The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 88: Thunder Power
Zhou Boyi saw that Li Jingxiao was a little unconvinced.

A trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but he forced himself to remain calm as he nodded, "We sent two groups of spies there, but none of the first group returned.

Seven people came back in the second batch.

But three of them had been poisoned. Not only were they mentally unstable, they also slashed at anyone who approached them with knives.

We could only restrain him by force, chain him up, and bring him back to the capital, where he is currently locked up in the Beizhenfusi prison."

Li Jingxiao nodded, "Then let's save people first, and we can deal with the rest later."

Zhou Boyi, the Tongzhi, the Qianshi and others couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

The Jinyiwei are not all soldiers who fight.

Many sons of meritorious officials and noble families would be rewarded by the emperor with hereditary titles of a hundred households or even a thousand households as a token of his favor.

The vast majority of people holding this kind of official position receive their salaries but never go to work.

To put it bluntly, it's just honor and an extra salary.

But there were also second sons and illegitimate sons in the family who really joined the Jinyiwei in order to gain a better future.

In addition, most of the Jinyiwei were hereditary, and although most of them were from the middle and lower classes, they had built up friendships over several generations.

Zhou Boyi and other commanders, including the deputy commander and assistant commander, must not stand by and watch the people die, otherwise the people will lose their morale.

If anything happens again in the future, only a fool would risk his life for the higher-ups.

In the final analysis, even if you are the commander, if the people below you pretend to obey your orders but actually disobey them, you won't be able to hold the position for long.

You may even be killed by the people below you.

The group quickly entered the prison of the Northern Pacification Division and saw more than a dozen centurions and several thousand-householders anxiously walking around inside.

Seeing Li Jingxiao coming, a captain became anxious and knelt down in front of Li Jingxiao.

"Please, sir, save my nephew. My brother died for his country, leaving behind only this one son. If..."

Without waiting for the other person to finish speaking, Li Jingxiao waved his hand and used his internal force to lift the man up through the air.

"Okay, save people first, and we'll deal with the rest later."

After Zhou Xu was lifted up out of thin air, he looked at Li Jingxiao with surprise, but personally experiencing such a miracle also gave him and others more confidence.

A group of people hurriedly made way. Zhou Xu glanced at his uncle Zhou Boyi and saw him nod.

He hurriedly took Li Jingxiao to the deepest part of the prison.

After walking for a few minutes, I heard a series of hoarse, dull roars like those of wild animals.

They came to a fairly spacious area with three cells in a row.

Not only were there four strong men with knives standing outside each cell.

There were also two captains holding spears in the cell, pointing the tips of their spears at the young man who was chained to the wall.

If this man showed any signs of trying to break free from the chains, the two captains would probably stab him with their spears.

Moreover, this man's face sometimes showed a ferocious human face, and sometimes grew long beard and fur.

It looks like a cat's face.

Li Jingxiao immediately thought of the monster list he had seen in Zhenwu Temple before, which looked very similar to the cat-faced old woman.

He asked in surprise, "Did you meet the cat-faced old lady?"

This monster often transforms into an old woman and walks through the streets of various villages. If it encounters unattended children, it will take them away and eat them.

Moreover, the monster list also says that this cat demon likes to hang out with yellow-skinned people or fox spirits.

Once it becomes powerful, it will be as ferocious as a hungry tiger.

Zhou Boyi and Zhou Xu, uncle and nephew, were startled, and then overjoyed, since Li Jingxiao guessed what kind of demon was causing trouble at a glance.

Then the possibility of suppressing and rescuing his own nephews and the other two Jinyiwei would be greater.

Zhou Xu nodded hurriedly, "The returning general and small flags all said that they encountered an old woman with a hunched back.

It moves like a ghost, with a pair of claws that can shatter a fine embroidered spring sword with one strike.

If they hadn't risked their lives to protect my nephew, there would have been a hired archer among the entourage who knew some means to restrain evil spirits.

If they shot the monster with one arrow, no one in their group would be able to come back.

But the next day, my nephew and two other strong men who were also scratched started to have fever.

At first they thought it was just a cold wind that had entered their bodies, but on the third day the three men started talking nonsense and started slashing at anyone they saw with knives.

We had no choice but to lock it up and send it back overnight by carriage."

Li Jingxiao nodded, turned his hand, and an entry-level talisman for exorcising evil spirits appeared in his hand.

Then he said to the two captains in the prison, "Come out."

The two men looked at Zhou Xu and others. Zhou Xu was afraid that Li Jingxiao would be dissatisfied, so he quickly snatched the key from the waist of a centurion.

After opening the door, the two men naturally did not dare to delay.

When Zhou Xu wanted to lock the door again, Li Jingxiao said, "No need, please step back."

After saying this, the amulet flew into the prison and suddenly turned into a divine light in front of the young man.

