Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 336, Dragon Ball: The Prototype of a New Law
Governor of Qin Prefecture?

Li Cunxiao was taken aback at first, then his face lit up with joy.

"Senior Brother Siqi is going to be appointed as the governor of Qin Prefecture? This is truly a joyous occasion!"

Seeing the other party's reaction, Li Xian thought to himself that he had indeed made the right move.

Apart from the military governor, the prefect of a prefecture is already a key local official, and the prefect of a superior prefecture is already a third-rank official wearing a purple robe.

Which member of the Longxi Li clan wouldn't want to sit in the position promised by Li Yisheng?
Although Li Siqi is young and promising, he is still young. There are still many young elders in the clan who are in their sixties or seventies and have reached the Xuan Guan realm.

If it were a matter of seniority, he wouldn't be the one to become the governor.

Li Xian overcame all opposition and persuaded everyone, for a very simple reason.

Because Li Siqi was a fellow disciple of Li Cunxiao!
"Although I have obtained the positions of Imperial Clan Minister and Minister of Rites, they are ultimately rewards from Li Yisheng. Without a Grand Master, the family will never have any real power."

"The First and Third Protectors are fighting fiercely. Without a Grandmaster to back them up, it's pointless to choose sides."

"Li Cunxiao is only twenty years old and he is already a Xuan Guan martial artist. If he can become a Grandmaster within ten years, he will be the youngest Grandmaster in history."

“A 30-year-old grandmaster has another 150 years to live, and the Li family of Longxi will have another 150 years of wealth and five generations of opportunities to nurture the next genius.”

"In chaotic times, one has no choice but to take risks; if you're going to gamble, you have to gamble big!"

Sitting at the table, Li Xian watched the two disciples of Taiyi chatting and laughing, and his resolve grew stronger.

"Originally, I was a little uneasy about His Majesty sending me to Wenzhou and Fuzhou, but now that I know it is my senior brother who is the governor of Qinzhou, I have nothing to worry about."

Li Cunxiao raised his wine cup and clinked it against Li Siqi's. The latter immediately became serious and said:

"Don't worry, junior brother. I can't say anything else, but as long as you're in Longyou, just let me know if you need anything."

"I will do everything within my authority without reservation, and the entire Qin Province will be your support!"

Upon hearing this, Li Cunxiao became even more delighted, "Then we'll have to rely entirely on you, Senior Brother."

The terrain of Longyou Circuit is roughly a long strip running from southeast to northwest. Qin Prefecture is located at the top, adjacent to the capital region, and then it passes through Cheng and Wu Prefectures, which is where Li Cunxiao is about to take up his post.

If a complete stranger were to sit in the position of governor of Qin Prefecture, then in the future, if one wanted to obtain resources and information from the capital, one would inevitably be held hostage.

But now that his own people are sitting at his throat, Li Cunxiao has no worries.

With the Li family of Longxi having cultivated the Longyou Road for hundreds of years, as long as Prince Qi, Li Zhengchen, was not determined to oppose Li Yisheng, Li Cunxiao could thrive and wield great influence here.

If you swing the hoe well, you might even be able to dig up a corner of the wall.

With the logistical issues resolved, the remaining task is to deal with Wang Jian in Shu. However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and the specific details will only be known once we arrive at the location.

Qi Ci had already received the news and set off from the Eastern Capital to return. With the Grandmaster present, things became much easier.

Having dealt with the important matter, Li Cunxiao then recalled his earlier question:
"Senior brother, where are the headmaster and the other disciples now? How are the other senior uncles doing?"

"In Ganzhou. My fellow disciples have been recuperating for more than half a year, and their injuries have stabilized."

"But when I first arrived there, I was quite startled."

As Li Siqi spoke, he poured himself another glass of grape wine and savored it slowly.

Is there anything wrong with Ganzhou?

