Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 343 Inside the Netherworld, the sun and moon were obscured, and countless more souls were added.

The case has been solved.

Li Zhaoting's doubts suddenly cleared up.

Li Zhaoting guessed that the murderer was jealous and that the killer had one or more female accomplices, but he didn't know how the killer hid his identity or how he deceived the Four Great Constables.

I get it now.

The murderer was both a woman and a man.

She usually acts like a woman, and no matter how you check, she is a woman. Only when she commits a crime will she reveal her true identity, plunging her victim into despair.

In the martial arts world, it's not uncommon for men to have female appearances or women to have male appearances, but hermaphrodites who are both men and women are extremely rare, and Li Zhaoting had never seen one before.

Li Zhaoting originally thought that "hermaphrodites" were actually the most famous feature of Thailand, but now he realizes that the world is full of wonders and that he was ignorant.

Of course, knowing this won't do any good!

The quantity is too small.

It has no reference value whatsoever.

The only thing of value is...

—This is a good opportunity to beat Tang Zhuquan up!
In order to investigate the case, Tang Zhuquan conspired with Wuqing to set a trap.

Wuqing disguises herself as Tang Zhuquan's favorite concubine. Tang Zhuquan deliberately insults people to incite them to attack Wuqing. Once the other party makes a move, Wuqing can take the opportunity to capture them.

The plan is excellent.

The confidentiality measures were also handled very well.

Nobody knew about this plan.

When the Hanshan Temple incident occurred, Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang, and Long Chengbi were extremely anxious, but Tang Zhuquan still held back and didn't say a word. From a rational point of view, Tang Zhuquan did the right thing. From an emotional point of view, he should have been beaten up by everyone and turned into a national treasure.

Friends often joke around and then drink together to make up the difference. However, Tang Zhuquan's biggest wish is to become a fish and sleep in a wine vat for all eternity.

Forcing someone to drink alcohol is absolutely unacceptable.

Li Zhaoting decided to give him water.

At the celebratory banquet after the case was closed, everyone raised their glasses and drank heartily, but Tang Zhuquan could only drink water.

Even drunken shrimp and drunken crab are forbidden!

"Damn it! I thought it was some kind of invincible demon, but it turns out to be four crazy women. They're all insane! What kind of mess is this?!"

Tang Zhuquan complained with a face full of displeasure.

Lu Xiaofeng looked puzzled: "Are they out of their minds? What would happen if we killed all these people? There are countless wealthy and noble ladies, are we going to kill them all?"

Chu Liuxiang said, "You can kill martial arts practitioners, but how do you kill a royal princess? Are you going to storm the palace and kill her?"

Long Chengbi complained, "That's enough! You know they're crazy, yet you still try to reason with them!"

Li Zhaoting looked at Wuqing with curiosity.

I met Wuqing several times while traveling in the capital, but I never saw Wuqing dressed as a woman, nor did I hear that Wuqing had a younger sister named "Wuyi".

Pity!
Gong Shu has lost one of his ex-girlfriends.

Wuqing guessed Li Zhaoting's thoughts and knew that Li Zhaoting was a master of painting, especially of portraits of ladies. If he saw it, it would probably be spread all over the streets.

Wearing women's clothing is nothing unusual when it comes to solving cases.

However, once the case was closed, looking back on what I did during that time, I couldn't help but feel a bit disgusted.

Zhui Ming retrieved a file.

"Brother Li, you might need this."

"What is this? Youming Manor?"

Li Zhaoting curiously flipped through the case files.

This is a file about a wealthy villa in the Xiangjiang River basin. The villa is called Youming Villa, and the owner is named Shi Youming. He was extremely wealthy and had a fortune of millions. Three years ago, he suffered a catastrophic event and his entire family was wiped out overnight.

In the past three years, countless people have explored Youming Manor, but it's a place you can only enter and never leave.

All those who entered the treasure hunt perished.

Only Yuwen Xiu, a disciple of the "All-Knowing Scholar" lineage of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, managed to escape Youming Manor. He lost all his martial arts skills, became mentally unstable, and kept muttering four words.
—Dragon's Roar Manual!
Afterwards, rumors gradually spread in the martial arts world that the Dragon's Roar Manual was an astonishing and extraordinary martial arts manual, which included secrets such as internal energy cultivation, swordsmanship, finger techniques, knife techniques, lightness skills, hidden weapons, and flute techniques. Mastering it would lead to the pinnacle of skill.

