The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 230 Madness
Although Wang Boteng intended to marry his daughter Wang Xifeng to Li Jingxiao, in reality, Wang Xifeng could only be a concubine.

On this issue, Wang Boteng was naturally unwilling from the bottom of his heart.

However, due to the influence of Prince Teng's resignation and return to his hometown, the Wang family suddenly went from a promising noble family to an unpopular and declining aristocratic family.

It's practically impossible for the Wang family's daughter to marry into a wealthy family.

Even Xue Baochai, the daughter of the second daughter of the Wang family, is now seeing her value decline.

When Wang Xifeng was in the capital, she often visited Ningguo Mansion.

Wang Xifeng's reputation was affected by her frequenting the Jia family's residence as if it were her own.

Now that the Wang family has fallen on hard times, even fewer people are willing to marry them.

As for marrying his daughter to a poor family or a low- to middle-ranking official, Wang Boteng would rather send her to the Duke of Xingguo's mansion.

Not to mention, I just saw Li Jingxiao casually throw out four gold beads.

Four yellow-turbaned, golden-armored warriors appeared out of thin air, and then flew away.

Wealth and glory are desirable, but in the eyes of powerful and wealthy families, longevity is even better.

Therefore, the more Wang Boteng looked at Li Jingxiao, the more satisfied he became.

The more she looked, the more she felt that if she could find such a good husband, not only would her daughter's happiness be guaranteed.

This is also a great thing for the Wang family.

More importantly, Li Jingxiao is a genuine hereditary Duke of Xingguo.

One or two generations later, both the Ning and Rong mansions were about to decline, but the Li family remained a duke.

If his daughter were to give birth to a son or daughter for Li Jingxiao, she would become his own grandson, even if he couldn't become a duke.

He must also be a highly accomplished person, just like his father.

The very skill of controlling the Yellow Turban Warriors is enough to ensure my grandson's wealth and status for a lifetime.

Moreover, his grandson's lineage can inherit wealth for several or even more than ten generations.

Once Wang Boteng had the idea of ​​marrying off his daughter, he couldn't sit still any longer and was only thinking about going home to ask his daughter what she thought.

As for whether Li Jingxiao is willing or not.

Her own daughter was beautiful, slender, and looked like a goddess.

Besides, my Wang family is willing to marry our own daughter to you as a concubine, so why shouldn't we?

When Li Jingxiao came to Jinling last time, Xue Pan had thought about marrying his younger sister Xue Baochai to the Li family.

He just couldn't bear to let his younger sister become someone's concubine.

They didn't even mention it.

But now, witnessing Li Jingxiao's extraordinary abilities once again, this thought inevitably resurfaced in his mind.

Even Zhen Yingjia was thinking about whether to select a beautiful niece from the clan's concubines and send her to Li Jingxiao as a concubine.

There are quite a few nieces, but truly beautiful ones are rare.

Moreover, Zhen Yingjia also knew that when choosing a wife, one should choose a virtuous one, and when choosing a concubine, one should choose a beautiful one.

If she weren't pretty, why would Li Jingxiao want a girl from the Zhen family?

Besides, everyone's smart enough not to be foolish; if someone sends a girl to be their concubine, they must have something in mind.

Since it's a favor to ask for help, the girl at least has to be someone Li Jingxiao likes.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Suddenly, he noticed that Wang Boteng's gaze towards Li Jingxiao was somewhat different.

Just as I was wondering, an idea suddenly popped into my head.

He thought to himself, "Could it be that Wang Boteng is planning to marry his daughter to Li Jingxiao as a concubine?"

If that's the case, perhaps I can also gain some benefit from it.

As for what Xue Pan was thinking, not to mention Zhen Yingjia, even his own uncle Wang Boteng looked down on him.

No one would notice Xue Pan's expression.

Li Jingxiao glanced at the sky and thought to himself that the four Yellow Turban warriors probably wouldn't find out about Lingyan Mountain so quickly.

It's better to go to the Maoshan Demon-Locking Tower to gain experience sooner.

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, but held it in his hand without putting it down or saying a word.

Wang Boteng and Zhen Yingjia immediately understood that this meant "serving tea to see the guest off".

Wang Boteng originally wanted to go home and ask his daughter, since she was going to be someone's concubine, and as her father, he still had to ask Wang Xifeng's opinion.

Otherwise, if she angered Wang Xifeng, she might become a nun.

Wang Xifeng is truly capable of doing such a thing.

As for the evil spirits of Lingyan Mountain, we'll talk about that tomorrow.

So Wang Boteng and Zhen Yingjia tactfully got up to say goodbye, but Xue Pan didn't care at all.

Pretending to have something else to do, they lingered and refused to leave.

They followed behind Li Jingxiao, seeing Wang Boteng and Zhen Yingjia off.

Then, at the gate, she whispered to Li Jingxiao, "Brother-in-law, may I send my younger sister to serve you?"

Li Jingxiao was taken aback, then jokingly asked, "Have you lost your mind?"

