The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

"Hiccup~"

On the main road leading down from the main peak of the Yunmiao Immortal Sect, a stunning beauty of unparalleled grace was walking down the mountain.

His appearance was enough to captivate all, but his unseemly burping behavior ruined the beauty of the painting.

There was no other way; Su Qi was truly stuffed.

To prevent Du Yunyi from doing that again, he had no choice but to eat all the food his mother had prepared.

As for why Du Yunyi suddenly wanted to cook for Su Qi?

This all started when Mu Yunxian delivered food to Qifeng Courtyard.

After that incident, Mu Feier seemed to be possessed by some unknown force; she suddenly stopped cultivating and started thinking about how to cook.

Du Yunyi, who had been monitoring Qifeng Courtyard, immediately guessed that this woman wanted to corrupt her little beggar with delicious food.

Can this be tolerated?

Absolutely not!

Therefore, Sect Leader Du was very clever. Before Su Qi returned to Qifeng Courtyard, he fed him until he couldn't eat anymore before letting him go.

No wonder they're mother and son, they're both so incredibly clever!

Upon returning to Qifeng Courtyard, Su Qi did not use the gate but instead climbed over the wall to enter.

After searching around, I found that the kitchen light was still on.

Unexpectedly, what her mother said was true. It was so late, and Mu Feier was still in the kitchen researching how to cook.

Sneaking furtively outside the kitchen, Su Qi suddenly burst in.

"What kind of monster dares to steal food from my kitchen?"

Mu Feier, who was tasting the food with a small bowl, was startled and froze when she saw that the person who rushed in was Su Qi.

She originally only wanted to conduct her research secretly and then amaze everyone.

While everyone was marveling at her culinary skills, she casually remarked, "Cooking is nothing; I can learn it in no time."

What she didn't expect was that cooking was even more difficult than training.

She's been researching almost non-stop these past few days. But the dishes she's made are still far from what Su Qi used to make.

"Oh, it's Fei'er. Are you hungry, being alone in the kitchen in the middle of the night?"

Mu Feier's cheeks flushed slightly. She quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and then resumed her usual indifferent demeanor.

"I've already fasted, so how could I be hungry? I just want to research how to poison food without affecting the taste."

"Is that right?"

Su Qi looked on with suspicion, glancing at the pile of failed products beside him, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

As it turns out, even the most talented people have weaknesses.

He had originally intended to expose Mu Fei'er.

But now, looking at those indescribable things...

Yes, that's right, she's researching how to poison people!

"Have you successfully mastered your secret technique?"

Noticing Su Qi looking at her failed attempts, Mu Feier blushed and quickly changed the subject.

"Of course!"

Speaking of this, Su Qi became excited, spreading his hands and asking expectantly, "Didn't you notice any changes in me?"

So what he practiced was a secret technique that could change one's appearance?

Mu Feier had a guess in her mind, then she walked over, pinched her chin, and circled around Su Qi twice.

She looked left and right, but she really couldn't see anything different about Su Qi.

She's still so delicate, fragile, and easily bullied, making you want to tease her until she cries.

"Don't you see?"

Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Su Qi was somewhat incredulous.

Mu Feier frowned and looked around twice more, but in the end she couldn't figure it out and could only shake her head.

"You don't seem to have changed much from a month ago."

"I've grown taller!" Su Qi stood on tiptoe. "Can't you even see how obvious it is? I've grown a full two centimeters taller."

"It seems you have indeed grown taller. Does your secret technique have such a side effect?" Mu Feier's brows relaxed, and she suddenly became curious about the power of this secret technique.

"If it took you more than a month to master this technique, it must be incredibly powerful. Go out and show it to me."

After saying that, he was about to walk out.

"Show what?" Su Qi tilted his head, looking puzzled. "Didn't we already show that I grew two centimeters taller?"

Mu Feier paused in her steps and suddenly turned to look at Su Qi.

"What do you mean by that? Don't tell me that the secret technique you spent over a month practicing only made you grow two centimeters taller?"

His tone was like, "Don't fucking kid me."

But Su Qi nodded firmly.

"This is a secret technique that my mother specially found for me. Every time I break through a certain level, I can grow two centimeters taller."

Mu Fei'er fainted; she couldn't bear it any longer.

"So all you've gained in the past month and a half is these two centimeters? Your cultivation hasn't increased at all?"

Seeing her displeasure, Su Qi became somewhat intimidated.

"It seems...maybe...it has increased a little bit."

My feet unconsciously moved towards the door.

Mu Feier felt an urge to vomit blood.

She finally made up her mind to make a good relationship with him.

As a result, only half a month later, he abandoned himself and went into seclusion.

I thought that for this lazy bum to voluntarily go into seclusion, this secret technique must be incredibly powerful, but unexpectedly...

So, the restlessness and inability to concentrate on cultivation that I experienced over the past month because of him resulted in these two centimeters?

For a moment, Mu Feier even doubted whether this guy truly loved her.

If you say he loves her, after only half a month together, he abandoned her and went into seclusion, his only goal being to grow two centimeters taller.

If you say he doesn't love, he'd give you everything, including his life.

"Very good, Su Qi, you did an excellent job." I even wanted to work hard to learn cooking so I could surprise you.

Upon seeing Mu Feier raise her hand, Su Qi's pupils constricted, and without the slightest hesitation, he turned and ran.

"Stop!"

The once quiet Qifeng Courtyard has become lively again because of someone's return.

The passing disciples, upon hearing the familiar phrases "family clothes burst open" and "feed me peanuts," knew that their charming and adorable young master Su had been beaten up by Elder Mu again.

"Alas, poor Su Shao. If he married me, I would never treat him as roughly as Elder Mu."

Upon hearing this, the disciple who was traveling with him instantly looked terrified, covered his buttocks, and moved away a few feet.

"you you……"

"What do you mean, 'you'? Why are you hiding? Do you think you're Young Master Su? I can only accept Young Master Su! Also, don't think I don't know that you have every single one of those BL novels about Young Master Su circulating in our sect under your bed."

……

Meanwhile, in Pingnan City of the Eastern Region, a weary young man stepped into this familiar yet unfamiliar land.

The rebuilt Pingnan City is completely different from what it used to be.

Not only can I not find any familiar faces, but even the people I used to know are gone.

During the Pingnan Rebellion, demonic cultivators massacred the city, leaving no survivors.

Recalling that massacre, Ye Feng's eyes grew cold.

Recently, some of his memory has returned.

Those who massacred the city back then were merely disguised as demonic cultivators.

Ye Feng recalled that his father, before he died, had shouted "Qingyun Sword Technique" with resentment.

The person who killed him used the sword technique of the Qingyun Sect.

Among those who died in the Pingnan Rebellion was the previous sect leader of the Qingyun Sect.

According to Ye Feng and Elder Mu's speculation, this massacre was likely caused by an internal power struggle within the Qingyun Sect.

The purpose of the massacre was simply to disguise the death of the previous sect leader of Qingyun Sect as an attack by demonic cultivators.

If that's the case, things become simple. Whoever benefits afterward and becomes the sect leader of Qingyun Sect is the true culprit behind the Pingnan Rebellion.