The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 253 The Sky-Supporting White Jade Pillar (Diving into the Abyss and Shrinking the Earth)

Although Sister You was feisty and straightforward, she had long considered herself Li Jingxiao's woman.

Aside from her own husband, she showed no interest in any other man.

Even Qin Zhong's attitude was quite cold.

However, the two sisters were still very grateful to Grandmother Jia.

If they hadn't married into the Li family along with Yuan Chun, the two sisters wouldn't be enjoying their current wealth and status.

Incidentally, he also always felt grateful to the Ning and Rong families.

Therefore, upon seeing Grandmother Jia, Lady Wang, Lady Xing, and others, they not only bowed deeply in greeting but also expressed their gratitude verbally.

Grandmother Jia adored pretty young girls, so she quickly pulled the two sisters along.

Look left, look right.

She said with a smile, "Giving such beautiful sisters to Jingyou is really a bargain for him."

"If Jingyou ever bullies you in the future, come to me, Grandma, and I'll stand up for you."

Sister You blushed and quickly said no.

It was rare for You Sanjie to show such a girlish side, thinking to herself, 'Master treats me and my sister so well, how could he bully me?'

She even secretly hoped that the master would bully her.

Especially when she thought about sparring with Li Jingxiao during morning exercises and how the master often made fun of her, she not only wasn't angry, but actually looked forward to it.

Grandmother Jia had a keen eye; just by looking at the sisters' expressions, she knew that they had long been deeply in love with Li Jingxiao.

He secretly sighed, wishing that Li Jingxiao could give half of his talent and luck to Baoyu.

Unfortunately, these thoughts remained just that—thoughts.

It's not only meaningless, but it's also impossible to actually say it.

Although Wang Xifeng smiled broadly when she saw Grandmother Jia praising the You sisters, she didn't really care.

However, even Wang Xifeng herself had to admit that the two sisters were indeed stunningly beautiful.

Suddenly, I realized that it was actually a great thing that Xiren and Qingwen had given me their blessing.

Otherwise, how could she compete with the first and second wives for the master's favor and attention?

Thinking about it this way, her gaze softened considerably when she looked at Xiren and Qingwen standing beside her.

Especially Qingwen, even though she was still a young girl.

However, when Sister You Er and Sister You San entered the Xingguo Duke's Mansion as part of their dowry, they were not very old.

It only takes two or three years to raise it.

Moreover, the master's character is trustworthy; he hasn't made a move on these two stunningly beautiful sisters yet.

However, Wang Xifeng was quite shrewd, secretly thinking that Xiren and Qingwen were from the Jia family.

In the future, we will inevitably have to thank the Jia family even more.

She might still have to find one or two Yangzhou "slender horses" from her maternal family.

Wang Xifeng had her own ideas, and Madam Xing was also making her own little schemes.

Madam Xing had already begun to regret her actions at this point.

Two years ago, when Yuan Chun got married, she had thought about having her brother's daughter accompany her as part of her dowry.

I didn't speak up at the time because I thought my niece Xing Xiuyan was too young.

But looking back two years later, I suddenly realized that I had been far too short-sighted.

If she had been part of the dowry two years ago, she would be ten years old by now.

Then I noticed that the second and third sisters of the You family were dressed better than the young ladies of the Duke's mansion.

It's obvious at a glance that these two sisters come from a wealthy family.

For Madam Xing, who was obsessed with money, it was as painful as losing several thousand taels of silver.

Madam Xing immediately thought to herself that she still had to write to Suzhou to bring her elder brother, sister-in-law, and niece to the capital.

Moreover, the old lady loves pretty young girls the most, and since her niece came, she was considered a relative.

Who knows, they might even get a monthly allowance; then, wouldn't those two taels of silver be mine?
As darkness gradually fell, Li Jingxiao intended to go home.

However, Grandmother Jia used the excuse of wanting Yuan Chun, Wang Xifeng, You Erjie, and You Sanjie to stay with her for a while longer.

Li Jingxiao could only send his servants back to tell Qin Keqing that he would stay at the Jia family's house for dinner before taking his wife and others home.

It was already past eight o'clock when I got home.

Yuan Chun and Wang Xifeng don't need to see Qin Keqing.

They went straight into the West Mansion.

The two wives each lived in two separate houses, one on the east and one on the west, which meant they lived separately from the beginning.

They only eat together when Lee Kyung-hyo is home.

As soon as Qin Keqing saw Li Jingxiao arrive at her East Mansion, she pouted and complained.

Li Jingxiao shook his head helplessly. It was normal for his wife to have a problem with him not having dinner at the Qin family's house yesterday.

He hugged Qin Keqing and comforted her for a few words. Seeing that his wife was still being difficult, he simply picked her up and carried her to the main room.

Qin Keqing knew exactly what her man wanted to do, and she quickly struggled to get up.

Unfortunately, it soon became well-behaved again.

Not only did he get beaten up, but he also caused Baozhu and Ruizhu to be beaten down as well.

However, this also made Qin Keqing completely obedient.

The next day, Qin Keqing noticed that Wang Xifeng had two more maids by her side, but she didn't care.

