The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 262 The wind fanned the flames, and the fire, aided by the wind, soared into the sky.
As the commander of the 'Merit and Demerit Department', he knew of the existence of the underworld.

They also know how to use connections in the underworld.

Basically, they would first deal with the 'Merit and Demerit Division' envoy who came to their door.

Even the envoys sent to investigate the family's merits and demerits.

Those who know the proper etiquette will spontaneously offer their respects.

To some extent, it's like how the aggrieved party would offer bribes when the head constable of a local government office came to their door; it's become a custom.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the head constable has no official rank; he's not an official, but a clerk.

But he is actually equivalent to a modern-day criminal police captain, a public security captain, and even a city management captain.

Kang was naturally satisfied with this position; he would never lack food and drink in the future, and the thought of it made him feel wonderful.

When Li Jingxiao found out, he couldn't help but laugh and scold, but he felt relieved.

On the morning of the fourth day, as usual, I gained 91 experience points (186.8 million/220 million).
Returning to Japan, I meditated for half an hour, using my clairvoyance to gaze upon the mountain city.

Then he saw the granddaughter of the Heavenly Lake Dragon whom he had released back then.

The dog demon and Granny Toad, protected by dozens of other demons, arrived outside Shuten-dōji's mountain castle.

It was obvious that the princess must have discovered that her grandfather was no longer in the ravine, and at first thought he had just gone out.

But after a few days they still hadn't returned, so they sent someone to check the mountain stream carefully.

Only then did they realize there were signs of a fight, and they had no choice but to seek help from Shuten-dōji.

Li Jingxiao sighed inwardly, thinking to himself, 'You choose the path to heaven but not the path to hell.'

However, this dragon princess was actually quite pitiful; her husband was captured and taken to the underworld to be punished.

Her biological father was captured and imprisoned in the underworld, and her biological grandfather was imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower.

Moreover, it was all done by Li Jingxiao, so to some extent, Li Jingxiao and this princess were destined to meet.

As expected, not long after the group entered the mountain city, Shuten-dōji hurriedly arrived with a dozen or so personal guards.

Riding the demonic wind, carrying the dragon princess, the dog demon, and Granny Toad, they headed towards the Western Sea Road.

Li Jingxiao's eyes lit up immediately.

After the great demon and his entourage had gone far away, Li Jingxiao put away the dozen or so golden-armored warriors and then disappeared towards the mountain city.

For him, more than two hundred miles was just two hundred steps.

Using the "Diving into the Abyss and Shrinking the Earth" technique, they arrived outside the mountain city in just two or three minutes.

It flew into the air, invisible, and observed from above for a while.

This mountain city is half walled structure and half extends directly into the mountain.

It is foreseeable that the area with the city wall should only account for a small part of this mountain city.

The space inside the mountain must be even larger, probably including living areas, so naturally there would be even more demons.

Li Jingxiao suddenly took a deep breath, opened his mouth and exhaled, and a strong wind immediately arose.

In an instant, this divine wind of samadhi blew, darkening the sky and the earth, with cold, swirling yellow sand.

When the wind blows again, it cuts through forests and ridges, topples pines and plums, and stirs up dust and rocks that crumble.

The monsters patrolling the mountain city were blown by the wind, and their skin was torn open and their bones were destroyed.

In a matter of seconds, even the skeleton was blown into dust, which was then carried into the mountain by the Samadhi Divine Wind.

The notification sounds of +300 and +500 kept ringing in Li Jingxiao's mind.

In less than a minute, ninety percent of the demons on the mountain city were blown to death.

Moreover, the divine wind kept rushing into the mountain.

This caused a dramatic increase in pressure within the mountain, with fierce winds cutting through everything and all life in the surrounding area like sharp blades.

In Li Jingxiao's mind, the notifications of gaining experience became more and more frequent.

Then the voice in my mind said "Upgrade".

Li Jingxiao didn't have time to deal with it for the time being, after blowing out that Samadhi Divine Wind.

He opened his mouth again and inhaled, using the "Breath of Flames" technique.

A huge flame surged forth.

This time it rushed directly into the mountain, instantly turning the entire mountain into a sealed furnace.

Li Jingxiao's eyes lit up. After exhaling the flame, he took out the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan and fanned it vigorously a dozen times.

As the five-colored flames surged into the mountain, Li Jingxiao once again unleashed the Samadhi Divine Wind.

Now the wind and fire have an outlet.

The wind fanned the flames, and the fire, aided by the wind, soared into the sky.

In just a few minutes, the explosive and surging flames burned through the top of the mountain.

Flames shot up more than a hundred meters into the sky.

Even the mountainside turned red from the heat.

After waiting for a while, no experience-based prompts came to my mind.

Li Jingxiao then put away the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan and looked back at the Western Sea Road, which was seven or eight hundred miles away.

They saw that Shuten-dōji had only just arrived at the mountain stream.

