The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 148 They've given enough benefits, they've even dug through the walls.

Even if Li Jingxiao were overconfident, he wouldn't dare say he could defeat these two demons who might have hundreds of years of cultivation.

Of course, a fox demon can take human form after a hundred years of cultivation, or even just a few decades.

However, it is much more difficult for a snake demon to transform into human form.

It took Bai Suzhen a thousand years to transform into human form, but it seems that Xiaoqing only took five hundred years.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao guessed that this snake demon probably also had 500 years of cultivation.

Moreover, Shi Delong mentioned that this spirit of the Hu family has been worshipped for seven generations.

His cultivation level must have been several hundred years.

Li Jingxiao sometimes even wondered if that Fairy Jinghuan might actually be a powerful demon with profound cultivation.

However, this idea is just speculation.

Having never seen the Fairy of Illusion, there's naturally no way to prove this conjecture.

After a round of polite exchanges, a banquet was naturally held, and guests were treated to food and drinks.

Since Li Jingxiao wanted to win people over, he wouldn't be stingy at this time.

They directly served Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong Monkey Spirit Wine.

The two immortals' goodwill towards Li Jingxiao increased even more.

Shi Delong, Lin Yi, and Liu Hongshi were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Li Jingxiao.

He also frequently gave Hu Xinrong, Hu Rou'er, Liu Yixiu, and Liu Yizhi meaningful glances.

The four shamanic disciples weren't stupid either. Seeing their master looking on with anticipation, they could tell that the wine the Marquis had brought out was something good.

Taking advantage of the situation, Li Jingxiao also shared a cup with Erfu, Zhao Junheng, and the other twelve guards.

Then he waved them away.

Erfu and Zhao Junheng, who had already drunk the wine once, hurriedly expressed their gratitude and led the other 10 people to the side hall.

As soon as the wine went down my throat, I felt a warm current rushing from my throat straight to my internal organs.

Then all the muscles and tendons in my body felt comfortable.

He busied himself meditating and practicing the internal energy cultivation method of the Five Tigers Severing the Gate Saber.

After leaving the capital, Li Jingxiao only spent one day pondering.

He then passed on the internal energy cultivation method of the Five Tigers Severing the Gate Saber to the other twelve guards who had not yet learned the method.

There are also two trial commanders, Zhao Junming and Han Mengzhuo.

Along the way, whenever we set up camp, we would set aside some time to explain things to them and answer their questions.

Therefore, once the spirit wine is ingested, it affects whether one cultivates internal energy or not.

Each of them made great progress in their internal energy cultivation.

Apart from Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, everyone else in the room, after drinking the first cup of spiritual wine, didn't care about anything else.

I sat cross-legged and began my meditation practice.

Li Jingxiao didn't mind, raised his wine glass, and gestured for Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong to continue drinking.

When the two immortals received the 20 jin of spirit wine yesterday, they already knew it was a good thing.

Although a pound or two is not of much use to them.

But if it's tens or hundreds of kilograms, then it's a different story.

Even if you don't drink it yourself, you can give it to the younger generation in the clan, and that will have a great effect.

Now that they have the chance to drink as much as they want, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong certainly won't stand on ceremony.

He kept saying nice things to Li Jingxiao while toasting him with one glass of wine after another.

Li Jingxiao, on the other hand, drank along without a care in the world. After all, the game refreshes the Flower Fairy every day, and Monkey Wine can be bought with game currency.

Every day, by using the purple-gold gourd to absorb the spiritual energy of the flower fairies, one can refine 100 catties of monkey spirit wine in a day.

I relied on this spiritual wine to cultivate every day. At first, I could only drink seven or eight catties a day, otherwise I wouldn't be able to refine it all.

Even now that the sword control technique is highly mastered, the meridians and dantian can hold even more true qi.

Li Jingxiao only drank 10 jin (5 catties) before saying he couldn't hold his liquor.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong each kept an eye on several 5-jin (2.5 catties) unopened wine jars, while Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong left their seats to refine spiritual energy.

As soon as he left, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong hurriedly took two of the five unopened wine jars each and put them away.

Then, ignoring the resentful expressions of Shi Delong and the others, he drank the remaining jar of spirit wine in a few gulps.

After finishing her drink, Hu Xian'er's eyes showed a slight hint of intoxication.

He muttered regretfully, "This handsome marquis is good in every way, except that he has a poor alcohol tolerance."

"That would be so great if we could drink all night long."

Liu Cuitong nodded in agreement. After drinking more than twenty catties of spirit wine, she immediately felt that she had made a great deal on this trip.

If it weren't for her concern for Li Jingxiao and her inability to accept that he was an outsider, this woman would have offered herself to him.

Even a fleeting affair with Li Jingxiao would be fine.

Of course, this is on the premise that you can drink this spirit wine every day.

If all else fails, drinking it once every three to five days is acceptable.

Hu Xian'er actually had similar thoughts in her heart.

Snakes are inherently lewd, and foxes are no better.

Li Jingxiao returned to the backyard to meditate and cultivate, refining spiritual energy while also thinking about something else.

