The attack on Lianxi Temple began just as the dragon boat exploded.
Although it was one of the four great Zen monasteries in Ezhou, Lianxi Temple was ultimately a nunnery, and hence relatively secluded, only visited occasionally by women from Wuchang City for incense offerings.
Most within the temple were secluded practitioners.
The temple was built on Panlong Mountain and often ignored worldly affairs. If it weren't for the current threat to the safety of the three cities of Wuchang and a severe shortage of personnel, they wouldn't have dispatched all the experts.
Po Liu Han Balin hid here for a reason.
Firstly, a hidden chamber was left behind during the initial construction, and secondly, the temple's supreme treasure, the Black Jade Guanyin, was specifically forged by his followers to bless him when he proclaimed himself the "True King."
