The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 368 Impartiality

After chatting with Laozi for a while in the Tushita Palace, the old man finally scanned the area with his divine sense.

He said to Li Jingxiao, "Alright, go to the Lingxiao Palace now. The Great Celestial Venerable should be free at this time."

After saying that, he thought for a moment and then gave a special reminder.

"When reporting the Nine-Headed Insect's achievements to the Great Celestial Venerable, be sure to mention the Nine-Headed Insect's abilities."

It would be best to tell us about how the monkey and Erlang Shen teamed up to fight the nine-headed worm.

After listening for a moment, Li Jingxiao understood.

He smiled and said, "I understand, thank you for reminding me, teacher."

Laozi's meaning is very clear: the Jade Emperor likes people with ability.

In other words, only those with sufficient strength are worthy of the Jade Emperor's attention and enticements.

Otherwise, they are all ants.

Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, causing chaos and destruction, which earned him the title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

This reputation is earned through hard work and dedication.

Meanwhile, Li Jingxiao also began to become famous throughout the Three Realms due to a series of battles on his journey to the West.

To become one of the most famous people.

Even Laozi, the master, was honored.

The others felt that Li Jingxiao was not someone to be trifled with.

After bidding farewell to Laozi, Li Jingxiao went directly to the Ninth Heaven.

Upon arriving at the Lingxiao Palace, a guardian deity entered to announce their arrival.

As expected, Li Jingxiao was soon able to enter the palace.

After the ceremony, the Jade Emperor asked many questions about Lion Camel Ridge.

Li Jingxiao picked out some answers that he could give.

The Jade Emperor was fairly satisfied after hearing this, but then he inquired about the Golden-Winged Roc.

And how did the Bull Demon King, the Nine-Headed Insect, Red Boy, and the Black Bear Spirit capture the Golden-Winged Roc?

Li Jingxiao originally intended to emphasize the merits of the Nine-Headed Insect.

But as the words were about to come out, I suddenly realized that saying them would make me a fool.

Although the Bull Demon King, Red Boy, and Black Bear Spirit belong to the Bodhisattva's camp, they are indirectly equivalent to people from Mount Ling.

But this doesn't mean that the Bull Demon King and his ilk didn't want to show their faces in front of the Jade Emperor.

Therefore, the contributions of the Nine-Headed Insect are highlighted, while the merits of the Bull Demon King and others are ignored.

It could indeed bring greater benefits to the Nine-Headed Insect, but it would also cause resentment in the hearts of the Bull Demon King and the Black Bear.

Fame and fortune, fame and fortune.

How many people can truly let go?
Even gods and Buddhas are just part of this arena of fame and fortune.

At most, the things these big shots do involve higher-level interests.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao quickly attributed the credit to the Bull Demon King.

After all, it was Old Niu who came up with the idea.

Red Boy and the Black Bear Demon worked together to capture people, while the Nine-Headed Insect provided the venue and food and drink.

Together with Princess Wansheng, they managed to fool and keep the Golden-Winged Roc in check, which made it easy to get that silly bird drunk.

Then they were easily captured by the Bull Demon King, Red Boy, and Black Bear Spirit.

Finally, Li Jingxiao specially requested the Jade Emperor to bestow upon Princess Wansheng the title of Dragon King of Bibo Pool.

The Nine-Headed Insect was the Dragon Palace's son-in-law and also a seventh-rank military commander.

These are honorary officials with no real power and no salary, as long as the Jade Emperor is willing.

Indeed, it can be arbitrarily bestowed upon any demon with some ability.

Moreover, the Jade Emperor was happy to give Li Jingxiao face, and Li Jingxiao would be more enthusiastic about refining elixirs in the future.

To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than an exchange of benefits.

However, after much deliberation, the Jade Emperor ultimately rejected the proposal to bestow upon Princess Wansheng the title of Dragon King of the Azure Wave Pool.

Instead, they directly appointed the Nine-Headed Insect as the Water God of the Azure Wave Pool.

Although it is also a seventh-rank celestial position, the Water God is a position with real power.

