The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 154 The Water Avoidance Technique

Lee Kyung-hyo hadn't forgotten that most of these Goryeo people had witnessed his battle with King Kim Yang-gun.

And then there was a sky full of thunder, which wiped out more than a hundred lesser demons in one fell swoop.

The remaining dozens of little demons, after witnessing that scene, wished their parents could give them more legs.

They all ran away without even thinking.

Li Jingxiao was only concerned with Jin Yangjun at the time and did not have time to search the tiger demon's cave.

Otherwise, you could definitely earn an extra 10,000 to 20,000 experience points.

Therefore, these Goryeo slaves treated Lee Kyung-hyo like a god.

When Kwon Ji-ri saw that Lee Kyung-hyo had agreed, her gaze towards him became even more tender and adoring.

I heard from the rescued clansmen that the lord beside them could not only command thunder.

He cast another spell, and lightning flashed across the sky, as if the God of Thunder had descended to earth, easily wiping out more than a hundred monsters.

Thinking back to the scene where he saved her, Kwon Ji-ri felt weak all over and wished she could swallow Lee Kyung-hyo whole.

However, this woman was ambitious after all, and she suppressed the restlessness in her heart.

She continued, "By the way, Master Shi and I, along with our subordinates, entered the cave of Lord Jinyang."

They found nearly ten thousand taels of silver, over three hundred taels of gold, and four chests of jewelry.

Lee Kyung-hyo doesn't really care much about money, since it's easy for him to make money if he wants to.

Moreover, after stealing more than 200,000 taels of silver from Guanghui Temple, his desire for money diminished even further.

However, thinking about my previous plan to build a manor outside the capital, it seems that the money I have is really not enough.

Fortunately, there was still the money that Jin Yangjun had plundered, so he wasn't too worried.

Looking at Kwon Ji-ri's beautiful face, he quickly saw the ambition in the woman's eyes.

He asked with a smile, "How much silver do you want?"

Kwon Ji-ri's heart tightened, but after a moment of silence, she said, "With that ten thousand taels of silver, it should be enough for the few hundred men under my command for two or three years."

Simply supporting a few hundred people would only require a thousand taels a year.

However, if it involves purchasing weapons, armor, and even horses, and then training them, then three to five thousand taels a year is indeed quite normal.

Lee Kyung-hyo thought about it and realized that Kwon Ji-ri would be in charge in Saikaido.

Or simply becoming a military commander wouldn't be a bad thing for him.

Of course, if he wanted, he could take his wife and children to Southeast Asia or India.

Don't say things like, "It's not hard for you to be king."

On the contrary, if the Great Zhou wants to sit on the throne, at least the Great Zhou needs to be thrown into chaos first.

The thought of how many citizens of the Great Zhou would die in the chaos quickly extinguished any remaining thoughts in Li Jingxiao's mind.

Rising up in chaotic times is about saving people from suffering.

Actively disrupting society, the only benefit one gains in the end is becoming emperor, which doesn't seem very appealing.

As long as one achieves success in cultivation, the emperor is merely a supreme being in the mortal world; with extraordinary power, one can also become a supreme being.

However, leaving himself a way out is not only necessary for Li Jingxiao, but also doesn't require much effort on his part.

Just give Kwon Ji-ri some support.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao not only agreed to give Quan Zhili 10,000 taels of silver, but also more than 300 taels of gold and four boxes of jewelry.

He simply asked Quan Zhili to select some fine jewelry, intending to bring it back to the capital to give to his two wives and concubines like Baozhu.

Everything else was handed over to Kwon Ji-ri.

Kwon Ji-ri pouted, understanding what Lee Kyung-hyo meant.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao smiled, reached out and put his arm around the woman, and then took her from his game inventory.

Take out the 'Green Vine Bow' with +3 penetration and +3 range, and a level 10 Tiger Skin Light Armor with +3 defense.

Kwon Ji-ri was overjoyed after hearing Lee Kyung-hyo's introduction.

Following Li Jingxiao's instructions, he picked up the small knife from the tent, which was used to cut roasted meat, and stabbed it heavily into the tiger-skin light armor.

Seeing that the leather armor didn't even have any knife marks, one immediately knew that it was indeed a treasure.

He threw away the knife, hugged Li Jingxiao, and gave him a sweet kiss.

Li Jingxiao leveled up 6 times today, gaining 6 points in physique.

However, this woman still wanted to get pregnant with Li Jingxiao's child, so after resting for a short while, she pestered Li Jingxiao to play a second game.

Before long, Kwon Ji-ri was completely defeated and fell into a deep sleep on Lee Kyung-hyo's chest.

He secretly thought that once he returned to Changxing City in Xihaidao, he would begin to select beautiful Goryeo girls to send to the Heungguk Marquis's residence in the capital.

