The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 526 The First Person of the Second Generation of the Daoist Sect

Although Li Jingxiao was selfish, he couldn't bear to give up Shiji, Caiyun, Qiongxiao, Daji, and Deng Chanyu right now.

Li Jingxiao is good at everything, except he can't get rid of his lecherous habit.

Even if it really comes to the last resort, they will abandon Shi Ji and the other women.

But once Li Jingxiao is safe, he will definitely go find other women.

However, if his own safety wasn't involved, Li Jingxiao was actually quite good to his women.

He never beats or scolds women, and his attitude towards his women is better than that of most men in the worlds of Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods.

Women don't actually have high demands. As long as you treat them well, whether you truly love them or not is not important.

Of course, Li Jingxiao would never admit that he was just a womanizer and wanted to gain experience.

When he's alone with the women in his family, he always showers them with sweet words.

However, while Li Jingxiao was feeling sentimental, he couldn't help but think of Baihua Xiu, the Third Holy Mother, the Peacock Princess, Bai Suzhen, the Peony Fairy, Ao Xin, Ao Huiji, and Xingxian, among others.

Then, she silently recalled her past in the Dream of the Red Chamber with Qin Keqing, Yuan Chun, Wang Xifeng, You Erjie and You Sanjie, and several maids.

On the contrary, Li Jingxiao didn't miss his biological children as much.

Then I thought that when I felt there was no more danger in the world of Investiture of the Gods, I would have to go back to the world of Dream of the Red Chamber.

I really miss Qin Keqing and the others after all these years.

However, Li Jingxiao only reminisced for a short while before regaining his senses.

What good would it do to go back?
It would be better to keep time in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber frozen in time.

Otherwise, if I go back, time in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber will begin to pass, and several years or even more than ten years will have passed in the blink of an eye.

Of course, if one could freely travel between the worlds of Dream of the Red Chamber and Investiture of the Gods, then there would be nothing to worry about.

Staying in each world for three to five days, or seven to eight days, will basically have no impact.

If you want to live a long life, just one Nine-Turn Golden Elixir will do.

Or a single ginseng fruit can grant one a lifespan of over 40,000 years.

If you don't want Qin Keqing and the others to ascend to the Immortal Realm, a fifth-grade Golden Pill has a lifespan of 500 years.

Moreover, spending a few days traveling between the two worlds doubles the joy.

However, Li Jingxiao was thinking about the wonderful things to come, but he didn't know that when he left the Journey to the West world...

The Holy Mother of the Third was actually pregnant with his child.

Moreover, Laozi personally conducted divination and investigations repeatedly to confirm that the child was indeed Li Jingxiao's.

Even the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and the Lingbao Dao Venerable in Journey to the West calculated it several times with their fingers.

On the question of whether the child was Li Jingxiao's, Sanqing was more cautious than Li Jingxiao himself.

To avoid being schemed against and having a treacherous person become their disciple.

However, the Holy Mother of the Third Kingdom was so nervous and couldn't believe it for several days after learning that she was pregnant.

It wasn't until Laozi summoned her to the Tushita Palace and acknowledged that the child in her womb was his grand-disciple that she finally understood.

This put the Third Holy Mother at ease.

Then it was concealed by Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Daozun.

However, this matter could not be kept from the Jade Emperor, but the Jade Emperor's reaction was unexpected.

Not only did they not punish the Third Holy Mother, they also notified Yang Jian to take the Six Saints of Meishan and his eight hundred soldiers to Mount Hua to act as bodyguards.

Incidentally, Laozi also sent Golden Horn and Silver Horn with the Green Ox Demon, along with the Purple-Gold Red Gourd, the Banana Leaf Fan, and the Golden Rope, to Mount Hua.

I thought I would be pregnant for several years before the baby was born.

Unexpectedly, the baby was born after only about ten months.

This only makes it more certain that it is Li Jingxiao's child.

Several years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the little guy is now six years old.

However, when Li Jingxiao left the Journey to the West world, he used the excuse of going into seclusion to break through to a higher realm.

Not to mention women like the Third Holy Mother and Baihua Xiu, even Laozi didn't know where Li Jingxiao was hiding in seclusion.

Out of necessity, this child is already six years old and still doesn't have a proper name.

So the Holy Mother of the Third Rank gave the little guy a nickname.

As expected, it is called agarwood, just like in myths and legends.

The reason is that when the little one was born, the Lotus Lantern suddenly lit up on its own, emitting a fragrant aroma.

Then it floated above the little guy's head, which is how it got the name "Agarwood".

The treatment Chenxiang received after his birth was vastly different from that of the Chenxiang in the myth who split the mountain to save his mother.

The Jade Emperor is the maternal uncle, and Erlang Shen is the paternal uncle.

My grandmaster is Laozi.

My grandmasters are Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Daozun.

Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King would occasionally send him small trinkets.

The monkey even considered taking Chenxiang as his apprentice.

Unfortunately, not only did Yang Jian disagree, but even Laozi, his grandmaster, disagreed.