This rumor attracted many experts to search for the treasure.

Unfortunately, none of them came out alive.

Youming Manor gradually transformed into Youming Manor.

Once you enter the underworld, you will never return home.

The underworld is a death trap!
Who can come back to life from the dead?
A Grandmaster of the Heavenly Gang once probed and discovered that several martial arts masters were hiding in the Netherworld Manor. One of them had a grudge against Li Zhaoting, or more precisely, against Princess Pipa. This was none other than Xue Shuangfei Yan Wuyou.

These evil masters were hiding in the mountain villa practicing their skills.

Fortunately, they never left the Netherworld Manor.

Since these evil masters have drawn a line in the sand and used the Dragon Roar Manual to lure insatiable people, this Grandmaster of the Heavenly Gang is too lazy to meddle in other people's business. He only sells information about the Netherworld Manor to the Six Doors and doesn't care about anything else.

"I'm destined to be a workaholic!"

Li Zhaoting snorted a few times with a hint of helplessness, like someone who has been continuously late in updating their work, and all you have in your hand is a mobile phone, so you can only frantically tap away, engaging in a life-or-death struggle with the phone.

Cell phones are a major enemy of work.

You can hardly resist turning on videos or playing games!
Once started, it won't end anytime soon.

Tang Zhuquan squinted his thick panda eyes and shamelessly leaned closer: "Let me see! It's been a long time since I've stretched my muscles, I'm going to have some fun at Youming Manor!"

How long have you been married?

"Half a month."

"Who leaves home after only half a month of marriage? You were doing this to solve cases and uphold justice in the underworld. You should be home with your wife now, don't try to run around!"

Why aren't you home with your wife?

"I have one next to me!"

Li Zhaoting pulled Jiang Yuyan into his arms.

Jiang Yuyan squinted her eyes comfortably.

Zhuiming raised his wine cup: "I'm offering this as a token of my goodwill to Brother Li, wishing him a resounding success in finding the Dragon's Roar Manual."

Li Zhaoting looked up at Zhuiming.

Zhui Ming chuckled shamelessly.

Li Zhaoting stared intently at Zhui Ming.

Zhuiming blushed under the intense gaze and said helplessly, "This is a mission given to me by the imperial court. I'm to investigate Youming Manor. What is there to investigate?"

Li Zhaoting laughed and said, "Investigating Youming Manor is my duty, but bounty hunters offer rewards for capturing notorious thieves. Can I ask for a reward?"

"What does Brother Li want?"

"I want the Zhanlu Sword from the Six Doors' inventory. You can't use it, but it's perfect for my wife."

"I'll go to the God of Arrest to apply."

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. Let me check the location of Youming Manor... It's in Jiangxi... You can prepare a wanted poster for the notorious bandits nearby. If we encounter any along the way, I'll take care of them all."

Li Zhaoting patted his chest and made a grand promise.

A glint of light flashed in Zhui Ming's eyes.

They ruthlessly and silently organized the case files.

After such a horrific case, no one was in the mood for drinking. The so-called celebration banquet was actually a discussion about the case, and after the discussion, everyone went home.

Tang Zhuquan had just gotten married and it was inconvenient for him to leave.

Long Chengbi is about to marry Tang Zhujun. Chu Liuxiang has a principle of not killing, but the people of Youming Manor are all beasts who practice their skills using human blood and flesh, so it's really inconvenient for Chu Liuxiang. He'll have to go and coax Su Rongrong!

Lu Xiaofeng tried to run away, but Li Zhaoting held him back.

You don't need to get married, nor do you have any delicate beauties to comfort you. Where do you think you're going? Come with me to the Netherworld Manor obediently, or I'll shave your beard!
Lu Xiaofeng: ┓(`)┏

Who says I don't have a beautiful woman to comfort me?

Xue Bing desperately needs comfort!
Li Zhaoting: Get lost! Get as far away as possible!

In fact, someone like Lu Xiaofeng, even with endless beauties, fine wines, and delicious food to enjoy, would not be able to stay put in one place.

