Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 820 Critical Learning

There is a large display cabinet in Yan Yu's bedroom.

Through the glass cabinet door, you can see that the interior is divided into three rows, with the number of display compartments from top to bottom being 3, 4, and 3 respectively.

The contents inside are a mixed bag: jade pendants, red ropes, novels, textbooks, and now a neatly folded cosplay outfit.

"What are all these things in your cabinet?" Ye Jun asked, puzzled.

"Spoils of war," Yan Yu replied.

"You beat up a primary school student?" Ye Jun asked in surprise. "Did you steal these things?"

"Ahem." Yan Yu was slightly embarrassed. "What do you need me for?"

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" Ye Yun raised an eyebrow.

"Of course!" Yan Yu quickly smiled. "Please take your time looking around. I'm going back to bed."

I had too much fun with Ruoxi yesterday, I need to take a break.

That being said, although I have to be wary of them attacking me all at once, if they take turns coming to challenge me to a one-on-one duel, and the intervals between them aren't long enough, wouldn't that also be considered a form of attack?

If Yun Jin were here, she would probably be able to see Yan Yu's health problem, but Ye Jun, being rather careless, obviously wouldn't be able to, so she simply sat by the bed and smiled:

Why do I feel like you're deliberately avoiding me? What's wrong, are you practicing some kind of ascetic technique?

Yan Yu naturally wouldn't admit it, and said coldly:
"You are no match for me alone. Don't overestimate your abilities."

"Hmph." Ye Jun didn't refute, but just smiled.

She certainly admitted that she was not good enough in combat, but why dwell on winning or losing? Isn't the best outcome the one where you're happy and I'm happy?
Seeing that Sister Ye was unwilling to leave, Yan Yu knew that he had to give something in return, so he changed the subject and asked:

"How's the reconstruction of the Gates of Hell going?"

“She’s been expanding to both sides,” Ye Yun replied. “I plan to design a formation that can be carved directly onto the bricks. That way, the ghosts can simply stack the bricks into a wall, and the formation will naturally form a barrier. I won’t need to be on-site to oversee it the whole time.”

"Like the array nodes in Tianjin, can they operate independently or be stacked to form a large array?" Yan Yu asked.

"You got it right," Ye Yun said with a smile. "Here's a little reward for you."

She took off her outer cardigan and sweater, leaving only her underwear, and then crawled into bed.

Feeling the astonishing heat in his arms, Yan Yu sighed inwardly.

Is this a reward for me, or am I asking for a reward?
The rest of the process is unnecessary to describe, because Ye Yun is the type who keeps her head down during competitions and doesn't like to talk unless she is forced to speak up.

Yan Yu knew that this was her nature, so he deliberately tried to make her make a sound, but Ye Jun saw through his plan and bit him hard on both shoulders several times.

It's actually symmetrical.

The match ended an hour later, 4-1. Yan Yu, having just won, was about to rest when Ye Jun turned his head and asked seriously:
"Don't try to fool me, what are all those things in the closet? Why are there women's clothes in there?"

"Actually, it's spoils of war." Yan Yu supported her waist.

"Spoils of war?" Ye Jun frowned.

"It's just that... people leave things they consider precious with me, asking me to keep them safe."

"Oh—" Ye Yun drawled, "So you're treating us like a complete encyclopedia, collecting us?"

"Don't joke around." Yan Yu propped himself up to appear less dissolute and said seriously, "What do you mean by 'collecting'? Did I ever ask you for it? Everyone gave it to me voluntarily."

This is exactly what Ye Yun cares about most: they all have them, but I don't. Does that mean you look down on me? If Yan Yu hadn't asked for them, it would be better; I would have given you one too.

She didn't even bother to put on clothes, and jumped barefoot to the floor to examine the cabinet.

"Is the novel by Yun Jin?"

“She likes reading novels, that’s easy to guess,” Yan Yu nodded.

"The textbook belongs to Ningning."

"A test-taker, after all."

"The jade pendant is?"

“Spiritual charm”.

"The clothes belong to Ruoxi; she loves watching cartoons."

"bingo."

Where's the red string?

"Red Feather".

"Hey, not bad!" Ye Jun laughed and pinched his soft waist. "You've collected half of it, that's pretty impressive!"

Yan Yu remained calm and composed, activating the incantation as he spoke:
"It's a pity that the most important person is still missing."

"Who is it?" Ye Jun asked, feigning curiosity.

"Don't you know?" Yan Yu asked back.

"How would I know?" Ye Jun asked, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"Then take a look at the cabinet." Yan Yu helped her steady herself from behind.

Ye Jun looked at the cabinet with a puzzled expression.

Where is it in the cabinet? Oh—

She saw her own face reflected in the glass of the cabinet door, with Yan Yu smiling behind her.