“Junior brother, you don’t know that when An Lushan Rebellion broke out, the Qin Dynasty was internally vulnerable. Emperor Xuanzong sent all the elite border troops from Hexi back to the capital to defend it.”

"With the Hexi Corridor vulnerable, the Tibetans on the snow-capped mountains and the surrounding grassland barbarians seized the opportunity to launch an attack."

"After years of encroachment, the three prefectures of Guazhou, Shazhou, and Yizhou are now inhabited by indigenous people."

"Suzhou and Ganzhou were originally going to fall, but thanks to the sect leader's intervention, he was able to drive out the foreign enemies with the power of a Grandmaster."

"Now, half a year has passed, and our Louguan Sect has finally gained a foothold in Hexi."

"However, there are not many people in Hexi now, and the barbarians are all crude and don't know how to manage. The land is mostly windy and sandy, and the produce is scarce. It's not an easy thing for you to have a glass of grape wine."

After saying that, Li Siqi simply picked up the wine pot and drank heartily, showing a more rugged side than his previous elegance.

Li Cunxiao seemed to be deep in thought.

His relationship with Lou Guandao is no longer the simple master-disciple relationship it once was.

If I had to put it that way, they're more like potential allies.

However, both sides are currently busy establishing themselves and are far apart, so they can't offer each other much help.

Who knows what the future holds?

"Speaking of which, I owe this opportunity to be sent out to work in the countryside to my uncle. I've been busy recruiting soldiers lately and haven't had a chance to thank him in person yet."

Li Cunxiao naturally wouldn't neglect the patriarch of the Longxi Li clan, so he poured a full cup of wine and presented it with both hands.

Li Xian's lips curled up even higher as he took the drink with both hands, downed it, and laughed heartily.
"Why are you being so distant, my dear nephew?"

“If it weren’t for your kind advice before we met His Majesty, our clan would not be where it is today.”

"The more you do, the more mistakes you make. These four words really hit the nail on the head regarding His Majesty's problem."

"If I were to follow my original plan and say something that the prime minister said from the local government, I'm afraid it would only arouse His Majesty's suspicion and ruin my plan."

Li Xian mentioned it briefly, but didn't dwell on it. Instead, he and Li Cunxiao raised their glasses together.
"Now we are still connected by blood, even if our bones are broken."

"The honor and disgrace of the Li family of Longxi rest entirely on Sanlang's shoulders."

"If there is any need in the future, the entire clan will do its utmost to help!"

The wine splashed as it collided, like the crests of a river rushing out from the capital and spreading towards Qin Prefecture.

Bringing the Li clan, rooted in Longyou, into his fold would undoubtedly be beneficial to Li Cunxiao's future plans.

Li Siqi didn't stay in the capital for more than a few days. After completing the formalities at the Ministry of Personnel and receiving his official seal, he hurriedly returned to Qinzhou to gather resources and build connections for Li Cunxiao's southward journey the following year.

Ye Jingneng is now in charge of the Court of State Ceremonies, serving as its Minister. He is in charge of the Offices of Reception and Ceremonies, and is responsible for the investiture of foreign leaders and the reception of envoys.

However, with war raging across the Qin territory, this position has become a sinecure, which can be seen as a means of checks and balances by Li Yisheng.

After all, Li Cunxiao was about to be transferred to a local post, and if his father-in-law also held an important position, it would be a bad thing for him to have connections both inside and outside the region.

The recruitment of soldiers was handled by Li Guangyi and others. Since Ye Jing was free and could provide guidance, Li Cunxiao didn't need to worry too much. He would only personally intervene in some key matters.

He used all the freed-up time to refine pills and improve pill formulas.

Cultivation knows no days or months; in the blink of an eye, another half-month has passed, and we've entered the depths of winter in December.

There were only half a month left until the end of the sixth year of Guanghua in the Great Qin Dynasty, when Li Yisheng ascended the throne and changed the era name.

