Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 141 Gongsun Jianwu, it's all the leader's fault
Don't look at Lu Xiaofeng!
This thing is utterly depraved and beyond saving.

Even if a sword is pointed at his neck, if it is a beautiful woman holding the sword, he will praise her exquisite swordsmanship, slender fingers, fair wrists, and graceful figure.

He will never be able to give up women in his life.

This face is destined to be among women until old age and frailty, watching the sunset slowly fade away.

At that time, the phoenix will rise from the ashes and be reborn.

His successor will usher in a new era of great success.

Lu Xiaofeng, what do you think of my suggestion?

Li Zhaoting looked at Lu Xiaofeng with anticipation.

Lu Xiaofeng sneered: "Don't worry, I will definitely pass on my skills to Hua Manlou's son. They're not yours. You should accumulate more family wealth to avoid fighting over dividing the family property."

Li Zhaoting: ┓(`)┏

In the original story, Lu Xiaofeng passed on his life's skills to Hua Manlou's son, Hua Mantian. Hua Mantian then dueled with Ximen Chuixue's son, and the two fell off a cliff.

Since "The White Jade Tiger" was not finished, some people speculated that the two mysterious masters in the story, Xiao Donglou, was actually Hua Mantian, and Jiuyouhou was actually Ximen Gongzi.

White jade tiger?

It's perfect and precious!
Li Zhaoting's family also has it!
Feng Suzhen brought it with her when she got married!

Li Zhaoting liked it very much and couldn't put it down!

Lu Xiaofeng and Li Zhaoting were both very talkative, and there was never a dull moment when the two of them were together.

Even in the desolate and lonely city, Ye Gucheng felt a sense of exhilaration.

The two jars of wine were quickly finished.

Tianxiang wanted to go to the wine cellar to find some wine, but she accidentally stumbled and fell. Li Zhaoting volunteered to fetch the wine. After tonight's battle, even if Li Zhaoting emptied the entire Prince's wine cellar, Zhao Yuanyan would still praise his good drinking capacity.

The Prince's wine cellar was not far from the treasure vault. Under the pretense of looking for wine, Li Zhaoting searched the wine cellar and quickly found a hole, which was covered by a large wine vat.

Li Zhaoting picked and chose, then carried two jars of Dukang wine back to the hut. The four continued drinking and chatting, discussing the difference between a sword with feeling and a sword without feeling, and which sword technique could better unleash potential when faced with a desperate situation.

Li Zhaoting felt that it was a sword of emotion, because emotions were the most important sustenance in one's heart, an anchor for the soul. If one lost this sustenance, there would be no difference between living and dying.

Since there is no difference, why fight to the death?
Ye Gucheng felt it was a merciless sword, utterly alone and unburdened, free from all constraints, with no worries in his heart and no distractions whatsoever.

Because they have no worries, they will never look back or hesitate at any time. They don't have to worry about what will happen to their wives, children, and elderly parents if they die, and they can risk their lives anytime, anywhere.

Neither of them could convince the other.

Li Zhaoting advised Ye Gucheng to find a wife.

Ye Gucheng advised Li Zhaoting to exercise restraint.

They drank until midnight, then everyone left.

Ye Gucheng and Tianxiang have their own private room.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't know which lover to go to.

Li Zhaoting walked aimlessly down the street, intending to browse the night market, only to find that most of the stalls had closed, with only a few scattered vendors calling out their wares, most of whom had hoarse voices.

In particular, there was an old woman selling roasted chestnuts. She wore a patched blue dress, her back bent at a ninety-degree angle as if a large stone was pressing down on it, her face covered with wrinkles, and she called out her wares in a hoarse voice.

"Freshly roasted chestnuts, fragrant and hot, only ten coins a pound."

Anyone with a conscience, seeing a lonely, impoverished old woman in the twilight of her life, unable to rest at midnight, would surely take out their money to buy her a couple of pounds.

Li Zhaoting is a man of conscience.

Li Zhaoting decided to buy all the roasted chestnuts.

He reached into his robes, pulled out a silver ingot, and simultaneously exerted force inward with all five fingers. With a sweep of sword energy, he cut the silver ingot into dozens of small pieces, turning it into a bag of broken silver.

"I'll take all these chestnuts, Grandma. Go back and rest now, you can get a good night's sleep tonight."

"Young master, you are such a kind man! I wish you long life and many wives and concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren!"

