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Chapter 396: Awesome and righteous
"Oh, I told Senior Shi from the Zhengqi Academy what happened that night. He said he would send someone to the ruined temple to verify it. I think they will give us the reward after they have verified it."

Gu Qingyi said, "Don't worry, Zhengqi Academy is a famous and prestigious school, and they will definitely not break their promises."

Malu didn't comment, but just asked, "Did you show him the arrest warrant?"

"Well... I wanted to take it out originally, but at that time the Beggars' Sect had just lost the Lotus Bowl, and the other two detectives from the Iron Cloth Sect were already on their way to Yuchang County."

Gu Qingyi said, "I was worried that they would meet Senior Shi, so I lied and said that I had no sect or school, and that all my martial arts were inherited from my family."

After listening to what Gu Qingyi said, Ma Lu realized that he had wronged Zhengqi Academy.

After all, anyone who hears that a young man without any sect and who came out of nowhere killed the big devil Yan Wuji who came from Vajra Academy would first react with suspicion.

Even though Yan Wuji's widow and daughter testified, Yan Wuji was a cruel person. Zhengqi Academy probably worried that he would abandon his wife and daughter and fake his death to get away, so they sent people to verify it.

But now that millipedes are here, this is no longer a problem.

Malu directly asked Gu Qingyi to take him to find the people from Zhengqi Academy.

The Beggars' Sect is going to change its leader. Right now, Yuchang County is full of people from the martial arts world who have come to watch the ceremony. The inns in the city have already been full. Those who arrive late can only rent huts outside the city.

But famous sects like Zhengqi Academy certainly don't have such worries, as their accommodation has already been arranged in advance.

The abbot Shi Wenjiao and his disciples lived in the mansion of a wealthy family in the city.

Gu Qingyi explained their identities and purpose to the doorman and was quickly brought in.

However, they only saw a few disciples from Zhengqi Academy in the front yard. The leader told them that Dean Shi was meeting a distinguished guest in the backyard and asked them to wait here.

So Malu and Gu Qingyi sat on the stone bench in the front yard and watched the disciples of Zhengqi Academy practice calligraphy.

Zhengqi Academy is different from other martial arts sects. In addition to practicing martial arts, disciples are also required to study and master the six arts of a gentleman.

To use the words of another dimension, it is a well-rounded development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, and its comprehensive quality is far superior to other sects.

What's even more terrifying is that even though there are so many subjects to learn, the martial arts of the disciples of Zhengqi Academy have not fallen behind. There are endless masters under their tutelage. The dean, Song Qingzhou, is even hailed as one of the five greatest masters of the time, and his self-portrait calligraphy is feared in the martial arts world.

The calligraphy of these disciples was obviously not bad either. The characters they wrote were both square and round, upright and vigorous, and had a great style.

One of them wrote the fastest. After finishing, he threw the brush away and said with a smile, "Brothers, thank you for letting me."

The other three ignored him and continued writing slowly. Only the disciple who had received Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi earlier cursed with a smile.

"The teacher asked us to practice calligraphy so that we can hone our character, but you are becoming more and more unruly the more you practice."

The scolded young disciple scratched his head and said, "We have been practicing calligraphy for almost an hour. Aren't you guys bored? How about we spar with each other and stretch our muscles?"

However, the three of them remained motionless after hearing this. "Go away, we haven't finished writing yet. If you want to play, go play by yourself."

The young disciple was a little disappointed, but he soon noticed Malu and Gu Qingyi standing beside him, came forward and clasped his fists.

"I am Qin Ruhai from the Righteous Academy. I heard that you two are the heroes who killed Yan Wuji. I think your skills must be extraordinary. I wonder if you can teach me something?"

The two detectives from the Iron Cloth Sect were in the city right now, and Gu Qingyi had decided to keep his head down and avoid taking action if possible, so as not to expose his identity, so he would not agree. Ma Lu didn't want to play a card that had no benefits, but he glanced at the other three disciples from the Righteous Academy and saw that they were all calm, and realized that this competition might not be accidental.

After a little thought, he guessed the intention of Zhengqi Academy.

They probably wanted to use this competition to find out their strengths and see if they were capable of killing Yan Wuji.

Therefore, even if he turned down this competition, there would probably be other competitions later. Moreover, Malu was in urgent need of the bounty, so he decided to show off his skills. He nodded and said, "Okay, come on."

Qin Ruhai didn't expect Ma Lu to be so straightforward. He was slightly startled, but then he smiled and said, "Brother Ma is the guest, so you should take the first move."

Upon hearing this, Malu didn't waste any words. He raised his sword and stabbed Qin Ruhai. Then the card game began. The two of them retreated a few steps and stood facing each other.

Ma Lu assumed the starting posture of Songxi fast sword, while Qin Ruhai stood sideways opposite him, lifted his robe, and placed a top scholar's pen across his chest.

Malu set the battle mode to sparring and made it public, then he and Qin Ruhai each drew 3 cards from the deck.

Then, as the first attacker, Malu drew 2 more cards.

Looking down at the cards in his hand, Malu still started with the Little Changchun Kung Fu and added 6 points of true energy to himself.

When he saw the Little Changchun Skill, a barely perceptible look of contempt flashed across Qin Ruhai's eyes, and even his posture became a little slack. However, when he saw the number of layers in the upper left corner, he perked up a little.

"Hey, Brother Ma is so young, but I didn't expect that he has such a high level of internal strength."

Malu casually agreed, "Yeah, I started practicing martial arts earlier."

After that, he played another card, which was a protective card - Golden Cup and Jade Drink. This was the second move of the Qianjin Sanjin Gong.

Malu did not use the more powerful Vajra Subduing Demons Kung Fu because this martial art from Vajra Academy was a bit eye-catching.

Since Zhengqi Academy is hunting down Yan Wuji, they should have some knowledge of the latter's martial arts. Therefore, Malu temporarily adjusted the deck before the fight and replaced the Demon Subduing Vajra Art with the Qianjin Sanjin Art.

The Qianjinsanjin skill is much inferior to the Demon Subduing Vajra skill in terms of defensive ability, but it also has its own advantages.

Malu spent 2 points of true Qi and activated the additional effect of Golden Cup and Jade Drink, gaining 6 points of parry and an effect of recovering 1 point of true Qi after being injured.

Since he cannot attack with the first player, Malu chose to end his turn after playing these two cards.

Then it was Qin Ruhai's turn. Qin Ruhai yawned while touching the cards. He didn't stop to look at the cards in his hand and threw them away.

——Song of Righteousness.

This is the philosophy of Zhengqi Academy.

Qin Ruhai had only cultivated to the second level. Each Song of Righteousness could provide him with 2 points of true energy and a level of Haoran state.

Qin Ruhai explained to Malu, "Haoran state can strengthen the effect of my hand cards. Each layer of Haoran state can increase the power of my attack cards by 1 point and the defense of my protective cards by 1 point. Haoran state can be accumulated infinitely and always exists on the field."

(End of this chapter)