The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 506 I'm already this amazing
At Li Jingxiao's level, in close combat, the decisive factors for victory or defeat are simply greater strength, faster speed, and quicker reaction time.

As for skills, they are not that important.

The limits of skill actually lead to a return to simplicity.

Li Jingxiao had already understood this principle within the world of Dream of the Red Chamber.

However, for beginners, technique is still very important.

The five little guys, Nezha, Ao Bing, Bi Yun, Yun Xiao, and Lei Zhenzi, are now learning spear and sword techniques.

After all, they can't do what Li Jingxiao did, where cultivating techniques can increase three-dimensional attributes.

Unlike Li Jingxiao, whose proficiency in any cultivation technique could gradually increase as long as he practiced.

Moreover, there are no bottlenecks yet; as long as you work hard, you can level up.

A +9 Immortal-grade God-Slaying Whip can break most Taoist techniques and magic weapons of the same level with a single strike.

It simultaneously suppresses evil spirits and increases damage by 180%, while increasing damage to immortals and gods by 360%.

In other words, most Taoist techniques and treasures are countered by the God-Slaying Whip.

Furthermore, it increases the lethality against immortals by 3.6 times.

If the force exerted when you strike with a whip is 10, then the actual force that the opponent experiences when blocking it might be 36.

Therefore, this thing has a very obvious advantage when fighting against people.

It can also easily and quickly deplete the opponent's strength and stamina.

After only twenty-odd moves, Zhao Gongming felt his right arm become sore and weak.

I secretly said something bad.

If I keep fighting, my arm might be ruined.

It's not worth the embarrassment of making him admit defeat.

He hurriedly used supernatural powers such as immense strength and the ability to lift mountains to resist Li Jingxiao's increasingly heavy attacks.

But Li Jingxiao was no pushover either.

One could even say that it is about the art of change.

Li Jingxiao, who was proficient in the 72 Earthly Fiends and had some knowledge of the 36 Heavenly Fiends, was far more powerful than Zhao Gongming.

As for the so-called 'art of transformation,' it's not about turning into animals, plants, or other people—such superficial transformations.

Rather, it means "possessing many supernatural abilities" or "having a little bit of everything".

Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations are not so much about the number of transformations, but rather about the variety of his magical powers and abilities.

Being able to do everything and understand everything allows for endless variations in combat, enabling one to exploit the enemy's weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Therefore, it's fine if Zhao Gongming doesn't use the technique of immense strength, but once he does, Li Jingxiao can naturally use the same Taoist magic and supernatural powers as well.

Moreover, Zhao Gongming soon discovered that Li Jingxiao knew more than him, and that he used the same Taoist techniques more skillfully and with greater power.

Furthermore, the God-Slaying Whip can also restrain and break Zhao Gongming's Taoist magic, making him even more suppressed.

Whether it's thunder or fire, or the arts of speed and transformation.

He actually managed to restrain himself from all of them.

The two exchanged more than ten more blows, and Zhao Gongming was becoming increasingly suppressed.

Especially the golden whip in his hand; every time it clashed with Li Jingxiao's God-Slaying Whip, he could feel Li Jingxiao's strength growing heavier and heavier.

Left with no other choice, Zhao Gongming made a point of reminding him, "Be careful, my brother."

After he finished speaking, the Dragon Binding Rope suddenly appeared in front of Li Jingxiao, growing longer in the wind.

They bound Li Jingxiao.

But before the treasure could get close to Li Jingxiao, it was blocked by a wisp of five-colored smoke.

Zhao Gongming was startled, knowing that Li Jingxiao possessed a powerful defensive magic weapon.

He thought to himself, "This is troublesome."

The disciples of the Jie Sect focused on offense, so few of them possessed powerful defensive magic weapons.

If you can't break through your opponent's defense, you've basically already lost half the battle.

Now, whether it's martial arts or Taoist magic, he's no match for Li Jingxiao. Zhao Gongming knows in his heart that he's destined to lose.

As for his trump card, Zhao Gongming originally intended to use the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.

But then I thought again, the person in front of me is Qiongxiao's Daoist partner, not a mortal enemy.

There's really no need to fight to the death just to save face.

Moreover, Zhao Gongming thought to himself, if he had a trump card, did his brother-in-law Li not have one too?

Qiongxiao, who was watching from the side, was delighted. She wanted to explain to Yunxiao and Bixiao, and also wanted to show off.

Fortunately, the words were on the tip of his tongue, but he suddenly swallowed them back.

It's not that the sisterly bond has weakened, but rather that they subconsciously side with their own men.

It's clear that the saying "a married daughter is like water spilled from a cup" is not just a casual remark.

After a few more moves, Li Jingxiao could clearly feel that the power of Zhao Gongming's golden whip had weakened.

I know that this brother-in-law no longer wants to fight.

Logically, Li Jingxiao should have stepped out of the battle and said a few polite words at this point.

Let's call it a draw; it'll benefit both of us.

However, in order to gain experience, Li Jingxiao also wanted to determine Zhao Gongming's strength level by the amount of experience he gained.

