The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 402 Heart Turned Black

Because he still had stockpiles of fifth- and sixth-grade golden pills, Li Jingxiao did not start refining these two types of golden pills this time.

He took 12 Nine-Turn Golden Pills to the Jade Emperor and, as expected, successfully persuaded the Jade Emperor to preach to him.

However, although the Jade Emperor feigned helplessness on his face, he was actually quite happy inside.

Firstly, the fact that Li Jingxiao repeatedly pestered him to listen to his teachings showed that the young man had good judgment.

Secondly, I felt indebted to him for preaching to him so many times.

Li Jingxiao didn't care about any of that. In his eyes, the Jade Emperor and Laozi were both bosses who could provide him with skill proficiency.

Anyone who can benefit themselves is a good person.

Having gained 9 swordsmanship experience points, I left the Lingxiao Palace.

Seeing the Four Celestial Masters outside the hall, a thought struck him.

The four old men in the secret passage were all highly skilled Taoist masters, and each of them had their own unique methods for subduing demons and monsters back in the day.

Li Jingxiao's eyes lit up, and he wanted to pull these four old men aside and have them tell him something too.

Unfortunately, before he could even speak, the four old men pretended not to see him and turned away.

Li Jingxiao was taken aback at first, and then almost cursed out loud.

Once I calmed down, I quickly realized...

What I did to the Jade Emperor and Taiyi Tianzun should have already spread throughout the entire Heavenly Court.

Few immortals or gods would willingly allow someone they have no relation to to be pestered to preach to them.

Moreover, what if he were to preach to Li Jingxiao and suddenly discover that his own strength was inferior to Li Jingxiao's?

That would be incredibly embarrassing.

Li Jingxiao shook his head helplessly. After thinking for a while, he simply ran to Yaochi to find the Peony Fairy.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother didn't stop her at all, and directly used the excuse of sending the Peony Fairy to the Immortal Realm to collect spiritual flowers and herbs.

He also asked Li Jingxiao to protect the Peony Fairy.

It's clearly an attempt to create opportunities for the two of them to spend time together.

Li Jingxiao bowed respectfully, gave the Peony Fairy a wink, and together they left the Jade Pool Wonderland.

The two went straight out of the South Heavenly Gate and headed directly towards Luoyang City.

They spent several days in a bamboo house in the valley, whispering sweet nothings to each other.

Li Jingxiao then returned to Boyue Cave to comfort Baihuaxiu.
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Two years passed in the blink of an eye, and the pilgrimage team arrived at the Western Paradise the day before.

Li Jingxiao was playing the zither and flute with Xingxian and Princess Wansheng at the Muxian Temple on Thorn Ridge.

He was still lamenting in his heart that the divine team protecting Tang Sanzang would disband in the future.

Earning two million experience points every day won't be so easy.

Although there are many divine generals in the Tushita Palace, their strength is far inferior to that of Li Jingxiao.

After losing so many times, these gods lost the will to continue challenging.

Even if Li Jingxiao tempted them with fifth-grade and sixth-grade golden pills, no one was willing to be beaten every day.

Therefore, the experience that Li Jingxiao has gained from his women in the past two years has become more stable.

The number is actually not small.

Just as Li Jingxiao finished playing a duet with Xingxian and Princess Wansheng, he suddenly saw Red Boy descending from the sky.

It turned out that the pilgrimage team was about to arrive at Mount Ling, and the Bodhisattva, entrusted by the Buddha, invited Li Jingxiao to Mount Ling to witness the ceremony.

But Li Jingxiao only thought about it for a moment and still refused directly.

If I hadn't become Laozi's disciple, I definitely wouldn't have had any problem attending the ceremony.

But since he had already entered the Taoist sect, going to Mount Ling would inevitably displease Laozi and other Taoist leaders.

However, although Li Jingxiao was unwilling to go to Lingshan, he did not mind visiting Putuoshan to see the Bodhisattva.

After all, I've been going to Putuoshan less often in recent years.

In the past two years, too much time has been spent on alchemy.

So it took two years to reach level 179 (4500 million/7900 million).
As for skills, they level up quite quickly.

