Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 829 Prove that you are attractive
Jinling Mansion Villa.

Yan Yu took three people with him when he went on his business trip. The remaining girls were bored that night, so they simply pushed aside the furniture in the living room on the first floor, made makeshift beds on the floor, and chatted with each other under the covers.

Anna was the most excited. She was a unique queen in the North, and everyone who spoke to her spoke softly and cautiously. How could that compare to the sisterly chats here, where they could speak freely without any reservations?

So she turned off the lights and told several more ghost stories, but found that everyone seemed uninterested.

Well, the main reason is that I helped Lingyun rebuild the underworld. I've seen so many ghosts that I can't be afraid of them anymore.

"I wonder how things are going with the captain," Lin Ning said casually.

"They ate several big meals today," Xie Ruoxi said gloomily. "For lunch, they had braised carp, three kinds of stewed meat, and eight-treasure tofu. For dinner, they had braised beef in a copper pot with seaweed soup and rice. I guess they were completely satisfied."

His face was full of unhappiness that he hadn't taken me.

"It's okay, Ruoxi," Lin Ning comforted her from the side. "I'll learn how to make it tomorrow and see if I can cook it for everyone."

"Sister Ningning!" Xie Ruoxi called out emotionally, rolling over wrapped in the blanket to snuggle up to Lin Ning affectionately.

"Eating doesn't really matter. We can just take some time to fly over on our swords, have a meal, and come back. Nobody will say anything," Tang Xiaolian sighed. "The key is whether they have any activities planned for tonight."

“Definitely.” Zhou Hongyu’s expression was equally gloomy. “I just called Zhao Yuanzhen, but she didn’t answer.”

His face was full of displeasure at being "kept in my lap".

At this point, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Some foods, if you eat too much of them, you'll get tired of them and want to take a break; but if you don't eat them for a few days, you'll crave them.

Especially when you have nothing to eat and then find out that others are enjoying their food, your emotions become incredibly complicated, and you wish you could travel back in time and take their place.

"Why don't we head straight to Tianjin and give them a surprise?" Tang Xiaolian suggested.

No one seconded the suggestion. They'll probably be back tomorrow; it would be too much of an exaggeration if they couldn't even stay awake for one night.

"Minghu," Chen Lingyun suddenly asked, "who are you messaging?"

"Sigh." Li Minghu rubbed his temples and said with a troubled expression, "My brother was just complaining to me that he was interested in two beauties from the Pear Blossom Courtyard delegation, but as soon as Yan Yu arrived, he stole all the limelight. The two beauties have been hanging around him all day."

“It’s because they’re trying to curry favor with him,” Anna said bluntly. “That’s how foreign women are. They think they’re charming enough to win over the Lu Kingdom’s general, so they have to try.”

Then I noticed that everyone's eyes were on me.

"Why are you looking at me?" Anna asked, puzzled. Then she suddenly realized what was going on and quickly explained, "What I mean is, their country is being threatened by the giant snake, so they have to rely on Yan Yu to help them solve the problem. That's why they're using a honey trap. It's different with me. I don't need Yan Yu's help at all. My relationship with him is purely based on love."

Everyone looked away, thinking to themselves, "Who isn't like that? We don't have any other thoughts about him; we're only here out of genuine love."

Excuse me, but everyone here is a pure love warrior!
"Oh, Sister Zhao replied to me!" Xie Ruoxi suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone quickly crowded around to look at her phone.

There were no pictures, only text, saying that the three of them had just teamed up to fight Yan Yu, the Great Demon King, and had once again broken their record.

赵元真对燕裕是4:1，苏云锦对燕裕7:1，叶筠对燕裕2:1，依旧三盘全负（注：这里的分数是比谁更小）。

"No way, Ye Yun is that strong?" Lin Ning exclaimed in surprise, "Two to one?"

“She’s always been amazing.” Tang Xiaolian took out her phone and scrolled through her past records. “She’s usually kept the score within three to one, occasionally four to one. This time, she has broken all our best records.”

"How did she do that?" Zhou Hongyu asked, frowning, her questioning gaze sweeping over Li Minghu. "Did she reveal any secret?"

Zhou Hongyu and Zhao Yuanzhen are both the type of players who prefer to take the initiative and attack. Their recent record has been relatively stable at around four to one. Although they are still far from defeating Yan Yu, they are already quite impressive compared to others.

