Narrow rainy alley.

"I didn't expect that Si Minglan's life story was so tragic."

Qin Gengyun didn't know that his wife and sister-in-law had been peeking from upstairs just now. At this moment, he was telling them everything that had happened tonight. At the end, he couldn't help but sigh.

"So you couldn't help but comfort her?"

Qiu Zhihe snorted coldly.

Qin Gengyun was stunned and didn't react for a moment: "Madam, when did I comfort her?"

Liusu, who was standing beside her, stood up and imitated Qin Gengyun's tone very vividly:

"Miss Si, no one is born lowly. Love and hate have their own causes and consequences. If you do evil, there will be retribution. If you get rid of all the hatred in your heart, maybe you can start a new life."

After saying that, he added fuel to the fire: "Miss Si, you don't have to be sad, I pity you~~Ouch!"

Then he was hit on the head by Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe from the left and right at the same time.

Liusu covered her head with her hands and screamed, "Miss, it's obviously my son-in-law who is philandering, why are you hitting me? How can you, my son-in-law, be right?"

"You should go to bed."

Qiu Zhihe said coldly.

Liusu wanted to say something, but Qiu Zhihe glared at her with her cold almond eyes. She could only say "oh" and obediently got up and went into the alchemy room. She even made a face at Qin Gengyun before closing the door.

"Ma'am, shall we go to bed too?"

After the noisy sister-in-law fell asleep, Qin Gengyun said to Qiu Zhihe with a smile.

Qiu Zhihe looked at him: "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

Qin Gengyun paused, sighed, and said:

"Ma'am, I have a lot of questions I want to ask. If you don't want to answer, I don't mind."

Qiu Zhihe lowered her eyes: "You ask."

Qin Gengyun was silent for a moment, and finally said: "I don't understand. Zhenyang Sect is a famous and upright sect. Even if there are internal conflicts, why would the elders force disciples to practice dual cultivation?"

Qiu Zhihe said calmly: "What is the right way?"

Qin Gengyun thought for a moment and said, "To protect the people of the world, to be respected by the people, to enjoy a transcendent status and privileges, with responsibilities and powers as great as theirs, this is the right path, right?"

Qiu Zhihe asked again: "What about the Demon Sect?"

Qin Gengyun said: "Without status and privileges, and without restrictions on their actions, they are not recognized by the world. Is that why they are called the 'Devil Sect'?"

Qiu Zhihe sneered: "That's half right. The Demon Sect also has its own rules. At least, there won't be elders forcing disciples to practice dual cultivation."

Qin Gengyun was puzzled: "So, the righteous path is actually inferior to the demon sect?"

Qiu Zhihe looked at him and said, "The Righteous Path and the Demonic Sect are just names imposed by the world. All of them are practitioners. It's just that in the past hundred years, the Demonic Sect has not been as powerful as the Righteous Path, so it was labeled as the Demonic Sect."

Qin Gengyun thought for a moment and nodded: "My lady is right. In the world of cultivation, strength is justice."

Qiu Zhihe seemed not to have expected him to say that. She frowned slightly and remained silent.

Qin Gengyun asked, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Qiu Zhihe suddenly asked, "What are you going to do if the trip to the Northern Wasteland doesn't go well?"

Qin Gengyun said without hesitation: "Then I will travel all over the four regions to find the recipe for the elixir. I will definitely eradicate the elixir poison and stay with my wife for a hundred lifetimes!"

Qiu Zhihe lowered his head and said softly: "If you enter Zhenyang Sect, with your foundation-building cultivation and fourth-level alchemy master, you should be able to access fourth-grade alchemy recipes."

"Madam, you want me to join the Zhenyang Sect?" Qin Gengyun said in surprise.

"Zhenyang Sect is one of the three major sects in Dongxiu, and it is a place that many cultivators dream of. Don't you want to join?"

Qiu Zhihe raised her eyes and looked at him, and Qin Gengyun also looked at her:

"What about you? Madam, will you come with me to Zhenyang Sect?"

