Chapter 14 (1/2)

14 chapter 14: unmoving ming king tathagata sutra

translator: 549690339

jinzhou city.

after liang sheng left, the atmosphere in the city became increasingly tense. however, for some unknown reason, the liang family still stubbornly expanded their influence into the territories of both the gao and wu families, even after facing strong resistance from them.

it was well-known that the wu family had been an ally of the liang family, and they had even formed marital alliances in the past to jointly resist the pressure from the gao family, which had two postnatal nine realms experts.

so, the recent actions of the liang family were somewhat puzzling to outsiders, making them wonder what the liang family’s true intentions were.

why go to such lengths?

although liang ying was considered a prodigy in martial arts and might even have innate potential, there would still be bottlenecks for every realm promotion after reaching the high level of martial arts.

otherwise, why would the patriarchs of the wu family and the former patriarch of the liang family, liang ping, be stuck at the post-natal “eighth” level for so long without any progress?

however, no matter what, the liang family’s current expansion of influence was indeed making the situation in jinzhou city increasingly tense.

not to mention the gao family’s two postnatal nine realms experts, even the strength of the wu family was on par with the liang family. what benefits could the liang family gain from their actions?

this was the thought of most of the common people in jinzhou city, as the three prominent families had been standing in jinzhou for hundreds of years and each had their own foundations.

even the gao family shared this view. after some probing, they actively retreated and sat on the sidelines, watching the liang and wu families fight each other, hoping for both families to suffer losses.

however, reality was somewhat embarrassing as the wu family was continuously defeated by the liang family, making them appear to be no match for the liang family at all.

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gao family.

at this moment, the head of the gao family, gao yuqiang, couldn’t help but roar loudly: “how can the wu family be so useless? they’re so weak!”

at this moment, the people underneath didn’t dare to say a word, and gao yuqiang’s postnatal nine realms’ pressure also made it difficult for them to speak.

“second brother, go to the wu family today and subtly tell them that our gao family will help them a little.

these useless people are of no use to us, so we’ll have to give them a hand in secret, or else our previous retreat would have been a joke.”

gao yuqiang’s plan at this moment was actually quite obvious. he couldn’t let the wu family fall so easily, and it would be most advantageous for the gao family if the liang and wu families continued to exhaust each other.

by that time, jinzhou city would belong to the gao family!

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jinshan temple.

liang sheng was not concerned about the increasingly tense situation in jinzhou city; instead, he was rather enjoying his time at jinshan temple.

whoever dared to say that plain tea and rice were bitter days would upset him. at least the vegetarian meals at jinshan temple were exceptionally delicious.

however, during his time at jinshan temple, he also walked around the surrounding area and asked the neighboring farmers about their farmland, only to find out that all these lands were actually private property of jinshan temple.

jinshan temple was incredibly wealthy, and if not for seeing it with his own eyes, liang sheng would never have known that apart from the three great families in jinzhou city, there was such a low-key yet powerful force.

and apart from the abbot and a few other xuan generation high monks he had never met, including abbot xuan nian of the scripture repository, all of the xuan generation high monks were high-level martial arts practitioners, and liang sheng could not see through their realms.

even if they hadn’t reached the postnatal nine realms, they were most likely more numerous in their high-level martial arts practitioners than the combined total of the liang, wu, and gao families.

this situation was terrifying to think about.

after all, with such strength but little fame, jinshan temple must have big plans, according to the saying from his previous life in china.