My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Li Muchen also wanted to learn the Taoist technique of "Slaying the Three Corpses," but this kind of supernatural art was strictly controlled.

Otherwise, learning "Slaying the Three Corpses" would be tantamount to opening a path to sainthood.

"Ming'er, go and call Su Lie over!" Li Muchen said.

Li Ming nodded and hurriedly walked down from the observatory.

After Li Ming left, Li Ming looked at the tall building to the west, his eyes slightly narrowed.

That was the Temple of Longevity. Even though there were no Taoists left inside and it was an empty temple, he still didn't demolish it.

The fortune of Taoism is truly remarkable!

The sect leader and Su Chengying are one thing, but now there's an even more monstrous Qi Yu.

A Taoist tradition that has been passed down for nearly ten thousand years is indeed extraordinary!

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In the Lin residence, Qi Yu stood in the courtyard, with corpses scattered all around him. These were all martial artists, the lowest being a first-rank master, and there were seven or eight grandmasters who had reached the Dao Integration stage.

But by then, they were all dead!

Qi Yu stopped at this moment, not because he was showing mercy, but because he felt guilty.

He stopped, simply because he saw someone he hadn't expected.

Sun Guyuan!

The teacher's junior brother is also his own senior uncle!

How did he end up at the Lin residence?

Sun Guyuan looked at Qi Yu with mixed feelings, also marveling at his senior brother's discerning eye.

Even on his deathbed, his senior brother still believed in Qi Yu. That kind of desperate courage was not his usual style, and he didn't quite understand it.

But at this moment, he understood a little better: Qi Yu did indeed have that kind of value.

"Qi Yu, it's been a long time!" Sun Guyuan said with a smile.

"Uncle-Master Sun, what are you doing here?" Qi Yu asked.

Sun Guyuan chuckled and said, "This is my home, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to be here!"

My home?

Qi Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you also from the Xuanzong Sect?"

Sun Guyuan laughed and said, "Xuanzong and Taoism share the same origin and both belong to the Taoist school. Making such a clear distinction is somewhat disrespectful to the Taoist patriarch and all the sages of the past, isn't it?"

Sun Guyuan's words were tantamount to admitting that he was a follower of Emperor Xuanzong.

He was an undercover agent planted within Taoism!

Seeing Qi Yu's calm gaze, Sun Guyuan chuckled and said, "I have always admired you. At first, it was because of you as a person, then your wisdom, and then your talent."

“If Su Chengying and your senior brother hadn’t made the first move, I would have pulled you into Taoism anyway.”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu felt no joy or delight, only indifference.

"Uncle-Master Sun, you know why I'm here today!"

For the sake of being a teacher, Qi Yu had already shown Sun Guyuan enough respect.

If Sun Guyuan continues to delay, Qi Yu wouldn't mind sending him to another world to find a teacher.

Sun Guyuan could sense Qi Yu's killing intent, but he didn't take it to heart and turned his head to look to his side and behind him.

Lin Ruohai and his wife appeared together, then stood on either side of Sun Guyuan, confronting Qi Yu.

Lin Ruohai was merely a Grandmaster of the Dao Integration Realm; his arrival had no impact whatsoever.

Unless Lin Ruoxi comes in person!

In Lin Ruoxi's boudoir, she was sitting cross-legged on the bed, frowning, as if she was enduring some kind of pain.

She had sensed its arrival long ago, but at this moment, she really couldn't get away.

The aftereffects of dismembering the corpse began to manifest in her.

Lin Ruoxi's shadow on the bed curtains kept changing shape, appearing different every now and then.

At the head of the bed, there was a crib, and a baby was sleeping peacefully inside.

The shadow gradually returned to normal and stopped changing. Lin Ruoxi opened her eyes, and her black pupils gradually turned scarlet.

She and the Corpse God completed their assimilation and fusion, and her body began to change.

Qi Yu, who was in the front yard, suddenly felt a chill down his back, and a sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

This feeling is... a Corpse God!?

He had this feeling when Su Yun's Corpse God clone was watching him; it was the feeling of being watched by a natural enemy.

The Corpse God feeds on the negative emotions of humans; humans are their food.

Corpse Gods prey on humans and are the natural enemy of mankind.

This feeling is awful!

I thought this feeling would disappear after I became a sub-saint, but now it's even stronger.

This soul-deep tremor made Qi Yu extremely uncomfortable, as if he were being watched by a predator.

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Chapter Seventy-Four: Feint to the East, Attack in the West

While Qi Yu and Sun Guyuan were confronting each other, Lin Ruoxi came out, but she was very different from the past version of herself.

