Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 534 Heart Sword Divine Technique: How to Quickly Annihilate Your Entire Family?
The youngest brother with the broken eyebrow set his sights on a family.

This morning, Zhao Zhanshu, who had returned home, approached him to do business, half-threatening and half-hiring him to kill some civilians to attract Li Zhaoting's attention.

This kind of task is tantamount to suicide.

Everyone knows that Li Zhaoting has a very basic bottom line regarding conflicts in the martial arts world—do not harm ordinary people!
No matter how the four great martial arts families fought, even if it meant brain-teasers turned to madness and rivers of blood flowed, Li Zhaoting wouldn't bother to even glance at them if all four families were wiped out at the same time.

However, if ordinary people are harmed during the fight, Li Zhaoting will definitely clear the area ruthlessly.

If any of the executioners who participated in the massacre could find a few pieces of flesh afterward, it would be considered a stroke of good luck for their ancestors.

What assassin would accept a mission that leads to their death?
If no one else will take the job, the youngest brother with the broken eyebrow must.

Because he was destined to die.

Firstly, Broken-Eyebrow Old Man was a Manchu assassin, belonging to the Qin Dynasty's "Moonlight of Qin and Han Dynasty" faction, and was a Manchu spy.

Secondly, the youngest brother with broken eyebrows is ruthless and cruel. He has done too many immoral things over the years, and the number of women he has harmed is countless, comparable to Yun Zhonghe and Tian Boguang.

Both sins are punishable by death.

In other words, as long as the notice sends the case file about Broken Eyebrows the youngest brother to Green Ox Manor and includes an appendix listing his lair, he will surely die.

There's no way we can escape!
The advertisement wouldn't give him a chance to escape!

Furthermore, anyone who leaves without orders will be severely punished by the Sticky Rod Office.

Wolf in front and tiger behind, iron chains across the river.

There is no way to heaven and no way to earth.

The youngest brother with broken eyebrows was already ruthless, and when he was driven to a dead end by the summons, his murderous aura almost solidified into a tangible form.

"I'll take it out on you guys!"

Broken-Eyebrows Oldest Brother pulled out a steel fork from his waist. This guy grew up by the river, and his ancestors were all fishermen. He was skilled at using a three-foot-long short fork and his swimming skills were comparable to Iron Shoes Bandit.

"What kind of skill is it to kill a few civilians? If you want to vent your anger, you should find a real expert to fight!"

Li Zhaoting's voice came from behind. The youngest brother with the broken eyebrow felt a chill run down his spine, a cold air rushing from his coccyx to his Baihui acupoint, almost blowing his skull off.

"laugh!"

Without a second thought, Broken Eyebrows Youngest Brother thrust his spear behind him. There was no scene of thousands of arrows flying and sword energy raining down as he had imagined; the battle was extremely uneventful.

It's so bland, unlike Li Zhaoting's usual style.

The iconic weapons, martial arts techniques, and tactics such as the Tathagata's Divine Light, the Purple and Green Twin Swords, and the Return of Ten Thousand Swords to the Origin were all not used; only a light touch of the finger was made.

Li Zhaoting didn't even attach a three-foot sword aura to his sword finger; he simply thrust it out lightly.

It was a light touch, as light as nothing, as if it had no bones, but with just this light stroke, the inner strength that Broken Eyebrow Old Younger had painstakingly cultivated for many years collapsed like a tidal wave.

"I don't believe you! I'm going to kill you!"

Without hesitation, Broken-Eyebrow Old Man activated his life-threatening technique, the Remnant Yuan Killing Technique. As the saying goes, everyone has their own specialty; Broken-Eyebrow Old Man is not good at head-on duels, but assassination is his forte.

From the age of sixteen, Broken Eyebrows, the youngest brother, began assassinating others in a vicious and insidious manner. He was accustomed to striking in the dark, taking down his enemies, and cruelly torturing them.

A direct confrontation is Broken Eyebrows's weakness.

Let alone facing Li Zhaoting, even when facing an opponent of similar skill, he would not dare to confront him head-on. People who are used to darkness cannot bear to see the light.

To gain a chance of survival, he had to risk his life to fight Li Zhaoting, actively channeling his anger into his mind and turning himself into a heartless killing machine.

Where there are emotions, there will be fear.

Fear creates vulnerabilities.

