Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 125: Yan Yu, the Military Governor of Zhenhai Army
There were many reasons why Liu Longtao was able to be promoted from "the No. 1 Lord of Pingjing" to "the No. 1 Lord of Luguo" in his previous life.

First, he was driven by his own outstanding talent and ambition, a typical example of "not only a genius but also very hardworking". Second, his family helped him with all the operations and gave him great support in the official training resources for monks. Third, his own fortune was indeed not bad, as he obtained very powerful flying swords and Taoist magic in the early stage.

In the era of spiritual energy resurgence, early advantages are like a snowball: if you can obtain good magic weapons, flying swords, and Taoist magic, your combat power will rise rapidly, thereby improving your status in the eyes of the bigwigs. Next time, you will be assigned to more difficult secret realms, and these secret realms will contain better magic weapons, flying swords, and Taoist magic...

Because of this, the future group of great monks in Lu State, especially the top ones, are almost all from the "first batch of monks".

There are some powerful monks in the later batch, such as the weirdo Xie Ruoxi, but the reason why most monks cannot improve their strength is because they cannot snowball as fast as the seniors in the first batch.

However, after the interview, Yan Yu did not rush to leave, but just thought about the subsequent training plan.

Chen Lingyun and Su Yunjin practiced their reactions, Lin Ning and Zhao Yuanzhen fed experience, and then got the White Bone Heart-Locking Hairpin as soon as possible so that the witch could get familiar with it as soon as possible... Hmm?

Someone patted my shoulder from behind.

"Go to the principal's office." Qi Changping said to him.

"Oh." Yan Yu didn't ask anything. Anyway, the studio in the team's training ground had not been completely dismantled yet, and they couldn't train for a while. It would be better to go and see what Li Weiguo had to say.

When he arrived at the principal's office, Yan Yu saw a wooden box on the table.

The lid of the box was open, revealing a bone hairpin with a small skull carved on the end.

White bone heart-locking hairpin.

"You got it so quickly?" Yan Yu said in surprise.

"What a coincidence," Li Weiguo said, taking a sip of hot tea from his cup. "The Annan Army has set their sights on a magical sword in our inventory, and the Dingbei Army has specifically requested something from the Annan Army. Both sides are eager to acquire it, otherwise the exchange wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

"I see." Yan Yu nodded and said, "So which sword did the Annan army want?"

"That's what you seized last time in the Longquan Mountain secret realm," Li Weiguo replied. "There's a lion relief on the hilt of the sword. Do you remember it?"

"Yeah." Yan Yu nodded and guessed who wanted the sword.

The Tianshan Sword, later found out to be originally named "Jiutian Leizhi", was the sword of the Valkyrie Li Minghu.

"I've already read today's interview," Li Weiguo continued. "It's okay to be a little boastful, but if you brag and then lose, you'll be laughed at."

"That's why we can't lose." Yan Yu said without hesitation.

"Liu Longtao's team has been unstoppable lately," Li Weiguo said calmly. "In the secret realm simulation battle, they've already faced off against the Pingxi Army and the Annan Army, both of which they won beautifully. So, the higher-ups plan to arrange another matchup between you two soon to see which team is more elite. After all, you two fought alone last time, but this time you'll be fighting as a team."

"No problem." Yan Yu still didn't hesitate, "I guarantee victory."

"You kid, didn't you hesitate for a moment?" Li Weiguo scolded him with a smile. "If someone else had come here and brazenly promised me that, I would have told him to get out long ago."

"Strategically, you should despise your opponent," Yan Yu chuckled. "How can you truly unleash your strength if you're already worried about winning before the fight even begins?"

"Okay, okay, as long as you take your opponent seriously tactically, I can ignore your strategic attitude." Li Weiguo casually picked up the document next to him and said, "Take a look at this."

Yan Yu took the document and took a look at it. It was indeed a document notification for expanding the team's organization.

Currently, there are only four teams in the entire country, one for each army. However, secret realms don't care how many teams you have; they've been popping up like mushrooms recently. Liu Longtao's team was able to conquer three secret realms in a week, but that was also because three secret realms had appeared in the north, forcing the Dingbei Army to work overtime and sweep through the night.

Therefore, considering the current domestic situation, it is imperative to expand the team's organization.

