Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 801 Wait for Me

Su Yunjin, Zhou Hongyu, Yang Linhui, and Liu Longtao, four top-tier Golden Core cultivators, took turns bombarding the monster, but they still couldn't do anything to the serpentine behemoth in the center of the Bohai Sea.

The next day, a notice came from the front lines, ordering Xie Ruoxi to rush to Tianjin immediately.

Yan Yu didn't think Xie Ruoxi had a chance, because lightning magic was also significantly affected by gravity. If she could really hit exactly where she wanted, moving in a straight line without turning, Xie Ruoxi's accuracy wouldn't be so bad.

Of course, when all other options are exhausted, it is normal for the authorities to use every means at their disposal.

With Xie Ruoxi gone, only Zhao Yuanzhen, Chen Lingyun, and Tang Xiaolian remained in the villa.

Originally, everyone in the inner quarters could find a close best friend. For example, Zhou Hongyu and Tang Xiaolian, or Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi... Now that everyone has left, the remaining three girls can't even form a couple, so the atmosphere has become somewhat deserted.

Tang Xiaolian wasn't used to this quiet atmosphere; she preferred the lively, chatty atmosphere where everyone could laugh and talk freely. Besides, since they were already going to be together, they couldn't just continue ignoring each other.

She decided to take the initiative.

"Sister Lingyun!" Tang Xiaolian ran to Chen Lingyun's side. "It smells so good! Are you making coffee?"

"Yes." Chen Lingyun slowly poured water.

"Can I have a taste?" Tang Xiaolian asked eagerly.

"Of course, please wait a moment," Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

The two sat together enjoying coffee, while Zhao Yuanzhen watched coldly, feeling somewhat displeased.

She preferred sweet milk tea to bitter and rich coffee, but she didn't want to see Tang Xiaolian and Chen Lingyun get along well.

The emperor has a united front of ministers, which makes it hard for him to sleep at night, and the same goes for his wife at home.

Zhao Yuanzhen was displeased, but he couldn't bring himself to get involved, so he turned and gave Yan Yu a meaningful look.

stare.

Keep an eye on it.

Please pay attention to me!
Yan Yu felt completely bewildered and asked via telepathy:

Are your eyes dry and itchy?

"Oh dear!" Zhao Yuanzhen immediately became furious and replied telepathically, "Look at those two!"

Yan Yu turned his head and saw Tang Xiaolian finish her coffee and exclaim in admiration:

"It tastes better than Starbucker."

"You flatter me," Chen Lingyun said elegantly.

Yan Yu immediately understood. Oh my, you're such a foodie, you wanted coffee but were too embarrassed to ask Ling Yun, so you made me ask for it. You're quite shy.

"Hey, give me a drink too," he said.

"Didn't you say before that my brewing wasn't as good as Nestlé instant coffee?" Chen Lingyun asked in surprise.

"No way, Yan Yu, you can't tell the difference between good and bad coffee?" Tang Xiaolian covered her mouth and laughed. "I've only ever heard of tone-deaf and directionally challenged people, I never thought there was such a thing as a taste-deaf person."

"Shut up, all of you." Yan Yu took the coffee Chen Lingyun handed him, took a sip, savored it for a moment, and then casually handed it to Zhao Yuanzhen, saying, "Hey, I still don't think it tastes good. Never mind, you can have it."

Zhao Yuanzhen subconsciously took the coffee, took a sip without realizing it, and then suddenly realized:

This little thief, does he think I'm just greedy?
But this coffee tastes pretty good, like chocolate milk... No, no, what I really mean is, how can they be so close to each other and then isolate me, their older sister?
Zhao Yuanzhen glared at Yan Yu with resentment, but couldn't bring herself to say the words above, otherwise Yan Yu would surely laugh at her. So, she could only drink the coffee in her cup in a huff and then slam it aside.

"Sister Zhao!" Tang Xiaolian handed her another cup of coffee, smiling sweetly, "This one is for you too."

Zhao Yuanzhen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became moved:
What a wonderful boy!