Should we find an opportunity to compete with Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong?

It would be strange if a young man like Li Jingxiao, who hadn't fought with his wife for almost a month, didn't miss her.

However, he still harbored some reservations and unease towards demons.

If you get into a fight in bed and not only lose, but also end up being sexually exploited by your partner, you'll be the one who suffers.

Fortunately, you gain experience, and it doesn't necessarily have to end in a fight in bed.

But when it came to a contest of swordsmanship and Taoist magic, Li Jingxiao worried that he wouldn't be able to defeat the two great immortals.

After thinking it over and over, a thought suddenly struck him: he could ask the two of them to play chess.

Of course, not Go, but the simplest game of Gomoku (Five in a Row).

Li Jingxiao never imagined that he could consistently beat two demons who had lived for hundreds of years in Gomoku.

While the two players are still unfamiliar with Gomoku, winning a few more times, no matter how many experience points you gain, is still a win.

However, with a belly full of spiritual wine, I should first activate the Longevity and Immortality Technique.

It took more than half an hour to convert the spiritual energy in his body into 100 points of proficiency in the Longevity Technique.

Now that he had mastered the sword control technique, Li Jingxiao naturally focused his main cultivation on the Longevity and Immortality Technique.

Then he practiced the Lightning Thunder Fist.

As darkness approached, Li Jingxiao personally carved a set of Gomoku (Five in a Row).

He got up and went out, instructing people to prepare dinner.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong spent the afternoon refining the spirit wine, and suddenly felt that their cultivation was more than ten times faster than usual.

Suddenly, Hu Rou'er and Liu Yizhi knocked on the door and said that the Marquis had prepared dinner and invited the two immortals to dine with him.

The two, who had already refined the spirit wine, couldn't help but beam with joy.

Unfortunately, once we were seated, the wine on the table was just Du Kang wine.

Although the taste is indeed excellent, compared to Monkey Spirit Wine, it suddenly seems tasteless.

Li Jingxiao simply drank tea.

If it weren't for the need for cultivation, Li Jingxiao really had no interest in alcohol.

Before he had Lingjiu (a type of Chinese liquor), he basically didn't drink at home, which shows that he really didn't like alcohol.

But Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong were upset.

Two mature and beautiful women, both around thirty years old, stared at Li Jingxiao, who was seated in the main seat, with resentful expressions.

Not only did the three Shi brothers keep their heads down, but Hu Xinrong and Hu Rou'er, uncle and nephew, and Liu Yixiu and Liu Yizhi, brother and sister, also looked embarrassed.

I wish I could finish the rice in my bowl in a few bites and immediately go out to get away.

And he secretly thought to himself that his own immortal master had become somewhat decadent.

For Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, although they were addressed as "Great Immortals," other animal spirits were also called "Great Immortals." In short, it was just a respectful title used by ordinary people.

The relationship with the shamanic families is simply a matter of mutual benefit.

Of course, the fairies definitely dominate.

Therefore, for the two of them, Li Jingxiao was a benefactor who could help them improve their cultivation.

Being obsequious is the normal way of thinking.

Li Jingxiao completely ignored the looks in Hu Xian'er's and Liu Cuitong's eyes.

They ate at a leisurely pace, and before long, the three Shi brothers and the four members of the Hu and Liu families finished eating and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Lee Kyung-hyo then slowly shifted the topic to playing chess.

The two demons, Hu and Liu, had always intended to flatter Li Jingxiao, having heard that he knew a new method of casting spells.

I couldn't help but become curious.

Seeing the two of them fall into the trap, Li Jingxiao smiled and took out a chessboard. The rules sounded quite simple.

But once she got the hang of it, Hu Xian'er lost in just a few moves.

Suddenly, a notification sound came from Li Jingxiao's mind: +100 experience points.

When Li Jingxiao looked at Hu Xian'er again, his gaze became increasingly eager.

The fox demon's hair stood on end at the sight.

He gritted his teeth and played two more games with Li Jingxiao.

When one's mind is unsettled, playing chess becomes naturally impossible.

Li Jingxiao was secretly delighted to have gained 300 experience points so easily in just five or six minutes.

Hu Xian'er couldn't stand Li Jingxiao's gaze any longer, so she quickly gave up her seat to Liu Cuitong.

Although Liu Cuitong watched three rounds, when it came to playing herself, she lost even faster than Hu Xian'er.

It's clear that this snake demon's chess skills aren't much better.

In fact, Liu Cuitong may not have played chess much in the past few centuries.

This made Li Jingxiao even more excited.

He insisted on playing over twenty rounds with the two fairies.

从24级（110/4800），升级到了（2410/4800）

Only when Hu Xian'er was really unwilling to get off did they reluctantly let the two leave.

With the goal of gaining experience points, Li Jingxiao completely ignored the tiger demon in Xihaidao for a time.

For various reasons, I stayed in Zhenjiang Fort for five days.

Until it became increasingly difficult to beat Hu Xian'er.

