Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 545 Li Qiushui launches a surprise attack on Lingjiu Palace, Li Zhaoting surrounds the old bastard.

The two fierce duels have ended.

A fierce battle with a thousand moves, a clash of dragons and tigers.

A magnificent battle between immortals and demons.

The veteran martial arts practitioners who came to witness the battle were truly amazed. They didn't realize until the battle was over that they hadn't eaten lunch and had watched the duel on an empty stomach.

Tang Xiaolan had lunch prepared, and the senior members of the group discussed among themselves. Some praised Li Shengnan's superb swordsmanship, while others praised Tang Xiaolan for living up to her reputation. The battle between Cheng Huaixiu and Lian Feiyan was subconsciously ignored.

The duel between Li Shengnan and Tang Xiaolan was straightforward, with no conspiracies or tricks involved. It was a fair fight that started and ended honorably.

Whether praising or belittling, it will not involve any conspiracy or scheming, and you will not suffer collateral damage.

The battle between Cheng Huaixiu and Lian Feiyan clearly concealed countless conspiracies, including internal strife at Cihang Jingzhai and the Destruction Demon Sword. Who knows what else was hidden!
Try not to get involved in these kinds of things.

If he is not in his position, he will not seek his government.

They are the old masters of the passersby and the masters of commentary, only responsible for watching and commentating, and for boasting about their reputation.

They couldn't be bothered with anything else.

When the sky falls, the tallest person stands up.

There just happens to be a very tall person here!
What's more, the woman in the story is this tall man's wife, so there's no need for outsiders to worry about her.

Mrs. Tang was very considerate; she had lunch delivered to the guest room so they could eat and talk at the same time.

Li Zhaoting picked up a small knife, cut the lamb leg into small pieces, picked up a piece in each hand, and fed it to the two women at the same time to prevent them from fighting.

Just like a family with twins, everything has to be the same, otherwise it could easily lead to a three-day-long battle that makes you want to bang your head against the wall.

Of course, the situation Li Zhaoting encountered only occurred when Li Shengnan and Cheng Huaixiu were by his side. If there were other people, such as Feng Suzhen and Wang Shenglan, there would be no fighting, but rather they would treat each other with respect.

Li Shengnan had just finished a battle and was exhausted. She happily enjoyed being fed.

Cheng Huaixiu lost his appetite and smiled bitterly: "We're really in trouble this time. My husband, Lian Feiyan has been implanted with a demonic seed and has almost become a puppet."

"Whose demonic seed?"

"She seems to be called Fairy Jinghuan. She appears to be the leader of the White Lotus Cult, skilled in bewitching magic, adept at seducing infatuated men and women, and even more wicked than Jia Shifang."

"Indeed!"

Li Zhaoting sighed deeply.

This matter is somewhat related to me.

The martial artists who surpass the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends list are: One Immortal, Two Buddhas, Three Demon Lords, Four Absolutes, Five Evils, and Eight Great Leaders!

Among them, the "Five Evils" were extremely hated. In less than four years after Li Zhaoting debuted, he defeated all five evils and personally killed four of them.

The original Five Evils were: Jia Shifang, Yu He, the leader of the Yuxian Gang, Yan Kuangtu, and Lin Lingsu.

Apart from Yu He, who was killed by Zhang Sanfeng, the other four all died at the hands of Li Zhaoting. The martial arts world is never short of evil and heretical people, and people quickly made it onto the list.

The most powerful is Fairy Jinghuan.

According to Liu E, the imperial court kept the leader of the Yuxian Gang as bait to lure out Fairy Jinghuan. However, the leader of the Yuxian Gang dared to collude with the Manchu traitors to assassinate Li Nanxing. Li Zhaoting severed the Yuxian Gang's lineage, and Fairy Jinghuan fled.

Li Zhaoting said calmly, "I saw the files of Fairy Jinghuan in the palace. She inherited part of the Taoist tradition of the Yin-Yang School of the pre-Qin period. Later, she joined the White Lotus Sect and became the White Lotus Holy Mother. She also joined the Esoteric Sect, the Ming Sect, and even went to the Demonic Sect, where she stole three volumes of the Demonic Sect's secret techniques."

Li Shengnan asked in surprise, "How come I didn't know? With the sect leader's temper, how could he possibly let her go?"

Li Zhaoting shrugged: "Because the secret manual that Fairy Jinghuan stole was an incomplete version, the old man wanted to wait for her to complete it before he would devour it!"

"By now, they should be fattened up by now, right?"

“No plan is set in stone. The old man has grasped the opportunity to break through the void, and with his grandson’s martial arts prowess, such a plump pig for the New Year will definitely be left for his grandson to enjoy. This is called – the love between grandparents and grandchildren.”

