"Brother Huang, we can't afford to worry about all that now. We can only meet soldiers with generals and block the flood with earth," Dugu Sheng said. "With Duan Siying coming to the Five Divine Temple this time, as long as its eminent monks truly haven't submitted, we'll have a chance to kill him. For now, we can only take one step at a time. Weakening the Taixuan Sect's strength in Dali is what matters most."
"Exactly. First deputy sect master or hundredth deputy sect master, whatever he is, let's deal with Duan Siying first," Meng Jiu said as well.
"We still need to be cautious. Let's slip up the mountain and assess the situation first. We still don't know where the monks of the Five Divine Temple stand," Hong Yi said.
"It's about time. Let's follow them," Huang Xiao said. He felt that Duan Siying and the others had been heading up for some time, and only by following now could they avoid being discovered.
After Hong Yi and the others nodded, the five of them raced up the mountain.
Built during the Tang Dynasty, the Five Divine Temple had always been a Buddhist holy site. After the Dali Duan Clan took the imperial throne, however, it became an imperial temple, its status even more exalted.
Most of its eminent monks were experts from the Duan clan's imperial line. After retiring, they had taken their vows at the Five Divine Temple.
Today, bells rang out through the Five Divine Temple, and its monks gathered in the main hall. Even the eminent monks who had long been in secluded cultivation emerged.
"This is sacred Buddhist ground. You cannot barge in!" Several young monks tried to stop the group entering the temple.
"Get lost!" One of the intruders casually waved his