The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 209 Major Events
Lee Kyung-hyo embraced the still-sleeping Won-chun and kissed her on the cheek in high spirits.

But then he frowned.

He was somewhat worried that his wife might secretly pass on the magical skills he had taught her to her younger brother, Jia Baoyu.

Fortunately, upon further reflection, considering Jia Baoyu's attitude towards martial arts and studying...

She had already let him stay at her brother-in-law's house and taught him boxing and swordsmanship.

But when this kid was practicing martial arts, he was always thinking of ways to cheat and shirk his duties, and he just didn't want to practice.

Thinking about it that way, I felt much more at ease.

Moreover, after Yuan Chun married into the Li family, although she still missed her parents and brothers, she finally knew that she was a member of the Li family.

However, despite his thoughts, Li Jingxiao still had reservations.

After thinking it over, he decided to wait until his women had mastered the Quanzhen Martial Arts to a high level before making any decisions.

After observing them for several years, one can determine their true character.

Moreover, a few years later, Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun were only in their early twenties, and with the 'youth-preserving pill' they won from Hu Xian'er, they didn't need to worry about aging.

If I were to teach them advanced internal energy techniques too early, they wouldn't have the same level of comprehension and natural talent as me.

That might not necessarily be a good thing.

The Quanzhen method is still the safest and least likely to cause one to go astray.

The next morning, after getting up, Li Jingxiao used his Xuan Guang Technique as usual to look at the Heavenly Pool Dragon Palace.

Seeing that the old mudfish had not returned, he dressed and washed up and went to the training ground with the help of Baoqin, Sister You Er, and Sister You San.

Qin Keqing, who did not serve the emperor last night, had already prepared tea and snacks with Baozhu, Ruizhu, and her maids.

Li Jingxiao didn't rush to practice martial arts. Instead, he pulled Qin Keqing to sit beside him, drank tea, ate some pastries, and chatted.

Qin Keqing actually disliked practicing martial arts, always feeling that wielding swords and spears was not something a lady of the house should do.

However, she was very enthusiastic about cultivating internal energy techniques and the Seven-String Invisible Sword.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao would spar with her every other day.

Although the main purpose was to gain experience from her and Yuan Chun, it also indirectly improved Qin Keqing's lightness skills, fist and foot techniques, and swordsmanship.

Qin Keqing was menstruating today, so she was even less willing to fight.

Moreover, the thought of not being able to serve her man for several days made her feel even worse.

He grabbed Li Jingxiao's arm and shook it a few times.

"My lord, I have recently gained some insights into the Seven-String Invisible Sword Technique. Shall I play it for you?"

Li Jingxiao glanced at his pretty wife in surprise, noticing that her face was slightly flushed, her eyes darting away, and a hint of disappointment in them.

Finally, I looked at the inside of my thighs again.

He then understood and nodded with a smile.

Qin Keqing snorted, thinking to herself that her husband was good in every way, but he didn't seem to care much about having children.

The two had been married for almost a year and a half, but Qin Keqing was still not pregnant, which made her anxious.

Qin Ye, even his uncle and Jing Xi, were getting a little anxious.

Unfortunately, it has been more than a year since Yuan Chun married into the family, and along with Bao Zhu, Rui Zhu, and Bao Qin, all five women have not conceived.

This inevitably raises suspicions that the problem lies with Li Jingxiao.

But saying he has health problems doesn't seem to make sense, since this guy is always partying every night when he's home.

One can only suspect that his inability to conceive is due to his diligent cultivation of Taoism and his failure to retain his vital essence and spirit.

However, in the eyes of the world, the fault for not being able to have children has always been the woman.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao himself was not in a hurry at all. In his eyes, having a child at eighteen or nineteen was a bit too early.

Ideally, one should have this idea after the age of twenty. Of course, one is not in a hurry to have offspring, and one will treat the women in the house as well as always.

His attitude made Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun anxious, rather than constantly worrying about the child.

The Seven-Stringed Invisible Sword doesn't mobilize the internal energy of those around it just by playing the zither.

Only when the person playing the instrument attaches their internal energy to the strings can a sonic attack be generated.

Qin Keqing had always coveted her husband's fish-dragon zither.

However, this magical artifact has its own soul-suppressing and sonic effects, so Li Jingxiao dared not let her play this zither.

To avoid unknowingly harming the other women who have already cultivated true qi.

Seeing that her husband still couldn't bear to let her use the Fish-Dragon Zither, Qin Keqing couldn't help but pout.

Li Jingxiao rolled his eyes at the woman and reached out to pinch Qin Keqing's pretty face a few times.

When his wife glared at him angrily, he smiled and said, "Alright, that Fish-Dragon Zither is an extremely powerful magic weapon."

It comes with built-in soul-suppressing and sonic vibration functions, even for a novice who hasn't even begun cultivating Taoism.

