Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 286 Scheming against Chu Liuxiang, it was really... easy!
Banbing and Yingyan are not maids or concubines.

The two women were Ji Bingyan's lovers. When Ji Bingyan went out, she would carry their bibs and embroidered shoes with her to remember them, which showed how deep her feelings were.

Li Zhaoting's reputation in the martial arts world was extremely high, and it had long since spread to the Western Desert, especially his ambiguous relationship with the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect, which was widely known in the Western Desert.

Countless heroes of the Demonic Sect sought an opportunity to kill Li Zhaoting and curry favor with Li Shengnan, claiming that they were extremely powerful and qualified to marry the Holy Maiden, except for Yu Luosha's son, Yu Tianbao, who was a good-for-nothing.

Banbing and Yingyan had long admired Li Zhaoting's reputation. Upon learning of his arrival, they offered to provide supplies, draw a map of the desert, and politely asked Li Zhaoting to leave.

They are afraid of dying!

After finally waiting for Ji Bingyan to completely give up on Gao Yanan, the two of them finally got together. It would be too unfair if Li Zhaoting were to kill them.

Li Zhaoting only has seven days.

Speed ​​is of the essence in war; how can we allow unforeseen complications?

With plenty of fresh water, flatbread, dried meat, yogurt soup, spices, bean cakes, and salt, and having fed the camels well, Li Zhaoting set off for the desert.

In the vast desert, there are a few essential supplies.

First and foremost is fresh water, the source of life.

Secondly, there are flatbreads and dried meat. The desert is dry, so these two items can be preserved for a long time. Even if you wander in the desert for three months, they will not expire or spoil.

Soybean cake and coarse salt were used to feed the camels.

Spices are used for flavoring.

Yogurt soup is used to quench thirst and is a relatively precious beverage, similar to yogurt and plum juice. One sip can make you feel refreshed for 15 minutes. If there is a martial arts master who is proficient in the Yin-cold attribute mental techniques, they can make ice cream.

That's exactly what Li Zhaoting did.

The Longevity Mantra was transformed into a Yin attribute, turning a bag of yogurt soup into a smoothie, one bowl for each of the four people.

Ice cream already existed in the Tang Dynasty, and it was called "Sushan" at that time. By the Song Dynasty, the economy was more developed and trade activities were more frequent, and ice cream had been developed.

If you unfold the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" scroll and take any section out, you could make a TV series out of it.

Anliman was not surprised by this.

There are too many experts who come to explore the deserts of the Western Regions.

Some seek the desert rooftops, some seek gold and jewels, some seek ancient temples, and some seek the ancient kingdom of Loulan. Among them are many Grandmasters of the Heavenly Gang.

Anliman loved taking Grandmasters to the desert.

Grandmasters are calm and composed, highly skilled in martial arts, generous in their spending, unafraid of sand bandits, poisonous snakes, or scorpions, and can even use their inner energy to condense water into ice to dispel the scorching heat.

Eating a bowl of sweet and sour ice cream in the scorching desert is pure bliss!

The environment of the vast desert is harsh, but if you don't come here, you'll feel like something is missing. Li Zhaoting exudes cold air, acting as a human air conditioner. An Liman stares straight ahead without looking to the side. Feng Suzhen and Meizhu snuggle up to Li Zhaoting, enjoying the scenery of the desert to their hearts' content.

"My lord, sing a song!"

"What do you want to hear?"

"whatever!"

"Alright, my wife, listen up!"
Laughing at the World~
When will this grudge finally end?
Dusk approaches the evening glow~
Traveling alone, without any worries~
So cool!
"Not caring about worldly hatred, as indifferent as tea."

Li Zhaoting sang "The Flowers Are Too Fragrant," which is his favorite theme song from "Chu Liuxiang." The dashing Chu Liuxiang, whom Li Zhaoting praised, is neither dashing nor handsome at this moment; his energy and spirit are extremely weak.

Ten days ago, Chu Liuxiang returned home to find that his three confidantes had disappeared. The villains who kidnapped the three women left behind a black pearl and a fine horse.