Qiu Zhihe was silent for a long time, then stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

"I'm going to take a shower, husband, you go back to your room first."

"Madam?" Qin Gengyun called her, but Qiu Zhihe had already entered the bathroom.

Qin Gengyun was silent for a moment, then shouted inside: "Madam, I'll wait for you!"

…

Shower room.

There was mist rising above the bathtub. Suddenly, the mist turned into ice, and then the ice quickly melted and turned into red flames.

Finally it turned into half iceberg and half flame.

The iceberg turned into countless tiny flying arrows, and the flames turned into countless tiny flying swords.

The ice arrow and the fire sword collided, emitting brilliant light, causing the narrow space above the bathtub to appear slightly distorted.

It was such a fierce clash of spiritual powers, but it was silent.

This scene was extremely strange. If one's cultivation was lower, one's meridians would probably burst just by looking at it.

Half an incense stick later, the last ice arrow and the last fire sword collided, brilliantly, and then dissipated.

This space finally returned to normal.

In the bathtub below, the long hair that was half fiery red and half snow-white turned back to black, and the mountains and rivers that emerged from the water shrank as the body shrank and disappeared back into the water.

Qiu Zhihe opened his eyes and said calmly, "I have recovered to the foundation-building stage."

In the past, she would feel happy and excited every time she recovered a little bit of her cultivation, because that brought her one step closer to revenge.

But now, the faster her cultivation recovered, the more uneasy she felt, because the closer she was to revenge, the closer the day she and Qin Gengyun would be separated was.

There are countless masters in the three major sects. Even if she can really kill all three sects by herself, she probably won't be able to escape unscathed.

Mutual destruction is the most likely outcome.

After her death, she will take away all the hatred, and the world's hatred towards the Demon Sect will fall on her alone.

Qin Gengyun cannot be involved in any way.

Therefore, Liusu repeatedly suggested that Qin Gengyun join the Qinglian Sect, but she firmly refused.

The Qinglian Sect is now in name only. Following his own death after seeking revenge, it will no longer appear in this world.

Qin Gengyun’s future should not have anything to do with the Demonic Sect.

Taking Qin Gengyun to the Northern Wilderness to enter the master's treasure trove, in addition to giving him the recipe for the Bingxin Rejuvenating Pill, he also wanted to give him the many precious magical instruments and talisman papers stored in it.

Allow him to protect himself.

In fact, in Qiu Zhihe's plan, no matter what the outcome of the trip to the Northern Wilderness was, once she recovered her cultivation, she would try to get Qin Gengyun into the Zhenyang Sect.

Then, Qiu Zhihe could disappear.

When she met him again, she had become the Saint of the Demon Sect, and he was a disciple of the righteous sect.

He would not recognize her.

This is best.

If I have to die, dying at his hands would be the best outcome.

Perhaps it was because she heard about Si Minglan's tragedy today and felt the same way and was touched, Qiu Zhihe was particularly fragile tonight.

"My wife."

Qin Gengyun's voice rang out. Qiu Zhihe raised her hand to wipe the moisture from the corners of her eyes. Turning back, she saw Qin Gengyun walking in with his upper body naked.

"what you do?"

Qiu Zhihe said coldly.

"My lady, I have been waiting for you for a long time and I can't wait any longer."

As Qin Gengyun spoke, he walked to the bathtub, took off all his clothes, and stepped into the bathtub.

"You...you get out now!"

Qiu Zhihe opened her eyes wide, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and she reached out to push him away, but he grabbed her hand instead and pulled her into his arms.

"Let go..."

"My lady, I don't want to be separated from you for a moment. I want to come in, not go out."

"You... just this once."

Crash.

The sound of water ripples, and the lake of my heart stirs.

Qiu Zhihe raised her head, closed her eyes, and the crystal tears in her eye sockets finally fell.

"Husband..."

No matter what the future holds, at least at this moment, I am still your wife.