Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 798 I’m in a hurry
After returning to the Lu Kingdom, everyone went their separate ways.

Li Minghu returned to the Wudang Mountain base, Liu Longtao went to Pingjing, and Yan Yu returned to the Jinling villa with Chen Lingyun and Su Yunjin to await further instructions.

During Yan Yu's absence, the girls lived peacefully together.

Every morning, Zhou Hongyu would go out early to practice her military boxing in the yard behind the villa. In the afternoon, she would return to the villa, fill the indoor swimming pool that Yun Jin used to practice Taoist magic with water, and swim a dozen or so laps. In the evening, she would go back to her room and have long phone conversations with Tang Xiaolian.

Zhao Yuanzhen slept in the morning, then changed her appearance and went out to eat and drink in the afternoon. In the evening, she watched a movie and ate snacks with Xie Ruoxi in the living room on the first floor. Her schedule was completely different from Zhou Hongyu's, so there was no conflict.

Once Yan Yu returned home, the two, who had previously kept to themselves, immediately became at odds.

"You can't even handle this level of spiciness?" Zhou Hongyu sneered. "You're a noob."

Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes were blazing with anger; her mouth was also practically on fire, but from the spiciness—in the days Su Yunjin and Lin Ning were away, the family had been taking out takeout for all three meals. When it was Zhou Hongyu's turn to order, she would only pick Sichuan restaurants that were extremely oily and spicy, which annoyed the vixen.

If she didn't eat it, the chili oil did smell really good, and Zhao Yuanzhen couldn't resist the temptation; but if she forced herself to eat it, she would soon be so spicy that her mouth would be on fire and she would be sweating profusely. She considered herself to be able to handle spicy food quite well, so she suspected that Zhou Hongyu was deliberately messing with her, mixing in an abnormally high level of chili peppers just to prevent her from eating and drinking well.

What annoyed her even more was that her best friend Xie Ruoxi showed absolutely no spiciness. She happily ate beef hotpot with Zhou Hongyu, dipped it in chili powder, and didn't even break a sweat.

"Sister Zhao, don't worry. Actually, you can handle spicy food quite well." She chewed on a piece of beef, not forgetting to comfort Zhao Yuanzhen, "Eat a little more and you'll be just like us."

Zhao Yuanzhen's face turned ashen: How can I eat more? Every bite of beef I take requires me to chug half a bottle of soy milk just to suppress the spiciness in my mouth. By then, those two fat pigs would have picked all the beef! How much would be left for me?

Damn it, how can a Golden Core cultivator's body be so fragile! Shouldn't it automatically filter out excessive spiciness?

If Mei Yingxue were here, she would tell her that "sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, and salty" are the five flavors of human beings and have nothing to do with disease. While a Golden Elixir Immortal may be immune to all diseases, he wouldn't completely block out the five flavors of human beings; he simply wouldn't suffer severe anal sprains or burning sensations no matter how spicy he eats.

As soon as Yan Yu returned home, Zhao Yuanzhen rushed over to complain, implying that Zhou Hongyu knew I couldn't handle spicy food as well as she could, so she deliberately made sure every meal was extremely spicy to bully me, and begged her husband to stand up for me.

What's there to decide? If you can't eat spicy food, just order a non-spicy takeout and eat it by yourself. Who forced you to eat spicy food with Hongyu?

The incorruptible and impartial magistrate Yan Yu, of course, wouldn't pay attention to her unreasonable and false accusation. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Zhou Hongyu look at him provocatively, slightly raising her chin, and ask:

"Would you like some?"

After careful consideration, Yan Yu realized that he didn't know the whole story just from Zhao Yuanzhen's testimony, and he couldn't draw conclusions based on only one side of the story. So he picked up a chopstick, dipped it in chili oil, and then put it in his mouth to confirm.

Ok……

Damn, did they put industrial chili extract in there? Hongyu, are you trying to murder Sister Zhao and eliminate your competitors?
Yan Yu turned to look at Xie Ruoxi, only to find that the girl was eating with great gusto, not drinking any water, and only breathing heavily and shouting how refreshing it was after eating a lot, without feeling any sense of being unable to bear it.

Could it be that my understanding of spiciness is flawed?
"If you want spicy food, go ahead and eat it yourselves." Unable to understand the situation, Yan Yu simply ignored it and cut to the chase, turning around and ordering, "Yun Jin, I want to eat plain noodles, with braised pork intestines and fried eel as toppings."

"Okay, I'll go buy it." Su Yunjin took out her phone. "Where are the others?"

"I want fried pork chops," Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

"Then I want braised pork belly." Zhao Yuanzhen immediately abandoned his previous stance and stopped arguing with Zhou Hongyu, exclaiming happily, "Don't add any chili oil at all!"

"I'll eat noodles with everyone." Xie Ruoxi also stood up and said apologetically, "I'm not full yet."

Zhou Hongyu frowned slightly, not expecting that Yan Yu could skip the question of whether or not he could eat spicy food with just one sentence, and also bring everyone to his side.

The girls in the Yan residence today come from all over the country, and their eating habits are naturally quite different. If Yan Yu is even slightly weak-willed and lets them argue and quarrel over such trivial matters, he can forget about having a peaceful life in the future.

What's this about treating everyone equally? No need. I can do whatever I want; I'm the boss in this family!

Zhou Hongyu wasn't bothered by his tough attitude. In fact, if Yan Yu were the kind of weak, submissive man who would shamelessly fawn over girls, she wouldn't even consider him!

After dinner, she returned to her bedroom and called Tang Xiaolian to tell her about it.

"Damn it, I haven't even completed my tribulation yet," Tang Xiaolian said in frustration. "Otherwise, I would have come and helped you."

