My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

This is the difference between him and Su Yue. Su Yue understands her responsibilities very well. She doesn't make plans or interfere with the Blood God Cult's decisions.

All she did was make the decisions and offer her opinions; she never got involved in the details.

Su Yue seemed to be the qualified leader, while he himself worked himself to the bone, yet his performance was not as good as Su Yue's.

Talent!

He also needs talented people; he has too many things to do and can't handle them all!

The students trained at the academy won't graduate until the year after next, so I'll have to be busy for a while longer.

He followed Su Yue's example and became a hands-off manager.

It would be even better if we could retire early.

But the current situation doesn't allow him to retire early!

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Chapter Ninety-Nine: Using Kindness to Coerce

Su Yue rushed back from Blood God Island in the south, carrying two children with her. And this was without the Shrinking Earth Seal. It took Su Yue a full four days.

When Su Yue arrived at the courtyard, it was already evening. Xu Shuqin and Su Yue each carried a child and pushed open the gate to enter the courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, Qi Yu had already taken off his Taoist robe and put on a plain-colored long gown, and was chopping wood.

Noticing that Su Yue had returned, Qi Yu straightened up, turned to look at Su Yue, and smiled slightly.

"My wife, welcome home!"

Su Yue smiled. Strictly speaking, this was home.

Home is where the heart finds peace; here, she can feel completely at ease.

Moreover, when Qi Yu married her, he entered through the gate of this very courtyard.

"My lord, I'm back!" Su Yue smiled sweetly, her gaze gentle.

"You take your mother-in-law inside first. I'll finish chopping this firewood and then I'll cook for you!" Qi Yu said with a smile.

Su Yue nodded, but instead of going inside, she came to Qi Yu, raised her hand, and used her sleeve to wipe the sweat from Qi Yu's forehead.

"No need, I'll cook dinner. Husband, you should rest after you finish chopping wood!"

Inside the courtyard, there were clothes and bedding fluttering in the evening breeze, which Su Yue saw as soon as she entered.

Without a doubt, this was done by my husband.

He lived alone before getting married, so he was very familiar with these things.

After getting married, she basically did all these things herself, and even if Qi Yu wanted to do them, she would stop him.

Because she felt it was her responsibility.

Now that her husband had finished cooking, she naturally wouldn't say anything more. But she still wanted to do something for dinner, otherwise she would feel too useless.

Later that evening, Su Chengying arrived, just in time for dinner.

Su Yun didn't come, and Qi Yu didn't want to ask any more questions.

After all, Su Yun has changed too much. Standing in front of him, Qi Yu felt uncomfortable, as if Su Yun might suddenly attack him and stab him with his sword at any moment.

Qi Yu trusted his intuition, so there was no doubt that Su Yun intended to stab him.

It's unclear whether this is his own consciousness or the consciousness of the Corpse God.

Su Yun's Corpse God has grown to the point where it can no longer be destroyed, and can only be sealed.

However, it was clear that Su Yun himself would not allow himself to touch his Corpse God.

With Su Yun gone, I feel much more relaxed.

Su Yue's cooking skills have become increasingly refined; the entire table of dishes was prepared by Su Yue herself.

Qi Yu savored the fish in his mouth and nodded. It seemed he wouldn't need to cook anymore; Su Yue had done a great job.

"Wife, from now on, I'll rely on you to cook for me and the children!" Qi Yu said with a light laugh after swallowing the fish.

Su Yue picked up a chicken leg with her chopsticks and placed it in the bowl in front of Qi Yu. Her expression was calm and undisturbed, as if she had not heard Qi Yu's words.

Qi Yu didn't pay any attention, picked up a chicken leg and took a bite. The meat was firm and fragrant. After one bite, the aroma lingered in his mouth, and the chicken flavor was very rich.

"Wife, another river shrimp!" Qi Yu mumbled, eating a chicken leg.

Su Yue glanced at Qi Yu out of the corner of her eye, somewhat speechless, and said, "Husband, have you not eaten for days?"

The bowl in front of Qi Yu was already piled high with food.

Qi Yu swallowed the chicken in his mouth and said, "In the past seven days, I have only eaten one meal, and it was a vegetarian meal."

Although Taoism does not explicitly prohibit eating meat, Qi Yu, as the leader of the sect, could not lead the way in breaking this unwritten rule.

Although the meals at the academy were exquisite, they were all vegetarian.

He went to the Western Regions for seven days and then went into seclusion to heal his injuries. During that time, he only ate one vegetarian meal.

At Ji Ling's place, I did eat some pastries, but they were still vegetarian.