Having mastered the three arts and five spells, and learned the art of wielding a sword, the college students and monks in the academy now have the hardware strength. What they lack is the combat experience to put it into practice.

Sending them to handle simpler secret realms would not only help them grow quickly, but would also solve the problem of having too many secret realms. The only problem would be casualties, but that was ultimately unavoidable. "What do you think?" Li Weiguo asked leisurely.

"I fully support this." Yan Yu put the document back on the table. "Now that there are more and more secret realms, it is urgent to expand our manpower."

"Do you know any classmates in the academy who you think have good abilities?" Li Weiguo asked with a smile, "Feel free to recommend them."

"Qiu Ze and Sun Ziyi," Yan Yu replied. "They're both quite capable. If it weren't for the overlapping roles and responsibilities in the team, I would have wanted to recruit them as well."

"Yeah." Li Weiguo nodded, "I'll consider it."

The two names recommended by Yan Yu were also on the list provided by the instructor team on Qi Changping's side.

According to the instructors' evaluation, Qiu Ze's strengths lie in his quick reaction, quick change of tactics, ability to fight, run and provide support. The instructors all believe that he has the potential to become the "next Yan Yu."

Sun Ziyi is similar to Chen Lingyun. He is the type who looks for opportunities to strike, and his judgment and awareness are very accurate.

Therefore, if Qiu Ze is made the captain and Sun Ziyi is made the vice-captain, it would be a bit like copying the configuration of the Yanyu team - considering that the Yanyu team has indeed achieved considerable success, it is natural that these two people would be favored by the instructors.

"Have some tea?" Li Weiguo poured him some tea.

"No, no." Yan Yu stood up quickly. "I still understand the principle of serving tea and seeing off guests. You continue with your work. I won't disturb you anymore."

He was about to leave the office when he suddenly heard Li Weiguo say from behind:
"For subsequent publicity purposes, all teams must come up with official team names before the end of the month and submit them to the academy instructors for registration."

"No problem." Yan Yu turned around and said, "I'll discuss it with Chen Lingyun."

"Don't give it a random name." Li Weiguo picked up the teacup again and said slowly, "You'll be in the media in the future, so be serious."

It’s going to be in the media…so does that mean confidentiality controls have to be completely lifted?

Yan Yu left the administrative building and called Chen Lingyun:
"The team needs to be named, what are your ideas?"

"If I were the captain," Chen Lingyun replied, "I'd call our team 'Spiritual Luck Team'."

"Just use the captain's name, right? Using my name doesn't look good." Yan Yu denied, "Change it?"

"So what do you think?" Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

"For example, 'strongest' or 'peak' or something like that," Yan Yu replied, "Try to move towards that."

"'Strongest' is too tacky, and it's not allowed under the Advertising Law," Chen Lingyun said with a leisurely laugh. "'Peak', doesn't it sound a bit like 'epilepsy'? It's like you didn't want to use your name and called the team 'Yanyu Team'."

"If you really want to associate something, any name will have a bad association." Yan Yu disagreed. "Then what do you think it should be called?"

"If you want a nice name, then we can look for it in history." Chen Lingyun thought for a moment and replied, "Among the many vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, the areas north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River were under the jurisdiction of the 'Zhenhai Army.' Qian Liu, who later founded the Wuyue Kingdom and established his capital in Lin'an Prefecture, Jiangnan Province, was originally a 'Zhenhai Army Jiedushi' of the Tang Dynasty... How about calling it the 'Zhenhai Battle Team'?"

"That's not bad. After all, we belong to the 'Zhendong Army', and our future enemies will mainly be the Sakura Empire and Michelle from overseas." Yan Yu thought for a moment, then suddenly became alert and said, "Are you playing a malicious metaphor for the separatist regimes in the late Tang Dynasty?"

"No~" Chen Lingyun said with a smile on the other end of the phone, "I just think it sounds nice and has a story behind it, or do you have a better name you like?"

"Since we are going to deal with the Sakura Empire and Mitch," Yan Yu tried to change his mindset. "How about calling it 'Sakura Slashing Team' or 'Rice Narrowing Team'?"

"Kill the cherry blossoms and destroy the rice, huh?" Chen Lingyun laughed heartily. "I'm fine. Do you think I can pass the higher-ups' review?"

"...Then let's just go with the Zhenhai Team."

(End of this chapter)