Black Pearl!
Jamukha's son!

When Chu Liuxiang was investigating a case in Jinan, one of the victims was Jamukha, a hero of the desert. After the case was closed, Chu Liuxiang and Black Pearl worked together on several cases and became quite friendly. However, Black Pearl took advantage of Chu Liuxiang's absence to abduct Li Hongxiu and her two companions.

Inviting a wolf into the house—this is the worst possible outcome!
Black Pearl left behind a letter and a horse, clearly a provocation to Chu Liuxiang. Knowing the way, Chu Liuxiang rode the horse and chased after her, eventually finding Hu Tiehua and then Ji Bingyan. The three of them joined forces to explore the desert.

Initially, Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua believed that the three brothers working together could defeat anyone.

Reality slapped them in the face.

First, he rescued a bodyguard, which incurred the wrath of a powerful enemy named Shi Guanyin, leading to a series of troubles.

Then, disregarding Ji Bingyan's orders, he rescued several martial arts practitioners who were dying of thirst, only to find that they were Shi Guanyin's assassins who threw poisoned needles that punctured the water bags.

Almost all the freshwater was destroyed by the killers.

After several days of trekking, the last bit of fresh water was completely exhausted. Fortunately, the guide Ji Bingyan found was skilled enough to dig out some moist fine sand.

By burying their mouths in the fine sand and slowly sucking the moisture from it, they could barely manage to survive.

Shi Guanyin's subordinates were omnipresent and could launch sneak attacks or assassinations at any time, causing fatal damage not to their bodies, but to destroy their living supplies, poison their camels, and leave them to die of thirst and hunger.

Having persevered until now, they had exhausted all their fresh water and food, all their camels had been poisoned, and only four pieces of exhausted, dizzy cured meat remained!
Chu Liuxiang, Ji Bingyan, Hu Tiehua, and the guide Ji Bingyan found, who was deaf, blind, and mute, but could always find the right path... Shi Tuo!
The stone camel did not give up hope of survival.

He can die, he can die in the desert, he can die from the sandstorm, but he cannot die at the hands of Shi Guanyin. Shi Tuo will never admit defeat to Shi Guanyin. Shi Guanyin could not do it back then, she cannot do it now, and she will not do it in the future. Shi Tuo will not admit defeat. He is more resilient than a camel.

Chu Liuxiang and his two companions leaned against the sand dunes, trying to conserve their energy, while Hu Tiehua kept talking incessantly.

"You old bug, I know what you're trying to say!"
These words don't need to be said!

I came to the desert with you voluntarily!
The freshwater was destroyed because I was too kind!

I would die with you, and I would have no regrets whatsoever.

You dead rooster, are you regretting it now?
You abandoned your vast fortune and beautiful wife to come with us to the desert to search for someone, and because of my terrible teammate, we've fallen into a deadly crisis.

I really want to apologize to you, but the debt Hu Tiehua owes you is something I can never repay in ten lifetimes.

In that case, what's the point of an apology?

When the three of us arrived in the underworld...

Let me go first in the oil.

I'll cushion your fall if you have to climb a mountain of knives.

I'll test Yama's methods first.

The person I'm most sorry for is...

Hu Tiehua's eyes widened as he saw a camel caravan appear before him and heard the clear sound of camel bells. He couldn't help but stand up and wave his hands and shout wildly.

"You old bug, did you see that?!"

"I'm not blind!"

"You dead rooster, did you hear me?"

"I'm not deaf!"

"There's a camel caravan ahead! We're saved!"

"He could be an assassin!"

Ji Bingyan looked ahead seriously.

Chu Liuxiang shook his head: "Not an assassin!"

"why?"

“If he wanted to kill me, he could have just killed me directly. He wouldn’t stoop to using such underhanded tactics.”

"Who is he?"

"Li Zhaoting".

Chu Liuxiang was finally relieved.

Now I don't have to die.

The greater one's ability, the more prone one is to self-blame.

Especially when it implicates two good brothers.

Chu Liuxiang felt that finding the person was his own responsibility, and that involving Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan and forcing them to face a crisis was entirely his fault.