Players like Yun Jin and Xiao Lian would frequently lose seven or eight points, resulting in utter defeats and a complete rout. Xie Ruoxi even suffered double-digit losses at one point, becoming numb to the game and a disgrace to the team, to the point that no one cared about her performance anymore.

"Hmm—" Li Minghu was a little unsure whether to say it or not, since this kind of thing falls into the category of privacy.

“I have heard Yan Yu mention it,” Chen Lingyun suddenly said with a smile. “He said: Ye Jun is good at building strongholds and fighting protracted battles.”

"What do you mean?" Zhou Hongyu asked, puzzled.

"I know!" Lin Ning exclaimed immediately, "Should we focus on defense and let Yan Yu take the initiative to attack?"

"Well, after all, taking the initiative to attack consumes more energy." Tang Xiaolian analyzed in a pretentious manner, "In the later stages of the game, stamina is the key to victory or defeat. Sometimes, when you are really tired, you will make mistakes and lose points if you relax your mind. Yan Yu is better than us because his physical fitness is good enough, so we have to wear him down."

"I don't understand," Xie Ruoxi said blankly. "I didn't really take the initiative in attacking, so why can't I out-strengthen him physically?"

"Because you are too weak," Zhou Hongyu said incisively.

Xie Ruoxi immediately turned pale, as if she had lost all hope, and could only silently shrink into the quilt, cosplaying as a snail.

Lin Ning then realized something was wrong and shook her head, saying:
"That's not right either. Actually, most of us focus on defense. Only Hongyu and Sister Zhao take the initiative to attack more often, but your results are better than ours."

Tang Xiaolian showed everyone her battle record, and it proved to be true.

周红羽和赵元真喜欢主动进攻，成绩稳定在3~4比1左右。林柠和李明湖算是攻守平衡的类型，成绩基本在5~6比1。云锦和小怜防守居多，经常被打到7比1甚至8比1。

This data shows that attacking and striving to seize the initiative is key to narrowing the score gap. Simply defending is tantamount to handing over the rhythm to the enemy; Yan Yu can play however he wants, and you'll become a punching bag and a target – how can you win that way?
However, Ye Yun is clearly not the type to take the initiative in attacking, so how can her record be explained?
"Could it be related to technology?" Xie Ruoxi mustered her courage and asked.

It's not that I'm not hardworking or too bad; it's just that you all know techniques I don't!

“Very likely,” Zhou Hongyu said seriously. “I’ll ask Ye Yun to come along another day, and I’ll study her carefully.”

“It’s definitely not a matter of technique,” ​​Lin Ning complained. “Didn’t Ling Yun just say that we should build strongholds and fight a protracted battle? That doesn’t sound like a case of superior skill.”

"Or perhaps Sister Yun's body structure is different from ordinary people?" Tang Xiaolian guessed.

“Absolutely impossible,” Zhou Hongyu immediately denied.

She can accept losing to others in tactics and technique, but she will never admit that she is behind in terms of physical fitness.

I come from a martial arts school, and even after becoming a cultivator, I continue to hone my physical skills and practice diligently. I will never admit defeat in this area! Even if my opponent is Zhao Yuanzhen!
"Sigh," Li Minghu sighed, "You all stop guessing, none of it is correct."

"Then tell me?" Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

“I can’t just say anything about her,” Li Minghu shook his head and refused. “Is it that she doesn’t want to talk about it, or are you unsure whether you can or can’t?” Chen Lingyun suggested, “You can ask her.”

"Never mind, I'll ask," Tang Xiaolian said, raising her hand.

She took out her phone again and sent several messages to Ye Jun in succession.

A few minutes later, Ye Jun finally replied to her, but it was a voice message.

"Actually, there's no special technique involved; you just have to endure the beatings."

Everyone was speechless. Did you even need to ask? Everyone else could tolerate it, but the question is, why could you tolerate it for so long!

Tang Xiaolian sent another message to ask, and Ye Yun was quite frank, this time replying in more detail:

"Don't make a sound, just silently endure it and pretend you don't feel anything. This will stimulate his competitive spirit. Once he gets excited, he will adopt more aggressive tactics and his stamina will be depleted even faster."

"Also, it's a good idea to let others wear down his spirit beforehand. Anyway, I never go first."

Everyone finally realized, "Oh, I see!"
Although they had found out the method, it wasn't convenient for everyone to copy it exactly. Everyone had their own preferred fighting style, and if you asked Hongyu to play dead and remain motionless the whole time, she would rather not compete with Yan Yu like that.

