The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 137 "The Art of Passing Through Walls" and "The Art of Freezing"

After the Longevity and Immortality Technique was upgraded, the amount of true qi in the body doubled.

The speed of circulating internal energy doubles, and even though the attack range of the sword control technique is longer, the mana consumed also increases.

However, the internal energy within his body was still sufficient to support the release of the sword control technique for a long time.

As he got up and walked out of the study, Li Jingxiao took a deep breath of the early spring air and immediately smelled the strong smell of alcohol on his body and clothes.

He shook his head with a smile, thinking that this was probably a negative effect of using spirit wine to increase cultivation speed.

It doesn't matter, since I don't attend the morning court sessions anyway, and my main responsibilities are related to demons and monsters.

Before we knew it, the Lantern Festival had passed.

These days, besides exercising with his wife and two pretty maids every morning to gain experience, Li Jingxiao has been spending his time doing other things.

I also visited the Jia family twice.

Each time, she used the excuse of checking Jia Baoyu's progress in martial arts training, but in reality, she was having romantic conversations and practicing with Yuan Chun.

Each time, Li Jingxiao earned at least 500 experience points.

In addition, there was the experience gained from Qin Keqing and the other two during these five days.

The level has reached 21 (730/4200).

After thinking for a moment, Li Jingxiao decided to add the 1 attribute point he gained from the upgrade to his Root Bone.

Constitution, Meridians +70%
They have stronger physiques and wider, more resilient meridians.

When practicing the Longevity and Immortality Exercise, the speed of Qi circulation and the amount of Qi that can be contained do indeed increase.

When practicing the Longevity and Immortality Technique and the Sword Control Technique, the proficiency points gained per hour increased from 2.4 to 2.5.

The Lightning Thunder Fist even reaches 3.1.
御剑术每天修炼至少14个小时，从小成（42/1000），涨到了（812/1000）

As soon as the Lantern Festival was over, Qin Zhong couldn't wait to run back to his brother-in-law and sister's house.

Qin Ye, the father-in-law, also wanted his beloved son to go live with his daughter as soon as possible.

Firstly, Qin Zhong himself couldn't be happier than to stay at his brother-in-law's house.

Secondly, Qin Ye himself knew that his youngest son was eating better with Li Jingxiao, and his sister was supervising his studies and martial arts practice.

Thirdly, he's an old widower with many responsibilities at the government office, so he doesn't have the time or energy to take care of his youngest son and just wants some peace and quiet.

Li Jingxiao naturally had no objection to this, and after buying the house on the left...

From now on, Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun will each live on one side, separated by a courtyard wall.

Even though a small gate was opened in the backyard, everyone still lived their own lives.

Since Qin Zhong lives here, it doesn't have much of an impact.

If Jia Baoyu were to move in with them in the future, Li Jingxiao thought about it and decided he could only let him be.

However, based on Li Jingxiao's understanding of that kid...

As long as he is given more homework, Yuan Chun is a strict person towards Bao Yu.

That kid will most likely stay for a few days and then start clamoring to go back to the Rongguo Mansion.

But since Yuan Chun didn't enter the palace as a concubine, Jia Baoyu's life from now on will definitely not be as carefree as it is in the book.

It is only natural for an elder sister to teach her younger brother. Not to mention Lady Wang, even if Grandmother Jia knew that Yuan Chun had punished Jia Baoyu, she couldn't say anything.

If that kid tries to avoid studying and practicing martial arts by feigning madness, Li Jingxiao has plenty of ways to deal with him.

That day, in the study, while drawing talismans, he mentally commanded his game character to defeat monsters.

After so many days, it has become much easier to defeat the bosses, the Fine Ghost and the Clever Bug.

After defeating two monsters, a sudden explosion occurred.

Li Jingxiao's gaze swept over, and his face lit up with joy.

Not only did it drop another purple-gold gourd and some level 20 equipment, but it also dropped two books that were shining with golden light.

Without thinking, I picked up two books.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be "Wall-Passing Technique" and "Immobilization Technique".

Li Jingxiao learned it without even thinking about it.

In an instant, the cultivation methods and principles of both Taoist techniques were imprinted into his mind.

Half an hour later, Li Jingxiao finally woke up.

The advantage of using cheats in games is that you can use them once you learn how.

He silently recited the incantation, circulated his internal energy, took a few steps, and easily passed through the wall from the study to appear in the courtyard.

The two maids serving outside the study were startled.

After recognizing that it was his own master, he patted his chest, comforting himself as he bowed to Li Jingxiao.

Li Jingxiao smiled and nodded, then turned and passed through the wall back to the study.

The two maids looked at each other, then swallowed hard. Instead of being afraid, they became excited.

There were simply too many miraculous things happening around Li Jingxiao, and the maids and old women in the mansion had long been used to it.

Fortunately, the maids' fear of Li Jingxiao suppressed their restlessness.

