Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 381 The Grand Duke of Jupiter has come knocking, sending you all to hell!

"Master Huang, I have long admired your name."

Li Zhaoting cupped his hands in greeting to Huang Tianxing.

Huang Tianxing looked at the yellow dog and the mount, recognized the two people, and was first surprised, then delighted.

What's alarming is that Li Zhaoting's first move of the new year will surely result in a bloodbath, proving his status as the leader of the Heavenly Gang. What's encouraging is that with Li Zhaoting's help, even if another 380 demons come, they will all be wiped out by the Purple and Green Twin Swords.

For Huang Tianxing, the Demon Maiden and the Demon Lord are formidable enemies, but for Li Zhaoting, they are merely appetizers before the arrival of the main culprit. If the main culprit does not dare to show himself and engage in battle, Li Zhaoting will not hesitate to hunt them down.

The reason for carrying the gold ingot was for tracking.

There are many ways to deceive the eyes, but very few that can deceive a dog's nose. Given the arrogance of martial arts masters, they rarely carry such items.

It's not that martial arts masters lack vigilance, but rather that among masters who take their dogs out, only Li Zhaoting is truly skilled.

Therefore, besides aged wine, another way to identify Li Zhaoting is by looking at his yellow dog.

Riding an ugly horse, leading a yellow dog, accompanied by a beautiful woman, a handsome swordsman—Li Zhaoting fits this description perfectly; no outsider could possibly imitate him.

The aged wine and the gold ingot are unique.

There is no finer steed than aged wine.

There is no more intelligent yellow dog than Yuanbao.

"Greetings, Master Li and Madam Li!"

Huang Tianxing looked around and found that Li Zhaoting was alone, so he familiarly changed his form of address.

Kuang Wuji said, "Greetings, Master Li!"

Li Zhaoting joked, "Could this be the famous 'Always Losing'? I've long heard that Brother Kuang challenges any expert he encounters, so why not challenge me?"

Kuang Wuji laughed: "I am not someone who seeks death but someone who always loses. My meager skills are not worth making Master Li draw his sword. I will admit defeat in this battle."

How many times?

"It's ninety-eight times now!"

Losing once or twice is a disgrace, but losing ninety-eight times and still living to forty without illness or disaster is an honor no matter how you look at it—a true江湖江湖 (jianghu ...

Qi Hongju rode forward: "Hero Li, may I ask where Madam Lan is? I have something to ask you!"

Li Zhaoting sighed, "There is no cure!"

Is there really no cure?

"The damage is irreversible and there is no way to save it!"

The two were talking about whether the "medicine patient" could recover.

The answer is no.

The method of refining medicine men comes from Miao territory. It is a simplified version of the Poison God. It uses drugs to damage the brain of martial artists, putting them into a state of suspended animation. Then, it uses spiritual medicine to wake them up. In the half-dream, half-awake state, commands are input. Those who wake up become medicine men, and those who do not become corpses.

Since brain damage is irreversible, compared to the Poison God, the cost-effectiveness of crafting medicine people is extremely low.

First, only martial artists can become medicine people, which requires capturing a large number of martial artists, resulting in a very high initial investment.

Secondly, the success rate is extremely low. The success rate of the Demoness in refining medicine puppets is only 60%. To refine more than 100 medicine puppets, it is necessary to capture more than 200 martial artists.

Third, the drugs that cause temporary death but are not fatal and have extremely high costs, as well as the elixirs that awaken consciousness, are all very rare medicinal materials, worth thousands of taels of silver.

Fourth, the combat power of the medicine-made human is severely reduced, and they can only fight on instinct. For those masters with excellent comprehension and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, being refined into a medicine-made human will result in the loss of 90% of their combat power. It would be better to try to subdue them with a large sum of money.

Finally, the alchemist's creation of the pharmacist was utterly immoral and easily aroused public outrage in the martial arts world, leading to her being hunted down by martial arts masters. The fact that the Demoness was making the pharmacist attracted the attention of Li Zhaoting and his wife.

Before setting off, Li Zhaoting asked Lan Fenghuang, who smiled bitterly and said, "The lifespan of a drug user is extremely short, at most two or three years. This method is too vicious. Even in Miao villages, it is a forbidden technique that is strictly prohibited. Once discovered, the user will be surrounded and killed by the surrounding Miao villages."

Li Zhaoting expressed his understanding.

The Miao region has a small population, and those qualified to be refined into medicine are all young men and women with martial arts skills. They are the backbone of the Miao villages and should not be refined into cannon fodder.

Miao people prefer individual combat, refining powerful Gu worms or powerful "poisonous people".

For the Miao people, medicine people are not even considered a chicken rib.

The high priest who invented the method of poisoning people was besieged by seven or eight Miao villages. He fled Miao territory in a sorry state, suffering from more than sixty kinds of deadly poisons, and eventually died far from home.

Unexpectedly, this method has been passed down.

Li Zhaoting explained the whole story of the "drug people" in detail, and reminded them: "The most terrifying danger of the drug people is not their fearlessness, but that they were originally your brothers, your spouses, or even your parents. You must not have any pity when facing drug people. Leave the drug people to me!"

