Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 203 A Fortuitous Encounter Through Collection: He Who Obtains the Jade Pendant Obtains the World
Thank God, Li Zhaoting wasn't joking.

It wasn't a joke or a deliberate attempt to trick Murong Fu. Li Zhaoting could swear by the Xiliang River; it was a subconscious reaction, an instinctive thought.

If you ask a time traveler from a martial arts world to name a family that likes to rebel, 70% will immediately say the Murong family of Gusu, and the remaining 20% ​​will say the Fang La family of the Ming Cult.

Finally, Cheng believed that Murong Fu was Fang La, and that the Ming Cult's Great Shift of Heaven and Earth was Murong's Shift of Stars.

Who else could it be?
Tian Hu, Wang Qing, or Song Jiang?

If Song Jiang saw himself on this list, he would probably be furious. Putting aside his character, Song Jiang never once thought of rebelling against the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Putting Song Jiang of Liangshan on this list is less reliable than figures like Yun Tianbiao and Chen Xizhen.

Especially in the world of crossover martial arts.

Yun Tianbiao, Chen Xizhen, and others were extremely loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and their sycophancy was unparalleled.

Li Zhaoting's words were very logical and perfectly aligned with his own logic, but in Bai Cuiping's opinion, they were pure nonsense. What Gusu Murong? It would be more accurate to say he was the Eighth Prince! That would have a tiny bit of credibility!
The Xianbei Murong clan was destroyed more than 600 years ago!

The direct line of the royal family was almost wiped out by Liu Yu!

From the perspective of the martial arts world, the Murong family of Gusu is a pure martial arts family. More than sixty years ago, Murong Longcheng emerged out of nowhere and roamed the martial arts world with his skill in the "Shifting Stars" technique.

Although he was first brutally beaten by Zhang Sanfeng and then pounded by Zhao Dayong's Taizu Long Fist, he was still considered a top martial arts master.

If the Murong family of Gusu were not so small, they could probably rival martial arts families such as Shenjian Villa, Wanmei Villa, and Nangong Family. How could they possibly be rebels?
Are you kidding me?
To describe the decline of a sect, one can describe it as a "husband-and-wife business." The Murong sect of Gusu is not even a husband-and-wife business, as Murong Fu is not even married yet!

If you want to rebel, you should first find thirteen people and collect thirteen sets of armor, otherwise you'll make a fool of yourself.

Based on basic logic, Bai Cuiping absolutely did not believe that Murong of Gusu had any intention of rebelling, but the Sunflower Sect's arsenal was a real thing. Reporting this matter would be a great achievement and could clear the Thief Saint's criminal record.

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

Bai Cuiping is going all out for a get-out-of-jail-free card!

Bai Cuiping wrote the mission report overnight and sent it to the Six Doors by carrier pigeon. She then disguised herself and used the identity of Divine Constable Li Xuanyi to direct the constables to capture prisoners.

Li Xuanyi is the most upright constable of the Six Doors. His martial arts skills are no less than Leng Xue's. He loves being a constable and has a deep love for the profession. He has a very high reputation among the constables. Bai Cuiping often borrows his pseudonym.

Of course, out of respect for his seniors, when he disguised himself as Li Xuanyi, he was impartial and incorruptible in investigating and handling cases, always taking the lead in any matter and never seeking any credit.

Li Zhaoting went to the Sunflower School's treasure trove to find something.

The Sunflower Sect's treasure vault is mostly filled with jewels, followed by weapons, leather armor, bows and arrows, and medicine.

These things are meaningless to Li Zhaoting.

After searching for a long time, only three treasures were found.

One type is fine sand stored in iron boxes. This is a metal unique to the Western Regions, called "black gold sand".

Black gold sand is a universal binder. Adding black gold sand when forging weapons can greatly improve their flexibility, preventing them from becoming too cold and hard. The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Slayer Saber were forged by mixing black iron with black gold sand.

