After teaching the silly girls of Qiu Zitong a lesson,
Tang Yu calculated that for quite some time they wouldn't dare to cause any trouble.
Upon returning to the small valley, the master was still in seclusion.
Bored, Tang Yu lay down in his room, and from time to time, he used his beast control ability to observe Ye Qiu.
Since he failed in the competition for the elder position, Ye Qiu had completely focused on his training at home, only occasionally going out to eat something.
He was not seen socializing with anyone, and his increasingly quiet behavior made Tang Yu feel somewhat overwhelmed.
"On the day of the ancestral ceremony, I'll keep an eye on this guy until the end."
Muttering to himself, Tang Yu thought for a moment and quickly, several black crows flew to perch by the window.
Tang Yu gave them strips of meat; they were birds controlled by him through his beast control ability.
At that moment, Qiu Xiaozhu, who had been in seclusion in her room, finally came out.
Noticing the noise in Tang Yu's place, she hurried over.
Upon seeing Tang Yu feeding a group of crows, Qiu Xiaozhu, with a puzzled face, commented, "What, are you a crow spirit? Where do so many crows come from that come to you?"
"Then the master must be a fox spirit."
Tang Yu threw all the meat he had in his hands, smiled, and ran towards Qiu Xiaozhu, lifting her with one hand.
"You're going to die!"
Qiu Xiaozhu, slightly blushing, squirmed for a moment, already afraid of being lifted by him.
Because of the height difference, the last time he lifted her, she had to wrap her legs around him...
"Master, how did it go with the training this time? Did you make any progress?"
Tang Yu asked with a smile.
"No, there's still something missing, I've taken everything you gave me, but now I'm sort of in the middle, I've made some progress."
Qiu Xiaozhu shook her head, somewhat disappointed.
"It's okay, the day will come, first look at what I brought you as a gift."
Tang Yu smiled and set Qiu Xiaozhu down on the floor, taking her hand to show her the gifts he had bought.
Most of the gifts were clothes, skirts, shoes, skincare products, and the like.
As for the blood drops, there weren't many, maybe about twenty pieces.
Qiu Xiaozhu felt quite happy seeing the new clothes.
But when she saw the gifts Tang Yu had hidden with personal intentions, she was confused, not understanding how she was supposed to use them.
Until Tang Yu showed her how to use them, Qiu Xiaozhu almost threw everything out the window.
"Indecent!"
After murmuring a few words, Qiu Xiaozhu blushed and ran out angrily.
Tang Yu, smiling, closed the box and, like a mischievous child, followed asking, "My love, what are we eating today?"
"Call me master!"
"Okay, dear master."
"..."
"And master, these days you've been in seclusion, you probably haven't bathed properly, do you want to go to a hot spring? I'll scrub you."
"Bah! Is that scrubbing? What you really want is to touch me."
After a round of jokes, Qiu Xiaozhu finally let herself be hugged by Tang Yu, and he took her to the hot spring.
After a while of dual cultivation, Qiu Xiaozhu, lazily lying in the hot spring water, rested her head on Tang Yu's chest.
Although she had said she didn't want to, her body was more honest.
Tang Yu hugged her, and upon looking at her closely, he commented in surprise: "Master, your hair root has returned to its original color!"
"What returned?"
"The color I dyed for you last time. Now, when the new hair grew, the root has turned pink."
"Ah? Doesn't it look bad?"
Qiu Xiaozhu asked, her eyes wide open.
It was her first time dyeing her hair, and she really didn't know much about such things.
"How could my master be ugly?"
Tang Yu smiled mischievously, pinched Qiu Xiaozhu's cheek, and said:
"How about dyeing it back to the original color?"
"Back to the original color?"
Qiu Xiaozhu frowned, thought for a moment, and murmured:
"Which one do you like more?"
"I like them all, but I prefer the original color, after all, you're the original flavor master."
Tang Yu answered softly.
"Then let's dye it back."
Before, Qiu Xiaozhu didn't like the original color much because it was too striking, but now, since he liked it, it didn't matter so much.
As the day of the ancestral ceremony approached, the Nine Heavens Alliance became increasingly bustling.
The ancestral ceremony, held once every ten years, was of great importance to the Nine Heavens Alliance.
For the disciples of other families, this event originally only concerned the Qiū family.
However, since the day of the ancestral ceremony was similar to New Year celebrations, with plenty of food and drink, they also joined in the fun.
As a family with hundreds of years of tradition, the Qiū family was extremely ceremonial during the ancestral ceremony, and preparations had already started half a month earlier to ensure no detail was overlooked.
The elders of the Qiū family were filled with joy.
Even Qiu Xiaozhu, who was always locked at home, had no choice but to help with the preparations.
Tang Yu, like a lapdog, followed everywhere to help.
And Ye Qiu was still under surveillance.
As always, this guy was doing nothing.
The more he behaved like this, the more Tang Yu was convinced of something:
This guy had to be connected to someone important within the Nine Heavens Alliance, probably some old fox was preparing a piece on the board for him.
Otherwise, it would be completely unrealistic for him to try to take the Nine Dragons Formation alone.
But how to uncover those hidden pieces had become a headache for him.
Although he had beast control, he couldn't watch everyone 24/7. He could only move step by step, waiting for those people to reveal themselves.
Until the day of the ancestral ceremony finally arrived.
Qiu Xiaozhu, early in the morning, dragged Tang Yu to the Qiū family's ancestral tomb to help.
When they arrived, a large platform had already been set up outside the tomb, and the older elders were standing, all happy, working.
Under the platform, there were already more than a hundred round tables, with utensils and plates already prepared, only waiting for the food to arrive.
Several disciples were helping to kill pigs, debone cows, cut vegetables, and wash them, all working enthusiastically.
Such a big event was not seen every day in the Nine Heavens Alliance, so everyone was very involved.
After helping for a couple of hours, Tang Yu was already preparing to find an excuse to slip away and personally keep an eye on Ye Qiu.
However, an elder from the external clan approached him and said with a smile:
"Could Elder Lín come for a moment? I need to talk to you about something."
"What's going on?"
Tang Yu recognized this elder; he was one of the few elders from outside the family lineage, named Yáo Chángfēng.
Not only did he supervise the external gate, but he was also in charge of the alchemy area.
Yáo Chángfēng made a gesture for silence with his hand and said with a smile:
"Let's find a quiet place to talk, it's about pill formulas."
Tang Yu nodded.
Previously, he had shown interest in several unique pills of the Nine Heavens Alliance, such as the Concentration Pill, and had talked to Yáo Chángfēng several times to see if he could get the formulas.
When they reached a quiet corner, Yáo Chángfēng was about to speak, but suddenly looked back and said: "Elder, why have you come?"
Tang Yu turned his head, and at that instant, Yáo Chángfēng's expression changed drastically. With a lethal hand, he directly attacked Tang Yu's heart.
As an expert at the [Celestial] level, the speed and strength of his attack were terrifying.
When the hand knife was about to strike silently, Yáo Chángfēng looked at Tang Yu with an expression of hatred and excitement.
But the deadly attack stopped just 0.01 centimeters from Tang Yu.
Whether the owner of the hand knife would end up falling in love with Tang Yu after a quarter of an incense stick is uncertain.
But what is certain is that Tang Yu wouldn't let that old man get that far.
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