Ye Jun silently bit her lower lip and fell silent again, simply holding onto the counter to steady herself.

"Why don't you give me one to collect too?" Yan Yu suddenly said.

"Hmm~" Ye Yun said softly, "What do you want?"

“Something precious.”

"Didn't I give you my most precious thing?"

"It needs to be able to be stored in a cabinet."

Ye Yun pondered for a while, but found that she couldn't calm down and think, so she said:
"Then let me go back to my room and look for it, and I'll get back to you later?"

"sure."

"Then let me go first?"

"We'll talk about it later, later..." ————————————

The temperature in Nanjing in the south has not dropped much, especially in someone's bedroom where it is always warm like spring, while in Siberia in the north, a cold wave has already arrived.

With the help of climate change, the power of the Northern Serpent's frigid barrier has become increasingly exaggerated. The psychics no longer dare to approach within a kilometer of it, otherwise they will be frozen to death without even being able to escape.

The fact that Lu Guo used the Purple Cloud Formation to break the Bohai Giant Serpent shows that this barrier is not invincible—if the attack is strong enough, it can be forcibly crushed.

If you're violent enough, even a brick can fly faster than a fighter jet!
As a traditional ally of the Lu Kingdom, the Amur Witches also obtained the basic design plan for the Lu Kingdom's barrier, as well as the purchase permission for the distribution nodes of the Purple Cloud Array.

As long as you pay to purchase it, the Taiyi Zhou Tian Zi Yun Grand Array can be directly installed in the Northern Territory. Just click on any location on the map and it will be installed there. Later, it can be connected with the grand array within the Lu Kingdom and directly purchase electricity from the Lu Kingdom to maintain the array's power consumption. It's convenient and easy to use!
The Amur witches rejected this request.

In stark contrast to the Southern Territory, whose morale had been completely shattered, the Amur Witches remained relatively independent and were unwilling to be further demoted from vassals to puppets.

On the other hand, Queen Anna of the Witches also believed that their lifeline should not be entrusted to the Lu Kingdom. In case Yan Yu had a conflict with the Lu Kingdom one day and needed to flee abroad, the witch corps had to be his best option so that he would have no worries about the future.

Therefore, the Amur Witches refused to purchase the Purple Cloud Array nodes and instead chose the barrier design technology solution, intending to conduct independent research and development and design.

In their past lives, the witch coven possessed quite a few talented individuals capable of creating the Death Veil. The problem was that it took time; even if you gave them a hundred Mei Yingxues, they couldn't conjure the Death Veil instantly.

Therefore, the only way to deal with the Northern Serpent, this major threat, is to adopt the strategy of "prevention is worse than cure," by clearing the fields and using livestock as bait to lure the serpent toward Europe.

Without being delayed, the Northern Serpent moved at an extremely fast pace, finally reaching the Ural Mountains several months later.

The Rakshasa Empire is on high alert, having gathered a large number of official spiritualists, determined to stop the giant serpent of the North east of the mountains.

The witches were overjoyed. "If you had pretended nothing had happened, we might have had a headache, but you've actually deployed a large force on the border—isn't that exactly what we wanted?"

Anna then personally ordered everyone to withdraw from the front lines, allowing the Rakshasa forces to deal with the Northern Serpent.

The Northern Serpent needs to devour life and will spontaneously move towards places with more dense life. Thus, it rushed directly into the Ural River—the river had already frozen into ice when it approached, killing all the fish and even violently cracking the banks on both sides.

Its massive body carved deep furrows into the riverbank before crashing into the glacier. The ice was crushed to pieces by its terrifying weight, yet it caused no damage to its scales whatsoever.

On the opposite bank of the river, the ranged psychics had already begun casting spells, unleashing countless attacks on the Northern Serpent.

Several days later, news of the Ural army's crushing defeat quickly reached the Russian Empire.

Even the Lu Kingdom couldn't handle the Bohai Giant Serpent, so how could the Rakshasa possibly solve it?
Within the extremely frigid barrier, attacks, whether in the form of matter or energy, experience a rapid decrease in kinetic and potential energy. Even if one were to manage to strike the giant serpent's scales, it would be insufficient to inflict adequate damage.

Even the Northern Serpent's self-healing ability couldn't be forced out.

As the giant serpent gradually entered Eastern Europe, Anna was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and led her army back to the witches' headquarters, where a victory banquet was prepared for her in Amur.

After a satisfying meal and a moment of relaxation, Anna began to miss Yan Yu again.

Recently, she has developed a new hobby: playwriting.

There was an elder witch in the witch guild who was originally a famous playwright from Moscow. She felt that the chief witch had great talent in this area, so she taught her all kinds of creative techniques without reservation.

