The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 155 Rejuvenation

When soldiers are injured, the people of the Left Garrison Command can use the Three-Flower Jade Dew Pill to easily save them.

If you're really unlucky and die on the spot, there's nothing you can do about it.

However, Li Jingxiao was not stingy with compensation for the casualties.

Although the Jurchens were actually quite poor, each tribe could still manage to plunder some money.

Especially animal hides and ginseng, which are not very valuable in the north, can easily fetch several times or even ten times the price if they are sent to the capital or even the south.

The generous compensation and rewards for each person killed, along with Li Jingxiao's willingness to use the Three-Flower Jade Dew Pill to save lives, combined with these three measures, significantly boosted morale and combat effectiveness.

The further they went, the more daring and aggressive these three thousand cavalrymen became.

However, Li Jingxiao quickly realized that the Korean refugees outside Zhenjiang Fort would definitely be willing to do anything for a bite to eat.

Lee Kyung-hyo began recruiting Goryeo refugees with grain again.

While building city walls and roads and manufacturing equipment, they also selected strong men to join the logistics team.

Some who were good at riding horses and archery simply joined the cavalry.

After sweeping away several Jurchen tribes, they not only had no shortage of bows and arrows, but also collected more than three hundred horses.

These recruited Goryeo warriors also received rewards for their heads and compensation for injuries and deaths.

Furthermore, the people from the Left Garrison Command treated them the same when rescuing people.

Give someone a Three-Flower Jade Dew Pill whenever they are injured.

When the 300 Goryeo cavalry charged, they were more aggressive and courageous than the 3,000 cavalry.

Their methods were also more ruthless; they would carry out any order given by Li Jingxiao without hesitation.

In just half a month, all five Jurchen tribes within a hundred miles of Zhenjiang Fort were wiped out.

When this news reached Liaoyang, Li Jingxiao declared that the Jurchens had colluded with the Tatars and sent troops into Goryeo to burn, kill, and plunder.

They even arrested the daughter of the governor of Saikai Province, immediately silencing all the officials in Liaoyang City.

After Jia Rong led a hundred-man team and delivered evidence of their raids on the Western Sea Route to Liaoyang City.

The officials in the city, on the contrary, began to worry that Li Jingxiao's secret letter to the emperor would say that they had failed in their duties and delayed military intelligence.

They were incredibly hospitable when entertaining Jia Rong.

When Jia Rong left Liaoyang City, it took him six days to travel back and forth. He brought back 7 taels of silver and enough grain to feed Li Jingxiao's 3500 men for half a year.

With the supplies already in hand, Li Jingxiao's courage grew.

However, before leading the troops into the grasslands, he practiced the Longevity Technique for about twenty days.

It has reached the Great Perfection stage (4563/5000).

In a few more days, I will be able to break through to the Grandmaster realm.

Not only will your true energy become more powerful, but you will also be able to reverse aging and your appearance will be fixed at 16 years old.

So Li Jingxiao thought about it and had people make the grain into dried rations that could be preserved for a long time.

He used the excuse of going into seclusion to continue practicing the Longevity Technique.

He spent at least 20 hours a day cultivating, and what would normally take four days to reach the Great Perfection realm was achieved in just two days ahead of schedule (4999/5000).

That evening, the Zhenjiang Fort government office was heavily guarded, with sentries every three steps and guards every ten steps.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, along with four disciples, guarded the city wall.

Instead, those guarding Li Jingxiao were the three brothers Shi Delong, Lin Yi, and Liu Hongshi, along with twelve guards including Erfu.

Standing on the roof of the city gate tower, Hu Xian'er kept glancing at the government offices from time to time, her gaze sweeping over the area outside and inside the city.

Then he pursed his lips and muttered to himself.

Li Jingxiao arranged for her, Liu Cuitong, and four other shamanic disciples to stand on the city wall.

Nominally, they were entrusted with the most important positions to keep an eye on, but in reality, they certainly didn't fully trust her and Liu Cuitong yet.

Fortunately, although Hu Xian'er was unhappy, she only complained a few times for the sake of the spirit wine.

As for Liu Cuitong, although this woman is not good at chess, it is impossible to say that she is stupid.

Maybe she's really bad at chess, or maybe she's just pretending to be bad.

If that's the case, then Liu Cuitong is the smart one.

At 10 p.m., Li Jingxiao suddenly opened his eyes, and the internal energy in his body suddenly became turbulent.

Fortunately, when Li Jingxiao was learning the game's skills, all the cultivation tips and taboos were completely transmitted into his mind.

Therefore, when he cultivates, no matter what situation he encounters, he has nothing to worry about or be afraid of.

He continued meditating and practicing the Longevity and Immortality Exercise. Before long, the true energy in his body suddenly transformed into free energy, which was absorbed by his body little by little.

This martial art can make people rejuvenate, but it's actually just using the cultivated inner energy to nourish the body.

