Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 608 Why are you so arrogant?
Yan Yu came to the warehouse and browsed the existing inventory list for a moment, and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

It's all rubbish!

Taoism is different from magic weapons and flying swords. It is something that you can learn and I can learn, and it can be fully reused - in theory, but considering the actual need for confidentiality, the wider it is spread, the easier it is to leak information, so that those with ulterior motives can find targeted counter-strategies. So in principle, it can only be learned by one person.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the Chiyu Nine Phoenix Fire, Yan Yu took the notes and gave them to the puppet, while the Pingxi Army gave them to Zhou Hongyu to learn, so in essence, it was passed on to two people.

However, this situation is still rare. Most of the time, the queue is based on demand. For example, if the Shenxing team is short of an offensive Taoist technique, they will report it to the Zhendong Army for approval. Once they get a Taoist technique that meets the standards, they will be directly issued and will not be put on the inventory list.

Therefore, if we want to create a defensive Dao technique for Ruoxi, how should we do it? The standard procedure is to report it to the Zhendong Army for approval. Given the status of the Zhenhai Squadron, the comrades in charge of management should notify the other three armies. If they get the defensive Dao technique later, they will send it to Xie Ruoxi.

It’s just that Yan Yu went directly to ask Li Weiguo for the note because he didn’t want to waste time waiting... It’s a matter of luck, and God knows how long he will have to wait.

Not giving up, Yan Yu looked through the inventory again and asked the comrade in charge of the warehouse:

"Apart from the ones above, are there any other powerful defensive techniques?"

Is there any Taoist magic that has been claimed by someone within the Zhendong Army? If it’s useful, please bring it to me!

"Yes," the other party replied, "but they definitely don't meet your requirements. Defensive Taoism is a niche field, and the stock is small. Moreover, those who claim it tend to prefer low-level, low-cost, convenient spells. The remaining high-level ones are all on the list."

You don't even look down on the Taoist methods on the list, so it is even less likely that the ones they brought away would catch your eye.

Yan Yu frowned upon hearing this. Since the Zhendong Army didn't have it, he could only ask the other three armies.

He took out his cell phone and looked at his friend list.

Zhou Hongyu, Li Zhaojiang, Liu Longtao, let me ask first which one is better?

After hesitating for a long time, Yan Yu suddenly had an idea:
Why the hell did I forget that?
He left the warehouse without saying a word and went straight to the principal's office, calling Zhou Hongyu on the way.

The phone rang for almost a minute before the other party picked up, but didn't say anything.

"Hongyu," Yan Yu asked directly, "where did you get that Great Bright Flame?"

"Secret realm." Zhou Hongyu said.

"Nonsense, which secret realm?" Yan Yu asked.

"You can ask the Zhendong Army." Zhou Hongyu said.

It’s not that I can’t tell you, but the location of the secret realm is a military secret. What do you want to do by asking this?
"I don't mean anything else." Yan Yu knew she was worried and smiled, "I just want to ask, have you found a magic weapon in there that looks like a flute?"

"No." Zhou Hongyu said concisely.

"Then you must have found something wrong!" Yan Yu said immediately.

"I didn't find it." Zhou Hongyu sighed, "I'm only responsible for leading the team to conquer the secret realm. The Pingxi Army will take care of searching for supplies."

That was it. Yan Yu remembered very clearly that after Zhou Hongyu's sacrifice in her previous life, the secret realm where she obtained the Great Light Flame had also discovered its second-level entrance. Zhang Huaide led a team in to conquer it, and later obtained a magical flute. Playing it with true energy could produce sound waves like ocean tides, which were very useful for killing, blocking, and trapping enemies.

Of course, Old Zhang is the military advisor in charge of command, so using this thing doesn't really make much sense. Look, he's a sword master, and he can't even master his job as a swordsman! It's better to just give it to my Ruoxi. I'm sure Old Zhang will understand.

"Take me to that secret place." Yan Yu said.

"It's not appropriate." Zhou Hongyu said.

"Don't you want to repay Java for saving your life?" Yan Yu asked with a smile.

First use the trick of "repaying a favor"!
Zhou Hongyu was silent. After a moment, Zhang Huaide's voice rang out:

"Captain Yan, it's me, Zhang Huaide."

"This is Zhou Hongyu's cell phone. Why are you talking on her phone?" Yan Yu asked in surprise.

"We are having a team dinner." Zhang Huaide replied.

"Why do you guys always eat every time I visit you?"

"Let's get down to business. Team Yan is going to the secret realm where Team Zhou obtained the Great Bright Flame?"

"correct."

"Does the clue Team Yan has prove that something has been missed in the secret realm? Or is there a second level about to be opened?"

"It should be the latter."

"If that's the case, then Team Yan also knows the rules. This is a secret realm discovered by the Pingxi Army, so it stands to reason that they should send a team to explore it."

"Yes, but I'm worried that you won't be able to find the entrance."

