My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Qi Yu bowed to the middle-aged man and then walked out of the pavilion.

After Qi Yu left, the middle-aged man put down his fishing rod, stood up, looked at the chessboard, and smiled slightly.

"At least it's not completely useless!"

The middle-aged man made a comment, then picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard.

"Your Majesty!" A middle-aged scholar dressed in fine clothes came to the pavilion and bowed to the middle-aged man.

If Qi Yu were here, he would definitely be very surprised, because he actually knew this scholar in fine clothes.

The current Minister of War is Lin Ruohai!

The middle-aged man in front of Lin Ruohai was none other than Li Muchen, the emperor of the Dayun Dynasty.

He recently claimed to be ill and handed over all state affairs to Li Ming.

But looking at him now, there's not a trace of illness in him.

"Let's head back to the palace!" Li Muchen said with a smile.

"Is Your Majesty no longer going to read it?" Lin Ruohai asked.

Li Muchen was fishing, but he had already caught one; Qi Yu was the stupid fish that bit the straight hook.

Li Muchen shook his head, then walked to the balcony and released the fish from the bucket one by one.

"Let nature take its course, there's no need to force it. I'm really looking forward to seeing if he and the Crown Prince can achieve great things!"

……

Qi Yu returned to Wanliu Garden, ignoring the greetings from the servants and maids around him, and went straight to the side room, then pushed open the door and went inside.

Su Yue was changing her clothes; she was only wearing some undergarments.

Su Yue paused for a moment, then looked helplessly at Qi Yu.

This seems to be the second time, right?

"My husband, you..."

Before Su Yue could finish speaking, Qi Yu stepped forward and hugged her tightly without saying a word.

Su Yue was being held by Qi Yu. She thought Qi Yu was thinking about something inappropriate again, but after Qi Yu hugged her, he didn't make any further moves, which surprised her quite a bit.

Has my husband changed his ways?

"Husband, what's wrong?" Su Yue asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just missed you!" Qi Yu said softly.

Su Yue blushed and said, embarrassed and angry, "It's still early! What are you thinking about, my husband?"

Qi Yu did not reply, but he felt a pang of regret and self-reproach.

When he releases his true energy, he should sleep in a separate room from Su Yue.

Most of his true energy was transferred away by Su Yue, which kept the rate of increase and outward release of his true energy in a constant balance.

Only now did Qi Yu realize that Su Yue, whom he was holding in his arms, had such a low body temperature.

"My wife, I went to the Longevity Temple today and studied the 'Treatise on Marrow Cleansing,' so I won't be sleeping with you!" Qi Yu said.

Su Yue paused for a moment, then said softly, "Okay!"

The fact that her husband said those words already proved that he knew what he had done.

"My wife, from now on I'll protect you!"

Su Yue gave a soft "hmm," then wrapped her arms around Qi Yu's waist and nestled in his embrace.

……

That night, Qi Yu did not go to Su Yue's room, but went to a guest room alone and began to temper his bones.

He used the true energy obtained from the Azure Nether Technique to temper the bones of his left arm. In less than half an hour, the tempering of his left arm was completely completed.

Next came his feet; Qi Yu spent the entire night training them.

As dawn broke, Qi Yu finally completed the tempering of his leg bones.

After the limbs are tempered, the true energy no longer radiates outwards, but begins to circulate within the body, and then tempers the bones on its own.

After his limbs were tempered, Qi Yu was surprised to find that even without his control, the true energy would temper his bones on its own.

Qi Yu was also somewhat puzzled by this, because his true energy would circulate on its own, forming a cycle, and he would increase his true energy.

Even if you do nothing, your true energy will increase.

Now these true energies are causing trouble again, refining their bones on their own without any human control.

Qi Yu didn't know what was going on, but it should be a good thing.

Why not increase your internal energy and temper your bones just by sitting and doing nothing?

I'm not a bee, am I?

In one day and one night, he had completed the tempering of 126 bones in his limbs and had also gained control of his true energy.

Furthermore, he was able to gather his energy into a blade, which should be considered as entering the third rank.

But I still need to find someone to fight and give it a try.

Li Minghai was undoubtedly the best practice subject, but he hadn't been seen since he came to the capital, and now he was nowhere to be found.

