Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 824 I'll Blast You All Away
The residents of Yan Residence can be divided into two types: those who take the initiative and those who are too shy to take the initiative.

Proactive type: Zhou Hongyu, Zhao Yuanzhen, Anna, and occasionally Ye Yun, that's all.

The rest are all passive types, but Tang Xiaolian and Xie Ruoxi, thanks to their best friend relationship, can often get some soup on the sidelines.

What about the others?
Yun Jin and Ning Ning were victims of free competition. When Yan Yu failed to establish a specific distribution order and accepted all challenges from everyone, those girls who would just sit and wait for their boyfriends to coax them immediately realized that they were being neglected.

Lin Ning was most sensitive to this kind of unfair treatment, and her first reaction was to confront Yan Yu, but Su Yunjin quickly stopped her.

Ultimately, if you don't fight for something that needs to be fought for, and then claim "unfair distribution," no one will listen to you.

"We can only blame ourselves for not being proactive enough," Su Yunjin said in a low voice. "It's our own team, yet we're contacting the captain less frequently than outsiders. That's just not right."

"But we're girls!" Lin Ning said angrily. "How can you expect girls to take the initiative to find boyfriends and make... make those kinds of requests!"

“Girls have needs too, and they can bring them up,” Su Yunjin said calmly. “They taught us that.”

So Lin Ning fell silent. In the current pairing system, one person is often the leader in the partnership. In the Ning-Jin pairing, Yun Jin is undoubtedly the leader, and Lin Ning is willing to trust her judgment.

After discussing it for a while, the two decided to strike hard and demand compensation from Yan Yu for the neglect they had suffered during this time.

They passed through the wall and entered the room one after the other. Lin Ning stepped forward first and pinned Yan Yu against the wall:
Why haven't you come to see us lately?

Secret Technique: The Art of Taking the Initiative!

Yan Yu's expression was clearly somewhat unnatural. You're saying that since they're all men who have already established harems, they should be able to share their favors equally, but unfortunately, some of them have such huge appetites that even a wealthy family doesn't have enough to spare!

"I've been very busy lately..."

"Are you busy right now?" Su Yunjin quickly replied.

No matter how shameless Yan Yu was, he couldn't lie through his teeth, so he could only laugh and say:

"I just finished discussing business with Master Jing, so I guess I have some free time. What's up?"

“We want compensation,” Lin Ning said.

"What kind of compensation?" Yan Yu regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth. What kind of compensation could it be? "Ahem, I'll go take a shower first."

The mere Ningjin duo is nothing to Yan Xiaojiang. What he fears is the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. He fears escaping one tiger's den only to fall into another!

Even the strongest hunter couldn't handle so many caves!

"Okay, I'll wash your hair for you," Su Yunjin said with a smile.

"I'll rub your back!" Lin Ning offered.

They escorted Yan Yu into the bathroom, one in front and one behind, like jailers escorting a prisoner, their eyes filled with vigilance.

Yan Yu thought to himself, "I didn't plan to run away under the pretense of taking a shower. Besides, do you two rookie duo really need to force me to run away?"

What a joke! Today I'll show you how good my marksmanship is!

Su Yunjin closed the bathroom door. A short while later, the rhythmic sound of scrubbing could be heard coming from inside.

Meanwhile, Zhou Hongyu led Tang Xiaolian back to the villa, where they saw Zhao Yuanzhen, Anna, and Xie Ruoxi sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, each with their arms crossed and legs crossed, looking as cold as gang leaders about to participate in a gang war.

“You’re back,” Zhao Yuanzhen said.

"I'm back," Zhou Hongyu said.

"You're late," Zhao Yuanzhen said.

"It's never too late to have you," Zhou Hongyu said.

“I wasn’t the one who made the decision,” Zhao Yuanzhen said.

“The person who made the decision isn’t here,” Zhou Hongyu said.

"Are you guys playing with nonsense literature?" Xie Ruoxi asked.

Everyone was silent for a while.

"Never mind!" Zhao Yuanzhen said impatiently, "Everyone, follow me!"

The girls then marched upstairs in a grand procession. Zhao Yuanzhen linked arms with Xie Ruoxi, Zhou Hongyu held Tang Xiaolian's hand, and only Anna walked alone, yet she exuded the aura of a thousand troops.

At this moment, she was bursting with inspiration and couldn't help but start to conceive a script about several girls who had been persecuted by the Demon King. They finally united to defeat the Demon King and trample his dignity underfoot!

Haha, Yan Yu! Today is the day you surrender!