"I haven't looked for it yet, how do you know I can't find it?"

"Your troops have been stationed there for almost a year, and you haven't discovered the entrance to the second level. How dare you say this?"

"So Captain Yan knows exactly where the entrance is and how to open it, right?"

"Why not?"

"But even so, exchanging a piece of intelligence for the right to explore a secret realm is still not enough. The higher-ups will never agree to this."

"I know, so I'm going to stake it on the favor Zhou Hongyu owes me, and I only want one magic weapon as spoils of war."

"Then we can give it a try." Zhang Huaide pondered for a moment, thinking that if we exclude the extreme situation of "the final gain in the secret realm is only a magic weapon", using a magic weapon in exchange for the opportunity to open the second level of the secret realm in advance, and the opponent is Yan Yu of the Zhendong Army, it seems that it should be possible to negotiate.

The reason is simple: if you don't refine a magical weapon, you can't use it or assess its value, so it's like opening a blind box. A blind box might reveal something you have no use for, like a formation flag (and then tell you you need to gather all nine to deploy a large formation). Therefore, the exchange value of a single magical weapon is lower than that of a flying sword or a Taoist technique. This is not only the view of the Lu State official, but also among ordinary cultivators.

"Well, go ask the leaders of the Pingxi Army," Yan Yu urged. "There's no time to lose. I'll go through the procedures quickly and reunite with you over there once I'm done."

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The procedural approvals on both sides went smoothly.

The Pingxi Army has confirmed with the monks stationed in the secret realm and has not found any "suspected entrance to the second floor", so it can be assumed that only Yan Yu can find the second floor at present.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. The Indian ascetics were already stirring in the Western Territory, and the Pingxi Army was not about to waste any opportunity to quickly strengthen the monks.

Not to mention the Zhendong Army. Li Weiguo even asked Yan Yu if he needed his help to say hello to Sun Rongxing, the commander-in-chief of the Pingxi Army.

This is to use Old Li's favor! Of course, Yan Yu refused sternly. It was obviously a matter of benefit to both parties, so there was no need for Old Li to beg others.

After Yan Yu left, Li Weiguo chatted with Chen Tianming and said:
"This guy always has a lot of secrets, and he won't tell me where he gets his information."

Chen Tianming smiled but said nothing. He had first heard the name Yan Yu from his daughter when he had killed two folk Yin-Yang masters from the Sakura Empire in the secret realm of the inverted tower at the bottom of the Qiantang River. Therefore, it could be assumed that this boy had already embarked on the path of cultivation before officially accepting official training.

Who among the common cultivators doesn't have their own secrets? But as a cultivator of the first team, even if Yan Yu was hiding secrets in private, he was definitely a legitimate person on the surface, and no one could find fault with him.

Let him go! Yan Yu flew to Shuzhong Mansion on his sword and met Zhou Hongyu, but found that she came alone.

"Where are the others?" Yan Yu asked, "Are you the only one?"

"They don't owe you any favor." Zhou Hongyu said lightly.

In fact, it was because no one had reached the Huafu level yet. If the second level of the secret realm was opened, it would most likely be a secret realm of Huafu level difficulty, so Zhou Hongyu had to take action himself.

"Let's go." Yan Yu said.

The two men flew their swords and headed northwest, only to see that the Hengduan Mountains below were becoming steeper and steeper, and the altitude was getting higher and higher.

Zhou Hongyu was leading the way, silent and expressionless, when he suddenly heard Yan Yu say affectionately from behind:

"It's been a while since we last met. You've lost a lot of weight."

She almost lost control and crashed. She looked back in disbelief, only to see Yan Yu laughing:
"Just kidding! Why are you so quiet? The atmosphere is so depressing."

"I have nothing to say to you." Zhou Hongyu said unhappily.

"I know you're the type who doesn't like empty talk and only likes to get things done." Yan Yu said, "How about I send you a group buy link and you help me get a bargain."

"What to buy?" Zhou Hongyu asked.

"Buy a reference book called 'How to Open the Heart of the Iceberg Goddess'."

The corner of Zhou Hongyu's mouth twitched, as if he couldn't help laughing, but also as if he was secretly pouting in disgust.

"Stop talking nonsense," she whispered.

"Oh, are you shy?" Yan Yu laughed, "Turn around and let me see."

Zhou Hongyu ignored him completely and just mobilized his true energy to fly faster on the sword.

Yan Yu hurriedly accelerated to catch up, and the two sword lights went up the plateau one after the other and arrived at the Kunlun Mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Tibet.

This area is vast and sparsely populated, with most of the snow-capped mountains uninhabited, making it impossible to identify the direction. Zhou Hongyu didn't know what method he used, but after flying with Yan Yu for a while, he suddenly dived straight down and landed in a valley.

The entrance to the secret realm is at the bottom of a snowy valley, surrounded by military camps, and the roofs of the buildings are covered with white tarpaulins for confusion.

