The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 104 New Map and Sword Control

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Jia Zhen returned to Rongqing Hall.

Grandmother Jia hurriedly drove out her daughter-in-law, daughters, maids and old women.

When Jia Zheng returned home from the government office.

Jia Mu, Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian had already discussed it for a while.

Jia Zhen then recounted to Jia Zheng what happened when he met Li Jingxiao in the afternoon.

Jia Zheng was not surprised but happy.

He stroked his beard and smiled, "Brother Zhen, you're just too concerned."

Jia Zhen and others looked at Jia Zheng in surprise, and then heard Jia Zheng continue to speak with a smile.

"Since Jingyou didn't directly refuse, it shows that he has some thoughts about the title of marquis.

As long as one has this intention, given the current situation of the court, there is no other way to be granted a title of nobility except through military merit.

And even if Jingyou couldn't take the position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp because of his age.

As long as he has military achievements outside and controls an army inside, it doesn't really matter whether he becomes the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp or not. It will be beneficial to my Jia family.

Jingyou can understand this. The relationship between my family and him is mutually beneficial.

It would be even better if I didn't take the position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp. It's lonely at the top."

Although Jia Mu, Jia She and others did not fully agree, Jia Zheng's words "in charge of an army" were indeed very correct.

Can't help but nod.

Then Jia Zhen asked, "How should we respond to Uncle Wang?"

Jia She is definitely the one in the Jia family who dislikes Wang Ziteng the most.

Not only because Wang Ziteng is the external aid of the second house, but also because he is Mrs. Wang's backer.

Also, because Jia She is the real heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion, he does not want to see the Wang family surpass the Jia family and suppress him, Jia She.

Of course, this is a choice that Li Jingxiao, a younger generation, can make.

Otherwise, Jia She might have become Wang Ziteng's supporter again.

The rise of the Wang family was also beneficial to the Jia family. At that time, face was not as important as real interests.

But now that Li Jingxiao is here, Jia She's attitude is different.

He immediately responded, "How else can I respond? The connections and relationships accumulated by our ancestors are gone every time we use them.

Wang Ziteng is not Jingyou. He has no ability and has achieved nothing after leading troops for many years.

Helping Jingyou, my family is just icing on the cake, and it costs little favors.

But in order to help Wang Ziteng, he had to ask for help from four princes, namely the Prince of Dongping, the Prince of Nangan, the Prince of Beijing, and the Prince of Xining.

The price is too high.

Moreover, Wang Ziteng has the entire Wang family behind him, so any benefits will go to the Wang family.

Why would they be willing to give us some of the benefits?"

Although Jia She deliberately belittled Wang Ziteng, everyone knew that when the Wang family had good things, they would not think of the Jia family.

And he was actually not wrong.

It has long been no secret that Li Jingxiao has a bad relationship with his second uncle.

When Li Huaiyi was seriously ill, his relatives in Jiangzhou were still thinking about how to fight for the title and even secretly harmed Li Huaiyi.

After being driven back to Jiangzhou by Li Jingxiao, the Li family in the capital and the Li family in Jiangzhou basically severed their relationship.

It can be said that the only relatives Li Jingxiao can rely on in the future are those on his two father-in-laws' side.

The Qin family is not a prosperous family.

Qin Zhong, like Baoyu, was still a little kid.

If Li Jingxiao needs help, Jia Lian, Jia Zhu and Jia Rong from Ningguo Mansion are all choices.

On the contrary, the Wang family has many brothers, sisters, children and clansmen.

If there is really good news, they will only think of the Wang family first.

The Jia family had no choice but to help Wang Ziteng use his connections to get promoted.

But as Yuanchun's future husband, Li Jingxiao is more worthy of investment than Wang Ziteng no matter from which perspective.

But before Jia Zheng could open his mouth to argue, Jia Zhen shook his head and said, "Master, if Jingyou can take the throne, we don't have to make a choice.

But Jingyou has no chance to take the position of Jiedushi of Beijing Camp in the short term.

If he rejected Wang's uncle now, it would be equivalent to offending the Wang family and breaking the relationship built up by several generations of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue.

The loss outweighs the gain. "

Grandmother Jia nodded and looked at Jia Zheng, but unexpectedly, Jia Zheng hesitated.

Now even Jia She was surprised and stared at Jia Zheng.

Seeing his father's silence, Jia Zhu thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "Master is right. My uncle's rise to prominence was due to his experience and connections.

Even if he were to take the position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, he would not be able to control those arrogant and powerful generals in the capital."

If Wang Ziteng cannot hold on to his position as Jiedushi, the Jia family’s investment may be wasted in the future.

The fact was just as Jia Zhu said. A few years after Wang Ziteng took office as the governor of the Beijing camp, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of nine provinces and was ordered to inspect the border.

He was promoted to the Inspector General of Nine Provinces.

It seems like a promotion, but in fact it is a demotion in reality.

Moreover, Wang Ziteng was not capable enough. Even after being promoted to the inspector of nine provinces, he was still unable to control the military generals in the nine border areas.

