My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Xu Shuqin snorted and said, "What are you looking at? You can't even tell the difference between soy sauce and vinegar, all you know is how to eat."

Su Chengying's lips twitched; this was referring to him.

In his entire life, he has cooked fewer times than one finger can count.

The saying "A wise man keeps away from the kitchen" is not just a saying.

"When you and Yue'er are at home, are you the one cooking?" Xu Shuqin asked.

Qi Yu glanced at Su Yue and said, "It's mostly my wife who does the cooking. She says such silly things as 'a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen.' She threatens me as soon as I enter the kitchen."

Su Yue rolled her eyes at Qi Yu and said, "Am I threatening you?"

Qi Yu looked at Xu Shuqin with a sorrowful expression and said, "Mother-in-law, you don't know, my wife bullies me every few days because she knows martial arts. It's so hard for me!"

Xu Shuqin raised an eyebrow, then looked at Su Yue and asked, "Are you really bullying Yu'er because you know martial arts?"

Hearing Su Yue bullying Qi Yu, Su Chengying and Su Yun both looked over and stared at Su Yue.

Obeying one's father at home and one's husband after marriage—this is the constraint imposed on women in this world.

Although Su Yue was pampered since childhood, it was still unacceptable for her to bully her husband just because she knew martial arts after getting married.

Su Yue explained with a pained expression, "I really didn't bully my husband!"

However, her explanations were of no use, because it was a fact that she knew martial arts.

“Yu’er, tell me how she bullied you, so I can teach her a lesson!” Xu Shuqin glanced at Su Yue, then spoke gently to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu coughed and said, "You don't know, my wife often gets angry for no reason, and makes me sleep in the woodshed every few days, living with rats and cockroaches."

"That would have been fine, but whenever she was unhappy, she would make me do horse stance, ostensibly to train me, but actually to punish me."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuqin looked at Su Yue seriously and asked, "Is that so?"

Su Yue looked miserable, almost in tears.

"Mother, that's not how it is. I made him do the horse stance to train him, I didn't mean to bully him."

Xu Shuqin's expression was serious and indifferent as she said, "Yu'er is your husband. You should cherish him. How can you treat him like this?"

With Xu Shuqin's support, Qi Yu stood up straight and nodded in agreement from time to time.

"If you could learn martial arts, why would you be bullied by your little sister?" Su Yun finally spoke, his face indifferent and aloof.

Xu Shuqin didn't say anything more, but subtly observed Qi Yu's expression before glaring fiercely at her son.

I had already told him not to mention Qi Yu's martial arts training again, so as not to upset him.

But now this kid is bringing up the very thing he shouldn't have said!

Su Yue also looked at her older brother indifferently, without saying a word.

Su Yun felt the indifferent gazes of her mother and younger sister and realized what was happening, but it was too late to regret it.

The atmosphere became somewhat tense for a moment, but Qi Yu spoke first.

"Brother, you might have misunderstood," Qi Yu said.

Su Yun looked at Qi Yu with a puzzled expression, not understanding the meaning of his words.

Qi Yu looked at Su Yue and smiled, "I want to practice martial arts, not to resist my wife's oppression, but because I feel that I am really weak."

"In this state, I would be unable to protect her when danger comes."

"I want to practice martial arts because I want to protect my wife and give her happiness and a sense of security."

The members of the Su family fell silent, and then looked at Qi Yu with complicated expressions.

Is this Qi Yu's reason for wanting to practice martial arts? To protect Su Yue.

Qi Yu gave a wry smile and lowered his head, saying, "But it seems I really am not cut out for martial arts. I only managed to open six meridians with the Qingming Technique, which is a real failure."

"Although I can't practice martial arts, I will protect Su Yue in other ways. Martial arts are not everything. No matter what, I will protect Su Yue."

After Qi Yu finished speaking, he looked up and found that the four members of the Su family were staring at him blankly, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

What's going on? Why are you looking at me like that?

"Yu'er, you said you used the 'Azure Nether Technique' to open your meridians, how many meridians did you open?" Xu Shuqin asked in a cryptic tone.

Qi Yu lowered his head in shame, his cheeks burning. Was his six meridians really too low?

The Azure Nether Technique can open eighteen meridians, but Qi Yu only opened six. His Azure Nether True Qi couldn't even freeze water, which was far from the entry level mentioned in the Azure Nether Technique.

"Six...six meridians, is that too low? Am I really a waste?" Qi Yu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at.

The four members of the Su family looked at each other, and then they all saw the surprise and shock in each other's eyes.

On the first cycle, six meridians were opened? Is that considered low?

Su Chengying handed Qi Yu a cup filled with water.

"Yu'er, the Azure Nether True Qi can freeze water. Try it and see if you can freeze the water inside."

Qi Yu took the cup, then looked at the Su family's bright eyes, and could only awkwardly circulate his inner energy and pour it into the cup.

click!