There were actually plenty of pretty maids in the house, but her husband never seemed to have any interest in them.

Moreover, Qin Keqing had absolute confidence in her appearance.

Anyway, she hasn't found any girl or woman her age who is prettier than her.

In terms of temperament and ability, no one can compare to him.

Moreover, Wang Xifeng was only a concubine, and a concubine's maid was at most a concubine's maid.

Whether or not she could become a concubine depended on whether Qin Keqing and Yuan Chun agreed.

Otherwise, she would be a maidservant for life.

Since she posed no threat to herself, Qin Keqing naturally didn't care about Xiren and Qingwen.

She even reached a tacit understanding with Yuan Chun and Wang Xifeng early on.

Even if she finds a few more maids for her husband, she can't let those two vixens, Hu Xian'er and Liu Cuitong, seduce him away.

In the following days, Li Jingxiao went to Maoshan to gain experience points as usual in the mornings.

Even if something really happens in Beijing, I'll still fly there in the afternoon.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, I finally leveled up to level 90.

体质40、根骨41+16、悟性50+8——
As Li Jingxiao held the sleeping Wang Xifeng in his arms that night, his mind drifted into the game.

I commanded my game character to enter the new level 90 map.

The level 90 map has added a formation workshop, but unfortunately Li Jingxiao really knows nothing about formations.

Moreover, it's obvious at a glance that this thing is a money-grabbing scheme by the game developers.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao's attitude towards the array workshop is the same as that towards the alchemy room and the weapon-refining workshop for the time being: to deal with it in the future.

Once outside the city, use the sword-wielding technique to kill small monsters; you can take down a large group at once.

The +5 Five Directions Five Thunder Beads continuously and automatically attack the approaching monsters, while also finishing off those monsters that weren't killed by the Sword Control Technique.

There was also a moon wheel, which kept rotating and cutting around it.

So even though the level 90 monsters are powerful and have high HP, they can still be defeated quickly by Li Jingxiao's three-hit combo.

In less than an hour, all the monsters outside the city were wiped out.

When Li Jingxiao saw the level 90 BOSS, his first thought was Sun Wukong.

It wasn't until I saw the BOSS's name that I realized what was going on.

This is the "Voice-Wielding Monkey King" from the Seven Great Sages of Journey to the West.

Since they are the Seven Great Sages, their strength is naturally not weak.

Sure enough, what gave Li Jingxiao the biggest headache about this BOSS was the monkey's extremely fast attack speed.

Not only are they elusive and unpredictable, but they also have the ability to teleport.

Before you know it, they'll suddenly appear behind or to the side of Li Jingxiao.

He picked up a long staff made entirely of white jade, its shaft still covered in glittering gold metal, and brought it down on his head.

Moreover, this monkey has extremely strong attack power and can perform combo attacks.

Once hit, it's followed by several, even a dozen, consecutive attacks. The Sun Golden Wheel's defense can usually only withstand three or four blows before the long staff shatters its blue defensive aura.

Li Jingxiao had no choice but to transform into a three-headed, six-armed figure, wielding a black gold and silver spear and a dragon-patterned halberd.

The four weapons, including the Demon-Suppressing Sword and the Dragon's Roar Sword, tumbled up and down.

Yet, he was still overwhelmed by the monkey's combo attacks, struggling to defend himself and barely managing to keep up.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao quickly calmed down. If the monkey used a combo attack, he would immediately use a 'freeze spell'.

If you freeze the monkey in place for two or three seconds, not only will its threat level be greatly reduced, but Li Jingxiao will also have the opportunity to counterattack.

Moreover, a fully upgraded Golden Bell Shield has extremely strong defensive capabilities, and its destructive power after reflection is also quite good.

When hit, the game character will lose health, but the recoil will also cause the Venerable Sage to lose health as well.

However, Li Jingxiao can take medicine, and his blood volume has remained above half.

It has three heads that occasionally breathe fire, spit lightning, or blow out divine winds.

With the addition of the +5 Five Directions Five Thunder Beads, which can actively emit five types of lightning, Li Jingxiao's numerous attack methods also dealt significant damage to the monkey.

After Li Jingxiao struck the monkey more than a dozen times with his dragon-patterned halberd, he finally unleashed an attack of frost and cold poison.

This immediately slowed down the monkey's movement and attack speed.

Now it was Li Jingxiao's turn to retaliate.

The black gold and silver spear has an armor-piercing ability of 24. Several shots hit the target and also caused the target to bleed continuously.

Both the Dragon Roar Sword and the Demon Suppressing Sword deal additional damage to demons and evil spirits.

Afterwards, Li Jingxiao kept taking red medicine and endured the fierce battle with the Great Sage of Wind for half an hour before finally piercing through his opponent with a single spear thrust.

Huge explosion.

Li Jingxiao immediately recognized the white jade and gold-wrapped staff that the Great Sage of Wind had just used.

He hurriedly picked it up and took a look, and immediately felt that the white jade stick was ridiculously heavy.

I could only put it in my inventory for now.