With so many of us, we not only want you to surrender and admit defeat, but we'll make you surrender again and again, admit defeat again and again, so that you'll never have the will to oppose us again!

The battle in the room was over; Yun Jin and Ning Ning were indeed utterly defeated. The former lay completely sprawled on the bed, while the latter was still putting on a final stand against Yan Yu—clinging tightly to his leg.

"Let go, Ningning," Yan Yu said coldly. "You've already lost."

"No, I didn't!" Lin Ning was exhausted, but her mouth remained stubbornly open. "I still have strength!"

“Then you have the guts to sit up,” Yan Yu said.

Yan Yu pressed her back down onto the bed and casually pulled up the blanket to cover her body.

Tears of defiance welled in Lin Ning's eyes; she looked wronged and pitiful. But Yan Yu quickly followed up with another kiss, completely extinguishing any remaining thoughts of resistance, leaving only a faint sweetness and sorrow.

"Sweetie, time for bed." Yan Yu stroked her thick, black hair, which felt incredibly smooth and comfortable.

Lin Ning reluctantly closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.

Back in the bathroom, after rinsing off the sweat and grime, Yan Yu let out a long breath and began to use his True Essence to heal his body.

Although he ultimately won, Yan Yu had to admit that it was the toughest battle he had ever fought.

Because both Yun Jin and Ning Ning had been planning this for a long time.

When Yan Yu changed into his bathrobe and came out, he saw that there were five more people in the room.

The aloof and arrogant Zhao Yuanzhen sat imposingly on the edge of the bed, chatting idly with the exhausted Su Yunjin.

The domineering and imposing Zhou Hongyu stood with his arms crossed, silent and expressionless, staring at Yan Yu. Somewhat bored, Anna straddled the armchair beside the desk, rocking back and forth.

Xie Ruoxi and Tang Xiaolian stood on either side of the door, looking like two lowly lackeys guarding the door for the big shots.

Yan Yu quickly composed himself, realizing that he probably couldn't escape this calamity.

My maximum strength is one against four. Right now, I'm not at my peak, yet I have to face five people. How can I possibly win? How could I possibly win?

But I will not back down!
In his previous life, he was an ordinary martial artist. Even though his physical body was extremely fragile, he could still raise his sword and charge forward without changing his expression when facing powerful cultivators who could move mountains and fill seas!

Now that I am a cultivator, my physical abilities are more than ten or a hundred times stronger than in my previous life. If I were to shrink back instead, I might as well just smash my head against the wall and give the chance of rebirth to other ambitious people!

"Hmph." Yan Yu grabbed his bathrobe with his right hand and faced the five formidable enemies, some sitting and some standing, his eyes already burning with a fierce fighting spirit. "Are you gathering in my room to gang up on me?"

"Look at what you're saying," Zhao Yuanzhen said, bewildered. "You're the only man in this villa. What are we doing? Wouldn't that be ganging up on someone?"

"Shut up!" Yan Yu snapped. "If you want to fight, then fight. Why try to cover it up? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, thinking to themselves, "We didn't even mention what we were going to do, so why are you the only one who got all fired up?"
Suddenly, Anna burst into laughter, clearly intrigued by Yan Yu's role-playing skills. She deliberately raised her voice, adopting the classic villainous persona, and said with a cold laugh:

"The more you bluff, the more you expose your inner fear and anxiety. I've only ever heard of oxen dying from exhaustion. Even if you're incredibly powerful, with so many of us taking turns, we'll wear you down just by the time we're done!"

"Yan Yu! You came in standing up today, so you're destined to leave lying down!"

"What a joke!" Yan Yu retorted sarcastically. "A bunch of defeated opponents, how dare they speak so arrogantly? Anna, I ask you, who was it that was hanging on the handrail in the rehearsal room, crying and begging 'Spare me'?"

Anna's face turned pale instantly.

"Hongyu, stop laughing! I'm asking you something." Seeing Zhou Hongyu still sneering, Yan Yu immediately changed the subject, "Who was it that begged me to take a short break last time and secretly texted Tang Xiaolian to come and cover for you?"

Zhou Hongyu's face immediately turned ashen.

"And you!" Yan Yu turned to look at Zhao Yuanzhen. "Who was it that confidently vowed to crush me by a large margin last time, only to lose three times in the first half hour?"

"I...I wasn't feeling well!" Zhao Yuanzhen immediately jumped up from the bed like a dog whose tail had been stepped on. "What's the point of saying this! You have the nerve to say that when I'm in trouble! I've already admitted defeat, and you're still taking advantage of me!"