The old woman deftly wrapped up the roasted chestnuts.

Li Zhaoting put down the money bag and turned to leave.

He casually cracked open a chestnut, and sure enough, it was a freshly made sugar-roasted chestnut, fragrant and sweet, very delicious. Li Zhaoting couldn't resist and ate half a pound in one go.

The old woman watched from a distance.

Watching Li Zhaoting eat one, two, three, four, five... half a jin, a jin...

Is this guy born in the Year of the Ox?

Does he have four stomachs inside him?
The old woman added a drug to the chestnuts that was enough to knock out an elephant. Li Zhaoting ate more than a pound of them, and not only was he unharmed, he became more and more energetic.

In the world of martial arts, the old woman selling roasted chestnuts can only have one identity: Gongsun Lan.

Gongsun Jianwu's direct descendant.

Furthermore, she added the exquisite "Rainbow Feather Dress Dance" to Gongsun Sword Dance, which, combined with her stunning beauty and unparalleled charm, brought her swordsmanship, charm, lightness skills, and ribbon skills to their limits, making her one of the top women.

In terms of swordsmanship alone, among female swordsmen under the age of thirty in the entire martial arts world, Gongsun Lan ranks among the top five. It's not that she couldn't be higher, but there are just too many masters.

Even if we limit the comparison to female swordsmen aged thirty, and only consider their swordsmanship skills, excluding Li Shengnan, there are still several super-powerful individuals whose strength is terrifying.

For example: Cheng Huaixiu, Qin Mengyao, Meng Qingqing.

Gongsun Lan was at a disadvantage when she fought the female swordsman.

Gongsun Lan's martial arts are clearly designed to target men and lust. She uses charm to interfere with her enemies, but women are immune to charm, except for Shuimu Yinji, who is susceptible to it.

The Water Mother Yin Ji didn't need to be immune. She slapped away Gongsun Lan's twin swords with one palm, cursed her with a fancy-sounding curse, and then captured her alive to make her a concubine in the Divine Water Palace.

Gongsun Lan's most famous skill is not so much her swordsmanship, but rather her disguise skills. With her unparalleled disguise skills, Gongsun Lan can create multiple aliases, and with so many aliases, no one can find her true identity.

The old woman selling roasted chestnuts, Granny Xiong, is her most frequently used alias. It is said that Granny Xiong's roasted chestnuts contain a deadly poison, and the poison attached to one chestnut can kill thirty people. That's pure nonsense.

It's not that I doubt Gongsun Lan's poisoning skills, but this rumor is a huge insult to Gongsun Lan's intelligence.

How many people can share one chestnut?
In most cases, it's eaten by one person.

In some cases, the two people share the food.

There are at most three people eating here.

Thirty people, how do we divide them?

Someone cuts off a piece the size of a soybean and eats it. Is this person out of their mind?
The cost of making poison is very high.

The more potent the poison, the more valuable it is.

A skilled poisoner will calculate the dosage in advance.

Especially when using roasted chestnuts, a snack that people often eat in large quantities, to poison someone, the correct method is to distribute the poison evenly, so that a few chestnuts can kill one person.

If the quantity is too small, the other person may not be able to eat that much.

If you take too much, the rest will be wasted after the poison takes effect.

Depending on the target number of people, the quantity should be controlled between five and ten chestnuts. In this way, if the other party buys a pound of chestnuts and shares them, everyone who eats them will be poisoned.

One chestnut is enough for thirty people's doses of medicine, so at least twenty-nine doses are wasted. Add to that the remaining chestnuts, and after going out for a walk, you realize you've lost everything.

Gongsun Lan used a sleeping potion on Li Zhaoting.

This is the experience of a master of poisons.

Most martial arts masters, especially Grandmasters of the Heavenly Gang, can become immune to most toxins simply by relying on their own internal energy cultivation, even if they do not know any detoxification techniques.

The higher one's martial arts skills, the stronger one's resistance to poison.

For martial arts masters, the most lethal drugs are not deadly poisons that kill instantly, but drugs such as sleeping pills, muscle relaxants, and aphrodisiacs, especially aphrodisiacs.

Even someone as powerful as Long Aotian is not immune to this.

Li Zhaoting sat on a large rock by the river, eating chestnuts in the cold wind. Before long, he looked like a drunkard, staggering with unsteady steps.

Gongsun Lan rushed over at lightning speed.