My sword control technique is already at max level.

The Taiqing Great Dao True Scripture has been upgraded to the fourth level (53/100).
根骨、悟性又各加了100点。    体质410、根骨711+28、悟性450+26
Even though Li Jingxiao didn't practice the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts much on a regular basis.

However, Li Jingxiao had already mastered the "Seventy-Two Transformations" and even knew quite a few of the Heavenly Gang Techniques.

Therefore, the difficulty of cultivation is actually reduced a lot.

Li Jingxiao now cultivates this protective divine skill primarily for the sake of achieving an indestructible body.

Furthermore, as long as the soul remains intact, these two skills can be quickly restored no matter how severe the injury.

With higher innate talent and comprehension, one can gain 164 proficiency points per hour.

Therefore, even though he rarely practiced this supernatural power, he still managed to reach the third level (19/50).

At this moment, Li Jingxiao's physical defense was indeed much stronger than before.

If we really have to nitpick, Li Jingxiao estimates that it's at least two or three times stronger.

When she usually sparred with Ao Xin, this girl would wield either the Demon-Slaying Sword or the Taiyi Dividing Light Sword.

Even if the sword hits Li Jingxiao, it won't even break his skin.

Li Jingxiao estimated that it would take until he reached the fourth level of cultivation.

At most, it's the fifth level; its physical defense should be similar to that of Sun Wukong when he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Even after being captured and sent to the execution platform, the Heavenly Court could not do anything to Sun Wukong, no matter how hard they tried.

If he were to cultivate to the sixth level, Li Jingxiao estimated that he might become like Yang Jian in the Investiture of the Gods.

Even if Li Jingxiao was hit on the head by the Heaven-Turning Seal, it wouldn't hurt him in the slightest.

If that's the case, then perhaps even Laozi's Vajra Bracelet in the Journey to the West world wouldn't be effective against Li Jingxiao.

Red Boy sighed helplessly when he saw Li Jingxiao refuse.

Just as the Bodhisattva had guessed, after my virtuous brother became Laozi's disciple, he would inevitably distance himself from Mount Ling.

Fortunately, this did not affect the relationship between Red Boy and Li Jingxiao.

So when the young man saw that Li Jingxiao was unwilling to go to Lingshan to attend the ceremony, he stopped trying to persuade him.

He dragged Li Jingxiao into a hearty drinking session, and they ended up getting completely drunk.

Then it wobbled and flew into the sky, returning to Mount Putuo.

However, before leaving, the boy mentioned his father, the Bull Demon King, and his mother, Princess Iron Fan, who had returned to Flaming Mountain a few days ago.

If Li Jingxiao has time, he can visit the Banana Cave in Flaming Mountain.

Li Jingxiao naturally had no objection to this.

He even paused to think for a moment after Red Boy left.

She also instructed Xingxian to send her tree spirit subordinates to the Banana Cave and the Jade Wave Pool with invitations.

Invite Old Ox and Nine-Headed Insect over for drinks.

Old Ox and Nine-Headed Insect readily agreed.

Moreover, when these two came to our door, they brought Princess Iron Fan and Princess Wansheng with them.

As for the affair between Li Jingxiao and Princess Wansheng, not only Lao Niu and Princess Iron Fan knew about it.

The Nine-Headed Insect was completely unconcerned.

As they drank, Old Niu suddenly murmured something.

“Brother, although I’ve been living on Mount Putuo for the past few years, I’ve kept up with quite a bit of news.”

After saying that, he brought up the matter of the Fox King contributing money and effort during the battle of Lion Camel Ridge a few years ago.

Li Jingxiao immediately understood that this greedy old man had revealed his true colors again.

Having just been released by the Bodhisattva, he immediately set his sights on his former father-in-law's estate.

After hearing this, the Nine-Headed Insect was equally enthusiastic.

Since he doesn't care about Princess Wansheng and Li Jingxiao's private affair, Jiutouchong naturally won't obediently be a stay-at-home dad.

But going out to play will inevitably cost a lot of money.

Nine-Headed Insect would never let go of the opportunity to get hundreds of thousands, or even more, of silver for free.

(End of this chapter)