Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 10 The Treasure of Southern Tang, the All-Powerful Lu Xiaofeng

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The feud between Min Zihua and Jiao Gongli was overshadowed by the buzz surrounding Li Zhaoting's destruction of the Gui family of Huashan, and the Heroes' Gathering ended inconclusively, attracting little attention.

The focus of attention in the martial arts world of Jinling is on Li Zhaoting.

Li Zhaoting's appearance, talent, and swordsmanship have become the biggest topic of conversation in recent days. Jinling has the largest brothel and the largest intelligence force.

To thank Li Zhaoting, Jiao Gongli spent a lot of money to publicize the matter, emphasizing Gui Xinshu's domineering and biased behavior and Sun Zhongjun's indiscriminate killing of innocent people...

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

In just three days, the infamous reputation of the Huashan Sect's unscrupulous followers spread throughout the entire Jiangnan East Road, and almost every gang, big or small, in the surrounding area knew about it.

Min Zihua handled the aftermath of the Heroes' Gathering well, apologized to the guests who had traveled a long way, used his financial power to gain their forgiveness, and then settled in Dali.

The house was naturally left to Li Zhaoting.

Min Zihua bought the mansion for the Heroes' Gathering. The so-called renovation was just to break down the wall and build a large martial arts arena; nothing else was demolished.

Li Zhaoting and Feng Suzhen wanted to settle down here, so they needed to renovate the entire house, inside and out. Such a large mansion would require a lot of money to renovate both the interior and exterior.

Feng Suzhen calculated her money and found it was indeed insufficient. She had been busy traveling and had forgotten to take stock of her family's finances. She blushed with embarrassment.

"My lord, we don't have enough money!"

Feng Suzhen took out an account book with drawings of the house to be repaired and estimated costs. If they wanted to speed up the construction, the budget would almost double.

Not to mention the savings the two of them had, even if Feng Shaoqing's secret stash were included, it would still be far from enough.

Li Zhaoting held Feng Suzhen in his arms, gently kissed her earlobe, and said with a smile, "With a virtuous wife by our door, our family business is thriving. We've had some good luck lately."

"Good luck? What good luck?"

"I've unearthed a great treasure."

"My lord is joking again."

Feng Suzhen rolled her eyes at Li Zhaoting.

There are countless rumors about treasures, and it seems that every dynasty leaves behind a treasure before it falls.

This treasure is richer than a country, that treasure can grant you the world, this treasure is mountains of gold and silver, that treasure is divine weapons and armor, enough to last ten lifetimes.

In the folk tales passed down through generations, there are often stories of lucky people accidentally finding great treasures, but following these stories often leads to disappointment.

In most cases, a martial arts master might devote himself to finding a great treasure, spending decades of his life to it, only to end up with nothing.

Feng Suzhen trusted Li Zhaoting completely, but she absolutely did not believe that a treasure had been unearthed.

Li Zhaoting said with a wicked smile, "Suzhen, if we really find a treasure, how will you thank me?"

Feng Suzhen said coquettishly, "My lord, you just said that a virtuous wife brings prosperity to the family, which means that finding the treasure is my good fortune. You should thank me instead."

"Well said! Tonight, I will do my utmost, working tirelessly like an iron ox plowing the fields."

"Oh dear~ It's broad daylight!"

"Life is only seventy years long. Ten years are spent in ignorance, ten years in old age and weakness. After all that, only fifty years are left."

If half of the night is removed, only twenty-five remain.

Eating, drinking tea, bathing, changing clothes, working, getting sick, running around—how much time and energy has been wasted?
The days truly relaxing and enjoyable, spent with loved ones, are pitifully few when you count them on your fingers.

Time is precious; how can we waste it?

Li Zhaoting could spout a bunch of fallacies without even realizing it.

Feng Suzhen retorted angrily, "My lord, which lecherous fellow did you learn such words from? 'Enjoy life while you can't!' Do you perhaps desire multiple wives and concubines? A harem of three thousand beauties?"

Li Zhaoting was very self-aware: "Three thousand people are simply not enough to handle it all; we can only grind an iron rod into a needle!"

"Does my lord truly desire three wives and four concubines?"

Feng Suzhen raised her eyebrows, displaying her formidable power.

"This...this...men, when they're young, they all have similar fantasies. When you and Meizhu were looking at the picture book, didn't you have any fantasies?"

Li Zhaoting's smile became increasingly lewd.

Feng Suzhen was so ashamed that she couldn't lift her head. She buried her head in Li Zhaoting's arms and cursed Meizhu in her heart for being such a traitor who sold her young mistress in order to become a concubine as soon as possible!
Li Zhaoting said softly, "A friend of mine once said that if a man lives to seventy, he has wasted at least ten years of his seventy years."

"Oh? How was it wasted?"

"Five years were spent waiting for women to change their clothes."

"A woman dresses up for the one she loves. I'm all dressed up so beautifully, isn't that a good thing for you, my lord? How can you say it's a waste? Your words are extremely rude!"

“I thought so too, and I argued back with him fiercely until he mentioned the other five years.”

"How were the other five years wasted?"

"You really want to hear this?"

"It's nothing but the lewd talk of a lecherous man! Since you dare to say it, I naturally want to hear it."

"Five more years until the women take off their clothes!"

Before she could finish speaking, Feng Suzhen bit Li Zhaoting's shoulder. Li Zhaoting winced in pain, waving his arms and legs and begging for mercy, before unleashing a palm strike.

The only person who could come up with such a bizarre theory is Lu Xiaofeng, the carefree and romantic wanderer of the martial arts world.