When he was six years old, the old man ordered the Golden Horn, Silver Horn, and Green Ox Demon, who had been guarding Mount Hua, to bring the little guy and the Third Holy Mother back to the Tushita Palace to teach him personally.

From then on, even Yang Jian, the maternal uncle, had to go to the Tushita Palace to see his nephew.

Yang Jian didn't even have a wife, let alone a child.

This guy was single-mindedly focused on 'slaying demons and protecting the righteous path, cultivating in peace,' so naturally he had no wife or children.

However, Li Jingxiao had guessed back then that it was probably related to the Jade Emperor.

Yang Jian watched helplessly as his father was executed, and his eldest brother died protecting him and his third sister, Yang Chan.

After such an experience, most people would probably be unwilling to get married and have children.

Besides, once Yang Jian has mastered his cultivation, he will be focused on splitting the mountain to save his mother, so he won't have time to find a wife.

After rescuing his biological mother, he had already become an immortal.

He then lost interest in women.

Therefore, in Yang Jian's eyes, since Chenxiang had half of the Yang family's bloodline, he was not much different from his own child.

They even cared more about and valued this nephew.

In order to continue teaching Chenxiang as he had done in the past six years at Mount Hua, he also agreed to many conditions from Laozi.

That's how he officially became Chenxiang's mentor.

Incidentally, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and the Lingbao Dao Venerable would also occasionally order people to bring this boy to their side and take care of him for a few days.

Moreover, when Chenxiang was five years old, he was taken by Lingbao Daozun to the Peach Banquet and became the youngest guest.

Then, just like when Li Jingxiao first attended the Peach Banquet.

Lingbao Daozun also gave Chenxiang his nine-thousand-year-old peach.

Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun both gave all their peaches of immortality to this kid.

He can be considered the number one second-generation Daoist in the Three Realms.

Even Buddha, several Bodhisattvas, and many big shots all became kind and amiable when they saw this kid.

Guanyin Bodhisattva also claimed that she was half a teacher of Li Jingxiao and repeatedly invited Chenxiang to visit Putuo Mountain.

It wasn't that Li Jingxiao had a lot of influence, but rather that everyone was speculating about it.

Once Li Jingxiao successfully emerges from his life-or-death seclusion, he will undoubtedly become a true regional leader.

Even if they don't reach the level and strength of the Three Pure Ones, they will most likely become true big shots on par with Guanyin Bodhisattva and Buddha.

Given their already good relationship, getting close to Li Jingxiao's only son now would surely bring considerable rewards in the future. Besides, simply teaching and guiding Chenxiang is a small, cost-effective, and high-return endeavor; only a fool would refuse.

Even Yang Jian only gained Laozi's approval to become his nephew's tutor because he was Chenxiang's maternal uncle.

Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King, however, did not have this opportunity.

However, Sun Wukong was shameless, and Laozi couldn't do much about him.

Moreover, after the Journey to the West, he was bestowed the title of "Victorious Fighting Buddha".

But the title of "Great Sage Equal to Heaven" has always remained with him.

In terms of status, Sun Wukong was extremely high, both in the Heavenly Court and in the Western Paradise.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao and Sun Wukong did indeed have an excellent relationship, a fact that the Holy Mother of the Three Kingdoms did not deny.

Thinking that it would be good for the child's future, she specially told Chenxiang a lot about the past between Li Jingxiao and Sun Wukong.

Upon hearing that his father and Sun Wukong had a good relationship, Chenxiang naturally wanted to get close to the monkey.

In addition, Yang Jian, being both his uncle and his first teacher, was inevitably somewhat strict.

Sun Wukong, however, had no such reservations and quickly became close to Chenxiang.

Yang Jian was furious, but the Third Holy Mother didn't care at all. She even wanted her precious son to have more contact with Sun Wukong.

This is also closely related to Li Jingxiao.

Back in the Journey to the West world, Li Jingxiao told his women that the monkey had a lot of problems.

However, the Three Holy Mothers could still sense that their husbands actually greatly admired Sun Wukong.

When Li Jingxiao first encountered Sun Wukong, he was just a nobody whose cultivation level was far lower than Sun Wukong's.

The two were friends who had gone through thick and thin together, and Li Jingxiao had schemed against Monkey quite a bit.

Not to mention that Sun Wukong also has a multitude of merits.

They possess virtues such as being loyal and righteous, having a clear sense of right and wrong, keeping their promises, and never oppressing the kind and good.

In the eyes of someone like Li Jingxiao, who is cunning, shrewd, hypocritical, and selfish.

Monkeys are the best choice for friends.

In terms of actual relationship, Li Jingxiao and Sun Wukong were even closer than Li Jingxiao and Yang Jian, his brother-in-law.

Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were teaching Chenxiang personally after he entered the Tushita Palace.

This kid was directly appointed as 'Grand General of the Jade Palace of the Bullfighting Palace, Deputy Marshal in Charge of Thunder, and Marquis Zhaolie Who Subdues Demons and Monsters'.

The story revolves around a young man who, just beginning his apprenticeship, is appointed by his maternal uncle to the ranks of a third-grade noble and a general.