Lu Xiaofeng is like a legendary bird.

This bird has no feet, cannot build nests, and can only fly continuously until its lifespan is exhausted. It spends its whole life pursuing a carefree and unrestrained life. Even if you give it mountains of gold and seas of silver and peerless beauties, it can only stay for three to five months at most.

No one can make Lu Xiaofeng stay forever.

Chu Liuxiang was also that kind of person.

Zhang Jiejie personally tested it out.

When Chu Liuxiang chose to live in seclusion for love, even with a beautiful woman by his side, and that woman being pregnant, he would become increasingly dejected, his beard unkempt, and his spirits waning, like a broken-winged eagle confined to a chicken coop.

When Li Zhaoting embarked on his journey, Lu Xiaofeng chose to go with him. It would be such a pity not to brave the dangers and perilous situations they faced!

……

Youming Manor is located near the Xiang River.

Xiang River ≠ Western Hunan

In fact, Youming Mountain Villa is located in Jiangxi.

The Xiang River originates from the Luotang River and belongs to the Poyang Lake system of the Yangtze River basin. It is a tributary of the Gongshui section of the upper reaches of the Gan River. According to local legend, Han Xiangzi, one of the Eight Immortals, lived in Yangjiao Hanxianyan and cultivated himself into an immortal. Later generations called this place Xiangxiang and this river Xiangshui. It is mainly located in Huichang, Jiangxi.

Huichang was under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou in Jiangnan West Circuit.

There are many legends about this place, and you can hear interesting stories in teahouses and taverns. It is very close to Wuyi Mountain, and the tea is excellent. Lu Xiaofeng loves food and never refuses any local snacks.

While eating, Lu Xiaofeng inquired around, and with his natural ease, he quickly became familiar with the restaurant owner: "We are wandering knights, brother, what fun places are there around here? The three of us would like to go sightseeing."

The innkeeper recommended attractions he knew well.

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly asked, "Brother, I heard there's some kind of Netherworld Manor here, where strange and unusual secret manuals are hidden. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper shuddered and quickly retreated behind the counter, not intending to say another word.

Li Zhaoting gave him a wink.

Jiang Yuyan walked towards the shopkeeper with a smile, took out a gold ingot, placed it on the counter, and cut it into more than thirty small pieces with a knife. She asked, "Shopkeeper, would you like to choose this pile of gold, or do you want to tell the truth?"

The shopkeeper swallowed hard.

After a long pause, the shopkeeper said with a wry smile, "You three are all martial arts masters? You want to find martial arts manuals? You can't go there! That's not a realm for the living, it's a hellish place. Anyone who goes in dies!"

"Shopkeeper, please explain in detail!"

Li Zhaoting poured the shopkeeper a cup of hot tea.

No matter how detailed the records were, they weren't as clear as what the locals knew. The shopkeeper took a sip of tea, tightened his clothes, and then began to tell the story.

The story dates back three years.

Three years ago, in the late autumn, the entire Youming Manor was wiped out overnight. More than a hundred people, including the manor lord Shi Youming, all died in the Youming Manor.

Not long after Shi Youming died, three notorious bandits entered Youming Manor in search of treasure, but none of them came out.

More than a month later, an old swordsman, three Taoist priests from Wudang Nanyan Palace, four elite Shaolin monks from Luohan Hall, and the master of three notorious bandits, "Ten-Step Soul-Chasing Hand," Guo Zhigeng, joined forces to explore, but in the end, none of them came out; they all turned into a forest of white bones.

From then on, the people near Youming Manor moved to distant places. To this day, there are no other houses within a radius of forty miles around Youming Manor. Except for martial arts practitioners who want to find the Dragon Roar Manual, no one dares to take a single step closer.

The shopkeeper sighed, "These three young and handsome men have decades of prime ahead of them. Why waste them? Martial arts manuals may be valuable, but what is more important than your life and fortune?"

"Shopkeeper, you have a good heart!"

"Having seen many experts who went to search for treasure, starting from when I counted the number of people, including the three of you, there are exactly three hundred and forty-two. Of these, three hundred and eighteen did not heed my advice and insisted on going to the Netherworld Manor."

