Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 86 85 Breakthrough, Three Practices Completed

"The Chai Gang and the Ming Cult?"

Zhang Lishi immediately became serious when he heard this.

Li Cunxiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she didn't mention the blind date again.

He then told the story of how the He family's grain shop was robbed and how he "accidentally" discovered the conspiracy between the two parties.

As for the matter of luring and killing Monk Kong, he simply evaded the question in a few words.

"...It turns out someone is behind the Autumn Hunt."

Zhang Lishi snorted coldly. He had had suspicions for a long time. After all, the incident happened in Pingqiu Mountain, and the Chai Gang was in no way unconnected.

It is not surprising that the latter chose to go along with the Mingzun Sect.

The three major families occupied the inner city, and the Flying Tiger Escort Agency dominated the outer city. The prosperous areas had been divided up.

How could the Chai Gang be willing to be trapped in the mountains and live with beasts?

But no matter how much they look down on each other, now that they are united, their power should not be underestimated.

Li Cunxiao's news came at a timely moment, and its importance was unquestionable.

Zhang Lishi's eyes were filled with satisfaction, and he patted his disciple's shoulder:

"Sanlang, you have done a great job. Your teacher has nothing else to reward you with."

"Now that the New Year is approaching, there will probably be no escort orders this month. It just so happens that your mistress has found a few families for you. Don't let her kindness go to waste."

Li Cunxiao looked bitter when he heard this and could only agree.

I'll have to find a way to turn it down.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Lishi, Li Cunxiao rode his red horse to He's mansion.

The Chai Gang and the Ming Cult are colluding, so it is naturally impossible to tell Mr. He directly about such a confidential matter.

Li Cunxiao could only hint at it through his words to let Mr. He know that things were not peaceful outside the city recently.

If there is any need to transport grain in the future, we can ask him to borrow a team of escorts. At this stage, the forces inside and outside Chuqiu City will not openly attack the people from the escort agency.

"The Chai Gang patrols the mountains and imposes martial law. The Ming Zun Sect is roaming the countryside..."

After seeing Li Cunxiao off, Mr. He pondered over the few words Li Cunxiao left behind, looking worried yet somewhat relieved.

They are all smart people. Mr. He can understand what Li Cunxiao said without him having to explain it clearly. The situation outside the city is now turbulent and dangerous.

Half of the fertile land in Chuqiu is occupied by the big families. To be frank, the He family grain shop has survived to this day because of the leftovers from the big families.

The world is becoming increasingly chaotic, and grain carts cannot even leave the countryside of Chuqiu. Without a support in the future, the grain shop will have no future at all.

This was also something Mr. He was thankful for. Although his son was neither high nor low, he had forged a friendship with Li Cunxiao during his humble days, and now he was rewarded.

Compared with the protection of Zhang Lishi's direct disciple, money, mansions, and secret books are all insignificant.

"Master," the butler walked up behind Master He at some point, his face full of worry.

"Did the county government lower the price?"

"Yes," the butler lowered his head deeply.

"Compared to previous years, the price of grain collected at the Changping Warehouse this year is 30% lower..."

Upon hearing this, Mr. He fell into a long silence and finally let out a long sigh.

"Sell it, sell it. The world has changed. The government has fattened up the pigs, but they have to be slaughtered anyway..."

Li Cunxiao was unaware of Mr. He's worries. For several days after returning from Pingqiu Mountain, he was troubled by the blind date activities enthusiastically arranged by his master's wife.

To be honest, Li Cunxiao's current status and position are among the best in Chuqiu City in every aspect.

As for his appearance, with troubled times approaching, his tall and mighty type is actually quite popular.

But the affairs of the Chai Gang and the Ming Cult always lingered in Li Cunxiao's mind, and the starving people who died of hunger and cold on the way of escorting the goods cast a shadow on the road ahead.

War could break out at any time, how could he be willing to get married at this time?
"Finally, everything has been dealt with."