He also assisted Wang Lingguan in commanding the thirty-six Thunder Generals of the Dou Niu Palace.

Moreover, the Grand General of the Jade Palace of the Bullfighting Palace was actually the Jade Emperor's personal guard commander, a true close minister of the emperor.

As for being granted a title, nobody really cares.

Li Jingxiao was able to refine the Golden Elixir from the fifth to the eighth stage, and he also assisted Laozi in refining the Golden Elixir from the ninth stage.

This effectively increased the sources of income for officials of all ranks in Heaven.

Therefore, no one cared about granting Li Jingxiao's own son a marquisate, and no one objected.

As for the deputy marshal of the Thunder Department, with Wang Lingguan as the chief officer keeping him in check, it's not up to Chenxiang to give orders haphazardly.

Several celestial emperors, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Four Heavenly Masters, and numerous generals and spirit officials all praised the Jade Emperor for his wisdom.

If Chenxiang were to become a Golden Elixir refiner like his father Li Jingxiao in the future, it would mean having another source of Golden Elixir refinement from the fifth to the eighth stage.

As for the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, not many people coveted it.

If your status isn't high enough, you can't enjoy the benefits of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

However, many bigwigs had long suspected that Li Jingxiao had actually learned the method of refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

However, out of consideration for Laozi's reputation, they deliberately avoided stealing his thunder.

Incidentally, the master and apprentice conspired to deliberately reduce the number of Nine-Turn Golden Pills refined each year in order to highlight the rarity of this immortal pill.

Since Li Jingxiao could refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, as the only heir and Laozi's only grand-disciple, he was now the only son of Laozi.

Not to mention the method of refining the Golden Elixir, even the Taiqing lineage is likely to be led by Chenxiang in the future.

Taking advantage of the boy's young age, it's only natural to cultivate a relationship and build rapport.

Unfortunately, Li Jingxiao was unaware that he had gained another son, and Chenxiang had too many powerful backers.

There was no danger whatsoever, so women like the Third Holy Mother and Baihua Xiu wouldn't have burned incense to inform him.
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Unaware of the situation, Li Jingxiao suddenly appeared outside Yuxu Palace, in the arena where the previous duel had taken place.

Sure enough, they saw more than a dozen second-generation disciples of the Chan Sect, as well as third-generation disciples such as Nezha.

However, Li Jingxiao soon noticed that an unfamiliar middle-aged Taoist priest was sitting in the middle of Guang Chengzi and the others.

After a moment's thought, Li Jingxiao quickly made a decision.

The Taoist sitting in the middle is most likely the Vice Leader of the Chan Sect, Randeng Taoist.

At the same time, Li Jingxiao also confirmed that this person's days in the Chan Sect were indeed not very good.

He wasn't included in either of the two sermons.

He hadn't heard from that second-generation disciple about the previous competition.

Yuanshi Tianzun did not pay attention to it.

The second and third generation disciples of the Chan Sect were disrespectful. If Li Jingxiao had been the Daoist Randeng, he might have sought another way out, just like Li Jingxiao.

He went to the Western religion to become the Buddha.

Unfortunately, despite all his scheming, he ultimately failed to make Daoist Ran Deng become the ruler of the region as he wished.

After going to the West, although his status and position were not low, one could tell from the title 'Past Buddha'.

He was just a non-core member with no real power.

It is even highly likely that people from Western religions are wary of it.

When Daoist Ran Deng saw Li Jingxiao emerge from Yuxu Palace, he stood up and bowed.

Li Jingxiao was so startled that he quickly bowed in return.

Regardless of how much Li Jingxiao despised Randeng Daoist, his status and position were undeniable.

So no matter what he thought in his heart, he still had to give face to Randeng, the vice leader of the Chan Sect and a guest of Zixiao Palace.

Moreover, upholding the rules of "ethics and morality" is actually of great benefit to Li Jingxiao.

Since there are benefits, Li Jingxiao naturally wouldn't be impolite in front of outsiders.

Seeing that Li Jingxiao showed no sign of being impolite or disrespectful, Daoist Ran Deng couldn't help but feel secretly overjoyed.

The way they looked at Li Jingxiao became three times more friendly.

The more a person lacks something, the more they value it.

If Li Jingxiao gives Randeng enough respect, the guy will definitely have a good impression of him, and who knows when something good will happen to him in the future.

However, in Li Jingxiao's eyes, it was really unnecessary to offend someone as vengeful as Randeng just because of a lack of manners.

Li Jingxiao's character is actually very similar to that of the other members of the Chan Sect.

They are all hypocritical, sanctimonious, and full of evil intentions.

But if you want to live a better life, you have to become like him.

The disciples of the Jie Sect were straightforward and bold, but in the end, the Jie Sect lost so badly that they were stripped bare.

Since even Randeng had a favorable impression of Li Jingxiao, the second-generation disciples of the Chan Sect felt relieved.

She couldn't help but look at him with eager eyes.

They were all eyeing the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill.

(End of this chapter)