He's much better than that guy who pretends not to understand my eyes!

After a short while, the three girls huddled together and started gossiping.

"Hey, you also think Master Jing is pretentious?"

"I thought I was the only one who felt that way!"

"No way, actually everyone says that. Sister Hongyu also dislikes him a lot."

"Our husband gets along very well with Master Jing."

"Yeah, he's actually quite good at pretending."

"Then why do you like him?"

"He got tricked."

The three girls laughed so hard they were shaking, filling the living room with their clear, bell-like laughter.

Yan Yu was somewhat displeased, thinking to himself, "How dare you talk about me to my face? Just wait and see how I deal with you later."

He stood up with his phone in his hand and went upstairs to his room.

How will a woman react when a man leaves in displeasure? It depends on her personality.

Zhao Yuanzhen, being so carefree, naturally burst into laughter, feeling that with the help of her sisters, she had finally surpassed Yan Yu.

Someone as thoughtful as Chen Lingyun might still wear a smile on her face, but who knows what she's plotting in her heart—she certainly wouldn't be as obsessed with the outcome of various pointless competitions as Zhao Yuanzhen.

Tang Xiaolian, so innocent and carefree, couldn't quite keep her smile going. She wondered if Yan Yu was angry because of our joke earlier, and whether she should go up and try to comfort him.

However, if I go up to persuade him, wouldn't I look like a typical two-faced person in the eyes of Sister Lingyun and Sister Yuanzhen? At least for now, I definitely can't go.

When Yan Yu left the first floor, he was still slightly annoyed. But by the time he got back to his room, he had completely calmed down.

In my past life, when I was alone with Chen Lingyun, I suffered countless humiliations at her hands! How could such a small loss of face bother me now?
After taking a shower and lying in bed, I took out my phone to ask Ningning how her preparations for the tribulation were going. Just as I unlocked my phone, I saw a private message from Tang Xiaolian saying that she and everyone were just joking around and that Yan Yu shouldn't take it to heart.

Yan Yu smiled slightly. It was rare to find a young girl who actually thought of me.

"Come to my room tonight," he sent the message with an air of authority.

Tang Xiaolian was chatting and laughing with Chen Lingyun and Zhao Yuanzhen when she glanced at her phone and suddenly felt a little tense.

I was just trying to comfort you. What exactly do you mean by sending this message that sounds like "I'm very pleased, I'll be choosing you tonight"?

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Around 11 p.m., the three girls were watching a movie in the living room. Tang Xiaolian suddenly said she was a little sleepy and got up to leave the living room.

She quietly returned to her room and began picking out clothes from the closet.

From a practical standpoint, there's really no need to dress up specially. After all, you'll eventually take your clothes off, and you won't see them once the lights are off… But life isn't just about practicality; sometimes you need to consider a sense of ritual. Tang Xiaolian remembered the last time she went with Zhou Hongyu. The experience wasn't bad, but she always felt something was missing.

It's like buying a huge piece of Basque cake at the supermarket. Sharing it with your sister might leave you feeling a little disappointed. You can't possibly finish such a large piece yourself, so sharing with your sister is fine, but eating it alone is just so satisfying! The satisfaction of possessiveness is irreplaceable by any other emotional value.

Hmph, this time I'm going to enjoy it all by myself!

Tang Xiaolian changed into her favorite dress, a floral print dress with lace trim and butterfly patterns. Then she looked in the mirror and discovered that her skin, now at the Golden Core stage, was almost perfect, without a single flaw, and she didn't need any foundation or concealer.

So she sprayed perfume on her head and neck, tied her hair into pigtails at the back of her head, and then quietly slipped out, passed through the wall and entered Yan Yu's room. For safety, she first scanned the room with her divine sense.

Very well, there is no one else besides Yan Yu lying in bed.

Yan Yu was on the phone with Xie Ruoxi, listening to her various complaints and lamentations. What exactly happened? It turned out that after arriving at the scene, she first used ordinary lightning bolts to attack the Bohai Giant Serpent as a test.