Moreover, Li Ming has been rarely seen lately, and it's unclear what he's been up to.

Having been around for so long, those powerful families must be thinking about how to get rid of him.

These next few days, I'll focus on tempering my bones and strive to open up the Netherworld Aperture as soon as possible.

Once the Netherworld is opened, whether the dantian can store true qi is no longer so important.

Li Ming must have started to doubt him, or rather, he never trusted him in the first place.

But it doesn't matter. After the Chang family is destroyed, what does it matter to me what happens to the Great Yun Dynasty?

The rest is up to Li Ming to handle, whether he forces his father to abdicate or submits and waits for his father to naturally step down.

As long as he doesn't have a brain fart and cause me trouble, let him be!

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Chapter Ninety: A Letter

Qi Yu stayed in Wanliu Garden for three days, during which time he studied the "Treatise on Marrow Cleansing" and his bones were tempered to 201 pieces.

The problem of internal energy has been resolved.

In the past three days, Qi Yu had only seen Li Ming once. Li Ming's purpose in coming was to ask Qi Yu for explosives.

Qi Yu ignored it, after all, the explosives were his trump card and he couldn't possibly hand them over to Li Ming.

After that, Li Ming never came to Wanliu Garden again.

Then on October 3rd, a letter arrived at Wanliuyuan.

The letter contained very simple items: an address, a tuft of blood-stained hair, and an old, yellowed jade pendant with the character "德" (virtue) engraved on it.

Qi Yu recognized the jade pendant; it belonged to Wang Defa.

Wang Defa once said that whenever a male member was born in his Wang family, the elders would prepare a jade pendant for the child, similar to a longevity lock.

Wang Defa belongs to the De generation, so the character De is engraved on the jade plaque.

The letter was written by Song Yuntao!

Qi Yu's expression turned somewhat grim, and he immediately went to the East Palace to find Li Ming.

But he was stopped by the guards and did not see Li Ming.

Qi Yu glanced deeply at the East Palace, then turned and left, returning to Wanliu Garden to retrieve his medicine chest before heading out of the city.

Wang Defa's jade pendant was almost always with him; he wouldn't even take it off when taking a bath.

But since Song Yuntao has obtained the jade token, Wang Defa may already be in Song Yuntao's hands.

……

When Qi Yu hurriedly arrived at a manor ten miles south of the capital, he finally saw Song Yuntao.

Song Yuntao was dressed in a gorgeous purple-red robe, with his long hair cascading down his back. His clothes were also somewhat loose, revealing most of his chest, giving him a very unrestrained and frivolous air.

What's most eye-catching is the white headband he wears on his head.

Tying a white cloth strip to one's head usually indicates the passing of a loved one.

"You've arrived. I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Song Yuntao sat on the stone steps at the gate and smiled somewhat sickly.

Qi Yu frowned as he looked at Song Yuntao's bright red lips and the eyeshadow at the corner of Song Yuntao's eyes.

"Where's Lao Wang?" Qi Yu asked indifferently.

Song Yuntao chuckled and said, "Old Wang? Don't you already have the answer?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu's breathing became heavier, and he even breathed a little rapidly. His fist clenched slightly in his sleeve.

"He's your brother!" Qi Yu said through gritted teeth.

"Hehehe, brother? Hahaha..."

Song Yuntao covered his eyes and burst into laughter, but tears streamed down his face. It was hard to tell whether he was laughing or crying; he looked somewhat deranged.

"Brother? Does he deserve it?" Song Yuntao suddenly stood up, his face contorted with rage, and roared.

"What's going on?" Qi Yu asked, frowning.

“He found out about our affair, so he came to the capital to persuade me to return the glory that belongs to you,” Song Yuntao said.

"You killed him just like that?" Qi Yu frowned and said in a deep voice.

Song Yuntao snorted coldly and said, "How could I kill him for that? I just kept him in the manor and prevented him from leaving."

As he spoke, Song Yuntao's face turned ugly and ferocious.

“But Wang Defa, that beast, took advantage of my absence to make advances on Meixiang. When my mother discovered this, he pushed her down the stone steps, causing my mother to… my mother…”

As he spoke, Song Yuntao was already in tears, but his face was contorted with a terrifying grimace.