Otherwise, some maidservant would have already been scheming to get into his bed.

Besides being close to Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu, Li Jingxiao also refused to let the maids serve him even when he was washing up.

He set a good example by not giving the maids any chance to curry favor.

Moreover, getting rid of the stewards and more than a dozen servants at the old house did indeed intimidate the servants in the household.

The servants were never shortchanged on their monthly pay, and they ate quite well.

By combining kindness and strictness, the home naturally becomes very peaceful.

Qin Keqing herself appears kind, but her ability to manage a household was something she honed from a young age.

When punishment is due, we will not hesitate to take it.

Lee Kyung-hyo had long ago helped her establish her authority as the head of the household.

With Baozhu and Ruizhu assisting him, Li Jingxiao was able to leave the household affairs alone and live a carefree life as a master.
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After becoming familiar with the technique of passing through walls, Li Jingxiao thought long and hard, but still did not use the immobilization spell on his own servants.

After dinner, it was inevitable to check on Qin Zhong, the brother-in-law, to see if he had been slacking off at home during the Spring Festival.

Qin Keqing looked at her husband, first checking his younger brother's studies, and then checking whether he was proficient in practicing the Long Fist.

The more she looked at him, the more she admired Li Jingxiao.

Qin Zhong lived up to expectations, memorizing several chapters of the Analects.

His Zhenwu Long Fist technique is also much more skillful than it was before the Lunar New Year.

Li Jingxiao couldn't help but pat his brother-in-law's head and praised him with a smile.

Not only was Qin Zhong beaming with joy, but Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu also looked proud.

Jingxi and Jingyue were very satisfied with their hardworking and obedient younger brother.

Only Jing Rong, who always liked to slack off, pouted and looked at Qin Zhong with some unfriendly gaze.

However, the children, though dissatisfied, did not harbor any malice.

I just felt that no one was willing to slack off with me, and I was worried about being scolded.

Li Jingxiao thought for a moment and said to Qin Keqing, "Madam, tomorrow you should also pass on the <Yi Jin Duan Gu Zhang> to Brother Zhong."

Qin Keqing nodded hurriedly. The more she practiced the Yi Jin Duan Gu Zhang recently, the more she felt that this technique was indeed very magical.

Even without practicing internal energy cultivation techniques every day, one can gradually increase their internal strength.

If I were to cultivate internal energy further, my progress would be 20-30% faster than before.

Moreover, even though I've been bothered by my husband lately, I don't feel as sleepy and tired in the mornings as I used to.

His thinking seems to have become more agile, so passing this technique on to his younger brother will not only benefit his martial arts training.

It should also be beneficial in terms of reading.

When they rested at night, Qin Keqing couldn't help but show her tenderness once again. Baozhu and Ruizhu, needless to say, were even more affectionate.

Li Jingxiao can now gain 450 to 500 experience points every morning, so there's no need for him to torment his wife and the two of them every night.

Two or three times a week, the couple's sex life actually became more harmonious.

The three women became even more enthusiastic during each match.

The next morning, after practicing and gaining 450 experience points, Li Jingxiao rode out to the yamen on horseback.

They hadn't gone far when they saw several constables shouting "Make way!"

They were chasing after a disheveled guy with bloodshot eyes and black lips.

Li Jingxiao was looking for someone to test his immobilization spell on.

Seeing this, he recited the spell to freeze the person and blew a breath at them.

The figure that was running wildly just a second ago was frozen in place the next.

His body stiffened, and he was pulled down by the inertia of his body, sliding several meters to the ground.

The constables were overjoyed, having assumed the boy had slipped and fallen.

But when they grabbed the boy's hands and lifted him up...

Only then did they realize that the person was stiff all over, motionless like a frozen corpse.

Only one pair of eyes was moving erratically, but the eyes were red and the lips were black, which looked abnormal.

Li Jingxiao rode his tall horse towards the man.

When the constables saw Li Jingxiao in his python robe and the dozen or so guards in flying fish robes following behind him, they immediately noticed his attire.

I don't know where it is; we've met someone important.

They were too scared to go forward, and at the same time, they didn't dare to sneak away.

Li Jingxiao rode his horse around the man once, confirming once again that there was something wrong with him.

After thinking for a moment, an exorcism talisman appeared out of thin air, flew in front of the person, and burst out with a ball of golden light.

A cloud of black mist suddenly emerged from the man's body.

However, it was easily melted away by the golden light of the exorcism talisman.

In my mind, I heard a notification that I had gained 20 experience points.

Li Jingxiao became even more interested in this person.

In a short while, the man's eyes returned to normal, and his lips slowly regained color.

Li Jingxiao addressed the man and uttered the word "Release".

After the immobilization spell was lifted, the man's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

He saw Li Jingxiao looking down at him, young but dressed in a python robe.

After taking a closer look, his face suddenly lit up with joy, as if he recognized who Li Jingxiao was.

