The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 385: Hot Hand
Upon hearing that the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was to be given to the Jade Emperor, Li Jingxiao decided to send 12 elixirs per batch.

He immediately understood why Laozi was angry when he had only managed to refine nine golden pills.

So if the quantity isn't enough, Laozi (the founder of Taoism) has to pay out of his own pocket.

If it were Li Jingxiao, he would definitely be unhappy and dissatisfied as well.

Unfortunately, no matter how powerful the Three Pure Ones are, the supreme ruler of the Three Realms in the Journey to the West world is still the Jade Emperor.

No wonder that in the past, when Li Jingxiao accompanied Laozi to refine elixirs, the quantity each time exceeded 12.

She can laugh so happily.

After the old man stormed out of the alchemy room, Li Jingxiao...

He grabbed Golden Horn and Silver Horn and started refining fifth and sixth-grade golden pills directly from the furnace.

This time, it only took one day to refine two batches of 15 fifth-level golden pills.

However, the Golden Horn and Silver Horn changed their previous practice of keeping more than 10 of them all in their own pockets.

Each person took one as payment for accompanying Li Jingxiao in refining pills.

The remaining three fifth-stage golden pills were obediently presented to Li Jingxiao.

Upon seeing this, Li Jingxiao simply waved his hand and said no.

There are only a few anyway.

Moreover, he has no shortage of fifth-grade golden pills; in the game, he can easily refine more than a dozen in one batch.

The refining speed is also much faster than in reality.

It's very easy to turn on five or six stoves a day, and you don't have to keep an eye on them all the time.

Place the materials into the alchemy furnace in the game's alchemy room, and then all you have to do is wait.

Moreover, it was agreed beforehand that each batch would guarantee at least 5, with any extras considered as compensation for gold and silver horns.

Going back on your word now would make you seem untrustworthy.

Once you lose someone's trust, the disadvantages will definitely outweigh the advantages.

It would be better to let Golden Horn and Silver Horn use their talents to befriend and win over other gods and immortals.

Someday in the future, you might reap huge rewards.

But when Li Jingxiao tried to leave, he was stopped by Jinjiao and Yinjiao.

“Young Master, you spent three months in Mount Hua, then another three months in seclusion, and 49 days accompanying the Master in refining pills. You already owe seven or eight months’ worth of Golden Elixir.”

Why not take advantage of your improved skills and finish refining all the ones you owe?

Li Jingxiao cursed as soon as he heard it, but then he remembered that Laozi had just taught him the "Taiqing Great Dao True Scripture" and the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill".

It's really unreasonable to take all the benefits but not do the task.

So after scolding him for a while, he obediently continued refining the pills.

However, this time he won't use one batch; he'll only refine seven or eight pills.

Instead, he threw a full 10 portions of materials for the Five-Turn Golden Elixir directly into the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The Golden Horn and Silver Horn almost jumped up when they saw it.

Just as the two brothers were about to offer some advice, they suddenly realized that Li Jingxiao simply waved his hand, leaving them speechless.

He could only stare blankly as Li Jingxiao put in the materials for the Golden Elixir and then spat out the Six Ding Divine Fire.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace was blazing fiercely, and soon one could feel the astonishing heat inside.

He quickly cast a "fire-avoiding spell" to counteract the heat emanating from the alchemy furnace.

This time, Li Jingxiao also changed his somewhat perfunctory attitude.

He stared intently at the alchemy furnace. Fortunately, the fifth-grade golden pill was not a particularly difficult pill for Li Jingxiao.

It hadn't even been a day, so I took a deep breath.

It swallowed the Six Ding Divine Fire from the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

When the furnace was opened, a full 70 five-stage golden pills lay perfectly round at the outlet inside the furnace.

Now, not only can they make up for the missing fifth-grade golden pills, but they won't need to refine any more fifth-grade golden pills for the next six months.

He then began refining 12 portions of Six-Turn Golden Pills, and successfully refined 81 pills a day later.

While Golden Horn and Silver Horn were overjoyed, they absolutely dared not take even half of the golden core this time. There was simply too much, making Golden Horn and Silver Horn feel somewhat afraid if they were to take it.

The two brothers exchanged a glance, then knelt down and begged Li Jingxiao, promising to assist him in alchemy from now on.

Payment is based on the number of times.

Only when they took one at a time did the two brothers feel at ease holding onto the pills.

Seeing this, Li Jingxiao didn't force the two brothers to take advantage of him.

He instructed the two men to tidy up the alchemy room.

He then took the Nine-Turn, Five-Turn, and Six-Turn Golden Elixirs to see the Jade Emperor.

After Li Jingxiao left, Jinjiao patted his chest and said to Yinjiao with some lingering fear.

"Brother, this young master of ours is becoming more and more frightening than the old master."

Although Silver Horn wasn't very smart, he wasn't stupid either.

He nodded in agreement; the more capable Li Jingxiao was, the more authoritative he became.

If the amount of compensation isn't changed, who knows what Li Jingxiao will think in the long run.

If he takes a liking to us, or even feels we've been taken advantage of, we might be in big trouble one day.

As soon as Li Jingxiao entered the Dou Niu Palace, he encountered Zhang Tianshi and Ge Tianshi.

After exchanging greetings and chatting for a while, they learned that the Jade Emperor had just gone to the Jade Pool Wonderland.

It was said that he was accompanying the Queen Mother to admire the spiritual flowers and herbs collected from the celestial realm over the past year.

If someone needs to see the Jade Emperor, they can simply go to the Jade Pool Wonderland.

Upon hearing this, Li Jingxiao muttered a few words to himself.

When I looked at Zhang Tianshi and Ge Tianshi again, I could not hide the smile in the eyes of the two old men.

Li Jingxiao shook his head helplessly, cupped his hands in farewell, and took his leave of the two Celestial Masters.

It flew straight to Yaochi.

Led by the female official, before even entering the main hall, they saw the Peony Fairy standing outside to greet them.

It has been eight or nine months since we last parted ways at Lion Camel Ridge.

The moment the woman saw Li Jingxiao, an uncontrollable smile of longing and delight appeared on her face.

The fairies and female officials of Yaochi who were watching couldn't help but glance at the Peony Fairy and Li Jingxiao a few more times.

Li Jingxiao pondered for a few breaths and suddenly felt that he could take the opportunity to test the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother's attitude.

So he not only showed a bright smile to the Peony Fairy.

When he approached the woman, his tone and attitude were very friendly.

Even a fool could see that there was something wrong between the two of them.

Even though Lee Kyung-hyo acted very intimately, no one stepped in to stop it.

Not to mention scolding.

Upon seeing this, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but sigh.

It seems that no matter what kind of society it is, as long as you are powerful enough, many rules can no longer bind you.

After entering the Jade Pool Wonderland, they paid their respects to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, and presented them with three kinds of golden pills.

The smiles on the faces of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother both brightened considerably.

In particular, Li Jingxiao made up for the share of fifth and sixth level Golden Elixir obtained in the past seven months all at once.

The look in Li Jingxiao's eyes became increasingly kind, and he praised Li Jingxiao repeatedly.

Li Jingxiao also took the opportunity to suggest that he was busy with alchemy and cultivation and hoped that the Jade Emperor could provide materials for fifth- and sixth-grade golden pills.

The Jade Emperor not only agreed to this, but also generously provided all the materials needed for alchemy from now on.

Someone will deliver it to the Tushita Palace on time every month.

Although the game refreshes materials below the eighth-level Golden Core every day, Li Jingxiao was somewhat unhappy about them being given away for free all the time.

Moreover, the formation of a supply and demand relationship can actually deepen the relationship between them.

(End of this chapter)