Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1422 - 1370: The Kushan Pursuit

At the moment when Berkelirila’s warship caught fire, the lookout on the erected watchtower of the Kushan Water Village was completely stunned. He didn’t understand what happened at all, and Berkelirila’s big ship just started to burn.

"Woo woo woo~" The lookout was stunned for a moment, then immediately pulled out his horn to issue a command with urgent information. After blowing the horn, he slid down the high wooden pole right away.

"What happened!" The lookout’s captain sprinted towards the mast as soon as the horn sounded, questioning before the lookout even slid down.

"Captain Berkelirila’s ship was attacked by the enemy and has caught fire. The specifics are unclear, but the situation is dire!" the lookout said nervously.

Since coming here, no incidents had occurred, and the first one happened during his watch.

"What!" The lookout’s captain hadn’t yet spoken when the camp deputy, just out from Zaliha’s place, was shocked to hear this, "What’s the exact situation?"

"Due to the distance being too far, nearly at the limit of visibility, I could only see the big ship suddenly turning around and then attacking our ship. Shortly after, our warship caught fire," the lookout quickly recounted the earlier situation.

"What?" The camp deputy was shocked and then angrily asked, "Which direction did that ship go to?"

"Due north!" the lookout bowed his head and reported.

"The entire navy from the Water Village Front Village must deploy, those pirates daring to provoke our Kushan must die!" The camp deputy shouted angrily at the lookout captain.

Then the Water Village Deputy took a golden horn from his waist and blew it. Subsequently, a responding horn sounded from within the Water Village as the entire Front Camp stirred to action, with seven large ships rushing out from the main gate of the Water Village.

As the seven large ships from the Front Camp rushed out, the deputy of the Water Village flew out from the Water Village, landing on the bow of the first warship. With his quick command movements, he gathered all the Cloud Qi above the warships together.

"Catch up and take him down!" Yano Lian drew the sword from his waist, a golden radiance flashed across his body — a blessing from the Buddha he visualized upon breaking through to Inner Qi Separation.

The power from the Buddha he visualized made it such that when he activated this power, not only did his own strength rise, but even those soldiers who willingly followed the Buddha saw their power increase, as he was the Vajra under the Buddha.

However, unlike the Legion Talent from the Central Plains, this power from the Buddha required the same source, the same attribute, and the soldiers who similarly comprehended this power to receive its blessing.

Therefore, the closer one was to the Buddha Yano Lian visualized and the better they understood Yano Lian’s comprehension, the greater the blessing they received.

But unfortunately, with the method Kushan used to rely on Spiritual Relics to break through to Inner Qi Separation, during the breakthrough, the martial artist’s early followers — who assisted in the breakthrough to Qi Refining to Gang and trained alongside understanding the Buddha image within — would transfer all their power to him during his breakthrough...

This means that after breaking through to Inner Qi Separation, the retainers who understood the most and could receive the most power would lose their power; if not, with the fervent belief boosting these retainers, each would have been Qi Refining to Gang.

Without these retainers, the newly formed Inner Qi Separation needs to seek out new retainers who can understand the Buddha image within; otherwise, the strongest abilities bestowed by the Buddha cannot be manifested.

Whether in the Han Dynasty, Rome, Kushan, or Parthia, one thing is acknowledged: the Legion Talent or Empire’s pride or Buddha’s protection is far more valuable than the Inner Qi Separation’s own person.

Thus, after a Kushan Inner Qi Separation breaks through, they will seek new retainers.

But unlike the Central Plains, where a strong sense of identity, strong beliefs build Legion Talents, Kushan’s Inner Qi Separation, reliant on Spiritual Relics, is inherently lacking.

No matter which nation, each Inner Qi Separation has its own beliefs, even Kushan’s Inner Qi Separation cultivated through external means.

This means that even if they visualize the same Shariputra, using the same template, the outcomes are completely different, leading to the countless avatars of the Buddha, though all are a Buddha.

This also means that even if Kushan’s Inner Qi Separation exhausts heart power to recruit retainers, the blessings they can bestow are not very strong. Nevertheless, Buddha’s protection remains a powerful aid in Kushan’s conquests.

Not long after Yano Lian rushed out of the Water Village, Zaliha received the news but didn’t do much about it. Berkelirila’s life or death wasn’t important to him, but the person who dared to act against their navy must be dealt with.

In his view, since Yano Lian had already led the troops to hunt, the matter should end there. As the first deputy of the entire Water Village, ranking in the top five among the entire Kushan Navy’s authority, someone like him leading a force to hunt pirates leaves nothing to worry about.

Gan Ning, after taking out Berkelirila and setting the ship on fire, turned and left. He was very confident in his judgment. An empire, a powerful nation marked with an imperial title on the map handed over by Chen Xi, such a nation would certainly have its pride.

Gan Ning’s previous actions were clearly provocations, provoking an empire in its strongest aspect. Whether out of pride or to cleanse shame, they would come charging, as an empire’s pride does not allow humiliation, especially not in its strongest area.

"Seven ships, is it?" Gan Ning looked at the Kushan Navy’s formation, visible now, and coldly laughed to himself. Even though he didn’t know who the leader sent this time was, just seven ships seemed to underestimate him, Gan Ning. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Slow down slightly, let them reduce the distance between us slowly, but don’t let them catch up too quickly. Lead them on a chase to ensure their complete confidence," Gan Ning ordered Xu Sheng.

"Attack with full force, guard the wings with escort ships, lookout on the mast." Yano Lian coldly gave commands while staring at the large ship nearly disappearing on the horizon.

As several lookouts climbed the mast, the large ship that was almost gone from the horizon was once again exposed under the Kushan Navy’s eye. Then all the on-board sacrifices burst with their Spiritual Capacity, starting to incite the north wind, and the Kushan warships began to accelerate!