In the end, it actually hurts both yourself and others.

In the original novel, Wang Ziteng died inexplicably on the way back to Beijing.

This must be related to the power struggle, but no one would believe that a general who was the inspector of nine provinces and commanded the nine frontier troops would die suddenly on the way back to Beijing to report on his work.

Anyway, if it were Li Jingxiao, even if he couldn't kill the enemy, he would have absolute confidence in escaping.

Jia She and Jia Zhen couldn't help but look at Jia Zheng with admiration.

Although this person is pedantic, he is not stupid.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Grandmother Jia.

Grandmother Jia sighed and said, "Among the four families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue, only Uncle Wang is capable now.

Furthermore, one of our four families must stay close to His Majesty."

This was almost a direct statement, asking Wang Ziteng to get closer to the emperor.

Jia Zheng sighed helplessly, "I have received great favor from the Emperor, who long ago bestowed upon me the position of Deputy Director of the Ministry of Works. I cannot change it."

After saying this, he looked at Jia She and Jia Zhen, and the two of them couldn't help but feel a little ashamed and didn't look at Jia Zheng.

After all, the two actual heirs of the Ning and Rong mansions did not shoulder the responsibilities of the Jia family.

Even if the two of them were willing to get closer to the emperor, Emperor Longde would not accept them.

Although Jia Zhu was a scholar, it would take several years for him to complete the imperial examination and become a Jinshi.

Even if he became a disciple of the emperor, it would take at least ten to twenty years for him to start as a minor official and truly represent the Jia family in the court.

Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion is not only the head of the Jia family but also a Jinshi. In fact, he is the best leader of the Jia family.

Unfortunately, Jia Jing was very close to the former crown prince, so after the former crown prince rebelled, he had to become a Taoist priest.

It is said that he became a monk, but in fact he did so to avoid disaster.

Since the Jia family no longer has any promising sons or nephews, they can only seek external help.

Wang Ziteng was, Lin Ruhai was, and Li Jingxiao was the same.

But people’s hearts are complicated. It’s not the case that others will listen to whatever you, the Jia family, want.

After much deliberation, Li Jingxiao, an orphan, is indeed the best choice.

Li Jingxiao said that he did not need the Jia family's help and could rely on his own ability to rise to higher positions. But after he married Jia Yuanchun, he was destined to gain access to the connections accumulated by the Jia family's ancestors.

All the male members of the Jia family no longer hesitated and bowed to Lady Jia and said "yes".

However, although they agreed with Lady Jia's decision, when it came to action, even Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu were not very enthusiastic about how to help Wang Ziteng get promoted and become an official in Beijing.

Jia Zhen was even more focused on dealing with Zhang Hua's affairs.

It seemed as if Wang Ziteng’s affairs had nothing to do with him.

Therefore, the only one who could help Wang Ziteng to make connections was Jia She.

In fact, even though Lady Jia deprived Jia She of his right to be the housekeeper, the connections and relationships of the ancestors of Rongguo Mansion have always been in Jia She's hands.

He is the rightful heir to the title of Rongguo Mansion.

No matter how much Jia Zheng is liked by Lady Jia, he cannot actually represent the Rongguo Mansion when he is outside.

Moreover, Jia She's business card, which represents his identity as a member of the Rongguo Mansion and is used to notify visitors, is still in Jia Mu's hand.

Since Jia She dislikes Wang Ziteng, it's already a good thing that he's not making trouble.

It is already winter now, and Wang Ziteng, who was supposed to enter Beijing next year, is unlikely to be able to do so.

If you waste a few years, the older you get, the fewer opportunities you will have in the future.
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Li Jingxiao naturally didn't care about the affairs of the Jia and Wang families. He was now focused on upgrading to level 10 as soon as possible.

The next morning, after waking up, I checked my character level, which was 9 (835/900).

He couldn't help but reach out and touch his wife who was sleeping soundly in his arms.

Unfortunately, Qin Keqing's body was not clean yet, so she could only suppress her anxiety.

I got up and practiced boxing, kicking and swordsmanship in the yard.

When he arrived at the yamen, he felt even more uneasy and could not concentrate on practicing the immortality skill.

I simply stopped practicing and took out the guqin and played it for the whole morning.

The Seven-String Invisible Sword directly increased the experience point by 40 points, a small success (70/500).

Erfu and the others listened for half an hour and suddenly felt that the piano sound today was much more intense than in the past few days.

The more he listened, the more agitated the internal energy in his dantian became.

Erfu and his companions immediately felt something was wrong, but they did not dare to run to disturb Li Jingxiao, so they could only stay away.

It was not until noon that he learned that Li Jingxiao had stopped playing the piano, and he returned to the yamen with lingering fear.

Zhao Junheng took Erfu to the public housing that Li Jingxiao used as his office, which was actually for meditation and practice, and saw Li Jingxiao having a meal.

The two waited for more than ten minutes. When Li Jingxiao finished eating and drinking tea, they carefully talked about how the internal energy in his body was agitated by the sound of the piano this morning.

