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

"You'll find out when the time comes." Lin Zhu looked at the corpses lying exposed in the wilderness and didn't feel too good about it, so he sent them one by one into the Stone Dragon Dojo and then burned them all to ashes.

To prevent the fire from spreading to the mountaintop, he deliberately stayed until the fire was extinguished, and the fire burned until dusk.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had no martial arts skills, and after a whole night and a whole day today, their stomachs were rumbling with hunger.

"I almost forgot, you must be hungry." Lin Zhu waved his hand, and a table of pre-cooked dishes appeared on the stone in front of the two of them.

The two were dumbfounded. Kou Zhong asked, "Are you a deity?"

“No.” Lin Zhu shook his head. “You eat first, and then we’ll go down the mountain. I’ll teach you some basic martial arts knowledge, including the meridians and acupoints of the human body.”

Now that the situation was beyond their control, Kou and Xu had no choice but to obey orders.

After the fire was extinguished, not a single ember remained.

The three of them walked down the mountain. Night had fallen, and they could vaguely see a pile of corpses on the ground.

Xu Ziling said, "It must have been done by the disciples of the Shilong Dojo."

Lin Zhu said calmly, "Let's go back to Yangzhou City."

"The city gates are all closed now, how are we going to get in?" Kou Zhong complained softly.

"Just follow me." Lin Zhu walked ahead at a leisurely pace.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had no choice but to keep up.

Chapter 40 Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou

The moon was high in the sky, and the city gates of Yangzhou, which stood dozens of meters high, were tightly closed.

Kou Zhong looked at Lin Zhu and asked with a smile, "Do you want to break down the city gate or just fly up there?"

Lin Zhu said in a serious tone, "I'll throw you up first, and then I'll fly."

"No way!" The two looked on in astonishment. Kou Zhong shouted, "It's over ten zhang! How are we going to throw it?"

Lin Zhu didn't answer. He grabbed one in each hand, threw them upwards with force, and then leaped into the air, jumping dozens of meters before gently landing on the city wall.

"Just throw it away."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling felt their legs go weak as they leaped more than ten zhang in one go, which was extremely exciting.

But before they could recover, Lin Zhu grabbed them again, jumped up, and landed gently.

"Here we are!"

The two, still shaken, sat down on the ground.

"Alright, get up quickly. Once you learn martial arts, you'll be able to do the same."

Hearing Lin Zhu's words, Kou and Xu's attention immediately shifted, and they asked excitedly, "Are you really willing to teach us martial arts?"

"I'll teach you tomorrow. Are you going back on your own, or will you stay at an inn with me?"

Kou Zhong's eyes lit up. Their original accommodation was a dilapidated house, so it would be best to move to a better place. He quickly said, "We'll stay at an inn with you."

"Let's go then." Lin Zhu led the way, heading towards Yuelai Inn, and the two quickly followed.

Lin Zhu paused as she passed a brothel.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling also stopped and turned around to look.

"You're not going to stay here, are you?" the two asked in unison, their expressions somewhat strange.

Lin Zhu said, "I've never been to a place like this in either of my lives. What's wrong with going in and taking a look?"

"Two lifetimes?" Kou Zhong laughed. "Young master, you've misspoke."

"Hehe!" Lin Zhu just smiled and stepped forward.

"Oh, this young master is quite something..." Several girls stepped forward to greet him, but upon closer inspection, they saw that although Lin Zhu was dressed as a man, he looked more feminine than a woman, with a very delicate and alluring appearance. "Um, this gentleman, um, guest, you're not coming in, are you?"

"What, you're not welcome?" Lin Zhu asked calmly.

"The girls at Yingchun Pavilion are there to entertain guests, so there's no need for you to come in, sir."

"Hahaha, young lady, you don't think you can enter this place of pleasure just by dressing as a man, do you?" Two people walked over from not far away, one of them with a smile on his lips and a very handsome mustache.

The other one had listless eyes, yet gave off a warm feeling.

Lin Zhu turned her head and looked at him, feeling a strange sense of familiarity. She tentatively asked, "Lu Xiaofeng? Hua Manlou?"

"You recognize us, sir!" Lu Xiaofeng said with a grin. "It seems my reputation in the martial arts world is quite impressive!" He looked at Lin Zhu with great admiration in his eyes.

Hua Manlou, holding a fan, cupped his hands and said, "I, Hua, greet this brother."

"Greetings, Brother Hua." Lin Zhu clasped his hands in greeting to Hua Manlou, then said to Lu Xiaofeng, "I am merely a man with feminine features. If you can go to a brothel, why can't I?"

Lu Xiaofeng's expression froze. "A man with a woman's appearance? How is that possible?" He looked at Lin Zhu carefully and couldn't help but say, "Back in the capital, I saw Shangguan Haitang dressed as a man, but she didn't have your gentleness. To say that a man has a woman's appearance is really hard to believe."

As he spoke, he shook his head and looked at Hua Manlou, "Hua Manlou, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Hua Manlou laughed and said, "Even among those with superb martial arts skills, there are differences in heartbeat and blood flow between men and women. Although I may be blind, I am not blind. However, judging from Brother Lu's heartbeat, this gentleman in front of me must be extremely beautiful."