"Brother Chu, it's been a long time!"

Li Zhaoting handed over three bags of fresh water.

Chu Liuxiang took a couple of sips to moisten his throat before saying with a wry smile, "I was tricked by thieves. I was first lured to the Western Desert, then ambushed and assassinated. When I saw Brother Li, I thought it was a mirage!"

"Ji Bingyan? I've heard so much about you! These supplies were provided by your family, so you don't need to thank me!"

"I am deeply grateful for your kindness; I will never forget it!" "Are you Hu Tiehua?"

"What do you want from me?"

“There was a woman who lost her husband and hired me with all her money to help her find him. Her husband was a cheating bastard.”

"just kill me!"

Hu Tiehua spread his arms and legs out as if he were being unreasonable.

"I have no grudge against you, why would I kill you? But I've ruined that young woman's youth, shouldn't I give her an explanation? At least make things clear!"

"I love her, but I can't marry her! I'm terrified! Just give me a straight answer!"

"Do you really like her?"

"It has never changed!"

"Alright! I'll relay your words to the proprietress of the tavern by the Marian River. She'll be very happy if she knows you truly like her."

"Tell who?"

"The proprietress of a small tavern."

"Not Gao Yanan?"

"I have never seen Gao Yanan!"

"Quack~~"

Hu Tiehua chuckled twice and then slapped the cigarette.

Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan looked at each other in bewilderment.

Chu Liuxiang looked embarrassed.

Ji Bingyan really wanted to kill Hu Tiehua.

My best friend and I grew up together, but we've been separated for seven years because of this bastard.

He doesn't do any serious work, nor does he get involved in any bad things, but he does every single thing a scoundrel does.

After eating something and recovering about 50% of his strength, Chu Liuxiang asked, "Brother Li, why did you come to the desert?"

"Find someone!"

Looking for Hu Tiehua?

"This mission was picked up halfway through the journey."

"Whom is Brother Li looking for?"

"Stone Guanyin!"

Li Zhaoting was absolutely not lying.

Shi Guanyin is the queen of the King of Kucha. The two are together day and night. If you find Shi Guanyin, you can find the King of Kucha and complete Li Xunhuan's mission.

The imperial court is corrupt!

When the King of Kucha sought his help, he delayed by citing the long distance and the high mountains. It wasn't until a rebellion broke out in Kucha and the king was forced to flee that he finally sent troops to the Western Regions.

It is better to provide timely help than to add icing on the cake!

Everyone knows this.

The King of Kucha himself understood this very well.

In fact, he wasn't in a hurry at all.

He knew that reinforcements would definitely arrive.

Even without the Song Dynasty's reinforcements, there were other troops that could help him quell the rebellion. In terms of cunning, the King of Kucha was far more intelligent than Shi Guanyin.

Shi Guanyin was confident in her exceptional wisdom and schemes, and nearly killed Chu Liuxiang with her cunning and trickery. She looked down on the old senile King of Kucha. However, from beginning to end, Shi Guanyin was deceived by the King of Kucha. Her intelligence was completely outmatched by the King, and she was manipulated by him for several years. Her calculations in all aspects were completely defeated, and she could only turn the tide with her unparalleled martial arts.

Q: Which offered more benefits, the rebels or the King of Kucha?
A: It's divided into two stages!

In the early stages of the rebellion, the rebels were desperate, promising any conditions, risking their entire fortune to rebel, threatening to exterminate their families if they failed, and giving them whatever they wanted!
After the rebellion ended, the rebels occupied Kucha, and the King of Kucha became a stray dog. In order to regain the throne, he was willing to give anything as a reward; if he failed, he would surely die!

Whoever is at a disadvantage is more generous!
The rebels succeeded in their uprising and became the new kings of Kucha. The next step was to abandon them after they had served their purpose.

The King of Kucha regained the throne, but he had relied on external forces to reclaim it and had his own weaknesses. The king dared not compromise on the conditions he had previously promised.