"Shopkeeper, you may be disappointed. We will not take your advice. However, we need to travel light when we go on an expedition. We have some junk that we can't take with us when we die. We would appreciate it if you could help us deal with it."

Li Zhaoting handed the money bag to the shopkeeper.

Inside were heavy gold ingots.

Each weighs twenty taels, and there are eighteen or nineteen of them!

Looking at the heavy bag of gold, the shopkeeper had a look of mixed amusement and exasperation. If someone had given him a bag of gold a minute ago, he would have been overjoyed.

Now, looking at the gold in the money bag, the shopkeeper felt a sense of entrusting his son to someone on the battlefield. He smiled and said, "It's impossible to do business without being greedy. I am greedy too. I'm willing to make a gentleman's agreement with you all. If you successfully leave Youming Manor, you can come to me for this bag of gold. If no one claims it within three months, I won't be polite!"

"The gold is yours now that it's been given to you!"

Li Zhaoting and the other two got up and left.

The shopkeeper leaned on the counter, sighing.

Since the Netherworld Manor became a ghost town, the innkeeper has seen more than three hundred martial arts masters who wanted to find treasure, and he is the first person in history to voluntarily hand over his money.

With so much gold, he could live a life of luxury in the countryside. Whose young master is this?
Such a good person, and he just died like that.

What a pity!
……

There is no one within a radius of forty miles around Youming Manor.

Therefore, the inn closest to Youming Manor is located forty-one miles away, and it is bustling with activity.

Some came looking for treasure, others came seeking revenge.

A burly man wielding a broad axe roared, "The Dragon Roar Manual belongs to me! If you want to go to the Netherworld Manor, you'll have to get past me first. Take three of my axe blows!"

This man is named Qu Benlei. He is proficient in the Thirteen Taibao Iron Bell Cover technique, possesses superhuman strength, and is invulnerable to swords and spears. He appears rough and ruthless, but in reality, he is extremely meticulous. His specialty is not using a broad axe to chop people, but rather throwing axe in reverse.

There are very few people in the world who can use a flying axe with boomerang-like skills. Qu Benlei blocked the way, partly to compete for the secret manual, and partly to prevent so many innocent people from dying in vain. The number of martial arts masters blocked by these two axes far exceeded that of the restaurant owner.

Li Zhaoting stretched, yawned, walked past Qu Benlei, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Please keep an eye on my BMW!"

This trip.

Li Zhaoting made ample preparations.

Old wine beneath his crotch, gold ingots in his hand.

Old wine is not suitable for driving around in a mountain resort.

Li Zhaoting stored the old wine at an inn outside and took Yuanbao there. According to the records, Youming Manor had a bewitching illusion array that even a monk in his sixties or seventies would find difficult to withstand, but it certainly wouldn't be able to bewitch Yuanbao.

The bewitching array is designed for humans.

Yuanbao can easily bypass all formations.

Unless you plug its nose!
A young man yelled, "Qu Benlei, why can he go over there? You're really bullying the weak and fearing the strong. He can just go over there whenever he wants. He asks you to feed his horses, so you go feed them? Is this guy the emperor?"

Qu Benlei sneered: "Old Qu's two axes are so powerful that even the Heavenly King himself wouldn't give him any face, but when it comes to this person, Old Qu has no choice but to back down. I advise you to leave. From today onwards, Youming Manor no longer exists!"

"Who is that guy?"

"Even if you're blind, you bastard, you should be able to see the handsome man's mustache and the curly hair on this horse. Who do you think they are?"

"A beard... a beard like eyebrows... Is that guy Lu Xiaofeng? What does Lu Xiaofeng have... a scraggly, brownish-yellow horse, and beautiful women attending him? That guy is Li Zhaoting, Li Zhaoting and Lu Xiaofeng..."

The young man fell to the ground in terror.

Qu Benlei sneered: "Do you want to snatch the secret manual from Li Zhaoting? You seven men over there, didn't you want to go to Youming Manor to find your master? Kneel a few times to Li Zhaoting and beg him to take you there!"

Why don't you go?

"I'm a notorious bandit. It's lucky Li Zhaoting didn't kill me. I'm not done living yet!"

Although Qu Benlei was a thief, he was straightforward and honest in his dealings with others, and his conduct was generally upright.

His only downside is his bad temper!
(End of this chapter)