This meal was the only meat dish Qi Yu had eaten in the past seven days.

Even though he was wearing the leader's Taoist robe, he still didn't dare to eat.

Hearing that Qi Yu had only eaten one meal in seven days, Su Yue felt sorry for him but also somewhat helpless. She picked up a shrimp, put it in her own bowl, peeled it, and then put it in Qi Yu's bowl.

One dish after another, Su Yue herself rarely touched her chopsticks.

Su Chengying and Xu Shuqin pretended not to see anything and continued eating their own food.

Qi Yu appears very mature and sensible in public, even to the point of being extremely shrewd.

At home, especially in front of Su Yue, Qi Yu becomes particularly childish, just like a little kid.

They were used to this; it was just how Qi Yu and Su Yue got along.

While they were eating, Qi Yu suddenly put down his chopsticks, Su Yue stopped peeling shrimp, and Su Chengying was a beat slower, but he also looked up.

Qi Yu stood up, walked out of the hall, and then hurriedly crossed the courtyard and opened the courtyard gate.

Outside the door stood an old man with white hair, a long beard, and wearing a gray robe.

Qi Yu vaguely recognized the person, but couldn't quite place him, so he frowned.

Moreover, they can hide silently until they reach the doorway before being discovered...

Saying he was discovered is somewhat inappropriate, because he deliberately revealed his presence.

"Young man, it's been almost three years since we last met, hasn't it?" Mu Fengchun said with a kind smile.

three years?

Qi Yu couldn't help but recall what happened three years ago, when he met Su Yue.

As he pondered, a person involuntarily appeared in Qi Yu's mind, and Qi Yu's pupils narrowed slightly.

I remember now!

"It's you!"

When Su Yue was injured, Qi Yu carried her to Jiangzhou City for treatment, and the old man in front of us was the one who treated her.

Mu Fengchun chuckled, his face amiable, and said, "Won't you invite this old man in for a seat?"

Qi Yu then came to his senses, hurriedly stepped aside, and gestured for him to proceed.

"Dr. Mu, please come in!"

Mu Fengchun walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

After entering, Mu Fengchun looked around and then his gaze fell on Su Chengying, who came out of the hall.

Su Chengying looked at Mu Fengchun, who was also looking at him. Their eyes met, but neither of them spoke.

The two of them had basically never met, yet they both knew each other and even shared a sense of mutual respect.

Qi Yu didn't know Mu Fengchun's identity, but Su Chengying did.

"What are you here for?"

Mu Fengchun is an assassin. If there is anyone on the entire continent who is recognized as the king of assassins, then that person is Mu Fengchun.

Perhaps Mu Fengchun's cultivation level is not as high as Su Yue's and Qi Yu's, but Mu Fengchun has the strength to kill Su Yue and Qi Yu.

If there's anyone on the entire continent that Su Chengying wouldn't want to provoke, it's Mu Fengchun.

Mu Fengchun didn't care much about Su Chengying's apprehension, since most people who knew his identity reacted the same way.

“Your daughter and son-in-law owe me a favor, and I’m here to collect it!” Mu Fengchun said with a smile.

Su Chengying frowned, then looked at Qi Yu and asked, "What's going on? Do you owe him a favor?"

Qi Yu nodded with a wry smile and said, "Three years ago, before I married my wife, she was seriously injured, and it was Doctor Mu who saved her."

Su Yue also came out at this moment, her gaze towards Mu Fengchun somewhat complicated.

It was indeed Mu Fengchun who saved him back then; otherwise, he might have died long ago.

Moreover, Mu Fengchun had already recognized him at that time!

Mu Fengchun smiled and looked at Su Yue, saying, "We meet again!"

Su Yue pondered for a moment, then simply bowed slightly without saying anything.

"Senior, let's go inside and sit down!" Qi Yu noticed the awkward atmosphere and quickly tried to smooth things over.

Mu Fengchun nodded and walked into the hall with the others.

Halfway through the meal, Mu Fengchun joined in, and Qi Yu brought out a jar of wine.

"Senior, please don't mind the simple meal. This junior would like to offer you a toast." Qi Yu raised his wine glass and toasted Mu Fengchun.

Qi Yu was very grateful to Mu Fengchun for saving Su Yue. He even got the job as a clerk in the government office because of Mu Fengchun's letter of recommendation.

Therefore, Qi Yu was truly grateful to Mu Fengchun.

But Mu Fengchun seemed to have just been passing by. By the time he prepared a gift and went to thank him, Mu Fengchun had already disappeared.