"How did you find such a remote place?" Yan Yu exclaimed in amazement.

"Mountain climbers." Zhou Hongyu replied.

Since all the procedures had been completed, the border guards quickly let the two people pass.

The secret realm is code-named "Kunlun Mansion". There are many military monks stationed there, as well as a group of experts specializing in studying the history of the cultivation world - because this secret realm contains many classics and documents, most of which brag about how awesome a famous and upright sect called "Kunlun Taiqing Sect" is.

The secret realm of Kunlun Prefecture appears to be covered in snow year-round, just like the outside world, but in reality, the climate is as warm as spring. The sun never sets, the valley is filled with evergreen, cold-resistant trees, and the mountain springs are crystal clear. Farther up the mountainside, a celestial shrine is built along the slope, appearing to be extremely magnificent.

"Why don't you leave?" Yan Yu asked when he saw Zhou Hongyu suddenly stop.

"Where is the second floor? How would I know?" Zhou Hongyu asked unhappily, "Now you lead the way."

This put Yan Yu in a difficult position, because Zhang Huaide was a very tight-lipped person. He certainly wouldn't have boasted about "how I discovered the second level of the secret realm" in his previous life. But if he admitted now that "I don't know where the entrance is and I have to look for it," Zhou Hongyu would probably turn around and leave - she was not the patient type.

"In that case, let me lead the way now. Just follow me." Yan Yu said with a big heart.

Zhou Hongyu had no objection and followed Yan Yu to climb a nearby hill and look around.

The terrain of the secret realm is also a valley. To the west is the immortal palace, to the north is a clear mountain spring, to the east is a small forest, to the south is the entrance to the secret realm, and it is surrounded by large areas of flat wasteland.

From common sense, if there is a second level of the secret realm, it is most likely in the Immortal Palace, so it is convenient to send someone to guard the entrance to the second level.

But from another perspective, the Immortal Palace is also where the most of the Pingxi Army's military monks are stationed. The spiritual energy recovery limit has been raised for so long, it can't be that no one has discovered the entrance yet, right?
Yan Yu thought carefully and decided to go to the east first and then to the north.

After wandering around the small woods in the east for a long time, I didn't find anything strange. I just heard Zhou Hongyu suddenly ask:

"Are you sure you didn't find the wrong one?"

"Of course, just follow me." Yan Yu replied firmly.

"I think you've almost trampled this piece of land bare." Zhou Hongyu said calmly, "Do you want to lend me a shovel to dig? Maybe it's buried right under here."

It's not impossible... Yan Yu resisted the urge to complain and said nonsense:
"You don't understand. The entire Kunlun Mansion secret realm is actually a formation. To reach the second level entrance, you must first enter the formation from the east... Got it!"

He pretended to have discovered something and turned north with Zhou Hongyu.

To the north are continuous hills and slopes, with clear springs flowing from high places here and turning into small streams.

Yan Yu followed the river and found that its source was a cliff waterfall.

Above the waterfall is an air wall, the so-called secret boundary, which is insurmountable. Behind the waterfall is a large vertical glacier, as bright as a mirror, reflecting one's own reflection.

Seeing Yan Yu tapping the ice wall with the Liang Yi Sword, Zhou Hongyu spoke again:
"Stop knocking. I've already tested it with an instrument, and it's solid inside."

"Being solid doesn't mean there can't be an entrance." Yan Yu insisted, "Can the things in the secret realm of cultivation be explained by scientific principles?"

"Then knock." Zhou Hongyu sneered.

Yan Yu simply used the Huangting Sword to chop at it. After chopping for a long time, even using the unity of man and sword, the ice wall was as hard as iron and could not be cut at all.

"I already told you there's no way out," Zhou Hongyu said impatiently, "If you keep wasting time here, I'm leaving."

"Wait." Yan Yu raised his hand and said, "The fact that the ice wall cannot be broken is the biggest suspicion!"

"I can't tell." Zhou Hongyu said.

Yan Yu didn't say much, he just stretched out his hand and made a sword gesture, and the Huangting sword flew out, directly cutting and splitting the cliff in the distance, and large pieces of rubble fell down.

Zhou Hongyu narrowed his eyes.

"See?" Yan Yu analyzed, "Ordinary frozen soil and rocks can't withstand the slashing blows of my Huangting Sword. This ice wall behind the waterfall must have been specially enchanted with restrictions!"

"So what?" Zhou Hongyu said coldly, "Even if there is a mechanism, without a way to break it, it's useless."

Yan Yu pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said:
"Try it with the Great Bright Flame you found in this secret realm."

"A treasure." Zhou Hongyu said disdainfully, "I only cast the spell for one minute. If there's no result, I'll leave."

Why is this girl acting so arrogant? If you're really impatient, why are you still staying with me? You can just leave now!
Yan Yu mourned for Lin Ning in his heart for a moment, then gave the order loudly:
"Cast the spell quickly!"

(End of this chapter)