Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 45: Some casual remarks cleared up my doubts.
"A mere trick, you overestimate yourself!"

Blue Phoenix whistled, and the Golden Silkworm Gu arched its body slightly, like a compressed spring, before straightening up and jumping into Blue Phoenix's palm.

Blue Phoenix reached out and grabbed the long whip.

Only then did Yilin come to her senses, let out a scream, her eyes rolled back, and she fell backward. Yihe was equally terrified, but still had some strength left.

It was quite a coincidence. Earlier, Yilin had mustered up the courage to shield Yihe from the knife and happened to be standing in front of Yihe. Yihe reached out and gently supported Yilin as she fell down.

Qu Feiyan looked at Tian Boguang's miserable state and couldn't help but shrink back. She never expected that this green tea sister, who was good at fighting for love, would have such great abilities.

Thinking about this makes me feel a sense of lingering fear.

Lan Fenghuang looked at Qu Feiyan with a half-smile.

"Go and prepare the beggar's chicken!"

"Okay, Sister Lan, I'll go right away!"

"Leave the chicken wings for me!"

"The chicken leg belongs to Sister Lan too!"

"You're so thin, you should eat more meat. The chicken drumsticks and breasts are for you. You'll be cuter if you're chubby!"

Blue Phoenix proudly puffed out her chest.

If we're talking about a well-proportioned figure with a slim waist and long legs, Feng Suzhen is better. But if we're talking about a curvaceous figure with a prominent bust and buttocks, Lan Fenghuang is absolutely confident that Qu Feiyan, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, is short, stout, and flat-chested, posing no threat whatsoever. Lan Fenghuang has never taken her seriously.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be beggar's chicken, but fried centipede, roasted scorpion, or braised giant spider!

Lan Fenghuang is from Yunnan and has a knack for cooking insects and arthropods. She makes them fresh, fragrant, and crispy, which Li Zhaoting really likes, while Feng Suzhen politely declines.

Yihe gave Yilin a pill, then mustered her courage and stepped forward to express her gratitude: "This humble nun, Yihe, from the Hengshan Sect, thanks you for your help, heroine. May I ask your honorable name?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Lan Fenghuang rubbed her temples.

The Central Plains are prosperous and wealthy, with abundant resources. However, there is one thing that greatly displeases Lan Fenghuang: the people here speak too elegantly, and most of them cannot understand her.

Qu Feiyan whispered, "Sister Lan, she's thanking you and asking for your name."

蓝凤凰拍拍胸脯：“蓝凤凰！”

"Thank you for saving me, Lady Blue."

"No problem, do you play PUBG?"

"This humble nun does not eat meat or fish."

Can you speak in plain language?

"I don't eat meat."

"let it go."

Lan Fenghuang grabbed a chicken wing in one hand, took a big bite, and left a ring of black on her lips.

Yihe apologized and took Yilin to find Abbess Dingyi, while Lan Fenghuang leisurely ate her chicken.

Blue Phoenix has very strange eating habits.

I don't like eating meat, but I like tendons and ribs.

People who eat chicken like to eat chicken wings, chicken heads, and chicken feet.

People who eat duck like to eat the duck carcass, duck feet, and duck intestines.

People who eat fish like to eat the fish head, swim bladder, and skin.

Pork dishes I like best include braised pork intestines and pork brain.

My favorite beef dishes are braised beef tongue and roasted oxtail.

My favorite lamb dishes are lamb offal and stir-fried lamb liver.

It can't really be called bizarre.

This is indeed a hobby for many people.

If you ask Li Zhaoting which parts of chicken, duck, fish, pork, beef, and lamb are the most delicious, the answers will be largely the same.

"Sister Lan, who is this person?"

"With his ugly face, sharp knife, and lecherous nature, he's most likely the notorious womanizer Tian Boguang. This guy is utterly wicked; he should be tortured for three days and three nights!"

"Hehe, Sister Lan~~~~"

Qu Feiyan used a sweet and coquettish manner.

Blue Phoenix snorted disdainfully.

It's just being cute; anyone can do that!
When Lan Fenghuang snuggled in Li Zhaoting's arms, her voice was sweeter, more cloying, and more nauseating than Qu Feiyan's.

"Just say what you want!"

"Sister Lan, Tian Boguang has committed many evils, and the government has put up a huge reward. If we take his head to the government to exchange for the reward, we can get several thousand taels of silver."

"Are you short of money?"

"I was orphaned at a young age and wandered the world with my grandfather, enduring wind and rain. When summer came, I didn't even have new clothes. How could I be as rich as Sister Lan?"

"Hey~~ Here you go! Here you go!"