Within the secret chamber of the Duke of Yue's mansion, deep rumbling sounds rose and fell. Azure lightning collided and compressed, transforming into a tangible pool of thunder.

Yin and Yang, spirit and demon collided and transformed within it, and the corpses of dozens of demons exuding powerful auras were bathed in the thunder pool, gradually decomposing into pure essence.

The dark red malevolent energy that had been extracted all converged towards the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the Thunder Pool.

Half an hour passed in this way. When the Thunder Pool receded like the rising tide, only a hundred crystal pills floating in the air and Li Cunxiao slowly opening his eyes remained in the secret chamber.

"Hmm, Thunder truly lives up to its reputation as the pivot of Yin and Yang. It is not only formidable in killing but also quite skilled in alchemy."

"My image of the Ten Directions Savior from Suffering encompasses the changes of the Eight Trigrams, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements, thus simulating the various phenomena of heaven and earth. It can truly be called a creation."

The Eight Trigrams originate from the eight directions, and the Five Elements originate from Yin and Yang. The waxing and waning of Yin and Yang, from Lesser Yang to Greater Yin, is the alternation of the four seasons.

With such complete control over time and space, it could be said that the elixir in Li Cunxiao's palm was equivalent to a small world within it.

However, his current cultivation level is insufficient, and he cannot always draw upon the power of the greater world. At most, he can only apply the power of the lesser world to inanimate objects such as pills.

To transform into the Heaven and Earth Furnace technique of Taiyi Zhenren, one must at least become a Grandmaster.

Li Cunxiao stood up, waved his sleeve, and hundreds of pills floating in the air flew over like swallows returning to their nests, accurately landing in the porcelain bottle that flew out of his storage bag.

The porcelain vases lined up and neatly slipped into the storage pouch at the waist, but the gold key that had originally hung on the belt was nowhere to be seen.

"It's a pity that there will be no more demons supplying the stupa after today."

"If I could exchange the dragon boat and the stupa, I would be much more at ease in Wenzhou and Fuzhou."

In just over half a month, Li Cunxiao had emptied the stupa's contents.

Li Yisheng was generous in words, but he wouldn't let him touch the small group of high-level demons suppressed in the stupa.

In particular, the four fire unicorns used by the other side to pull the cart were all at the peak of the seventh rank, and there were suspected eighth-rank demons deep at the bottom of the tower.

Li Cunxiao looked on with envy, but couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only tearfully refine all those low-level demons into pills.

"Fortunately, the new prescription has been completed."

He took out a pill from his sleeve. The pale red pill looked ordinary, but its fragrance was stronger and purer.

But when Li Cunxiao summoned the spirit form of the Heavenly King Guangmu, his unique true essence gently swiped, and a faint golden light flashed within the pale red pill, resembling the shape of a small dragon.

Dragon Ball—this is a new elixir he created by combining the military martial art "Eight-Foot Dragon Soaring".

The pill in my hand has the same medicinal power as a second-tier Qi and Blood Pill, but thanks to the improvement of the Vajra Pestle, the cost of materials is only one-tenth of that of a Qi and Blood Pill.

In other words, with the same materials, Dragon Balls produce ten times more energy than Blood Elixir, and the number of martial artists that can be trained naturally doubles as well.

But if that were all, it wouldn't take more than half a month, nor would it consume the evil energy generated by hundreds of demons.

The Dragon Ball recipe not only includes the first level of Qi and Blood, but also extends all the way to the fifth level of True Form, which is the first, second, third, fourth and fifth levels of Dragon Ball.
From tempering one's blood and qi to refining one's true qi, this is a complete ladder!

More importantly, those who consume the Dragon Ball will unknowingly establish a connection with the spirit of Li Cunxiao's Guangmu Tianwang.

If this is combined with practicing Li Cunxiao's modified version of "Eight-Foot Dragon Soaring", then this connection is enough to unknowingly become a "back door".