The cat face on the young man's face suddenly screamed.

Seeing that it was effective, Li Jingxiao immediately used the level 1 exorcism talisman as if it were free, appearing out of thin air and hovering and circling around him.

Then one after another they flew into the prison and exploded in front of the young man.

There were only seven or eight talismans to dispel evil spirits, but the cat-faced man kept wailing. Finally, the talismans floating around Li Jingxiao showed no signs of decreasing.

He immediately broke away from the young man in fear.

He forcibly took on an exorcism talisman and looked at Li Jingxiao deeply.

He turned around and wanted to rush out of the prison.

Li Jingxiao was shocked. Eight or nine talismans could not kill this cat-faced girl. If he let her run away, she would definitely come back to find him.

Without even thinking about it, the power of thunder in his body instantly erupted.

As his magical power started to work, Li Jingxiao's whole body was shining with lightning.

It's like Thor descending to earth.

Not only did the hair of dozens of Jinyiwei present stand on end, but the cat-faced man was also really scared.

She screamed and tried to escape through the wall.

However, she didn't expect that when she hit the wall, she was suddenly blocked by a divine light.

Li Jingxiao's eyes lit up. It seemed that some kind of formation had been set up when the Jinyiwei prison was built.

Cat Face was knocked back and quickly turned around and tried to escape through the aisle.

But no matter how fast she is, she can never be faster than Thunder.

Two bolts of lightning as thick as arms shot out from Li Jingxiao's hands and instantly hit the cat's face.

There was only a scream that pierced the eardrums and spread throughout the prison, and then it was destroyed by two thunderbolts.

Li Jingxiao used the Lightning Thunder Fist at full strength for the first time, and he was so excited to see how powerful it was.

Moreover, the reminder sound of experience +100 came in his mind, which made him look forward to the other two Jinyiwei who were poisoned by the cat demon.

Although this cat-faced woman was definitely not the real cat-faced old lady, Li Jingxiao was still very satisfied with the fact that he had broken an evil spell and a clone with 100 experience points.

He pushed away the Jinyiwei who were blocking his way and quickly walked to the prison next door.

The cat mask on the face of the Jinyiwei strongman, who was also locked with iron chains, automatically detached and tried to escape. Li Jingxiao didn't even think about it and hit him with a bolt of lightning.

After gaining another 100 experience points, there was no trace of Cat Face in the third cell.

Li Jingxiao's face darkened, but he instantly came up with a plan. He quickly took out his guqin, table, and chairs from his game inventory, channeled his inner energy, and began playing the Seven-Stringed Invisible Sword.

The sound of the piano stirred up an invisible sound wave, which resonated in the cell.

Sure enough, a black shadow had half of its body entered the body of a Jinyiwei holding a knife, probably trying to use this person to escape detection.

However, he was affected by the sound of the piano, broke the possession spell, and was shaken out.

To ordinary people, the skill of "Seven-String Invisible Sword" is just the sound of an ordinary piano.

But for masters with internal strength, the higher the level of their skills, the easier it is for them to be affected by the sound of the piano.

The cat-faced evil magic was actually a kind of energy. It was indeed affected by the sound of the piano and revealed its figure.

But there were also several human-shaped shadows in the prison, who were injured by the sound of the piano and revealed their figures.

Li Jingxiao knew at a glance that these human-shaped shadows must be the unjustly deceased ghosts who had died recently in the prison and were stranded there and refused to leave.

More than a dozen exorcism talismans appeared out of thin air around Li Jingxiao, then shot out in all directions, and balls of divine light continued to burst out in the prison.

Those phantoms didn't even resist and were melted by the divine light.

The cat's face was illuminated by the divine light, and it felt like butter encountering hot oil, constantly corroding and melting.

His body was also affected by the invisible piano sound. Not only was he unable to possess other people or pass through walls, but he was also constantly being harmed by the piano sound and divine light.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, he simply screamed and rushed towards Li Jingxiao.

Unfortunately, more than a dozen talismans suddenly appeared around Li Jingxiao's body and exploded at the same time.

The powerful divine light exploded right next to his face, burning the cat's face and causing it to melt even faster.

Li Jingxiao took the opportunity to open his mouth and spit out a bolt of lightning, which hit the cat's face and was completely dissolved.

After killing three cat-faced monsters, Li Jingxiao frowned.

Even after using so many exorcism talismans, the damage they inflicted on the cat-faced monster was not as great as a bolt of lightning.

It seems that the Lightning Thunder Fist is his most important means of attack at this moment.

But come to think of it, all evil creatures are naturally afraid of thunder and lightning.

Fortunately, not only did I get 300 experience points, but those innocent people who died just now also gave me 30 experience points.

