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

Chapter 257 Refining, Melting Snow Water

Early the next morning, Yan Yu and others were picked up by a special car that arrived at the villa gate and drove towards Lingyan Pavilion.

The Lingyan Pavilion Conference Hall, the place of honor coveted by Lu Guo’s soldiers, is used for the highest level of honors, commendations, and awards. Of course, it is also used for other ceremonies, but we will not mention them here for the time being.

The awarding ceremony was very simple: under the filming of a group of royal media reporters, the boss took Yan Yu's hand, said a few words of encouragement, and then put the medal on him personally.

Flying General of Dragon City!

It seemed to be citing the story of Han general Li Guang, but in fact it was just a simple combination of "Yan slaying the dragon" and "famous general", as well as the expectation that he would continue to resist foreign enemies in the future... To be honest, Yan Yu had no dissatisfaction, so he followed the boss's encouragement and said a few positive and auspicious words, which made Li Weiguo, who was attending the meeting next to him, breathe a sigh of relief.

The girls also lined up to receive medals, and each of them held a badge, but their title was "Heroic Generals of Dragon City", which probably means that they are brave and heroic.

In addition to the awards, there are of course cash rewards: 4000 million yuan per person.

This amount is actually distributed together with the reward for the last confrontation with the Flying Dragon Team - it is equivalent to officially setting a clear guide price for the remuneration system of monks across the country, about 1 million domestically and 2-3 million abroad.

This is the incredibly generous treatment this dynasty offers its monks! Especially for most of the current team monks, they won't have a chance to fight life-and-death battles abroad (they have the most powerful first-generation teams to take over). Just playing ten competitive matches domestically will instantly net them over 100 million in assets—and that's a 100 million in pure profit, tax-free. You can imagine how valuable this is.

But it's not losing money. Through commercial operations similar to the Super Hero League, the current monthly revenue from auctions of secret realm broadcasts, both domestically and internationally, is 10-20 billion. Even after paying the monks, there's still some profit. It's like repeating the path of the Olympic Games (which initially lost money every time, then suddenly became commercialized and raked in profits).

With money and honor all in place, the monks were naturally eager to serve the country immediately.

Only Yan Yu knew that the most valuable thing at this stage was neither fame nor profit, but cultivation resources...

The resurgence of spiritual energy is like a marathon with no end in sight. You might be able to stay close to the pack now, but you never know when you'll be completely left behind.

What's more, since the number of extraordinary people in Lu Country is far less than the international average, everyone will have to fight on the battlefield and will not be able to escape.

If you can get the Dragon City Flying General medal, you'd better keep up the strength of the Dragon City Flying General, because you will definitely be flying around putting out fires in the future - is the medal so easy to get?!
After the awarding ceremony, the Zhenhai Squadron was released back to Nanjing and was not kept for a banquet as per custom.

There is no other reason. The main reason is that the international situation is becoming increasingly severe and it is not convenient to delay their tactical training.

Everyone flew away from Pingjing on their swords, only to hear Yan Yu suddenly say:

"You guys should go back to Jinling first. I have something to deal with Yunjin."

"Ah?" The girls were all shocked.

"It's serious business." Yan Yu emphasized.

Oh, since you are not taking Su Yunjin out to play alone, but to do serious business, then it doesn’t matter.

Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi didn't think too much about it and nodded in understanding. Chen Lingyun smiled as always, her eyes curved, and no emotion could be seen.

Only Lin Ning subconsciously reacted like Zhao and Xie, but soon a strange emotion arose:
The captain may have gone there to do official business, but Yunjin... would he take the opportunity to take care of his personal matters as well?
As for what private matter it was, she herself couldn't explain it clearly, and didn't dare to think about it too much. She just followed the team away in a depressed mood.

"Ningning." Chen Lingyun suddenly flew closer on her sword and whispered, "Looking at your expression, you seem to be worried."

"Haha, I don't have anything on my mind~" Lin Ning didn't want Chen Lingyun to see that she was unhappy, so she just perfunctorily answered in a pale and powerless manner.

"Yeah, that's good." Chen Lingyun's tone brightened. "If there's anything you want to talk to, you can tell me right away. I won't tell anyone."

"Oh? Oh..." Lin Ning said blankly.

