Cultivation: the Rise of a Live-In Son-In-Law

"Young Master, I'm fine, it doesn't hurt at all, I'm already healed." Qing Yu spoke, and then squeezed out a smile, "We don't need to bother with them."

Qing Yu knew that those people were like hooligans; in the world of martial artists, their skills were not high, merely at the Third or Fourth Layer of the Condensing Origin stage.

However, those people had some ties with the East City Yu Family.

The Yu Family in the East City of Cloud Leaf City was naturally not comparable to large families like the Innate Jiang Family or the Tian Family.

Yet, it was a wealthy Martial Dao family, with several Martial Arts Cultivators of the Postnatal Realm in the family.

The Young Master wasn't highly regarded within the Jiang Family, and provoking the East City Yu Family might actually lead to suffering a loss.

Being slapped didn't matter to her, but if it implicated the Young Master, it would rather make Qing Yu uneasy.

Looking at Qing Yu's smiling face and the hint of worry in her eyes, Lu Ye calmly said, "It's good that you're fine."

If Qing Yu was fine... then others would have to be not fine.

"By the way, Young Master, have you eaten yet? If not, I'll go buy some ingredients. Please wait for me a moment."

Saying that, Qing Yu hurriedly turned around, took a small pouch from the side room, and quickly walked out.

Are there no groceries at home?

Watching Qing Yu leave in a hurry, Lu Ye walked slowly to the kitchen and found some vegetables placed by the stove, but mostly just potatoes, greens, and radishes.

At a glance, he couldn't see any meat.

Lu Ye was somewhat puzzled; hadn't he given Qing Yu a hundred taels last time?

While he was home, they lived comfortably enough, eating normally with two meat dishes and one vegetarian dish daily, properly arranged by Qing Yu.

How did it end up that after he left, the kitchen only had these things left?

After a while, Qing Yu hurried back with some meat, anxiously saying, "Young Master, please rest for a while, it will be ready soon."

"Wait a minute." Lu Ye asked, "The silver I gave you last time, is it still enough?"

"It's enough, Young Master, with so much silver, where would Qing Yu ever spend it all?" Qing Yu nodded quickly. She hadn't spent even a single copper coin from that hundred taels of silver.

What she used was all her accumulated wages over the years at the Jiang Family.

While Lu Ye was away from Cloud Leaf City, besides looking after the courtyard, Qing Yu also took on some odd manual jobs to earn a little silver.

She wanted to save that hundred taels, so if the Young Master needed money someday, she could have it ready at a moment's notice.

Unable to assist the Young Master, she didn't want to hold him back either.

"Then why did you eat nothing but greens and potatoes? Is it that they don't suit your taste?" Lu Ye pointed at the fresh meat in her hand.

"I... I was trying to lose some weight recently, so I ate lighter," Qing Yu cleverly thought of an excuse.

After all, in this world, with the preference for slender figures, this excuse was usable.

"Young Master, I'll go prepare the meal now." Afraid her lie would be seen through by Lu Ye, Qing Yu hurried into the kitchen with her groceries.

Lu Ye pondered for a moment, trusting Qing Yu's words that the silver was still there and hadn't been spent.

After all, her frugal nature was plainly observable.

But Lu Ye could also deduce that it was precisely because she was overly frugal that Qing Yu scarcely bought any meat after he left Cloud Leaf City.

After thinking for a moment and watching Qing Yu busily working in the kitchen, Lu Ye left the small courtyard.

When he returned, he had several pounds of meat in his hand.

He wanted to buy more, but in the Martial Arts Realm, there were no refrigerators like in the past life. Buying too much would go to waste if it spoiled.

Here, to preserve meat for a long time, it still needed to be smoked and made into cured meat.

The storage ring could drastically reduce decay caused by time, but without cultivation, Qing Yu couldn't have martial arts spiritual sense, nor could she use the storage ring to store food.

"Just leave these at home. I won't be back for a while, so it will spoil if you don't eat it." Lu Ye walked into the kitchen, leaving several pounds of fresh beef on the stove.

Qing Yu, currently tending the fire, froze, then looked at Lu Ye with a slightly reddened eye.

How couldn't she tell that it was specifically bought for her by the Young Master?

"Ah... the smoke's too much, Young Master, you should go out. Don't get smoked out," Qing Yu found an excuse, rubbing her somewhat reddened eyes.

At the same time, Qing Yu vowed to take on more work and earn more silver.

She hoped... she hoped she could stay by the Young Master's side for a lifetime, to wash clothes and cook for him.

...

After finishing the meal, Lu Ye checked the time. It was nearing the afternoon, and more people were appearing on the streets.

"Liu Ema Zi, Wang San..."

The names flashed through his mind. Lu Ye didn't dress in black but put on that trophy, the human skin mask.

After rounding several streets, he arrived at a rather bustling road.

Though he didn't know where these two lived, the place where they would be drinking flower wine could only be Cui Xiang Building.

Despite the plain name, it was an opulent establishment, among the best in Cloud Leaf City.

By now, Lu Ye had transformed into the appearance of a middle-aged man. As soon he walked into the building, an old procuress, heavy with rouge, approached him.

"Oh, this customer looks unfamiliar... First time here, isn't it?"

"Hmm, just arrange anyone for me to have a drink with," Lu Ye lowered his voice, handing over two taels of silver.

Two taels were more than enough just for some drinks.

The procuress loved straightforward customers like him, who didn't have many other demands.

Taking the silver, she habitually tried to touch Lu Ye's chest, but he subtly evaded it.

"Alright! I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

A moment later, in a second-floor room, a woman in a lotus-white dress entered, looking towards Lu Ye who was drinking alone.

"This humble woman is Yingying, greets you, my lord..."

"Do you know Liu Ema Zi and Wang San? I have something to discuss with them." Lu Ye had no mood to waste time, getting straight to the point.

Yingying was startled, instinctively nodding, "I do know them. They're regulars here too."

...

Five minutes later, under the surprised gaze of Yingying, Lu Ye left Cui Xiang Building without any hesitation.

Ten minutes later, after finishing drinking, Liu Ema Zi and Wang San, who were sound asleep at home, were directly separated, their bodies left at home.

Their two heads hung from a large tree near Cloud Leaf City's gates.

This was immediately noticed by the townspeople entering and leaving the city, arousing significant shock.

Who on earth committed such a bold act in broad daylight?!

By this time, Lu Ye had arrived at Tian Qing's shop.

"I killed two hooligans who were harassing Qing Yu. I heard they had some connection to the East City Yu Family; you can take care of this."

"If they are reasonable, let it be. If not... there will be no need for the Yu Family to exist in Cloud Leaf City."

Upon hearing this, Tian Qing was taken aback. He knew Qing Yu was the maid of Young Master Lu.

What brazen thug dared... Did they have a death wish? Bullying even the maid of Young Master Lu.

East City Yu Family...

Tian Qing immediately nodded, "Young Master Lu, leave this matter to me."

Watching Lu Ye leave calmly, a rare cold killing intent flashed across old Tian Qing's demeanor.

"The Yu Family seems to have become too tyrannical in the city for far too long..."