"Are you sure it wasn't the old man who went too far, couldn't find Fairy Disenchantment, and made up some excuse to shift the blame onto you in order to save face?"

"Ahem~ Shengnan~ This matter..."

"Until you clearly state whether I should call him grandpa or master, I won't give him any face. A whole family of devils, what a waste of my precious youth..."

Li Shengnan looked at Li Zhaoting with disdain.

Li Zhaoting hurriedly changed the subject: "Huaixiu, what's the situation with the Northern Sect of Jingzhai? Is it only Lian Feiyan who has been infected with the demonic seed, or has everyone been affected? Which mountain is the Northern Sect on? Let's go check it out tomorrow!"

Cheng Huaixiu sighed, "The Northern Sect of Tianshan is three hundred miles away from here. According to Lian Feiyan, there are very few disciples who are qualified to have the demonic seed planted in them."

Li Shengnan sneered: "Completely wrong. It's not that they're extremely rare, but that only Lian Feiyan is qualified. Demonic seeds aren't like cabbages; they're Yang spirits, spiritual power. How can they be casually distributed to ordinary disciples? Besides, the Cihang Jingzhai mental cultivation method has extremely high requirements for one's character. All it takes is to bewitch Lian Feiyan and get her to spread the ideology..."

Cheng Huaixiu's expression suddenly changed to one of shock: "The Jingzhai Northern Sect has unknowingly become a branch of the White Lotus Sect! As long as they bewitch Lian Feiyan, they can bewitch all the disciples!"

Li Zhaoting waved his hand: "Ladies, you've overlooked something. You two need to help me analyze when Lian Feiyan was bewitched by Fairy Disenchantment?"

Cheng Huaixiu exclaimed, "Could it be that the internal strife at Cihang Jingzhai was orchestrated by Fairy Disenchantment?"

Li Shengnan asked, "Husband, if Lian Feiyan was bewitched while she was at Cihang Jingzhai, didn't Master Yan see through it? How could he have let her go down the mountain?"

Li Zhaoting held up four fingers.

I have four guesses.

I. Yan Jing'an was planted with a demonic seed;
Second, there is a mole within Cihang Jingzhai;
Third, when Lian Feiyan left Cihang Jingzhai, Yan Jing'an was lured away by someone, something, an object, or a secret, and she was not in Cihang Jingzhai.
Fourth, Lian Feiyan did not have a demonic seed in her body. Fairy Jinghuan did not plant a demonic seed in her, but instead used evil and twisted ideas to bewitch Lian Feiyan. Lian Feiyan left because of the ideological conflict, and Yan Jing'an had no reason to stop her.
If I'm not mistaken, the demonic seed within Lian Feiyan's body was nurtured by herself. Obsession turned into demonic possession, and the Cihang Jingzhai mental cultivation method does indeed violate some aspects of human nature.

We'll leave the Tianshan Sect tomorrow morning.

We must hurry and reach the Northern Sect as quickly as possible.

Try your best to save a few disciples.

Huai Xiu, you used the Sword Heart Clarity method for identification.

Sheng Nan, a disciple with a demonic nature, you guide them to join the demonic sect to relieve the old man's boredom.

Are there any other questions?

Li Zhaoting quickly made arrangements.

Cheng Huaixiu and Li Shengnan nodded in agreement.

The Tianshan Sect truly lived up to its reputation as an auspicious place. Li Zhaoting stayed there for two days and experienced two duels, yet no murders occurred and no major avalanches took place. Everyone left without illness or disaster, leaving people exclaiming that it was a ghost story.

Tang Xiaolan: These rumors are all nonsense! Li Zhaoting is nowhere near as ferocious as they say. Even Li Shengnan, that enchanting woman from the Demonic Sect, is polite and well-mannered. It's all just hearsay and wild rumors!

Heroes: You're talking nonsense! Do you want to go see the ruins of Miaoshoutang? Do you want to see the remains of Yuxianbang? Do you know how much psychological pressure it puts on us to dine at the same table as Jiazi Tai Sui?

Tang Xiaolan: Anyway, I don't feel any pressure!
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Misty Peak, Lingjiu Palace!
As the only one among the "Three Elders of Leisure" with a relatively normal mind, Tianshan Tonglao's management of Lingjiu Palace can be described as thriving.

First, there's the personnel arrangement. Most of the disciples of Lingjiu Palace are orphaned girls adopted by Tianshan Tonglao. Although it's called Lingjiu Palace, it's actually an orphanage and martial arts school on Piaomiao Peak.

