The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 336: Follow the Hardcore Soldiers

With the death of the Six-Eared Macaque, the Ironclad Soldier of the Heart became ownerless.

This divine weapon naturally became Li Jingxiao's spoils of war.

He was easily refined by Li Jingxiao.

+1 Sui Xin Tie Gan Bing, weighing 14,200 jin.

Attack +240, Fortitude +240, Armor Penetration +240.

It can transform into any weapon at will.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed, as this weapon's initial attributes were already somewhat superior to the Sky-Supporting White Jade Pillar.

It is also heavier than the towering white jade pillar, which means it is more lethal.

Once Li Jingxiao achieves another breakthrough in the Pure Yang Longevity Skill, there will be no need to worry about the Sky-Supporting White Jade Pillar becoming too light and having no weapon to replace it.

If it can also transform into any long weapon.

In an instant, Li Jingxiao's mind stirred, and he transformed the Iron Staff of Free Will into a shiny black silver spear.

Compared to stick fighting, Li Jingxiao is actually more skilled at spear fighting.

For over a decade in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, the primary weapon among long weapons was always the Bright Silver Spear.

While being more convenient to use, the spear is actually more lethal.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao himself did not mention that the Ironclad Soldier had transformed into the shape of a bright silver spear.

No one would doubt that this spear is the divine weapon in the hands of the Six-Eared Macaque.

When Li Jingxiao upgraded the Sui Xin Ironclad Soldier to +5.

It weighs 17,600 jin (approximately 8,800 kg).

Attack +400, Fortitude +400, Armor Penetration +400
New attributes also appear.

Gun attack speed increased by 30%. If it's upgraded to +9, the gun attack speed will increase by 50%.
Each shot is almost 50% faster, and with +9, it will definitely weigh over 20,000 jin (10,000 kg).

Just thinking about it makes me think this weapon is a bit outrageous.

At least in the world of Journey to the West, there are very few weapons that are more powerful than this one.

Sun Wukong was very curious about the towering white jade pillar in his hand.

When Sun Wukong struck with the staff just now, he could clearly feel that the divine weapon had significantly enhanced its attack effect.

I wanted to ask Li Jingxiao, but then I thought, that's his secret.

Let's not say anything more.

He threw the towering white jade pillar back to Li Jingxiao, whose interest in the golden cudgel had diminished considerably.

However, when Sun Wukong took the golden cudgel, he easily sensed that his divine weapon was somewhat different from before.

The most obvious difference is the weight; it's a bit heavier.

Holding it in my hand and twirling it around a few times, it immediately felt much more comfortable to hold.

More than five hundred years had passed since this weapon was forcibly taken from the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

During this period, he caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and stole jade wine, peaches of immortality, and golden pills.

Laozi then threw it into the Eight Trigrams Furnace to be forged, making it much stronger than when it first went to the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Since his strength has increased, it would be best for Sun Wukong if his golden cudgel could also become stronger.

Unfortunately, five hundred years have passed, and this divine weapon is still the same divine iron from back then.

Now that the Golden Cudgel has become stronger, Sun Wukong immediately sensed it.

Sun Wukong glanced at Li Jingxiao and saw Li Jingxiao wink at him. He immediately knew that Li Jingxiao wanted him to keep it a secret.

The monkey nodded slightly without showing any emotion, feeling even more grateful to Li Jingxiao.

As for further strengthening the Golden Cudgel, the Monkey King hadn't considered it.

Or rather, in his mind, it was already difficult for the golden cudgel to become even more powerful.

Becoming even more powerful will definitely be more difficult.

Moreover, the monkey didn't know how to repay Li Jingxiao at this moment, so he couldn't bring himself to ask Li Jingxiao to continue strengthening the Golden Cudgel for him.

This saved Li Jingxiao from having to waste time and effort.

Having dealt with the Six-Eared Macaque, the monkey didn't rush to find Tang Sanzang.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jingxiao realized that the monkey was truly disappointed in Tang Sanzang at this moment.