Moreover, that woman Kwon Ji-ri sent Choi Young-taek to Zhenjiang Fort to welcome her into the Western Sea Road.

It was somewhat regrettable that we were preparing to depart tomorrow and enter Goryeo territory.

As for Liu Cuitong, this woman is really not good at playing chess.

Although he has made some progress in these five days, it's not much. At least it's much easier for Li Jingxiao to beat her than to beat Hu Xian'er.

I glanced at my character's level; it was already level 26 (1710/5200).
I earned over 10,000 experience points in five days, and I even got 3,000 points in the first two days.

Unfortunately, it wasn't easy to win against Hu Xian'er in the last two days, so the average daily winnings were only a little over two thousand.

Without much thought, Li Jingxiao added the 2 attribute points to his physique.

体质17、根骨21+4、悟性18+2
Now, with the Sword Control Technique and the Everlasting Spring Palace, without drinking spirit wine, simply by practicing, one can already gain 3.1 proficiency points per hour.

The Lightning Thunder Fist generates 3.7 points per hour.

Li Jingxiao was once again swayed, and he abandoned the two vixens' intentions.

But he didn't dare say it out loud, lest he lose his friendship and end up getting beaten up by the two of them.

So Li Jingxiao thought for a moment and decided to find an opportunity to recruit the two as bodyguards.

However, Li Jingxiao was also worried that if he took the two of them back to the capital, his family might cause a huge uproar.

They also had to consider the emperor and his son, as well as the civil and military officials in the court, who would have second thoughts after learning that the two women were monsters.

This put Li Jingxiao in a difficult position.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before Li Jingxiao had an idea.

He thought to himself, "If living in the city isn't feasible, then I might as well live in the mountains outside the city."

In any case, what I care about most is my cultivation level and rank.

If you find the mountains too quiet and cold, then build a large garden outside the city.

Buy a farm with thousands of acres of land and build a garden like the Grand View Garden.

With beautiful wives and concubines by his side, not only would his cultivation not be hindered, but he would certainly enjoy his life immensely.

When they have nothing to do, they can also play chess with Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong.

With experience, why isn't it taking off yet?

As for whether Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong will agree, it all depends on whether they are willing to part with the spirit wine.

With their own protection, the two wanted to practice medicine and save lives, and they would certainly receive more merit and blessings than if they had stayed outside the pass.

By the time the group set off, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong had gone from being hired thugs to becoming close bodyguards like Erfu and the others.

This made Hu Xinrong and Hu Rou'er, uncle and nephew, as well as Liu Yixiu and Liu Yizhi, brother and sister, feel as if their own ancestor had been kidnapped.

They even lowered themselves to the status of others, becoming helpless and irritable as subordinates.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao said, "Your great immortal has gone to the capital, so can't you all go to the capital too?"
Moreover, if you wish, I will directly appoint you as junior officers of the Left Garrison Command.

If he makes meritorious contributions in the future, it is not impossible for him to become a captain or a centurion.

Even if it's just a thousand-household commander, as long as the merit is great enough, I will report it to His Majesty.

"Your two families can also rise from humble rural dwellers beyond the Great Wall to hereditary Imperial Guards in the capital."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the Hu family uncle and nephew, and the Liu family siblings lit up.

Last time, when the cat-faced old woman was involved, we almost agreed to serve under the Marquis.

Now that even their own powerful deity has become someone else's subordinate, and with so many benefits to be had, it would be foolish not to agree.

After glancing at Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, the two demons completely ignored the four people's gazes.

Hu Liu and the other three sighed inwardly, knowing that their master was determined to follow the Marquis.

Li Jingxiao's conditions for bribing the two women were simple: 30 catties of spirit wine per person per month.

The two of them don't usually need to do anything.

When Li Jingxiao was about to leave the capital, the two men served as his guards.

They play chess occasionally and act as sparring partners for fist fighting, swordsmanship, and magic.

To avoid encountering other powerful demons who are unfamiliar with their moves and spells.

At other times, he runs a clinic to practice medicine or continues to help his shamanic disciples heal the sick and save lives.

It can handle anything from dealing with strange and harmful things to solving problems.

However, along with the benefits, there will naturally be constraints.

Li Jingxiao insisted that the two swear an oath by their souls and kneel before the divine tablet of Zhenwu the Great.

He made it clear that he would not intentionally harm anyone.

They would not harm Li Jingxiao or his family and descendants.

However, if it is an order from Lee Kyung-hyo, Lee Kyung-hyo will also bear the consequences of the murder between the two.

Cause and effect, cause and effect. If the whole family is wiped out, even their souls are destroyed, then there is no cause and effect.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao believed he was not crazy and would not kill people casually.

If someone truly offends him or has a grudge against him, Li Jingxiao would not hesitate to kill them, even if there were consequences.

Besides, saving more people can actually earn merit, which can offset the negative effects.

Li Jingxiao understood this very well, so he agreed without hesitation.

The next morning, led by Choi Young-taek and three Goryeo warriors who followed him, they left Zhenjiang Fort.

(End of this chapter)