After bidding farewell to his mistress who looked regretful, Li Cunxiao walked out of Zhang's house quickly. He didn't smile until he reached the escort agency's training ground and saw Qin Yu and a dozen others sparring with each other.

"It's Li Biaotou!"

"Here comes Li Biaotou!"

Except for Gao Hu, all the others present were young escorts, most of whom were the ones who had accompanied Li Cunxiao on the escort mission last time, except for a half-grown boy named Wei He who had sneaked in.

Li Cunxiao signaled the sparring partners to continue, and he walked to Gao Hu.

"Brother Gao, how is it?"

After Li Cunxiao's last visit to the He family, he asked He Bi to abstain from sex and practice martial arts. Initially, only Qin Yu and Wei He joined, but as word spread, more young and ambitious escorts took the initiative to join.

Teaching one person is also teaching, teaching a group is also teaching. Li Cunxiao simply pulled Gao Hu and Qian Yu over, letting them take turns cooperating with him, teaching them martial arts while also imparting their experience in escorting and actual combat.

"Qin Yu is the most hardworking. Why should he be led astray by Qian Lao San? He wastes all his energy on women's bellies and wastes a lot of time."

Gao Hu unconsciously used the tone of a work report when speaking, as if he was facing Zhang Lishi.

"But Wei He seems like a good material."

His tone was a little surprised.

"He's only just been feeling the Qi for a short time, yet he's able to rely on brute force to trade blows with the young escort who's mastered the Qi and blood."

"After getting beaten, I ate a bowl of nourishing soup and felt full of energy the next day."

"Sanlang, where did you find such a talent? It reminds me of the former head escort who also took a liking to you at first sight."

Gao Hu looked sad, but Li Cunxiao just smiled when he heard it.

After all, Shen He's abuse of power to bully others was a scandal, so it was naturally suppressed deliberately.

As for why Zhang Lishi took a fancy to him, to be honest, it was also due to Mu Cha's contribution, and as his brother, he actually benefited from it.

It's just that we are brothers and we should help each other. There is no need to care about who pays more.

As they were chatting, a commotion broke out at the side entrance of the escort agency. Before they could ask more, a group of escort vehicles filed in, led by Ye Chengxiao, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.

However, compared to his previous high spirits, the young man now looked much more mature, and even looked a little more weathered due to the long journey.

Calm. This was the first impression that came to Li Cunxiao's mind.

Many people in this escort team were injured, and many had bandages on their hands, feet, and heads, but at least no one died. Although the porters were tired, there was no resentment in their expressions.

It seems that although Ye Chengxiao is a green leader, he is doing a good job.

"Senior Brother Li."

When Ye Chengxiao saw the people in the training ground, he was stunned at first, then he walked up to them and greeted them as usual.

Li Cunxiao actually had no ill feelings towards him, and smiled when he heard this:

"Junior Brother Ye has also started his escort mission? Is everything going smoothly?"

If it were in the past, Ye Chengxiao would definitely think that this was a mockery of himself. As someone who came from a prominent family, the Ye family, he had actually fallen to the point of escorting goods to make a living.

But after escorting the caravan time and time again and witnessing the various aspects of life in troubled times, Ye Chengxiao only felt that his previous self was arrogant and narrow-minded, and he felt a deep admiration for Li Cunxiao, who came from a humble background but was favored by Zhang Lishi: How much effort did he put in behind the scenes to reach the position he is today?
"To be honest, Senior Brother, we encountered many setbacks along the way. Fortunately, we had the help of our comrades, so we were able to escape without any danger."

"I still have to report to my master, so I'll take my leave now."

Ye Chengxiao bowed and took his leave. Gao Huan was amazed by his humble attitude. Just as he was about to talk to Li Cunxiao, he found that the other party had also turned around and walked towards the door of the escort agency.

"Sanlang, where are you going? Let's have a drink together at noon?"

