My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

"Will the true energy my wife transferred harm her?" Qi Yu asked anxiously.

The sect leader nodded and said, "Your true energy is too domineering. Ordinary methods cannot guide it; they can only transfer it. Most of your true energy has been transferred away by your wife using her own body. What you are releasing now is only a small portion of the remaining energy."

"If this continues, it will damage your wife's health; even a grandmaster would perish!"

"So now you only have one path to take: become my disciple and learn the 'Treatise on Marrow Cleansing' and the 'Western Flow Classic'."

Qi Yu didn't care about his own problems; he was only worried about Su Yue.

"Master, won't the portion of true energy my wife transferred harm her? She's only at the eighth rank!"

The instructor paused for a moment upon hearing this, then his gaze turned strange, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Only a handful of people knew that Su Chengying was the leader of the Blood God Sect.

No one could have imagined that the true identity of Dongfang Wuying, the leader of the Blood God Cult, such a powerful figure, was actually just a wealthy businessman.

He had assumed that Qi Yu, as Su Chengying's son-in-law, should know what kind of person he had married.

Unexpectedly, Su Chengying didn't tell him!

No wonder he sent such a peerless genius to him!

Since Su Chengying is hiding it, I naturally won't expose him.

"Your wife is not in any major problems for the time being. On the contrary, her cultivation level should improve. However, this is only temporary. As one thing declines while the other rises, your wife will be in great danger."

Qi Yu was struggling. If he couldn't solve his own problem, the first person to be hurt would be Su Yue, and she had already been hurt by it.

To solve this problem, we must take this old Taoist priest as our master!

He really didn't want to be a Taoist priest!

Qi Yu glanced at the smiling old Taoist priest, took a deep breath, and then knelt down.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master. I am willing to become your disciple!"

Which is more important, Su Yue or one's beliefs? Is there even a choice?

After saying this, Qi Yu kowtowed three times, and bruises were faintly visible on his forehead.

The instructor looked at Qi Yu, smiled slightly, and then waved his hand, a gentle breeze lifting Qi Yu up.

"You are merely my nominal disciple, so you are not a true Taoist priest, at most half one!"

Qi Yu was somewhat bewildered. What was the difference between a disciple in name only and a disciple in person?

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Chapter Eighty-Seven Marrow Cleansing

"This is the 'Treatise on Marrow Cleansing'!" The sect leader handed Qi Yu a bamboo slip.

Qi Yu took the bamboo slip, then untied the thin rope binding it and began to read it.

"Teacher, just in case, I'd like to ask first: these bamboo slips are read from right to left, right?" Qi Yu asked.

Once bitten by a snake, twice shy. Isn't all this trouble caused by practicing the "Azure Nether Technique" incorrectly?

The instructor's bright eyes revealed a hint of mockery as he said, "You can also try practicing in reverse, as long as you can understand it!"

Qi Yu coughed once, said nothing more, and began to read the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" under the watchful eye of the sect leader.

The Taoist temple was quiet, with the occasional crisp clinking sound of Qi Yu turning the bamboo slips.

The Treatise on Marrow Cleansing is not very long, otherwise it wouldn't have been written on bamboo slips.

Qi Yu finished reading it quickly, but his brows furrowed.

This "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" records a special cultivation method, which conflicts somewhat with the "Azure Netherworld Technique".

The "Azure Netherworld Technique" is for opening the meridians, while the "Marrow Cleansing Treatise" is for strengthening the bones and then opening the heart orifices.

Once all 206 bones in the human body have been tempered, the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" is considered to have been mastered.

The complete text of the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" will open up the Netherworld, which is to say, open up the Netherworld in the heart.

The cultivation methods of Taoism are different from those of martial arts practitioners.

Martial artists cultivate their inner energy, while Taoists cultivate their hearts—the true heart, which is in harmony with nature and free from worldly strife.

"Did you understand?" the leader asked.

Qi Yu nodded, then looked at his arm.

Martial artists typically store their true energy in their dantian, but Taoists use their bones and heart.

This method is very dangerous. If you're not careful, your fragile heart will be punctured by the internal energy, and you'll die instantly.

There's a reason why there are few Taoists; how many people can succeed with this kind of cultivation method?

"You can circulate your Qi yourself and then try to temper the first bone. I will be watching over you, so you can continue tempering it without worry," the Taoist leader said.

The process of tempering bones is also called marrow cleansing. Successful marrow cleansing will bring unexpected changes to the body.

The process of marrow cleansing is very dangerous, so it is usually supervised by senior teachers or elders so that they can intervene and save the patient if it fails.

Qi Yu closed his eyes and then controlled his true energy to circulate throughout his body. Streams of azure true energy gathered in his dantian and then surged to his limbs and bones.

Previously, Qi Yu didn't know how to guide this true energy or where to send it, but now he knows: it's in the bones.