These people were all raised by the Child Granny and were extremely loyal to her. They would never betray her. However, since they were all abandoned orphans and not carefully selected martial arts prodigies, they had little skill in martial arts.

Even the most devoted maids of the Child Granny, who listened to her daily sermons on "plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums," could not master any of the martial arts techniques. According to the Child Granny, they could only learn the secret arts of Lingjiu Palace after they turned forty.

The martial arts of the Free and Unfettered Sect require extremely high levels of internal strength.

If the timing isn't right, watching it can easily lead to madness and obsession.

Some people here expressed their opposition.

In the original storyline, during the marriage selection in Western Xia, even experts like Bao Butong and Feng Bo'e couldn't stand the murals. Both of them were over forty years old. Were they both useless?
First, Bao Butong is definitely not a useless person. Even if he can't beat top masters, he can easily defeat weaker opponents. Second, Bao Butong's training conditions are far inferior to those of the Lingjiu Palace disciples. The Murong family is a declining family with many secret manuals, but very few training resources.

Lingjiu Palace is owned by super-rich people!

The Heavenly Child Granny uses the Life and Death Talisman to control the demons and monsters of the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands, forcing them to pay tribute. The amount of tribute they receive each year is astronomical.

As Tianshan Tonglao's personal maids, not to mention eating at the same table, the four of them even shared what Tonglao left behind. Would Tianshan Tonglao blame them? Tonglao's body is like a little girl's; how much food can she eat? Every day, there's a large table of food for three meals, which is all divided up by the four of them.

Tianshan Tonglao (the Heavenly Child Granny) loves to eat "medicinal cuisine," and each dish has remarkable medicinal properties. She has eaten countless kinds of nourishing natural ingredients, including plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums.

Under these circumstances, it is indeed a bit unreasonable that someone who is forty years old is qualified to watch the Tianshan Six Yang Palm!

Pay attention to the vocabulary; you're looking at it, not practicing it!
The requirements for the two are completely different!

The old woman herself didn't care about this.

She was confident in her superb martial arts skills and ruthless killing ability, which enabled her to protect her disciples. Except for the period of weakness that occurred every thirty years when she rejuvenated, Tianshan Tonglao was a top expert and an unparalleled figure in the martial arts world most of the time.

This confidence has remained to this day.

Li Qiushui led her men to storm Lingjiu Palace.

Li Qiushui's martial arts skills are inferior to those of Tianshan Tonglao, so she dares not lead a raid on Lingjiu Palace while Tianshan Tonglao is in good health. Tianshan Tonglao also thinks so, and will only be wary of Li Qiushui during her period of rejuvenation.

This is Li Qiushui's plan.

A "sneak attack" requires surprise!
The plan was to launch a surprise attack with all the experts when Tianshan Tonglao was least vigilant and Lingjiu Palace was at its weakest, so as to eliminate Tianshan Tonglao in one fell swoop.

Li Qiushui couldn't defeat Tianshan Tonglao, but she had a good helper, Shui Hongshao, the mistress of Danfengxuan.

Shui Hongshao was once a stunningly beautiful and alluring female demon, as captivating as a red spider lily. She was ruthless and skilled at seducing married men, with countless admirers following her around.

Shui Hongshao, with her claw techniques, poisons, beauty, and enchantments, roamed the Western Regions, committing many serious crimes and incurring the wrath of both heaven and man. In the end, she was betrayed by her enemies.

The seven sworn brothers led Shui Hongshao into a gourd-shaped valley, intending to burn her to death.

Unfortunately, one of the seven brothers admired Shui Hongshao's beauty and, being kind-hearted, secretly gave Shui Hongshao a back door by informing Li Qiushui.

Li Qiushui and Shui Hongshao are best friends. It's rare for her to show kindness and rescue her good friend.

Shui Hongshao's appearance was destroyed by fire, and Danfeng Pavilion was destroyed. She endured more than 20 years of hardship, trained three outstanding disciples, and rebuilt Danfeng Pavilion, intending to take revenge on her enemies. Before she could even make a move, Li Qiushui said, "You help me take revenge first, and then I will help you take revenge."

So the two joined forces, leading over a hundred experts to launch a surprise attack on Lingjiu Palace. Lingjiu Palace had little defense against the outside world and was caught off guard.

Upon hearing the shouts of battle, the Heavenly Child Granny charged out fearlessly.

"Li Qiushui, you vile wench! You've chosen the path to hell when there's a way to heaven! I'll skin you alive and tear you apart, I'll devour your flesh and blood!"

"Senior sister! It's still uncertain who will skin whom alive and who will devour whose flesh! It's two against one now. I wonder how many moves Senior sister's Tianshan Six Yang Palms can withstand?"