It can easily hurt not only yourself, but also your family and those around you.

"When your cultivation is sufficient, I'll give myself to you directly, my husband."

Qin Keqing's worry turned to joy, and she hugged Li Jingxiao's arm, saying, "My lord, you said it yourself, so don't be reluctant to part with me later."

Li Jingxiao pinched his wife's cheek again, making Qin Keqing want to bite him.

Suddenly, Li Jingxiao had a thought and remembered that he had casually put several boxes into his inventory in the treasure vault of the Heavenly Pool Dragon Palace last time.

With a thought, a sandalwood box inlaid with many red and blue coral pieces appeared on the table.

Upon opening it, it was indeed a guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument).

The instrument is also engraved with the four characters "Kaiyuan Feiquan", indicating that it is an ancient guqin from the Kaiyuan period of the early Tang Dynasty.

No wonder the old Dragon King would collect such a fine instrument case.

Qin Keqing was also literate from a young age and knew the meaning of the four characters 'Kaiyuan Feiquan'.

His face lit up with joy, and he looked at Li Jingxiao expectantly.

Li Jingxiao first put the guqin back into his inventory to confirm that it was just an antique guqin belonging to an ordinary person.

Only then did he take it out, and said with a smile, "I never expected that among the boxes I casually took when I visited the Dragon King's house last time, there would be such a treasure."

Since Keqing likes it, then it's yours.

Qin Keqing was overjoyed and even excitedly hugged Li Jingxiao and kissed him on the cheek.

Fortunately, there were only Baozhu, Ruizhu, and a few personal maids in the training ground, so there was no need to worry about the news getting out.

Li Jingxiao laughed heartily and pulled Qin Keqing close.

Before long, the beauty in his arms became weak and let her man take liberties with her.

Baozhu and Ruizhu, standing to the side, seemed used to it and simply covered their mouths to chuckle.

But the maids who were close to her had already blushed.

I dared not look, yet I would steal a few glances out of curiosity every now and then.

Just outside the training ground, a maid called out, "The three young ladies have arrived."

Qin Keqing woke up with a start, hurriedly pushed Li Jingxiao away, and tidied her clothes and hair in a fluster.

She turned her head and gave Li Jingxiao a charming glare.

When Jingxi and his two companions entered the training ground, they saw their elder brother and sister-in-law sitting together, staring at an ancient zither.

The three girls quickened their pace and took a closer look, but the guqin didn't seem to have anything special about it.

On the contrary, the violin case looked very valuable.

Just as Jingxi was about to ask, he heard his sister-in-law say to his elder brother with a smile, "My lord, are you really willing to give me this ancient zither from the Tianbao era?"

Li Jingxiao was taken aback, and it took him a few seconds to realize that this was someone showing off to his three sisters-in-law!
He rolled his eyes at his wife, but nodded in agreement. Jing Rong and Jing Yue didn't know which dynasty's emperor Tianbao was, but Jing Xi did.

When he looked at the guqin again, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

When her gaze fell on Li Jingxiao, she couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

But Jingxi knew very well that compared to her sister-in-law, her younger sister was not much to compare with.

After Qin Keqing explained to Jing Yue and Jing Rong.

In particular, Qin Keqing said that this zither is priceless in the eyes of experts.

I wouldn't sell it for any amount of money.

The two little girls immediately exclaimed "Wow!" in amazement.

Fortunately, they were both young and didn't have that many thoughts.

Jing Rong even reached out to touch it, but in the end she withdrew her hand.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but chuckle and rubbed his little sister's head.

Then, ignoring the gossip among the four women, he got up and practiced boxing and swordsmanship in the training ground.

Since the Lightning Thunder Fist is called a fist, it naturally has corresponding fist techniques.

Practicing swordsmanship also enhances one's sword control skills.

The more sword techniques one masters, the higher one's level. In the future, when using sword control techniques to fight enemies, one can control the flying sword with one's mind to use sword moves.

An hour later, Qin Keqing was already teaching Jingxi to play the zither.

Jing Rong and Jing Yue listened attentively from the side.

Li Jingxiao felt helpless.

He could only beckon to Baozhu and Ruizhu and give them some pointers.

As for Qin Keqing, since she's on her period, it looks like I won't be able to gain any experience from her this morning.

Women always have those few days when their mood inexplicably turns bad.
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After breakfast, we went to Zhenwu Temple and played chess and had a martial arts contest with Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong.

As the two female demons were helping Li Jingxiao wipe his face and wash his hands, Jia Heng suddenly requested an audience, saying, "My lord, there is a General Ma outside the temple requesting an audience."

Li Jingxiao was taken aback. When did he meet a general surnamed Ma?
When he had Jia Heng bring the man over, he recognized him as General Ma, one of the generals under the command of the City God.

Although this person is not the Ox-Head and Horse-Face of the Underworld, he is related to Horse-Face in some way.

