Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 85 "Swordsman" Li Zhaoting (Long chapter, please subscribe)

"My reputation in the underworld isn't very good."

Many people think I'm a jinx or a jinx.

Actually, I really don't want to harm anyone. From the moment I picked up a sword, my goal was to become a swordsman.

Travel the world, punish the wicked and eliminate evil.

Kill ten people in ten steps, and stay in a thousand miles.

Hello.

I don't like killing.

If I didn't necessarily have to draw my sword, I would prefer to play a tune and discuss martial arts and philosophy through music.

But you are different.

Your crimes are unforgivable and unforgivable!

If I let you leave this world alive, I will be tormented by my conscience for the rest of my life, Lai En, or I should call you by your real name, Qiu Batian, the notorious womanizer!
Are you prepared to atone for your sins?

Li Zhaoting's words were not rambling.

Li Zhaoting is building up his strength.

With each word he spoke, he recalled the determination he had when practicing swordsmanship and Qiu Batian's crimes, which intensified his aura to the extreme.

He stood awkwardly, one hand forming a sword gesture and the other holding a sword. He looked ordinary, but in reality, every nerve and every cell was excited.

Qiu Batian sensed the danger.

Having roamed the martial world for decades and committed countless sins, he has managed to remain carefree to this day, earning the reputation of being a living Buddha among thousands of families, all thanks to his keen intuition.

Qiu Batian keenly sensed that the young man before him was not a hot-blooded, brainless disciple of a major sect, nor a reckless and impulsive young swordsman, but a true master.

The more excited and thrilled he became, the calmer his mind remained. His sword heart, sword intent, and sword energy formed an inseparable whole, like a pool full of water, an inflated balloon, or a bowstring drawn taut. With the slightest pull of energy, it would immediately erupt like a tsunami.

If it doesn't move, it's fine; but if it does, the heavens and the earth will shatter.

Qiu Batian waved his hand and pulled out two monk knives. The backs of the knives were decorated with golden dragon patterns, and the blades made a rustling sound.

These two ring knives were forged by a master craftsman using snowflake-colored fine iron mixed with black iron. They could cut through iron like mud and had accompanied Qiu Batian in killing hundreds of people. They were first-class weapons of ferocity.

It is usually kept in a sandalwood box, and at night you can hear the crackling sound of the blade vibrating.

The divine weapon possesses a spirit and craves blood.

Just like the Blood Saber Ancestor's Blood Saber, people must be cut off as a sacrifice on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month, otherwise the blade will lose its sharpness and be detrimental to the master of the blade. Killing is a compulsory course for the Blood Saber Sect.

Qiu Batian's pair of snowflake-patterned iron ring knives were no less powerful than the Blood Blade. As the two knives were drawn, the surrounding air turned colder by more than ten degrees, and the Purple Star Soft Sword burst forth with sword light.

The crimson sword light transformed into a long dragon, baring its fangs and claws as it charged toward Qiu Batian. Li Zhaoting moved with the sword, his attacks as fast as lightning, and sword energy rained down like a silver river.

The waterfall plunges three thousand feet.

One sword frost-frozen fourteen states.

The energy of the Purple Star Soft Sword surged down like a torrent, like a waterfall, while Qiu Batian brandished his twin blades, forming a protective shield to block the sword's edge.

With a series of clanging sounds, the three divine weapons clashed hundreds of times in an instant. Li Zhaoting, with overwhelming momentum, used speed to counter speed, blocking the double swords with his single sword.

His left hand was constantly making hand seals, sometimes seizing, sometimes using his little finger to wield the Shaoze Sword, and sometimes forming a dragon claw, all mixed with the sound of the sword, giving Qiu Batian a terrible headache.

There wasn't a single move or test.

From the very first move, it was a fight to the death.

The swift sword strikes like thunder and lightning, unleashing a barrage of attacks. Streams of sword energy slash down from the sky, causing purple lotus flowers to bloom in mid-air. Petals unfold and transform into sharp sword beams.

Qiu Batian realized he was wrong.

The judgment of Li Zhaoting was completely wrong.

