Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 122 - 119 Use of Great Rectitude (Second update request forSubscription Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

Chapter 122: Chapter 119 Use of Great Rectitude (Second update request forSubscription Request for Monthly Ticket)_1

After thirty moves, Li Xuan voluntarily withdraws, retreating a distance of thirty feet.

"Allow me to catch my breath and we’ll continue."

"Alright!"

After nodding, Leng Yurou fairly assesses, "Your martial arts is impressive. There’s no one under the fifth house level who can stand against you. However, I notice your Shi of the sword is robust but lacks creativity, and you exert too much force."

"More than exerting too much force? I guess he must have used nearly half of his Zhenyuan force by now?"

Li Yan looks puzzled at his brother, "What are you thinking about? You’re going all out with every strike, like you’re fighting for your life."

"This is called playing to my strengths and ignoring my weaknesses. Since I’m not good at variability, why force it? So, I focus on speed, ruthlessness, precision, and weight to overpower others."

Li Xuan calmly sits cross-legged, "Doing so definitely consumes a lot of my Zhenyuan. Hence, I aim to defeat my opponent within the first thirty moves."

Li Yan mulls this over and finds it quite reasonable, "So, what’s your plan after the thirty moves?"

"Of course, to run away! If I can’t defeat them even after thirty moves, I probably still wouldn’t win after a hundred."

Li Xuan looks disdainfully at Li Yan, "That’s why I plan to go to Zhuque Hall to get the remaining parts of Unsettling Divine Thunder tomorrow."

’Unsettling Divine Thunder’, though known for its changing prowess, has a final move named ’Rising Thunder’, which is a top thunder style.

Li Xuan believes that mastering ’Rising Thunder’ would make him invincible.

If he ever needed to escape in the future, not even a Wu or spell cultivator who has opened The Third Door could possibly chase him down.

Because his voltage would be too high! Why does the government build million-volt high voltage transmission lines across the country? To reduce power loss during transmission.

The same principle applies to the thunder style; the higher the voltage, the less Zhenyuan is used.

Not to mention his Method of Cold Ice can even create a superconducting effect.

In his hometown, Dutch physicist H Kamerlingh Onnes discovered in a 1911 experiment that mercury enters a new state where electrical resistance is so low it’s virtually unmeasurable when the temperature drops to -268.8 degrees Celsius.

This new state is eventually named Superconductivity.

This is also the direction Li Xuan wants to pursue. If he could apply this to his martial arts, none in this world could match him in speed and endurance.

About ten minutes later, Li Xuan feels his Zhenyuan has recovered. He immediately leaps up and dashes at Leng Yurou with his waist knife again.

This time, the light from Li Xuan’s sword shows some new variation. Each of his slashes are still full-powered, but he uses a bit of the force to constantly cause slight vibrations in his arm and sword, the force of which changes continuously, making it untraceable.

This brightens Leng Yurou’s eyes. She finds she can’t accurately capture Li Xuan’s force point anymore, but she is more delighted because of it.

This young master indeed has a surprising understanding of martial arts.

What she didn’t know was that inference and summarization are the basic abilities of students in that world.

Finally, Leng Yurou cannot resolve her opponent’s attack only by waving her sword.

Not only has she increased her sword force by two-tenths, she also begins to mobilize the surrounding natural forces to transform her sword into a great force omni-directional like a river hanging from the sky that strikes at Li Xuan’s weakness as much as it can. It also seems to be a deep pit that absorbs all the force of Li Xuan’s sword.

After about twenty rounds of fierce fighting, Li Xuan suddenly moves his eyes. He viciously takes a deep breath, shouting, "Charge!"

At that moment, Leng Yurou’s sword move hesitates. She finds her thoughts have been halted for a moment.

But after only a fraction of a second, Leng Yurou recovers. She easily deflects the sword shadow that Li Xuan has forced before her.

Then, Leng Yurou steps back another foot and looks at Li Xuan with surprise, "Is this... the Great Rectitude?"

Li Xuan grins and nods, "Exactly! My Zhenyuan is not enough and the intensity of my Shenpo is poor; I cannot keep it on all the time and can only use it this way for now. The old man suggested I practice a secret technique similar to Buddhism’s ’Lion’s Roar’ to increase its power."

Actually, he has mobilized part of the power from "The Song of Integrity" to imitate the Great Rectitude. Indeed, it works remarkably, even on Leng Yurou.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with his Shenpo being nine times that of ordinary people.

Leng Yurou was indeed stunned. Then she exclaimed, "Incredible!"

According to her knowledge, the more noble and upright the Great Rectitude of Confucianism is, the greater its suppressive power over demons, evil spirits, and even ghosts and tricks in one’s heart.

That’s why some great Confucians can simply shout a question during a trial and the weak-minded criminals will confess spontaneously.

When used in combat, it can intimidate the enemy’s heart. The more malicious and murderous the opponent, the weaker his resistance to the Great Rectitude.