"Or is he still drunk this morning and talking nonsense?"

Xue Pan immediately became anxious, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Brother-in-law, I'm telling you the truth."

My younger sister has had a fever since she was a child.

If she were to marry into an ordinary family, my younger brother worries that she won't live long.

If she marries her brother-in-law, even as a concubine.

With my brother-in-law's medical skills and extraordinary abilities, ensuring my poor sister's lifelong peace is a blessing indeed.

Xue Pan's words made Li Jingxiao wonder when this kid had become so eloquent.

Moreover, using this reason to give Xue Baochai to himself is indeed plausible.

As for refusing, Li Jingxiao never even considered it.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Xue Pan and said, "Pan-ge'er, you should go back and discuss it with your mother and sister first."

Otherwise, I might agree, but your sister and mother might disagree.

Besides, your sister is still young; it's better to wait a year or two."

Xue Pan immediately patted his chest and said, "Brother-in-law, I am the only son of the Xue family, so my sister's marriage is naturally up to me."

Li Jingxiao rolled her eyes at Xue Pan. If she were to marry into the Li family, Xue Pan would naturally be the one to make the decisions.

But now that Xue Baochai is being given away as a concubine, it's not as simple as I think.

Xue Pan scratched his head. After calming down, he was indeed a little worried that his mother and sister would blame him.

He bowed apologetically to Li Jingxiao and hurriedly rode home.

Li Jingxiao smiled and shook his head, then returned to the backyard and told Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun about the Zhan Garden.

Upon hearing that it had cost a full 40 taels of silver to buy it, the two women immediately felt distressed.

Li Jingxiao waved his hand and said, "Alright, someone will pay for this."

After saying that, he repeated what he had just told Wang Boteng, Zhen Yingjia, and Xue Pan to his two wives.

Upon hearing that the Dongting Dragon Palace would pay at least three to five hundred thousand taels of silver, the two men immediately beamed with joy.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself that no matter what era, women are always greedy creatures.

Fortunately, for women of that era, the Three Obediences and Four Virtues were principles they wholeheartedly accepted.

For Li Jingxiao, having achieved this much, he had no other requirements.

Therefore, a man like Li Jingxiao is an exceptionally good man in this era.

In Li Jingxiao's eyes, most women of that era were also role models of virtuous wives and loving mothers.

He instructed his two wives to send someone to prepare for the handover with the Zhen family. Li Jingxiao then flew to Maoshan.

As usual, he first went to see the sect leader, exchanged a few polite words, and Xuanming Zhenren was no longer worried that Li Jingxiao's entry into the Demon Locking Tower would cause any accidents.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao quickly entered the Demon Locking Tower alone.

When Kang Yi saw him, he immediately shrank into a ball.

Since we can't win, we should give up resisting.

Li Jingxiao might feel embarrassed and insist on fighting him.

But Dang Kang underestimated Li Jingxiao's shamelessness, and stepped forward and punched Dang Kang's huge pig head.

With a loud bang, the wild boar demon was sent flying more than ten meters.

Unexpectedly, it was just one punch, but the sound of +1.2 experience points echoed in my mind.

Li Jingxiao quickly realized that the wild boar monster was truly scared.

With a smile, he flashed and covered more than ten meters.

With a kick aimed at Dang Kang's thick, round buttocks, the giant wild boar, four or five meters tall, was sent flying into the air.

The notification of +1.2 experience points echoed in my mind again.

In other words, the wild boar spirit had completely given up on resisting.

Every punch and kick I landed on him made me think, "My life is so miserable." I could only hope that after this stinky Taoist priest beat me up, I would go and fight the eight-armed demon on the second floor.

Every time Dang Kang heard the sounds of fierce fighting on the second floor, he hoped that the Eight-Armed Demon would avenge him and give Li Jingxiao a good beating.

Especially when he saw Li Jingxiao coming downstairs, his Taoist robe was tattered and torn, the wild boar felt a sense of exhilaration.

That's why he simply gave up resisting and instead hoped that the Eight-Armed Demon would avenge him.

Unbeknownst to him, Li Jingxiao not only leveled up to level 69, but also continued to level up to level 69 (14/39).
In other words, he got a total of 24 experience points from Dang Kang, and the wild boar was being beaten so badly that it could barely breathe.

If the fight continued, they might kill him.

Li Jingxiao then realized that he might have gone too far and stopped.

After thinking for a moment, he took out three cows and personally roasted the wild boar.

He also took out 10 jars of strong liquor and a few level 10 and 20 healing pills, and poured them into Dang Kang's stomach.

Then he clapped his hands and went upstairs.

After taking the medicine for his injuries with the wine, Dang Kang recovered most of his strength in no time.

He endured the pain, cursing Li Jingxiao in his heart, and then took a big bite of the roasted beef leg and ate it.

As soon as the food entered his stomach, his injuries began to heal rapidly.

However, after his injuries fully recovered, the boar monster looked a little thinner than when Li Jingxiao first met him.