Li Zhaoting is not a novice swordsman, but an invincible and unstoppable ancient beast.

With sharp teeth and claws, it is invincible.

Having roamed the world for decades, Qiu Batian had never seen a swordsman whose sword strikes were so fast, whose moves were so unpredictable, and whose killing intent was so fierce. When Li Zhaoting thrust out his sword, every cell in Qiu Batian's body felt terrified.

Did this guy start practicing martial arts from the womb?

Qiu Batian was a local tyrant in Jinlong Temple, busy accumulating wealth, abducting beauties, and abusing monks. He knew very little about outside affairs and did not know Li Zhaoting.

If he were well-informed enough and had heard about the major things Li Zhaoting had done, he would have run away the moment he saw Li Zhaoting. Why would he choose to duel?

"laugh!"

The sword energy left wounds on Qiu Batian's body.

Li Zhaoting swept past him with a cold smile, the Purple Star Soft Sword tilting and slicing through Qiu Batian's pulse point. His body spiraled back, slicing through the other pulse point.

"Clang!"

Two monk knives fell to the ground.

Li Zhaoting kept attacking without stopping, swiftly severing Qiu Batian's Achilles tendon with his sword. The tip of the sword then rapidly struck along the meridians, pressing along the Ren meridian acupoints. The sharp sword was wielded with the precision of a judge's pen, demonstrating the exquisite control he possessed.

Blood holes exploded all over Qiu Batian's body, his dantian was destroyed by the sword energy, his meridians were broken inch by inch, his tendons were slashed, his martial arts were completely destroyed, and he was crippled in his hands and feet.

"Click!"

Li Zhaoting removed Qiu Batian's chin.

"It's not that easy to die!"

Li Zhaoting looked coldly at Qiu Batian: "If I kill you now, you are the abbot of Jinlong Temple, the Buddha of Ten Thousand Families, do you think I would be so stupid?"

I will send you to the Six Doors!
I will ask the God of Arrest to verify your identity!
I will make you suffer the punishment of being torn to pieces and trampled into mud by the scorn of the world.

Don't think about suicide.

From the moment I pulled your jaw off, preventing you from committing suicide, you lost the courage to do so.

Only when facing death do we realize how difficult it is to die.

You only have one chance to commit suicide.

You will be utterly disgraced and die a horrible death!
Don't worry, I will mobilize all my resources to bring back the victims from back then and let them take revenge on you.

Qiu Batian, this is your end!

The fate of those in the eighteenth level of hell!

Li Zhaoting reached out and grabbed the poison from Qiu Batian's body, pulling out his last poisonous fang.

Not many victims survived.

Qiu Batian was cruel and ruthless. The women he violated were either killed on the spot or died in childbirth. Those who were lucky enough to survive were all sold to brothels by him.

The survival rate of prostitutes was extremely low.

The vast majority were tortured to death.

Some of them also contracted venereal diseases.

Of those who survived, only one in ten remained.

Qiu Batian must die.

The same applies to Qiu Batian's henchmen.

Most of the monks at Jinlong Temple were his children. Qiu Batian committed evil deeds at Jinlong Temple, and they were all his accomplices. Some were coerced, while others were born with evil hearts.

These need to be carefully examined.

Just hand it over to the Six Doors.

The Four Great Constables will handle these matters.

Ruthless is best at "winning hearts and minds".

Qiu Batian's eyes dimmed, and he closed them, awaiting death.

He has lost all his cards.

He has lost all value.

Li Zhaoting didn't even bother with interrogation; he simply carried Qiu Batian to the Six Doors and threw him there.

The so-called "Six Doors" was actually a general term for the three judicial offices. Later, in order to communicate with the Jianghu people, the imperial court set up the Six Doors outside the three judicial offices. It was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, and the person in charge was known as the God of Catching.

Guo Bujing, the God of Catchers, is a veteran constable who rose through the ranks from the bottom. His palm techniques are superb, and he is the leader of the Eight Great Masters of the Martial World. No matter how evil or heretical a person may be, they will be defeated and flee in disarray under Guo Bujing's Thunderous Palm.