The Russian people are rich in artists of all kinds—not the kind of artistic pride that comes from failing an exam and then giving a speech in a beer hall, but the real artists of dance and drama.

Anna is clearly a master in this field as well. She recently wrote a new script about the love story between a down-on-her-luck noblewoman and a domineering commoner officer. After repeated revisions, she felt that it was almost perfect and wanted to reunite with Yan Yu as soon as possible. The two of them rehearsed it in private.

Considering that it contains a lot of content that is sensitive to censorship in China, it can probably only be performed privately and cannot actually be shown in a major theater.

Art shouldn't be about money and fame!

Anna summoned Sullivan and asked him to find the Lu Kingdom's diplomatic envoy in Amur City to sound out the Lu Kingdom's stance.

With its internal troubles resolved, the Lu Kingdom has begun to turn its attention entirely to the world. The trial construction of the Purple Cloud Array node in its southern territory, and the transfer of the barrier technology to the Amur Witches, represent the first step towards establishing alliances with surrounding powers and moving towards a shared future for humanity.

As the Northern Giant Serpent traveled westward, it eventually transformed into the Eastern European Giant Serpent. Currently, the only threats surrounding the Lu Kingdom are the Southern Giant Serpent and the Korean Giant Serpent.

While the southern border can hold out for a while, the Korean Peninsula is in dire straits. The giant serpent has already landed on the peninsula and has begun to raze coastal cities to the ground on a massive scale—the surrounding barrier brings extremely strong gales that are even uprooting reinforced concrete buildings.

What's worse is that the entire Pear Blossom Courtyard is made up of swordsmen, which means they are completely unable to hold back the giant snake, as the flying swords are swept away by the wind almost immediately after being launched.

Left with no other choice, they had to seek help from the Lu Kingdom.

The attitude of the Lu Kingdom is rather conservative, and for the time being, it is only willing to provide all humanitarian aid except for military support. Because of the giant serpent, many Korean chaebols, business owners, and wealthy people are rushing to transfer their assets and flee abroad, and the best choice is undoubtedly the Lu Kingdom, which has proven its ability to kill the serpent.

Out of humanitarian considerations, and in order to help these poor, displaced wealthy people settle down, the Lu Kingdom has used a lot of manpower and resources to resettle them, so it is temporarily unable to provide more support to the Pear Blossom Courtyard.

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Li Zhaojiang recently came to visit.

The young man stood outside the door, looking arrogant, and asked Yan Yu, who had come to pick him up:

"Can I go in?"

"Why not?" Yan Yu retorted.

"I'm afraid you're having a party inside and I might stumble upon something I shouldn't see, then I'll kill you to cover it up," Li Zhaojiang said with a wicked grin.

"Nonsense, you can't possibly have a party in the living room during the day," Yan Yu said with disdain. "Dream on."

"So it really is true?" Li Zhaojiang was shocked, and tears of jealousy welled up in his eyes.

"It's not like you're incapable of throwing a party," Yan Yu said, pursing his lips.

“I’ve figured it out now.” Li Zhaojiang followed him through the door and said, “With my current strength and status, if I wanted to find a mortal girlfriend, there would be so many people lining up to come to my door that I couldn’t keep up with them. What’s the point? If I’m going to find one, I’ll find a powerful and beautiful female cultivator.”

"So you're no longer infatuated with your female assistant with the amazing voice?" Yan Yu asked him sideways.

“I’m not obsessed anymore!” Li Zhaojiang waved his hand. “Marrying someone of equal social standing is still the best. I have to admit, Lao Yan, your taste is better than mine. If I’m ever unsure about something in the future, I’ll come and ask you for advice.”

"Stop flattering me. Your sister's upstairs. Shall I call her down?"

“Ah, no need.” Li Zhaojiang said seriously, “I’m here to see Chen Lingyun.”

“I don’t know why you’re looking for her, but I’m warning you, stay away from her.” Yan Yu took out his phone. “Otherwise, you’ll be the one who suffers.”

He sent a message and called Chen Lingyun down from the second floor.

Chen Lingyun, who came down the stairs, looked surprised, clearly unaware that Li Zhaojiang was looking for her.

"Sister Lingyun," Li Zhaojiang said with a fawning smile, "Old Yan is my brother-in-law, and you are my brother-in-law's wife, so I'll call you sister."

"Recently, Pear Blossom Academy has been relocating to the mainland, and it seems they plan to station people in Tianjin. Could you use your connections to arrange a mission for me in Tianjin?"

Chen Lingyun was slightly taken aback, but immediately understood:

"You want to woo the swordswoman from Pear Blossom Courtyard?"

"I just want to understand the decadent lifestyle of the Goryeo chaebols in detail," Lee Jo-kang said seriously, "and then criticize them harshly."

(End of this chapter)