The first time he was driven away was during the Three Battles with the White Bone Demon.

Tang Sanzang mistakenly believed that the monkey had killed the three generations of the family, so he drove the monkey away.

The second time he was driven away was this time, when the monkey killed several robbers, and Tang Sanzang complained that he had killed indiscriminately.

Not only did they drive the monkey away, but they also kept chanting the Tightening-Headband Mantra, causing Sun Wukong unbearable pain.

That's why I had no choice but to leave.

Moreover, when Tang Sanzang drove Sun Wukong away this time, he showed no regard for the bond between master and disciple.

The pain was so intense that Sun Wukong's head felt like it was about to explode, and he finally had no choice but to leave.

If it were Li Jingxiao, he would have stopped serving him long ago.

They might even kill Tang Sanzang and find a fake one to replace him.

However, Sun Wukong often called Tang Sanzang a "coward" and a "useless piece of trash," and his words were often disrespectful.

It was indeed unbearable for Tang Sanzang.

As a master, being constantly scolded by his apprentice would make anyone angry.

Moreover, Tang Sanzang is not the Tang Sanzang in the TV series; he is not only talkative but also frequently swears.

They even deliberately allowed Pigsy to cause trouble for Monkey.

After much deliberation, Li Jingxiao concluded that the Six-Eared Macaque was merely a warning sent by Buddha to Tang Sanzang.

Because in the Buddha's eyes, the eastward transmission of Buddhism was the most important thing.

Even if you, Tang Sanzang, are a direct disciple of the Buddha, you cannot affect his plans.

Although Sun Wukong was unruly, he already had a golden headband on his head, meaning that Buddha could easily subdue him.

While the monkey often complained a lot in front of the Buddha, it was still relatively obedient.

At least by this point, the monkey's determination to obtain the scriptures was already very firm.

Therefore, it is Tang Sanzang who is the unstable factor.

When the Six-Eared Macaque knocked Tang Sanzang down with his staff, the monk surprisingly did not die.

They also stole the luggage and travel documents, and then had several monkey demons from Flower Fruit Mountain transform into Pigsy, Sandy, and others.

He claimed that he led a team to the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures and attained enlightenment.

After Tang Sanzang learned about this from Sha Wujing, he was truly frightened.

Although there were still some frictions between the master and apprentice along the way, the team's tacit understanding did indeed deepen.

Since it's all just acting anyway, we should just tolerate each other.

The Bodhisattva probably knew that Sun Wukong was indeed heartbroken and disappointed this time.

Therefore, after the Six-Eared Macaque was killed, he did not urge Sun Wukong to go back to find Tang Sanzang as soon as possible.

He let Li Jingxiao, Red Boy, Black Bear Spirit, Muzha, and Linggan King pull along.

Drinking, bragging, and complaining in the bamboo grove.

When a monkey has something on its mind, it will get itself drunk.

So there was no need for Li Jingxiao to persuade him to drink; soon after, a notification sounded in his mind that he had gained 50 experience points.

Afterwards, Red Boy and the others all got completely drunk.

Even Muzha is now often drunk with Li Jingxiao and others.

Li Jingxiao's eccentric personality and behavior—he's used to never letting someone go until they're completely drunk—have led him to adopt this approach.

After Sun Wukong sobered up, he drank several more jars of wine.

Then he challenged Li Jingxiao to a duel.

To the surprise of Sun Wukong, Red Boy, and the others, Li Jingxiao's weapon this time was actually a bright silver spear.

The group thought to themselves, "Li Jingxiao truly lives up to his reputation as the son-in-law of the Dragon Palace."

The Iron-Golden Spear and the Sky-Supporting White Jade Pillar are both related to the Dragon Palace of the West Sea.

Therefore, I subconsciously assumed that this bright silver spear was also a treasure of the Dragon Palace.

Moreover, considering that Li Jingxiao is proficient in staff, sword, and spear techniques, in this respect...