Guo Bujing has never lost a match since his debut.

Thanks to Guo Bujing's management, the Six Doors has become increasingly prosperous in recent years, attracting many martial arts masters and vigorously promoting new talents to ensure that there is no shortage of talent.

In recent years, Guo Bujing has rarely taken action, and the most shining stars of the Six Doors are the "Four Great Constables".

The Four Great Constables were all disciples of the Zizai Sect, learning martial arts from Zhuge Zhengwo. Zhuge Zhengwo was a cursed lone star, and they were not allowed to call him Master, but only Uncle.

The Four Great Constables are not arranged according to age, but according to the order in which they joined the sect. The eldest brother is Wuqing, the second brother is Tieshou, the third brother is Zhuiming, and the youngest brother is Lengxue. The four of them love each other and work together to solve cases without fail.

With the imperial examinations approaching, Wuqing, the most talented scholar, was stationed at the Imperial Academy to protect the candidates and prevent any fatalities.

Chasing Life and Cold-Blooded are on the front lines investigating cases.

Iron Hand was on duty at the Six Doors.

Hearing the noise, Tie Shou threw on a coat and rushed out, asking, "Brother, may I ask your name? Are you here to report a crime?"

Li Zhaoting smiled and said, "I am Li Zhaoting. I am here to collect the bounty. This is Qiu Batian, whom the Six Doors have been offering a bounty for for thirty years. You should have a portrait of him."

"Qiu Batian? He's Qiu Batian?"

"Iron Brother can inspect at will."

"It was my duty, please forgive me!"

Tie Shou bowed to Li Zhaoting, then searched Qiu Batian's body to confirm his physical information. Several constables went to the archives and quickly retrieved the information.

Qiu Batian had been living in seclusion for many years and had become overweight, but his basic features remained unchanged, especially his eyes.

With his extensive experience, Iron Hand quickly confirmed the identity.

"I have long heard of Young Hero Li's reputation for hating evil, and today I have finally met him. He truly lives up to his name. On behalf of the hundreds of victims, Iron Hand thanks Young Hero Li."

With that, Iron Hand bowed deeply.

Li Zhaoting tried to help Tie Shou up, but Tie Shou's bow was unusually firm. With a strength as great as a thousand pounds, her powerful and profound strength easily dissipated Li Zhaoting's force.

A magnificent and awe-inspiring skill!

A consistent and divine skill!
The most overpowered internal energy cultivation method of the Zizai Sect.

Iron Hand has been solving cases for many years, encountering countless treacherous and vicious bandits, as well as masters like Ling Luoshi. To this day, he remains healthy and free from illness and disaster, all thanks to his two divine skills.

Especially the consistent divine skill.

With a single, unwavering focus, one's power becomes limitless.

As long as Tie Shou remains steadfast in his beliefs, even if his skill level is far inferior to his opponent's, he can still fight against him. This is equivalent to a flawless version of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration. Tie Shou was just starting out when he was able to compete with Ling Luoshi in terms of true essence with his consistent divine skill. Ling Luoshi's Screen Technique opened three doors and was said to have the skill of three Jiazi (60 years), yet they still fought to a standstill.

An even more extraordinary experience was during a flood. In order to save the victims, Tie Shou bravely jumped into the raging floodwaters while holding a ten-thousand-pound copper wall, using the strength of an ordinary person to withstand the natural disaster.

Full of passion and determined to fight to the death, Iron Hand waited until all the disaster victims had evacuated before returning to the shore. When the flood receded, the surviving people retrieved the copper wall and found two handprints on it, realizing that Iron Hand's reputation was well-deserved.

Qiu Batian's crimes were too numerous to count. When Tie Shou was reviewing the case files, he wished he could skin him alive. He often secretly resented his own incompetence for letting Qiu Batian go unpunished.

This bow to Li Zhaoting was sincere.

Li Zhaoting sensed Tie Shou's intentions, accepted Tie Shou's half-bow, and then jumped to the side. After all, this was the territory of the Six Doors, and he had to give Tie Shou face.

The two looked at each other, understanding each other tacitly.

