The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 401 Listen to advice
Li Jingxiao stayed in Miaoyan Palace for almost three months.

It wasn't until Laozi sent Golden Horn and Silver Horn to his door, saying they wanted to refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

Only then did he reluctantly leave Miaoyan Palace.

As soon as he left, Taiyi Tianzun, who was meditating and cultivating in the palace, breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Although Li Jingxiao did teach many disciples of the Taiyi Sect practical combat skills during these three months.

But when Taiyi Tianzun thought of Li Jingxiao, who would ask him to listen to lectures every ten days, the corner of his mouth twitched a few times.

Taiyi Tianzun was skilled in swordsmanship, so he could easily teach Li Jingxiao.

But this was his specialty, and he passed it on to an outsider so easily.

Taiyi Tianzun felt he had suffered a huge loss just by thinking about it.

As for Li Jingxiao, he had pestered Taiyi Tianzun to explain the way of the sword to him six times in the past three months.

The "Sword Control Technique" also originated from legends (38/60).

It has been upgraded to Mythic (68/100).

What Li Jingxiao passed on to the disciples of Taiyi Sect was nothing more than some fighting experience.

To put it bluntly, it's about being a sparring partner for these people.

Incidentally, Li Jingxiao also gains experience points after each victory.

Moreover, this guy wanted to motivate the disciples under the Heavenly Venerable.

They even specially used Nine-Turn Golden Pills, Six-Turn Golden Pills, and Five-Turn Golden Pills as rewards.

Anyone who can defeat Li Jingxiao in one or two moves will be directly rewarded with a Nine-Turn Golden Pill.

Those who can withstand 100 moves from him possess a sixth-grade golden pill.

Those who survive 50 moves will be rewarded with a five-stage Golden Pill.

Li Jingxiao promised this reward after he had spent five days in Miaoyan Palace and had basically figured out the level of all the disciples under the Heavenly Venerable.

So during these three months, everyone was very proactive.

Unfortunately, there were only three people who obtained three fifth-level golden pills.

However, the genuine Five-Turn Golden Elixir that Li Jingxiao refined himself could extend life by 500 years and instantly restore 50% of health and mana.

The mere restoration of 50% of health and mana was enough to make these disciples of the Celestial Venerable line up every day to challenge Li Jingxiao to a duel.

Li Jingxiao had to fight at least a dozen Heavenly Venerable disciples every day in Miaoyan Palace.

Although the number of people is not large, each of them is actually quite strong.

At least half of them are more powerful than Pigsy and Sandy.

With over a million experience points every day, plus once every seven or eight days, he would seek out the Celestial Venerable to preach to him.

These days are really pretty good.

Li Jingxiao was even thinking that when he returned to the Tushita Palace, he would also use a golden pill as a reward.

Although Laozi's disciples are currently only himself and Li Xuan, also known as Tieguai Li.

Moreover, Tieguai Li has been in the Earthly Immortal Realm all along, and hasn't even become an immortal yet.

But there are quite a few guards in the Tushita Palace.

Many of these people are actually no less powerful than Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

If we can motivate them, then the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures will be over.

I also have plenty of ways to gain experience.

Unfortunately, Laozi was probably not skilled in swordsmanship, so the old man never taught him anything about it.

If Laozi had called me back to the Tushita Palace a few days later, I would have listened to the Heavenly Venerable preach twice more.

That should be enough to upgrade "Sword Control Technique" to the maximum level.

However, Li Jingxiao was not in a hurry, after all, every time he sent the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir to the Jade Emperor...

The Jade Emperor would also preach to himself.

You can't just grab one person and keep exploiting them.

Moreover, more interaction with the Jade Emperor can indeed deepen the relationship between them.

That's a good thing.

Upon returning to the Tushita Palace, Li Jingxiao recounted his experiences over the past three months to Laozi.

The old man wasn't angry at all; instead, he smiled and told Li Jingxiao to spend more time with Taiyi Tianzun, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and others.

If needed, bring gifts to the Palace of the Purple Emperor of the North Pole and the Palace of the Longevity Emperor of the South Pole to get acquainted.

Perhaps there are benefits to be had. Li Jingxiao naturally had no objection to this.

Of the four emperors, the Jade Emperor holds the greatest power and is the rightful ruler of the Three Realms.

But the other three emperors also wielded considerable power.

Just like Taiyi Tianzun in the Journey to the West, who is in charge of guiding people to enlightenment.

In other words, anyone who wants to ascend to the heavens must obtain the approval of the Supreme Celestial Venerable Taiyi.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are, without the guiding deity of Miaoyan Palace to receive you, you can forget about ascending to the Heavenly Court.

He can only be a local immortal or a wandering immortal.

Of course, there are also many capable people who simply do not want to go to heaven.

Becoming a celestial being is actually quite easy.

After ascending to the Heavenly Court, you either need to have powerful backers.

After ascending to heaven, he was assigned to an official position.

Either you are strong enough that even the Jade Emperor or other powerful figures would want to win you over.

Otherwise, one can only serve as a lackey or a beast of burden for the big shots.

Only after serving for tens of thousands of years are they qualified to achieve the rank of Celestial Immortal.

To put it bluntly, being a celestial being does not represent the true strength of a deity.

This only means that this person has been officially employed in the Heavenly Court.

If you don't want to be driven by others, then go to the Immortal Realm.

Those who have cave dwellings are earth immortals, while those who don't are wandering immortals.

Of course, the cave dwelling mentioned here does not necessarily have to be a blessed land.

It can also refer to a Taoist temple or a shrine.
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Laozi, seeing that he listened to his advice, stroked his beard with satisfaction and smiled.

Then came the lecture on the "True Scripture of the Great Dao of Taiqing".

Three days passed in a flash, and the more Li Jingxiao listened, the more he felt that he had made progress in Taoist magic, supernatural powers, and even martial arts.

Laozi truly deserves to be called the creator god of this world.

Many things actually lead directly to the origin of this world.

If you can understand it, you will definitely benefit greatly.

Li Jingxiao even felt that he had a deep understanding of Samadhi True Fire, Six Ding Divine Fire, and Five-Colored Flames.

It's a bit deeper than before.

Laozi's emphasis on teaching him about fire magic was naturally driven by his own ulterior motives.

This time, Li Jingxiao found it easier to control the Six Ding Divine Fire and the Five-Colored Flame during the alchemy process compared to before.

Li Jingxiao immediately realized that when Laozi was refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir...

Perhaps it doesn't even need to be forty-nine days.

But the old man kept doing it.

Without a doubt, he deliberately prolonged the alchemy process to prevent the Jade Emperor from using him as an alchemy machine.

After all, one alchemy session takes 49 days, and there are only 365 days in a year.

In a year, you can only train a few batches.

But if a batch of Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is produced in three or seven days.

Not only did the elixir become worthless, but Laozi must have spent twice as much time and effort refining it.

After all, the old man actually spent most of his time meditating on the Eight Views Platform whenever he was refining pills.

To put it bluntly, it's just laziness.

Now, the person in charge of controlling the fire has changed from Jinjiao and Yinjiao to Li Jingxiao.

This old man slacked off even more when he was refining pills.
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After Li Jingxiao finished preparing the 18 Nine-Turn Golden Pills, Laozi gave him a few instructions and then went back to his quiet room to cultivate in seclusion.

Upon seeing this, Li Jingxiao couldn't help but purse his lips.

But if it were me, I would most likely follow Laozi's example.

Only a fool would spend all his time refining elixirs for the Jade Emperor.

He would spend his time either cultivating his spiritual practice or playing with his wives.

Either find someone to drink and fight with, and gain experience along the way.

(End of this chapter)