Li Zhaoting thought it made a lot of sense, and painstakingly learned a palm technique to save five years.

Five Luo Light Smoke Palms.

With a single palm strike, five arrows flew through the air, wisps of green smoke billowing out...

It is daytime now, and there is no red candle smoke. ...

Night, the woodshed in the backyard.

Li Zhaoting and Feng Suzhen changed into night clothes and sneaked towards the woodshed. Feng Suzhen asked, "This is clearly our own home, why are you wearing night clothes?"

"This creates a more treasure hunt atmosphere."

Li Zhaoting put on the same mask as President Hou.

Feng Suzhen subconsciously shrank back.

Li Zhaoting's appearance and physique were impeccable. No matter how you looked at him, he was a handsome young man in this turbid world. Mei Zhu only glanced at him twice before her legs went weak and she couldn't walk.

Wearing this mask, however, gave him a lewd look, like a womanizer. Feng Suzhen swallowed hard and decided to make a mask for Li Zhaoting herself tomorrow.

Min Zihua had previously bought three houses, then knocked down the walls of the houses to expand them into one house.

The temporary maids and servants had already gone to sleep, leaving the mansion empty. Coupled with the piled-up blue bricks and muddy ground, the interior was reminiscent of a ghost town.

A night breeze sent chills down my spine.

Li Zhaoting held an iron rod in his left hand, used his right hand to calculate the direction, determined the position, and then forcefully pushed the iron rod into the ground, touching the iron gate.

Li Zhaoting drew a circle.

The two men, armed with shovels, dug within the enclosure and soon unearthed a large stone slab. Li Zhaoting used a crowbar to pry the slab up and swung it forcefully several times.

The treasure vault is buried deep underground, accumulating dampness and stagnant air. To enter the treasure vault, one must expel the stagnant air.

Before long, the turbid air was expelled, and the two of them, holding tinderboxes, jumped into the tunnel. There were no traps or mechanisms along the way, only the Bagua gate, and every step required calculation.

Li Zhaoting had studied the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, and combined with later mathematical concepts, his calculation speed was extremely fast.

Li Zhaoting easily solved the tests painstakingly set by the Southern Tang craftsmen. He could pry open most of the special doors with a few strokes of a wire.

"My lord, are you... picking the lock?"

"I learned it from a good friend."

"Which friend?"

"Lu Xiaofeng!"

"Hmph! Lu Xiaofeng knows about brothels, speaks lewd and dissolute words, and can even pick locks. Is this guy omnipotent? Is there anything he can't do?"

"Lu Xiaofeng is bad at judging people. His friends often betray him or make him take the blame."

"for example?"

"I!"

Li Zhaoting pointed to himself.

Feng Suzhen rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Feng Suzhen once read a storybook that described what a man's ideal woman should look like: one way in the living room and another way in the bedroom.

Li Zhaoting perfectly fits this standard.

In front of outsiders, Li Zhaoting is a handsome young man of great talent and learning, refined and elegant, impeccable in speech and action, and resolute and decisive when drawing his sword to kill.

In private, Li Zhaoting was a lecherous man who often said lewd things that made people ashamed to look up, even more so than the playboys in novels.

Sometimes serious, sometimes frivolous.

When serious, he is like a renowned scholar, exuding an awe-inspiring righteousness, like a pine, bamboo, orchid, or plum blossom.

When I'm not being serious...

Thinking of this, Feng Suzhen felt an itch in her ankle.

Li Zhaoting had a peculiar habit: when he was thinking about something, he liked to hold Feng Suzhen in his arms and rub her ankles with his fingertips, especially her delicate feet.

Li Zhaoting focused intently on solving the riddle, while Feng Suzhen's face flushed red and then turned purple, sometimes shy, sometimes angry, sometimes coquettish, sometimes charming. She couldn't muster any of the emotions she needed to play the Demon-Subduing Zither.

About half an hour later, Li Zhaoting and Feng Suzhen entered the underground palace. The main hall was empty, with a huge winch cast in bronze and iron in the center.

The winch has eight striking points, and there are five heavy stone doors on the surrounding walls. Clearly, the eight striking points correspond to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams), and the five stone doors correspond to the Five Elements.

To open the stone gate, the ram must be rotated to the corresponding position to obtain the treasure.

The two quickly calculated and soon found the corner corresponding to a stone gate, and started turning the winch rapidly.

With a creak, the stone door, which had been sealed for decades, opened, and the main hall, illuminated only by two torches, became golden and glittering with jewels.

Gold was piled up to form a small mountain, with pearls, jade, cat's-eye tourmaline, and blood-red coral adorning its waist.

Rough estimate...

It's impossible to estimate!

Valuation is meaningless in the face of such a huge treasure. What difference is there between money that you can't spend in ten lifetimes and money that you can't spend in twenty lifetimes?

Feng Suzhen said softly, "My lord, we have the money to renovate the house, but who should we hire for the renovation? I've heard that among the real estate developers in Jiangnan, the Hua family is the best."

Li Zhaoting said, "Let's ask Lu Xiaofeng for help."

Feng Suzhen: (⊙_⊙)?
You can ask Lu Xiaofeng for help with this?
Does Lu Xiaofeng have a renovation team at home?
"Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou, the seventh young master of the Hua family, are close friends. Every year at this time, Lu Xiaofeng would stay at the Hua family to cultivate his mind and listen to Hua Manlou play the zither."

As they spoke, Li Zhaoting turned the winch, and the treasure vault containing the gold was resealed. The underground palace transformed from a magnificent and jewel-like space into a chilling killing intent.

This treasure trove contains weapons.

There are a total of thirty-three divine weapons.

(End of this chapter)