Those who consume the Dragon Pearl are small dragons, while Virupaksha is the Great Dragon King, with countless hundreds of thousands of dragons as his retinue.

In this way, Li Cunxiao could ensure the army's loyalty to him to the greatest extent.

If someone is disloyal, the moment they face him, these traitors will tremble like dragon sons and grandsons before their ancestral dragon, unable to unleash even half of their full strength.

What's even better is that this connection has a positive effect.

When forming a battle formation, soldiers who have consumed the Dragon Balls will have an even stronger connection with him.

On the one hand, this allows him to control the power of the army formation as if it were his own arm, greatly expanding the limit of the number of soldiers in the army formation;
On the other hand, he can also use this connection to sense the emotions of his subordinates, and even absorb the murderous aura generated by everyone in the entire army!
"In that case, if we are fighting the enemy, I can absorb the evil energy generated by the death of both sides."

"If it were regular training, my presence would become a black hole of negative emotions, ensuring that the soldiers remain clear-headed."

"This will greatly increase their cultivation speed, while significantly reducing the probability of them falling into demonic possession, and at the same time, I'll have an extra source of income."

Thinking about this, Li Cunxiao couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his idea.

In this way, he can quickly and effectively cultivate his own power without expanding too rapidly and causing disunity among the people.

Because of Li Cunxiao's existence, he is the accelerator for these martial artists, and the golden finger for these people from humble backgrounds!
"The killing energy is insufficient at the moment, so this is the best we can do for now."

"Once we reach Jiannan and break through to the Grandmaster level, we can continue to improve the Eight-Foot Dragon Soaring Sword."

"Ideally, the commander should have absolute control over his subordinates, and even be able to use their power for cultivation."

Li Cunxiao's thoughts wandered, and before he knew it, he had left the secret room and arrived at the study, where he found his younger brother already waiting there, with two cups of tea on the table that had gone cold.

When Li Guangyi saw the visitor, he made no attempt to hide his joy and excitement.

"Is there a happy event?"

"As expected, my elder brother was right. Changsun Fu and the others have agreed to send members of the clan to join the army!"

Li Cunxiao smiled and pressed his younger brother back into his chair. He reached out and stroked the tea, and the tea leaves began to steam again, their color changing from pale yellow to bright green.

"Not surprisingly."

Half a month ago, Li Cunxiao had already approached the nobles and extended invitations, hoping that they would each select outstanding sons to join the army.

However, a considerable number of people disagreed, feeling that Li Cunxiao had been accepting investments without any returns, and that it was painful for him to ask for people now in addition to things.

Changsun Fu was, after all, only the leader elected by the crowd. He could only persuade, not issue orders, so the matter was delayed.

When Li Cunxiao went to return the key to the stupa today, he heard Li Yisheng complaining that Zhu Quanzhong wanted to establish his capital in Pengcheng and declare himself emperor, and that he would mobilize all the soldiers in the two rivers region to retake the two capitals.

There can't be two suns in the sky, nor two rulers in a country. How can there be two emperors in the world?
With another major war looming, the nobles were understandably panicked.

"No matter how big or small the fighting is next year, we will have to fight eventually. The army is in dire need of elite troops. If those young men stay in the capital, they will definitely be conscripted into the army."

"Zhu Quanzhong was a tyrannical man who never took prisoners in battle. He would either throw them into pill refining bags or turn them into puppet demons."

"Instead of that, it would be better to come with me to the southwest. At least Wang Jian wouldn't dare to provoke us, and the demons in the mountains wouldn't attack our army."

"With Master Qi here, it's actually relatively safer."

Li Cunxiao had a clear understanding of the nobles' thoughts. These people simply felt that Jiannan was more peaceful, and at the same time, they considered themselves angel investors and could enjoy certain privileges.

'If that's really what you think, you're likely to be disappointed.'

"This time, I'm not simply going to set up a pill factory for Li Yisheng!"

(End of this chapter)