My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Qi Yu will be twenty-two next month, and the time he has to train in martial arts is at most ten months, less than a year.

But Qi Yu was already a grandmaster.

His talent is truly beyond words.

Qi Ran put down the wooden sword, then bowed respectfully to Su Yun and said, "Master!"

Su Yun nodded expressionlessly, but his head unconsciously tilted upwards, clearly enjoying the title of "Master".

"What's going on?" Qi Yu asked.

"Didn't you ask your father to take good care of Qi Ran and your sister-in-law? Then I met Qi Ran and found that he was a promising talent, so I took him as my disciple!" Su Yun said calmly.

Qi Yu frowned, then looked at Qi Ran and asked, "Did you do this voluntarily?"

Qi Ran nodded, looking at Su Yun. His previously indifferent expression transformed into deep admiration, his eyes shining as he excitedly said:

"Master is very powerful. He can freeze a river with just a wave of his hand. I want to learn that skill too."

Qi Yu was speechless. A river had frozen solid!

Even before becoming a grandmaster, I was able to do this without ever touching the river.

However, complete freezing is impossible; at most, only the surface can be frozen, with the ice thickness reaching approximately two meters.

Now, it's possible to freeze everything completely, but only within the range of the released true energy. Qi Yu can't freeze the entire upstream and downstream area.

Qi Yu finally understood why Qi Ran had become Su Yun's disciple, and he didn't say anything more.

Can Su Yun, with her expressionless face, really be taught well?

Looking at the two people, one big and one small, Qi Yu was speechless and realized that the two people seemed to be of the same kind.

The same expressionless face, the same aloofness.

It seems feasible for someone with a large facial paralysis to teach someone with a small facial paralysis!

He originally intended to teach Qi Ran himself, but since Qi Ran had become Su Yun's disciple, he decided to let it go.

A teacher for a day is a father for life. Now, it seems unrealistic to expect Qi Ran to train with me.

Qi Ran seems to admire Su Yun a lot!

Qi Yu looked at Qi Ran, then reached out and patted Qi Ran's little head, and said with a smile, "Since you want to learn martial arts, then learn it well so that you can protect your mother and family in the future!"

Qi Ran said with a serious expression, "I would do the same even without your reminder, Uncle. That's why I learned martial arts!"

Qi Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "Remember what you said, and don't forget it!"

After saying that, Qi Yu withdrew his hand, looked at Su Yun, and said, "Brother, Qi Ran is the only heir of our Qi family. Please take good care of him!"

As he spoke, Qi Yu bowed in thanks.

No matter what, we're family after all!

When Su Yun saw Qi Yu bow to her, she frowned and said, "We're family, so let's not talk like family. Or are you saying you're not family with my Su family anymore? Are you planning to divorce Su Yue?"

Qi Yu was speechless for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile and said, "Alright, then I'll leave it to my elder brother!"

Su Yun glanced at Qi Ran, her eyes filled with pride and smugness, and said, "Even if you didn't tell me, I would have learned it too. Such a promising talent, his talent is not much weaker than yours. Qi Ran also learned the cultivation technique in one go!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu looked at Qi Ran in surprise. Did this little guy understand it in just one time?

Qi Yu still didn't believe it. He looked at Qi Ran with a serious expression and said, "Qi Ran, I'm going to teach you a special secret technique called 'The Scroll of Sunshine.' I'll only read it once. Listen carefully."

This "Rihua Scroll" is a Taoist classic, and like the "Xiliu Scroll," it contains the true essence of Taoist practices.

The "Daily Learning Scroll" trains the five senses, that is, it enhances the senses.

In Taoism, this kind of practice is not rare and can be learned by ordinary disciples.

Qi Ran listened attentively, and after Qi Yu finished reading, Qi Ran lowered his head, frowned, and pondered.

"How much have you memorized?" Qi Yu asked.

Qi Ran did not answer, but instead raised her head and looked at Qi Yu, her eyes sparkling with light, her pupils clear and bright enough to see into people's hearts.

"Uncle, there's a very strange aura about you! You seem to be poisoned!" Qi Ran said, frowning as he looked at Qi Yu's chest.

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow, and even Su Yun looked at Qi Ran.

"You've learned it?" Qi Yu asked seriously.

After thinking for a moment, Qi Ran said uncertainly, "I'm not really sure either, but I have a vague feeling that I should know how."

Qi Yu pointed at Su Yun and said, "Look at your master, what have you discovered?"

Qi Ran looked at Su Yun as instructed, and after a long while, Qi Ran slowly spoke, saying, "There is an unstable energy within Master's body, which is spreading wildly in all directions."

Su Yun had just emerged from seclusion, and his foundation was still very stable, so there was indeed a very faint true energy circulating in his body.

Qi Yu and Su Yun were speechless. It seems he really has learned it!