This is indeed different from the novel, where the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny needs to completely dissipate her powers.

However, when Tianshan Tonglao was practicing this skill in her youth, she was ambushed by Li Qiushui.

Perhaps from that moment on, the martial art she practiced was already different.

Li Jingxiao didn't care about any of that. Anyway, the martial arts he had cultivated with the help of cheat codes would definitely not do him any harm.

Two hours later, all the vigorous true energy in his body was absorbed.

Instantly, I felt my soul and body become three times lighter, and then I felt that my talent seemed to have improved by a lot.

His gaze fell upon the attributes, and he was immediately overjoyed.

之前体质24、根骨21+4、悟性18+2
此时已经变成了-体质29、根骨26+4、悟性18+2
Both constitution and physical constitution increased by 5 points.

It's like having 10 extra attribute points out of nowhere; no wonder I feel like my talent has increased.

Furthermore, with a +5 Constitution bonus, the increase in the meridian bonus went from +130% to +180%.

The meridians are wider and stronger.

The +5 points to Root Bone also increased the cultivation speed by 270%, raising it to +320%.

In that instant, I realized that the importance of this martial art was far greater than I had imagined.

Suppressing his excitement, he began to practice the Longevity Technique. Before long, his proficiency level reached Grandmaster (5/4).

New true energy also began to be generated within the body, circulating through the meridians and returning to the dantian.
Li Jingxiao hurriedly took out the purple-gold gourd and poured a large mouthful of monkey spirit wine into his mouth.

Unexpectedly, just one sip of wine restored at least 1% of his internal energy.

Seeing that his guess was correct, the spirit wine could indeed increase the speed of true qi recovery, Li Jingxiao felt relieved.

Continue meditating to refine the spiritual wine into true energy.

However, he did not rely on the spirit wine to restore his strength.

Once the internal energy has recovered to one-tenth, stop drinking alcohol. Since there is no danger, it is better to use the internal energy you have cultivated yourself.

Two days later, Li Jingxiao not only fully recovered his true energy.

The amount of true qi has at least doubled compared to before.

The speed of circulating qi also doubles.

In the past, he relied on his true qi to recover much faster than other internal energy techniques, which made him very good at prolonged battles.

Now that it has doubled again, the speed of true qi circulation and recovery is even faster.

Only through his own cultivation could he fill his dantian with true qi in just two days.

Unlike in novels, where the first time one rejuvenates, it takes thirty days to recover one's true energy.

If you use spirit wine, you can probably recover all your strength in two or three hours.

Without this drawback, in Li Jingxiao's eyes, the Longevity and Immortality Technique was nothing short of a divine skill. Li Jingxiao took a deep breath, feeling his internal energy surging like a tidal wave, endless and exhilarating.

When he stepped out of the secret room, he saw the three Shi brothers, Erfu and the other guards, as well as Jia Rong, all of whom looked exhausted.

However, when they saw Li Jingxiao open the door and walk out without any warning, they were all stunned at first, and then overjoyed and hurriedly bowed.

Shi Delong couldn't help but ask, "Sir, have you made any progress?"

The twelve guards standing to the side, including Lin Yi, Liu Hongshi, Jia Rong, and Erfu, all looked at Li Jingxiao with expectant expressions.

Li Jingxiao smiled and nodded, and everyone immediately cheered.

Subsequently, the news of Li Jingxiao's departure from the pass reached more than a hundred people from the Left Garrison Command, who had also stayed there for two days straight, and the cheers grew even louder.

The more capable the boss is, the better off the subordinates will be.

After Li Jingxiao washed up and changed into clean clothes, he returned to the living room in the back office of the government office.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong stared at him with expressions of curiosity and confusion.

Li Jingxiao smiled, knowing that these two powerful demons had noticed something amiss from his complexion and even fairer skin.

However, Lee Kyung-hyo had no obligation to explain to the two of them.
He smiled and instructed people to prepare a banquet.

Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong could only suppress their curiosity and, as soon as the banquet began, grabbed a jar of spirit wine and gulped it down.

This was a way of channeling his curiosity and frustration into drinking, intending to drink until Li Jingxiao felt sorry for him.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao truly has no shortage of spirit wine.

Even if he consumes 10 jin (5 kg) every day, he can still save 90 jin (45 catties) every day.

There are at least several thousand 5-jin (2.5 catties) spirit wine jars in my inventory.

Fortunately, you can easily buy these jars at the tavern in the town in the level 20 map.

Li Jingxiao grinds monsters every day, so he certainly doesn't lack game currency.

However, Li Jingxiao did underestimate the drinking capacity of these two female demons.

They thought each person could only drink 30 to 50 jin of liquor at most, but unexpectedly, Hu Xian'er drank a full 19 jars of spirit wine.

He just started muttering nonsense.

