Chapter 218: The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals’ Mental Cultivation is a Little Weak
Chapter 218: The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals’ Mental Cultivation is a Little Weak
"The war between the Western Sect and the Chan Sect is of great importance. If the war between the two sides expands, it will be enough to shake the operation of the heavenly orbit and bring about countless killing disasters."
The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Clairvoyance, your family has already paid attention to this matter earlier, and I believe you have recorded the battle situation. Let's display it in front of the hall, and the immortals can discuss it after watching it."
"I will obey the Emperor's order!"
The Clairvoyant stood out from the crowd, his eyes projecting a curtain of light like a projector.
The light screen played the process from the two armies forming a formation to confront each other to the five sects' coalition forces breaking through the Great Trouble Aijan Myo-O Formation.
This is the innate supernatural power of clairvoyance, which can observe and record everything in the world.
This magical power ignores distance, but it has a drawback, that is, the observation and recording range is limited to "the world", to put it bluntly, it is outdoors.
Areas that are covered by objects, such as underground and under eaves, cannot be seen or recorded.
Even if the Jade Emperor wanted to know what was happening underground, he had to go to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's mount to ask.
The entire process of the war was slowly played out, but the part where the five sects' coalition forces carried out physical elimination of troubles was omitted and not recorded.
In the projection image of the Clairvoyance, the Great Trouble Ai Ran Ming Wang Formation emitted a bright red light. The formation was complicated and complex. Ding Guang’s disciples practiced it skillfully and it worked smoothly.
When several heavenly generals in the hall saw this formation, they couldn't help but frown.
The Jade Emperor saw the minister's subtle expression and suddenly said, "Li Tianwang, you are in charge of the Ministry of War and are familiar with military affairs. Please tell me what is unique about the battle formation set up by the Western Sect."
"According to the order!"
Li Jing, wearing golden armor and holding a pagoda in his hand, stepped out and bowed to the Jade Emperor.
"Your Majesty, this formation is called the 'Great Trouble Love and Defilement Mingwang Formation'. This formation is not the Five Elements Killing Formation, but a heart-destroying battle formation unique to the Western religion. If there are flaws in one's mind and character, one will lose reason and become confused after entering the formation."
The Jade Emperor said, "After seeing this formation, the immortal officials of the Ministry of War looked troubled, but is this formation difficult to break?"
Li Tianwang pondered for a moment before saying, "Whether the formation is difficult to break depends on the level of the person in charge of the formation. In the formation shown by General Qianliyan, two Arhats are in charge of the formation. If I were to lead the troops, I would only need to select a general in the Golden Immortal Realm who is good at fighting and has a high level of cultivation to charge into the formation alone to break it."
Seeing that the Jade Emperor was still watching, he continued, "If the one in charge of the formation is a Bodhisattva, even if I am incompetent, a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals will be stopped by the formation."
The Jade Emperor frowned and asked, "Even a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals can't break the formation presided over by the Bodhisattva?"
"The strongest point of this formation is that it ignores the enemy's physical state and only tests their mental cultivation."
Li Tianwang patiently explained: "Among the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals in the heavenly court, there are naturally immortals with profound moral cultivation, pure hearts and few desires who strictly abide by the laws of heaven, but there are also those with insufficient moral cultivation and still have mortal desires."
At this point, he also secretly gave his allies a warning: "As far as I know, there are some generals in the Tianhe Navy who are very worldly-minded. When they entered this formation, they were immediately mesmerized and lost their minds."
“By then, even if some of the heavenly soldiers and generals are not confused by the enchantment, they will be forced to fight each other with the other crazy heavenly soldiers and generals. The army will be in chaos and defeat is inevitable.”
Li Tianwang did not forget to praise and criticize: "If the person in charge of the center of the formation is only at the Arhat level, I will send my son Nezha to fight, and he will break into the formation alone. If he kills the enemy leader, the formation will break. My child has a lotus body and a pure heart. His mind is as flawless as a white jade, so he will not be disturbed by this formation. But if the center of the formation is guarded by a Bodhisattva and blessed by the magic power of the formation, it will be difficult for my son to win if he enters the formation alone."
The Jade Emperor frowned and said, "What if Yang Jian and Nezha enter the formation together? With help from Nezha, can he break the formation guarded by the Bodhisattva?"