Any opening will be blasted into dust by the sword energy.

The youngest brother with broken eyebrows had killed countless people, and the murderous aura on his body was almost tangible. He gripped the steel fork tightly and desperately stabbed at Li Zhaoting, thrusting out seventy or eighty forks in an instant.

Li Zhaoting effortlessly deflected the moves with his sword fingers, his movements casual and without leaving a trace.

If Qin Mengyao saw this scene, she would probably be so frightened that her legs would go weak. Li Zhaoting was using the Cihang Sword Manual, an advanced version of the Sword Heart Clarity Technique.

This is a path that Li Zhaoting deduced from the sword manual's philosophy, which is completely different from the release technique and closed-door cultivation. It is called: Heart Sword Divine Technique!

Li Zhaoting originally wanted to record the mental cultivation technique in the annotations, but Yan Jing'an politely declined, saying that directly telling Qin Mengyao the answer would be a waste of Qin Mengyao's talent.

In the end, Li Zhaoting simply used a brush to express this sword intent and wrote down his comprehension process in the sword manual. What Qin Mengyao could comprehend was entirely up to her.

Just like deriving a mathematical formula, Qin Mengyao doesn't need the final answer or the derivation process, but rather a starting point, a little bit of thought.

Geniuses have their own unique ways of practicing swordsmanship.

For a normal martial arts sect, martial arts manuals are definitely more valuable; for Cihang Jingzhai, a little bit of wisdom and inspiration is better than a hundred volumes of boxing and sword manuals.

Let Qin Mengyao figure it out herself!
If you really can't figure it out, or you get stuck in a dead end, then ask your brother-in-law for a reference answer.

Using the "Heart Sword Divine Technique" against Broken Eyebrow Old Man is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, but Broken Eyebrow Old Man, who has committed all kinds of evil, deserves to be executed by cannon!
The youngest brother with the broken eyebrow was like a madman, his face contorted in rage, his teeth biting until they bled, drool dripping from the corner of his mouth, like a crazed, vicious dog chasing and tearing at Li Zhaoting.

The attack wasn't launched by Broken Eyebrows, but rather guided by Li Zhaoting with his sword finger. Broken Eyebrows was like a puppet on strings, completely at Li Zhaoting's mercy.

If Broken-Eyebrows dares to pause even for half a move, all those missed killing blows will backfire on him.

Just like a patient suffering from a deadly poison, who must constantly take the poison to suppress the toxins in the body by using poison to fight poison, resulting in more and more toxins accumulating in the body.

Knowing full well that the further they go, the more miserable their deaths will be, they have no choice but to drink poison to quench their thirst. Every move must be faster, stronger, and more ferocious than the last, and every move is a death sentence.

The youngest brother with the broken eyebrow visibly lost his hair and beard, which turned dry and white. In less than a hundred moves, he went from a strong man in his thirties to a frail old man in his twilight years.

Broken-Eyebrow Old Man felt that his meridians, acupoints, and internal organs were all filled with gunpowder, and Li Zhaoting, holding the fuse, could blow him to ashes with just a snap of his fingers.

"Li Zhaoting! Kill me now!"

"Li Zhaoting, I beg you, kill me!"

"I... pfft... ah..."

Before the gunpowder-explosion sensation had subsided, I felt as if I had been thrown into the deep sea, with the omnipresent and all-pervasive water pressure constantly squeezing every pore of my body.

Every pore feels constipated.

Inside his body was a powder keg capable of destroying everything, while outside, there was water pressure squeezing every acupoint in his body. Every cell in the youngest brother with the broken eyebrow could feel the pain, which was getting worse and worse.

"Snapped!"

Li Zhaoting snapped his fingers lightly.

All the pressure disappeared.

The youngest brother with the broken eyebrow briefly regained consciousness.

"You can tell me a name!"

"Go home, and put up a recruitment notice!"

"It seems many people are destined to die tonight!"

Li Zhaoting turned and left. The true energy within the youngest brother with the broken eyebrow could no longer be suppressed. With a loud bang, all the acupoints in his body exploded at the same time, and his body turned to ashes.

Not a single cell survived.

All his power comes from his own internal strength.

Li Zhaoting didn't exert any force; he simply used the Heart Sword Divine Technique to amplify the power of the Broken Eyebrows Youngest Brother, then guided it back, using the opponent's own methods against them.