Li Jingxiao was stunned. He had played the piano in the morning but had not used any internal energy.

Unexpectedly, it still had an impact on Erfu and the others.

He put down the tea bowl and said with a slightly embarrassed tone, "From now on, when you hear the sound of the zither and your internal Qi becomes agitated, you can leave the yamen and go to the teahouse to drink tea, or do whatever you want, just like today."

It is impossible to ask Li Jingxiao to give up the practice of the Seven-String Invisible Sword.

Then the only thing we can do is let Erfu and others stay away.

Zhao Junheng nodded quickly, bowed with Erfu, and then left the public housing.

This interruption actually calmed Li Jingxiao down.

I meditated in the afternoon and then went to see patients. I was busy until the evening, and finally I could hug Baozhu and Ruizhu and practice together.

After several attempts, I finally heard the level increase to level 10 in my mind.

Level 10 (45/1000)

After coaxing Baozhu and Ruizhu to sleep, Li Jingxiao simply went to the study.

Focusing on the game, the game character was able to leave the novice village and teleport to the town on the new map.

Li Jingxiao did not rush to command the game character to go out of the city to kill monsters, but instead took a walk around the town.

There are pharmacies, weapons shops, armor shops, jewelry shops, etc.

After thinking about it, he went into the jewelry store first.

When he came out, there was a Royal Spirit necklace and two sapphire rings on the neck and hands of the game character.

Yuling Necklace, increases spell power by 10%, comprehension +1
Sapphire Ring, increases spell power by 10%, root bone +1
You can only wear one necklace, but you can wear two rings.

Three pieces of equipment, increased spell power by 30%, 1 point of understanding, and 2 points of root bone.

Li Jingxiao simply added the one attribute point he got at level 10 to his physique.

三维属性变成了：体质12、根骨14+2、悟性14+1
Now the physical fitness has increased by 2 points from the original 10 points, which is equivalent to widening the meridians by 20%.

The muscles in my body have also become much stronger. My slightly tired body, which had been exercising in the morning, has recovered instantly.

The 1 point of enlightenment and 2 points of aptitude brought by the three pieces of jewelry also increased the cultivation speed from 90% to 120%.
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Then Li Jingxiao felt very happy and bought more weapons.

He now had another level 10 'Cold Light Sword' with sharpness +3 and armor penetration +3.

A level 10 'Qingyun Fan' has its spell power increased by 15% and its spell cost reduced by 15%.

A level 10 'Green Vine Bow' with penetration +3 and range +3.

In the armor shop, I bought a level 10 tiger skin soft armor with defense +3 and stab resistance +3.

Level 10 long hood, spell resistance +15%.

Level 10 deerskin boots, speed increased by 15%
With the upgrade of his equipment, Li Jingxiao instantly became a master, and his strength increased by at least 50%.

He returned to the bedroom, hugged Qin Keqing, and lay down to nourish the power of thunder in his body.

But my mind was on the game.

Commanding the game characters with the same equipment, they went out of the town to kill monsters.
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Compared to the wild monsters in the Novice Village, the level 10 map is more difficult to fight, but with the support of medicine, it is still very easy to solo.

Seven hours later, Li Jingxiao opened his eyes and looked at the Lightning Thunder Fist first.

From Xiaocheng (120/500) to (131.2/500), it is indeed much faster than yesterday.

Moreover, I also found more than a dozen cheat books in the game inventory.

In addition to martial arts secrets, there are also magic secrets in this "Sword Control Technique".

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed. He hugged his wife and kissed her on the lips.

Feeling that her man was attacking her, Qin Keqing closed her eyes and responded by putting her arms around Li Jingxiao's neck.

Unfortunately, the two of them could only conduct exercises.

If you want a real fistfight, you'll have to wait a few days.

Li Jingxiao had no choice but to let go of his wife and was about to get up to practice martial arts, but he didn't expect Qin Keqing to get up as well.

She ordered the maid outside to come in and help her help Li Jingxiao dress and wash.

As for Baozhu and Ruizhu, Qin Keqing knew that she had been in poor health in recent days, and Baozhu and Ruizhu must have been exhausted again last night.

Just let them both sleep a little longer.

After leaving the main room, Li Jingxiao naturally practiced the "Sword Controlling Technique" first.

Probably because my understanding has improved a bit, it’s easy to get started.

It was only after getting started that I discovered that the entry-level experience bar was (1/200).

Compared to the martial arts secrets I practiced before, the number of inspection strips has doubled.

Li Jingxiao frowned and muttered, then glanced at the text introduction of "Sword Control Technique".

"Shushan Sword Technique, using one's own spiritual power to control the sword in mid-air, controlling the sword with Qi."

"When one reaches a high level of Taoist cultivation, one can control the sword with one's mind and take someone's life from a thousand miles away."

I immediately forgot about doubling my experience.

One hour later (2.2/200), it seems that this is the same practice speed as the Immortal Changchun Gong.

(End of this chapter)