The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 200 Capturing the Bear
Jingyue was about to eat the second one when Li Jingxiao stopped her.

"Second sister, sit in meditation and practice your skills. First, absorb the pure yang energy of this spirit jujube, then eat the second one."

To avoid wasting pure Yang energy and overdoing it.

Jingyue never doubted Li Jingxiao's words.

He was busy meditating and cultivating the Quanzhen Heart Method.

Li Jingxiao then put the two jujube pits into his inventory.

Command your game character to plant two jujube pits in the back garden of the pharmacy on the level 40 map.

Let's see if we can grow jujube trees.

Unexpectedly, it took root and sprouted very quickly after being planted, and in just half an hour it had grown into a 3-meter-tall sapling.

Li Jingxiao was secretly pleased, but after three meters, the two trees stopped growing.

And there's absolutely no indication of any results.

Li Jingxiao thought for a moment, realizing that things in games couldn't be reasoned with, and finally took out a purple-gold gourd.

He directed his game character to a level 20 map to hunt flower fairies. After the Purple Gold Red Gourd had collected dozens of flower fairies, the spiritual energy inside had liquefied.

You can hear the sound of water flowing when you shake the gourd.

Only then did he return to the level 40 map and pour the spiritual liquid onto the jujube tree.

Sure enough, the 3-meter-tall sapling started growing again, reaching a height of 15 meters before stopping.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao could only sigh and think that he would try to see how tall the jujube tree could grow after the flower fairy refreshed it again tomorrow.

Or, after watering it with the spiritual liquid again, will it be possible for dates to grow?

After doing all that, Li Jingxiao's thoughts returned to his body, and his gaze fell on Jingyue.

Seeing that her breathing was stable and her complexion was normal, he was relieved.

He took out a jar of Monkey Spirit Wine and said to Lu Ze, "Thank you, Mountain Lord. This Monkey Spirit Wine of mine is quite good."

"Would you like to have a drink with me, Lord?"

When Li Jingxiao opened the wine jar, Lu Ze could already smell the aroma of wine and its spiritual energy.

He nodded hurriedly, carefully picked up the wine glass and smelled it; he could immediately feel the spiritual energy wafting towards him.

He sipped the monkey wine slowly, taking small sips, his face showing pure enjoyment and lingering pleasure.

To Li Jingxiao's surprise, Lu Ze didn't seem to care much about the spiritual energy in the monkey wine.

But he really likes monkey wine.

Although mountain gods can improve their cultivation through practice, the dangers of becoming gods through incense offerings are extremely great.

Using faith to improve one's spiritual cultivation or to become a god is like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

Without the power of faith, it's difficult to make much progress by relying solely on one's own cultivation.

Monkey Spirit Wine, in the wild, is basically all a matter of luck.

Even though Lu Ze is the mountain god of the two-hundred-mile-long Wulin Mountain, he can't just drink monkey wine whenever he wants.

Monkey wine, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than various fruits that monkeys pick in the autumn and can't finish eating, which they then store in tree holes as winter food reserves.

If there is no shortage of food during the winter, the monkey troop will forget about the fruit in the tree hole.

Some people are lucky enough to come across fruit wine that has already fermented, but the quality and taste are hard to guarantee.

It depends not only on the fermentation time, but also on the temperature of that year.

The fruit that has overwintered cannot rot; instead, it ferments.

True monkey wine only lasts for one season. As time goes by, the amount of wine decreases, making it increasingly difficult to obtain.
Therefore, the real monkey wine is a rare and precious find, worth more than a thousand pieces of gold.

The monkey wine sold at the game liquor store is different; not only does it taste excellent, but its quality remains consistent.

So Lu Ze only thought for a moment before taking the initiative to say that he wanted to exchange half of the spiritual dates that the five-hundred-year-old jujube tree on Wulin Mountain produced each year for a hundred catties of monkey wine.

In Lu Ze's heart, everyone was worried that Li Jingxiao wouldn't be able to produce a hundred catties of monkey wine.

So he deliberately inflated the price, waiting for Li Jingxiao to bargain.

Or rather, after some discussion, they would try to get half of the monkey wine from Li Jingxiao.

But to Li Jingxiao, a hundred catties of monkey wine was far too easy.

They even asked Lu Ze whether it was monkey wine or monkey spirit wine.

Lu Ze worried that Monkey Spirit Wine was even rarer, so he might as well just have Monkey Wine.

Li Jingxiao, however, was worried that the jujube trees in the back garden of the pharmacy would not bear fruit.

Or the jujubes that grow there aren't as good as those from Wulin Mountain.

Without much persuasion, they agreed.

After the two high-fived, they both felt they had gotten the better deal.

They became increasingly friendly towards each other.

When Jing Yue opened her eyes, her face lit up with joy, for her internal energy cultivation had made great progress.

He even thought that if he ate a few more spirit dates, he could cultivate the "True Martial Qi Cultivation and Response Chapter, Volume Two".

He hurriedly looked at his older brother.

Then Li Jingxiao picked up his wine cup, clinked it with the mountain god's cup, and drank it all in one gulp.

