Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 323 Washing feet in the clear spring, the fairy is so elegant!
The Free and Unfettered Sect is not a proper sect.

None of his disciples are normal people, and the martial arts lineage is a mess. Some are upright and honest, some follow the natural way, and some are quite sinister and wicked.

For example: the Soul-Searching Technique via Voice Transmission!
This method is similar to transmitting sound over long distances. If one's skill is sufficiently profound, it can even penetrate thick walls and reach the three underground ice cellars.

What's most surprising is that this method can adjust the frequency of sound waves, just like making a phone call. Only those with the internal energy of the Xiaoyao Sect can hear the sound.

In the original storyline, Li Qiushui used the Soul-Searching Technique in the Western Xia Imperial Palace. The palace guards, maids, and experts from the First-Class Hall were completely unaware of it, but Tianshan Tonglao, hiding in the three-story underground ice cellar, heard it clearly.

Adjusting the frequency of sound waves in different ways can make the sound so realistic that it seems real and dreamlike, making people feel ethereal.

Ling Luoshi has killed countless people and committed numerous evils. His heart is dark and twisted. He seems to be begging for mercy, but in reality, his eyes are full of ruthlessness. He clearly wants to shift the blame to someone else.

Li Zhaoting first tortured Ling Luoshi with the Life and Death Talisman, causing Ling Luoshi's spirit and energy to decline to the lowest level. Then he activated the Soul Searching Technique, and the demonic sound pierced Ling Luoshi's ears. Ling Luoshi felt his soul being shattered and he fell into a daze.

"Who is your master?"

"I have no master!"

Who is your collaborator?

"The Tang Clan, the Wen Family!"

Why would the Tang Clan and the Wen family come to Dali?

"Expand your influence and acquire resources."

"anything else?"

"They want to seize the throne of Dali."

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"..."

Ling Luoshi was in a daze, only his physical instincts remained, and he didn't know how to answer the question.

Li Zhaoting thought to himself, "This is a ghost!"
Are the Tang Clan and the Wen Family plotting to seize the throne of Dali?

There's something wrong with your brain!
Do you really think Tenryu-ji Temple is a vegetarian temple?

Even if Tianlong Temple is vegetarian, the Dali royal family must be surnamed Duan or Gao, how could they be surnamed Tang?

What is the Wen family up to?

Could something have happened in Lingnan?

Li Zhaoting said sternly, "Ling Luoshi, how many Tang Clan experts have you seen? How many Wen Clan experts?"

"Seven from the Tang Clan, four from the Wen Clan!"

What are their trump cards?

"Descendants of the Duan family, a royal family."

What are you doing in Changchun Valley?

"Unraveling the mystery of immortality."

"Who told you that the secret of immortality is hidden here? Dali Changchun Valley has long been considered a fraud, and even charlatan alchemists wouldn't bother mentioning it."

"The Azure Dragon Society... ah..."

Ling Luoshi let out a shrill scream.

He tried to cover his head with his hands, but his arm bones were shattered inch by inch, and he could only keep wriggling like a pupa.

Ling Luoshi didn't know many secrets.

A person with a sound mind would never tell Ling Luoshi all the secrets. In most cases, Ling Luoshi could only act as a henchman. These secrets were discovered by Ling Luoshi unintentionally, and most of them were vague.

Are the Duan family's royal descendants who have been separated from their families and are now living abroad?
Duan Yanqing?
Could it be that he's trying to impersonate Duan Yanqing?

Or perhaps he is the offspring of that elder of the Sunflower Sect!

It's not difficult to imitate the descendants of the Duan family; all you need to do is master the One-Finger Divine Skill. Coincidentally, a descendant of the Duan family has joined the Sunflower Sect. If the Azure Dragon Society obtains the One-Finger Divine Skill from this person, the fake will be mistaken for the real, and the real will be mistaken for the fake. Who can prove that the other party is a fake?

Not right either!
Even if it's genuine, so what!

Let him acknowledge his ancestors and become a monk at Tianlong Temple!
Tianlong Temple was the Duan family's last line of defense.

Even if the Azure Dragon Society forges the "Crown Prince Yanqing," deceives the Duan family's main branch, and gains the Gao family's approval, as long as Master Kurong of Tianlong Temple says, "Nephew, your royal uncle will ordain you as a monk," the fake will have no choice but to obediently ordain.

This matter is strange in every way.

Perhaps it was a misleading scheme from the very beginning.

Li Zhaoting interrogated Ling Luoshi for half an hour, recording all the information. Then, with a wave of his hand, he chopped off Ling Luoshi's head to prevent his heart from growing crooked; beheading was the most convenient method.

