Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 99 The Real Mastermind, the Replaced Martial Arts Manual
The Liancheng Treasure incident has ended.

The martial arts world of Jingxiang suffered a severe blow; its masters were all neatly cut down like leeks in a field.

Fortunately, Jingxiang didn't have many masters to begin with. The martial arts sects in Jingxiang were all representatives of powerful families, so even if they were completely wiped out, they could quickly recover and prosper.

When Li Zhaoting arrived in the south of the city from the headquarters of the Lianghu Longsha Gang, all he saw was a chaotic mess of ruins, a devastating flood, and corpses lying haphazardly.

The battle between Li Shengnan and Shen Yumen was abruptly ended by a trap designed to destroy both of them, and both sustained injuries.

The white-clad fairy escorted Li Shengnan away.

Shen Yumen recruited a group of survivors and prepared to establish Shen Family Village in Jingxiang, where they would start their own business.

All the disciples of the Blood Blade Sect died.

Four bodies were swept into the river, and a burly corpse lay haphazardly outside the pit; it was Bao Xiang.

Thinking of the Blood Blade Sect disciples' hobbies, Li Zhaoting stepped forward, touched the scroll a couple of times, and pulled out a secret manual.

Blood Sabre Manual

The Blood Sabre Sect's direct lineage secret manual.

The Blood Sabre Sect values ​​competition; from the Blood Sabre Ancestor to the nominal disciples, everyone has earned their place through fierce battles with steel blades.

The beginner learns basic sword techniques. After mastering the basics, one becomes an inner disciple, and each person receives a copy of the Blood Saber Manual. The Blood Saber Ancestor never holds back; all the manuals are the same.

Who has the superior martial arts skills? Who is the Blood Saber Ancestor?

The downside is severe internal strife, with bandits all vying for power.

The advantage is that the lineage will never be broken. As long as the Blood Blade Sect is not completely wiped out, and as long as one disciple is lucky enough to survive, the Blood Blade Sect can be re-established.

Li Zhaoting didn't have a hobby of stamp collecting, but there were many things that time travelers had to do, one of which was to collect the Blood Saber Manual and then fight the Blood Saber Ancestor.

Try out the seventy-two poisonous schemes of the Blood Blade Ancestor.

Cheng Yantang's face was filled with despair.

This is really the end!
The position of Prefect of Jingzhou is in jeopardy!
The new official took office three fires.

Sixty to seventy percent of the martial arts world in Jingxiang was burned down.

Which prefect has such destructive power?
The only good news is that the successful annihilation of the Longsha Gang headquarters in the two lakes region, along with the ability to smooth things over with the imperial court, will almost certainly qualify for a lateral transfer.

Li Zhaoting patted Cheng Yantang on the shoulder: "You're really lucky. If you had acted two days later and participated in the treasure hunt, the yamen runners would probably have been wiped out."

Cheng Yantang forced a smile.

“Nephew, I used to think that it was a bad thing for girls to learn martial arts, but now I realize that my daughter is really farsighted. Even if I am dismissed and investigated, my daughter has martial arts skills, so at least she won’t freeze or starve to death.”

"Your daughter knows martial arts?"

"My daughter is learning martial arts in Emei!"

Cheng Yantang puffed out his chest proudly.

Which of the Three Heroes and Four Outstanding Individuals is it?

"She is not Dugu Yihe's disciple, but Abbess Miejue's disciple. Her given name is not convenient to disclose."

"What about your reputation in the martial arts world?"

"She hasn't even debuted yet!"

"You've kept this a secret for a long time!"

"We must be careful!"

Cheng Yantang stared at Li Zhaoting with disdain.

If Li Zhaoting were unmarried, Cheng Yantang would be more than willing to marry his daughter to him.

Absolutely not now.

If we marry our daughter to him, wouldn't we have to serve tea to Feng Shaoqing's daughter? Absolutely not!

Cheng Yantang was unaware that it was Feng Suzhen who had encouraged his beloved daughter to practice martial arts.

Feng Shaoqing and Cheng Yantang were childhood friends and classmates, and had a close relationship. Their daughters were also very close, exchanging letters frequently since childhood and coming up with hundreds of clever ideas for each other.

If Li Zhaoting knew who Cheng Yantang's daughter was, he probably wouldn't have come to Jiangling to investigate the case.

Cheng Yantang's daughter is named... Cheng Xiaodie!

She will become a world-renowned goddess constable in the future.

There aren't many famous female constables in the world of martial arts.

It's nothing more than Tie Feihua, Cheng Xiaodie, and Shisan Niang.

With the Liancheng Treasure in such a state, Li Zhaoting couldn't just leave. He stayed behind to direct the yamen runners to clean up the scene, remove the corpses, and collect the remaining treasure.