King Li wanted to speak but stopped. He was choking when he saw what he wanted to say.
"Li Qingjia, you can say whatever you want!" "Erlang Zhenjun Yang Jian became a saint in the flesh, not by cultivating both his body and soul, but by cultivating his mind and character..."
Li Jing stammered, "It's hard to explain. I'm afraid that you will hinder my son after entering the battle."
He simply said frankly: "The heavenly soldiers and generals are mostly warriors who focus on physical training, physical cultivation to become a Dao or meritorious deification. Their mental cultivation is far inferior to that of the Arhats of the Western religion. When they encounter this kind of Western religion's heart-stimulating battle formation, they are very restrained and cannot fully display their divine power."
The Jade Emperor shook his head slowly and said solemnly, "Li Tianwang, since you know the shortcomings of the Heavenly Army, you must strictly discipline the army in the future, severely punish the soldiers who want to be ordinary people, and train the soldiers and martial arts as well as the mind. If the demons set up similar psychological warfare formations in the future, the Heavenly Army will be unable to resist, and where will the majesty of the Heavenly Court be?"
Li Jing bowed his head again and said: "I will obey your majesty's order and do my best!"
The Jade Emperor seemed calm and unaffected by the conversation, but Heavenly King Li Jing became increasingly frightened.
It says that the heavenly army was unable to resist when encountering the demons and setting up a psychological attack formation. In fact, it is a veiled attack with a hidden meaning.
Although the possibility is not great, if a war breaks out between Heaven and the Western Religion one day, and the other side uses a psychological warfare formation, a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals will be like chickens and dogs. In the future, won't the Western Religion always dominate over Heaven?
The rise of Western religions is unstoppable, and the legal system of Heaven will also be greatly shaken.
This is a disguised accusation that he is not managing the army well.
There are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies.
Lingshan and Heaven have close diplomatic relations, but that doesn't mean war will never happen.
If Lingshan intends to take over the Southern Continent and preach to the human world, how should the Heavenly Court respond?
Quietly give up the orthodoxy without making a sound?
Or should we actively support the spread of Western religions, give them whatever they want, and cooperate fully?
Even if they were only regarded as imaginary enemies, the mental flaws of the heavenly soldiers and generals in their battle against the Western Buddhist army were too fatal.
However, training soldiers also requires training their minds, how easy is that?
Not to mention the ordinary heavenly soldiers, even the Tianhe Navy Marshal, as far as Li Tianwang knew, was a vulgar person, and his worldly desires were ten times more serious than those of ordinary people.
If the leaders do the same, the people below will follow suit. How can the heavenly soldiers improve their character and cultivation?
Just when Li Jing was worried, the Clairvoyance played the scene of the five sects' coalition forces rushing into the Great Trouble Ai Ran Ming Wang Formation.
In the picture, the monks from the five sects have minds as calm as a pool, their moves are as swift as the wind, and their offensives are as aggressive as fire.
Below the generals from the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the soldiers with the lowest cultivation level are the young Golden Cores who have not yet become immortals, but everyone strives to be the first, obeys orders, has a heart as strong as steel, is unyielding and willing to sacrifice their own lives, putting the realization of tactical goals first.
After breaking into the enemy camp, the soldiers treated the worldly obstacles as nothing, and their combat power was not weakened, but greatly enhanced.
The mind-stirring illusion that even the heavenly soldiers and generals could not resist was easily resisted by a group of Qi-refining practitioners who had not yet achieved immortality, demonstrating a tenacious state of mind like those of greatly enlightened ones.
An expert knows the ins and outs. If they were just not confused by the formation, it would be fine. The attack of the five sects' coalition forces was also very methodical. The soldiers' execution of orders, tactical coordination, and fighting will were far superior to those of the heavenly soldiers and generals.
If the soldiers of the Five Sects' coalition had the same level of cultivation as the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and the two armies faced off, Li Jing felt that the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals had no chance of winning, as the opponent would be able to sweep away all the enemies with a single charge.
The Jade Emperor also noticed that the coalition forces of the five sects broke the formation too easily in the picture, and couldn't help but cast his gaze on Li Jing again.
"Li Xianqing, what's going on? Could it be that the cultivators from the mortal world have assembled an army in a hurry, and their character and cultivation have far surpassed the heavenly soldiers and generals?"
(End of this chapter)