At the very least, we should see how Zhao Gongming compares to Yun Zhongzi in terms of strength.

This also allowed Li Jingxiao to determine the exact difference in strength between the second-generation disciples of the Chan Sect and the second-generation disciples of the Jie Sect.

Among the second-generation disciples of the Jie Sect, Zhao Gongming's combat strength was definitely not among the top three.

They might not even make it into the top five.

But Yunzhongzi will definitely rank in the top three.

The Great Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect are actually Randeng, Antarctic Immortal, and Yun Zhongzi.

Guang Chengzi is very likely also a Daluo Realm cultivator, but Li Jingxiao has never met him, so he can only guess.

However, since Chi Jingzi and Taiyi Zhenren had contact with Li Jingxiao and even fought with him, it was determined that they were only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

These two are undoubtedly among the top five of the Twelve Golden Immortals.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao pretended not to see Zhao Gongming's intentions and continued to attack, while also holding back three-tenths of his strength.

Zhao Gongming sensed that he was holding back his strength.

Zhao Gongming was a straightforward and frank man, and he felt that Li Jingxiao was trying to save face for him.

Instead, they felt even more embarrassed to continue fighting.

He simply lashed out at Li Jingxiao's God-Slaying Whip with a single blow and retreated with a smile.

He put away the golden whip, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "Brother, I have lost."

After saying that, he smiled and praised, "My dear brother, you are skilled in martial arts, proficient in Taoist magic, and kind-hearted."

It is my sister's good fortune that she and my virtuous brother have become Daoist partners.

Lee Kyung-hyo was a little embarrassed by the word "kind-hearted".

And a notification popped up in my mind that I had gained 65 experience points.

The person in the secret passage was indeed a true Grand Luo Golden Immortal, even stronger than Yun Zhongzi.

After all, Yun Zhongzi only gave 62 experience points.

However, the difference of only 3 experience points is actually very small in terms of strength.

In Journey to the West, the difference between Sun Wukong and Yang Jian is only tens of thousands of experience points, which is indeed a very small gap.

When the monkey was first freed from the Five Elements Mountain, it could only provide 50 experience points.

At that time, Yang Jian already had 52.

Only when the Journey to the West ended and Yang Jian's power level rose to 56 did he begin to widen the gap with Sun Wukong.

Of course, both of them are close-combat fighters and have fought several times, so they know each other very well.

It wasn't easy for Yang Jian to defeat Sun Wukong.

Since neither close combat nor magic can reliably overpower the opponent, we'll have to resort to magical treasures. Unfortunately, the Monkey King has few magical treasures, and Yang Jian doesn't have many either.

Moreover, none of them were particularly powerful magical artifacts.

As the husband of the Third Holy Mother, Li Jingxiao naturally knew what magical treasures Yang Jian, the second brother-in-law, possessed in Journey to the West.

Three-pointed double-edged sword, golden bow and silver bullet, Tai'a sword, demon-slaying sword, Kunwu sword, mountain-driving whip, demon-binding rope.

These magical artifacts are mostly weapons.

Moreover, the power of that demon-binding rope is far inferior to Laozi's Golden Rope.

Subduing some powerful demons and demon kings is no problem, but trying to trap Sun Wukong with the Demon-Binding Rope is quite difficult.

Therefore, Yang Jian never used the Demon-Binding Rope during their several encounters.

It's not that they didn't want to use it, but they knew they couldn't trap Sun Wukong.

But this also confirmed for Li Jingxiao that the second-generation disciples of the Jie Sect were indeed much more powerful than those of the Chan Sect.

No wonder Zhao Gongming was able to defeat five Golden Immortals in succession: Chi Jingzi, Guang Chengzi, Dao Xing Tianzun, Yu Ding Zhenren, and Lingbao Dafashi.

They even managed to defeat the Chan Sect's vice leader, Ran Deng Dao Ren, by defeating him and forcing him to flee in disarray.

Even Lu Ya couldn't defeat Zhao Gongming, who possessed twenty-four Dinghai Pearls.

That's why they used the "Seven Arrows of Nailhead" celestial incantation to secretly kill Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming was also a tiger; knowing he was under a curse, he didn't go to his master's sect for help.

Or rather, even a Great Immortal like Zhao Gongming had never seen or heard of the "Seven Arrows of Nailhead" technique.
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After gaining experience, Li Jingxiao naturally became more humble.

He hurriedly claimed that he was able to win a move or two because of the advantage of his weapon.

Zhao Gongming smiled and shook his head, knowing that Li Jingxiao was just saving face for him.

But I actually felt much better inside.

He was willing to admit defeat, but if the other party persisted and made sarcastic remarks, he would back down.

That would be a miracle.

What Li Jingxiao didn't expect was that after the fight, when he pulled Zhao Gongming aside for a drink...

The three immortals naturally took their seats together.

But after Yunxiao got drunk, Li Jingxiao suddenly received a notification in his mind that he had gained 77 experience points.

This surprised and astonished Li Jingxiao.

In other words, the minimum experience provided by a Great Immortal is 60+, but the maximum is not 70.