"I have something to do. Let's meet again tonight."

Li Cunxiao waved his hand, went out, rode on Chili, and quickly returned to the house.

He was about to prepare to break through the dragonfly-skimming-the-water technique.

Apart from blind dates these days, Li Cunxiao has not given up practicing martial arts.

In addition to buying some demon meat to replenish evil spirits, the martial arts field in the house also came in handy after it was renovated.

The Dragonfly Skimming the Water Technique is not only a valuable low-grade body movement martial art, but also contains a complete method for muscle and muscle cultivation.

In the realm of Qi and blood, there is also a complete introductory training method for body movements.

He started with a large-mouthed porcelain jar filled with 500 kilograms of clean water, and carried four-kilogram iron sand bags on his body and legs, and walked along the edge of the jar.

In this way, take out 15 pounds of clean water every month and add 1 pound of iron sand to your body. Practice until the clean water in the tank is taken out and the tank becomes empty, and the amount of iron sand on your body reaches 40 pounds.

At this point, the practice of Qi and blood realm can be considered as entry level.

Afterwards, the water tank should be replaced with a thin bamboo basket, and the clean water should be replaced with a sandbag. The body should still be loaded with iron sand, and the practice should be carried out as above.

When you can still walk freely on the edge of an empty basket while carrying 80 kilograms of iron sand, this is a small achievement.

After that, half a foot thin mulberry paper is spread on the half foot thick sand. The iron sand load remains unchanged. Two pieces of mulberry paper are removed every day. No traces can be left on the sand when walking.

When all the mulberry paper is removed, the body is covered with iron sand and no trace is left on the sand. The body skills of the Qi and Blood realm have reached perfection and there is no room for improvement. The devil's blessing is required.

When Li Cunxiao wore the Cloud-Stepping Shoes, all of the above were easy for him.

But when he really took off his boots, he found that although magic treasures are good, it is easy to become dependent on them and cause shortcomings.

"No matter how powerful you are wearing the Cloud-Stepping Shoes, it's not real."

This is how Li Cunxiao calmed down and made up for the lessons he had missed step by step.

With the foundation of the Shenxingbu body movement and the fact that he had already mastered the second level of training, he could control his muscles, qi and blood with ease.

For ten days, apart from eating meat and going on blind dates, Li Cunxiao devoted all his attention to practicing Qinggong.

Because the force was too strong and the iron sand was too light, he simply replaced it with iron plates and tied them to his hands, feet, waist and abdomen.

"With the muscle realm, plus the martial arts experience of Tiger Demon Fist, Pure Yang Hand, and Vajra Palm, it is much easier to practice these basics.

It's a pity that the deceased priest didn't have any extra elixir left, otherwise the evil spirit that had just been accumulated could have been saved."

Li Cunxiao, wearing only a shirt and half sleeves, stood on the sand pit. With a slight shake, the iron blocks all over his body smashed into the sand, creating several deep pits.

He walked out of the sand pit without leaving a single footprint.

His dragonfly-skimming-the-water technique has already reached the limit of the Qi and blood realm. He only needs one final push to receive the blessing of the Dragon Armor Red Dragonfly.

"How much of the vajra will be left after this use? One-fifth? One-sixth?"

Li Cunxiao took the towel handed to him by the servant and wiped his face, then turned and went into the practice room, letting everyone go back to their own work.

He took out the secret book with green brocade edging, and found that the images on every seven pages combined together formed a strange visualization picture.

Amidst the ripples of simple strokes, scaly claws like a dragonfly appeared. From the scales beneath its neck, a scarlet dragonfly emerged from its cocoon.

Its color is like cinnabar, and its compound eyes are like a grid, densely packed.

The elytra are pale gold, like gold and stone; the carapace is reflective, like snake scales.

After ten days, Li Cunxiao had memorized the picture by heart.

"Vajra, break!"

