My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

He is now just a prisoner; he has a choice, but others don't.

The Corpse God could feel his remaining energy rapidly depleting, and he truly felt the threat of death.

He was composed of the purest evil thoughts, so he had the most direct experience of the fear of death.

Just as she was about to do something, Qi Yu withdrew his hand, turned around, and walked down from the altar.

The Corpse God was slightly taken aback. He could read minds, but at this moment, he found that he could no longer see through Qi Yu.

"What are you doing?" the Corpse God asked, frowning.

Qi Yu did not stop walking, but his voice still came over.

"I'm here today to let you know that I can kill you at any time. You don't have much time to think about it. Don't think you're invincible."

“I need you now, so I’m spending my time on you, but if I find another way, or if I’m determined to dismember the corpse, you’ll be of no use to me.”

"I don't need to say more about what will happen to you then!"

The subspace is isolated from the outside world, so this corpse god has no way to obtain energy.

His original energy has been almost entirely depleted over the course of time.

Under normal circumstances, he would be impossible to kill, but now that he's low on health, how could I not kill him?

The deterrent effect has been achieved; there's no need to push too hard, otherwise, it will provoke a backlash, which would be counterproductive.

The objective has been achieved, so there's no need to stay any longer.

Stepping out of the subspace of the Heavenly Sword, Qi Yu saw Su Yue, who had already brought the children back and was standing there coaxing the two children to sleep.

Qi Yu walked to Su Yue's side, put his arm around her shoulder, and together they looked at the two children.

"My wife, you've worked so hard!" Qi Yu

Looking at the two children, Su Yue's eyes were full of tenderness and love. She said softly, "Nothing like that. For Ji'er and Wen'er, it's all worth it, no matter how hard it is."

Qi Yu took Su Yue's hand and said with a smile, "My wife, thank you!"

Su Yue turned her head, smiled, and asked, "What are you thanking me for?"

Qi Yu pulled Su Yue into his arms, then gently kissed her forehead and whispered:

"Thank you for marrying me, thank you for taking care of me, and thank you for sharing so much burden for this family."

Su Yue smiled and said, "Now that you know how hard I've worked, you should treat me even better."

Qi Yu laughed and said, "Okay!"

"So, will you agree to all the requests I make?" Su Yue raised her head and stared straight at Qi Yu.

Qi Yu nodded and smiled, "I agree to everything you say!"

"Alright, I want you to promise me that no matter what, you must live on, and even if you die, you must die after me!"

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Chapter 87 Conditions

Su Yue took the child back to the south, while Qi Yu stayed at the academy.

Qin Xiu has been in seclusion for seven days, and today is the eighth day. Qi Yu has a premonition that he will come out.

The matters concerning Taoism have been largely resolved. Both the cooperation with the Great Qing Dynasty and the cooperation with the Lulutong Merchant Guild are on the right track.

Even if he had someone to help him during his seclusion, Qi Yu still didn't want to do anything himself.

Qin Xiu is very capable and can handle all kinds of things properly.

Qi Yu waited outside Qin Xiu's residence all morning. At noon, Qin Xiu's door opened, and Qin Xiu came out of the room.

Qin Xiu bowed to Qi Yu, his eyes changing, his aura becoming more restrained, making him seem less like a martial artist and more like an ordinary person.

"Greetings, Martial Uncle!"

Like the other disciples, Qin Xiu would address himself as "Master" in public, but in private, they would still call him "Uncle-Master".

Qi Yu smiled and asked, "Have you become a Grandmaster?"

He figured it out, but he still wanted to ask.

Qin Xiu straightened up, smiled slightly, and said, "Reporting to my martial uncle, I have already reached the Grandmaster level!"

Qi Yu nodded, feeling very gratified, and even happy for Qin Xiu.

In the entire Taoist sect, Qin Xiu is the only one with decent professional skills; everyone else is useless and can't be helped.

"follow me!"

Qi Yu said this and then walked towards the Hall of Sages.

Qin Xiu hurriedly followed!

Along the way, the Taoists bowed to the two of them. When they saw Qin Xiu, they were somewhat surprised and, at the same time, they thought that Qin Xiu had succeeded in obtaining the tooth-shaped ornaments and couldn't help but feel envious.

Qi Yu led Qin Xiu to the Hall of Ancestral Worthies, where he instructed Qin Xiu to offer incense to the enshrined statues and ancestors. Afterward, he led Qin Xiu to his own bedroom.

"Qin Xiu, is there any special skill you'd like to learn?" Qi Yu asked as they walked.

