Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 47 Three Mountains and Four Seas, Five Sacred Mountains Sword Formation

"There really wasn't a switcheroo?"

"No, really. Consort Li was taken back to the palace by the Empress Dowager a long time ago. Where did you hear that from?"

“In Lingnan, I was exiled. I heard stories from people on the way and jotted them down randomly.”

Li Zhaoting chuckled awkwardly, revealing the same embarrassed expression as the legendary thief, his toes seemingly digging into a three-bedroom apartment.

Now we know the disadvantages of being isolated from information.

Tang Zhuquan picked his nose out of boredom.

I thought I was going to hear a groundbreaking, earth-shattering story, but it turned out to be just a common, everyday rumor.

What Tang Zhuquan found most boring was not Li Zhaoting's storytelling techniques, but that it was Old Man Tang, his father, who debunked the rumor.

In order to bring back Consort Li, Empress Liu summoned martial arts masters to reorganize the "Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guards." Old Man Tang was the chief instructor of the Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guards and was responsible for training them.

Why reorganize the "Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guard"?
Because it was formed once 25 years ago.

This time is very easy to remember.

In the first year of the Jingde era, the Liao army marched south, and after a long battle between the Liao and Song dynasties, the Treaty of Chanyuan was signed.

In that fierce battle, the Dragon Cavalry was almost completely wiped out, with only three survivors.

The strongest expert back then was a master of marksmanship.

Therefore, when the Imperial Guards were reorganized, Liu E invited Tang Songting to serve as the chief instructor. Tang Songting, with his pine wood red-tasseled spear, easily subdued all the troublemakers.

After bringing back Consort Li, everyone went home. Some became imperial bodyguards, while others returned to their sects to become sect leaders or elders. No one knew the other's identity.

Tang Zhuquan accidentally saw Tang Songting's mask and realized that the old man had accomplished such great feats.

No wonder the Tang family held a prestigious position in Hangzhou. With the Empress Dowager and the Emperor as their backers, how could they not be respected?
Most importantly, this is not a secret.

There is no need to discard someone after they have served their purpose or to kill them to silence them.

The Empress Dowager was eager for rumors to spread about Tang Songting, so as to prevent certain people from fabricating a story of "switching the crown prince with a cat".

What do you mean by "Liu and Li being pregnant at the same time"?
Empress Liu E had no sons at all!
To be precise, Liu E never had children!

There were neither princes nor princesses.

Empress Liu wished that the other concubines would give birth to more children so she could adopt them and maintain her own position.

The problem is coming.

If there was no "switcheroo," what was the story behind the Seven Eagles of Chongqing? Who was hunting them down?

Strange to say.

Most of Emperor Zhenzong's sons died young.

Emperor Renzong's son also died young.

Were the imperial physicians of the Song Dynasty really that bad?

Could there be problems with the imperial physicians and concubines?
What the hell does this have to do with me?
Li Nanxing definitely never served as a royal physician!

It's enough that my father wasn't implicated!

Thinking of this, Li Zhaoting felt much more relaxed.

If Li Zhaoting were alone, he would dare to investigate any case, whether it was the case of the "Prince Replaced by a Civet Cat" or any other case. At worst, he could take a boat out to sea and go to Xia Ke Island to drink Laba porridge.

However, Li Zhaoting was not alone.

He has a father, a wife, and a lover.

Are we going to run away together?
Now that it has been proven that the "switcheroo" was a hoax, even if Li Nanxing is related to "Li Si," he will not be implicated, and his psychological pressure has been greatly reduced.

At least there's no need to worry about Imperial City Guard spies infiltrating Dali one day to assassinate my father and interrogate him about secrets.

This is all Mrs. Tang's fault!

Why are you making up stories about my dad when you have nothing better to do!
My dad is an honest man!

An honest man, even more honest than an honest monk!
At most, they had some shady dealings with the salt merchants of Sichuan!
……

night.

Hengyang City was quiet.

Because Li Zhaoting was unaware of the truth, he spoke in riddles with Liu Zhengfeng, and the two of them were talking at cross purposes, leaving everyone confused and the atmosphere extremely oppressive.

Part of the repression comes from scaring yourself.

Some of the repression is real.

For example... Liu Zhengfeng!

Liu Zhengfeng is an artist who can let go of everything when he gets carried away. His emotions far outweigh his rationality, and he doesn't particularly care about birth, aging, sickness, and death.

What is the joy of life, and what is the fear of death?
To have one true friend in life is enough to die without regrets!
He could talk a good game, but if there really was a sword at his neck, Liu Zhengfeng couldn't possibly laugh.

The Hengshan School's "Returning Wind and Falling Wild Geese Sword" is said to be able to shoot down wild geese flying overhead, and Liu Zhengfeng even claims to be able to shoot down nine wild geese, making him even more powerful than Mo Da.

Liu Zhengfeng was quite confident in his martial arts skills, especially in fast swordsmanship, considering himself to be a top-notch expert in the martial arts world.