Li Zhaoting analyzed that Wujinsha is likely a kind of rare earth mineral, a rare earth mineral specially supplied to the martial arts world.

Secondly, the jade pendant stored in a wooden box is made of the same material as the jade pendant given by Feng Suzhen's master, and the patterns on them match. Feng Suzhen's jade pendant features flowing water, while this jade pendant is carved with "Lotus in the Breeze at the Curved Courtyard".

Is this a treasure passed down through Feng Suzhen's sect?
Are there other jade pendants like this in the martial arts world?

what is this?
A chance encounter related to collecting?
Whoever possesses the jade pendant will gain the world?

Similar to the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions and the Heavenly Sword Five Dukes?
If Li Zhaoting were Empress Liu E, he would definitely destroy one of the jade pendants without hesitation, then forge a new one, using it as bait to cast a wide net.

If Liu E knew about this, but neither destroyed the jade pendants nor used counterfeit ones to deceive people, it suggests that these jade pendants were most likely bait to lure her in.

The last item was still a jade pendant.

A green jade pendant, carved in the shape of a Qilin (a mythical creature).

Qilin Jade!
It also falls under the category of "collecting opportunities".

Collecting four Qilin Jade can unlock a treasure trove, summon a golden Qilin, obtain unparalleled divine skills, train guards, and compete for the world.

"Tianxia" is really unlucky.

It is often fought over by all sorts of shady schemers.

When the world is in chaos, if we don't lead an uprising, but when the world is at peace, they all jump out one after another. If we don't kill these bastards, wouldn't we have lived in vain?
The matter concerning the Sunflower Faction is quite serious.

Li Zhaoting had to stay a few more days to avoid having any experts erase the traces. After seven or eight days, Tie Shou and Zhui Ming arrived at full speed. The two detectives took over Bai Cuiping's work, and only then did Li Zhaoting leave.

……

Tongfu Inn.

Guo Furong looked dejected, her eyes drooping.

No sooner had Li Zhaoting left than Yang Huilan arrived in Qixia Town and set up a martial arts contest to find a husband. Guo Furong found it interesting and disguised herself as a man to fight her.

Guo Furong's martial arts skills were far inferior to Yang Huilan's, but Li Dazui was infatuated with Yang Huilan and begged Bai Zhantang to switch Yang Huilan's weapons. Before Li Dazui could make a move, Guo Furong made the first move and gained a great advantage.

Then, I was completely stumped!
How could Guo Furong possibly marry Yang Huilan?

After revealing her identity, Yang Huilan was furious. Taking advantage of the fact that the government troops had wiped out the bandit strongholds in the area, she took down all the bandit strongholds within a hundred miles. Before leaving, she left behind the name Guo Furong. These bandit strongholds raised 50,000 taels of silver to hire assassins, and more than a dozen assassins accepted the job!
These assassins were all top-notch experts, far beyond what a third-rate like Guo Furong could handle. Guo Furong was terrified and cautiously looked towards the door.

Is this person an assassin?
Was the food poisoned?
"Yu Yan, don't be afraid. I will take full responsibility for my actions. When the assassins come, I will fight them to the death and will absolutely not implicate the innocent."

Guo Furong mustered her courage and comforted Jiang Yuyan.

Jiang Yuyan smiled and said, "Miss Guo, if the assassin had eyes, and saw the mark on my clothes, and thought of my young master, he certainly wouldn't come to kill me."

"Why? My dad told me that assassins like to kill people to cover their tracks in order to prevent their whereabouts from being revealed."

"As the saying goes, even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner. The assassin organizations that can accept a reward of 50,000 taels are the top assassin organizations in the martial arts world. They are powerful and wealthy, and they would not risk wiping out their entire family to make things difficult for a little maid."

"What if they insist on taking action?"

"They don't dare."

"Give me a reason."

“My young master has returned. I have never heard of an assassin who dared to draw his sword against my young master.”

Jiang Yuyan pointed to the entrance of the inn.

