Martial Arts Crossover: Infiltrating a Girls' Chat Group at the Start

Lin Zhu recounted the details softly, including why Li Qingluo planted camellias at Mantuo Villa.

Wang Yuyan completely believed it, and then she almost broke down.

Lin Zhu said, "So, you and Murong Fu aren't cousins."

"In other words, what my aunt said back then was right," Wang Yuyan murmured to herself.

“That’s right.” Lin Zhu completely extinguished the last spark of hope in Wang Yuyan’s heart, and the image of Li Qingluo collapsed in her mind.

"How could she do this?" Wang Yuyan burst into tears.

"If you want to cry, just cry." Lin Zhu put his arm around her shoulder.

Wang Yuyan took the opportunity to throw herself into Lin Zhu's arms, sobbing softly as she moved.

"Don't blame your mother, just blame her for marrying the wrong person." Lin Zhu patted Wang Yuyan's back.

Wang Yuyan cried and cried until she was exhausted and fell asleep.

Lin Zhu carried her to the bed, took off her shoes, covered her with a blanket, and then left the room.

Liu Ruoxin was unable to come out.

Zhang San Niang was guarding outside the door. When she saw Lin Zhu come out, she asked, "I heard Yu Yan crying. It seems she couldn't accept what you said."

Lin Zhu nodded. "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's see how she is when she wakes up tomorrow."

Zhang San Niang gave a soft "hmm".

The two of them sat quietly in the courtyard for the entire night.

At dawn, a fluctuation came from Liu Ruoxin's room, followed by her joyful voice, "I've broken through! Let's see how I teach that white-haired monster from the Eastern Depot a lesson this time."

The door opened, and she stepped out of the room, her face beaming with joy.

"congratulations!"

Lin Zhu and Zhang San Niang both congratulated her.

"Thank you both for protecting me." Liu Ruoxin returned the greeting while holding the Dragon Scale Manual, then looked around, "Where is Wang Yuyan?"

Lin Zhu glanced at the east wing and said, "They should still be sleeping. They were exhausted from crying last night."

"Hehe!" Liu Ruoxin scoffed. "If it weren't for the fact that Mantuo Manor and the Wang family aren't closely related, she would have been taken away yesterday too. Why was she crying? Just because of that Murong Fu? He's not even my cousin, and he's not that outstanding either."

Zhang San Niang's eyes lit up when she heard the gossip, and she asked Lin Zhu, "Is this what you were talking about with her last night?"

"Okay!" Lin Zhu nodded.

Liu Ruoxin looked Lin Zhu up and down curiously. "I feel like your information network is even better than ours at the Western Depot. We didn't know that A'Zhu was Duan Zhengchun's daughter."

"Everyone has secrets, so don't pry too much," Lin Zhu said. "Shouldn't you be heading back to the capital to report for duty now?"

"No need. Yu Huatian is overseeing things over there. I've already applied for a vacation with my godfather and plan to take a good rest. Jiangnan is a nice place, and I want to stay here a little longer."

Chapter 31: Exchange of Martial Arts

"How about it? I'll give you a chance to entertain me." Liu Ruoxin looked at the two of them with a beaming smile.

Zhang San Niang laughed and said, "Sure, I'll show you around Jiangnan properly then."

Lin Zhu naturally had no objections; if someone was treating her to a trip, why be polite?

After chatting for a while, Wang Yuyan woke up.

After the four of them had breakfast, Wang Yuyan looked at Lin Zhu and said, "Help me practice my martial arts."

Lin Zhu paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Liu Ruoxin looked at Wang Yuyan curiously and asked, "What kind of cultivation technique do you plan to practice?"

"Mingyu Gong." Wang Yuyan didn't have much ill will towards Liu Ruoxin, so she told her the truth.

"The Bright Jade Skill of the Flower-Shifting Palace?"

The two women standing nearby were both surprised.

“Yes!” Wang Yuyan nodded. “Renqian said that if this skill is mastered to a high level, it can preserve youth forever.”

Zhang San Niang and Liu Ruoxin's eyes lit up, indicating that they wanted to learn.

To stay young forever—what woman in the world could resist that?

Lin Zhu noticed this and asked, "Did you extract any cultivation techniques before?"

The two nodded in agreement.

Zhang Sanniang said, "I couldn't resist the urge and drew the Heavenly Demon Technique of the Yin Gui Sect, but I didn't want to practice it. Then I drew the lightness skill of the Ancient Tomb Sect and the Cihang Sword Manual of the Cihang Jingzhai."

"Me too." Liu Ruoxin found it all quite a coincidence.

Lin Zhu couldn't help but complain, "You guys probably only drew the names because of their group names, right?"

Zhu Yuyan is known as the Holy Gate Empress, Lin Chaoying as the Ancient Tomb Raider, and Fan Qinghui as the Compassionate Salvation. Apart from Lin Chaoying, the other two have increasingly grandiose titles.

Zhang San Niang and Liu Ruoxin both smiled sheepishly.

"How about we exchange cultivation techniques?" Liu Ruoxin suggested.

