The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 294 A Thousand Swords Piercing the Heart
Sha Wujing lost the second battle, and his stomach was growling with hunger. He really didn't want to fight Li Jingxiao anymore.

I wanted to say a few polite words to save face.

But seeing Li Jingxiao roasting lamb right in front of him made him furious.

It's obvious they're deliberately trying to annoy themselves.

As for asking for roasted lamb, Sha Wujing is not like Zhu Bajie.

People are willing to throw away their dignity for a bite to eat.

Unexpectedly, Li Jingxiao took the initiative to invite him, saying, "That demon, I know you're not strong enough, so I won't take advantage of you."

"I'll treat you to roast lamb; once you've regained your strength, you can fight again."

Sha Wujing was taken aback, but then he remembered that Li Jingxiao had only knocked him away, not taken the opportunity to kill him.

Since they had indeed held back, there was no need to poison them.

After flying out of the water, he said, "You're the one who insisted on treating me to drinks and meat, not the other way around."

Li Jingxiao laughed heartily, "If I want to defeat you, I must win fair and square."

Upon hearing this, Sha Wujing couldn't help but purse his lips.

During the fight, this Taoist priest used both sneak attacks and underhanded tricks.

It has absolutely nothing to do with being aboveboard or aboveboard.

As for the idea of ​​subduing him, Sha Wujing scoffed at it in his heart.

He thought to himself, "After I've eaten and drunk my fill, I'll show you what I'm capable of."

He flew to Li Jingxiao's side and plunged the precious staff in his hand directly into the stone.

Sitting by the fire, staring at the whole roasted lamb whose skin was already sizzling with oil.

After learning the "Flame-Spitting Technique," Li Jingxiao frequently used it in battle.

The ability to control fire has indeed been greatly improved.

A lamb that should have taken an hour to roast sizzled and dripped with oil in less than ten minutes, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

He casually tossed a jar of strong liquor to Sha Wujing.

He then took out a jar of monkey wine and started drinking it.

Sha Wujing sniffed the wine in his hand, and was initially quite happy.

But then smell the aroma of monkey wine wafting in the air.

It immediately became unbalanced.

"You Taoist priest are so stingy! You drink monkey wine yourself, but give me this strong liquor. What kind of logic is that?"

Li Jingxiao chuckled: "It's good enough to have something to drink. If you want monkey wine, I'll talk about it after I beat you, Daoist."

Besides, we are enemies right now.

If it were you, would you give me good wine?
You should be grateful you get to eat barbecue!

Sha Wujing was speechless.

I was thinking to myself, if it were me, I'd be lucky if you didn't starve to death.

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly realized that this young Taoist priest was actually quite nice.

However, to truly convince himself, he would need to go back and study for at least another ten years and six months.

No, it would take at least three to five hundred years.

After the lamb was roasted, Li Jingxiao ate a lamb leg and drank a jar of monkey wine, and that was enough to satisfy his hunger.

But Sha Wujing was probably really hungry, so he chewed up the whole sheep, meat and bones, and swallowed it with some liquor.

After finishing the meal, we were still a little hungry.

He lamented that he had only eaten about three-tenths of his fullness.

Li Jingxiao rolled his eyes at Sha Wujing, and after thinking for a moment, he simply took out the meat buns he had prepared for Dang Kang back then from his inventory.

Sha Wujing was overjoyed and ate a full two hundred buns.

He drank another jar of strong liquor before finally patting his belly contentedly.

He stood up, pulled his magic staff from the ground, and said to Li Jingxiao, "Come on, now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, let me show you my true skills."

Li Jingxiao nodded and took out his black gold and silver spear.

Without even a greeting, he raised his hand and stabbed.

Seeing this, Sha Wujing cursed inwardly again.

Li Jingxiao said he would win fair and square, but once he started fighting, there was no doubt that he was shameless.

However, having already suffered two losses, he was mentally prepared for Li Jingxiao's actions.

So they didn't care.

He raised his hand and swung his staff to deflect the spear, the end of the staff sweeping diagonally, forcing Li Jingxiao to parry with his spear.

Li Jingxiao soon discovered that Sha Wujing's strength was indeed much greater than before.

The two exchanged more than a dozen blows, and were evenly matched.

Sha Wujing was secretly surprised, for he was the Curtain-Lifting General from Heaven.

Although his skills weren't among the top in the Heavenly Court, he had cultivated for countless years and was able to ascend to become a Heavenly Palace General.

Judging from his appearance, the young Taoist priest in front of me is quite young.

As for whether it's an old monster pretending to be young, Sha Wujing has been in the Heavenly Court for many years and served as a servant to the Jade Emperor.

I believe I have a decent eye for things.

This immediately made Sha Wujing somewhat envious of Li Jingxiao's talent.

However, these thoughts only lasted for a moment, and the two fought for another forty or fifty rounds.

Sha Wujing couldn't help but get a little anxious.

If even after eating and drinking my fill I still can't beat this little Taoist priest, does that mean I'll really stop eating people from now on?

