in the future, all the territories that originally belonged to Beihou will be returned to the Marquis of Su, and this arrangement will remain unchanged for generations to come."

  Su Fu and his son hastily thanked the emperor again.

  "Marquis Pingbei, now that the war is urgent, when Fengcheng is broken through, I will hold a grand ceremony for you." Jiang Ziya also said many good things to Su Hu, and just as he was about to leave, Mile laughed and stopped him.

  "General Jiang, there are a large number of Jiao teaching monks inside Fengcheng. Moreover, I heard that Zhong has already led his troops back and will soon arrive at Fengcheng. At that time, it may be difficult to deal with them. If we want to defeat the enemy, we must hurry."

  "Thank you for telling me." Jiang Ziya couldn't make decisions on matters involving the Taoist sect, so he hastily returned to camp and went to ask Guang Chengzi for advice.

  Guang Chengzi was shocked to hear that Maitreya was in Su Hu's army. No matter how arrogant Guang Chengzi was, he had to admit that compared to this outstanding Western disciple, he was still inferior in terms of Tao and experience. However, this matter would not be so simple. Was Maitreya representing Buddhism to form an alliance with the Church of the Expositor?

  Is there another plan in the Buddhist door? Guang Chengzi even felt that this matter might need to shock the teacher. Guang Chengzi drove the cloud light back to Kunlun Mountain and asked the teacher how to do it. The original Tianzun was also a little confused, as the two Western saints had always been against himself, and they might have some dealings with Jie Teaching Tongtian.

  The Hundun Bell incident is a pain in the original heart, otherwise, I wouldn't have to be so painstakingly calculating now. Tongtian is not even my opponent, no matter what, I can just take action myself and kill the disciples of the Intercepting Sect.

  It's not possible now, last time he and Tongtian competed in sword energy, the original heart was clear that Tongtian's combat power was probably not something he could withstand, otherwise the original would not have thought of desperately pulling his father over, now Buddhism has come up with this move, what is the intention? The original kept calculating, and gradually had a plan in mind.

  It's likely that even Buddhism doesn't want the Intercepting Teachings to win this time, after all, they already have a large following. If they were to win again, it would be even harder to deal with them. It seems that as long as there are sufficient benefits, getting the two Western Saints to join forces and take down Tongtian shouldn't be difficult. The Primordial Heavenly Lord has come up with an entirely new plan.

  He immediately ordered Guang Chengzi to cooperate with the Buddhist sect and try every means to win over the Buddhist sect to deal with Juejiao together. Guang Chengzi immediately accepted the teacher's decree, returned to Fengcheng camp, and personally went to visit Maitreya. The two of them discussed it and launched a joint attack on the third day, greatly defeating Fengcheng.

  Jiang Ziya and Su Hu, along with Su Quanzhong and others, divided their troops and assigned generals, making a detailed plan. With one drumbeat, they eliminated Chong Houhu, then waited for an opportunity to annihilate Wen Zhong's great army.

  By the third day, all the immortals of the Tianxian sect had come out, and Ji Zhou and Xiqi each sent 50,000 troops to arrive at Feng Cheng. Zhao Gongming led his team to intercept the Taoist priests who also came out to fight.

  Zhao Gongming's Black Tiger was killed by Guang Chengzi, now he had to drive the cloud head himself and come to the front of the formation. "Guang Chengzi, you were defeated by my sister Yun Xiao last time, how dare you still have the face to come and die?"

  "Hmph, you bunch of scaly and clawed creatures, relying on your unorthodox and heretical ways to gain an advantage. Do you really think that the Jade Pure Great Law is inferior to yours?"

  Maitreya was extremely disgusted when Guang Chengzi spoke with such a tone, bringing up his scales and claws. A cultivator compares their cultivation, looks at their conduct, if you can't compare to others, what right do you have to mock someone's background? It seems that the Exhortation Sect is indeed inferior to the Intercept Sect in terms of magnanimity, but since Shifu has given an order, I'll still help them out.

  Guang Chengzi and Zhao Gongming didn't see eye to eye, so they started fighting. The two had similar cultivation levels and were familiar with each other's magical treasures, making it difficult for either of them to gain the upper hand. For a time, their battle was evenly matched, with both figures darting back and forth in mid-air, neither willing to yield.

  Guang Chengzi knew it was difficult to gain the upper hand, so he raised the Heaven-Defying Seal. Zhao Gongming also made preparations and raised the Calming Sea Pearl. The two magical artifacts collided continuously in mid-air, but neither could overcome the other, resulting in a stalemate.