He pointed his index and middle fingers at Li Zhaoting's waist and ribs.

Li Zhaoting shot out sword energy from his left little finger, catching Gongsun Lan off guard. Her left shoulder was ripped open, followed by a tearing sound as her linen dress split open, revealing a colorful outfit—the Rainbow Feather Robe.

Finally, the disguise mask shattered, and the ugly old woman instantly transformed into a charming and beautiful woman.

Two short swords shot out from the vegetable basket.

A long ribbon was tied to the back of the short sword.

The sword light flashed like lightning, and two dragons emerged from the sea. The withered branches and leaves of the riverside trees were destroyed by the chilling sword energy, falling one by one, only to be shredded by the sword light in an instant.

nice!
It's breathtakingly beautiful!

The beauty of Ye Gucheng's swordsmanship lies in the sword moves themselves, in the celestial flight of immortals; the beauty of Gongsun Lan's swordsmanship lies in the moves being like a dreamlike dance, and her appearance being like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

A celestial being descended from the heavens, and all that remained in the target's vision was a dazzling, magnificent sword. Gongsun Jianwu unleashed her power, and before her lay an unparalleled, flawless beauty. Once there was a beautiful woman, Gongsun, whose sword dance moved all directions.

The viewer is as depressed as a mountain, and the world has been low for a long time.

Like Yi shooting down nine suns, as swift as a group of emperors riding dragons.

It comes like thunder to absorb its wrath, and ends like the clear light of the river and sea.

Those who haven't seen Gongsun Sword Dance might think Du Fu is exaggerating, but those who have seen it in person will find it's not an exaggeration at all; it's actually a realistic depiction.

Du Fu saw Gongsun's sword dance in his childhood, and in his old age, he saw Li Shierniang, Gongsun Da Niang's disciple, perform a sword dance. Recalling the scene from his childhood, he wrote a poem praising the sword dance.

We met in our childhood, and I will never forget it.

A dance that could captivate a city—that's all there is to it.

Gongsun Da Niang has many disciples. The Gongsun family is not the only one who has inherited the sword dance. Ye Xiuzhu, one of the Three Heroes and Four Beauties of Emei, can also use it. However, only the Gongsun family calls it sword dance, while the other inheritors call it swords.

There is no difference between sword dance and sword weapon.

The different titles are to show respect for the founder.

Of all the dancers throughout history, Gongsun Da Niang was not the first, but she was definitely a master of swordsmanship for combining martial arts and swordsmanship to create the unique Gongsun Sword Dance.

A master of dance and swordsmanship who founded his own school.

Li Zhaoting witnessed the authentic Gongsun Sword Dance.

Two short swords, like dragons scissors, pierced Li Zhaoting's shoulder and ribs from above and below. Li Zhaoting's right hand unleashed sword energy from his five fingers, and the Six Meridians Divine Sword circulated repeatedly.

As the sword flashed, the colorful ribbons of her flowing robes began to dance incessantly, transforming her into a radiant and magnificent sunrise, flashing with dazzling brilliance.

Bathed in the pale moonlight, so bright it was impossible to even open one's eyes, how could one discern her where she was? Where was her sword? Where did her attacks come from? Where did her sword energy go? How the hell was one to counter her moves?

The two swords flew out of his hands and were controlled by ribbons. It seemed as if he had lost the dexterity of his hands, but in fact, they had another ingenious use.

Gongsun Lan's attacks were incredibly fast; her twin swords moved like mercury flowing across the ground, penetrating every crevice. Li Zhaoting tried several times to cut the ribbon with his Six Meridians Divine Sword, but Gongsun Lan dodged them in time.

"Li Zhaoting, you can't escape!"

"I just wanted to see Gongsun Jianwu. Do you think I can't beat you? I'm curious about something: I have no grudge against the Red Shoes, so why are you targeting me?"

"You actually know about red shoes!"

I know more than you think.

“Li Zhaoting, you have no grudge against the Red Shoes, but you have a great grudge against me. How about this, you let me take you back, and I can give you unlimited pleasure.”

"Do you think I would believe it?"

"Why don't you believe me? Do you think I'm a harlot of the Heavenly Mandate Cult? I look down on those people. I'm still a virgin, reserved especially for you."

"I had no idea I was so important."

"It seems you know less than I do."

"You still haven't told me why you're targeting me?"

