The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 143: Getting Married Increases Drop Rate

Seeing that Li Jingxiao's attitude towards Prince Dongping, Mu Shi, and Prince Bei Jing, Shui Rong, was somewhat indifferent.

This is nothing like the Jia family, who always treat the four kings and eight dukes as old relatives, or even allies.

At the wedding, everyone except those who were dim-witted or had questionable stances immediately took notice of Li Jingxiao.

Especially King Chungshun.

If the retired emperor wants to regain power, he will inevitably try to win over his former officials.

But if the emperor wants to consolidate power, he will naturally target the nobles.

It can be said that Emperor Longde was the one who most wanted to 'strip his title and seize power'.

However, in their attitudes toward the four princes of different surnames, the retired emperor and the emperor were actually quite similar.

It can be said that if the four princes of different surnames were stripped of their titles, the lives of the dukes, marquises, earls and other nobles in the court would certainly be much better.

Shui Rong married a girl from the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and the Zhen and Jia families were related by ancestry.

It can be said that Shui Rong and the Jia family were actually very close. When the Jia family was raided, Jia Zheng was able to be released without charge and even reinstated to his original position and inherit the Rongguo Mansion's status. It was all thanks to Shui Rong's efforts behind the scenes.

However, Li Jingxiao was very indifferent to Shui Rong, and the smart people present couldn't help but give Li Jingxiao a thumbs up in their hearts.

Even Shui Rong herself showed an embarrassed expression, with a flash of anger, but in her heart she thought that Li Jingxiao was obviously protecting himself.

Having too good a relationship among court officials is not a good thing.

Even in-laws can sometimes show hostility towards each other when necessary.

To put it bluntly, it was all done for the emperor's benefit.

Shui Rong was so smart that he immediately understood what Li Jingxiao meant.

Not only did she not look down on Li Jingxiao, she praised him even more in her heart.

But if it's necessary to win them over, Shuirong will still try to win them over.

Firstly, Li Jingxiao is clearly a new force, and secondly, everyone wants the pills he possesses.

All Li Jingxiao had to do was to remain indifferent to Shui Rong and the other three princes of different surnames.

Even the emperor's own brother, Prince Zhongshun, was not enthusiastic.

But the more he acted this way, the more people wanted to get close to him.

After the wedding ceremony, Li Jingxiao was surrounded by blessings and laughter.

Surrounded by a dozen or so little children brought by various families, they held the red ribbon in Yuan Chun's hand and led her to the bridal chamber in the backyard.

Once outside the main hall, Li Jingxiao found the red ribbon inconvenient and simply took Yuan Chun's hand instead.

This caused the maids and servants following behind to cover their mouths and chuckle.

Although Yuan Chun's face turned as red as if she had been boiled, she was secretly delighted.

For a newlywed wife, her husband's love is a source of support.

It was in this unfamiliar new family that I gained the confidence to stand firm.

Yuan Chun followed closely behind Li Jingxiao, crossing several thresholds before entering the bridal chamber in the backyard.

Li Jingxiao helped Yuan Chun sit on the wedding bed and instructed the matchmaker, Baoqin, You Erjie, and You Sanjie to take good care of Yuan Chun. He told them to have someone bring her some hot food if she got hungry.

Seeing how much Li Jingxiao cared for his young lady, the old women, maids, Baoqin, and You Erjie and You Sanjie who came with the Jia family as part of the dowry...

I couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation and peace as I looked towards this unfamiliar place and my new home.

Li Jingxiao didn't have much time to spend with Yuan Chun at this moment, as there were still so many guests outside who needed to be greeted.

As the groom, he still had to go from table to table toasting guests.

He gave Yuan Chun a few more instructions before leading his men to the main hall of the central courtyard.

As the groom, he'll inevitably be forced to drink tonight.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao was a cheat code; the wine entered his mouth, and with a single thought, it appeared in his game inventory.

No matter how much you drink, you won't get drunk.

Moreover, it has long been rumored that he is a wine connoisseur.

People used to doubt that he could drink more than ten or even thirty or forty kilograms of strong liquor.

Taking advantage of Li Jingxiao's remarriage, many people were eager to try and get him drunk.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao didn't ask his groomsmen to help him avoid drinking throughout the entire process.

On the contrary, the dozen or so groomsmen who followed him all the way only stayed at a quarter or a third of the tables before some of them couldn't take it anymore.

In the end, Li Jingxiao's reputation as the Wine Immortal grew ever more renowned.

The wedding banquet lasted until after 10 p.m., with only a few tables remaining, where the younger generation of each family was still drinking heavily.

Li Jingxiao has no shortage of alcohol; in the town on the level 20 map of the game, you can buy Fenjiu, Dukang, Shaodaozi, and Houerjiu.

Moreover, the games produced are always of extremely high quality.

The guests were all extremely satisfied with the Fenjiu liquor served this time.