……

Wanfu.

Di Yun woke up from his sleep.

He was drugged and fell into a deep sleep. Qi Fang mistakenly thought he was dead and was terrified.

Qi Fang went to seek help, only to find that the Wan family mansion was deserted, with only empty houses. She could only stay by Di Yun's side and pray that he would wake up soon.

"Senior brother, you're awake?"

"Junior sister, what's wrong with me?"

"You...you slept for a whole day and night."

"I...I'm so thirsty...water..."

Di Yun drank a glass of water and got out of bed.

For the next few days, Di Yun and Qi Fang searched for Qi Changfa in Jiangling City. They searched for seven or eight days in a row, but they ran out of money. The Wan Mansion was empty, and they didn't know who to ask for money. They had no choice but to return to the countryside for the time being.

Di Yun had no ambition, and Qi Fang was even less likely to have any ambition. The two of them farmed and wove cloth in the countryside, occasionally going to the city to visit Qi Changfa, until their hair and beards turned white.

I've long forgotten my martial arts skills.

The legend of the "lying corpse sword technique" only occasionally appears in rural nursery rhymes, along with bizarre and humorous interpretations such as "falling into the mud summons the eldest sister, the horse's fate is like a small wind."

……

Ding Dian took a bath and changed his clothes. Since his hair and beard were tangled and difficult to manage, he shaved them off. He bought a brush and ink and began writing furiously in the inn. He was practicing the Divine Illumination Technique.

After more than ten years in prison, Ding Dian was filled with suspicion towards people and things outside the prison. Apart from Ling Shuanghua, he was unwilling to trust anyone and even less willing to owe anyone a favor.

He seemed to have forgotten that there was once a simple-minded young man named Ding Dian who pulled an old man out of the river and helped him out of a sense of justice, never expecting anything in return.

He seemed to have forgotten that when the old man questioned Ding Dian about his ulterior motives, the foolish young man straightened his chest and raised his head, declaring that a true man prioritizes chivalry and that he saved Ding Dian because he wanted to save people, not for any reward.

He seemed to have forgotten that in order to save people, the foolish young man lost his family fortune, laughing that even if he lost all his wealth, it would come back again. He roamed the world freely and unrestrainedly, without ever having any regrets.

The only thing he didn't forget was that even when he was imprisoned and his life was hanging by a thread, there was still a pot of chrysanthemums on the windowsill.

This was Ding Dian's last emotional refuge.

This is the anchor that kept him from falling into evil ways.

Ding Dian didn't know much about the court's laws, but he knew that Ling Tuisi had committed a serious crime that would implicate his family. For Ling Shuanghua's safety, he had to go to the countryside to hide.

Before leaving, Ding Dian wanted to repay the favor.

Regardless of why Li Zhaoting saved him, and regardless of whether Li Zhaoting had any ulterior motives.

Favors owed must be repaid.

Not long after, Ding Dian finished writing the manual. He was so exhausted that he fell asleep on the table.

A dark figure appeared silently.

The shadowy figure took out a manual from his pocket, disassembled the manual that Ding Dian had handwritten into sheets of paper, kept only the cover and the first two pages, and replaced the rest.

After doing all this, the shadowy figure quietly left.

No one knew that the shadowy figure had ever been there.

His martial arts skills are truly exceptional.

Reaching the heavens and the earth, traversing rivers and streams, reaching the pinnacle of achievement.

Even if Ding Dian were in perfect health, let alone in a state of extreme exhaustion, he would not be able to find that among the martial arts masters in Jiangling City, apart from Lang Fanyun, no one could make him retaliate even twice. This included Li Zhaoting, Li Shengnan, Qinglong Laojiu, and Shen Yumen. If all of them rushed at him and unleashed their full power, they could at most make him warm up.

The gap cannot be described as an insurmountable chasm.

A line can be seen in the term "natural barrier".

This is the qualitative difference between "immortals and immortals".

Li Zhaoting and the others were all mortals, while the shadowy figure was a demon god playing games with the human world. No one knew what he wanted to do, and even he himself was confused.

Some things went far beyond his plans.

Some things went more smoothly than expected.

Some things seem to be getting more and more interesting.

The shadowy figure picked up a brush and drew a smiley face on the last page of the manual. He glanced at Ding Dian, then tapped Ding Dian a few times. Ding Dian felt a sharp pain at first, but then felt much more comfortable, with his pain lessening by about 70-80%.

……

An ordinary, unremarkable house.

Jiang Biehe sat cross-legged on the bed.

Mei Niansheng sat behind Jiang Biehe and used her divine power to remove the poison from him. Jiang Biehe held the luminous pearl in his mouth, and the poison entered his body. He went mad and was about to die.