"It's not about dealing with you, it's about capturing you alive. It's not about actually capturing you, it's about needing this process. If you help me once, I can repay you ten times over."

"You want to take me to see someone."

Why don't you guess who that person is!

"Li Shengnan!"

Li Zhaoting uttered three words, which stirred Gongsun Lan's heart, causing her to become confused and her moves to become flawed. At this moment, Li Zhaoting flicked his finger and made a move called "Buddha's Light Appears," easily severing the two ribbons.

"What should I call you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Grandma Bear, Peach Blossom Bee, Female Butcher, Granny Gongsun, Gongsun Lan, the Four Princesses of the Demonic Sect..."

From Gongsun Lan's shocked expression, Li Zhaoting confirmed that Gongsun Lan was Feiyan, one of the four princesses of the Demonic Sect.

The four princesses of the Demonic Sect each have their own strengths.

Singing, dancing, playing the piano, and being erudite.

Han E, Fei Yan, Zhao Ji, Yong Xu.

Wang Yuyan corresponds to the erudite "Yongxu".

Gongsun Lan corresponds to the "Flying Swallow" in the dance.

These two are very easy to guess.

In the martial arts world, there are no more than ten masters who are famous for their dancing. The most famous one is obviously Gongsun Jianwu, and it's easy to guess that it's Gongsun Lan.

The remaining two are very difficult to guess.

One quantity is too large, and the other quantity is too small.

There are countless beauties who are skilled in musical instruments; I could easily name twenty or thirty. Each of them could be a demoness from a demonic sect. How the hell can I be sure?
There are almost no beautiful women who are good at singing. Singing is an additional skill, and few people make it their main profession. Li Zhaoting thought and thought, but he couldn't think of anyone who fit the bill.

Why did Gongsun Lan want to capture Li Zhaoting?
Because Li Shengnan couldn't beat Li Zhaoting.

Gongsun Lan wanted to use this to vie for the throne of the Holy Maiden.

To paraphrase a classic line from a wildly popular card game: The struggle for the crown prince position has always been like this!

The struggle between demonic sects is inherently ruthless and unscrupulous.

Using drugs, seduction, and cunning, Gongsun Lan could gain the opportunity to challenge Li Shengnan once she captured Li Zhaoting, and Li Shengnan would have no choice but to accept the challenge.

The consequences are very obvious.

One of them will definitely die.

Li Shengnan will not give Gongsun Lan a chance.

Gongsun Lan will not allow Li Shengnan to make a comeback.

Just as Li Zhaoting thought he had seen through Gongsun Lan's thoughts, Gongsun Lan angrily said, "You are always so arrogant and complacent, thinking you can control everything. Do you think you can guess what I'm thinking? I can tell you with certainty that you are completely wrong. I don't want to challenge Li Shengnan. I can't beat her!"

Why did you arrest me?

"Aren't you very smart? Aren't you very good at guessing what people are thinking? You can guess whatever you want now. As long as you guess right, I'll agree to anything."

"Can I ask a question?"

"You can only ask one question."

"The expiration date of the drug on the chestnut."

"Is that all you wanted to ask?"

"Such delicious roasted chestnuts, it would be such a waste to waste them. Good food, beautiful scenery, fine wine and beautiful women, none of them should be missed. I have always been so loving."

"The powder will be ineffective by tomorrow morning."

"So fast?"

"The chestnuts were covered in oil and sugar, and had to be constantly stirred and fried all night long. They were already a high-quality aphrodisiac, which cost me eight hundred taels of silver."

"Since I didn't disappoint you with your roasted chestnuts, may I ask you one more question?"

"what is the problem?"

"Who told you I could wait for you here?"

"You can keep guessing!"

Gongsun Lan's figure disappeared into the mist.

Li Zhaoting roughly guessed the answer.

Gongsun Lan's words contained great resentment, not hatred, but the shame and anger of a young woman.

What made Gongsun Lan so ashamed and angry?

Elders mismatched couples.

Who is this elder?

Jade Rakshasa, leader of the Demonic Cult.

Back in Jiangling, Li Zhaoting cheated and won half a move against Yu Luosha, thus winning over a stunningly beautiful woman.

Someone like Yu Luosha would never renege on her debts.

Gongsun Lan was Yu Luosha's "bet".

Madam, please let me explain. This is not my fault.

It's all the fault of the leader of the evil cult!
(End of this chapter)