Li Zhaoting handed the reins to Bai Zhantang, noticing the tense atmosphere in the inn, and asked, "What happened? Has there been a murder at the inn?"

For the first time in her life, Guo Furong found Li Zhaoting so pleasing to the eye; he was surprisingly handsome and dashing.

He was even more handsome than Pan An and Song Yu.

It's so great to see Li Zhaoting!

It makes me feel more at ease than seeing my biological father!

Jiang Yuyan quickly explained it again.

Guo Furong bowed and pleaded, "Brother Li, you won't just stand by and watch me get killed by the assassin, will you?"

"of course not!"

"I knew it. You're a chivalrous hero, someone who loves to help the needy, punish the wicked, and protect the innocent..."

"I will close my eyes!"

Li Zhaoting interrupted Guo Furong's flattery. Guo Furong's world lost its color, like a gray-black stone statue full of cracks. A gust of wind blew by, and Guo Furong shattered into pieces.

Jiang Yuyan shrugged, revealing a helpless and wishful-for-good-luck look in her eyes, and followed Li Zhaoting upstairs. Li Zhaoting was travel-worn and needed a fragrant bath, so Jiang Yuyan, as his personal maid, was to wipe his back.

Tong Xiangyu comforted him, "It's alright. Young Master Li thought you were being silly and said a few angry words."

Bai Zhantang scolded, "That's ridiculous! Why did you have to hold a martial arts contest to find a husband when there's no time like this? Now you've caused trouble! If you're so eager to fight, go find Li Zhaoting and fight him! Don't be so impulsive in the future!"

Li Dazui sat at the door, looking dejected.

Lu Xiucai offered a few words of comfort, but unfortunately, he was not skilled in martial arts and could not provide any real help.

Tongfu Inn is not very big.

Tong Xiangyu's boudoir is located on the second floor.

Li Dazui and Lü Xiucai lived in the backyard.

Guo Furong and Mo Xiaobei slept in the same room.

Bai Zhantang slept in the lobby of the inn.

Li Zhaoting and Jiang Yuyan stayed in a luxury room.

It’s the middle of the night!

Five soft sounds came from the backyard.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Five throwing knives were stuck in the wooden stumps in the backyard.

A red tassel was tied to the handle of the throwing knife.

This is the symbol of the Flying Knife Sect.

There are rules in the industry.

There are established rules in the assassin profession.

If several assassins accept a job at the same time, the job is done on a first-come, first-served basis. The first assassin to arrive leaves their unique mark to prevent other assassins from snatching the job.

Not all assassins follow the rules.

At this point, the assassin only needs to carry out the mission; how to negotiate afterwards is the assassin organization's business.

If handled well, it can appease the killer.

If not handled properly, its reputation will inevitably plummet.

What kind of good people are assassins?
It is common for people to fawn over the powerful and kick the weak when they are down.

If a hitman organization is robbed of a job and cannot respond in time, more hitman organizations will join in the bidding until they are completely wiped out.

In the original story, even a master like Shangguan Yundun would abide by this rule. When he saw Bai Zhantang, he mistakenly thought that Bai Zhantang was there to do business. He said that he would give Bai Zhantang this business and help him keep watch. He didn't say half a sentence: After you finish this business, you have to give me 30% of the watchmanship fee, otherwise I'll show you my weapons!
The Flying Knife Sect assassin, "Beauty Never Fades," quietly stood on the rooftop, preparing to assassinate Guo Furong.

Li Zhaoting sat in the distance, holding a wine gourd, embracing a beautiful woman, drinking heartily under the moon, exuding a carefree and elegant air.

Beauty is unwavering, and she only cares about her target. She ignores Li Zhaoting, who is less than two feet away, until Li Zhaoting coughs twice before she raises her head, revealing her carefree and stunningly beautiful face.

Beauty without compromise is a pair of sisters.

My older sister's name is Meili (Beautiful), but she is incredibly ugly. Whenever she sees someone, she asks, "Do you think I'm beautiful?"