Li Zhaoting disliked the Murong clan of Gusu, but their propaganda slogans were damn effective!

With a flash of sword light, Li Zhaoting rushed home.

If the conflict is confined to the four martial arts families of Chi, You, Ge, and Hui, it means the situation is under control. Even if blood flows like a river, it is still just a contest between martial arts masters.

When the target shifts from martial arts practitioners to ordinary people, it indicates that the situation is completely out of control. In order to survive, any means are acceptable, and the area must be cleared as soon as possible.

If we drag it out until tomorrow, who knows what might happen?

……

Miaoshou Hall, Wansheng Hall.

Hui Baiying coldly stared at the defeated soldiers.

This surprise attack on the You family was intended to be a swift and decisive victory, crushing them in one fell swoop. From the announcement of the plan to its execution, only half an hour had passed, and all participants were family members.

Why did the You family make preparations in advance?

If only the You family was prepared, it could be interpreted as You Yuzhe being meticulous and thorough in his work.

The fact that the You, Chi, and Ge families joined forces to set up an ambush to ambush their return home indicates that there is a traitor within the family.

Everyone instinctively looked at the poster.

He was the only outsider here, the only one who hadn't participated in the battle. He practically had the word "traitor" written all over his face. Wan Lei grabbed the banner.

Hui Wanlei is Hui Baiying's uncle. He has an extremely tenacious vitality. In order to save Baiying, Hui Wanlei was shot in the chest by an arrow from Zen Master Qifa.

Everyone thought that Wan Lei was doomed to die, but to everyone's surprise, he was not only alive and well, but also able to attend the meeting with great vigor, and his martial arts skills were still at least 60%.

This is not the first time Wanlei has produced a miracle.

Perhaps because he had done too many immoral things, Hui Wanlei suffered two "lightning strikes" in his life.

Once, while sheltering from the rain under a tree, he was struck by lightning. The lightning struck and half of his skin was burned to a crisp, but he miraculously survived, his appearance becoming as ferocious as a demon.

On one occasion, he attempted to interfere in the underworld of the capital, but was repelled by the Six and a Half Hall. Lei Dongtian, the second hall master of the Six and a Half Hall, struck him with a palm, damaging his internal organs.

Wanlei struggled to survive once again.

This time, he was shot in the heart by a "divine thorn," and he returned to the heavens three times to create miracles. Things don't happen more than three times. If he does, he will be a person with great fortune.

Most people agree with Hui Wanlei's statement.

Family members would never betray each other.

The "traitor" is clearly an outsider.

There was only one exception—Hui Baiying!

Hui Baiying shouted sternly, "Zhao Zhanshu, I have treated you well. What benefits has You Yuzhe given you that you would scheme against me like this? You have three sentences to refute me!"

Zhao Zhanshu said in a deep voice, "Patriarch! If I betrayed you, there would be no way I could stay at home!" "One word!"

"Women who are lustful are usually short of money!"

"Two sentences!"

"The struggle for the crown prince position has always been like this!"

"Three sentences!"

"The traitor deliberately gave himself away!"

"Zhan Shu, you said four sentences!"

Hui Baiying's face was as ferocious as a demon. The successor he had been cultivating for more than 20 years was murdered. The fact that Hui Baiying did not turn into a demon or monster shows that he was of good character.

Wan Lei roared, "Zhao Zhanshu! Still spouting nonsense at a time like this! What 'struggle for the heir'? There's only one heir in the family! What rubbish are you spouting?"

Zhao Zhanshu sneered: "If Huiju lives, there will only be one heir. If Huiju dies, there will be many more heirs in the family. If the head of the family is killed..."

"Asshole! You are looking for death!"

Hui Wanlei tried to snap Zhao Zhanshu's neck, but Hui Baiying grabbed Hui Wanlei's wrist: "Eighth Uncle, Zhao Zhanshu is not the traitor. Let Zhao Zhanshu continue!"

Wan Lei reluctantly released his hand.

Zhao Zhanshu's throat ached from being squeezed, and he sneezed seven or eight times before returning to normal: "If the patriarch is killed, we can split up the family immediately!"

The biggest threat is not the You or Chi families, but Li Zhaoting, who could come at any time!