Iron Hand ordered, "Men, take Qiu Batian to the death row! He must not die!"

"Second Master, don't worry!"

The constables hurriedly carried Qiu Batian away.

Iron Hand wrote a memorial to the throne overnight.

The next morning, Zhuge Zhengwo placed the memorial on Zhao Zhen's desk. Zhao Zhen opened the memorial, looked at the words on it, and angrily overturned the table.

"Under the emperor's very nose, in broad daylight, how can there be such heinous villains? What crime have you committed?"

"Your Majesty, we have failed in our duty."

The assembled officials knelt down in unison to plead guilty.

There are techniques to writing memorials to the emperor.

If it were only written that a womanizer had been caught, and the Ministry of Justice sent the case file for death penalty review, given Zhao Zhen's personality, he would likely have just glanced at it and casually pardoned the death penalty.

Tie Shou wrote down every detail of Qiu Batian's crimes in a memorial, which angered Zhao Zhen. After seeing the contents of the memorial, none of the officials dared to say a word.

Anyone who dares to speak out is a treacherous villain colluding with Qiu Batian. With the imperial examinations approaching, the capital is full of scholars, who will surely swarm in and use all sorts of methods to completely nail the pleader to the pillar of shame.

Is it worthwhile to plead for Qiu Batian?

Iron Hand led his team to Jinlong Temple, where Iron Hand confiscated the temple's wealth, leaving no one else able to touch it.

Qiu Batian's martial arts were crippled, making him a useless piece of trash with no value whatsoever.

Since it's waste, let's stomp on it hard.

In the following days, numerous students from the Imperial Academy submitted petitions requesting severe punishment for Qiu Batian. Even Empress Liu was alarmed, and after reviewing the case files, she declared that he should be executed by a thousand cuts.

Just as Li Zhaoting said.

Qiu Batian's fate was already sealed.

He was utterly disgraced and died a gruesome death.

He was subjected to a thousand cuts amidst the scorn and condemnation of the people of Beijing.

Li Zhaoting asked his Beggars' Sect disciples to find the victim, and on the day of the execution by slow slicing, they trampled Qiu Batian into mud.

After this battle, Li Zhaoting's reputation improved, and he transformed from a ruthless villain into a chivalrous swordsman who hated evil. Wherever Li Zhaoting went, death followed, but those who died were always the ones who deserved to die.

Foreign spy, Japanese thief, Manchu undercover agent, womanizer, Wei Tianying, Gui Xinshu...

Who was killed by mistake?

Which one shouldn't go to the eighteenth level of hell?

Killing them was the right thing to do.

The fierce and malevolent are directed against evil spirits and heretics.

Li Zhaoting is a chivalrous swordsman who hates evil as if it were his enemy!
This is the front page headline of the Jianghu Monthly.

Written by the tragic third aunt, editor-in-chief of Jianghu Monthly!

……

Let's rewind time.

The man in black was surrounded by the formation.

Li Zhaoting went to chase after Qiu Batian.

Bodhi Temple is unattended.

A small, thin figure quietly slipped in.

This person possessed extraordinary lightness of body and agility, resembling a large rat. He moved with light steps, cautiously approaching the bookshelf to search for the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra.

"I really don't understand, what's so good about the Vairocana Buddha mantra? Why are so many people stealing it?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang appeared at the same time.

They were both children, small and thin, and were hidden under the table, conveniently concealed by the tablecloth.

The thief dared not fight and turned to run away, but Lan Fenghuang blocked his retreat and lashed his ankle with her whip. The thief took off his robe and armor, removed his shoes and socks, and rushed towards the window. Before he reached the window, he heard the sound of a zither.

"Zheng!"

The thief was dizzy and moved slowly.

Lan Fenghuang waved her whip and tied him up.

"Stop struggling. I'll let you die knowing why. I am the leader of the Five Poisons Sect of Miao Jiang. You should have heard of me, right?"

Upon hearing this, the thief turned ashen-faced.

Feng Suzhen looked around.

There shouldn't be any thieves tonight, right?

(End of this chapter)