It's much better than that run-of-the-mill "Commander-in-Chief".

As for the Bibo Tanlong Palace, if the Nine-Headed Insect had the ability, he could persuade or suppress Princess Wansheng.

He could naturally become the master of the Dragon Palace. But if he couldn't suppress it, he should continue to be an honest son-in-law.

Anyway, when the Nine-Headed Insect went there, he was just a live-in son-in-law.

Li Jingxiao sighed inwardly at the thought of Jiu Tou Chong's future status within the family.

He then bowed and thanked them with a look of complete conviction.

Since the Jade Emperor personally bestowed the title, a spirit official would naturally descend to earth to proclaim it.

Unexpectedly, that old man, Venus, was plotting something.

He actually took the initiative to accept the task and personally went to Bibo Tan with the imperial edict.

After meeting Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Insect.

It was also mentioned that Li Jingxiao pleaded with the Jade Emperor for the princess to be granted the title of Dragon King.

This was about the Nine-Headed Insect seeking credit and requesting the title of Commander-in-Chief.

The Nine-Headed Insect and Princess Wansheng were overjoyed upon hearing this.

Unfortunately, in the end, only the Nine-Headed Insect profited the most.

This made the Nine-Headed Insect even more delighted.

As for Princess Wansheng, she was naturally furious, but there was nothing she could do.

This woman used to be very bold; she even dared to steal the Queen Mother's magical herb.

That's because of ignorance that people think Bibo Tanlong Palace is quite powerful.

But now, his biological father, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces are all dead.

Naturally, they no longer dared to underestimate the majesty and power of the Heavenly Court.

After cursing under his breath, he began to think that currying favor with Li Jingxiao was definitely the right decision he could have made.

Li Jingxiao was not the kind of heartless man who would turn his back on someone after he had done his bidding.

Both the Nine-Headed Insect and Princess Wansheng were very satisfied.

He was also grateful to the Jade Emperor and Li Jingxiao.

When they found Venus, they were very enthusiastic.

They kept the old man in the palace, drank with him until midnight, before letting him return to Heaven to report.

After resolving the matter of the Nine-Headed Insect, Li Jingxiao inevitably had to stay obediently in the Tushita Palace to refine elixirs and cultivate Taoism.

I also have to accompany Laozi in refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

While helping Laozi refine pills, there was definitely no opportunity to continue going to Liu Ding and Liu Jia to drink and gain experience every day.

Not to mention going out to play cool with the women in his own family.

Otherwise, Laozi would definitely give him a severe scolding.

There are many rules and taboos surrounding alchemy.

Li Jingxiao had also followed Laozi in refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir several times, and he did indeed know some of the rules and taboos, which made perfect sense.

Otherwise, even if it doesn't affect the success rate, it will affect the number of pills produced.

So for the past two months, Li Jingxiao has been very well-behaved in the Tushita Palace.

Laozi noticed that there were five more Nine-Turn Golden Pills than before.

The smile on her face was absolutely radiant.

He casually tossed another one to Li Jingxiao.

After Li Jingxiao took it, he chuckled and thought about what would happen after he left the Heavenly Court.

This golden pill should be given to Ao Xin to take.

Consider it a reward from the West Sea Dragon Palace for no longer causing trouble for Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Insect.

In the past two months, I have gained far less experience.

But every day he stayed next to the Bagua Furnace in the Tushita Palace, keeping an eye on it.

Since there's no need to constantly monitor the Eight Trigrams Furnace, there's still plenty of time to cultivate the "Divine Firmament Five Thunder Subduing Demon Orthodox Method" or the "Sword Control Technique."

The "Divine Firmament Five Thunder Subduing Demon Orthodox Method" was already a myth (28/100).
Therefore, Li Jingxiao has mainly been practicing this thunder technique for the past two months.

Before we knew it, we had reached the mythical level (42/100).
If you continue practicing for another eight or nine months, you can successfully reach the maximum level of this lightning technique.

However, Li Jingxiao is unlikely to cultivate so diligently.

When there's a shortcut, this guy takes it faster than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)