Who here can withstand the Supreme Heavenly Sword?
If Li Zhaoting were to come knocking on our door, in order to ensure the continuation of our family line, the head of the family would definitely lead all the elders to stall for time, while the younger generation would each receive a share of the inheritance.

When disaster strikes, everyone flies away!
One flies out, and it can be passed down when it gets home.

If the eldest son were alive, he would own eighty percent of the wealth, while others would only get scraps.

The eldest son is dead, and the other young masters and ladies are all spoiled playboys who are used to enjoying life; none of them have any special talents.

They will most likely divide the wealth equally.

Master, I am aware of the current situation. We must unite at home and not fight amongst ourselves.

I know these words will draw criticism.

However, the kindness shown to us must be repaid!

You can kill me or trust me!
I will fulfill my duties as 'strategist'!

"Master, I am at your disposal!"

He stood tall and proud, eyes closed, awaiting death.

Hui Baiying took off his cloak and gently draped it over Zhao Zhanshu's shoulders, then laughed loudly, "Zhanshu, you are so loyal to me, how could I possibly betray you?"

Order: From today onwards, Zhao Zhanshu is a direct descendant of the family, and I will betroth my thirteenth daughter to him!
So many filthy things have happened in my home!

We need to hold a celebratory event to bring good luck!

Hui Baiying had fourteen wives. Apart from his principal wife, who was married into his family through an arranged marriage, the rest were all forcibly taken.

He did too many immoral things, which affected his offspring. He had thirty or forty children, but only five survived!

Although Hui Baiying was ugly, he would definitely abduct pretty girls, and his daughter was quite beautiful.

Zhao Zhanshu knelt down: "Greetings, Father-in-law!"

Hui Wanlei's expression changed from anger to joy: "Now that you've become my granddaughter's husband, you're family! You just said there's a traitor in the family, who is that traitor?"

Hui Baiying sneered, "Eighth Uncle! It's not convenient for Zhan Shu to talk about this. Let me handle it!"

Bai Xiang, my dear little brother! I'll give you anything you want, and your allowance is more than mine!

All the men in my family are womanizers, and each of them has more than a dozen wives. I won't say anything; if you marry one, I'll give you a house to avoid trouble at home.

You like actors and spend lavishly on them. When you run out of money, you falsify the accounts. Have I ever checked the accounts?
Why are you doing this to me?

"Is it because I didn't give you money this time?"

He responded with a hundred angry glares and a hundred echoes.

Hui Baixiang is Hui Baiying's younger brother and is the head housekeeper at Huijia. The family calls him the second-in-command.

Perhaps due to the side effects of the family's martial arts, the male members of the family often have a strong yang energy, either being fiery, violent, and bloodthirsty, or having an unusual fondness for women.

Both "a hundred responses" and "a hundred echoes" are present.

Three months ago, Mengmeng, a famous courtesan in the capital, lamented the fierce competition in the city and accepted a job at Baiyulou in Chang'an to perform on stage.

The most beautiful courtesans in the capital all have their own special talents.

Li Shishi's talent and Lian Xiuxiu's musical skills were unparalleled in the capital. Mengmeng's singing voice was melodious and her opera skills were extremely high. Tickets were hard to come by when the show started.

Hui Baixiang's favorite type of person is an actor, not to mention that Mengmeng was protected by Liu Dufeng and had never opened a business to solicit customers; she is still a virgin.

How much does it cost to get Mengmeng?

The answer is: 119,800 strings of cash!

First, we gathered intelligence and bribed Mengmeng's maids and servants, which cost us 16,000 strings of cash.

Secondly, it would cost 38,000 strings of cash to bribe the prefectural and county magistrates and the head constables, leaving Mengmeng with no way to seek help.

Third, when Mengmeng was performing, he spent a fortune, giving her luxurious gifts and hiring a chef to cook for her, in order to leave an impression on her, spending 18,800 strings of cash.

Fourth, purchase date rape drugs and aphrodisiacs, firstly to prevent the other party from resisting, and secondly to prevent the other party from being like a puppet. The drugs are relatively difficult to find, costing 12,000 strings of cash.

Fifth, I treated Mengmeng to a meal, and all the people who accompanied her were arranged. The whole thing cost four thousand strings of cash.