It's true that the King of Kucha was cunning and could outwit Shi Guanyin, but in international relations, these are just petty tricks and not worth mentioning. If the King of Kucha was really that capable, how could there have been a rebellion?

All that brilliance and might is an illusion.

The true essence lies in indulging in pleasure.

In short, the King of Kucha was intelligent, but he was too fond of pleasure and had no interest in managing state affairs. Habits formed over decades could not be corrected overnight. At his age, he only wanted to spend his old age in peace.

This is the perfect... springboard!
A springboard to dismantle the Western Xia!
……

Chu Liuxiang has an exceptional talent for finding people.

Li Zhaoting wanted to find Shi Guanyin, and Chu Liuxiang also wanted to find Shi Guanyin. Both of them wanted to find Shi Guanyin, and no matter how Shi Guanyin hid, she definitely couldn't escape.

After Chu Liuxiang and his companions recovered their strength, they walked for several hours and came to an ordinary stone house, inside which was enshrined a stone Guanyin.

A stone-carved Guanyin statue.

A pot of meat soup was placed in front of the Guanyin statue.

The stewed meat is fragrant and flavorful.

A note was left on the shrine.

"Gentlemen, you have come from afar. I should have prepared a fine wine to welcome you, but my unruly subordinates have looked upon you with the eyes of ordinary people. This is my fault. I have prepared a bowl of meat soup to express my remorse and to cleanse you of the dust of your journey. I bow deeply in gratitude."

Li Zhaoting sniffed it: "It smells quite nice!"

As he spoke, he picked up the soup spoon and took a sip.

Mei Zhu took out the flatbread, sprinkled some water on it, and heated it over the charcoal fire to make it soft. She then rolled it with seven or eight pieces of fragrant meat and sprinkled chopped green onions on top.

"Sir, your meat-filled flatbread!"

Li Zhaoting took the flatbread and chewed it heartily.

Chu Liuxiang sighed, "Brother Li, people in the martial world always say I'm incredibly daring, but you're the one who's incredibly daring. Shi Guanyin is skilled in using poison; aren't you afraid of poison...?"

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Chu Liuxiang smiled helplessly.

Li Zhaoting was indeed not afraid of poison.

There is a cult leader in the family.

Li Zhaoting not only possesses exceptional poison resistance, but also carries antidotes capable of neutralizing hundreds of potent poisons.

There must be a potent poison that could kill Li Zhaoting, but it is too precious to use on him. It should be used on those old masters and villains at the top of the martial arts world to weaken their fighting power.

There was an opportunity to poison Li Zhaoting.

It's absolutely impossible that he poisoned Feng Suzhen.

Feng Suzhen has an Ice Silkworm Gu in her body, which absorbs any toxins. Even if Shi Guanyin uses Golden Wave Flower and Seven Heart Begonia to cook, Feng Suzhen will eat it with steamed buns and rice, saying that it tastes very good!

If that's the case, why be afraid of poisoning?
Seeing that Li Zhaoting was eating with great relish, Chu Liuxiang and the others took matters into their own hands and baked flatbreads, then rolled the meat in them.

Before long, the whole pot of meat soup was finished.

Just then, a dog ran over.

This dog was Shi Guanyin's beloved pet, and also the "assassin" she used to plot against Chu Liuxiang. Shi Guanyin thought that Chu Liuxiang would definitely not dare to drink the soup, so she would first let the dog test whether the soup was poisoned. The soup was not poisoned, but the dog had a wax pill poison hidden in its mouth, which would enter the soup when testing the poison.

It is perfectly safe to drink the soup directly.

The more cautious you are, the easier it is to fall victim to a scam.

In addition, Shi Guanyin did not expect that Li Zhaoting would appear in the desert and unexpectedly save Chu Liuxiang. Chu Liuxiang was not tired and hungry, and he was not as eager for food as she had expected, so she gave him a pot of stewed meat for nothing.

Li Zhaoting grabbed the dog by the neck, reached into its mouth and pulled out a wax pellet, sneering, "Is this the kind of trick Shi Guanyin is good at? Not as scary as I thought!"

　The next chapter will be released around 10:00 AM.
　　
　
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