The next day.

"Brother-in-law, you are amazing today. There is news circulating outside that you defeated Senior Sister Nangong!" Wang Qiliang was like a little fan, excitedly talking about recent events in Xu Qiu's yard.

He kept talking, more annoying than Du Juan, "Don't you know that Senior Sister Nangong is most likely to become a saint? At the same time, she is one of the strongest disciples after our senior sister!"

As he spoke of this, his face was full of pride and he was dancing with joy.

Qin Yumo looked at him with disdain, "Why do you call him brother-in-law?!"

Wang Qiliang scratched his head in confusion.

Looking at Qin Yumo puzzledly, he said, "He is Senior Sister Qin's husband. Shouldn't he be called brother-in-law?"

"this……"

Qin Yumo felt that the people in Qingluan Valley were too naive.

Or maybe it's just simply that you just happened to encounter it.

"Right, brother-in-law." Wang Qiliang looked at Xu Qiu who was enjoying the cool under the osmanthus tree.

Xu Qiu nodded slightly, "It's just a name."

He didn't care.

Qin Yumo pouted slightly. She always felt that "brother-in-law" was a title that belonged to her exclusively, but now it was taken away by someone else, so she was dissatisfied.

The jealous person is about to be overturned.

Wang Qiliang still said heartlessly, "Brother-in-law, when can you teach us swordsmanship? Now the disciples outside want to learn from you, especially since you are the husband of Senior Sister Qin, they are all eager to try."

When this guy spoke, there was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"No." Qin Yumo pushed Wang Qiliang out of the yard. "You have so many disciples in your sect. If every one of them came to spar with my brother-in-law, he would be exhausted to death."

Wang Qiliang still didn't give up and said, "No, my brother-in-law can beat Senior Sister Nangong, so it should be easy for him to spar with us."

Qin Yumo glared at him unhappily and said word by word, "He is my brother-in-law, not your brother-in-law!"

"ah……?"

Wang Qiliang felt aggrieved.

I also want to have a brother-in-law.

While they were arguing, they didn't know that Xu Qiu, who was enjoying the cool under the osmanthus tree, had a headache.

He didn't know whether the other disciples of Qingluan Valley would call him brother-in-law when he was out. If so, he would not dare to go out.

When Wang Qiliang was about to be kicked out by his sister-in-law.

He jumped high on the stone steps at the gate of the courtyard and shouted to Xu Qiu: "I forgot to tell my brother-in-law that the master uncle is looking for you!"

Only then did he leave reluctantly.

Hearing that Yin Hongniang was looking for her brother-in-law again, Qin Yumo hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, I'll go with you."

She was like a small radar at full power, always feeling that her sister's master had some unspeakable secret.

Xu Qiu flicked her little head speechlessly and said with a smile: "What are you going to do?"

"I can go and chat with you," Qin Yumo said seriously.

Then Xu Qiu rubbed her head again, "She just asked me about my skills. Besides, she is your sister's master. Can she eat me?"

"That's right..." Qin Yumo thought for a while and soon felt relieved.

After all, it is impossible for a master to compete with his disciple for a man, right? This is incredible to think about.

So Qin Yumo said: "Come back soon... Come back and teach me how to practice sword."

She made up a slightly lame excuse.

Xu Qiu nodded slightly, thinking that her sister-in-law was too suspicious. She ravaged her fair little face and left with satisfaction.

The top of the mountain.

Red Flower Palace.

Outside the palace, there are blooming flowers and fluttering red leaves, making it look like a fairyland on earth.

Xu Qiu did not appreciate the scenery. He walked over, pushed open the palace gate, and walked in. At the same time, he said, "I wonder what Senior Yin wants to talk to me about?"

Yin Hongniang's gentle and soft voice came from the palace, "I would like to consult you."

"Ask for advice?"

Xu Qiu was suspicious, but still entered the palace.

Looking at the empty palace, Yin Hongniang sat cross-legged with her plump buttocks pressing on the cushion, looking up at him.

Xu Qiu didn't hesitate and walked forward and sat down, but he didn't sit cross-legged. Instead, he sat in a casual and relaxed posture, looking at the palace and admiring the scenery outside the palace.

Yin Hongniang was not angry. Instead, she looked at the person in front of her again with great interest.