Starting from the Han Dynasty, not only did emperors marry Goryeo women as concubines, but high-ranking officials and nobles also frequently bought Goryeo women.

Zhu Di had a Goryeo concubine who temporarily replaced the empress and managed the harem.

During the Yuan Dynasty, a Goryeo woman actually became empress.

Therefore, in Kwon Ji-ri's mind, sending women to Lee Kyung-hyo was merely a means to maintain her position in Lee Kyung-hyo's heart on her behalf.

Unaware of the woman's thoughts, Li Jingxiao was secretly pleased with his improved skills in bed.

After returning to Beijing this time, I will definitely no longer have to worry about not being able to handle my two wives and three potential concubines.

As for Goryeo Hei, unless she can bring Li Jingxiao experience, the Great Zhou has no shortage of beautiful women, so why should it pamper Goryeo women?

After Kwon Ji-ri fell asleep, Lee Kyung-hyo once again focused his attention on the monsters on the level 30 map.

After he had been browsing for half an hour and crossed a hill, he saw a huge lake in the distance.

Not only did they catch a lot of shrimp and crabs, but they also collected a lot of swimming crabs, king crabs, and tiger crabs by the lake.

When prawns, lobsters, abalone, sea cucumbers, clams, razor clams, hard clams, sea urchins, and conch are mentioned.

As for why seafood from the sea would appear in the lake, Li Jingxiao didn't even bother to think about it.

Just as they were brushing, a huge wave suddenly surged in from the sea.

Li Jingxiao hurriedly directed the game characters to avoid the danger.

Then he saw two large monsters wearing silver armor and holding harpoons and bronze hammers, riding the waves and rushing towards him.

Upon seeing that the two monsters were named Benboerba and Baboerben, Li Jingxiao knew they must be the gatekeeper bosses.

However, this time the boss fight was much easier than when I first entered the level 20 map and fought the Fine Ghost and the Clever Bug.

The Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) is indeed ridiculously strong in its evasion ability, and flying on a sword is an excellent skill for the "kiting" tactic.

What surprised Li Jingxiao even more was the Demon-Subduing Mace.

Using the Sword Control Technique to control the Demon-Subduing Mace as a flying sword, it critically hits 8 out of 10 times when striking these two bosses.

Even though both bosses have a lot of health, they will hide in the sea to recover when their health drops to a certain level.

But when Li Jingxiao used the immobilization spell, he fiercely attacked a monster.

They easily took down Benboerba first.

The remaining Babo'er Ben only held out for a few minutes before suddenly exploding.

Aside from a large amount of game currency and several pieces of level 30 equipment, Li Jingxiao immediately spotted a book and a fist-sized stone that shimmered with spiritual light.

He hurriedly picked up the book and the level 1 spirit stone. It turned out to be a book called "Water Avoidance Technique".

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed and immediately learned the "Water Avoidance Technique".

Then I picked up the other items that had been dropped, jumped into the lake, and was able to breathe underwater.

Moreover, when moving, it is as if it were on land, completely unaffected by water flow or water pressure.

They released the Akhal-Teke horse, which galloped back to the city.

Since the Demon-Subduing Mace also provides a bonus for monster-slaying, Li Jingxiao no longer hesitated.

I went into the blacksmith's shop and used spirit stones to upgrade the weapon by one level.

The Demon-Subduing Mace, which hadn't displayed its attributes until just moments before.

It became '+1 Demon-Subduing Mace'

破甲+3、坚固+3、降魔+10（+1）、诛邪+10（+1）

Needless to say, maces are heavy weapons designed to penetrate armor.

The task of subduing demons and eliminating evil surprised Li Jingxiao.

No wonder I always get critical hits when fighting Benboerba and Baboerben.

This weapon's ability to suppress evil spirits is ridiculously strong.

As for the other level 30 equipment, Li Jingxiao only glanced at them before discarding his level 20 Hundred-Year Serpent Scale Armor.

Replace it with level 30 Dragonscale Armor.

With +8 defense, wearing this makes you even safer.

He then cleared the level 20 and level 10 maps again before taking a big gulp of spirit wine, embracing the fast-sleeping Quan Zhili, and lying down to cultivate the Longevity Technique.

The next morning, Li Jingxiao did not have anyone pack up the tents.

He cultivates during the day and plays chess with Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong.

Hu Xian'er indeed let Li Jingxiao win this time, thinking that since Li Jingxiao liked to win, she would let him win.

After successfully gaining two thousand experience points, Li Jingxiao suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Yesterday I leveled up 6 levels in a row, and I gained over a thousand experience points just by killing a few minor demons or ghosts.

Suddenly, I felt a pang of nostalgia for Lord Jinyang.

He then insisted on having a martial arts competition with Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong.

However, both of them were quite strong, and they couldn't go all out.