It could be over 700,000, 800,000, or even 900,000.

However, considering that Zhunti Daoist had 103 million experience points, Li Jingxiao quickly realized it was normal.

There are over 100 saints, and this is only because Zhunti was initially trying to recruit him into the Western Religion.

Not only did he teach Li Jingxiao the Western religion, but he also humbled himself to drink with Li Jingxiao.

Otherwise, how could someone of such high status as a saint be drunk?

Even Li Jingxiao, a rogue cultivator without any connections or sect, wasn't qualified to drink with Zhunti.

As for Bixiao, after getting drunk, she only had 53 experience points, and like Qiongxiao, she was at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

After Qiongxiao instructed the young Taoist to settle her two older sisters and sworn brother, the woman pulled Li Jingxiao back to her cave.

Although the three sisters are biological sisters, they each have their own cave dwellings on the Three Immortal Islands.

Once inside the boudoir, the woman, for reasons unknown, was incredibly passionate.

He pestered Li Jingxiao to play cards until he lost so much that he had to pawn his underwear.

Only then did he obediently fall asleep with a smile on his lips.

Despite winning three games in a row, Li Jingxiao couldn't sleep.

At his level of strength, he no longer needs to sleep.

However, even immortals cannot remain conscious forever.

The vast majority of people rely on meditation and cultivation to replace sleep.

Some people go into seclusion for decades or even centuries.

However, a small number of immortals and gods still maintain worldly customs.

He had no shortage of wine, women, wealth, or power.

The idea that cultivating immortality requires severing all emotions and desires is not absolute.

Li Jingxiao has experienced the world of Journey to the West, and now he is in the world of Investiture of the Gods.

Among the many gods and immortals he knew, many were people who had been tainted by at least one or two of the seven emotions and six desires.

Even Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have greed, anger, and ignorance.

Otherwise, why would anyone bother scheming about this or that?
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Unable to sleep, Li Jingxiao simply got up and left Qiongxiao's cave.

Standing on a small pavilion on a cliff outside the cave, one can admire the beautiful scenery of the entire Three Immortal Islands.

It is a sacred place for immortals, and a top-tier one at that.

The Three Immortal Islands are filled with celestial energy, golden light, auspicious clouds, and soaring cranes and ancient pines.

The evergreen auspicious grasses, spiritual flowers and immortal trees of Lingshan Fairy Valley are so beautiful that they resemble a fairyland.

But if we really compare them, they are still far inferior to the Heavenly Court in Journey to the West.

Golden nails adorn the jade doors, and colorful phoenixes dance at the vermilion gates.

Layer upon layer of dragons and phoenixes soaring, adorned with bright and precious jade.

It is evident that the Heavenly Palace was not only beautiful, but also emphasized the majesty of power.

It is indeed more desirable than the Three Immortal Islands.

Of course, Li Jingxiao was an ordinary person.

A person like him can't live a carefree life.

One cannot be a carefree, unrestrained person.

If he were to avoid spiritual wine and beautiful women, the joy of cultivating immortality and achieving longevity would be reduced by at least half.

Moreover, he had maintained this habit for many years, relying on drinking spiritual wine to increase his cultivation speed, which had long since turned Li Jingxiao into a drunkard.

He untied the purple-gold wine gourd from his waist and lay down in the pavilion.

While drinking Monkey Spirit Wine, I watched the auspicious clouds and auspicious mists drifting in the sky, and the cranes and phoenixes dancing in the air.

I felt really uncomfortable for a moment.

But before he could enjoy his leisure for long, a servant boy told Yunxiao's maid that he had been lying in the pavilion drinking.

The maid didn't care at first, since Li Jingxiao was already Qiongxiao's Daoist partner.

They even defeated Zhao Gongming, the powerful official, and now Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Bixiao have truly acknowledged Li Jingxiao.

Inside and outside the Three Immortals Island, the maids, fairies, and warriors all truly regarded Li Jingxiao as one of their masters.

Therefore, the maids didn't care what Li Jingxiao did on the island, as long as it wasn't excessive.

They didn't have the guts to care.

If given the opportunity to serve Li Jingxiao, there would be plenty of maids and female immortals willing to attach themselves to him.

Unexpectedly, Yunxiao, who was already drunk, woke up shortly after returning to his cave to rest.

He then began to organize the cultivation techniques for the formation and Yunxiao's own insights.

The maid then realized that her mistress was worried that when her son-in-law woke up the next day and asked her about the art of formations, her mistress might be unprepared and rude.

After Yunxiao finished tidying up, the maid hesitated for a moment before quietly mentioning Li Jingxiao drinking alone in the pavilion on the cliff.

Yunxiao frowned after hearing this.

He wondered to himself, could it be that Li Jingxiao had quarreled with his third sister, and that's why he was drinking alone?
But then I thought back to when I had dined with Li Jingxiao and his three sisters before, I didn’t notice any problems between him and my third sister.

After thinking it over, Yunxiao couldn't resist. He got up, left the cave, and flew to the immortal mountain where Qiongxiao was.

They landed outside the small pavilion on the cliff.

(End of this chapter)