Lin Zhu said to Hua Manlou, "Brother Hua, you flatter me." Then he looked at Lu Xiaofeng with a wary expression and a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Lu Xiaofeng gave an awkward smile, "Brother, I have indeed misunderstood. May I ask your name?"

Lin Zhu, courtesy name Renqian.

"So it's Brother Lin, my apologies for not recognizing you." Lu Xiaofeng calmed his heartbeat, but he didn't dare to look at Lin Zhu again, especially not to meet those deep and tender eyes.

'A guy, and he's way too good-looking.'

Behind Lin Zhu, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were dumbfounded. "This person is really not a woman?" The two looked at each other, both seeing the doubt in each other's eyes.

Disturbed like this, Lin Zhu lost his desire to enter Yingchun Pavilion. "Forget it, it's pointless. I'll take my leave." He cupped his hands in farewell to Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou, treating it as a chance encounter.

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at Yingchun Tower, but also lost interest in going in.

At this moment, everyone looked ordinary and unremarkable to him. He sighed inwardly, clasped his hands in return to Lin Zhu, and said, "Farewell!"

After the two groups greeted each other, they started walking at the same time, only to find that they were heading in the same direction. Then, they stopped at the same time.

Hua Manlou smiled and asked, "Brother Lin, are you going to stay at the Yuelai Inn?"

Lin Zhu was taken aback, then realized something, "I almost forgot, Yuelai Inn is Brother Hua's family business."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and put his arm around Hua Manlou's shoulder. "That's right. It's better to meet by chance than to invite someone. How about we go together?"

"Brother Lin, and these two young men, would you do me the honor?" Hua Manlou asked with a gentle smile.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling both looked at Lin Zhu.

Lin Zhu nodded, "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Hua Manlou: "Please!"

The five of them walked together toward Yuelai Inn.

The two girls were dumbfounded in front of Yingchun Tower.

"Chunniang, do you think that person was really a man?"

“Impossible.” Chunniang shook her head. “If he’s a man, then what are we? Zhang Fei or Zhang Yide, who bleed every month?”

Who is Zhang Yide?

“Liu Bei’s third brother, the King of Shu Han, has a leopard’s head and round eyes, a swallow’s chin and tiger’s beard, a face as black as the bottom of a pot, and a voice as loud as a bell,” Chunniang replied.

"Um, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"You're quite confident." Chunniang glanced at her companion indifferently. "That person, I was also attracted to her, but I didn't dare to look her in the eye."

"That's true."

At this moment, Lin Zhu hadn't gone far and could hear the two women talking. His eyes twitched involuntarily.

Hua Manlou's hearing was equally impressive, and his sunny smile became even brighter. "To be honest, I really want to see what Brother Lin looks like."

"Or..." Lin Zhu was about to speak, but seeing Hua Manlou's eyes, she hesitated and didn't say the last few words. "It wasn't this serious before. It's just that I practiced the wrong internal energy cultivation method. Sigh!"

Lu Xiaofeng was startled, "Could it be the legendary Sunflower Manual?"

"Get lost!" Lin Zhu was ruthless towards Lu Xiaofeng. "What normal person would practice that? My second brother is perfectly fine."

The four people around him were all quick-witted and immediately understood what "second brother" meant.

Lu Xiaofeng laughed heartily and said, "The use of the term 'Second Brother' is truly ingenious. Brother Lin is quite a clever person!"

Hua Manlou shook his head, "If Brother Lin's term 'Second Brother' becomes widely known, I'm afraid no one in the martial arts world will want to form sworn brotherhoods anymore."

"At that time, that second master from Sichuan will probably come looking for trouble with Brother Lin," Lu Xiaofeng said with a hint of schadenfreude.

The group became more and more relaxed as they chatted, and Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were able to let go of their burdens.

Then Kou Zhong put his hand on Xu Ziling's shoulder and said, "Young Master Ling, we grew up together since we were little, so we're like brothers, right?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Xu Ziling knew what kind of nonsense this guy was going to spout. "Get lost, we're not acquainted."

"Haha, you two young brothers are quite amusing. I'll make friends with you." Lu Xiaofeng laughed heartily.

Hua Manlou shook his head, and the smile on his face became even more pronounced.

“Two clowns.” Lin Zhu said, then looked at Lu Xiaofeng, “Brother Lu, you should get along better with Kou Zhong.”

Hua Manlou nodded in agreement, “Brother Lu and Brother Kou are both cheerful people, so they should have a lot in common.”

"Hahaha!" Lu Xiaofeng, always quick to make friends, laughed and put his arm around Kou Zhong's shoulder. "Brother, can you drink?"

Kou Zhong chuckled, "Who can't drink?"

"Shall we drink until we drop later?"

"We won't leave until we're drunk!" Kou Zhong readily agreed.

The group chatted for a while and soon arrived at Yuelai Inn.

As the young master of Hua Manlou, he naturally had a top-class villa, which was extremely luxurious.

The five of them settled down there.

Chapter 41 The Mission of Hua Manlou