He was accompanied by a dozen guards, following behind the dog demon, watching the dog demon point at the crumbling rocks and say something.

Li Jingxiao then grinned and glanced at the character's level with relief.

Not only did it upgrade, it also reached level 92 (110 million/240 million).
In other words, I earned a total of over 1.3 million experience points.

Based on the experience points of an ordinary monster, three to five hundred, it would have burned at least three to four thousand monsters to death.

It's a pity that the fire and wind struck in succession, even turning the mountainside red-hot.

The valuables and treasures inside the mountain must have been burned as well.

Li Jingxiao thought for a moment, then blew out another breath of Samadhi Divine Wind.

The wind wasn't strong, but just as he had predicted, the temperature on the mountain dropped rapidly.

He casually tossed out hundreds of golden beans, which transformed into hundreds of golden-armored warriors.

While inspecting and finishing off the enemy, Li Jingxiao landed on the city wall.

He wondered whether to ambush Shuten-dōji or openly fight him when he returned.

But all I could see were the city walls that had collapsed in several places due to the wind, and the bare, blackened hilltops that had been burned.

Li Jingxiao knew then that a sneak attack was no longer possible.

No sooner had the old dragon of Tianchi disappeared than his own lair was destroyed.

Even if Shuten-dōji was stupid, he would know that he had fallen for a diversionary tactic.

Who knows, if this guy sees the mountain city from afar, he might turn around and run away.

So Li Jingxiao stopped worrying, took out the purple-gold gourd, and took a big gulp of spiritual wine to moisten his throat.

He silently circulated his internal energy to restore his true qi.

Fortunately, the Longevity and Immortality Technique has reached the legendary level, and the speed of true qi recovery is indeed very fast.

Instead of relying on blue potions to replenish his true energy, Li Jingxiao always preferred to rely on his cultivation techniques to automatically restore his true energy.

In just a short while, he had fully recovered from the two-thirds of the true energy he had consumed.

Another half hour passed, and hundreds of golden-armored warriors had already inspected all the monster corpses inside and outside.

He also killed more than twenty monsters who had miraculously survived, and returned to Li Jingxiao's side to report back.

Li Jingxiao's third eye looked towards Xikaidao and saw that Shuten-dōji was drinking tea in a courtyard near the mountain stream.

The dog demon and Princess Tianchi were kneeling and reporting something to him.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao didn't understand Japanese and couldn't read their lips.

However, Li Jingxiao could still tell from the way the dragon girl mentioned her name several times.

Judging from the looks of it, he was probably talking to Shuten-dōji about the grudge between himself and the Old Dragon of Tianchi.

They probably won't be back anytime soon.

He then ordered the golden-armored warriors to search for gold, silver, and other valuables inside the mountain.

Other things will certainly be burned, but gold and silver, once melted and cooled, will still be gold and silver.

Even melting it is very simple; just breathe a flame, and it will be melted into a liquid in no time.

As for the molds, it was even simpler. With so many golden-armored warriors around, it didn't take long to find a large amount of silver and brass from the ruins inside the mountain.

There wasn't much gold, though. Li Jingxiao glanced at the pile of gold fragments and estimated it weighed at most a thousand catties.

Converted to silver, it should be around 20,000 taels.

However, Li Jingxiao knew that these were definitely only a part of it.

More likely, they should be buried by collapsed buildings and rocks.

With a casual wave of his hand, he collected all the gold into his inventory.

His gaze fell upon the silver ingots and the large quantity of copper alloy.

Li Jingxiao also realized at this time that Japan had discovered the Iwami silver mine seventy or eighty years ago.

Not only were large amounts of silver unearthed, but also even more copper as a byproduct.

The Japanese actually use copper coins the most.

However, their smelting technology was inferior to that of the Celestial Empire, so they used copper coins from various dynasties of the Celestial Empire as high-grade currency.

In Japanese Sengoku period dramas, there are many scenes depicting daimyo using Chinese copper coins.

Some even specifically pointed out that the copper coins from the Ming Dynasty were of the best quality and were most favored by merchants and lords.

Ordinary people in the Great Zhou Dynasty only used copper coins.

Gold is rarely seen on the market, and ordinary people also have few opportunities to use silver.

Some farmers never even used silver in their entire lives.

Li Jingxiao estimated that the silver ingots in front of him were worth at least 300,000 taels.

Once piled into four heaps of copper blocks, each over one meter high and two meters in diameter, the value becomes impossible to estimate.

But it is copper after all, and copper is money.

She smiled and collected all the silver and copper ingots.

Li Jingxiao waved his hand, and hundreds of golden-armored warriors spontaneously lay in ambush around him.

However, instead of Shuten-dōji, many yokai from the surrounding area came to see what was going on.

Even some Japanese samurai from the surrounding area rushed over to check the situation.

Li Jingxiao scanned the area within a hundred miles and only found a few dozen monsters.

He simply had no interest in dealing with these scattered monsters.

