The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 134 Sword Qi
Although the "Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Alone Am Supreme Technique" is powerful, its drawback is that there will be a period of weakness when rejuvenating.

And they need to drink fresh blood.

The "Eternal Youth Skill" in the game, although it also has a period of weakness, at least doesn't require drinking health potions.

But this also caused trouble. The more Li Jingxiao practiced, the more he found that his body had an excess of yang energy.

Fortunately, he was already married, and he had two pretty maids as part of his dowry.

Playing clapping games with your wife is a win-win situation; it helps to balance yin and yang and also provides valuable experience.

Therefore, for Li Jingxiao, an excess of yang energy was not considered harmful.

Since he had already mastered both the Longevity and Immortality Technique and the Lightning Thunder Fist.

Li Jingxiao naturally shifted his focus of training to 'Sword Control Technique'.

However, you still need to practice your lightness skill.

Moreover, although the time spent practicing lightness skills these days has not been long, only about an hour each day.

But chasing stars and catching the moon has already reached - Dacheng (265/5000).

At full speed, it can reach 150 kilometers per hour.

At 41.67 meters per second, Li Jingxiao's movements are like those of a ghost over short distances.

In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of his target.

It can pierce an opponent's neck with a single sword strike, without even giving the opponent time to react.

The ability to change one's speed and form is due to the deeper one's cultivation level in "Chasing Stars and Catching the Moon," which also results in faster cultivation speed.

Easily progressed from beginner (300/500) to expert (410/2000).

The Quanzhen Sect's Golden Goose Skill progresses from beginner level (1/100) to minor mastery level (400/500).

Once you've mastered one light-body skill, practicing other light-body skills is just a matter of practicing a few times a day, and your proficiency will increase rapidly.

Other techniques such as Cotton Palm, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Palm, Soft Swordplay Around the Finger, and Quanzhen Swordplay have all seen significant improvements.

Moreover, these days, I've mainly been farming monsters on level 20 maps.

But after Li Jingxiao finishes farming, he sometimes still farms the monsters on the level 0 to 10 and level 11 to 20 maps several times.

The martial arts manuals and techniques that are being acquired are becoming more and more comprehensive.

He even managed to get the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Toad Stance, and One-Finger Divine Skill.

But Li Jingxiao's Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) never appeared on screen, which he was really looking forward to.
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After upgrading his Longevity Technique, Li Jingxiao didn't rush to finish, but instead drank a few more sips of Monkey Spirit Wine.

Once the internal energy has stabilized and you reach the mastery level (10/2000), you can stop practicing.

He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it; it was already midnight.

After thinking about it, he decided to go back to his room and play with his wife and two pretty maids for a while.

After gaining 100 experience points, he finally cuddled Baozhu and Ruizhu and fell asleep.

Although he closed his eyes, he was secretly practicing sword control.

Incidentally, he would occasionally take a sip of monkey wine.

After one night, I gained 55 proficiency points in 5 hours, which is four or five times faster than my previous training speed.

Sword Control Technique - Beginner (106/200)

The next morning, before 7 a.m., Li Jingxiao opened his eyes and was about to pull his hands out of Baozhu and Ruizhu's arms.

The two pretty maids were startled and woke up.

Rubbing their eyes, the two instinctively hugged Li Jingxiao's arm tighter, their pretty faces nuzzling against his chest.

She then came to her senses, yawning as she got up to help Li Jingxiao get dressed and wash up.

Seeing that the two of them were still half asleep, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but think that he should reduce his activities in bed from now on.

After all, practicing martial arts in the morning allows you to gain more experience.

While the pleasures of the boudoir are unforgettable, they ultimately consume more physical and mental energy.

If this continues, even if I am fine, Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu will definitely harm their health.

Women can also suffer from kidney deficiency, resulting in lethargy and general weakness.

After getting dressed, Li Jingxiao smiled and told Baozhu and Ruizhu to take another nap.

As for Qin Keqing, they didn't even wake her up.

Baozhu and Ruizhu nodded hurriedly, since their master exercised for more than half an hour in the morning anyway.

After he had finished his morning exercise, the two of them would get up to help the lady with her washing and dressing, and then practice martial arts and swordsmanship and have breakfast with the master. This way, they could sleep an extra half hour without taking up the master's time.

After leaving the main room, Li Jingxiao first practiced swordsmanship, palm techniques, and lightness skills.

Then practice sword control techniques.

When he drew his fingers into a sword shape and waved them at the plum tree in the courtyard...

A sword aura arrived in an instant, severing a leaf from the plum tree.

Moreover, the faster Li Jingxiao's fingers moved as the leaves fell.

Under the watchful eyes of several maids, the leaf was repeatedly sliced ​​apart in mid-air by an invisible force, turning into dozens of petals that fell to the ground.

His experience with sword control also fluctuated, increasing from (106/200) to (109/200).

Li Jingxiao smiled. It seemed that practicing sword techniques from the martial arts world could also be helpful in improving sword control skills.