It missed. A normal lightning spell would fall in a parabolic arc, and the high gravity caused the downward momentum to be too strong, making it impossible to reach the giant snake, which was expected.

The Privy Council kept detailed records of the combat strength of each Golden Core cultivator, so they asked Xie Ruoxi to bring out the Thunder Cone magic weapon for another test.

When activated, this magical artifact can unleash an extremely massive thunder dragon, but the cost is an exorbitant depletion of true essence. When Yan Yu tried it, his true essence was almost completely drained, and he didn't even manage to conjure a single dragon scale.

After the Thunder Dragon was deployed, it could take off and fly, unlike the Thunder Cluster which was only pulled down by gravity. Therefore, it was indeed able to withstand the drag of the high gravity barrier and finally plunge headfirst into the Bohai Giant Serpent.

The powerful destructive force of lightning magic can also blast the hit location to smithereens, unlike the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire which can only cut in a part before becoming stuck.

But this serpentine monster in the Bohai Sea exhibited strange abilities similar to those of the flesh-and-blood serpent monster from before:
High-speed regeneration.

Remote sensing equipment discovered that whenever the giant snake was severely injured, it would plunge its tail deep into the seabed. After a short while, the wound would miraculously regenerate at a rapid pace until it was completely healed.

In this era of spiritual revival, all sorts of inexplicable new phenomena are emerging, and in most cases, we can only observe and speculate. Therefore, some experts have proposed theories, claiming that this giant serpent may be drawing upon some undiscovered energy from underground to repair its own physical damage.

For example, it's often said in ancient times that there are dragon veins on the land of China. The dragon's head is in the Kunlun Mountains, and its tail flows eastward along the Yellow River into the sea. The Yellow River has changed its course many times throughout history, and now it finally flows into the Bohai Sea. So, is this giant serpent drawing energy from the Yellow River's dragon veins?

This hypothesis immediately alarmed both the Privy Council and the Cabinet. Traditional beliefs held that dragon veins often influenced the fate of a nation… so they quickly ordered Xie Ruoxi to increase her output, bombarding the giant serpent with thunder dragons day and night.

As long as my destruction speed exceeds your regeneration speed, I can forcibly kill you, right?

Xie Ruoxi then exerted all her strength, pouring all her true essence into the lightning cone, continuously summoning giant lightning dragons to attack the snake monster. This girl was also exceptionally talented, with an unimaginable abundance of true essence. In an instant, lightning and thunder struck the sky above the Bohai Sea, and a large number of dead fish and rotten shrimp, electrocuted, floated to the surface. It was unknown how long the fishing ban would take to restore fishery resources.

Then everyone was shocked to discover that the more severely injured the giant snake was, the deeper its tail would dig into the seabed, and the faster it would recover.

So they quickly called a halt, not wanting the giant serpent to continue its endless extraction—although we don't yet know what kind of energy it's drawing from the seabed, too much extraction would certainly lead to something bad.

Xie Ruoxi had been busy all day, only to be told to stop after accomplishing nothing, leaving her seething with anger. "It's Friday night, there's a new anime airing, and I didn't even watch it before coming to work, and this is it?"
Yan Yu coaxed her for a while and finally calmed her down. He then searched for other news and found that wherever giant snakes appeared, countries around the world were in a state of chaos, and it was not just Lu Guo who was suffering alone.

Ugh, Onmyoji, you're such wretches! You're courting death yourselves, and you're dragging all of humanity down with you.

Well, that's great. I reckon we don't even need to shout slogans anymore; if the giant snake keeps causing trouble like this, a community of shared destiny for all mankind will soon spontaneously form.

"What are you doing?" Tang Xiaolian came to the bedside and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, just work." Yan Yu turned off his phone screen.

Don't talk about personal matters while working, otherwise it seems improper. And don't talk about work while handling personal matters, otherwise it'll spoil the mood.

Xiao Lian looked quite pretty today. Her sleeveless floral butterfly dress covered most of her body, revealing only her rounded, jade-like shoulders and fair, lovely arms. It was too beautiful to tear such a lovely dress so casually.