Jing Yue couldn't help but swallow.

Jingyue naturally knew about Monkey Spirit Wine, but unfortunately, because she was too young, her elder brother wouldn't let her drink it with Jingrong, Zhongdi, and Baoyu.

The eldest sister, however, could occasionally drink half a cup, and even so, she had already cultivated her internal energy to the second volume.

A few days ago, she had been practicing drawing talismans for half a year, and her older brother was just teaching her how to use her inner energy to attach to the brush.

Furthermore, the eldest sister was already able to draw exorcism talismans and fire-controlling talismans by infusing true energy into the talisman paper.

Then, her second sister-in-law had someone send it to Xuanzhen Temple, where it was bought by the temple for 5 taels of silver each.

Because Jia Jing had already cultivated internal energy and learned to draw exorcism talismans.

Therefore, recently, more and more people have been coming to Xuanzhen Temple to ask for talismans, and many of them are abbots of Taoist temples in the capital.

When Li Jingxiao found out, he didn't care at first, since Jingxi had only drawn exorcism talismans and fire-controlling talismans.

But after only a few days, they started restricting Jingxi, allowing her to sell only exorcism talismans.

If a fire-controlling talisman is used by someone with ulterior motives to set fires, then it becomes a divine artifact.

Jingxi understood the potential dangers involved, so she was very obedient.

Unfortunately, Jingxi can only draw three to five talismans each day now.

Even so, in Jingyue and Jingrong's eyes, Jingxi should have earned three or four hundred taels of silver in half a month.

The eldest sister-in-law also joked that when the eldest sister got married at the age of 15 or 16, she would have at least tens of thousands of taels of silver in her private savings.

In the end, she might even be richer than her husband's family.

Moreover, with this skill, plus her older sister's ongoing medical studies...

In the future, her status in her husband's family will definitely be much higher than that of an ordinary daughter-in-law.

When Li Jingxiao saw that his second sister was staring at his wine glass and wine jar, he immediately knew what the little one was thinking.

He hurriedly pushed the 5-jin wine jar in front of Lu Ze and said, "Now that my little sister has woken up, please lead the way, Lord Mountain, to deal with that Black Wind Tai Sui first."

Lu Ze also saw Jing Yue, who had been staring intently at the wine jar.

While nodding hurriedly, he hid the half-empty wine jar.

He stood up and bowed to Li Jingxiao, "Thank you for your help, sir. I will lead the way now."

Jingyue pouted and gave a soft hum.

Li Jingxiao smiled and patted the little girl's head. "Alright, Lord Lushan promised his elder brother that half of the spirit dates will belong to me from now on."

"You'll definitely get your share." Jingyue's eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed Li Jingxiao's hand. "Big brother, you're not lying to me?"

Li Jingxiao reached out and gently flicked Jingyue's forehead, causing the little girl to cover her forehead in pain.

Then he realized that his older brother always kept his word, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Thinking that once I also start cultivating "The True Martial Qi Cultivation and Response Chapter, Volume Two", I will ask my eldest sister to teach me how to draw talismans.

At that time, each talisman will be worth 5 taels of silver, and it won't be long before I become a little rich woman.

Ignoring his second sister's wild thoughts, Li Jingxiao gave her the two unfinished spirit dates.

Only then did he lead the little girl out of the mountain god temple.

Jingyue carefully put away the spirit dates and followed behind Li Jingxiao, wondering whether she should give them to her two sisters-in-law when she got home.

But then I thought, my brother had just collected so many spirit dates, there must have been some for my sister-in-law, my older sister, my younger sister, and my younger brother Zhong.

So Jingyue quickly decided to send the two spirit dates to her parents.

If Li Jingxiao knew, he would definitely praise the little guy.

The two captains had finished lunch and were feeding the horses with concentrated feed.

Or wipe down the embroidered spring knife and inspect the bow and arrows.

Zhao Junmin, Zhao Junheng, and Lu Erfu, carrying three small flags, were inspecting the demon-binding rope that Li Jingxiao had given them the day before yesterday.

It's called the Demon-Binding Rope, but it's just a basic magic weapon used by Maoshan to subdue monsters, zombies, and other strange creatures.

Li Jingxiao learned this skill from Lin Yi.

Have Erfu and the others prepare sturdy rope materials.

While teaching the Zhao brothers, Erfu, and thirteen others how to weave, they also wove talisman patterns using specific techniques.

At this stage, it's essentially a demon-binding rope, which is effective against ordinary zombies, eerie creatures, and monsters.

But against a more skilled opponent, it's no different from a rope used on an ordinary person.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao flicked out a wisp of spiritual energy and injected it into the Demon-Binding Rope, instantly activating the demon-suppressing talisman woven into the rope, making its power immediately different.

I brought it along this time to test its effectiveness.

If it's good, it will become standard equipment for every small banner of the Left Garrison Command.

If they encounter monsters or strange creatures again, they will not be without means to protect themselves or subdue them.

Of course, in the future, when the captains of the Left Garrison Command go out to subdue demons, they can receive a few basic talismans from Li Jingxiao.

