The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 40: Entering the Mountain (Seeking monthly ticket to read)

Li Jingxiao got the benefit, and after thinking about it, he secretly said that it didn't matter what kind of reward Maoshan wanted from him.

I should also be considerate.

Give and take, that's the way of friendship.

It will be much easier to seek the secrets of cultivation in the future.

From the Novice Village inventory, take out a complete secret book of "Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword".

Throw it to Liu Hongshi and the other two.

Said, “This secret book contains both sword techniques and internal cultivation methods.

The sword technique is sharp, brave and agile, and the expression is perfect, which is good for self-protection.

If true qi is generated in the dantian, it will also be beneficial for practicing Taoism.

Aside from you three and the Maoshan True Inheritance, it cannot be passed on to anyone else."

Liu Hongshi and the other two couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although Maoshan also had martial arts skills, they were mostly external skills.

This kind of martial arts that cultivates both internal and external aspects is quite helpful in improving combat effectiveness.

The reason why Maoshan was willing to take out the "Lightning Thunder Fist" was naturally to win over Li Jingxiao.

Although there are capable Taoist priests, basically no one is willing to be an official, so as not to be entangled in mundane affairs and delay their cultivation.

However, the Great Zhou had a rule that was the same as that of the previous Ming Dynasty, which was that the three sects of Tianshi, Maoshan, and Zaoge could only preach in the local area.

If you want to go to other states or provinces, you have to apply to the local road registration office.

It not only limits the scope of preaching, but also compresses the scope of recruiting disciples.

As a result, there are fewer and fewer talented disciples.

If nothing changes, maybe a hundred years from now, there won’t be many powerful masters left in Maoshan.

The restrictions on this point in the Pigtail Dynasty were stricter than those in the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the main reason why the influence of Buddhism and Taoism became increasingly weaker during the Qing Dynasty.

So Liu Hongshi brought back the news that Li Jingxiao was a true Taoist practitioner and an official to Maoshan.

The head master and the elders discussed it together.

Since these old guys were unwilling to come out of seclusion, they simply selected a few disciples who had been away from seclusion for many years and had them serve under Li Jingxiao.

At the beginning, Liu Hongshi and the other two just wanted to help Li Jingxiao. As a Beijing official of the Daoluo Division, Li Jingxiao would naturally have a preference for Maoshan.

From now on, local officials will not dare to suppress Maoshan as they did in the past.

I didn't expect that after just over a month of not seeing each other, Li Jingxiao had actually become a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and was even awarded the Qilin robe by the emperor.

The three of them also hesitated and were unwilling to join the Jinyiwei.

Li Jingxiao simply asked them to work directly in the Daoluo Division, with one of them responsible for clerical work and the other two specifically patrolling for supernatural events around the capital.

Liu Hongshi and the other two felt much less resistant.

Although the "Lightning Thunder Fist" is powerful, there are many other skills in Maoshan that are more powerful than this one.

In Maoshan, few people can master it.

If only a few people can learn a piece of kung fu, no matter how powerful it is, it will not be of much practicality or value to a sect.

Then it was given to Li Jingxiao.

Now Liu Hongshi and the other two had entered the Daolu Division as they had wished. The three brothers hurriedly expressed their gratitude and began to read "Five Tigers Breaking the Gate" hastily.

Although his knife skills are good, they are not very useful to Maoshan.

Taoists are not knights and rarely fight.

But what they want most is a method of internal training that is easy to cultivate true qi.

The talent required for practicing Taoism is too high. A Taoist without magical powers is not as powerful as an ordinary person who has practiced martial arts for many years.

But as long as you work hard and practice martial arts secrets for three to five years, you will have a certain foundation in internal strength.

For the Maoshan disciples who were not particularly gifted, this was an opportunity to advance into the ranks of Daoist cultivation.

Therefore, for Maoshan, the part of the book "Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Sword" that allows one to cultivate true qi is the most precious.

After reading it, the three brothers couldn't help but start to ponder.

Li Jingxiao did not urge him. He drank tea while thinking about the practice of "Lightning Thunder Fist".

Perhaps the game automatically optimized the difficulty of practicing. You only need to meditate to nourish the lightning power in your body and let it grow stronger. The power of this technique when used can also be continuously improved.