Liu Cuitong was even more outrageous. If Li Jingxiao hadn't used the excuse of being drunk, this woman would have drunk far more than just 22 jars.

And even after drinking so much, he only had a dazed look in his eyes.

Maybe she could drink 10 more jars without any problem.

Lee Kyung-hyo returned to his room, muttering "what a loss" under his breath, but he wasn't angry at all.

During my seclusion, nothing unexpected happened.

Not only Shi Delong and the Imperial Guards were credited, but Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, who guarded the city wall, were also credited.

So they were allowed to drink their fill.

Shi Delong and the others could also drink the spirit wine until they were 8% drunk, and they were all eager to meditate and cultivate.

As for the captains of the Left Garrison, although they didn't drink Dao Ling wine, everyone ate fish and meat, and drank the Du Kang wine they had obtained through games until they vomited.

Furthermore, Li Jingxiao rewarded each of them with 20 taels of silver, which made them all extremely excited.

The next morning, although everyone had sobered up, they all looked unwell from the hangover.

Li Jingxiao ignored all of this and summoned Zhao Junming, Han Mengzhuo, and Jia Rong.

Tang Zhijie and Chang Rui, the two commanders of the Palace Guard, asked, "During my seclusion, have the Tatars made any moves?"

Zhao Junming, Han Mengzhuo, Tang Zhijie, and Chang Rui glanced at Jia Rong.

Jia Rong was secretly delighted to see that the others had given him the opportunity.

It's no wonder that I made many connections with these people after leaving Beijing.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, Liaoyang City sends intelligence from the Tatars once a day."

The scouts dispatched by the three thousand cavalrymen also sent back news every day.

In summary, the Tatars did indeed gather together.

But the news that came back said it was much less than we had estimated, only 10,000 people.

Moreover, they have been lingering near the Uriyangkhai Mongol tribe.

It's at least 300 li (approximately 150 kilometers) away from us.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the largest tribe on the grasslands was the Oirat, which, like the Tatars and Uriyangkhai, was a remnant of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, by the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Oirat Mongols had been defeated and weakened by the Great Zhou's northern expeditions.

It took nearly a century for the Tatars to rise to power.

Li Jingxiao nodded, signaling Jia Rong to continue.

Jia Rong quickly bowed and continued, "The generals in Liaoyang City must have encountered some kind of accident."

The Tatars think that with only 10,000 men, they can't even manage to conquer Goryeo, let alone invade our south.

Li Jingxiao frowned after hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly understood.

Having defeated Jin Yangjun, the Tatars lost their internal support and worried that when they attacked Goryeo, no one would restrain the Great Zhou.

Or, without the help of Jin Yangjun from within and without, they would be unable to defeat the Goryeo border army in a short time, and would instead be attacked from both sides by the Great Zhou and Goryeo.

Moreover, last winter, the Tatars' plan to move south was discovered by Lady Choi of Haeju, Goryeo.

Having narrowly escaped death, he fled to the capital and reported to the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou then spent a winter preparing.

Not only was Liaoyang City prepared in advance, but the entire Liaodong Town and Jizhou Town also made preparations ahead of time.

The northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty has become a huge military camp.

The troop strength and various supplies are fairly complete.

The imperial court and the Liaodong garrison were actually just waiting for the Tatars to move south.

The Tatars should have already received news of this situation.

Unable to contact Jin Yangjun, the Jurchens in the border area between Zhenjiangbao and Goryeo were also swept through by three thousand cavalrymen dispatched in advance.

Several tribes, totaling over two thousand people, prevented the Jurchens from having the opportunity to cooperate with the Tatars in causing trouble.

Perhaps the news of his defeat of King Jinyang has already reached the ears of the Tatars through the mouths of the rescued Goryeo people.

He then led three thousand cavalrymen to garrison Zhenjiang Fort.

In just two or three days, they could break through from the flank and threaten the Tatars' flank as they attacked the border region of Goryeo.

If our three thousand men were to launch a surprise attack on the Tatars' supply lines with light equipment, the Tatar siege force would surely collapse.

Under these circumstances, unless the Tatars are foolish, they will have no choice but to abandon their plan to march south and attack Goryeo.

Thinking of this, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but curse.

Zhao Junming, Han Mengzhuo, Tang Zhijie, and Chang Rui breathed a sigh of relief, then showed expressions of regret.

People die in wars, and apart from those who are desperate for glory, no one wants to go to the battlefield.

But without military achievements, it's not easy for these members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Palace Guard to get promoted.

If the Tatars don't come, and Li Jingxiao dares to lead his troops into the grasslands, he will be actively provoking a war.

Not only was it a waste of effort, but it was also a grave crime.

Fortunately, it wasn't all in vain. Defeating King Kim Yang-gun and pacifying the Goryeo West Sea Road effectively stabilized the situation in Goryeo.

The stability of Goryeo is also a good thing for the Great Zhou.

(End of this chapter)