Everyone admired him greatly.

But as soon as the fight started, Sun Wukong almost suffered a loss.

Firstly, a +5 "Willful Ironclad Soldier" weighs a full 17,600 jin (approximately 8,800 kg). That's quite heavy indeed.

Secondly, the increased firing speed by 30% caught Sun Wukong off guard.

Thirdly, the two had fought several battles in Huaguo Mountain before, and Li Jingxiao had used two swords in each battle.

Only by combining their two swords could they barely block Sun Wukong's attack.

So this was the first time the monkey had fought against Li Jingxiao, who used a long weapon.

Not only did they underestimate their opponent, but they were also unfamiliar with Li Jingxiao's marksmanship.

Fortunately, he was none other than Sun Wukong, the Monkey King who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and his combat experience was incredibly rich.

After being attacked by Li Jingxiao for dozens of moves, he adapted to Li Jingxiao's offensive style.

The two fought for a full day and night without either gaining the upper hand.

The Black Bear Spirit, Red Boy, Muzha, and Linggan King all secretly reminded themselves of this.

In the future, never get into conflicts with these two battle maniacs.

Putting aside the difference in strength, their endurance and stamina alone far surpass those of us.

Although Li Jingxiao failed to defeat Sun Wukong, he was actually very happy.

This was the first time I had ever truly fought Sun Wukong to a draw based on my martial arts skills.

Previously at Flower Fruit Mountain, he barely managed to block Sun Wukong's attack by combining the Sky Sword and Thunder Flame Sword.

Although it was a draw, the monkey was too much of a suppressor.

Even if there were counterattacks, they posed little threat to Sun Wukong.

The two fought back and forth, a true battle of equals.

The monkey stayed on Mount Putuo for three days and got drunk six times.

He fought two matches with Li Jingxiao, and the Bodhisattva also went to Mount Ling.

Perhaps Buddha gave the monkey some kind of reassurance.

So after the Bodhisattva returned, Sun Wukong obediently followed her to see Tang Sanzang.

Although Tang Sanzang was a useless person, he was, after all, the reincarnation of the Buddha's second disciple.

They're people with connections; replacing them is out of the question.

All I could do was appease and make promises, along with a scolding.

This made both Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang feel that tremendous benefits were waiting for them.

If you don't listen, then everyone will suffer.

Jin Chanzi has already been reincarnated ten times. If he were to be reincarnated again, he might truly become an ordinary person.

Sun Wukong didn't want to carry the sin of causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace and run back to Flower Fruit Mountain to become a demon king.

If that were the case, he would be just like the Bull Demon King, seemingly carefree.

In reality, they are walking a tightrope all day long; if they make a mistake, they will be captured by gods and Buddhas and used as their mounts.

Only in this way can the differences and conflicts between the master and his apprentice be suppressed.

We should honestly continue our westward journey.
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After the Bodhisattva and the monkey left, Li Jingxiao originally planned to go home as well.

After all, after two battles with the monkey, no one—not Red Boy, Black Bear Spirit, Muzha, or Linggan King—is willing to fight him anymore.

But before they could leave, Red Boy grabbed them, insisting that they visit the Banana Cave.

After a moment's thought, Li Jingxiao realized that perhaps the Bodhisattva had given Red Boy some task before leaving.

He even promised Red Boy that if the Bull Demon King joined the Western Paradise, the Bodhisattva could take him as a subordinate.

That's why this kid insisted on taking Li Jingxiao to see the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan.

Li Jingxiao had no choice but to go to Banana Cave again.

Besides his friendship with Red Boy, persuading the Bull Demon King to surrender was also a great achievement.

Otherwise, how could the Bodhisattva have preached to him and imparted several kinds of celestial supernatural powers?

This time, Old Niu and Princess Iron Fan treated Li Jingxiao quite warmly.

Old Niu led Li Jingxiao to the study, and after some probing and hints...