Li Jingxiao didn't care what he was thinking; he saw that Sha Wujing's strength was greater than he had imagined.

A wicked thought immediately formed in my mind.

The peach wood sword on his back suddenly unsheathed itself and stabbed towards Sha Wujing in mid-air.

His bright silver spear danced in a flurry of motion, unleashing a relentless, all-out attack without any defense.

Sha Wujing was in trouble now. He swung his staff up and down to block Li Jingxiao's attack.

They also had to be on guard against flying swords coming down from the sky.

I suddenly felt a surge of pressure.

Unexpectedly, the flying sword was just a decoy. Li Jingxiao took advantage of Sha Wujing's distraction.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth and roared again, startling Sha Wujing just like in the second round of the fight.

Startled by the lion's roar, he was a beat too slow and Li Jingxiao seized the opportunity once again.

With a few shots, he broke through Sha Wujing's defenses, and with a skillful strike using the power of Tai Chi, he knocked the staff out of Sha Wujing's hand.

He then kicked Sha Wujing into the Flowing Sand River.

Having gained another 10 experience points, Li Jingxiao leaned on his spear and laughed heartily.

Sha Wujing surfaced quickly this time, still looking angry, and started cursing at Li Jingxiao.

He picked up his weapon and silently prepared to return to Liusha River, thinking about how to break Li Jingxiao's combined attack technique.

Judging from this, Li Jingxiao once again resorted to underhanded tactics in the fight, which indeed made Sha Wujing very dissatisfied.

Taking advantage of the situation, Li Jingxiao said, "We had a good fight today, shall we fight again tomorrow?"

Sha Wujing wanted to nod, but then he thought that the day after tomorrow would be the day he would suffer the pain of being pierced by ten thousand swords.

If I play all day tomorrow and get too tired, I'll feel even worse the day after tomorrow.

It would be better to schedule it for the day after tomorrow, even if I'm not in good form and lose again.

But as long as there is food and drink, recovery will be faster.

Even if things go badly, at least we won't have to continue to suffer from hunger.

So he shook his head: "Tomorrow won't work. I have important business the day after tomorrow, so I need to make preparations tomorrow."

"If you want to fight, come back the day after tomorrow."

Li Jingxiao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

However, his way of thinking is different from that of Sha Wujing.

Thinking that Sha Wujing would surely rest for a day after receiving his punishment tomorrow, they decided to fight again the day after tomorrow.

After bidding farewell to Sha Wujing, Li Jingxiao, seeing that it was still early, decided to head to Eagle's Sorrow Stream and fight the White Dragon again.

Moreover, this time he learned his lesson and used words to provoke the White Dragon.

During the fight, he pretended to be caught off guard and lost a move to the White Dragon.

The little white dragon was immediately overjoyed, thinking to himself that his recent diligent practice of martial arts had finally yielded remarkable results.

But it was a real victory.

Li Jingxiao then seized the opportunity to say that Xiaobailong's victory was "unfair," and that he had only lost because he was momentarily caught off guard.

They absolutely had to fight again.

As expected, Xiao Bailong lost badly in the second match.

Now it was his turn to be unconvinced, and he insisted on a third round.

Li Jingxiao secretly thought that if they could fight three to five rounds each time, he would definitely benefit more.

The third match was no surprise, but this time Xiao Bailong's loss was much more entertaining than the second.

Although he still lost, in Little White Dragon's eyes, he had made progress.

At least today's score is '1 to 2', compared to the previous record of '0 to 1' every time.

They managed to save some face.

So he easily agreed to Lee Kyung-hyo's request to limit future duels to three matches.

Li Jingxiao, on the other hand, gained 10 experience points from Xiaobailong.

As soon as he got home, he hugged and kissed Baihua Xiu.

The shy princess pinched his waist several times.

Unfortunately, this pain was like a tickle to Li Jingxiao.

After kissing for a while, he released the princess and, laughing heartily, ordered his maid to prepare a banquet.

I'm going to have a nice drink with the princess today.

With that, he waved his hand and took out ten jars of Dukang wine from his inventory.

Let the maids and old women who were willing to leave the palace with Baihuaxiu and come to Boyue Cave have some fun too.

Of course, when the maids and servants arrived at Wave Moon Cave, they discovered that it was not a desolate place at all.

Even the royal palace wasn't as luxurious as the prince consort's mansion.

Although Li Jingxiao did not marry Baihuaxiu, he had already entrusted her with all the affairs of Boyue Cave.

She effectively exercised the power of the mistress of the house.

Furthermore, since the maids and servants were all from Baihuaxiu's faction, they naturally assumed that Li Jingxiao was the prince consort.

Li Jingxiao did not refute.

The wine that Li Jingxiao and Baihuaxiu drank was naturally Monkey Spirit Wine.

Moreover, every time Baihua Xiu drinks this wine, she can easily convert the spiritual energy in the wine into internal force when she practices the internal energy of the Nine Yin Manual.