Now I realize, it's utterly first-rate!
With a casual strike, the assassin completely shattered Liu Zhengfeng's thirty years of honed swordsmanship. Cold sweat poured down Liu Zhengfeng's forehead, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"Are you here to kill me?"

"You have a way to kill yourself!"

"Is it because of Qu Yang?"

"Making friends with Qu Yang was your biggest mistake!"

"You're wrong! Befriending Brother Qu is the greatest fortune of my life. It's like finding a kindred spirit among kindred spirits. Even if you were to tear me to pieces, I would never regret it."

"Gather your disciples!"

"They don't know these things."

"It's better to kill the innocent than to let the guilty go free!"

"Can you kill them all by yourself?"

Who told you I came alone?

A mocking and sarcastic glint flashed in the assassin's eyes, like a tabby cat catching a mouse, clearly capable of killing it with a single blow, yet choosing to toy with it endlessly.

A series of dark figures quietly sneaked into the Liu residence.

These shadowy figures are highly trained assassins, skilled in stealth and assassination, landing silently and decisively, killing even their own parents without hesitation.

Disciples from the four major sects of Huashan, Songshan, Hengshan, and Taishan all lived in Liu's residence. This was partly due to the etiquette of the martial arts world, and partly to stick together for mutual support and avoid being picked off one by one by assassins.

To everyone's surprise, the assassins arrived with incredible speed.

From the moment the assassin appeared to the moment the corpses littered the ground, it took no more than ten seconds. In those ten seconds, the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect suffered heavy losses, with at least twenty people killed.

Both Tianmen Daoren, the firecracker, and Dingyi, the nun, were so angry they were yelling.

Where did this assassin come from?
Which powerful figure did Liu Zhengfeng offend?

Tianmen, Ding Mian, Mu Renqing, and Ding Yi charged forward with their swords, followed by the sound of a huqin (a two-stringed bowed instrument). A flash of sword light appeared in mid-air, and the sect leader, Mo Da, made his entrance. Five people, five swords, each with its own strengths.

The Five Mountains Sword Sects are scattered all over the country, including men, women, Buddhists, and Taoists. Unless there is a teleportation array, the proposal to merge the Five Mountains Sects is pure nonsense.

The idea of ​​merging factions is nonsense; forming an alliance is feasible.

No one had originally thought of this, after all, the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects were too different. Huashan was the leader of the sword sects, Hengshan was on the verge of extinction, Hengshan was full of nuns, Taishan relied on the government to earn incense offerings, and Songshan was developing rapidly.

In this situation, how can an alliance be formed?

Does the stronger party gain any advantage?

Can the weak be protected?

The most important question...who will be the leader?
Does the withered plum tree have this ability?

Can Zuo Lengchan subdue all the sect leaders?

These are all issues that cannot be avoided.

Although the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks are mentioned together, the Five Sacred Peaks Sword Sects only have exchanges with each other and are not close to one another.

Until tonight.

As the five masters unleashed their full power, everyone discovered a chilling truth: the Five Mountains Sword Sects had no connection in their lineages, but their sword techniques were complementary.

The five people, who had no experience in combined attacks, were now attacking with all their might and actually formed a sword formation.

Five Mountains Sword Formation!

How is this possible?
How could that be impossible!
The sword techniques of the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects originate from the mountain ranges they are located in.

Mount Hua is incredibly dangerous, and so is the Mount Hua sword technique.

Mount Song is majestic and imposing, and the swordsmanship of Mount Song is dignified and magnificent.

The clouds and mist of Hengshan Mountain, and the ever-changing sword techniques of Hengshan Mountain.

Mount Heng is beautiful and elegant, and the swordsmanship of Mount Heng is exquisite.

Mount Tai is majestic, and the Mount Tai sword technique is upright and righteous.

The Five Sacred Mountains are collectively known for their interconnected earth veins, water veins, and spiritual energy. Although they may seem to be unrelated, they are actually based on mountains, imbued with the spiritual energy of water veins, and connected by the earth. The Five Sacred Mountains sword techniques complement each other.

Mount Song is the main attacking force, Mount Heng is the defensive force, Mount Hengshan provides cover, Mount Hua provides support on the left flank, and Mount Tai provides support on the right flank.

The sword techniques that were originally unrelated have now become perfectly integrated, with the moves flowing continuously. The youngest of Dingyi and the others is forty years old, and their martial arts potential has been basically exhausted. Their sword techniques will hardly improve in their lifetime. As the five of them form a formation to defend against the enemy, the bottleneck that has plagued them for many years is broken through in one go, and their sword techniques become more and more wonderful.

The happiest person was Ding Mian.

Although the Songshan Sect is named after swordsmanship, most of its high-ranking members are actually renowned for their palm techniques. The nicknames of the top three of the Thirteen Protectors of Songshan all come from their palm techniques.

Ding Mian, known as the "Pagoda-Bearer".