Unconsciously, in less than half an hour, his proficiency increased by 1 point. Compared to the speed of practicing the Immortal Changchun Gong, it was much faster.

It's just that the entry-level proficiency level for this kind of cultivation technique is 200, which is twice as high as that of martial arts secrets.

But thinking about the fact that the attack was like thunder and lightning, Li Jingxiao felt that this was normal.

Not long after, Liu Hongshi and the other two woke up one after another and felt that a trace of true energy had been produced in their bodies.

The three of them were overjoyed and bowed down to Li Jingxiao.

"Thank you for your kindness in teaching me the art. From now on, if you have any requests, I will go through fire and water to fulfill them."

Li Jingxiao laughed heartily, and with a flick of his hand, a burst of true energy lifted the three of them up.

Once again, the three of them were secretly shocked.

Afterwards, he became more enthusiastic about practicing the "Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword".

Martial arts also have many magical aspects. Although the upper limit is far inferior to the cultivation techniques, it is very practical.

Liu Hongshi, who had been practicing slowly, tried to use his true Qi to activate the Maoshan Fire Control Talisman, and unexpectedly it actually worked.

Unfortunately, his true energy was too little, and its quality was far inferior to the Immortality Changchun Gong that Li Jingxiao practiced.

The fire-controlling talisman simply combusted without wind, but did not turn into a fireball. Instead, it was just a flame that went out on its own after a while.

But this also made Liu Hongshi's face flush with excitement.

He entered Mount Mao at the age of seven and practiced Taoism for twenty years, but his achievements were far inferior to those of many of his fellow disciples.

I felt that there was no effect if I continued to practice hard, so I went down the mountain.

In the following 15 years, although he became proficient in drawing talismans and had some success in refining magical instruments, the speed at which he cultivated his magical powers was still very slow.

The pain involved cannot be understood unless one has experienced it personally.

Shi Delong and Lin Yi were also very happy and congratulated Liu Hongshi.

Liu Hongshi suppressed his excitement and kept returning the greetings, saying "congratulations, congratulations".

Shi Delong and Lin Yi naturally also cultivated a trace of true energy.

For people like them who have practiced Taoism for decades, it is indeed easy to practice internal skills.

Li Jingxiao also smiled happily. Three workers with decent abilities were now in front of him.

He reached out and knocked on the table, attracting the attention of three people.

Then he said, "I am now on an imperial mission. Since you three Taoist brothers are already officials, please follow me to investigate the case of the imperial mausoleum."

Shi Delong and the other two hurriedly bowed and said, "As ordered by Your Excellency."

Li Jingxiao nodded and shouted outside, instructing Zhao Junming to prepare horses and three days' worth of dry food and fodder.

The group rode at full speed and returned to the imperial mausoleum before nightfall.

This time, Li Jingxiao was treated differently.

The tent we lived in before was only 2 meters square.

Now, it has a diameter of at least 4 meters.

The accompanying personnel were also allocated 4 tents.

After dinner, Li Jingxiao used the excuse of being tired to stay in the tent to meditate, practice Qigong, and cultivate the Lightning Thunder Fist.

Try to upgrade from entry-level to minor success as soon as possible. In the future, when you encounter something strange, you don’t need to use talismans. You can just shoot out a flash of lightning from your hand and kill the opponent easily.

It was a little after 1 a.m., and after accumulating the power of thunder in his body for 5 hours, the lightning released from his hands had grown from a trace of electricity to the thickness of chopsticks.

After quietly leaving the base, Li Jingxiao used his Qinggong skills to fly back to the valley where he was the night before.

All the cages, chains, bones, weapons, Luoyang shovels and other things that had been put away were returned to their original places.

After checking again and again, he erased his footprints and returned to the base to continue practicing.

The next morning, Li Jingxiao gathered his men and said, "When I was chasing that mandrill late at night the other day, I saw it fleeing north into the mountains.

At that time, I guessed that there must be a mandrill's nest in the mountains.

However, the mountain ghost was very good at running in the mountains and forests, and it was dark and the forest was dense, so he was lost after chasing him for five or six miles.

Bring food, tents, medicine and water bags with you today.

Borrow or buy a few mules from the garrison, and we'll go into the mountains together to search."

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