Following behind Qi Yu, Qin Xiu thought for a moment before speaking, "I want to learn [One Mind, A Thousand Functions]!"

Taoism has many extraordinary skills, among which "using one mind to do a thousand things" is quite profound, as is "shrinking the earth to an inch".

Only grandmasters can unleash the power of extraordinary techniques.

Qi Yu led Qin Xiu to a side hall and handed him two bamboo slips.

"These are the [One Mind, Thousand Uses] and [Shrinking the Earth to an Inch] techniques. Take them first. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me. After you've learned them, I'll teach you new extraordinary techniques!"

Qi Yu possessed many extraordinary skills, but having more skills is not necessarily better.

No matter how many extraordinary skills one knows, it's not as good as mastering one extraordinary skill to its fullest extent, just like Lin Shaolong, the master of Tianya Haige.

He is the man who has mastered the supernatural art of teleportation to its extreme. He can not only switch positions himself, but also control others to switch positions with other objects.

If it weren't for his righteous energy, even if he were protected by the Sword Domain, Lin Shaolong could still pull him out, or even more terrifyingly, turn him into a trap.

So even though he knew many extraordinary skills, Qi Yu didn't put much effort into them.

The skills of "using one mind for a thousand purposes" and "shrinking the earth to an inch" are enough. There are also Confucian arts, such as "reading ten lines at a glance" and "being blinded by a leaf," but Qi Yu doesn't practice them much.

"Practice hard, and in a few days I'll teach you a special technique that I developed myself!" Qi Yu said.

Qin Xiu looked up in astonishment as he looked away from the bamboo slips containing strange arts.

Self-developed supernatural abilities?

Has my uncle already been able to develop his own supernatural abilities?

Most of the extraordinary arts were left behind by our ancestors, with 70% of them being left by the Dao Ancestor, and the rest created by later sages.

As a near-saint, one possesses a domain, thus having a deeper understanding of legal principles; some extraordinary techniques are the crystallization of these principles.

Now that Qi Yu is a near-sage, it seems that creating his own extraordinary techniques is not such an unacceptable thing.

Qin Xiu understood, bowed deeply in salutation, and then turned and left the side hall.

Qi Yu looked at Qin Xiu's back and found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

If the leader wants to find someone to replace him, then Qin Xiu is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

He originally wanted to find Sun Guyuan, but he never expected that Sun Guyuan was actually an undercover agent.

His self-created supernatural technique is the method of summoning meteorites. As long as one has enough willpower, one can draw the meteorites down.

This is absolutely the most powerful mass killing technique; no matter how many people come, it won't be enough.

……

Qin Xiu left, and Qi Yu once again came to the subspace of the Heavenly Sword to see the suppressed Corpse God.

These past few days, Qi Yu has been spending time with the Corpse God every day.

This is truly wasting his time, because he doesn't have much time left to live.

Qi Yu entered the cave and saw the corpse god locked on the altar.

His appearance was much weaker compared to when we first met.

The Corpse God cannot be killed by normal means; he can only starve to death.

This corpse god is about to starve to death.

"How are you? Can you still hold on?" Qi Yu walked up to the altar, looked at the Corpse God, and asked calmly.

This Corpse God can read minds, but it can only understand one's own thoughts at this moment; it cannot access one's memories.

If that's the case, as long as I remain calm enough, or rather, keep my thoughts from changing so he doesn't have time to check, that should be fine.

Mind reading is not unsolvable!

The Corpse God's blood-red eyes reflected Qi Yu's figure; he had seen Qi Yu's thoughts, but this...

Steamed lamb, steamed deer tail, beggar's chicken, beggar's duck...

Qi Yu was thinking about food all the time. Occasionally, other thoughts would flash through his mind, but they were quickly forgotten before he could even look at them.

He admired this self-control over his thoughts.

His mind raced, and he didn't have time to check.

"We can talk!" The Corpse God sounded slightly tired, his tone tinged with helplessness.

His greatest strengths are his immortality and his mind-reading ability.

But now, he despairingly discovers that his reliance is utterly useless in front of Qi Yu.

Qi Yu has the ability to kill himself, and he also has ways to counter his mind-reading ability, preventing Qi Yu from reading his thoughts.

If this continues, he might really be worn down to death by Qi Yu.

"Tell me, how do you want to negotiate?" Qi Yu still had a blank expression.

Before this Corpse God, one must not reveal any emotions, including facial expressions. No matter what one is thinking, one must remain expressionless.

If one were to cultivate Taoist techniques or unusual arts, most of which train willpower, it would be truly impossible to do so, as countless thoughts would flash through one's mind in an instant.