"But sometimes, I can't deny what my mother said."

Yu Xiao joked and changed the subject, "She said that if a girl chooses a good husband, she can change her fate, and if she gives birth to a good child, she can bring honor to the family - this is her life."

If I deny Ye Rouxian's words, it would be tantamount to denying my mother's life and everything that had happened to her in the past few decades.

Every time Yu Xiaoxiao wanted to speak, as soon as the words came to her lips, scenes from the past would emerge in her mind.

When she was young, she was sickly and woke up several times in the middle of the night, coughing constantly. In order to take care of her, her mother, who slept with her, woke up, fed her warm water, patted her back, sang a gentle lullaby, and coaxed her to sleep.

She was precocious and did not want her mother to be tired. Sometimes she woke up because of discomfort and covered her mouth to cough. Her mother would be startled by the slightest movement and would take good care of her and even cry because of her understanding.

She traveled thousands of miles and knocked on the gate of Wuliang Sect. The Yu family hurried over. Yu Yao and the others dared not say anything to Taoist Bai Wei. Their eyes were filled with anger and disappointment towards her. Only her mother -

His eyes were filled with heartache.

She wanted to stay in Wuliang Sect to practice. When the Yu family left, her mother secretly came to find her before she left.

"If I had known that you would sneak out and come to the Wuliang Sect alone, I shouldn't have been so against you in the first place. Fortunately, nothing happened on the way."

Her mother hugged her and cried, without any complaints, only self-reflection and heartache: "My Xiaoxiao, you were already thin, how come you have become smaller?"

The Yu family was annoyed that she did not join the Hehuan Sect, but Ye Rouxian was the only one who felt sorry for her weight loss.

Every time she returned home, Yu Yao and others would ask her for this and that, but Ye Rouxian never opened her mouth.

Ye Rouxian said, Mom doesn’t want those, Mom just wants you to be safe.

Yu Xiaoxiao could talk back to Yu Yao, but when facing Ye Rouxian, she couldn't say a single harsh word.

"But I don't want to get married either."

Yu Xiaoxiao felt bitter in her mouth. She could obey her family in other matters, but she would not give in on this matter.

Ji Qingzhou looked at her, "What are your plans, Senior Sister?"

Yu Xiaoxiao sighed softly: "It's useless. I can only refuse. I will stay at home for a few days and then leave. I will try to come back less often in the future until they give up."

"Junior sister."

Yu Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, revealing a guilty look, "Can you give me the elixir that is beneficial to the cultivation of Qi training cultivators? My father accepted the elixir from someone else, and I owe this favor. If I don't pay it back, I will feel uneasy."

Ji Qingzhou said: "As far as I know, Master has always disapproved of giving this kind of elixir to your family."

Considering the way the Yu family exploited Yu Xiaoxiao, if Yu Xiaoxiao had an elixir that could help Yu Yao break through, why wouldn't Yu Yao ask his daughter for it, but instead accept the favor from outsiders?

Some of them were written by Taoist Bai Wei.

On the path of cultivation, the right way is to rely on tempering oneself to break through. Although elixirs are beneficial to cultivation, relying solely on elixirs to force a breakthrough will lay the hidden danger of elixir poisoning.

Taoist Bai Wei saw early on that the Yu family had evil intentions. If their state of mind could not keep up with their cultivation, something bad would happen sooner or later, so he never gave Yu Xiaoxiao this kind of elixir.

In addition, this kind of elixir is rare and there are often fakes out there, so the Yu family members dare not buy it casually.

A few years ago, Yu Yao took the spirit stones from Yu Xiaoxiao, and couldn't resist the temptation, so he secretly bought some elixirs to help himself break through.

As a result, he broke through from the initial stage of Qi training to the middle stage, but his body was harmed by Dan poison. He also attracted inner demons when he broke through and escaped death. His realm stagnated and even had a tendency to regress. He never dared to mess around again.

Yu Xiaoxiao never thought that Yu Yao had suffered such a huge loss in the past, and now in order to make a breakthrough, he would have to seek help from external forces.