Lan Fenghuang said softly, "Li Lang, you should return to Dali Royal City as soon as possible and tell Tianlong Temple about this matter in detail, so that Tianlong Temple can handle it on its own."

Li Zhaoting waved his hand: "I think the information Ling Luoshi gave was deliberately leaked by the person behind the scenes. They used Ling Luoshi to give us wrong information and interfere with my judgment. Ling Luoshi is a pawn, a smokescreen for the person behind the scenes. We should explore Changchun Valley first."

"Can Changchun Valley really grant immortality?"

"Longevity my ass! The secret martial art of Longevity Valley is called the Eternal Youth and Longevity Technique. The person who stole the manual was Xiaoyaozi, and it was recorded in the Jade Linglong. If you are interested, you can ask Sheng Lan to teach you."

"I think I'm more suited to the Heavenly Silkworm Technique."

"I'll go to Wudang in a while and ask if I can borrow the Heavenly Silkworm Skill. The Heavenly Silkworm Demon Skill of Miao territory is too damaging to the body, so the authentic Heavenly Silkworm Skill is better."

Would Wudang agree to lend it out?

"I'll ask my master for help. At worst, I'll have Wudang train a Holy Maiden to hunt me down, just like the Western Regions Demonic Sect did! The True Martial Holy Maiden, a Daoist innate talent, is something to look forward to!"

Li Zhaoting's eyes were vacant, his mind wandering.

Lan Fenghuang stomped hard on Li Zhaoting's foot.

What are you thinking about?
Where is there a True Martial Saintess in Wudang?
Zhang Sanfeng was a 100-year-old virgin who had no children!
……

Li Zhaoting had some misunderstandings about Changchun Valley.

Changchun Valley is not a single valley, but rather a series of valleys surrounded by a continuous range of distant mountains.

The valley that Ling Luoshi conquered didn't have much open space. In the distance, a waterfall meandered like a silver dragon from the precipitous cliff on the left, flowing straight into the clear stream inside the valley, spraying like snow and pearls, creating a vast expanse of clear water.

The clear stream forms a lake within the valley.

The water is lively and gentle, the wind stirs up ripples, and fish play in the water.

On the hillside where the cliffs and streams meet, there is a row of houses built against the mountain, mostly wooden houses, with long poles hanging outside, drying smoked cured meat like ears of grain.

The people living in the valley make a living by gathering and hunting.

They traded bird's nests and furs for oil, salt, and cloth.

After Ling Luoshi occupied the valley, he recklessly consumed the stored bird's nests. After eating them for five or six days, Ling Luoshi felt unsatisfied and forced the young men to pick blood nests. If they couldn't pick any, he would kill three elders every day.

Blood nest is the most precious type of bird's nest.

Bird's nest is the nest of the swiftlet.

Swiftlets originally built their nests by sticking them together with saliva. However, as people harvested the nests, they had to build new nests continuously. When they ran out of saliva, they used blood to stick the nests together, hence the name "blood nest".

The people of Changchun Valley have been harvesting bird's nests for generations, so they understand the principle of sustainable development and will not exhaust their resources. They haven't harvested any blood nests for over a hundred years, so how could they satisfy Ling Luoshi? As a result, Ling Luoshi killed more than a dozen of them.

Today I met Li Zhaoting and realized that he is a martial arts master. I would like to ask Li Zhaoting to help those in need.

Unexpectedly, before they could even speak, Li Zhaoting recognized Ling Luoshi by his scent, and Xiao Feng immediately transformed into the Arhat Subduing Dragon, blasting Ling Luoshi into a caterpillar.

Ling Luoshi has a special advantage!
He has no subordinates!
Killing Ling Luoshi will solve everything.

Ling Luoshi originally had brothers, confidants, loyal subordinates, wives, concubines, and children, but he killed them all himself. He never trusted anyone.

Several elderly men with gray beards and trembling bodies, leaning on canes, slowly emerged from the room and expressed their gratitude to everyone in their indistinct local dialect.

Lan Fenghuang is a local and familiar with the dialect. Based on the dialect, I could barely understand about 60-70% of what she said.

Li Zhaoting managed to guess about three or four parts of the answer, using a combination of guessing and deduction.

People like Xiao Feng, Cheng Huaixiu, Miss Wang, and Jiang Yuyan can only try to read between the lines.

Yuanbao lay on the ground, shaking its head and wagging its tail.

It wasn't that the old man was ungrateful; rather, he had grown up in Changchun Valley since childhood and had never left it. The old man only spoke the local dialect.

Surprisingly, Changchun Valley has a unique script, a pictographic script, with a large stone tablet at the entrance of the valley carved with seven or eight hundred characters.

It has fonts and pictures; the pictures are annotations.

This stone tablet is equivalent to a "dictionary".