Li Jingxiao was in a good mood as he put away the guqin, stood up, waved the sleeves of his official robe, and put the table and chairs he had taken out along with the guqin into the inventory.

But when he looked at the commander Zhou Boyi, his eyes were somewhat unfriendly.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. And if you think about it carefully, there are many people in this world who died unjustly, let alone the Jinyiwei.

I sighed in my heart and decided not to care about it anymore.

Zhou Boyi was still in shock when he was suddenly glanced at by Li Jingxiao. In an instant, the hairs on his body stood up.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao withdrew his gaze immediately afterwards, but Zhou Boyi's heart was pounding with fear, and he thought about it over and over again.

Only then did he react.

There were several dark shadows in the prison just now. They looked like human figures, so they must be ghosts.

Think about it, this is the Northern Pacification Prison, and countless people have been tortured to death.

It seems that this Lord Li blames the Jinyiwei, under his charge, for the many unjust deaths of people.

So I don't like myself anymore.

Zhou Boyi suddenly felt extremely wronged.

Although he was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, most of the cases he handled were imperial orders.

As the commander, he was not responsible for the general arrests of thieves, hangings of bandits, and catching criminals.

Otherwise, with so many bandits in the capital and its surrounding areas, I would be exhausted to death.

Even if someone is wronged, their father or husband should be blamed.

Who made these people want to rebel or disobey orders?

Or they may be corrupt and abuse their power.

But Zhou Boyi changed his mind and realized that he was indeed an official of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

If someone claims to have no idea what their subordinates have done, then they are incompetent.

He could only sigh in his heart, thinking that he would have to pay more attention to the Imperial Prison in the future.

Otherwise, Lord Li would think of himself as a treacherous villain who takes human life lightly, and if he gets in a bad mood one day, he would be struck to death by a thunderbolt.

Because of this incident, Li Jingxiao was secretly regarded as a god-like figure by officials of all ranks in the Jinyiwei.

Li Jingxiao casually spent some of the Jinyiwei funds to buy a small courtyard to serve as the Zhenfusi Yamen, which was also called the "Left Zhenfusi" by the Jinyiwei.

In ancient times, there were dynasties that respected both the left and the right.

In the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, except for the Yuan Dynasty, the other four dynasties respected the left.

Therefore, when attending court, civil officials stood on the emperor's left hand, and military generals stood on his right hand.

The so-called "leaving the left seat empty for waiting" means leaving a distinguished seat and waiting for others.

However, in official documents, "left transfer" means demotion, while "right transfer" means promotion.

Calling Li Jingxiao's Zhenfusi Yamen the "Left Zhenfusi" is to imply that within the Jinyiwei, the Zhenfusi where Li Jingxiao is located is the most important of all the Yamen.

Although it was just a joke, when people thought of Li Jingxiao, who was full of thunder and lightning, no one in the Jinyiwei dared to offend him for no reason.

What if someone doesn't deal with you openly, but sets up an altar in secret and uses insidious means?

You won't even know how you died.

Not to mention, if you encounter evil spirits again in the future, you will have to rely on others to save you.

In the past, everyone was very respectful to the old Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, but now they have met a divine figure who can really use thunder.

It would be strange if he didn't behave himself.

The three Jinyiwei who were under the spell gradually regained consciousness after their chains were untied.

Moreover, although the three of them were unconscious before, they still had some perception.

Especially Zhou Xu's nephew, Zhou Gongzhi, a centurion of the Northern Pacification Division.

The scene of two lightning bolts instantly shooting towards me is so vivid in my memory that I will never be able to forget it in this lifetime.

Therefore, he was most afraid of and grateful to Li Jingxiao.

After being helped closer, he fell to his knees with a thud, and his head hit the hard stone floor heavily.

"Thank you for saving my life. From now on, if you have any request, I will be willing to die for you."

Li Jingxiao smiled and nodded, "You are a captain of the Jinyiwei, and I am your superior. Saving you and the other three is my duty.

Not to mention that you knew the mission was dangerous, yet you still risked your lives to investigate.

It is a blessing for us superiors to have people like you in the Jinyiwei who are willing to sacrifice your lives for the public.

Just rest and recuperate at home. When you recover, come visit me when you have time.

I'm somewhat interested in that cat-faced old woman. If I run into her in the future, I'll try to avoid being caught off guard."

Duke Zhou was extremely delighted, and Zhou Boyi and Zhou Xu, his two uncles and cousins, were also very surprised.

The others looked at Zhou Gongzhi with envy and jealousy.

If I can gain the favor of Lord Li and learn a few tricks on how to deal with evil spirits, I will be a hot commodity in the Jinyiwei in the future.

Zhou Boyi grabbed Li Jingxiao's arm, kept thanking him, and insisted on inviting Li Jingxiao to have a drink at Wangjiang Tower.

(End of this chapter)