The "Sunflower Scroll" is designed to enhance the five senses, starting with the eyes. True Qi is generally invisible, but after learning the "Sunflower Scroll," one can see the flow of True Qi with their eyes.

To ordinary people, a martial artist's true energy is just like air, completely colorless.

Even after gathering energy into a blade, it appears to ordinary people as just a slightly blurry ball of energy.

Only highly skilled martial artists, or those who have learned special secret techniques, can see the flow of true qi.

Qi Ran could see it, so he really learned it!

Moreover, it can also see through the true energy within the body!

"You're saying I'm poisoned? Can you tell what kind of poison it is?" Qi Yu asked.

Qi Yu couldn't help but think of the pill Lin Ruoxi had given him.

This Lin Ruoxi is no ordinary person. He has been keeping an eye on her movements these past few days, but she has remained at the Lin residence without coming out.

Lin Ruoxi is very strong, at least on par with Su Yue.

This shows just how well Lin Ruoxi has hidden her true feelings!

With her abilities, the fact that she chooses to hide them suggests that her intentions are definitely not ordinary.

He didn't confront Lin Ruoxi for one reason: he couldn't beat her. But more importantly, he had a feeling that this matter was definitely not that simple.

Qi Ran looked at Qi Yu's heart, frowned and said, "I don't know if it's poison. If I had to say, it's more like a kind of erosion of will."

Qi Yu frowned. Was his will being eroded?

Qi Yu didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he gave Qi Ran a few instructions and then turned to leave.

He has indeed felt that something is wrong with him lately!

He suddenly lost interest in food and had no appetite for anything.

He doesn't have any particular hobbies, he just loves to eat, creates all kinds of delicious food, and is passionate about it.

But now I've suddenly lost interest in eating, which is very strange.

The image of Lin Ruoxi's white pill kept vaguely appearing in his mind.

He seemed to be yearning!

Qi Ran said it was the erosion of will, and Qi Yu couldn't help but think of some bad things.

As he thought about it, Qi Yu's face turned pale.

He went straight to the study, found Su Chengying, bowed, and then spoke.

"Father-in-law, you are a man of great knowledge and experience. Have you ever heard of a drug that can erode a person's will?"

Su Chengying put down her book. Although she was surprised by Qi Yu's question, she still answered it when she saw Qi Yu's serious expression.

"There are many drugs that can erode willpower. Which one specifically do you want?"

There are many drugs that erode willpower, including aphrodisiacs that stimulate desire, drugs that arouse anger, and drugs that evoke painful memories—the list goes on and on.

"It can make people dependent, it can make people...addicted!" Qi Yu's face turned pale as he said "addicted."

Su Chengying's expression turned serious. He said, "Yes, there is a flower in the Western Regions called the Datura flower. That flower has a strong numbing and hallucinogenic effect and can cause people to become addicted."

Datura flower...

Qi Yu had heard of this flower before; in his previous life, it was called the poppy.

At this moment, he finally understood why Lin Ruoxi hadn't killed him immediately in Jinshui City.

After all, with her strength, killing him would have been incredibly easy for her, especially since he had been somewhat embarrassed by Shangguan Feiyan's true energy at that time.

She uses this drug to control herself!

Qi Yu couldn't help but ponder. He realized that he was still in the initial stage and hadn't become addicted yet. As long as he stopped taking it, he should be able to control it.

"Why are you asking this?" Su Chengying asked, puzzled.

Qi Yu raised his head, looked at Su Chengying, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I may have been poisoned by the datura flower!"

Upon hearing this, Su Chengying's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly got up from his chair, walked to Qi Yu's side, and grabbed Qi Yu's hand to examine it.

Qi Yu did not resist. He could feel a surge of true energy flowing from Su Chengying's hand and circulating within his body.

Su Chengying's face gradually grew increasingly grim, becoming extremely dark and somber.

There is no antidote for datura flowers, because it can be considered poisoning, but it can also not be.

After a while, Su Chengying released Qi Yu and asked, "How did you get poisoned?"

After a moment's hesitation, Qi Yu looked into Su Chengying's eyes and calmly said, "Lin Ruoxi!"

Su Chengying frowned. Lin Ruoxi? How could it be her?

"She is a Grandmaster of the Dao Integration Realm, at least not much weaker than my wife!" Qi Yu said.

Su Chengying's expression shifted constantly, his eyes darting around as he pondered events from the past twenty-odd years.

He and Lin Ruohai were old friends; they met when he was young, during the time he spent in the capital.

Unlike Li Muchen, he had always had a good relationship with Lin Ruohai and they kept in touch secretly.

He even went to Lin Ruoxi's full moon celebration and held her in his arms.

Lin Ruoxi often visited the Su family mansion when she was a child and was very familiar with Su Yue and Su Yun.

Lin Ruoxi was frail and sickly from a young age, and often fell ill, which can be described as a series of misfortunes.