Li Zhaoting made a rubbing of the stone tablet.

It was an unexpected bonus.

The clan elders originally intended to host a banquet for everyone, but Li Zhaoting did not want to disturb this peaceful village. He left behind the salt and cloth he had brought, and took a few pieces of bird's nest and three or four pieces of smoked meat with him. He left Changchun Valley, not in a hurry to return, but instead investigated other valleys. After wandering through seven or eight valleys, he unknowingly ended up in Wuliang Mountain.

Wuliang Mountain is the starting point of all of Duan Yu's extraordinary adventures.

Duan Yu told Xiao Feng and Li Zhaoting about it several times.

"Weren't we supposed to be investigating Changchun Valley? How did we end up in Wuliang Mountain? I remember there's a mysterious valley on the back of Wuliang Mountain. Could it be one of Changchun Valleys?"

“Just go and see and you’ll find out!”

Li Zhaoting laughed and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go ask around. My identity is quite intimidating!"

Xiao Feng and the others were speechless.

Your identity is more than just a bluff.

You are absolutely detestable and should be avoided by everyone.

……

Wuliang Mountain was originally divided into the East Sect and the West Sect. Later, it was subdued by Lingjiu Palace, and the two sects were merged into one. The Wuliang Sword Sect was renamed Wuliang Cave and is one of the Thirty-Six Caves.

As soon as the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, the disciples guarding the mountain blocked their way with their swords: "Heroes, this is the Wuliangdong Sect's territory. We do not welcome outsiders. If you wish to explore, please go to other forests and valleys."

Li Zhaoting stepped forward: "Is the leader of Wuliang Cave Zuo Zimu or Xin Shuangqing? My name is Li Zhaoting. I have something to discuss with them. Have them come out to see me."

"Li Zhaoting? You're Li Zhaoting?"

"Ten times the compensation if it's fake!"

"Please wait a moment, Master Li. Wuliang Cave is now under the control of Uncle Xin. We will go and ask him for instructions."

The disciples guarding the mountain hurriedly ran back to their sect.

Not long after, Zuo Zimu and Xin Shuangqing led dozens of disciples out to greet him. Xin Shuangqing looked Li Zhaoting up and down and then carefully examined the old wine.

Xin Shuangqing thought to herself that there are countless handsome swordsmen, and while people can disguise themselves, horses cannot.

Such an ugly horse, there is only one like it in the world.

Wuliang Cave is truly having a run of bad luck.

Every summer, an ominous star appears at our door.

I should find an expert to check the feng shui of my ancestral graves!

Xin Shuangqing made a couple of sarcastic remarks and then stepped forward to greet him.

"Xin Shuangqing greets Hero Li. May I ask what brings you to Wuliang Cave? If you have any needs, please just let me know, and I will do my best to assist you."

"I want to go and see Wuliang Jade Wall."

"The Boundless Jade Wall is a forbidden area of ​​our sect..."

Before Xin Shuangqing could finish speaking, Li Zhaoting pointed his fingers into a sword shape and aimed it at the sword-unraveling stone. A flash of cold light appeared, leaving a three-inch-deep arc-shaped sword mark on the stone.

"Sect Leader Xin, this sword mark surpasses your comprehension of the Boundless Jade Wall for a hundred years. The Immortal Sword Dance is actually the afterimage reflected by a master in seclusion at night!"

After a pause, Li Zhaoting added, "If you want to see immortals dancing with swords, wait for me tonight directly opposite the Boundless Jade Wall, and I'll let you watch to your heart's content!"

Upon hearing this, Xin Shuangqing dared not object.

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Master Li. Since the Boundless Jade Wall is just an ordinary mountain wall, it is perfectly acceptable to admire it."

A look of humiliation flashed across Xin Shuangqing's face.

The conflict between the Eastern and Western sects in the previous years was an internal dispute within the Wuliang Sword Sect. After being subdued by the Lingjiu Palace, the two sects were merged into one, seemingly with greater power. However, they were bound by a life-and-death talisman and had to pay tribute to the Lingjiu Palace every year, traveling from Dali to Tianshan, a round trip that took several months.

I have to send it!
The feeling of the Life and Death Talisman being activated was Xin Shuangqing's most terrifying nightmare. She would rather cut off her head than endure the pain of being unable to live or die.

The only thing that could bring Xin Shuangqing some comfort was that in the past few months, the Immortal of Boundless Jade Wall had appeared, often showing the shadow of the immortal dancing with a sword. The moves were exquisite and unparalleled, and Xin Shuangqing recorded the sword manual, which contained as many as five sets of sword techniques.