Moreover, this cultivation technique, unlike the Longevity and Immortality Technique and the Lightning Thunder Fist, does not require meditation to achieve proficiency.

The higher one's understanding of sword energy, the more one is considered to be practicing this technique.

Of course, Li Jingxiao also knew that he had spent the whole night lying down cultivating, which was a continuous practice and understanding of the mental cultivation method and sword technique.

This is how you can better utilize sword energy.

Just as I was about to continue, snowflakes suddenly began to fall from the sky.

Li Jingxiao's face lit up with joy. If that plum tree continued to be disturbed like this, it would definitely become bare before long.

Now that snowflakes were falling, Li Jingxiao's fingers moved faster and faster through the air.

Snowflakes were instantly sliced ​​in two by the sword energy, and proficiency increased rapidly.

In the midst of their fun, a massive sword aura suddenly appeared out of thin air.

A sword cleaved through the sky above the courtyard, splitting countless snowflakes in two.

The maids blushed and their hearts raced as they watched, their gazes becoming increasingly infatuated with their master.

Several more sword energies flew into the air, leaving Jingxi, Jingyue, Jingrong, and their maids, who had just entered the central courtyard, dumbfounded.

When she came to her senses, Jing Rong immediately took off with her short legs and rushed to Li Jingxiao's side, shouting and yelling.

She grabbed his hand and excitedly shouted, "Big brother, teach me this, teach me this!"

Li Jingxiao smiled and looked down at his younger sister, saying, "You haven't even learned swordsmanship yet, so you should honestly start by building a solid foundation."

Otherwise, even if I teach you, you won't learn it.

Jing Rong pouted, grabbed Li Jingxiao's big hand and shook it, muttering, "Big brother is a bad guy, he doesn't like you anymore."

Li Jingxiao burst into laughter after hearing this.

He picked up Jingrong and said, "You're still young. Practicing internal energy too early will lead to insufficient qi and blood, and you might not grow tall in the future."

Moreover, if you really want to cultivate internal strength, you must at least learn to identify meridians and acupoints, just like your eldest sister.

Otherwise, you might accidentally injure yourself.

Jing Rong then calmed down, hugged Li Jingxiao's neck, pressed her little face against his and whispered, "Then big brother, don't forget to teach me the Taoist magic I just learned."

Li Jingxiao rubbed his little sister's head and assured her with a smile, "Okay, okay, as long as your big brother knows how."

"If you want to learn it in the future, I'll teach you, okay?"

That's what he said, but Li Jingxiao knew very well that he had a cheat code, which was why he learned everything so quickly. It would be difficult for Jingrong and the others to learn from him.

Just learning the basics of Quanzhen Principles takes two to three years.

Swordsmanship and fist techniques take at least three to five years to master, and there's no guarantee of achieving any significant results.

Otherwise, the world of martial arts would be teeming with masters long ago.

However, there are shortcuts.

Although Lingbo Weibu is an extremely advanced lightness skill, as one practices it, one can generate true qi from the outside in.

Each time you walk through it, your internal strength increases by one point, and its life-saving effect is top-notch.

Unfortunately, it hasn't appeared after all these days.

Once Jing Rong received the promise, her smile immediately brightened.

After thinking it over, he obediently got down from Li Jingxiao's arms and stood obediently under the eaves to avoid the snow. While doing so, he stretched his limbs and began to practice Zhenwu Changquan (a style of Chinese martial arts).

Upon seeing this, Jingxi and Jingyue first greeted Li Jingxiao before starting their morning exercise.

The two sisters first practiced Changquan (a style of Chinese martial arts), and then began to practice Zhenwu Swordplay.

Li Jingxiao only needed to look for a moment to see that Jingyue's talent in swordsmanship was, as always, higher than that of Jingxi, Baozhu, Ruizhu, and Qin Keqing.

The sword technique in her hands became not only more skillful, but also more agile.

Seeing his second sister's exceptional talent, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but ponder what to do with her.

A moment later, a thought suddenly struck him, and he focused his attention on the game.

Soon, among the various manuals, they found the Nine Yin Manual.

Without a second thought, I clicked to learn, and in an instant, a vast amount of operational principles of martial arts techniques and various training routes flooded into my mind.

Li Jingxiao stood still for more than ten minutes before he could memorize the entire technique.

The secret passage revealed that the Nine Yin Manual truly lived up to its reputation as the 'general outline of all martial arts'.

The first volume covers the foundation of internal energy cultivation, while the second volume covers martial arts techniques.

The Yi Jin Duan Gu Chapter not only includes static exercises for meditation, but also dynamic exercises that work from the outside in.

The Healing Chapter can not only be used to heal injuries, but also to increase one's power.

Acupressure, releasing acupoints, breath-holding, and muscle-tightening techniques are all practical exercises.

The seemingly inconspicuous force of flying catkins is actually a skillful way to deflect force, which can neutralize the opponent's powerful attack.

The most important general outline was very useful to Li Jingxiao.

Moreover, he memorized everything at once, and he could even understand Sanskrit.