Lu Bai, known as the "Crane Hand".

Fei Bin, known as "Da Songyang Hand".

Firstly, the battle between the Songshan Sect and the Sun Moon Sect was too fierce, with almost all the elders killed or wounded, and 90% of the boxing and sword manuals lost, leaving only fragments.

The martial arts techniques that are passed down today are mostly the result of Zuo Lengchan collecting and refining the remaining sword moves, and painstakingly modifying and perfecting them; they are not the original versions.

Secondly, the Great Songyang Divine Palm, a direct descendant of the Songshan School, is unpredictable, flexible, and complex in its moves, often resulting in a series of unexpected and unusual attacks in low-level battles.

There is another rumor circulating in the martial arts world.

The Beggars' Sect's Dragon Subduing Palm originally had twenty-eight moves. Qiao Feng felt that the essence of the Dragon Subduing Palm lay in the first eighteen moves, and that the last ten moves were overly focused on variations, which was superfluous.

Therefore, Qiao Feng deleted the last ten palm techniques, keeping only the first eighteen, and changed it into the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.

This is not a secret.

The rumor lies in the latter half.

The ten moves that were deleted were not completely abandoned, but were instead exchanged with the Songshan Sect for "Songyang Gangqi".

The "Hun Yuan Qi Gong" circulating in the Beggars' Sect is actually a modification of the Songyang Gang Qi of the Songshan School.

The "Great Songyang Divine Palm" of the Songshan School is actually the last ten moves of the Dragon Subduing Palm that were deleted.

Zuo Lengchan was not secretive; everyone had a copy of the Great Songyang Divine Palm and the Songshan Sword Manual. Songshan disciples often practiced both palm and sword techniques, making them far superior to the other four sacred mountains.

Ding Mian, nicknamed "Pagoda-Bearing Hand," was far superior in palm techniques to swordsmanship. He thought he would never make any progress in his life and wanted to abandon swordsmanship to learn palm techniques, but he never expected to have such an opportunity.

Thinking of this, Ding Mian's blood boiled, and he unleashed all seventeen fast and slow sword techniques of Mount Song.

The swordplay of Mount Song is imposing and solemn, like a thousand troops galloping in, with long spears and halberds, and yellow sand stretching for miles.

The most suitable swords for the Songshan sword style are heavy greatswords such as the Mourning Sword and the Horse-Slaying Sword, which are suitable for charging into battle and can even be used in mounted combat. The more blood is shed, the stronger they become.

Ding Mian also had Fei Bin by his side.

Ding Mian is the second most important figure in the Songshan Sect, and he inevitably has some scheming and plotting in his actions. Fei Bin is a reckless and impulsive man who draws his sword and charges out to fight, wielding his sword and fighting fiercely on his own.

Mu Renqing was secretly alarmed.

I had long heard that after Zuo Lengchan became the sect leader, he was determined to reform and forge ahead. Under his leadership, the Songshan Sect was thriving. The upper echelons had the Thirteen Protectors of Songshan, the middle echelons had dozens of elite core disciples, and the lower echelons had four or five hundred outer disciples and more than a dozen martial arts schools. He also made friends with a large number of Jianghu underworld figures. The only thing he lacked was some swordsmanship foundation.

If the Songshan Sect were to create an exquisite sword manual or a brilliant sword formation, or if a genius disciple were to find a profound sword manual during their travels and receive instruction from a senior, the ranking of the seven major sword sects might change. If the Huashan Sect continues to experience unexpected events, perhaps twenty years from now, the first sword sect to be pushed out of the seven major sword sects would be this very sect's leader.

The masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sects each have their own thoughts and intentions.

The assassin was also stunned.

I thought it would be a brutal slaughter, but I didn't expect there to be "sheepdogs" guarding the sheepfold.

"The Five Mountains Sword Sects are nothing special!"

A sharp whistle came from inside the room.

The black-clad assassin charged forward, sword in hand. With a series of sharp, cracking sounds, disciples fell to the ground one after another. Even Fei Bin was wounded, his chest bleeding profusely.

Use strength to attack weakness and forcefully break through the enemy's formation.

"clang!"

The sword in Master Dingyi's hand was cut off, and a wound more than a foot long opened up in her chest, with blood splattering everywhere.

"Crack!"

Master Tianmen's arm flew into the air.

"laugh!"

A large piece of Mo Da's scalp was sliced ​​off by a sharp blade, leaving his head covered in blood. He barely managed to avoid it by rolling around.

"Whoosh!"

A thin thread coiled towards Mu Renqing.

Mu Renqing made a desperate gamble, attacking back and forth. His sword flew from his hand, aiming for the assassin's left chest. The assassin flashed and instantly transformed into six afterimages.

Phantom Sword Technique!

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the "shadow assassin" Yang Xuyan combined the teachings of his master to create an assassination sword technique that could create illusions when making moves, making it difficult for opponents to distinguish between reality and illusion.

(End of this chapter)