Qi Yu guided this true energy and injected it into the five finger bones of his right arm.

Be careful in everything you do. Let's strengthen the bones in our fingers and toes first. If there's danger, at most a few bones will be broken, but it won't be life-threatening.

The true energy flowed into the five fingers. At first, it felt a little unfamiliar, with a sense of resistance. But once the true energy flowed into the bones, the resistance disappeared.

The true energy flowed smoothly into the bones. The Azure True Energy was extremely cold to others, but to the holder, it was very cool and refreshing.

The bones of my five fingers felt exceptionally cool and comfortable, both inside and out.

Qi Yu soon discovered that the bones of his five fingers had been tempered to the extreme, and the true energy had not been released outwards, but had truly fused into the bones.

With his finger bones already saturated, Qi Yu pressed on, channeling the vital energy to his metacarpal bones.

This time, the tempering was completed very easily, without any resistance.

Only after his entire right arm had been tempered did Qi Yu open his eyes and look at his right arm.

His right arm was now full of power, and Qi Yu could feel the true energy beneath his skin and within his bones.

He could truly feel the true energy; it no longer disappeared suddenly and he lost all sense of it as before.

"How is it?" the leader asked.

Qi Yu clenched his fist, and a chilling aura of true energy appeared in his palm, causing the temperature in the Dao Palace to drop sharply.

Click click...

The true energy condensed into a tangible form, transforming into a four-foot-long ice sword, which Qi Yu then held in his hand.

"Not bad, you've just entered the third rank!" the leader said with a smile.

The ability to gather energy into a blade is a hallmark of the third rank, and Qi Yu was able to achieve it.

Qi Yu looked at the ice sword in his hand, then closed his eyes. A chill spread out, and the entire Dao Palace was instantly frozen, like an ice cave.

Qi Yu wanted to retract the true energy he had released, but he couldn't.

The ability to project one's true energy and control it freely is a hallmark of the second rank.

Qi Yu could only project his ideas outwards, but he couldn't control them fully.

Otherwise, the Dao Palace wouldn't freeze.

Qi Yu withdrew his true energy, but the surrounding ice still did not melt and continued to emit a chill.

"Thank you, teacher!" Qi Yu bowed to the head instructor and then bowed deeply.

The leader smiled and nodded, then looked around, waved his hand, and the surrounding frost began to melt, and soon the temple returned to its original state.

Qi Yu was dumbfounded. Was this what a grandmaster was like?

He didn't sense any fluctuation of true energy; it really was just a wave of his hand.

"You should use your true qi to cleanse your marrow first! Come back to me after all your bones have been cleansed. Don't try to open up your Netherworld on your own, it's very dangerous," the leader said.

Qi Yu nodded and then handed the bamboo slips back to the leader.

The head instructor waved his hand, telling Qi Yu to take it back and practice it himself, but he repeatedly instructed that only Qi Yu could practice it by himself.

Qi Yu bowed in agreement and then walked out of the Taoist temple.

After Qi Yu left, the leader looked around, shook his head helplessly, and waved his hand. In the next instant, all the candles in the temple lit up.

The leader looked south and remained silent.

The Blood God Cult is located in the south, and Su Chengying, as its leader, is naturally also in the south.

Given his status, he wouldn't have said much to Qi Yu or tried to persuade him to become his disciple, no matter how talented Qi Yu was.

Taoism is not lacking in geniuses, because the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" is a secret manual for changing one's innate talents.

After revisions by predecessors, the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" has been simplified considerably, making it accessible to ordinary disciples.

If the cultivation is successful, one's talent will be greatly enhanced, equivalent to opening up the Ren and Du meridians.

He talked so much with Qi Yu entirely because of Su Chengying.

Su Chengying was an outer disciple accepted by his master, but he did not undergo the formal apprenticeship ceremony.

Even so, his master still passed on Su Chengying's "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing".

Moreover, Su Chengying has completed the tempering of 204 bones. If nothing unexpected happens, he should succeed me as the head instructor.

But plans can't keep up with changes. Because of his status as the descendant of a disgraced official, he was ostracized by the late emperor and could only watch as Princess Jinglin, Li Qiushui, was betrothed by the late emperor to Qin Shuhuai, who had made great military achievements at the time.

Finally, he went to the south and married the only daughter of the former leader of the Blood God Cult, taking over the Blood God Cult, which was on the verge of collapse.

After that, he never contacted Su Chengying again.

Their most recent exchange was a letter in which Su Chengying asked him to help Qi Yu, and in the letter he explained Qi Yu's situation and talent.

Su Chengying knew very well why he did this.

Su Chengying was repaying and making up for the Taoist teachings that nurtured him!

Su Chengying is already the leader of the Blood God Sect, so it is impossible for him to become the leader of the Taoism Sect. He cannot even let anyone know that he has any connection with the Taoism Sect.