My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Qi Yu also said goodbye to Liu Qing and Lu Shou.

After spending a day and a night together, we've gotten to know each other pretty well.

Liu Qing is a reserved and secretly passionate man, while Lu Shou is a bold and straightforward martial artist.

"I'm leaving now, let's hang out sometime!" Qi Yu said with a smile.

Lu Shou nodded and said, "Okay, next time you come, we'll go to Qinghe Bay again. I'll find a secluded spot beforehand so we definitely won't be discovered."

Liu Qing's cheeks were red and swollen, and her eye sockets were even a little purple, clearly indicating that she had been beaten.

Qi Yu looked at Liu Qing's expression, then gave a wry smile and said, "You're too honest! You actually stopped when someone told you to?"

Liu Qing snorted coldly and did not reply.

We went together, so why was I the one who got beaten up?

Last night, the three of us had a few drinks and then went for a walk. When we passed a small river, we were attracted by some laughter and playful noises.

Then, three old gentlemen, hidden in the grass and under the faint starlight, watched a beautiful woman bathing.

However, it wasn't long before it was discovered that among the female disciples taking a bath, one of them seemed to be Senior Sister Mo, whom Liu Qing liked.

It was this Senior Sister Mo who shouted "Stop!" and Liu Qing actually stood there dumbfounded.

Qi Yu and Lu Shou ran away, while Liu Qing was severely beaten.

“Qi Yu, I see you’re running quite fast, about the same level as me. I’m a third-rank official, tell me the truth, are you a third-rank official?” Lu Shou asked.

He was surprised by Qi Yu's reaction speed after he was discovered last night.

Because Qi Yu was the first to run, reacting faster than both him and Liu Qing, both third-rank martial artists.

"I don't know. I've only been practicing martial arts for less than a month, and I don't even know if I'm a martial artist," Qi Yu said.

Lu Shou's eyes widened, and even Liu Qing looked at Qi Yu with surprise.

Contact... for a month?!

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Chapter Fifty-Two: Practiced in the Wrong Way

Contact... for a month?!

How could someone fight like the senior brother in just one month?

Although the eldest brother went easy on him, he still showed some of his skills.

Judging from Qi Yu's level, he should at least be a fourth-rank or third-rank official.

"gone!"

At this moment, Su Chengying called out, and Qi Yu waved to the two stunned guys and walked towards Su Chengying.

Watching the carriage depart, Lu Shou turned to Liu Qing and said, "How about we go have some more drinks? If we get drunk, we won't think about these unhappy things."

“That makes sense. I’ll call my senior brother, and we’ll go together!” Liu Qing nodded.

This world is too crazy! It's bad enough that Su Yue crushed us, but now another one has appeared. It's really hard to accept!

If you can reach that level in just one month, then what's the point of training for over ten years?

"Hmm? Don't you think the way our fellow disciples are looking at us is different?" Lu Shou asked.

"Of course it's different. We've already been labeled as lecherous thieves by all our senior and junior sisters!" Liu Qing said sarcastically and angrily.

Qi Yu is gone, but his name remains, both infamous and renowned.

……

We left Qingxuan Valley in the early morning and arrived in Tongyun City at noon. We returned to the Su residence and were just in time for lunch.

Lunch was prepared by Su Yue; the taste was hard to describe, but it was passable.

After dinner, Qi Yu was summoned to the study by Su Chengying.

"Yu'er, how did you cultivate your Azure Nether Technique? Let me see if you can complete a full cycle!"

After closing the door, Su Chengying looked at Qi Yu and said seriously.

Qi Yu's true qi is very unusual. With the same technique and the same physical structure, he doesn't believe that there is any genius who can use the same technique to cultivate different true qi.

Qi Yu didn't know what Su Chengying wanted to do, but he did as he was told and sat down to circulate his energy according to the method of the "Azure Netherworld Technique".

Su Chengying stared intently at all the meridians and energy points on Qi Yu's body, and then actually discovered something. She looked at Qi Yu with a strange expression, her expression one of astonishment.

Qi Yu quickly completed a full cycle of Qi Tian, ​​opened his eyes, and looked at Su Chengying.

Su Chengying looked at Qi Yu with a complicated expression, then took out a cultivation manual and handed it to Qi Yu.

"Look!"

Qi Yu nodded, then flipped through the pages.