In other words, although they replenished themselves with a large amount of meat and strong liquor, it was still not enough to offset the consumption of energy needed to recover from their injuries.

This made Dang Kang start cursing again.

Li Jingxiao entered the second floor and saw that the Eight-Armed Demon was already waiting for him. He immediately threw out a level 10 longsword.

Without further ado, the two drew their swords and began to fight.

However, even though the Eight-Armed Demon thought about it all night, he felt that he could break Li Jingxiao's sword technique.

Even with all his might today, he still couldn't beat Li Jingxiao.

This made the Eight-Armed Demon uncomfortable, but he couldn't help but admire and envy Li Jingxiao's talent.

Just two days ago, I was the one who was dominating him.

In just three days, his swordsmanship had already reached a true level of equal skill with his own.

Of course, the two are simply testing their swordsmanship right now; otherwise, the level 10 Cold Light Sword would have already been broken in two by the huge impact.

Moreover, the Eight-Armed Demon has eight arms, and if it attacks with all its might, very few people can withstand it.

However, the side effect of his exceptional martial arts skills is that the Eight-Armed Demon's magical prowess is far less than his weaponry prowess.

However, mastering one aspect to the extreme is far more effective than being proficient in everything.

With just his golden cudgel, Sun Wukong could make the heavenly soldiers and generals flee in terror.

He defeated the Five Luminaries and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, forcing them to flee. Even Erlang Shen couldn't do anything about him.

Unfortunately, no matter how skilled one is in martial arts, it's useless against powerful magic weapons and true masters.

However, thinking about Sun Wukong's talent, Li Jingxiao was extremely envious.

He spent a total of only ten years with Bodhi Patriarch, seven of which were spent doing odd jobs.

In other words, after only three years of study, he was able to fight Erlang Shen, who had cultivated for countless years, to a standstill.

From Erlang Shen's perspective, he would probably envy Sun Wukong's talent.

This also demonstrates the power of Patriarch Bodhi.

After a three-hour battle, Li Jingxiao forced back the eight-armed demon with a single sword strike, then took out a pocket watch from his inventory and glanced at it.

It was already noon, so they took out a sheep, started a fire, and handcuffed it.

The eight-armed demon was happy to take a break, even though Li Jingxiao's barbecue skills were not good.

But the liquor is excellent.

I've been imprisoned in this Demon-Sealing Tower for who knows how many years. I haven't even had the chance to eat raw meat, let alone roasted meat with various seasonings.

Twenty minutes later, the whole sheep was roasted.

Lee Kyung-hyo didn't actually like eating the roasted meat he made, so he only ate half a lamb leg and gave the rest to the Eight-Armed Demon.

Then he took the purple-gold gourd and poured a big mouthful of monkey spirit wine into his mouth.

This caused the eight-armed demon, who was eating roasted meat and drinking strong liquor, to smell the aroma of Monkey Spirit Wine.

Suddenly, the strong liquor in my hand didn't taste so good anymore.

But Li Jingxiao doesn't care what the Eight-Armed Demon is thinking.

It's good enough to have food and drink; if you want to eat and drink well, what kind of prisoner are you?
The experience level has reached 69 (26/39).
I'll try to reach level 70 by the afternoon.

As for the Dugu Nine Swords, after three hours in the morning, the proficiency level also reached -Legendary (6840/5).
Moreover, nowadays, no matter what kind of sword technique it is in the martial arts world, once it's in his hands, his proficiency can be upgraded from beginner to master in just a few hours.

What Li Jingxiao didn't expect was that in the following battle, as the Eight-Armed Demon became more and more frustrated,

This demon suddenly changed his usual demeanor of 'competing with martial arts'.

In just over a dozen moves, he had created more than a dozen nicks in Li Jingxiao's longsword.

Li Jingxiao immediately realized that this devil was serious.

He immediately switched to a level 10 Coldlight Sword, defending against the Eight-Armed Demon's attacks while observing the situation.

He quickly realized that the demon's seemingly effortless fighting style was no match for him, so he immediately decided to use brute force to overcome skill.

Without a second thought, Li Jingxiao clicked on the Tai Chi Sword Manual in his inventory.

At first, because I wasn't familiar with the game, I was on the defensive for quite a while.

His Tai Chi sword skills soared all the way to the Grandmaster level.

The two became evenly matched again.

The eight-armed demon felt increasingly frustrated as it fought, and suddenly let out a howl, transforming from a human into an eight-armed demon.

With a ferocious and menacing expression, he charged towards Li Jingxiao.

Li Jingxiao immediately understood that the demon's competitive spirit had been aroused.

It's no wonder, considering that the sect leader, Master Xuanming, once said that this demon was invincible among 'humans, gods, and ghosts'.

Now that I can't control myself and I'm not going mad, I won't be called a demon.

Li Jingxiao didn't hold back either. With a thought, he transformed into a being with three heads and six arms.

(End of this chapter)