Many people asked where the wine came from when Li Jingxiao offered him a toast.

It seems the other person also wants to buy some to take home and drink.

Or it can be used to entertain guests.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao has no interest in selling wine at the moment.

The 24 silver winter melons stolen from Guanghui Temple, weighing 600 jin, were worth 23 taels of silver.

Including the fortune teller and temple keeper's savings, there are approximately 350,000 taels of silver in the inventory.

This sum of money, even if the Ning and Rong families were as extravagant as they were, would be enough to sustain them for eight to ten years.

Otherwise, just selling wine would easily earn tens or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year.

As for game currency, Li Jingxiao grinds monsters in the game every day, so he has plenty of it.

Since money is not a problem, having a business that is too profitable is not necessarily a good thing.

China has always had an official-centric mindset, so these fine wines are better used to make money.

It's better to maintain its scarcity and use it as a gift in the future.

Or entertaining guests would bring greater benefits than earning tens or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Moreover, having power means you don't even have to think about how to make money.

There are plenty of people who will go to great lengths to give you money.

Even without resorting to corruption or illegal activities, simply by using the Li family's name, merchants can save 30-40%, or even 70-80%, of the various extortions they incur along the way.

Silk worth ten thousand taels of silver could be transported from Jiangnan to the capital, as long as it was transported under the name of the Left Garrison Commander or Li Jingxiao.

Saving one or two thousand taels of silver in costs is a piece of cake.

Having power is the same as having money.

In Chinese society, having money is nothing more than being someone else's money bag.

If Li Jingxiao wanted to exploit the local areas, he only needed to send people from the Left Garrison Command to set up checkpoints and inspect the waterways in Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Datong, Guangdong and Guangxi, Sichuan and other places.

Earning two or three hundred thousand taels of silver a year is as easy as drinking water.

Li Jingxiao instructed the steward to take good care of the remaining tables of guests, and after thinking for a moment, he went to the East Courtyard first.

Qin Keqing was surprised to see him come to her place at this time tonight.

While feeling touched, she was also worried that if Yuan Chun found out, she would hate herself even more.

So Qin Keqing grabbed Li Jingxiao's arm in an annoyed manner and pushed him out.

Li Jingxiao was worried that Qin Keqing would be upset, but seeing that she seemed alright, he felt relieved and went to the main house in the backyard of the west courtyard.

As soon as they entered the backyard of the West Garden, a maid who had come with the Jia family as part of their dowry hurriedly ran to report to Yuan Chun.

Li Jingxiao didn't mind and even deliberately walked slowly.

After entering the bridal chamber, the matchmaker finished her joyful and auspicious words, took the 20 taels of silver given to her by Li Jingxiao, and happily left. The rest, she had already experienced once with Qin Keqing.

So Li Jingxiao wasn't in a hurry at all. He lifted the red veil, drank the nuptial wine with Yuan Chun, and finally, after washing up, he held the feverish Yuan Chun in his arms and rested.

Before long, the sounds of fighting could be heard coming from inside the house. In the end, Yuan Chun was no match for Li Jingxiao.

Worried that she wouldn't be able to satisfy her husband since she was newly married, she could only call Baoqin, who was both nervous and expectant, in.

Li Jingxiao naturally wouldn't be polite.

One of the duties of a maid who accompanies her in her dowry is to share the burden of pressure with her mistress.

Li Jingxiao visited the Jia family several times, teaching Yuan Chun martial arts as well as Bao Qin martial arts.

After several encounters, physical contact was inevitable, and the master and servant had actually become familiar with Li Jingxiao.

This competition seemed to have come about naturally.

Just like Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu.

Yuan Chun has 50 experience points, while Bao Qin has 25.

The fighting inside the house didn't stop until midnight.

The two young girls, You Erjie and You Sanjie, were still little girls.

Suppressing her embarrassment, she led the four maids, born into the household and personally selected by Grandmother Jia and Lady Wang for Yuan Chun.

Carrying toiletries and hot water, I entered the master bedroom.

After Li Jingxiao married Qin Keqing, he was not used to being served.

Having been treated like trash by Baozhu and Ruizhu for so long, they've gotten used to it.

If it weren't for certain things that Li Jingxiao simply couldn't accept, he could have avoided doing anything himself.

After getting up and putting on his outer robe, Li Jingxiao took the hot towel handed to him by Sister You Er and wiped himself with it. His gaze towards Sister You Er was momentarily dazed.

In the slightly dim environment, under the lamplight, even though Sister You Erjie had not yet fully blossomed, she was still a beauty in the making.

As for You Sanjie, she was still a young girl, and Li Jingxiao had no interest in her whatsoever.

However, just looking at a pretty young girl can indeed make one feel happy.

Not to mention, he's completely obedient to you.

Unfortunately, none of the maids who accompanied her in her dowry had the "playboy" label above their heads.