The Sky-Supporting White Jade Pillar weighs 7200 jin (approximately 360 catties) and is made from the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Iron of the Western Sea, capable of transforming into a giant pillar supporting the sky.

Attack +200, Fortitude +200, Armor Penetration +200.

Each level increases the weight by 800 jin (400 catties).

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed.

With his current strength, he could lift the divine weapon with both hands, but wielding it would be difficult.

Even with hands clasped, once you start dancing, you'll immediately find it extremely difficult to maintain your balance.

I secretly thought it was a pity.

Although the heavier the weapon, the better it would be for Li Jingxiao as he grows stronger in the future.

But if it's unusable now, it's just a piece of junk.

His gaze involuntarily fell on a book on the ground.

He reached out and used the Dragon-Capturing and Crane-Controlling Technique, and the manual immediately flew into his hand.

"Shrinking the Abyss".

Li Jingxiao's face lit up with joy again. This thing was most likely the teleportation technique used by the Great Sage of Wind just now.

I learned it without even thinking about it.

Suddenly, a flood of Taoist knowledge rushed into his mind.

Shrinking the earth: A thousand miles of land appear as if it were right before your eyes.

Beginners take it one step at a time

The expert can travel ten miles in one step.

The master travels a hundred miles in one step.

Li Jingxiao hurriedly collected all the other equipment, medicines, and game coins on the ground into his inventory.

His mind returned to his body, and he gently released Wang Xifeng, who was fast asleep in his arms.

With a wave of his hand, he put on the robes, shoes, and other items from the game.

Using the wall-penetrating technique, he passed directly through the wall.

He flew to the outskirts of the capital.

He landed on a post road and used the "Diving into the Abyss and Shrinking the Earth" technique.

As soon as I took a step, I felt the space compress.

When the footsteps touched the ground, the person was already a mile away.

Li Jingxiao got carried away with his play and took steps forward. After only a hundred or so steps, he saw the city wall of Jizhen.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao possesses the ability to see a thousand miles, opening a third eye.

You don't have to worry about suddenly bumping into walls, rocks, trees, or other obstacles while walking.

If he were to activate his wall-penetrating ability at the same time, then no obstacle would be a problem for him.

If you walk another seven or eight hundred steps to the east, you will see the massive city walls and Great Wall of Shanhaiguan.

Arriving at the seaside, looking at the sea under the moonlight, Li Jingxiao felt incredibly happy.

This divine speed technique is clearly much faster than the sword control technique.

I'm just a beginner, taking it one step at a time.

It can travel at least 3,600 miles in an hour.

If you walk fast, you can cover six or seven thousand miles in an hour without any problem.

Of course, this is on the premise that the internal energy is sufficient to sustain the spell's consumption.

It only took Li Jingxiao seven or eight minutes to get from Jizhen to Shanhaiguan.

That's equivalent to traveling 100 miles in one minute, which is indeed much faster than sword control.

After playing for a while, we sat on a huge rock by the sea for quite some time.

My attention was then focused on the other equipment that had just been obtained.

The level 90 Jingpao Golden Chainmail provides +55 defense and 30% reduction in physical and magical damage.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed again and glanced at his inventory.

There are quite a few spirit stones with +1, +2, and +3 bonuses.

I also have a +4 one, so I immediately used a spirit stone to upgrade this golden chainmail to +4.

+4 Golden Chainmail Robe, Defense +62, Physical and Magical Damage Reduction 50%
Furthermore, once you obtain +5 or higher spirit stones and enhance them a few more times, you can reduce damage by 60-70-80%.

Then this armor can truly be considered a divine artifact.

I remember the first time I explored a new map, the drop rates in other maps would also increase significantly.

Li Jingxiao sat by the sea and summoned more than a dozen golden-armored warriors to protect him.

I focused my mind on the game and started grinding my way down from the level 80 map.

The drop rate is indeed quite good.

Not only did it drop a second level 80 Demon-Slaying Sword.

They also found a level 70 Overlord Bow.

Attack +30, Penetration +15, Range +20.

The skill Meteor Arrow is as fast as a shooting star, covering a distance of 2 miles in the blink of an eye.

Other Taoist and martial arts techniques, as well as dozens of weapons and equipment.

Li Jingxiao hasn't learned Taoist magic or martial arts yet because he simply doesn't have the energy.

I'll learn it when I've maxed out my Sword Control Technique and Longevity Skill, and when I have more time.

After finishing off the monsters, I took out my pocket watch and checked the time; it was already 2 a.m.

Li Jingxiao then used the supernatural power of "Shrinking the Earth in the Abyss" and returned to the capital in less than 10 minutes.

Upon seeing the city wall, we simply passed through it.

But before he could continue walking home, he heard a loud shout.

"Hey, where did this petty thief come from, daring to trespass into the capital region? Surrender now!"

Li Jingxiao looked in surprise in the direction from which the sound came.

Then they saw the Night Patrol God of the City God Temple leading dozens of ghostly soldiers as they hurried over.

Li Jingxiao rolled his eyes at the night patrolman, took a step forward, and passed directly through countless houses in the capital.

It appeared in its own yard.

(End of this chapter)