Su Chengying kept staring at Qi Yu's gaze, and he was actually looking at him from left to right!

"Can you understand it?" Su Chengying asked.

Qi Yu scratched his head and frowned, saying, "I don't understand it. It feels incomplete and disjointed!"

"Of course you can't understand it, because you read it backwards!" Su Chengying said irritably.

Qi Yu was taken aback, then quickly looked to the right. This was only the beginning!

Qi Yu raised his head, blinked, and asked, "Is it always the case that you start with the right and then the left when practicing cultivation techniques?"

Su Chengying looked at Qi Yu with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, as if asking if he couldn't read the words.

"But when I read 'The Azure Netherworld Decree,' I could read it continuously!" Qi Yu blinked and asked.

Modern books are typically read from the left first, and most books here are similar, read from the left to the right.

Qi Yu saw the same thing when he saw "Qingming Jue", and the words and sentences could be connected, although they were somewhat obscure.

Because those characters, when read, sound somewhat like classical Chinese.

Su Chengying was taken aback, then recalled the last chapter of "Qingming Jue" in his mind, and frowned.

It seems to connect, but I can't understand what it means.

"You can understand it even if you look at it backwards?" Su Chengying asked in surprise.

Qi Yu nodded and said, "It's very simple! It's even easier than looking at it the way it is."

Su Chengying didn't know what to say. Back then, he had copied the "Azure Nether Technique" from a stone tablet, and the order in which he copied it was the same as the current cultivation method, from right to left.

He read the rubbing himself first, from the right side, and the sentences flowed smoothly, so he didn't think much of it.

Because of these ingrained ways of thinking, he never thought that the "Azure Nether Technique" could be practiced in reverse.

Su Chengying didn't know what to say. He couldn't understand it from the other side, but Qi Yu did.

He had read quite a few books and was more knowledgeable than Qi Yu. He couldn't understand it, but Qi Yu actually did.

This……

"You can go now, I'll study it myself!" Su Chengying said.

He really wanted to ask Qi Yu how he interpreted it.

But thinking about it, I decided against it. It would be too embarrassing for an elder to have to ask a junior for advice first. I'll figure it out myself first, and then we can talk about it later if it doesn't work.

……

Qi Yu walked out of the study, feeling somewhat bewildered. How did I know that the cultivation technique was something I had seen from behind?

Nobody told me!

When Su Yun gave me the cultivation manual, he didn't tell me how to study it. He just said to take a look and ask questions if I didn't understand.

And they didn't even realize they'd read it backwards until I finished reading it? These father-in-law and brother-in-law are so irresponsible!

Give them a cultivation manual and they'll fend for themselves!

I thought I understood it and that I was reading it in the correct order!

The only cultivation method he came into contact with was the "Azure Nether Technique," and there were no other methods for reference.

I thought that practicing cultivation techniques was like reading normal books, where you start with the left and then move to the right!

No wonder the true energy I cultivated was scattered and did not converge in my dantian.

Because he practiced it backwards; the circulation of his true energy was in the opposite direction.

Looking back, Qi Yu planned to follow Su Chengying's method and circulate the correct "Azure Nether Technique" once.

But just as he gathered his strength, his heart pierced with pain, followed by a sensation throughout his body as if he were being pricked by countless tiny needles.

Qi Yu quickly stopped, clutching his chest and frowning.

It's over!

I practiced it the wrong way, and now I can't correct it.

Can I still become a martial artist?

A ninth-rank martial artist is supposed to gather Qi in their dantian, but his own dantian seemed to be empty. When his true Qi gathered in his dantian, it circulated once and then flowed to his limbs and bones without staying there at all.

There's no way to gather Qi in the dantian this way, so naturally one can't become a ninth-rank martial artist.

Does that mean I'm useless?

Will I never be able to become a martial artist again?

If you can't gather your Qi in your dantian, you're not a martial artist!

The dream of riding a spirited horse in fine clothes, roaming the world with a sword, was shattered before it even began.

From now on, am I destined to be nothing more than a weakling?

Qi Yu looked worried, lost in thought, and didn't even hear Su Yue calling him several times.

It wasn't until Su Yue grabbed Qi Yu's hand that Qi Yu came back to his senses. Looking at Su Yue's worried face, Qi Yu felt like crying.

"My wife, I can't become a martial artist anymore, I've practiced it backwards!"

Su Yue was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean by practicing it backwards?"