"I heard that you easily subdued Nangong Wan'er."

"Where did you hear that?"

Xu Qiu looked at her puzzledly.

Yin Hongniang said bluntly, "The people below are spreading the news widely, so I have also heard about it."

"That's not the case. It's just that she is slightly inferior to me."

Xu Qiu shook his head and said casually.

Although it is quite easy for him to subdue Nangong Wan'er now, there is no need to attack her in Qingluan Valley. If this silly woman goes crazy, she might challenge him to a duel every day. Xu Qiu doesn't want to get into trouble.

"You are so modest. You said you won slightly even though you were sure to win." Yin Hongniang opened her red lips and said softly, "But I feel at ease knowing that Qin Jianjia has such a capable husband like you to support her."

Yin Hongniang looked like a mother-in-law, examining her son-in-law and looking very satisfied.

Xu Qiu felt strange, "Does your wife think highly of you?"

"Yes." Yin Hongniang nodded. "She was my first disciple and the one who was most likely to become a Saint in the future. It's a pity that I failed to protect her."

"What do you mean?"

"My realm has stagnated. Now the whole Qingluan Valley is undercurrent, and the other elders don't take me seriously. Therefore, I can't protect Qin Jianjia, and let her be forced away by other elders, including Nangong Wan'er's master Xiahou Zongxing."

Speaking of this, Yin Hongniang's pretty face revealed a hint of sadness.

There are five elders in Qingluan Valley.

Yin Hongniang, Xiahou Zongxing, and the other two who went out, their strength is all at the super grandmaster level.

Originally, Yin Hongniang had successfully entered the realm of heaven and man, and her position as the great elder would be unshakable.

However, things did not go as planned. Less than a year after she entered the realm of heaven and man, she regressed, and the downward trend has not stopped yet.

So her position was quite awkward. She sat on the position of the Grand Elder, but she did not have the strength of a Grand Elder and could not suppress the other four elders.

[Indeed, the ordinary skills and secrets of Qingluan Valley are not suitable for Yin Hongniang's body at all. It is inevitable that she will regress. These skills and secrets are like poison. The regression of realm is just a normal detoxification reaction of the body.]

Xu Qiu thought about it for a moment.

Yin Hongniang's extremely strong yin physique is also top-notch in the world of immortal cultivation.

He could have become the sect's prodigy, but unfortunately, his skills weren't good enough.

When Yin Hongniang heard this, her eyes couldn't help but narrow.

[But as long as you don't practice low-level techniques, there will be no problem at all. However, there is no high-level technique in this world that can build a foundation, let alone form a Dan Yuanying. The dual cultivation technique is barely okay, but it's troublesome to find a cauldron, and the physical condition required is too high.]

Yin Hongniang's heart, which was already hurt, was broken when she heard these words.

The eyes became even darker.

She has always wanted to break through. Although she doesn't know what realm it is to achieve the Nascent Soul stage, she knows about the foundation building stage.

"Alas~ It is no longer a secret that the Sect Master is old now. No one in our Qingluan Valley has entered the Heavenly Man Realm, let alone the Foundation Building Realm that the Sect Master mentioned. I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with the outside forces."

"Do you know the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

"In the secret book of the mountain gate, it was mentioned that the founder of Qingluan Valley was a foundation-building immortal, but it was a long time ago, and the method of foundation-building is vague, so there is no way to verify it."

"I see."

Xu Qiu suddenly realized.

At this time, Yin Hongniang thought for a long time, as if she had made some kind of decision, and said slowly: "The old sect master speculated that the dual cultivation method of the ancient tomb is no less than the method practiced in Qingluan Valley, and can even easily enter the realm of heaven and man. You know more about this method than the old sect master and I, right? Can you help me solve my doubts?"

She didn't actually go to see the old sect leader, she just used the sect leader's name. In fact, she understood the dual cultivation method by listening to Xu Qiu's inner voice.

“…”

Xu Qiu was speechless. This guy really still hadn't given up on that golden martial arts book.

But it is understandable. After all, Yin Hongniang doesn't have many options for retreat and can only pin her hopes on the golden technique.

Just as Xu Qiu was about to explain.

Suddenly, a disciple outside knocked on the door frantically and said, "Master, something terrible has happened. The library has been damaged!"

(End of this chapter)