Sensing the improvement in his cultivation, he would happily give Li Jingxiao a subtle hint.

Li Jingxiao was also happy to do some naughty things with Baihuaxiu.

Although I don't have much experience, I do know about matters of love between men and women.

Li Jingxiao not only liked it, but also considered it a way to relieve stress during the monotonous days of cultivation and leveling up.

Moreover, given his current physical condition, it would be quite easy for him to make the princess lose two or three times in a row when playing cards.

Unfortunately, Baihuaxiu was still just a mortal and couldn't withstand the constant revelry.

Over time, she inevitably died suddenly, just like Zhu Bajie's ex-wife, Mao Erjie.

Even for Gao Cuilan, if it weren't for the fact that Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang arrived at Gao Family Village six months after Gao Cuilan and Pigsy got married.

Perhaps Gao Cuilan, like Mao Erjie, will die of illness less than a year after getting married.

Unlike the TV series, the character Pigsy in the original novel did not consummate his marriage with Gao Cuilan after their wedding.

In reality, it had only been half a year, and Gao Cuilan was already pale, weak, and sickly from being tormented by Lao Zhu.

Li Jingxiao would never treat Baihuaxiu that way.

And honestly, instead of playing cards all day, it would be better to practice martial arts with Baihuaxiu.

Using martial arts as an excuse, I won against her a few more times, gaining far more experience than I would from playing poker.

The next morning, before dawn.

Li Jingxiao quietly pushed away Baihuaxiu, who was still fast asleep and was tightly hugging him.

I got up and flew straight to Liusha River.

But after waiting all day, nothing happened.

As darkness fell, Li Jingxiao began to wonder if Sha Wujing had deceived him.

But thinking about it carefully, Lao Sha was trapped in the Liusha River, and at most he could only walk around the riverbank.

Since he couldn't get away from the Liusha River, was he trying to convince himself that he wasn't afraid of his own revenge?
Besides, there's really no point in lying once.

After all, he had to endure the punishment of having a flying sword pierce his heart every seven days.

At worst, it just takes a little more time; we'll eventually find out exactly which day the penalty is due.

So after much deliberation, Li Jingxiao realized that he had misunderstood Sha Wujing's words.

He shook his head and smiled before going home.

The next day, Li Jingxiao, who had been using his all-seeing eyes, indeed discovered something unusual in the Liusha River at noon.

He flew into the sky and stared at the Liusha River with his third eye on his forehead.

The phrase "pierced by ten thousand swords" was something Li Jingxiao had previously thought was just a saying.

But it was soon discovered that the Jade Emperor's words were absolutely unbiased.
If it is said that ten thousand swords pierce the heart, then there must be ten thousand flying swords piercing Sha Wujing's chest and abdomen.

Even Li Jingxiao, who was watching, began to admire Sha Wujing.

A sense of fear also arose in his heart towards the Heavenly Court.

But thinking about it, it makes sense; the Jade Emperor is the ruler of the Three Realms.

This is not the same Jade Emperor from the TV series, the one who was thrown into the Lingxiao Palace by the Monkey King and hid under the dragon throne in fear.

In the original story, Sun Wukong couldn't even get into the Lingxiao Palace.

They couldn't even break into the Dou Niu Palace; they were stopped by Wang Lingguan.

Having witnessed the entire process of Sha Wujing being pierced through the heart by ten thousand swords, Li Jingxiao did gain some insights.

Although his sword control technique, combined with his clairvoyance, allows him to easily take someone's head from a distance of thousands of miles.

But the distance between the Heavenly Court and the Flowing Sand River is truly unknown.

But the flying swords still appeared out of thin air, and then tens of thousands of flying swords appeared.

Like a violent storm, the punishment of being pierced by ten thousand swords was completed in less than half an incense stick's time.

If it were Li Jingxiao himself, he could easily wield ten or a hundred swords per second.

The difficulty lies in the fact that even if a hundred swords pierce Sha Wujing's chest and abdomen simultaneously in a second, they cannot kill him.

This was simply impossible for Li Jingxiao.

So after watching for only about 10 minutes, Li Jingxiao felt that he had gained a lot.

After returning, he secluded himself for three days, even neglecting the duel he had agreed upon with Sha Wujing.

After clearing customs, I went to Liusha River the next day.

Li Jingxiao did not throw stones into the Liusha River as he did last time.

Instead, he took out a jade flute and played a tune called "Three Variations on Plum Blossom".

Sha Wujing quickly appeared on the river and saw that it was Li Jingxiao playing the flute.

Anger welled up inside me instantly.

As I listened, my anger gradually subsided.

As they listened, they even began to feel grateful.

It seems that Li Jingxiao knew he couldn't keep his promise, so he played the flute on the shore to express his apology.

After the song ended, Sha Wujing flew out of the river, saying that Li Jingxiao was untrustworthy, but in his heart he had already forgiven him.

Therefore, during the fight, Sha Wujing was not very angry and could not use his full strength.

As before, the two fought forty or fifty rounds without a clear winner.

(End of this chapter)