As soon as he thought about it, a cool air poured over his head, and the dragon-armored red dragonfly in the visualization picture seemed to come alive, flapping its wings and flying out from the dragon scales, and drilling into Li Cunxiao's body.

In an instant, a cold current seemed to pass through my body, goose bumps appeared densely, and the muscles all over my body trembled and spasmed uncontrollably.

At the same time, the qi and blood seemed to be out of control, rushing under the skin like red-hot molten iron.

Not only could he not stop shivering, but his body continued to feel hot and scalding. Sweat was like a river that had been opened, quickly accumulating into puddles on the ground.

It is hard to imagine such a scene happening to Li Cunxiao, whose muscles and bones have been trained to perfection. At this moment, he seemed to have lost all his strength and turned into an ordinary person suffering from malaria.

Fortunately, this sick-like symptom was short-lived. The vajra was shining with light, and the dragon-armored red dragonfly that was moving freely among the limbs and bones seemed to be under a spell of immobilization. Its figure suddenly stiffened, and in the end it could not escape the fate of being severely suppressed like the tiger demon and the silver fox.

At this moment, all his senses seemed to have left him for a moment, and Li Cunxiao felt as if he had returned to the state of being nurtured in the mother's womb.

Only this time it was not as a human, but as a bug.

The eggs sprouted roots beneath the dragon's scales, absorbing nutrients. The scorching blood, rich in nutrients but also laced with deadly poison, changed their form.

Until the pale golden blade-like elytra stretched out, the scarlet dragonfly emerged from the flesh and blood, gently skimmed across the lake, and ripples spread out.

Li Cunxiao suddenly opened his eyes. His originally cat-like black eyes with golden pupils seemed unchanged from a distance, but when he looked closely, he could see countless tiny hexagons, like the compound eyes of an insect.

He stood up slowly, without twisting his neck, and in the dimly lit room, he could see the 360-degree scene in front, behind, and above.

A dense breath was like a column of air, the lights swayed, and the flickering of each spark seemed to be slowed down countless times, like the bullet time in the movies and TV shows of the previous life.

Global vision? Dynamic vision?
Isn't this the ability of insects?
He lowered his head and tore open his trouser legs that were stained with oil and sweat. There was a red dragon scale-like mark on each knee.

There are dragon scales on the legs, three for entry level, six for minor success, and nine for major success.

A thumb-sized red mark is the sign that the Dragonfly Leaping Technique has penetrated into the flesh.

He pressed his abdomen with his thick, long fingers, and initially nothing seemed to change. But when the Dragon Armor Vermilion Dragonfly's power was restored, and he applied pressure with his fingers, faint red lines appeared beneath his skin, feeling like snake scales.

Li Cunxiao simply picked up the horizontal sword he usually carried with him and chopped his arm with force.

Qiang~
The blade brought up a trail of sparks, but a closer look at the skin revealed no trace left.

"Invulnerable? I've mastered my leather training!"

Li Cunxiao couldn't help but reveal a look of joy. Now he has reached the pinnacle of the third level of training.

Moreover, with the three demons blessing my muscles, bones and skin, it would not be difficult to reach perfection.

Looking at the vajra again, only about one-fifth of the evil energy remained.

"Sure enough, if I only break through from Qi and blood to muscles, I won't use up all the energy accumulated from breaking through the barrier once."

"When my realm is higher and I learn more martial arts, and the proportion of self-study increases, the consumption of evil spirit will be even less, and I can use the precious opportunity to learn more powerful martial arts."

"There are also three blessings: poison resistance, water treading, and wind riding. How about we go to Pingqiu Mountain and try it?"

It has been a few days since the last incident, so it’s a good time to go and see how the Chai Gang reacts.

After all, the person who killed Monk Kong was an unidentified master of the muscle realm. What did that have to do with Li Cunxiao, the promising disciple of the escort agency?

(End of this chapter)