If anyone dares to say "no"!

The younger sister would break the other person's legs.

Therefore, the younger sister's name is "Discount".

The older sister's appearance was whimsical, like something an ignorant child would sculpt from clay. The younger sister's beauty was even more astonishing, like a freshly baked sweet potato that had been thrown to the ground and stomped on with spiked shoes seventeen or eighteen times.

It all boils down to those four words... judging a book by its cover!
Judging a person by their face first.

Being ugly has a huge impact on life.

Even if a scholar with an ugly appearance can write a brilliant essay, he will still be rejected in the palace examination.

The most famous of them all is... Zhong Kui!
The same applies to the martial arts world.

The court officials would maintain a semblance of decorum, but people from the martial arts world would always openly curse and laugh loudly. Beauty without discount grew up amidst ridicule. Apart from assassin organizations like the Flying Knife Sect, who would take them in?

Growing up in such an environment, one's inner beauty becomes extremely distorted, much like a female bodhisattva of great joy. Through repeated self-hypnosis, a self-protective mechanism is formed, and subconsciously, one feels that one is extremely beautiful.

Beauty without compromise hasn't reached the level of a blissful Bodhisattva; she hasn't completely hypnotized herself, and with only a tiny bit of rationality remaining, she knows that she is ugly.

They absolutely hate handsome men and beautiful women!

Li Zhaoting and Jiang Yuyan just happen to meet the criteria.

Especially Li Zhaoting.

His philandering and dissolute appearance completely ignited the resentment of the unyielding beauty. All gigolos deserve to die! All beautiful women deserve to die! You two should both die!
Originally intending to use some martial arts slang, upon seeing Li Zhaoting's appearance and physique, her unwavering rationality was overwhelmed by jealousy, and she unleashed a rain of flying knives.

The Flying Knife Sect is renowned throughout the world for its hidden weapons.

Judging solely from the perspective of throwing knives, the skills of the Flying Knife Sect are no less than those of the Tang Sect. The fact that the Beautiful Sisters can become the top performers of the Flying Knife Sect speaks volumes about their throwing knife skills.

The ruthlessness and depravity of the assassin profession.

Female assassins have very high standards when it comes to looks.

Most female assassins are skilled at using their femininity.

The ugly female assassin rose to become the top assassin in a large organization through sheer bloodshed; she was ruthless and merciless, her throwing knives showing no mercy.

Throwing knives flew towards Li Zhaoting.

Even as a top assassin, she remained vigilant despite losing her mind. Sensing the threat posed by Li Zhaoting, she immediately launched a killing attack.

Throwing knives can be launched from every part of the body, from sleeves and trouser legs to belt and hair bun. Hundreds of throwing knives are neatly arranged under the robe.

The willow-leaf throwing knife shot out, its cold blade reflecting the moonlight, creating a dreamlike, ethereal glow. The interplay of light and shadow interfered with perception, making it difficult to discern the knife's trajectory with the naked eye.

Besides throwing knives, gold hairpins on the head, gold teeth in the mouth, jade pendants at the waist, and pearls on the toes of shoes can all be shot out unexpectedly. The essence of hidden weapons lies in their surprise; the more unusual and ingenious they are, the more powerful they are.

The worst thing in martial arts is to be flashy and overly elaborate.

The worst thing you can do with a hidden weapon is to go straight for the target.

Unless they reach the level of ruthlessness, Li Xunhuan, or Yuan Shisanxian, these people are born to break the established rules. Don't treat them as normal people!
A shower of flowers, penetrating every nook and cranny.

Li Zhaoting suddenly drew his sword!

The Purple Rose Soft Sword traced arcs, straight and oblique arcs, like a deep-sea whirlpool, gathering all the hidden weapons, which clattered and fell to the ground.

The sword's momentum suddenly shifted, its cold light flashing in the air.

Beauty doesn't come at a cost; blood spurts from her shoulders.

—Their collarbones were pierced by the sword's edge!

(End of this chapter)