Mei Niansheng couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

Jiang Biehe was Mei Niansheng's savior.

After being rescued by Ding Dian, Mei Niansheng used the Divine Illumination Technique to heal his injuries. However, his Divine Illumination Technique was not fully mastered. In addition, the internal injuries caused by the Blood Saber Ancestor and the backstab from Qi Changfa meant that he could only barely suppress his injuries.

Suppressing internal injuries is the most foolish thing to do.

The more you suppress it, the more likely it is to trigger a backlash.

Mei Niansheng was unwilling to die like this, so he spent three months investigating Ding Dian to confirm that Ding Dian was an upright and righteous hero, and then taught him the secret formula of divine skills.

Subsequently, Mei Niansheng activated the secret technique of seeking life from the brink of death and rebirth, concentrating his true essence and blood in his dantian, causing his body to faint, leaving only a sliver of life remaining.

Before he "died," he told Ding Dian to find a random mass grave and bury him there, without making a big fuss.

Unexpectedly, Ding Dian was too honest. He not only prepared a coffin for Mei Niansheng, but also erected a tombstone for him.

Then, Mei Niansheng's tomb was discovered.

The evil monks of the Blood Saber Sect dug up the grave. Mei Niansheng was in a state of feigned death and had no power to resist. The Blood Saber monks wanted to dismember Mei Niansheng's body and feed it to the wolves, but Jiang Biehe happened to pass by and drove the Blood Saber monks away.

Jiang Biehe had done something wrong and wanted to do a few good deeds to ease his conscience, so he found another burial site for Mei Niansheng and buried her there.

After waking up, Mei Niansheng sought out Jiang Biehe to repay his kindness.

Jiang Biehe shouted "Good luck!"

Jiang Biehe first practiced martial arts under the guidance of Mei Niansheng, and then spent ten years building his reputation. Judging by his deeds rather than his intentions, Jiang Biehe did a lot of good things during this period.

At least in front of Mei Niansheng, Jiang Biehe had to put on an act, appearing charitable, benevolent, and kind.

With fame and martial arts skills, Jiang Biehe began to plan to become the leader of the Jingxiang martial arts alliance. First, he leaked information to Wan Zhenshan, allowing Wan Zhenshan to invite Qi Changfa. Then, he created an opportunity for Mei Niansheng to take revenge. After that, he spread the secret of the Liancheng Treasure, wrote the Liancheng Manual on the city wall, and finally used the tiger to devour the wolf, using Wudang to restrain the raging dragon.

Jiang Biehe's scheming was undeniably profound.

Jiang Biehe's end was undeniably tragic.

Ten years of planning have come to nothing.

The greatest trauma was not the physical injury, but the psychological damage, which caused severe psychological trauma. The act of scrambling for the treasure ruined Jiang Biehe's reputation.

Don't even think about becoming the leader of the martial arts alliance in Jingxiang.

The chance of having the best of both worlds is even more unlikely.

The Wudang Sect did not send any experts.

Ling Zhantian of the Angry Dragon Gang didn't even come. Lang Fanyun was drinking and eating meat in the distance, ready to kill someone at any moment.

Furthermore, unexpected figures such as Li Zhaoting, Li Shengnan, and Shen Yumen disrupted the situation, especially Shen Yumen, who was preparing to establish a family and business in Jingxiang and thus reaped all the benefits.

Thinking of this, Jiang Biehe felt dejected.

Am I destined to achieve nothing?
Do not!
impossible!
I'll soar to the heavens sooner or later!
I cannot remain subservient to others for long!

Jiang Biehe clenched his fist.

Mei Niansheng left, clutching her chest.

Saving lives comes at a price.

Using the One-Finger Divine Skill to save a life will result in the loss of all one's internal energy, requiring five years of arduous training to recover completely.

The same principle applies to using divine inspiration to save people.

The poison, stored for five hundred years, almost exhausted Mei Niansheng's true energy. Mei Niansheng was old and frail, and his physical potential was almost depleted. How could he withstand the loss?
Mei Niansheng's martial arts skills have been ruined.

He only wanted to live a secluded life in the countryside, detached from worldly affairs.

Jiang Biehe did not try to stop him.

……

"Young Master Li, I have received your letter."

A yamen runner delivered a thick letter.

Ding Dian's letter.

The content of the letter is very simple.

I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. I will take Ling Shuanghua and live in seclusion in the countryside. We will never meet again in this life. I can only repay your life-saving grace with the Divine Illumination Technique.

I'll repay the remaining kindness in my next life.

Ling Shuanghua's identity is rather special, so I cannot thank you in person; I can only write you a letter.

Take care, my benefactor, and may your military career flourish.

May you have many children and grandchildren!

Li Zhaoting waved the letter.

(End of this chapter)