But the fact that Li Xuan could still intimidate her for a moment when she had no evil intentions or malice was very remarkable.

This level of Great Rectitude is even stronger than that of many so-called great Confucians.

"Let’s go again!"

Leng Yurou once again raised her sword, her interest in Li Xuan growing even stronger: "Whatever tricks you have up your sleeve, feel free to use them on me!"

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Li Xuan and Leng Yurou kept battling until noon, before reluctantly leaving the training ground.

Visitors had come to his home, his two best friends Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue, who had even brought the Boshi of Demons, Yue Qianqian, to visit him together.

Upon seeing Li Xuan, who had fully recovered, Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue were overjoyed.

They had visited him earlier and were shocked to see Li Xuan paralyzed in bed, barely discernible from a cripple.

But after just a few days, Li Xuan had almost fully recovered and was bouncing around energetically.

However, the way both men looked at Li Xuan was a bit strange.

Li Xuan also noticed it and raised his eyebrows, "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there a flower on my face?"

He felt like the way these two were looking at him was as if they were watching a performing monkey in a circus.

Zhang Yue looked complicated, "Duwei Ma told us that you, on the orders of Master Chenghuang, transported the original "The Song of Integrity" from Zhonglie Duke Wen to Dasheng Pass, and had a big fight with the demon there. You stalled for time until the expert who Master Chenghuang invited arrived."

Peng Fulai also looked incredulously, finding it hard to believe, "Is this true or false? I heard that Zhonglie Duke Wen’s "The Song of Integrity" is not something that just anyone can handle."

Doesn’t this indirectly prove that Li Xuan is indeed a gentleman?

Li Xuan knew what the two were talking about was the official statement from the Chenghuang Temple about the tomb of Han dynasty being unsealed and everything that happened before and after. The existence of the red-dressed female ghost was obviously deliberately erased.

"Don’t believe it?"

Li Xuan glanced at them sideways, and then ’huh’, glared at them, "You two! Confess, have you been drinking in the brothel these past few days?"

His tone was cold, and his voice thunderous.

Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue instinctively avoided Li Xuan’s gaze. They felt each word ’You’ and ’Confess’ struck their hearts, causing their guilty consciences to be deflated, the thoughts in their heads and the Zhenyuan in their bodies stalled.

However, just as they were about to confess, they found it strange. They had only gone to drink, and to establish a relationship with their superior, Ma.

Although their minds were restless while they drank, they did not stay the night and naturally, nothing happened.

Mostly, they were worried about Ma’s wife coming to confront them, so both of them wanted to concentrate on cultivating.

They didn’t do anything wrong, so why should they be feeling guilty?

Peng Fulai suddenly thought of something and took a step back, looking shocked, "This is—the Great Rectitude! Have you attained Confucianism’s Great Rectitude?"

Peng Fulai felt as if his worldview was collapsing.

"I am ashamed. I have only made minor progress."

Li Xuan was inwardly delighted as he shook his head, "Unfortunately, I am not proficient enough, otherwise you guys would have confessed just now."

This time, he still used a portion of the power of "The Song of Integrity" to mimic Great Rectitude, but while using it, it did feel a bit rusty.

Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue couldn’t help but change their expressions, both becoming wary, thinking they would be exposed.

If this guy had these abilities in the future, wouldn’t it be better to cut ties sooner?

Otherwise, during future brothel visits, when he asked ’You! How many times were you there yesterday, how long each?’, would they still be able to brag?

Only Yue Qianqian, with a face full of admiration and respect, spoke, "As expected of Master Youjiao! I heard that during your battle with demons, the original copy of Zhonglie Duke Wen’s "The Song of Integrity" turned into a battle armor to aid you. There are not more than twenty people in this world who could do this, including the great scholars.

Perhaps this is why Master Chenghuang chose you to escort "The Song of Integrity"? Master Youjiao, with your open mind, unrivaled bravery, and indomitable spirit, only a god like Master Chenghuang can recognize your true character."

"Stop! Stop! I’m not as great as you make me out to be."

Li Xuan felt embarrassed listening to it, his face showing some blush. He then asked with confusion, "Looking at you guys, you seem very tired. But hasn’t the Ghost Festival already passed? The ghosts from the Underworld and the tomb of Han Dynasty, haven’t they all been suppressed? Do you still have to patrol the streets every day?"

"We don’t need to patrol anymore, it’s been quiet for several days. But how should I put it, it’s just one problem after another."

Zhang Yue sighed, "It’s that Demoness Zidie! I don’t know what major crime she has committed or if the people above are crazy, but they’re having a citywide search for Demoness Zidie. We’ve been busy with this for several days."

Peng Fulai was nodding, "Four days ago, Demoness Zidie made it to the fifth position on our Liudao Division’s blacklist. The Court has offered thirty thousand gold taels and a promotion as a reward. Qianzhi, you need to recover soon, I feel we have a chance."

He thinks that since Zidie has set her sights on Li Xuan’s good looks, they would inevitably come into contact in the future, isn’t that an opportunity?