Seeing Yan Yu's admiring gaze, Tang Xiaolian gracefully turned around, letting him see her from all sides to his heart's content. Then she kicked off her slippers and climbed into bed.

"Wait a minute, have you washed your feet yet?" Yan Yu suddenly asked.

"Of course I washed them, and I even put shower gel on the soles of my feet. You can smell it if you don't believe me."

"I don't want to smell it. If fungi grow in my lungs, I'm doomed."

"There's no fungus! I washed it thoroughly, smell it, smell it..."

The two started playfully fighting after chatting and laughing. To prove that her feet weren't smelly, Tang Xiaolian insisted on stuffing them up Yan Yu's nostrils.

Yan Yu grabbed her ankles and saw that each toe was small and smooth, with a thin layer of nail polish. There was no strange smell, only a faint scent of shower gel. It turned out that she had really washed herself properly.
"Mmm~" Tang Xiaolian said shyly, her voice soft and sweet, "Don't grab my feet, okay?"

"Okay." Yan Yu then loosened her ankles and hugged her in his arms again.

Next comes the sweet and affectionate time. Of course, how much affection and how long it lasts depends on the person. For example, Zhao Yuanzhen and Zhou Hongyu don't like being affectionate; they prefer to launch a full-scale attack right from the start, giving the other no chance to dodge.

For example, Yun Jin and Ning Ning are definitely going to be overly affectionate. They claim this is called a sense of ritual, just like cleansing your face and refreshing your mouth before drinking tea, which is part of the psychological preparation.

Anna excels at this because she particularly enjoys acting. For example, she might pretend to be an eccentric nurse or a prosecutor who is outmaneuvered by a criminal. The plots are often original and interesting to Yan Yu.

In contrast, Chen Lingyun from his previous life always made Yan Yu feel like a donkey with a carrot dangling in front of its nose, having to pull the millstone ten or so times until he was exhausted before he could eat it... Sigh, I should think less about these troublesome things.

After finishing the introduction, he began the main text. Yan Yu had just finished writing when he suddenly heard a knock at the door, followed by Zhao Yuanzhen's voice:
"I walked through the wall!"

A chill ran down their spines. Their eyes met in astonishment at close range, both able to read disbelief in each other's gaze.

Tang Xiaolian's eyes seemed to say, "You didn't even send her away before coming to ask me out?"

Yan Yu's expression was, "Why did Chen Lingyun put her on the list?"

Now that things have come to this, it's too late to investigate the cause. Tang Xiaolian quickly crawled into the quilt next to her, dragging two pillows in with her, and then fell silent.

Zhao Yuanzhen walked through the wall and saw Yan Yu sitting alone on the bed, the blanket beside him bulging. He immediately frowned and asked:

What is she doing hiding in there?

"I'm avoiding you," Yan Yu said.

Tang Xiaolian sighed, poked her head out from under the covers, and said awkwardly:
"Um... good evening?"

"Good evening." Zhao Yuanzhen wasn't jealous (that was typical of a first wife's composure), and simply asked, "Are you finished?"

“We were just chatting,” Yan Yu said.

"Okay, wait for me then. I'll go take a shower first." Zhao Yuanzhen went into the bathroom.

Tang Xiaolian stared in disbelief, and after a long while, she asked:
Is this normal for her?

No, shouldn't she be the one pulling me out of bed, punching and kicking me, pulling each other's hair, and then you, Yan Yu, should be pushing her away and yelling "Get out!"

“That’s normal.” Yan Yu sighed, a look of weariness on his face. “She’s no match for me in a one-on-one fight, so she’s been planning to gather a lot of people to defeat me.”

Tang Xiaolian remained silent for a moment, then couldn't help but mentally complain:

Sister Hongyu! You said that the two of us working together was an advantage, but I didn't expect that just the two of us have already fallen behind!
She was speechless when Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly poked half her head out of the bathroom, her hand still pressed against the towel on her chest:
"Don't you dare eat it beforehand, wait for me!"

(End of this chapter)