Lan Fenghuang waved her hand dismissively.

"Feiyan, I heard Brother Li say that when martial artists are short of money, they often rob rich families. Your grandfather is an elder of the Demonic Sect, wouldn't he rob them?"

"My grandfather..."

"Ahem! To be honest, it's alright. According to the classification system of the Central Plains martial arts world, my reputation is ten times worse than your grandfather's. I am a demoness from the Demonic Sect!"

The Five Poisons Sect had a terrible reputation in the Central Plains. It couldn't be described as infamous; it was at least universally disliked.

When you're out in the world, you're bound to get hurt!

A knife wound is considered a flesh wound.

Poisoning a knife is a fatal wound!
If you ask which school is the best at using poisons?
The Wen family, the Tang clan, and the Five Poisons Cult!

Tian Boguang had been traveling the world for many years and had never encountered any fatal danger. But with the slightest carelessness, he was outmaneuvered by Lan Fenghuang and died without even knowing how he died!

Tian Boguang's martial arts skills were inferior to Lan Fenghuang's. If he only used martial arts techniques to fight, he could at least withstand a hundred moves. If he knew that his opponent was the leader of the Five Poisons Sect, he could withstand fifty moves by carefully maintaining his protective true qi. However, he did not know that his opponent was the leader of the Five Poisons Sect. He was arrogant and his defense was lax. With one bite of the Golden Silkworm Gu, Tian Boguang died on the spot.

This is the terrifying aspect of poison techniques.

The Five Poisons Sect thus became a forbidden area in the martial arts world.

Aside from oddballs like the Mad Old Taoist, who would dare use the Five Poisons Sect to train their disciples? Aren't they afraid their disciples will be poisoned to death?

Qu Feiyan smiled sheepishly and uttered four dry words: "Grave robbing!"

"What are you? Speak like a human!"

"My grandfather was good at making money off the dead."

"Oh, I see! Hehehe!"

Blue Phoenix gave a few indifferent snorts.

……

"Phoenix, did you kill Tian Boguang?"

"What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"

"Of course! Phoenix did the right thing. This kind of person must be killed. Kill him on sight!"

Li Zhaoting gave Lan Fenghuang a gentle pat on the head.

Lan Fenghuang squinted her eyes, enjoying the caress and feeling the warmth of her palm. She wished she could bring Tian Boguang back to life and kill him twice more, so she could enjoy the head pats a few more times.

Li Zhaoting recalled a pattern from martial arts novels. Generally speaking, after a time traveler triggers the "Liu Zhengfeng Washes His Hands in the Golden Basin" scenario, the first person to be sacrificed is neither Mount Song nor Qingcheng Mountain, but Tian Boguang.

When the time traveler arrives near Hengyang, Tian Boguang's life will begin its countdown. Under normal circumstances, he will hardly live for more than three days and will often be killed on the same day.

Li Zhaoting was a step behind his predecessors.

This allowed Tian Boguang to live for one more night.

Flower thieves like Tian Boguang and Yun Zhonghe are mostly used to boost reputation. These people are of no value and it's best to just kill them.

Whether you're a righteous young hero or a descendant of the demonic sect, you must kill any womanizer you see!

"Brother Li, when I went out with Fei Yan, I got a secret out of her: when Qu Yang was broke while traveling the world, he would go to tombs to make money off the dead!"

"is it?"

"Feiyan also mentioned something else: Qu Yang was so obsessed with music that he excavated twenty-nine ancient tombs in his search for the 'Guangling San' (a famous Chinese melody), and that's how he ended up..."

"what did you just say?"

A flash of lightning struck Li Zhaoting's mind.

The tightly closed door was flung open with a loud bang.

All doubts suddenly vanished.

There is only one truth of the matter!
Li Zhaoting gently squeezed his throat, wishing he could find a great detective to give him a tranquilizer dart.

Why isn't Lu Xiaofeng here?

This guy's poison resistance is a perfect match for anesthetic needles!
"Qu Yang is looking for 'Guangling San'..."

"I know Qu Yang's true identity now!"

A look of horror flashed in Li Zhaoting's eyes.

The audacious Li Zhaoting felt a sense of dread for the first time, a feeling more terrifying than when he was exiled to Lingnan as a teenager or when he met his master.

A person's background can be faked, their martial arts skills can be discredited, and their name can be changed, but their lifestyle habits will always leave some traces.

What is Qu Yang's biggest hobby?
music!

What is Qu Yang's main job?
Tomb robbery!

The combination of the two resulted in an extreme form of obsession.

They would stop at nothing to find the sheet music.