Zhang San Niang was interested, Wang Yu Yan had no objections, and Lin Zhu thought it was a good idea, nodding and saying, "Okay, write it down from memory later. I'll help Yu Yan learn the basics of Mingyu Gong first."

"Okay! Then Ruoxin and I will go and copy the cultivation technique first."

Inside the room, Lin Zhu asked Wang Yuyan to sit cross-legged.

"Close your eyes and concentrate, carefully feeling the flow of true energy."

“Okay!” Wang Yuyan replied.

Lin Zhu placed his hands on her back, and Mingyu released her true essence, which, through the two layers of clothing, was transported to the meridians on her back, controlling its circulation throughout her body for one cycle.

Wang Yuyan was exceptionally talented. She found the Qi sensation in just one cycle, drew the Qi into her body, and gave birth to a wisp of internal energy.

Upon realizing this, Lin Zhu immediately withdrew.

However, some of Mingyu True Essence still remained in her body.

Wang Yuyan circulated her cultivation technique, and that wisp of internal energy began to refine the Mingyu True Essence that Lin Zhu had left in her body.

In the blink of an eye, he entered the first level of the Mingyu Gong, and his internal energy continued to grow stronger, directly stepping into the Acquired Realm.

After a moment's thought, Lin Zhu activated the Mingyu Gong and reached out to grab at the surroundings.

The spiritual energy gathered and was transferred to Wang Yuyan, enveloping her.

Wang Yuyan thus immersed herself in cultivation.

Lin Zhu ground ink directly in his room and copied down the Mingyu Gong, Tianshan Zhemei Shou, and Tianlong Bayin.

Among them, the Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand and the Tianlong Eight Sounds require extremely high internal energy cultivation to even begin.

Especially the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds, which cannot be cultivated without reaching the Grandmaster level.

After finishing copying, Wang Yuyan also woke up from her meditation state; it was already afternoon.

Because of Lianxing's cultivation experience, her Mingyu Gong level was the eighth level, but she had only cultivated for half a day and her skill was still at the first level.

The realm is the third level of the acquired realm.

"Is this internal energy?" She felt the internal energy flowing through her body like a little mouse; it was cool and felt quite novel.

Lin Zhu said, "How was it? Was it fun?"

Whether it's internal energy, true energy, or true essence, martial artists can clearly feel it flowing within their bodies. When making a move, they can use it to enhance their strength or to launch attacks from outside their bodies.

The more refined one's skill, the easier it is to control, and the less likely one is to go astray or become possessed by evil.

"Mm!" Wang Yuyan nodded, then just looked at Lin Zhu without saying anything.

Lin Zhu asked, "Are you hungry?"

"A little." It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as she did, Wang Yuyan's stomach growled.

The first stage, refining essence into qi, naturally involves some consumption.

The two went out for a good meal, and Lin Zhu exchanged three martial arts manuals with Zhang San Niang and Liu Ruoxin, obtaining the Heavenly Demon Great Art, the Ancient Tomb Lightness Skill: Bird Chasing Style, and the Compassionate Voyage Sword Manual.

Immediately afterwards, he obtained the Flower Shifting and Jade Grafting Technique and the Yue Maiden Sword Technique from Wang Yuyan.

Of course, only martial arts techniques were exchanged, not martial arts experience.

After mastering the martial arts, the four no longer wanted to travel.

Liu Ruoxin went even further, saying, "I'd like to find a place for secluded cultivation. What do you think?"

Zhang San Niang nodded, "Of course, that's what I think too."

As for internal strength, Lin Zhu needs to settle down now, but he wants to practice the newly acquired light-body skills of chasing birds, shifting flowers and jade, and the Yue Maiden Sword Technique, so he readily agreed.

Wang Yuyan said, "Let's go to my house, I want to go back."

Without her cousin, she felt that home was the best place to be, and sincerely invited the three of them to stay.

"Is it convenient?" Zhang Sanniang asked.

“It’s convenient. My family consists entirely of women, and we’re located in the middle of the lake, so it couldn’t be more convenient. There are also many martial arts techniques in the Langhuan Jade Cave, which we can study together.”

Wang Yuyan generously expressed her opinion.

Putting everything else aside, Lin Zhu was tempted just for the Langhuan Jade Cave.

The vast collection of martial arts classics will undoubtedly greatly enhance his knowledge of martial arts, and will also allow him to incorporate various techniques into the Tianshan Zhemei school.

Zhang San Niang and Liu Ruoxin were also very interested and nodded, saying, "Then we'll have to trouble you."

The four of them chartered a small boat and headed towards Mantuo Villa.

Without a boatman, the bamboo serves as the power source for the awning boat.

The bright jade true essence surged out from within his body, which was equivalent to adding a turbine engine to the awning boat. The speed was incredibly fast, leaving a clear white line in its wake.

It took Rong Momo an afternoon and a whole day to row the boat from Mantuo Villa to Wuxi.

Lin Zhu returned just before dinner, incredibly fast.

At the dock, Rong Momo, who had been staying there, had just returned. When she saw Wang Yuyan getting off the awning boat, she was taken aback. "Miss, why are you back?"