Huang Tianxing and Kuang Wuji were both shocked.

Qi Hongju's eyes rolled back, and she almost fainted.

Her brother and husband weren't really dead, but were captured by the Demoness and turned into medicine-like beings. Qi Hongju thought Lan Fenghuang had a way to cure them, but she didn't expect that the damage to the medicine-like beings was irreversible, completely extinguishing her hope.

Kuang Wuji cursed angrily: "Damn it! Where did these little devils come from? They're so vicious! Don't let me run into them, or I'll skin them alive!"

Huang Tianxing instructed, "Brother Kuang, if I am unfortunately captured and turned into a medicine man by the Demoness, you must not be soft-hearted. I would rather die at the hands of my brother than become a flesh and blood puppet to be slaughtered at will."

Ji Yaohua's beautiful eyes darted around: "With the leader of the Heavenly Gang, Hero Li, here, what trouble can four mere demon cubs cause? I think what we need most is to keep it a secret, lest the demon cubs flee at the first sign of trouble."

With Li Zhaoting in charge, Huang Tianxing and the others felt more at ease and were no longer so anxious. Huang Tianxing sighed that he had really gotten old and no longer had the fiery temper he had when he was young.

Huang Tianxing is 62 years old this year. He experienced the chaos and bloodshed of the world when he was young. He saw his grandfather and father fighting to the death with bandits, which raised him to be as fierce as a tiger.

Huang Tianxing was nicknamed "Big Fierce Dragon," which shows how fiery he was in his youth. However, by his sixties, decades of trials and tribulations in the martial arts world had worn away his youthful vigor.

Compared to when he was twenty, Huang Tianxing is now more experienced and has more profound skills. His control over the sword is superb. However, if one were to travel through time and fight against the twenty-year-old Huang Tianxing, the battle would be one of defeat.

Young and passionate, forging ahead without hesitation.

The older you get in the world of martial arts, the more timid you become.

This is too cruel for the elderly!

……

Not far ahead is Baoji Town, not a large city, but a small town with about two or three hundred residents and only one inn.

The town mainly operates in the livestock industry, with every household raising chickens, hence the name "Baoji" (meaning "treasure chicken").

A challenge letter hangs from a large tree at the entrance of the village.

Four lines of large, blood-stained characters.

Those who obey me will prosper;

Those who oppose me will perish;

Upon entering Baoji;
Never to be born again!

The signature reads "Demon God" Chunyu Yang!

Two corpses were hanging below. Judging from their attire, they were ordinary people. Li Zhaoting frowned, waved his hand to take the two corpses down, and ordered, "Fortress Master Huang, help find their families and buy a coffin for their burial."

Huang Tianxing waved his hand, and two strong men carried the corpse away. Li Zhaoting said calmly, "The Demon God will die under this tree tonight!"

It's hard to say which faction of the Demonic Sect the four demons who attacked Wuyang City came from. They probably accidentally obtained the inheritance of the Demonic Sect's mental techniques and acted recklessly, which led people to categorize them as members of the Demonic Sect. Each of the four has remarkable abilities.

"Demon God" Chunyu Yang.

Tall and strong, with superhuman strength, he was skilled in using a ten-foot-long spear, capable of splitting stone tablets and shattering rocks. Among the four demons, Chunyu Yang was ranked last and was responsible for the outermost force, tasked with besieging the town and attacking reinforcements. He was arrogant and domineering, and many of the town's residents were killed.

Li Zhaoting and the others rested at the inn!

……

night.

The group drank their wine in silence.

It's good that a master has joined the team, but to be dealt a blow right after encountering four villains is not a good omen and casts a shadow over people's hearts.

In the small rural town, there wasn't much delicious food. The innkeeper stewed a few chickens and steamed some buns. Li Zhaoting didn't mind at all. He soaked the buns in chicken soup and quickly ate three big white buns. Yuanbao gently lay down at his feet.

"did you find it?"

"Wang Wang!"

"He's truly my good friend!"

Li Zhaoting tossed two pieces of chicken breast to Yuanbao and patted his head: "Master Huang, I have something to discuss with Chunyu Yang. You guys continue eating!"

"Master Li, we..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhaoting disappeared.

Fortunately, the town was not very big. As soon as the group rushed out of the inn, they saw a sword beam falling from the sky and crashing into a thatched hut. The thatched hut was engulfed in flames, and a burly man, eight feet tall, wielding an eighteen-foot spear and wearing fish-scale armor, rushed out of the raging fire.

"who are you?"

"Kill your people!"

What grudge do I hold against you?

What grudge do the common people have against you?

Li Zhaoting gradually approached Chunyu Yang.

Li Zhaoting walked very slowly, each step feeling like a blow to Chunyu Yang's heart. With each step, Chunyu Yang's heartbeat would falter. The overwhelming pressure was like that of a god or a demon. Chunyu Yang was nicknamed "Demon God," but Li Zhaoting was the real Demon God. With just his aura, he completely crushed Chunyu Yang, who fled in terror.

"You... are you a human or a ghost?"