So, when Qu Yang was young, did he repeatedly plunder ancient tombs in search of something?

For tomb raiders, digging tunnels is the most basic skill. Give them an hour or two and they can dig a tunnel, which can be used to escape when surrounded or to rescue people in a fire.

Who were the people rescued from the fire?

Of course, it's the lover whose face was burned!
Who is this lover?

Of course, it's Mrs. Tang!

Qu Yang and his group did something big back then, and were hunted down by the forces behind the scenes. How did they escape?
The answer is: They were forced into a cave or a dilapidated brick kiln by the pursuers, and escaped by digging a tunnel.

Q: How to defend the cave?

A: The hidden weapon in Madam Tang's hand!

Everything was clear and understandable.

If that's really the case, Liu Zhengfeng must have been hunted down for helping Qu Yang retire from his criminal activities.

To keep the secret, the assassin will slaughter everyone connected to Qu Yang, including Liu Zhengfeng.

in other words……

Before Li Zhaoting could finish his reasoning and analysis, Tang Zhuquan rushed in, shouting, "Something terrible has happened! There's been a murder at Liu Zhengfeng's house; his wife has been killed!"

Where is Liu Zhengfeng?

"Liu Zhengfeng fainted due to excessive grief!"

"Bullshit!"

"Li Zhaoting, have you found a clue?"

"I'm going to perform the autopsy!"

Two guesses came to Li Zhaoting's mind.

One reason is that the assassin used this to provoke Liu Zhengfeng, demanding that he hand over Qu Yang or he would kill Liu's entire family.

Secondly, Liu Zhengfeng staged a play, using a substitution trick to make his wife and children fake their deaths and escape.

Either way, it illustrates the same point.

The assassin has arrived!
That matter from back then, in the end, couldn't be kept!
……

Liu Mansion.

The venue was turned into a mourning hall.

People from the martial arts world who came to observe the ceremony were required to give an extra gift, but they could only eat one portion of the meal.

Liu Zhengfeng held the coffin and wept bitterly.

Master Dingyi led her disciples in performing a ritual to guide the souls of the deceased to the afterlife.

The scene was cordoned off by Hengshan disciples.

No one is allowed to get even a step closer to the scene.

Anyone who dares to approach without permission is a murderer.

Li Zhaoting cut to the chase: "I want to examine the body. I need to determine the killer's origins based on the wounds!"

"May I ask your esteemed name, sir?"

Liu Zhengfeng looked up at Li Zhaoting.

Li Zhaoting thought to himself, "What are you pretending for? Didn't Qu Yang tell you who I am?" He remained outwardly calm, but gave Tang Zhuquan a wink. Tang Zhuquan then announced loudly, "He is Li Zhaoting, the one who solved the murder case at Tianhong Academy in Luzhou. He is Lu Xiaofeng's good friend and is skilled in deduction and case solving."

Mu Renqing sarcastically remarked, "Young master may not be good at investigating cases, but he is certainly good at killing."

Li Zhaoting sneered, "The souls that have perished under my sword are all treacherous, vicious, and indiscriminate killers. I have never killed a single good person in my life. On the contrary, some senior followers are disrespectful and irresponsible. Instead of reflecting on their own actions, they are causing me trouble. They have lived such a long and miserable life!"

"Li Zhaoting, explain yourself clearly!"

"I'm just telling the truth. Gui Xingshu's followers are unruly and have allowed them to commit violence, indiscriminately killing innocent people and wiping out entire families at the drop of a hat. Don't you know about these things?"

"This is a matter for the Huashan Sect!"

“If a son is not taught, it is the father’s fault. Gui Xinshu is a fool who has failed to teach his son properly, and you also bear half the responsibility.”

Li Zhaoting looked at Mu Renqing with disdain.

Gui Xinshu indulged Sun Zhongjun.

Mu Renqing indulged Gui Xinshu and Sun Zhongjun.

In the original storyline, upon learning of Sun Zhongjun's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, Mu Renqing spoke kindly, but the actual punishment was merely cutting off one of Sun Zhongjun's fingers.

The disciples of Mount Hua are damn valuable; a single finger of theirs is worth the lives of someone else's entire family.

Gui Xinshu and Gui Erniang were not punished at all.

Living in such an environment for a long time, even a chivalrous hero like Yuan Chengzhi was affected, becoming arrogant. If he hadn't been pure of nature and hadn't had years of experience in the martial world, he might have become the next Gui Xinshu.

The Huashan Sect is full of rubbish from top to bottom!
It could blow up Huashan's foundation at any moment!

　Thanks to book friend 20240602125115700 for the reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)