Yan Yu ignored her weak and feeble self-justification, turned to look at Tang Xiaolian and Xie Ruoxi who were cowering behind him, and said coldly:

"One of you can yell so loudly that the people downstairs can hear you, and the other is begging for mercy before it even starts. You two weaklings have the nerve to come and join in the fun!"

The girls all looked pale, and after a long while, they suddenly said in unison:

"After all that talk, are we still going to compete or not?!"

"Beat me!" Yan Yu forcefully ripped off his bathrobe and threw it on the ground. "You bunch of women, don't waste my time, come at me all at once!"

"Watch me scatter you all!"

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A loud, crashing noise, as if the house were being torn apart, came from the second floor. In the living room on the first floor, Ye Yun and Li Minghu were enjoying Chen Lingyun's coffee.

"Aren't you going to join them?" Chen Lingyun asked with a smile.

"Never mind, I don't like places with too many people." Li Minghu shook his head.

“Yan Yu probably doesn’t want us to join either,” Ye Jun blinked.

The three looked at each other for a moment, then burst into laughter.

“I find it quite leisurely here,” Li Minghu remarked. “Ajiang goes out on fieldwork once or twice a week on average, while we only get a task once every two weeks. Only Ye Jun is a bit busier because of her research work.”

"Want to guess why?" Chen Lingyun suddenly asked.

"Isn't it because of Yan Yu?" Ye Yun asked curiously.

"Could it be because..." Li Minghu seemed to be thinking, making a snake-like waving shape with his arm.

"Hmm." Chen Lingyun acquiesced.

Currently, most of the missions undertaken by Golden Core cultivators are to conquer high-difficulty secret realms, where the enemies are all at the Golden Core level. It is too dangerous for Foundation Establishment cultivators to fight monsters of higher levels, so only Golden Core cultivators can be dispatched.

However, if they are inside a secret realm, they cannot leave for a while. If the Lu Kingdom suddenly decides to attack a giant serpent outside the border, a Golden Core cultivator will not be able to respond in time.

"Which giant snake are they planning to target?" Ye Yun asked curiously.

"Of course, nothing's decided yet; we're just reserving this ability for now," Chen Lingyun said leisurely. "If we consider the most extreme scenario... everything."

"All of them?" The two were shocked.

“Yes, all of them.” Chen Lingyun nodded and said, “The deterrence and prestige established by killing all the Yamata no Orochi in one go should be enough.”

"But we need to use the Purple Cloud Formation to break through the giant serpent's outer barrier first," Ye Yun said thoughtfully. "If we can't destroy the outer barrier, we can't even get close to the giant serpent, let alone kill it."

“But we can’t possibly build nodes for the Purple Cloud Array all over the world,” Li Minghu said subconsciously. “After all, foreign countries won’t allow defense power to fall into our hands…”

"Is it really impossible?" Chen Lingyun suddenly asked.

Li Minghu and Ye Yun both fell into deep thought.

Is it really impossible? The British Empire, which never sets in history, had colonies all over the world; then the hegemony changed hands, and the Mitchell became the dominant power, with military bases all over the world.

As the system continues to rotate and hand over power, who knows if the next country won't be the Lu Kingdom, with its Purple Cloud Array nodes scattered all over the world?
People in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods could hardly imagine a unified state where imperial power could extend directly from the central government to the prefectures and counties. However, historical trends often emerge from subtle details. When the Qin state marched out of Hangu Pass with the momentum of conquering the other six states, some things could actually be predicted in advance.

The current power gap between Lu and the other states is many times greater than the gap between Qin and the other six states in the past.

"Wait a minute." Ye Yun suddenly asked in surprise, "Ling Yun, does your underworld only govern the dead within the Lu Kingdom, or can it govern the entire world?"

"Currently, we can only manage up to the Lu Kingdom." Chen Lingyun said meaningfully.

Currently... in other words, there might be a possibility that this could extend to the whole world in the future?
Ye Yun and Li Minghu looked at each other for a moment, thinking that if there really was such a day, all the people in the world would be within the range of the Purple Cloud Formation while alive, and fall into Chen Lingyun's underworld after death. Wouldn't they be controlled from birth to death?
No, it should be said that... it is a deeper level of unification that transcends national sovereignty, racial differences, and cultural barriers.

The Purple Cloud Formation prevents any force from rebelling by force, while the Underworld establishes an absolute deterrent against individuals. Whether this future will be good or bad is something no one can predict in advance.

The only certainty is that becoming a cultivator in the Lu Kingdom is undoubtedly the luckiest thing that has ever happened to them.

(End of this chapter)