At this moment, she was wearing an extremely revealing outfit, with a patch of snow-white skin below her collarbone, her breasts full and her hair loose, swaying gently as she walked.

Most importantly, Lin Ruoxi was not wearing shoes; her long, slender, snow-white feet peeked out from under her skirt as she walked.

Feet can be considered an important part of a woman's body. I almost had my body destroyed by Su Yue just because I took off Su Yue's shoes.

But Lin Ruoxi didn't seem to care at all and boldly walked out, and in such a frivolous manner.

This is quite different from her previous image as a dignified, beautiful, gentle, and virtuous lady from a prominent family.

Even Lin Ruoxi's parents and grandfather frowned, looking surprised.

Lin Ruohai, in particular, had his brows furrowed so deeply they were almost touching.

Although he admired Emperor Xuanzong, he studied the Confucian school, valuing the principles of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame most highly.

Lin Ruoxi's current state infuriated him.

In the end, however, he didn't say anything.

Lin Ruoxi turned her head and stood under the eaves. Her scarlet eyes looked at Qi Yu with great interest, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a charming and flirtatious smile.

Qi Yu felt no restlessness, only endless cold, as if he had been freezing naked in the snow for three days and three nights.

He was very familiar with Lin Ruoxi's gaze; Su Yun's Corpse God clone had looked at him in the same way back then.

That's the way they look at food!

It's like the way you look at chickens, ducks, and fish at the market!

"Young Master Qi, let's have a fight. If you win, I'll give you back the child. If you lose, you'll surrender and I'll eat you up. How about it?" Lin Ruoxi said with a charming smile.

Qi Yu did not answer immediately, but instead observed Lin Ruoxi.

Is this a side effect of merging with the Corpse God?

The personality of the Corpse Goddess has begun to influence her primary personality.

Qi Yu's intuition told him that he should run away now, as far away as possible, because Lin Ruoxi was in danger.

But Qi Yu had already sensed the child's presence, and he would not allow himself to escape.

Even though Lin Ruoxi gave him a dangerous feeling, he was very likely to die here.

"Okay, let's have a fight!" Qi Yu agreed.

Lin Ruoxi laughed, her scarlet eyes reflecting Qi Yu's figure. He had white hair and his life force was declining. Every time he used the power of a sub-saint, he was consuming his own lifespan.

This world is ultimately prejudiced against the near-saint; normal methods of breakthrough are not feasible.

Qi Yu drew the Zhanqiu Sword from his waist, his true energy surging, his aura rising in waves, and the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, quickly falling below minus twenty degrees Celsius.

Qi Yu was not used to using the Heavenly Dao Sword. Even though the Heavenly Dao Sword had unparalleled sharpness and supernatural abilities, Qi Yu still preferred the sword without a blade or any additional supernatural abilities, which was like a piece of black iron called Zhan Qiu.

Because he was his teacher, who had high hopes for him, he gave him the sword. Compared to the Heavenly Dao Sword, he felt more affection for Zhan Qiu.

Lin Ruoxi and Qi Yu exchanged glances, and in the next moment, their figures suddenly disappeared, reappearing in the sky above the capital city.

Qi Yu and Lin Ruoxi released their domains one after the other, and the snow-covered domain with falling ice and snow and the flower domain with petals flying all over the sky intertwined and canceled each other out.

The domains canceled each other out, so Qi Yu couldn't use [Words Become Law], and Lin Ruoxi also had righteous energy supporting her, so [Words Become Law] was useless against her.

The only factors that determine the winner between two people are their respective martial arts skills, physical strength, and the quantity and purity of their internal energy.

The more powerful you are, the simpler your fighting style becomes.

Qi Yu and Lin Ruoxi were locked in combat amidst the petals and snow, and Lin Ruoxi now wielded a slender longsword.

Only then did Qi Yu realize that Lin Ruoxi's swordsmanship was also very profound, and that he had already been cut in several places.

On the observatory, Li Muchen looked at the two streaks of light entwined and colliding in the night sky above the capital city, and felt a sense of emotion.

This is the power of the Quasi-Saint realm!

Even without getting close, standing at such a distance, the terrifying energy emanating from the air made him feel palpitations.

The fallen petals and snowflakes were already dissipating before they even hit the ground.

Those were not real snowflakes and petals, but rather condensed forms of true qi.

With his peak Dao Integration level strength, he could be injured even by a snowflake or a petal.

That was a level he simply couldn't reach.

At this moment, all the grandmasters in the capital city were watching the two streaks of light in the night sky, witnessing the battle between the two quasi-saints.