Besides... feelings come first, winning or losing comes second; everyone being happy is the best outcome.

What good is winning MVP if you use such a utilitarian tactic? Can MVP put food on the table?
It's better to just sit back and win. Even if you lose the glory, you gain happiness!
With that in mind, everyone stopped caring about the battle results and started gossiping about the rumors between Yan Yu and the two Korean girls.

“Tell him,” Zhou Hongyu instructed. “No matter who he wants to take in next, they’ll have to get past me first. I won’t approve of anyone who can’t beat me.”

"At least find someone domestic!" Lin Ning complained. "Aren't you worried about the negative impact if you find someone foreign?"

“It has nothing to do with domestic or foreign countries, we really can’t look for any more! There’s no room left in our house!” Tang Xiaolian protested.

“Unless you don’t bring it back,” Xie Ruoxi said.

“We can’t just not bring them back,” Zhou Hongyu retorted. “We don’t even have enough for ourselves, why should we let outsiders interfere?”

"The problem is, if he doesn't bring her back and secretly meets with his mistress outside, there's nothing we can do to stop him," Tang Xiaolian sighed.

"Then we'll have to rely on everyone's strict vigilance," Zhou Hongyu insisted. "Catch one, and chop them off."

"No, it didn't come to the point of murder..."

While everyone was still arguing, Ye Jun had already replied:

"Yan Yu doesn't seem to have any feelings for them. It's probably just wishful thinking on the part of the Pear Blossom Courtyard. They hope to use their beauty to leverage his position and bypass the negotiating table to achieve their goal."

"Really?" Tang Xiaolian asked, clicking her tongue. "Sister Yun, don't believe Yan Yu's one-sided story! Maybe he said that, but after sparring with you guys in the middle of the night, he secretly went next door to spar with that Korean girl!"

“No,” Ye Jun said. “He’s taking a bath with me now, and I’m scrubbing his back.”

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a complex mix of emotions.

The bathroom is a great place, but it's too small to fit many people... How about we build a public bath in the villa?
“Sure,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile. “There’s an indoor swimming pool on the first floor. Yun Jin used to use it to practice the Southern Dipper Star River Secret Technique. But it’s too much trouble to fill and drain it every day, so nobody really likes using it anymore… How about we turn it into a shallower soaking tub?”

"Please let me design the bathhouse!" Anna said solemnly.

Countless play scripts set in the bathroom have already popped into her inspired mind.

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On the other side, Ye Jun had Yan Yu sit on a stool and carefully rubbed his back with a towel.

A cultivator's body is different from that of an ordinary person. Their skin has achieved self-sufficiency on a material level, neither absorbing nutrients from the outside world nor producing waste that needs to be excreted due to metabolism.

However, when they are outdoors, they inevitably get covered in dust, so black mud will still appear.

Ye Yun was washing a towel when she suddenly heard Yan Yu ask:
"So that expressionless face of yours was all an act, right? To arouse my competitive spirit?"

"Not entirely," Ye Yun said. "It's mainly because I'm embarrassed."

"Excuse me?"

"I just felt shy about making a sound," Ye Yun explained with a smile. "Then I realized that you seemed to really want me to lose my composure, so I told them that it would stimulate your competitive spirit."

“I can accept that,” Yan Yu said. “But if you’re deliberately acting indifferent when you’re actually just trying to provoke me, then I find it a bit pointless and too utilitarian.”

"Whether it's an act or not, you must have your own judgment," Ye Yun said with a smile. "I haven't even asked you yet. What's the meaning of 'building strongholds and fighting a protracted war'?"

"It's a compliment to your defensive skills; you're as immovable as a mountain."

"Stop being so naive! You mean I'm clueless about romance!"

"How could that be?" Yan Yu immediately retorted. "Don't you have any self-awareness when it comes to whether you're charming or not?"

Ye Jun was stunned for a while before saying:
"Sometimes I do feel like I'm not very attractive. For example, I'm scrubbing your back and lathering it up with shower gel, and you don't react at all."

"Ahem." Yan Yu was slightly embarrassed. He was too ashamed to admit that "your scrubbing technique was so professional that I subconsciously mistook you for a skilled bathhouse attendant," so he could only say:

"Then close your eyes."

"Yes, it's closed."

“Turn around again.”

"It's been transferred too."

"Hold on to the bathtub and stand firmly."

"You need to stand firmly, otherwise you'll slip and fall... What are you going to do?"

"Prove that you are attractive."

(End of this chapter)