They fought for half a day, and in the end, Hu Xian'er was unwilling to continue fighting with Li Jingxiao, so she took the initiative to admit defeat.

I have quite a bit of experience, a full 2 points.

When it came to fighting Liu Cuitong again, this woman was quite decisive.

After exchanging only a few dozen moves, seeing that Li Jingxiao was too fast and that he couldn't use poison magic, he immediately conceded defeat.

After gaining another 2 experience points, Li Jingxiao's mood improved even more.

After waiting for two days, that bastard Jin Yangjun finally returned with the treasures he had amassed over the years.

However, Li Jingxiao had a vague feeling that the dozen or so boxes of gold, silver and jewels in front of him were definitely not all of the tiger demon's wealth.

This guy dares to openly claim the mountain as his own.

In the past, robbery and plundering must have been commonplace.

A mere 30 taels of silver, 3 taels of gold, and two chests of jewelry seem rather small no matter how you look at it.

He secretly thought this guy was dishonest, and at the same time realized that most monsters are actually quite greedy.

However, the jewels in those two boxes were of a much higher quality than the four boxes of jewels that the tiger demon had hidden in the cave in the valley.

Lee Kyung-hyo casually picked out a hairpin and a bracelet studded with gemstones and gave them to Kwon Ji-ri.

Kwon Ji-ri blushed with excitement.

The way she looked at Li Jingxiao became increasingly gentle.

The dozen or so Goryeo warriors who were qualified to stand aside were even more excited than Kwon Ji-ri.

Lee Kyung-hyo could tell at a glance that the more he showed his regard for this woman, the more these Koreans felt they had a brighter future following Kwon Ji-ri.

Afterwards, Li Jingxiao selected several pieces of jewelry that looked quite nice and gave them to Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong.

The two female demons immediately curtsied and thanked them with smiles on their faces.

It seems that neither women nor female demons have any resistance to these shiny things.

In the end, even Hu Rou'er and Liu Yizhi, the two disciples who had become shamans, each received a piece of jewelry.

After instructing Jin Yangjun to quickly recruit subordinates, Li Jingxiao then ordered his men to pack up the camp and return to Zhenjiang Fort.

Two days later, at the border between Da Zhou and Goryeo, Lee Kyung-hyo looked at Kwon Ji-ri, whose eyes were filled with tears and who looked reluctant to part with him, and said with a smile.

"Alright, settle your men first. You can come to Zhenjiang Fort or Liaoyang City to find me anytime."

Kwon Ji-ri then stopped crying and smiled, nodding repeatedly.

However, the woman still begged Li Jingxiao to let him camp here and rest for another day.

Li Jingxiao glanced at the sky; the sun was setting in the west. Only then did he nod in agreement.

Needless to say, they stayed up all night until Kwon Ji-ri collapsed from exhaustion before finally letting Lee Kyung-hyo go.

The next morning, after watching Lee Kyung-hyo's entourage disappear into the distance, Kwon Ji-ri, who was riding a horse on the hill, was still reluctant to leave.

It wasn't until Cui Yongze reminded her that she put aside her reluctance and her gaze gradually hardened.

She led a group of several hundred men and the supplies and provisions left to her by Li Jingxiao, heading towards Changxing City in the Western Sea Route.

Moreover, riding the tall Ili horse that Li Jingxiao had given her, Kwon Ji-ri's mood gradually calmed down.

But this caused great hardship for the Goryeo warriors and hundreds of laborers.

A game horse with +2 speed, +1 physique, and +1 stamina is simply incomparable to an ordinary horse in reality.

After returning to Zhenjiang Fort, Li Jingxiao thought about it and did not go back to Liaoyang City.

Instead, he sent men to Liaoyang City and ordered 3 cavalry to garrison Zhenjiang Fort.

The officials, both high and low, in Liaoyang City breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Jingxiao was not only a marquis and commander of the Palace Guard, but also the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Moreover, the emperor issued a secret edict that Li Jingxiao should not return to command the Liaodong Garrison.

If he stayed in Liaoyang, although it would indeed increase the city's military strength, the officials, both high and low, would certainly not have the courage to live as comfortably as before.

So when the three thousand cavalrymen were about to leave, not only did no one stop them, but they were also provided with a large amount of food and supplies, and people were sent to accompany them to Zhenjiang Fort.

When Jia Rong and Liu Hongshi arrived at Zhenjiang Fort with three thousand cavalry, Li Jingxiao immediately ordered the cavalry to be divided into thirty hundred-man squads.

Ten teams of 10 men each day were sent out to wipe out all the Jurchens in the surrounding area.

On the one hand, we reduce potential risks, and on the other hand, we treat it as a real combat exercise to prevent a real fight from breaking out.

No matter how well you train, if you've never seen blood, you can't perform at even half of your full potential.

They also sent people from the Left Garrison Command to join the army in battle.

(End of this chapter)