This means that none of these maids are characters from the Twelve Beauties or the Twelve Sub-Beauties.

Li Jingxiao's attitude towards them immediately became the same as that towards Qin Keqing's maids.

I treated them as just employees and had no other thoughts about them.

This disappointed the maids in the room.

But in Yuan Chun's eyes, her husband was a virtuous gentleman.

As for Li Jingxiao, he was thinking about Sister You Er and Sister You San.

It was already agreed before the marriage that the You sisters would be concubines. It would be strange if Li Jingxiao didn't care.

After Li Jingxiao and Yuan Chun finished washing up, the You sisters and the maids couldn't help but look enviously at Baoqin, who was dressed in her undergarments and wearing an outer robe.

Being taken by the master on the very first night meant that even if she wasn't a concubine for the time being, she would still enjoy the same treatment as Baozhu and Ruizhu in the East Courtyard.

Nothing happened that night, and Li Jingxiao woke up naturally around 7 a.m. as usual.

Then he saw Yuan Chun, who had just become a bride, with her arm around his arm, half of her body pressed against his side, a smile on her lips, her pretty face rosy as she slept soundly.

Lee Kyung-hyo lowered his head and kissed Won-chun on the forehead, then didn't rush to get up.

Instead, they focused their attention on character levels.

Level 22 (510/4400).
The attribute points after the upgrade were added to Comprehension.

体质17、根骨17+4、悟性18+2
These days, Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu have been pestering me to play matches every night.

In the morning, I have to drag myself to practice martial arts and sword fighting. By the end of the day, I get at least 550 experience points.

However, this caused Qin Keqing, Baozhu, and Ruizhu great distress, as they had much less time to cultivate their internal energy.

Fortunately, although the three of them were tired in the morning and evening, they still had plenty of time to take a nap during the day.

Some of the household's trivial matters were then handed over to Jingxi to handle.

Even the wedding procession was largely overseen by Jingxi.

Although Jingxi has been working hard lately, after experiencing this wedding, she will no longer be completely clueless about the procedures and equipment she needs before her own wedding.

Around 8 a.m., Jia Heng's biological mother, Jia Chenshi, noticed that her husband still hadn't gotten out of bed.

After much deliberation, she brought up the master's early habit of practicing martial arts with the dowry maid.

It's already past 8 o'clock. If I don't remind him, I might get punished by the master.

The head maid was unsure whether to agree or disagree with these words, but considering that Jia Chenshi was, after all, the mother of the servant in the Marquis's household.

He was also ordered by the Marquis to manage the small kitchen.

Three meals a day were prepared specifically for the Marquis and Madam Qin, the eldest wife of the East Courtyard.

After all, he was someone with status and influence.

They were also worried that Jia Chenshi would be jealous of them for being dismissed from the kitchen by the Jia family when she fell ill.

After hesitating for a moment, he went to knock on the door.

Have the maid who sleeps in the side hall keep watch in the house, and then wake her up.

Li Jingxiao had actually been awake for a while. For the past hour, although he had his eyes closed, his mind was focused on the game.

Yesterday I was busy with the wedding procession and banquet all day, and then I played a game with Yuan Chun in the evening.

There's no time to grind monsters.

While Yuan Chun was still fast asleep, he directed his game character to kill monsters.

I don't know if they're newly married.

The drop rate seems to be much higher than usual when fighting monsters.

Even when farming monsters in level 20 maps, you can get a level 20 'Flying Immortal Sword'.

Sharpness +5, Penetration +5, Reduces mana consumption by 20%.

Compared to other level 20 weapons that only have +3 to their attributes, this 'Flying Immortal Sword' is already considered top-tier.

Once you defeat the bosses guarding the gate—the Fine Ghost and the Clever Bug—you'll get another huge loot drop.

In addition to some level 20 jewelry, a spellbook called "Mystic Light Technique" also dropped.

After learning it, Li Jingxiao realized that this spell was actually the 'Moon-Taking Technique'.

Draw a circle on the water, on a wall, or even in the palm of your hand.

It is a high-level Taoist technique that can conjure images out of thin air and investigate situations in the distance.

When one's cultivation reaches a high level, one can perceive the scenes one desires, even from hundreds or thousands of miles away.

It can also display the things, people, and scenery that are explored, just like a 3D movie.

As he was about to set off for the campaign, he worried that intelligence would be a problem once he was on the battlefield.

With this magic, the problem was solved immediately.

Afterwards, Li Jingxiao directed his game character back to the starting village to grind through the beginner monsters.

The drop rate is also much higher than before.

In addition to obtaining a lot of weapons and jewelry, I also found more than a dozen martial arts manuals.

Among them were the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) and the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, which I had been thinking about for a long time.

Without a second thought, Li Jingxiao immediately learned both martial arts techniques.

(End of this chapter)