"I can take someone down with me!"

Tianshan Child Granny looked at the two of them with a mocking expression.

What good best friends? They're just using each other.

When Shui Hongshao was trapped, Li Qiushui waited until Shui Hongshao's appearance was burned before she managed to rescue her.

Why do this?

Firstly, it is to make the gratitude even more profound.

Secondly, Li Qiushui was disfigured by Tong Lao and had ugly scars on her face, so she was extremely jealous of Shui Hongshao.

Does Shui Hongshao know about these things?

of course I know!

What good will knowing do?

Shui Hongshao wants to seek revenge on her enemies and needs Li Qiushui's help. As for the small matter of saving her life, Shui Hongshao doesn't care. She might mention it a couple of times, but because her face was burned, she has to wear a veil, which covers her mouth, so what she says is all nonsense.

Under normal circumstances, Li Qiushui and Shui Hongshao could cooperate, but the current situation is abnormal.

The Heavenly Child Granny's martial arts skills are far superior to one of them. She would lose if she fought two against one, but she could kill one of them.

Who is this guy?
Who would be willing to be the victim?
Knowing full well that the old woman was sowing discord, it was not a conspiracy, but a blatant and open scheme.

A hint of disdain appeared on Tianshan Tonglao's lips.

"A rabble, nothing more!"

Before she could finish speaking, Tianshan Tonglao reached out a claw to grab Li Qiushui's veil. Li Qiushui snorted coldly, drew a short sword, and stabbed it at Tianshan Tonglao's ribs. Shui Hongshao brandished her sharp claws and grabbed at Tianshan Tonglao's crown.

Meanwhile, the three disciples carefully cultivated by Shui Hongshao over the years—Jinzhu, Yinzhu, and Mingzhu—who were the enshrined masters of Xixia Yipintang and Minglitang, led their experts to rush towards the Nine Heavens and Nine Departments of Lingjiu Palace. Li Qiushui used the antidote for the Life and Death Talisman as a pie to turn some of the demons from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands against each other, thus gaining an absolute numerical advantage.

Within moments, the two sides had fought to the death, leaving corpses strewn across the field.

At the foot of the mountain, a Taoist priest, practicing the steps of Yu and holding a peach wood sword, shook his head and calculated: "A ninety-year-old old lover, this Taoist priest has learned something new this time!"

"Would you like to broaden your horizons?"

Li Zhaoting's voice rang out from behind, and he looked at the old bastard with a sneer: "With your petty tricks, you think you can fool my eyes? You have two choices: either tell me the location of Fairy Disenchantment, or be captured alive and handed over to the Heavenly Child Granny. Please make your choice."

The lame Taoist priest exclaimed in horror, "Impossible! How could you possibly be here? Impossible!"

Li Zhaoting looked down at his feet. The old man's steps were the steps of Yu, the Yu who controlled the floods.

Legend has it that Yu the Great worked so hard while controlling the floods that one of his legs became lame and his walking posture became somewhat strange.

When ordinary people walk in this posture, they can walk through the entire Big Dipper constellation, which is called "stepping the Big Dipper".

This movement technique is most common in Taoism. Taoists who practice the Yu Step for a long time may appear to be lame.

The lame Taoist priest wasn't actually lame; he simply liked to walk the Yu Step, believing it allowed him to summon spirits, expel evil, welcome the true, achieve harmony between heaven and man, and ascend to heaven.

Buddhism also has similar techniques.

He was known as the "Daytime Lame Monk"!

By day he was a cripple with crutches, and by night he was a thief who could scale walls and rooftops, all to evade the constables.

Li Zhaoting looked quietly at the lame Taoist priest: "You should know my hobbies. I killed Jia Shifang, and I also killed the leader of the Yuxian Gang. You should think about what you have to offer to survive in my hands."

The lame Taoist priest sneered, "Li Zhaoting, you're not invincible! Do you think I'm afraid of you? If you anger me, I'll make sure your whole family never has a moment's peace!"

Li Zhaoting held up three fingers: "I'll give you three chances to say one sentence. You've already used one. You still have two more sentences to say. Please don't court death."

"If I can't kill you, I can kill your father!"

"Only one sentence left!"

"Li Zhaoting, I'll fuck your grandpa!"

"That's all, we can get going now!"

Li Zhaoting suddenly rushed towards the lame Taoist priest, drawing his purple and green swords simultaneously and letting them land lightly in his palm.

What follows immediately is—spinning!
Li Zhaoting's body was spinning at high speed.

Purple and Green Combo Attack: Blade Storm!

(End of this chapter)