She sighed, "Don't worry, I won't let my father handle the medicine. I will give it to the other party myself."

Upon hearing this, Ji Qingzhou said no more. He took out a bottle of elixir from the Tianqing Yulin bracelet and placed it on the table.

At this time, a waiter announced that the welcoming banquet prepared by Yu Yao was ready.

Yu Xiaoxiao put away the elixir and asked someone to bring the dishes.

The two were cultivators, so the Yu family naturally prepared spiritual rice and spiritual meat.

But after all this commotion, Yu Xiaoxiao was not in the mood to eat. Ji Qingzhou preferred what he cooked himself, so he just moved his chopsticks politely and chatted with Yu Xiaoxiao to pass the time.

Later, the waiter of the Yu family came to remove the food and asked Ji Qingzhou to rest in the courtyard prepared separately for guests.

Ji Qingzhou glanced at Yu Xiaoxiao. Thinking that his senior sister probably wanted to be alone for some time, he left with the waiter. He did not forget to remind Yu Xiaoxiao that if anything happened, she should remember to send her a jade order.

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement.

The guest courtyard was quite far from the courtyard of the women in the back house. The waiter led Ji Qingzhou for a while before they reached the quiet courtyard.

With nothing to do, Ji Qingzhou simply meditated and practiced.

She is where she is today not only because of her talent, but also because of her hard work.

Early the next morning, Ji Qingzhou came back to his senses from meditation and heard that there was a message on the jade order that Yu Xiaoxiao had sent earlier, saying that she was going to find Ye Rouxian to ask where the cultivator who gave Yu Yao the elixir was. She planned to deliver the medicine and might be back later.

She also told Ji Qingzhou to stay at Yu's house first, and if he wanted to go out, he should wait for her to come back.

After all, this is the territory of the Hehuan Sect. Although the Yu family is conservative and has retained the old customs from many years ago, more people here behave in an open manner. Yu Xiaoxiao is worried that her junior sister will be deceived by bad people.

Ji Qingzhou replied “I know” and asked Yu Xiaoxiao to send her a message every once in a while, then went back to meditating.

An hour later.

Ji Qingzhou opened his eyes and picked up the jade order.

Yu Xiaoxiao did not respond.

Ji Qingzhou silently put away the jade order and walked out of the yard.

There was a waiter waiting outside the courtyard. When he saw her coming out, he came forward and asked, "Does the guest have any instructions?"

"I want to meet the mayor's wife."

Ji Qingzhou said, "I am an alchemist, proficient in pharmacology. My senior sister specifically told me to prepare some elixirs for her mother to nourish her body. The elixirs are very valuable and cannot be passed on to other people. I have to hand them over to her personally."

Upon hearing this, the waiter said, "Please wait a moment, my dear. I will go and ask you for your message."

Ji Qingzhou smiled and nodded: "Okay."

The waiter turned and left, soon disappearing from Ji Qingzhou's sight.

He turned a few corners in the City Lord's Mansion, but did not go to the back house. Instead, he went to the big kitchen to ask for some peanuts, peeling them while chatting with a familiar servant. He had no intention of looking for Ye Rouxian at all.

Ye Rouxian was not in the mansion at all, so it was useless for him to look for her.

Let's kill some time here and then go back to deal with the eldest lady's junior sister.

As he was thinking, he casually threw a peanut into his mouth.

As luck would have it, the peanut seemed to be pushed by a force and shot directly into his trachea!

"Ahem-ah-ah-ah!"

The waiter was choked on the spot and his face soon turned red.

"What's going on here?"

The people nearby were terrified and wanted to help him take out the peanuts, but it was useless no matter what they did.

The waiter fell to the ground with a thump, his face turning from red to purple. He felt that if he continued like this, he would suffocate to death!

At this moment, a pair of white forged boots appeared in sight.

"So the mayor's wife is in the kitchen?"

A faint female voice then fell into the waiter's ears.

It's like the King of Hell is calling for your life.

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