Li Jingxiao quickly realized that the Bull Demon King, that bastard, had actually set his sights on his father-in-law, the Fox King's, business.

Or rather, they were eyeing their father-in-law's assets.

However, Lao Niu still had a sense of shame, so he used the excuse of wanting to get involved in Dukang wine and earn more money to support his wives and concubines.

Li Jingxiao almost spat in his face after hearing that.

The Jade-Faced Fox made it very clear that she was the one who kept the old ox.

Princess Iron Fan was actually kept by her, who was her concubine.

However, Li Jingxiao only thought about it for a moment before agreeing.

Anyway, I don't lack in-game currency, and the pilgrimage team is heading towards the Flaming Mountains.

This business is actually not sustainable.

No, as long as Lao Niu surrenders, the business can actually continue.

After all, Red Boy is now Guanyin Bodhisattva's disciple.

Old Niu's own strength is undeniable, and he has taken the initiative to surrender.

The Buddha on Mount Ling only spent a fortune to buy horse bones, so the old ox must have received similar treatment.

So Li Jingxiao not only agreed, but also gave Lao Niu a quota of three thousand jars every month.

When Lao Niu entertained Li Jingxiao again, it was a husband-and-wife team, along with his father and son.

After Old Niu passed out drunk, the experience points he provided, unsurprisingly, were a full 50, just like Sun Wukong's.

To Li Jingxiao's surprise, Princess Iron Fan actually had 15.

Judging solely by the amount of experience he has, he is stronger than both Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.

But Li Jingxiao thought about it and concluded that it must be related to Princess Iron Fan having a banana leaf fan.

However, this woman's individual fighting ability is actually quite weak.

After exchanging six or seven blows with Sun Wukong, he couldn't hold on any longer and fled back to the Banana Cave.

That night, Li Jingxiao drank the entire Bull Demon King's family under the table, and they rested for the night in the Banana Cave.

The Bull Demon King and his family quickly sobered up and whispered among themselves about how the pilgrimage team was about to reach the Flaming Mountain.

After witnessing the power of the Bodhisattva and Mount Ling, and after becoming the Bodhisattva's disciple, Red Boy...

Not only did he receive good treatment, but he also made considerable progress in his knowledge, martial arts skills, and Taoist practices.

Therefore, he was concerned about his parents taking the opportunity to worship at Lingshan, or the whole family worshipping under the Bodhisattva.

Not only did they not object, they even encouraged their parents to make a decision sooner.

To avoid the situation where, when the enemy is at the gates and surrender is the only option, it would be difficult to negotiate a better treatment.

Now, before the pilgrimage team reaches the Flaming Mountains, it's time to go to Mount Putuo and negotiate with the Bodhisattva.

Even if you don't become a disciple of the Bodhisattva, becoming a guardian deity of Guanyin Bodhisattva is definitely not a problem.

Moreover, it offers a high degree of freedom.

But the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan were used to their carefree lives.

Or perhaps, while being used to being wild, they also felt that their abilities were top-tier in the Three Realms.

Little did they know that in the eyes of the real big shots, he and Sun Wukong were merely vanguard generals charging into battle.

Nobody wants to be bossed around.

Moreover, although they are called Dharma protectors, they are not much different from household guards or even servants.

More importantly, they will inevitably have to make offerings every year from now on.

Princess Iron Fan felt extremely unwilling and dissatisfied at the thought that her money would eventually flow back into the Bodhisattva's pocket.

Old Niu remained silent.

This guy has probably been indulging in a life of pleasure for too long.

Without realizing it, I've become somewhat indecisive.

They want a powerful backer but are unwilling to make any sacrifices.

He even thought that it would be great if he could be like Erlang Shen, who "obeys orders but not summons".

To put it bluntly, they just want to nominally obey the orders of Mount Ling or the Bodhisattva.

However, they maintain their independence and autonomy.

Moreover, he usually disobeys summons and audiences from his superiors, and does not attend court or meet with the emperor.

(End of this chapter)