The cup shattered instantly into sharp fragments, and Qi Yu's hand was cut, with drops of blood flowing out.

Startled, Su Yue quickly grabbed Qi Yu's hand and covered the wound with a handkerchief.

Qi Yu was injured, but Xu Shuqin, Su Chengying, and Su Yun were not paying attention to Qi Yu's condition. Instead, they stared blankly at the water sphere floating in mid-air.

There was a vital energy on the water mass, which kept it gathered and suspended in the air without falling.

Su Yue didn't have time to look at the water spheres; she grabbed Qi Yu's hand and headed for the door.

"Xiaoling, go get the bandages and the first-aid kit!"

Qi Yu was pulled away by Su Yue, leaving only three people in the lobby, staring blankly at the floating water sphere.

Logically speaking, once the supply of true energy stops, it should dissipate quickly.

For example, Su Chengying can use his true qi to make a suspended water mass float.

But once he withdraws his true energy, the water droplets will fall down.

But Qi Yu seemed different. After he withdrew his true energy, it did not dissipate. This was the first time the three people in the hall had seen this.

Click, click...

The suspended water droplets gradually condensed into frost, then completely transformed into an ice ball, which crashed onto the table.

Bang!

The sound from the table made the three of them realize what was happening before they even knew it.

Seeing her husband and son's stunned expressions, Xu Shuqin snorted and said, "Is this what you call having no talent?"

Su Chengying frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case! Did he really know what 'qi sensation' and 'qi gathering' were just from seeing it once?"

"Moreover, the Azure Nether Technique is an extremely profound cultivation method. How could an ordinary person who has never practiced it possibly understand it after just one reading, let alone open the six meridians?"

Xu Shuqin sneered and said, "Maybe Yu'er really is a genius, able to grasp it after just one reading? Isn't Yue'er the same?"

"What you say is impossible and shouldn't be true, Yue'er has already done it all, hasn't she?"

Su Chengying pursed his lips, unsure of what to say, while also wondering if this kid really understood it after just one reading.

Su Yun's expression was also somewhat strange. Although he didn't want to admit it, Qi Yu seemed to have really succeeded, and he had mastered a profound cultivation technique in just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

The cultivation process of "Azure Netherworld Technique" involves opening the meridians, a total of eighteen.

Once all eighteen rules are completed, the "Azure Netherworld Technique" will be fully mastered, and it will be possible for it to freeze upon contact with water.

When he first started cultivating the Azure Nether Technique, it took him a month to open his first meridian.

But Qi Yu only took half a day to come up with six suggestions.

Xu Shuqin sighed and said, "I knew it! Yu'er is so smart and quick-witted, how could he not have talent? You two are just too shallow in your understanding."

"What do you mean by pretending to know everything, having no talent, or being hopeless? I think you just don't have the insight. Yu'er is a genius."

Su Chengying and Su Yun fell silent, because they had indeed misjudged the situation.

Qi Yu wasn't pretending to understand; he genuinely understood, which is why he didn't ask.

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Chapter Sixteen: The Su Family

Qi Yu's palm was cut by a shard of metal. Su Yue took the medicine and bandages that the maid had brought and was treating Qi Yu's wound.

Qi Yu kept looking at Su Yue, and he thought she looked very beautiful with her serious expression.

"Take off your clothes!" Su Yue suddenly said.

Qi Yu was taken aback, then looked at the maid at the door and said, "Isn't that a bad idea? It's still early!"

Su Yue was slightly taken aback, then understood, and gave Qi Yu a helpless glare.

"What are you thinking? I just want you to take off your coat. Your left arm is injured, isn't it? I'll change your dressing while I'm at it," Su Yue said.

"Oh! I thought it was time for bed!"

Su Yue looked at Qi Yu helplessly and said, "You're injured, can't you think of something good?"

As Qi Yu loosened his belt, he said, "I can't help it, I just can't calm down when I'm looking at you."

"Then is it my fault?" Su Yue said.

Qi Yu did not unbutton all the way up, but waited until the clothes were loose before pulling his left shoulder and left arm out of the loose clothes.

Su Yue walked to Qi Yu's side, then unwrapped the bandage. The wound from the arrow had scabbed over and was healing well.

"Alright, don't get it wet for now, it should be fully healed in two or three days," Su Yue said.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu immediately looked distressed and said, "My wife! I haven't taken a bath for two days, and it's the middle of summer in this sweltering heat. If I don't bathe soon, I'll start to stink!"

“But your injury can’t get wet!” Su Yue said.

Qi Yu pouted and said, "I don't care, even if the wound gets worse, festers, and oozes pus, I still want to take a bath."

Su Yue looked at Qi Yu with some helplessness and said, "Why are you such a clean man? You're not a woman."

"Say what you will, I'm going to take a shower!" Qi Yu said.