Chunyu Yang ran while shouting loudly.

Li Zhaoting followed behind at a leisurely pace.

Unbeknownst to him, Li Zhaoting's footsteps resonated with Chunyu Yang's heartbeat. Chunyu Yang was running towards the village entrance, but no matter how hard he ran, he couldn't get out.

"Snapped!"

Li Zhaoting's footsteps came down.

A footprint more than an inch deep was imprinted on the ground.

Chunyu Yang felt as if his internal organs were being hammered, and they were about to burst open. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, leaned against a large tree to vomit, and looked up to see a line of words carved on the tree trunk with someone's finger: "Chunyu Yang will die here!"

Just then, Li Zhaoting stopped walking again.

"puff!"

Chunyu Yang's heart could not withstand the shock and burst open amidst the violent beating. The shock spread to his internal organs, causing them to shatter as well.

The chain reaction continued, violently shaking Chunyu Yang's muscles and bones, causing his bones to break and his flesh to explode, his body shattering into a bloody mist.

Only a head remained.

A head with bulging eyes and an open gaze!

They died without even knowing how they died.

He never imagined that someone could shatter his internal organs simply by the way they walked.

Kuang Wuji opened his mouth wide, dumbfounded.

Huang Tianxing exclaimed in surprise, "My goodness! Is this the leader of the Heavenly Gang? Even if I trained for another thousand years, I still couldn't reach this level. What kind of kung fu is this? It can kill people just by walking?"

Ji Yaohua clenched her fist so tightly that visible veins appeared on the back of her hand. Qi Hongju gritted her teeth and praised, "Well done! Well done! To deal with evil spirits, we must make them die with their eyes wide open in disbelief."

Feng Suzhen said, "This is not right! Chunyu Yang's ambush in the town can be seen as a strategy of besieging the town to attack reinforcements, and it is also a tactic of dividing forces. Doing so is quite unwise."

Huang Tianxing said, "Madam Li is right! Not to mention that East Fort, South Village, West Town, and North City help each other, and if one family is in trouble, the other three will support each other, in recent years, Zhou Baiyu has gained a reputation for chivalry in the martial arts world and has made many friends. This kind of splitting up of forces makes it easy for him to be surrounded and attacked."

Kuang Wuji chimed in, "That's right! No matter how capable that little devil is, if we all rush at him, even if he has three heads and six arms, he'll be torn to shreds."

Feng Suzhen said, "Perhaps the Demoness and the Demon Lord have some special tactics, or perhaps they have already breached Wuyang City and are making medicine figures as quickly as possible."

Should we travel through the night?

“No, even martial arts masters get tired. Let’s rest for one night and set off tomorrow morning. We should arrive in Wuyang City before evening. In this situation, it doesn’t matter if we arrive a day earlier or later. Anyway, the Demoness’s goal is to refine medicine people. Even if they break through Wuyang City, they will just imprison them and won’t kill them immediately.”

"Madam Li's insight is brilliant; we accept your command!"

Everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Li Zhaoting eliminated Chunyu Yang's men, threw their bodies into a mass grave, and then went back to his room to sleep.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, after breakfast, the group set off for Wuyang City. The journey was uneventful, and according to the map, Dasanguan Pass was not far ahead.

Dasanguan Pass, known as "Iron Horse and Autumn Wind at Dasanguan Pass".

The area inside the pass is filled with strange rocks and steep cliffs, making it extremely easy to be ambushed. The group found a spacious rock face and ate their dry rations against it. Li Zhaoting looked around and gently patted Yuanbao's head.

Yuanbao was cautiously on guard.

Kuang Wuji laughed and said, "The yellow dog that Master Li raises is truly intelligent and clever. I want to raise a dog when I get back. It's so convenient to take a dog out with you. It's even more useful than me!"

Bringing a dog is indeed very convenient.

Dogs can use their noses to find people, guard against enemies on the perimeter, keep each other warm when it's cold, relieve boredom when they're lonely, and become more sensitive to dangerous weather, giving early warnings and helping them escape natural disasters.

Of course, such spirit dogs are extremely rare and require rigorous training. Yuanbao is an exception, a protagonist-level fortuitous encounter, and cannot be compared to others.

Is there any way to deal with dogs?

Of course!
The easiest way is... glutinous rice balls!

Wrap a long hair inside a glutinous rice ball, then fry it in sesame oil. Throw it out when you encounter a guard dog. The dog smells the sesame oil and can't resist eating the glutinous rice ball. Its tongue gets tangled in the hair. This trick was often used by petty thieves who could scale walls and leap across rooftops to deal with the hunting dogs of wealthy families. It was effective in most cases and was very suitable for dealing with fierce dogs.

Everyone chatted and laughed as they shared their dog-raising experiences.

Qi Hongju, one of her maids, blushed and tugged at the other maid, and the two ran behind a rock.

The internal energy leaked out, and the crowd subconsciously overreacted.

Just then, Yuanbao let out a fierce shout.

Feng Suzhen drew her sword and rushed over.

"You scoundrel! Where do you think you're going!"

(End of this chapter)