This general outline is incredibly profound, capable of transforming illusions encountered by cultivators into supernatural powers, and also correcting the drawback of Taoist martial arts' overemphasis on yin and yang.

Skills such as Heart-Shattering Palm, White Python Whip Technique, Five-String Hand Dance, Great Demon-Subduing Fist, and Destructive Divine Claw.

In Li Jingxiao's eyes, although it was powerful, it was far less important than the internal energy cultivation method in the first volume of this martial arts manual.

Having learned this divine skill, Li Jingxiao only considered it for a moment.

He planned to pass on the "Tendon-Changing and Bone-Forging Manual" to his wife, concubine, and three cousins.

Standing there, Li Jingxiao kept pondering the Yi Jin Duan Gu Chapter. The more he studied it, the more impressed he became.

This kind of technique, which can enhance one's natural talent, is considered a cheat code not only in the world of martial arts.

Even in the world of cultivation, this should be considered an extraordinary technique.

Thinking and thinking, half an hour passed without me realizing it.

The three Jingxi sisters were already sweating profusely, while Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu, dressed neatly, walked out of the main room.

Seeing that their husbands weren't practicing martial arts today, but instead standing there supervising their three sisters-in-law, Jingxi and the other two were much more serious than before.

Even Jingrong, a child who was used to being lazy, was practicing Zhenwu Changquan in a very serious manner, which made Qin Keqing laugh.

"My lord, all three sisters are covered in sweat. They should rest for a while and wipe their sweat so they don't catch a cold."

Upon hearing this, Li Jingxiao snapped out of his daze and nodded.

Jing Rong immediately stopped punching and kicking, muttering, "So tired."

Qin Keqing hurriedly had her maid wipe the sweat from the foreheads and heads of the three of them with a dry towel, then put on a cloak to keep warm, and had them drink some hot water before going inside to rest for a while.

After the three sisters-in-law entered the house, she took Li Jingxiao's arm and said, "My lord, the sisters are still young, please don't be too strict with them."

Li Jingxiao rolled his eyes, but nodded and said with a smile, "You're the sister-in-law, so they're under your jurisdiction."

After saying that, he suddenly sighed, "My younger sister is getting old and won't be able to stay by my side for many more years."

Jingxi, who was inside the room, also heard these words, and her expression tightened.

She thought to herself that she was already 12 years old and would definitely be engaged in two or three years.

No matter how long she delays, she will definitely have to get married when she turns 16.

Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

At the same time, she also began to envy Jingyue and Jingrong.

Especially Jingrong, who will only be 4 years old after the New Year, will stay by her older brother's side for at least ten years.

However, seeing Jing Rong's carefree attitude, he could only sigh inwardly.

Thinking about it, having four years is actually a blessing from God.

Studying medicine, practicing martial arts, cultivating inner strength—perhaps one can even cultivate Taoist arts in the future.

Moreover, he received hands-on instruction from his elder brother, an opportunity that many people envy but never have.

Not to mention, last night, my elder brother made me drink that precious spirit wine without hesitation, so what else could I possibly regret?

Unexpectedly, Qin Keqing smiled and said, "My lord, although my younger sister is getting married, we will choose a son from a noble family in the capital as her husband."

We live close by, so it's very easy for us to visit each other.

"In the future, when the gentleman misses his nephew, it will be convenient for him to visit his sister and brother-in-law."

Li Jingxiao nodded in agreement; it was indeed unnecessary to marry off his three cousins ​​to someone far away.

Moreover, he was already the Marquis of Xing'an, so he had many more options for marriage with someone of equal social standing.

However, during the century of peace in the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of the sons of nobles and officials were dissolute and spoiled.

Even the young masters who don't cause trouble are mostly like Jia Baoyu—good-looking on the surface, but completely useless inside.

He frowned and said, "Madam, as your sister-in-law, you should pay more attention to this matter."

"Otherwise, even if I find a good match, my future in-laws might be difficult to get along with, and my younger sister would inevitably suffer after marrying into that family."

After hearing this, Qin Keqing rolled her eyes at Li Jingxiao. It was a common phenomenon for new brides to be bullied by their parents-in-law.

The only difference is that while some set rules for new brides, there's always a limit.

Some women take out the suffering they endured at the hands of their mothers-in-law on their daughters-in-law.

What's even more outrageous is that some noble families have long since lost all their wealth.

The pretext was to have the new bride manage the household, but in reality, it was to have her use her dowry to make up for the family's financial deficit.

In the later stages of her life, Wang Xifeng continuously took out her dowry.

Firstly, Wang Xifeng was reluctant to give up her power to manage the household.

Secondly, the steward had been in charge for many years, and even if there were account books, they would have long been a mess.

Not to mention, Lady Wang used Jia family money to supplement the Wang family's income, something that Wang Xifeng, who was also a daughter of the Wang family, could not possibly reveal.

Otherwise, if Madam Wang is not doing well, Wang Xifeng will not fare much better.

(End of this chapter)