If one performs meritorious service, one can not only learn the Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber, but also internal energy cultivation techniques and the skill of drawing talismans.

With the mountain god Lu Ze leading the way, riding a horse would be a detour, but it wouldn't be much slower than walking, and it would save energy.

Li Jingxiao didn't bring his Chasing Wind horse with him, but there are plenty of good horses in the game.

He specially chose a chestnut Akhal-Teke horse for Jingyue, and Jingyue fell in love with the horse at first sight.

As usual, Li Jingxiao rode a pure black Akhal-Teke horse and also gifted Lu Ze a chestnut-colored Akhal-Teke horse.

Overjoyed, Lu Ze said that after a while, he would send Li Jingxiao some snow frogs, which are only available during the heavy snowfall of winter, as a return gift.

Moreover, this snow frog, which is unique to the Yanshan Mountains and extremely rare, is red, making it more precious and nutritious than the common gray one.

Upon hearing this, Li Jingxiao felt a strong urge to try it.

I've heard that this stuff is more nutritious than ginseng.

Erfu and the others were envious, but they also knew that such delicacies were not something they could afford to eat.

However, the junior officer stationed at Wulin Mountain could take people to look for it in the winter.

If it is discovered, the red snow frogs in the Yanshan Mountains will become increasingly rare and precious.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "In the Western Ridge there is a ghost that looks like a human, with red eyes and sharp teeth. It hides during the day and comes out at night, and it likes to eat human blood. Eating human blood can prolong life."

Therefore, vampires became a rare species in the Central Plains.

Li Jingxiao had even heard about several cooking methods from Liu Hongshi.

Unfortunately, I've never seen or even heard of any vampires.

Perhaps they had already fled to the Western Regions, or even further west.
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We walked more than 30 miles of mountain road, but thanks to the deer graze, it only took us less than 2 hours.

Upon reaching a hillside, Lu Ze signaled for everyone to stop.

Pointing to a cliff in the distance, he said, "My lord, the Black Wind Demon has been resting in the cave at the foot of that cliff lately."

Li Jingxiao nodded. This place is not far from the edge of Wulin Mountain. Otherwise, he would have to go out of the mountain every few days to ambush passers-by. The journey would be too far and would consume more physical energy.

Li Jingxiao looked at Jingyue beside him and saw that she was excited. After thinking for a moment, he grabbed the little guy and put him on his horse.

If there is an accident or a bloody scene, just cover her eyes.

Jingyue didn't make a fuss about Li Jingxiao's actions, knowing that her older brother was worried that he couldn't take care of everything.

Li Jingxiao then nodded to the Zhao brothers.

Soon, more than a hundred people dismounted, leaving one person with a small flag to watch the horses, while the others, fully equipped, slowly crept over.

Li Jingxiao followed on horseback, with a level 30 'Iron Bow' and a quiver of arrows on his back.

When a group of 10 people approached within 20 meters, a roar suddenly came from inside the cave.

A huge, black bear suddenly burst out of the cave.

The ten men responsible for luring the black bear turned and ran, while the captain behind them drew his bow and nocked an arrow. They waited until the black bear was twenty meters away before releasing the bowstring.

Dozens of sharp arrows shot straight at the black bear.

This black bear is quite something; its fur and hide make it impervious to arrows and crossbows.

When a long arrow hits it, it is either deflected directly by its thick fur.

Either the bullets simply can't penetrate the bear's hide.

Only arrows aimed at its eyes and nose would be swatted away by it.

Upon seeing this, Li Jingxiao frowned, worried that the bear might cause a large number of casualties.

Even with the red medicine, as long as there's still a breath left, they can be saved.

However, the large number of wounded in the first operation will damage morale and courage.

Moreover, the bear, seeing that there were too many people surrounding it and that they were well-equipped, knew how to advance and retreat.

Instead, I felt afraid.

With a roar, its body suddenly grew larger.

He then opened his mouth and roared a few times, and his body moved without any wind, clearly indicating that he was about to cast some kind of spell.

Without hesitation, Li Jingxiao used his finger-flicking technique to flick a polished pebble.

It flew over sixty or seventy meters and hit the bear's nose.

No matter what kind of wild beast or monster it is, the nose is definitely the place with the most pain receptors.

The excruciating pain interrupted the spellcasting, and the bear instinctively stood up to frighten the surrounding Imperial Guards.

But tears were streaming down my face from the pain.

Before it could react, two more pebbles shot over.

It struck the hind leg knee of a black bear that was already standing upright, a height of over 3 meters.

Although the blow didn't puncture the bear's kneecap, it still caused the bear so much pain that it couldn't stand up.

The speed of running and sprinting was also three points slower, and the stride when running was obviously deformed.

The brothers Zhao Junmin and Zhao Junheng watched as the Black Wind Tai Sui's strength was greatly reduced.

They exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and rushed forward together, each swinging out a demon-binding rope from either side.

They used a lasso to restrain the black bear's forelimbs, which were constantly rubbing its nose.

(End of this chapter)