So Li Jingxiao hurriedly invited them to sit down.

General Ma shook his head, glanced at Jia Heng, Hu Xian'er, and Liu Cuitong, and Li Jingxiao then realized that it was something important he needed to discuss.

After waving the three away, General Ma said, "My lord, my lord has just received a message from the underworld."

It is said that a registered mountain god in Nanling was killed, and when the local city god sent people to investigate, they also disappeared.

Left with no other choice, the local city god had to report the matter to the underworld city god's office.

The City God's Office then notified all the city gods, large and small, throughout the land.

My lord thought this matter might interest you, so he sent me to inform you.

After hearing this, Li Jingxiao admired the guy who dared to kill the mountain god.

The mountain gods registered in the underworld are essentially the people of the underworld.

If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, the prestige of the underworld will be lost, and how will its subordinates dare to work seriously in the future?
If I were a high-ranking official in the underworld, I would do everything I could to find out the truth and kill the murderer.

Then cast him into the eighteenth level of hell, where he will never be reincarnated.

Then Li Jingxiao remembered what he had learned from Jia Zhu a few days ago: the Dragon King of Dongting Lake had said that the amount of water flowing into Dongting Lake from the Xiang River had been decreasing year by year in recent years.

The Dragon King suspected something unusual was happening at the source of Dongting Lake, on the southern ridge.

He wanted to investigate, but he felt the Dragon King was arrogant, only saying he would give a reward.

However, he did not specify what the reward would be, which is why he refused the offer.

Unexpectedly, in less than a month, a mountain god was killed and city god soldiers went missing.

No need to guess, something really must have happened.

And that demon was quite powerful.

This was another matter that the 'City God' sent to inform me of. I thought back to the four Taoist magical powers I had obtained from the City God before.

Even if you don't expect anything in return, if you've received such a good thing from someone, you should help them when the time comes.

Otherwise, it won't be so easy to obtain more Taoist techniques in the future.

Li Jingxiao nodded and said to General Ma, "General, go back and report to the Prince. I happen to have nothing to do, so I'll go and take a look."

General Ma's face lit up with joy. He liked people like Li Jingxiao who were the first to rush to the front lines when demons caused trouble.

If Li Jingxiao truly resolves the issue, then the entire city's urban god community will also deserve credit.

However, although Li Jingxiao was willing to help, he also felt that he owed the City God a favor.

But once the matter is settled, they certainly won't let go of the benefits they're entitled to.

After seeing General Ma off, Li Jingxiao gave Jia Heng a few instructions.

He then instructed Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong to keep an eye on the Xingguo Duke's mansion before concealing himself and using his cloud-riding technique to head straight south.

Hu Xian'er watched as her master learned new Taoist magic and supernatural powers.

He couldn't help but mutter to Liu Cuitong, "I told you that following the master would lead to a bright future. It's only been a few days, and he's already learned the art of invisibility and cloud-riding from the City God."

That's what she said, but in her heart Hu Xian'er was actually cursing Li Jingxiao.

Having followed him for so long, he only taught me and Liu Cuitong a few sword and whip techniques.

Although his swordsmanship and whip skills were indeed good, they were far inferior to cloud-riding and invisibility techniques.

Liu Cuitong looked at Hu Xian'er helplessly.

You've only been with the adults for a year, how could they possibly teach you Taoist magic so quickly?

Even one's own parents will teach powerful skills gradually or after testing them.

He said to Hu Xian'er, "Serve the master with peace of mind, and you will always reap greater rewards," and then turned and went to his room to cultivate.

Hu Xian'er pouted, feeling that this worm was too lazy, spending all day either sleeping or practicing martial arts and cultivation.

That's so boring.

However, Hu Xian'er agreed with what she just said. If it were her, she wouldn't so easily pass on powerful Taoist techniques to others.

After thinking it over, I decided to stick to practicing medicine at Zhenwu Temple.

Treating patients is also a good deed.

Moreover, given the relationship between his master and the underworld, he knew he would eventually die of old age.

Even if you go to the underworld, you will be given a good place because of this merit.

After Li Jingxiao flew out of the capital, he immediately felt that the speed of flying through the clouds was too slow.

He drew the Thunder Sword and flew through the air, his speed more than doubling instantly.

However, Li Jingxiao did not go directly to Nanling, but instead went to Dongting Lake.

Since we're going to Nanling anyway, we might as well take the opportunity to extort some good stuff from the Dragon Palace.

When you think of Journey to the West, you know that when Sun Wukong didn't have a suitable weapon, he would go to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea to ask for one.

Although the Dongting Dragon Palace cannot compare to the East Sea Dragon Palace, it must still have many good things.

The Dragon King of Dongting was reluctant to offer benefits voluntarily, so today, the Taoist priest will learn from Sun Wukong and take the initiative to ask for them.

(End of this chapter)