Everyone headed south back to Jinling, while Yan Yu and Su Yunjin headed north, heading towards the Western Regions. According to the weather map Ye Jun had provided, it rained everywhere in the country, but snow—especially the first snow of the year—had to be found in the north.

The north is divided into North China, Northeast China and Northwest China. Considering that the rootless water needs to be as pure as possible, it is necessary to try to avoid chemicals in the air dissolving in the rain, which will affect the subsequent extraction of the true essence of Guishui.

There are industrial clusters in North China and old industrial clusters in Northeast China, both of which inevitably emit waste gas, so we have to look in the Northwest, where the industry is the least developed.

The two soon reached the Yellow River and continued up the river. Su Yunjin didn't ask any questions throughout the journey, but just quietly followed Yan Yu's sword light.

According to the weather map, the Siberian cold air is about to reach the provincial capital of Luntai Prefecture, and then be blocked by the Tianshan Mountains.

From Luntai Prefecture to the north is a vast plain, and further north is a desert basin. There are basically no industrial bases, so it is the most suitable place to collect the first melted snow.

Yan Yu and Su Yunjin flew on their swords, arriving in Luntai Prefecture and heading north. They deliberately avoided the highway, and below them lay nothing but withered grass, shrubs, and piles of rocks, with hardly a trace of green.

Finally, before we reached the desert area, we saw snowflakes gradually falling from the sky.

Su Yunjin looked at the sky in surprise and silently took out her cell phone to take pictures - she had only seen snow a few times since she was a child.

Yan Yu also released his spiritual sense and scanned the area.

The lack of industrial pollution does not mean that snow water is completely clean. It is inevitable that it will be contaminated with dust and haze during the fall.

So you have to fly higher.

The two of them controlled the sword light and rose into the sky. The temperature around them gradually cooled down. Su Yunjin shivered a little, but heard Yan Yu say:

"That's about it."

"Listen carefully: To obtain rootless water, it is best to take it immediately when it appears, so as to minimize impurities and contamination."

"We don't pursue speed or efficiency, we only pursue purity. One drop of sufficiently pure water is more useful than a hundred drops of water with impurities."

"To obtain water, first expand your spiritual sense as much as possible. This area is a tug-of-war between hot and cold air. Water vapor, when suddenly cooled, will condense into snow. Use your spiritual sense to lock onto these tiny snowflakes, then use the sword control technique to attract them. Of course, that technique is specifically designed for sword control, so it's not very effective for controlling snow. Some parts need to be modified."

He dictated a few hundred words of revised content, roughly changing the sword control formula to the object control formula. Su Yunjin was stunned on the spot and couldn't help asking:

"Yan Yu, this formula isn't in the textbook? Where did you learn it from?"

"A secret." Yan Yu had long expected her to ask, and had also prepared an excuse to "use to Su Yunjin." He said lightly, "Everyone has their own secrets, but this is a secret between the two of us now, so don't tell anyone."

Sure enough, when he brought out the "secret that only Yan Yu and I knew, which no one else knew," Su Yunjin couldn't resist it at all, and smiled helplessly:
"Okay, I won't ask anymore, and I won't tell anyone."

She closed her eyes silently, and her consciousness began to spread in all directions, pulling the surrounding snow particles towards herself.

"Absorb the snow particles into the palm of your right hand. Don't do anything else yet," Yan Yu continued. "Cover your right hand with your left hand, palms facing each other, leaving half a finger's space. Use your true energy to heat the snow particles, causing them to melt and evaporate as water vapor. When they rise, they condense into water droplets once they hit your left hand. This will remove the impurities mixed in with the snow particles, leaving you with pure, freshly melted snow water. Then, draw it to the left hand's thenar acupoint for absorption."

This is also a major advantage of the prophet. You must know that in the previous life, Lu Guo spent a full eight years to study the "purity of the five elements" to understand that it is most important for the "Tao body".

Even though Yan Yu only added one extra step, it actually took eight years of scientific research and countless sample experiments to find the most critical variable among many cultivation plans. Without this step, after you have practiced for five or six years and find that the realm of your Taoist body cannot be improved, then changing it will not only be half the result with twice the effort, but a hundred times the effort with half the result... This is not an exaggeration at all.

Su Yunjin didn't know why he did this, but hearing Yan Yu's serious expression and tone, he didn't dare to be negligent. He put his palms together, leaving half a finger of space, and began to concentrate on refining the rootless water.

(End of this chapter)