I decided to hide and fly to a mountaintop to avoid it.

In the afternoon, Shuten-dōji enjoyed a fairly substantial lunch in Saikaidō.

Only then did he return with a dozen or so guards.

However, they found that several sections of the city wall of their own mountain town had collapsed.

The buildings in the city were almost all burned to ruins, and even the entire hilltop was now covered with black marks left by smoke and fire.

He was instantly enraged.

They saw more than a dozen groups of monsters and samurai searching for money in the city.

He charged down from the sky, carrying a three-meter-long naginata.

With a single swing of his sword, he easily sliced ​​through the bodies of several monsters and samurai, while his dozen or so guards charged down in a rage.

He swung his knife at people and started slashing.

A dozen or so groups of demons and samurai were watching as Shuten-dōji returned.

No one dared to linger any longer; the vast majority of people turned and fled.

Only a few who are attacked will draw their swords in retaliation.

However, none of these samurai or demons could withstand three moves from Shuten-dōji.

Meanwhile, Li Jingxiao, who had been watching from a distance, could roughly discern the general strength of this great demon, one of the three great demons of Japan.

His martial arts skills are indeed good, but he is still far inferior to the eight-armed demon on the second floor of the Demon-Sealing Tower.

Moreover, this is the best opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

He intended to sneak past undetected and use a single breath of divine wind to kill all the monsters and warriors.

Even if Shuten-dōji could withstand the Samadhi Divine Wind, he would certainly be seriously injured.

However, Li Jingxiao thought about it again and realized that the combined experience of the dozen or so groups of monsters and warriors was only about 10,000 to 20,000 points.

If Shuten-dōji manages to escape, it won't be so easy to catch him again.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jingxiao smiled and disappeared underground.

The Earth-moving technique, used for surprise attacks, was already mastered by Tu Xingsun during the Investiture of the Gods war.

A moment later, Li Jingxiao's figure suddenly jumped out from underground.

He called out "Freeze" to Shuten-dōji, who had his back to him.

In an instant, he froze the monster and took out the towering white jade pillar.

He swung the stick and struck the guy hard on the head.

A loud 'bang' resounded.

The monster was knocked to the ground by the blow.

It transformed from a child into a red-faced, fanged creature with two horns on its head.

The image of a demon with solid muscles and sharp claws on its limbs that gleam with a cold light.

At this moment, the demon, whose height was definitely over two and a half meters, was not only bleeding from a broken head, but was also shaking his head repeatedly, trying to clear his mind.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao thought to himself that this guy's head was really hard.

After being hit with a stick that day, Old Dragon Chi was in much worse condition than this evil spirit.

Without further ado, Li Jingxiao unleashed a +3 Binding Immortal Rope, binding the monster at the same time.

Take out the level 40 Plum Blossom Bright Silver Hammer from your inventory.

They started smashing it down on the head with a series of 'bang bang bang' sounds.

The demon, who had recovered considerably, was not only stunned by the blows, but was also knocked down again.

It was also bound by the +3 Binding Immortal Rope, which bound its limbs and body, leaving only its head still able to move.

Li Jingxiao chuckled, but his double hammers showed no sign of stopping.

After more than a dozen consecutive blows, the 48-pound hammer, though not heavy, was no match for Li Jingxiao's immense strength.

A single blow from the hammer carries at least four or five thousand pounds of force.

Moreover, the twin hammers in his hands have +15 armor penetration and +5 durability.

It's simply a matter of 'overpowering skill with brute force,' requiring only a barrage of heavy weapons.

The dozen or so guards quickly discovered that the wine barrel boy had been ambushed.

But Li Jingxiao only needed a few moves to knock their master down.

When they finally realized what was happening, they charged forward wielding their broadswords.

With a thought, Li Jingxiao suddenly summoned the +5 Five Directions Five Thunder Beads, which hovered and began to rotate around him.

Five types of lightning automatically attacked the dozen or so guards.

Just two or three lightning strikes were enough to kill one of the guards.

Let alone attacking Li Jingxiao, they couldn't even get close.

Li Jingxiao also put away his bright silver hammer, and the +6 Demon-Suppressing Sword on his back suddenly came out of its sheath with a clang.

One splits into two, two splits into four, and four transform into hundreds of demon-suppressing swords, whistling as they pierce the surrounding monsters and warriors.

Even those who had already escaped the mountain city were caught up with by flying swords and cleaved in two.

With experience prompts constantly echoing in his mind, Li Jingxiao smiled.

His gaze fell on the demon, whose head was spinning and who was panting heavily, yet who stubbornly refused to faint.

He raised his foot and stomped hard on the other person's head.

This immediately made the evil spirit feel humiliated, and it roared and tried to overturn Li Jingxiao.

Unfortunately, his body and limbs were firmly bound by the Immortal Binding Rope, so he couldn't exert any force and naturally couldn't lift Li Jingxiao's feet.

(End of this chapter)