"It's alright, they can't threaten me." Zhou Hongyu said nonchalantly, "You can focus on preparing for the tribulation and don't worry about what's going on here."

Tang Xiaolian thought to herself, "They can't threaten you? They're just giving Yan Yu face and not making things too difficult for you. Otherwise, with your emotional intelligence, Captain Zhou, you wouldn't even see the trap they're setting and would just walk right into it."

"By the way, the Gonggong Plan seems to have hit a deadlock," Tang Xiaolian suddenly said. "The first few plans have all failed, and we may have to send a powerful cultivator over to test it out. I expect we'll notify you to go in the next few days."

"Really?" Zhou Hongyu asked in surprise.

"Didn't your assistant tell you?" Tang Xiaolian was speechless. Captain Zhou, it seems like you've completely lost access to information since you moved over there.
Actually, this isn't entirely Zhou Hongyu's fault. She was always the type in the Fire Phoenix team who was completely oblivious to everything else, focusing solely on practicing her Flame Fist. All the liaison and communication with the Pingxi Army was handled by Vice Captain Zhang. Now that the team has disbanded, and Zhou Hongyu rarely contacts her assistant, her sources of information have naturally been completely cut off.

After Tang Xiaolian reminded her, she contacted her assistant to inquire about the Gonggong Project.

"Yes," the assistant said without any concealment. "Any object that comes close to the serpentine behemoth will be attracted by its immense gravity and deviate from its trajectory, or even be forcibly torn apart. Therefore, we are currently considering using Taoist magic to bombard it from a distance outside the range of gravity."

"Will they ask me to go?" Zhou Hongyu asked.

"You and Su Yunjin are both on the expected conscription list," the assistant replied. "The notification will probably be sent out tomorrow morning, and the departure should be in the afternoon."

"Fine." Zhou Hongyu was slightly displeased. Yan Yu just got back today, and I'm leaving tomorrow. Did you really not deliberately scramble our schedules?
The Privy Council of the State of Lu certainly had no such intention. Moreover, they were very farsighted and arranged for Yan Yu and his group of girls to live together long ago, which was a typical precaution. Therefore, Zhou Hongyu was only "slightly unhappy" at the moment.

I need to have a good talk with Yan Yu tonight.

Although she considered herself independent and self-reliant, this was, after all, the original Zhenhai team's base, and she was surrounded by girls from the original team. Zhou Hongyu subconsciously chose to keep a low profile and waited until the middle of the night when everyone should have gone to bed before quietly sneaking to Yan Yu's room and going through the wall.

But instead, they found Zhao Yuanzhen and Yan Yu locked in a fierce fight. The two stiffly turned their heads, staring blankly at Zhou Hongyu.

Zhou Hongyu: ………………

Her face turned ashen instantly, then turned to rage, which she forcibly suppressed, turning into a cold silence. Then her anger gradually subsided, revealing a thoughtful expression, and finally she looked over with a playful expression.

Temporarily subdued by Zhao Yuanzhen, Yan Yu couldn't discern Zhou Hongyu's full emotional journey from her rapidly changing expressions. However, his sense of crisis was subtly piercing him, sending out alarming warnings that quickly transformed into boundless fighting spirit. He then provocatively beckoned to Zhou Hongyu with his finger.

Let's go together, I'm in a hurry!

Zhou Hongyu held down her collar with one hand, her condescending gaze as if she were looking at a bedbug, and strode into the room with her long legs.

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The next day.

Su Yunjin prepared breakfast in the kitchen, but when she turned around, she saw Yan Yu slowly coming down the stairs, supporting his back, and his face seemed somewhat listless.

"What's wrong, Captain?" Yun Jin put the bowl of wontons on the table and asked with concern, "Did you suffer any hidden injuries while fighting the flesh and blood serpent yesterday?"

"Hmm," Yan Yu mumbled. "I didn't feel anything during the day, but I realized at night that I was severely depleted of my energy. Fortunately, the battle didn't last long, otherwise I might not have been able to get out of bed today."

"Do you want me to take a look?" Su Yunjin asked, and without waiting for Yan Yu's reply, she put her hand on his.

Yan Yu: ………………

After probing his body with Runzhou True Essence for a while, Su Yunjin's expression gradually turned cold.

"Yes, it is indeed a depletion of vital energy." She sighed softly, then said seriously, "Captain, although a Golden Core cultivator is immune to all diseases, one cannot recklessly abuse one's body. You should understand this principle, right?"

“I understand,” Yan Yu said awkwardly, “but I also have reasons why I have to fight.”

“If you encounter this situation again, you can come to my room,” Su Yunjin said seriously. “Running away is not shameful; protecting yourself is the right thing to do!”

"Go to your room?" Yan Yu couldn't help but smile wryly. What difference did it make? The loss of vital energy would still happen, it was just a matter of how much more or less.

"At least I won't be as reckless as them," Su Yunjin muttered. "I'll also take your feelings into consideration."

"what?"

"It's nothing." Su Yunjin shook her head. "I just received a notice that I'm heading north this afternoon to join the Gonggong Plan and deal with that giant serpent in the Bohai Sea."

“Yes, I’ve heard about the situation.” Yan Yu nodded and said, “If the object cannot get close to the target, then the priority should be the pure energy form of Daoist techniques like Hong Yu’s. Your Heavenly River Water will probably be ineffective.”

"Since you've called me, I'll go give it a try." Su Yunjin was quite easygoing when it came to her career and had no intention of shirking responsibility. "Before you leave, go to my room first, and I'll treat your symptoms of energy deficiency."

"Wait." Seeing Yun Jin come over and grab his arm, about to pull him upstairs, Yan Yu quickly asked to confirm, "You're not talking about that kind of treatment that uses poison to fight poison, are you?"

"You'll see when you get here," Su Yunjin said without waiting for a reply. "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)