Originally intending to strengthen the sect's foundation, they planned to rebel against Lingjiu Palace once Tianshan Tonglao's lifespan was exhausted. However, upon Li Zhaoting's arrival, he directly stated that Wuliang Yubi did not have any immortals dancing with swords, only reclusive martial arts masters.

Xin Shuangqing cursed Li Zhaoting inwardly for being shameless.

The image of an immortal wielding a sword appeared more than forty years ago.

What martial arts master could live in seclusion in a desolate place like Wuliang Jade Cave for forty years? Is this some kind of sacred celestial paradise? If the immortal sword dance is fake, what are you doing here? Isn't it to learn from the immortals?
She cursed Li Zhaoting in her heart, but dared not show it. The sword marks that Li Zhaoting casually left on the sword-unraveling stone were exquisite sword techniques that Xin Shuangqing could never have imagined. She couldn't even block half a move.

If you can't beat them in martial arts, everything else is useless!
Xin Shuangqing only hoped that Li Zhaoting would leave quickly so as not to disturb the tranquility of Wuliang Cave, or offend the immortals who lived in seclusion in Wuliang Jade Wall and cause them to unleash divine punishment.

Get rid of Li Zhaoting, this scourge and evil star!
"Esteemed heroes, please come in!"

Xin Shuangqing forced a smile.

"Sect Leader Xin, I apologize for disturbing you!"

Li Zhaoting handed the old wine to the disciple guarding the mountain.

……

The matter of Changchun Valley is of great importance. Whether it is to deal with the Dali Duan family or there is some other conspiracy, it must be found out as soon as possible. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Li Zhaoting led his men straight to the back of Wuliang Mountain, where they were greeted by a mountain wall.

The mountain walls are as smooth as a mirror.

It was about a hundred feet in size, and as clear and lustrous as jade.

More than forty years ago, the founder of the Wuliang Sword Sect saw a scene of immortals dancing with swords and copied several volumes of sword manuals. He then founded the Wuliang Sword Sect based on these manuals. For decades afterward, there was no such scene of immortals dancing with swords. Until a few months ago, Xin Shuangqing, who was feeling depressed, went to the back mountain to clear her mind. The bright moon hung high, and the stone wall reflected the image of an immortal dancing with swords. It seemed to be a female sword immortal.

Xin Shuangqing was overjoyed and recorded the sword moves, thinking to himself that the Heavenly Boundless Sword Sect was blessed. In another twenty or thirty years, when the Heavenly Mountain Child Granny died of old age, he would rebel against the Lingjiu Palace.

Just as Xin Shuangqing was full of vigor and diligently practicing the sword techniques taught by the immortal, Li Zhaoting led a group to visit the mountain.

No matter how you look at it, someone leaked the information, which attracted Li Zhaoting and Xin Shuangqing's wrath. They vowed to find the traitor and personally tear him to pieces.

Li Zhaoting glanced sideways, then jumped down the mountainside. He spread his hands out behind his back, his pure Yang energy gently covering the cloak like a hang glider. His body was as light as Batman as he slowly landed in the Wuliang Valley.

There is a waterfall on the left side of the mountain wall, which flows into a stream at the foot of the mountain. The stream flows to the center of the valley and gathers into a lake, just like Changchun Valley.

White mist filled the valley, and the sound of light water came from the lake. Looking closely, one could see a stunningly beautiful girl washing her feet. Her jade-like feet were slender, and the mist draped her body in a white veil, making her appear and disappear, which was extremely alluring.

Li Zhaoting's eyes widened, and he took several steps back.

"My name is Li Zhaoting. I mistakenly entered the fairy's bathing pool. I apologize to the lady and will now leave Wuliang Valley."

"Now that you're here, why rush to leave!"

The young girl flicked her jade-like fingers, shooting out water droplets that transformed into sword energy, striking Li Zhaoting's acupoints.

Li Zhaoting held his breath and focused his mind, forming a sword shape with his fingers. He then pointed out with his right sword finger, lightly tapping down the water droplets of sword energy.

He lifted his cloak with his left hand and gently brushed it aside.

Pure Yang Qi!

The mist parted the clouds to reveal the sun, and then suddenly dispersed.

The girl waved her hand and picked up the white gauze robe, quickly draping it over her flawless shoulders. With a slight turn, she dispelled the turbulent winds and waves, and with a light tap of her jade feet, she sprang up a stream of water, which condensed into a sword, its energy becoming a gleam.

With just one move, he used the sword techniques of the Huashan, Diancang, and Kunlun schools. His skill was not profound, but the breadth of his sword moves surpassed even Li Zhaoting's.

A girl who is proficient in all kinds of sword techniques!

Who else could it be but Wang Yuyan?

How could Wang Yuyan be in Wuliang Valley?

(End of this chapter)