Sixth, compensate Mengmeng afterwards. The courtesan who entertains guests is far less valuable than the courtesan. Thirty thousand strings of cash is enough. Other miscellaneous expenses cost more than a thousand strings of cash.
That adds up to exactly 119,800 strings of cash!

“缗” is the string used to string copper coins together.

One string of cash is roughly equivalent to one tael of silver.

No matter how rich he is, he can't possibly spend tens of thousands of taels of silver on a courtesan, not to mention that Liu Dufeng is behind Mengmeng, which could easily bring trouble upon her.

Hui Baixiang went to Baiying to ask for money, but Baiying naturally refused. Driven by lust, Hui Baixiang went to the You and Ge families to sell information in order to make money.

Selling information can't happen only once.
Over time, Hui Baixiang became the mole within the You family. The leak of this ambush plan was Hui Baixiang's doing, firstly for money, and secondly to take the opportunity to kill Hui Jue and deprive Hui Baiying of his heir.

The analysis of the exhibition brochure is entirely accurate.

Hui Baixiang had no room for further argument.

Hui Baiying sneered: "Bai Xiang! I can forgive you and pardon you at other times, but after today's battle, we suffered heavy losses on our way home, and I must give an explanation!"

Hui Baixiang sneered, "Brother, am I the only traitor in the family? You speak so righteously, but aren't you just trying to appear weak to the enemy and avoid this disaster?"

You knew all along that I was a traitor!

You deliberately told me this information!

You implied that I should betray the elite troops who were returning home!

This way you can use the excuse of rest and recuperation to close all your shops back home and not see any outside customers.

Of course, you can also get rid of me while you're at it!

There's a mistake in the brochure: there are two heirs to the family home, and I am the other heir.

As long as I live, I will never refuse to sit in a precarious position.

Your plan was too perfect, but you didn't expect the Chi family to have a master like Fang Xiezhen to help them. Now, if you refuse to die, who has the ability to support Miaoshoutang?
You can kill me!

Of course you can kill me!

But your son is dead!

Hui Baiying, your lineage will be wiped out!

What a load of bullshit about the struggle for the crown prince position!
I fucking hate you!

I can't let my son go through what happened to me. Go back to Baiying, come and kill me! Make me take the blame for everything, hurry up and do it!

"Return to Baiying, come and kill me... Ah!"

Before Hui Baixiang's angry curses had even subsided, Hui Baiying threw a punch that shattered Hui Baixiang's heart.

The feud between the two stemmed from a struggle over succession.

Forty years ago, Hui Baiying, who was in his teens, was chosen as the successor. Since then, Hui Baiying has been forced to become a playboy who frequents brothels, and his martial arts skills have been neglected ever since.

The same applies to rejections today!

It goes on and on, endlessly.

No matter how much Hui Baixiang enjoys women, he would never sell himself to a courtesan. What triggered his negative emotions was an internal conflict, an irreconcilable conflict.

Hui Baiying said sternly, "Send down the order: all direct heirs of the Hui family are to come to a meeting. Each of them will take a portion of the Hui family's assets and go to another place to rebuild the Hui family!"

"No need to go to such trouble!"

A voice came from outside the window.

Li Zhaoting made a quiet appearance.

"You're the ones who hired Broken-Eyebrow Old Man to indiscriminately kill innocent civilians, aren't you? Hui Baiying, you colluded with the Manchu spy Broken-Eyebrow Old Man to slaughter the people of Chang'an. As the Duke of Zhenguo, I sentence your entire family to be executed!"

Before he finished speaking, a thousand sword energies enveloped the surroundings.

Hui Baiying suddenly looked at the banner.

Zhao Zhanshu revealed a cruel smile: "This is the last time I'll call you 'Master.' I'm an undercover agent!"

Hui Baiying looked at Zhao Zhanshu in disbelief. Back home, she respected the bloodline and did not trust outsiders. Zhao Zhanshu had undergone dozens of tests and the two of them had done countless evil deeds together. There was absolutely no way to clear her name.

How could someone like that be an undercover agent?
Doesn't the advertisement bear any fear of death?
Li Zhaoting would never let go of the exhibition brochure!
Zhao Zhanshu revealed a smile: "Please give me half an incense stick's time, Master Li, so that I can put an end to the evil deeds of Miaoshoutang. In return, I am the same kind of person as Lin Yuanxiao, willing to do anything for revenge!"
This is my revenge!

(End of this chapter)