He got up and knelt on the ground, saying, "My lord, I am a personal guard under Miss Quan. I have been entrusted by Miss Quan to deliver a message to you in the Celestial Empire."

After listening, Lee Kyung-hyo recognized the man as one of the few survivors he had deliberately left alive when he was hunting down the Goryeo assassins last year.

For a moment I thought it was the Tatars invading Goryeo.

He hurriedly led the other party all the way to the Left Garrison Command Office.

Unexpectedly, after listening, his face was full of suspicion as he looked at the guy named Cui Yongze in front of him.

Choi Young-taek probably knew that Lee Kyung-hyo might not believe him.

He hurriedly pulled a brocade pouch from his cotton-padded coat and held it high with both hands.

Seeing this, Erfu stepped forward, took the brocade pouch, checked it, and confirmed that there was no problem.

Then he held it in both hands and placed it in front of Li Jingxiao.

After opening the brocade pouch and reading it, Li Jingxiao immediately recognized that it was indeed Quan Zhili's handwriting.

Kwon Ji-ri said that a bloodthirsty tiger, invulnerable to swords and spears, had been discovered in Saikaido and had already destroyed eleven villages.

Even when her father, the governor of Saikai Province, sent troops to kill the tiger, they not only failed, but were also eaten by the tiger and injured hundreds of soldiers.

Moreover, those county soldiers who were bitten to death actually came back to life and became the vengeful ghosts of that tiger demon.

Not only do they wreak havoc everywhere, but those killed by these wretched ghosts also become the tiger demon's henchmen.

By now, the tiger demon has occupied a mountain range, calling himself "Golden Sun Lord," and no one can subdue him.

Kwon Ji-ri thought about how powerful Lee Kyung-hyo was, and how many rumors about him had been circulating in her hands in recent months.

After returning to Saikaido, the woman not only did not hate Li Jingxiao for forcing himself on her, but she also missed him even more.

They simply sent a letter to Li Jingxiao, asking him to go to the Western Sea Path to subdue the demon.

After reading it, Li Jingxiao curled his lip, saying that a round trip would take at least one or two months.

He was about to marry Jia Yuanchun, so how could he postpone the wedding just to save some Koreans?
Moreover, the experience gained from killing the tiger demon and the ghost might not even be as much as the experience gained from the two wives and several maids.

Li Jingxiao would never agree to something so uneconomical.

He stared at Cui Yongze and asked, "Where did the evil aura on you come from?"

Cui Yongze hurriedly replied, "Thank you for saving my life, sir. Before the New Year, I accompanied the county soldiers and Miss Quan to participate in the battle to annihilate that tiger demon."

At that time, the tiger demon led the ghost to raid the camp at night, and the little man was scratched on the arm by the ghost.

Fortunately, the armor protected it, and it was just a small wound.

Unexpectedly, just half a month later, on his way to the capital, the little man started to have a fever and nightmares.

My mind has been getting foggy these past two days.

Fortunately, I encountered an adult; otherwise, I don't know if I would have become a wretched ghost, enslaved by that tiger demon.

Li Jingxiao hesitated now, wondering if this man surnamed Cui was telling the truth.

If the ghosts under the tiger demon's command injure people everywhere, will they eventually infect everyone and turn them into a ghost army, just like in zombie movies?

Fortunately, he thought of those ghosts, who were, after all, subordinates of the tiger demon. Wherever the tiger stayed, the ghosts would stay too.

At most, the tiger demon will occupy an area of ​​only a hundred miles in radius.

While Hwanghae Province doesn't look very big on a map, it actually covers an area of ​​about 8 square kilometers.

No matter how powerful the tiger demon is, it can only occupy one percent, or one-fiftieth.

At most one-tenth of the Yellow Sea Route.

They're still a long way from threatening the territory of the Great Zhou.

Furthermore, there are the Tatars to the north. If they were to target the weakest link, they would most likely only expand northward and eastward towards Goryeo.

More likely, he occupied a mountain range, established himself as king, and lived a peaceful life as the 'Golden Sun Lord'.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao was neither worried nor concerned.

Moreover, in his eyes, the Koreans were not good allies either.

However, one cannot appear too indifferent on the surface.

Lee Kyung-hyo was simply using his past life's experience to understand the Goryeo people of this era.

To be honest, when the Central Plains dynasties were powerful, the vassal states such as Goryeo, Naman, Tibet, and the Western Regions were actually quite submissive and loyal to them.

Only when the Central Plains dynasty begins to decline will the new king have other ideas.

In the Ming Dynasty of his previous life, the Korean people were very loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

It was only after being defeated by the Manchus that they were forced to submit to the Qing Dynasty.

So Li Jingxiao thought about it and realized that he couldn't use his past life's experience and mindset to understand the vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty in this era.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but recall the corpse tiger he had encountered at the imperial mausoleum.

(End of this chapter)