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

Chapter 408 Harvest Inventory
By mid-January, the finale of the battle in the Ligong Secret Realm gradually faded away and faded from most media hot search lists.

Of the three factions, the Onmyoji suffered the heaviest losses. With the death of Kagamine Sendō, the Kyoto Onmyoji lost over half its staff, forcing headquarters to draw personnel from the local Onmyojis to supplement their manpower. This significantly increased the influence of the local Onmyojis, and some even began to challenge the Kyoto Onmyojis.

The second is the Super Hero League. Numerous foreign heroes have died at the gates of the Li Palace, mostly at the hands of Dragon City's flying generals. This has sparked a wave of admiration for Yan Yu within Mitch, with many media outlets dubbing him an "anti-hero," meaning "although affiliated with an enemy nation, he also possesses the qualities of a superhero," a charismatic villain.

The Ewhawon swordsmen undoubtedly suffered the least. They had focused on ranged attacks throughout, making no attempt to charge the steps of the palace and engage the Lu Kingdom monks head-on. This led to officials at Gyeongbokgung Palace praising Park Changmin's composure and calmness, and even considering awarding him a medal.

The public was also delighted. Although they hadn't gained anything from this trip out of the palace, there's a saying that goes, "When others suffer, it's my blessing." Just look at the Yin-Yang Temple next door! They've suffered significant losses, which is truly heartening!

With the joint hype of official tone and popular reputation, Park Changmin's domestic reputation reached a new high. Even the media in mainland China got wind of it and copied the Peninsula News that praised Park Changmin - Liu Longtao laughed out loud and shared it with Yan Yu in private chat.

Yan Yu, however, had no mood to chat with Jing Ye, because the harvest from the Secret Realm of the Palace that he had previously submitted had been sent back to the team.

Lin Ning's Zhenze Sword Case, after testing, confirmed that it takes fifteen seconds to warm a flying sword. Once unsheathed, the Green Bamboo Sword's first three strikes have increased damage (capable of delivering long-range sword energy), increasing its power by approximately 20% compared to normal levels. It's a rather unpretentious magical weapon, devoid of any fancy effects, designed solely to enhance the Sword Immortal's hard power. It's truly excellent.

Su Yunjin's Taiwei Gouchen Yaopo Star Sand, though incomplete in quantity, did indeed produce a miraculous effect when mixed with the Celestial River water. The torrent of the Celestial River, mingled with the Star Sand, greatly increased the thrust of Jiao Chong and Li Fan, transforming Lang Feiyun from a simple high-pressure water gun into a lethal high-pressure water knife. However, the greatest benefit came from the fourth move, Feichao Fenye—the Celestial River water engulfed the enemy from both sides, the massive and intense scouring and friction of the water mixed with the Star Sand would leave even a physical cultivator trapped within vulnerable.

Compared to these two individuals' gains, Xie Ruoxi and Zhao Yuanzhen's gains were more difficult to assess. While the Great Hole Thunder was indeed a counter to the Heavenly Demon, there were no high-dimensional demons on Earth at this stage, leaving the dragon-slaying weapon feeling useless. Zhao Yuanzhen's personally selected Qianling Zhenmei Fire also needed to be fully transformed and verified before its true effectiveness could be determined. The Demon Sect's demon woman couldn't make a definitive conclusion at this point.

However, if we were to put all of everyone's gains on the table for comparison, then the one that would undoubtedly rank first would be the two-handed sword-wielding technique that Yan Yu obtained.

Judging from his profound experience as a swordsman in his previous life, the difficulty of learning the sword-wielding technique is very high. Just as the old man with long eyebrows said, "It is not some superficial multitasking. In essence, it still tests your swordsmanship level."

The Qi flow of sword-wielding with both hands follows different meridian routes, so you must first practice the Qi flow of your dominant arm until you can do it without thinking and at will. Then, while wielding the main sword with your dominant hand, try to wield the secondary sword with your non-dominant hand at the same time. In the beginning, most of your mind will definitely be on your non-dominant hand, and you won't even have the energy to think about anything else, let alone be able to flexibly respond and perform in actual combat.

When both hands can be wielded and sent and received at will, the art of wielding a sword with both hands can be considered mastered.

Nowadays, most sword masters only practice with their dominant hand, but Yan Yu’s situation is rather special. In his previous life, in order to cope with extremely harsh situations, he was able to use both arms to perform sword-controlling techniques smoothly, and his proficiency was very high.

Of course, this was like marrying a wife. Marrying either Yunjin or Ningning was fine, but that didn't mean marrying both would be easy. After all, if they lived in the same house, they'd be jealous of each other. The same was true for two-handed swordplay. Just because one hand could wield a sword didn't mean they could wield both simultaneously. Often, Yan Yu would be concentrating on wielding his left sword when its path suddenly became distorted. It turned out to be because the commands his brain was giving to the right sword had inadvertently slipped in.

"How about I give it a try?" Seeing him frowning in thought, Lin Ning couldn't help but rub his hands and volunteered, "Maybe I can get it right after practicing, and I can even teach you in return."

As for the embarrassment, awkwardness and shame after playing Twister last time, Lin Ning had completely forgotten about it.

"How can you try?" Yan Yu shook his head, "You don't have a second flying sword."

"I can borrow Yun Jin's." Lin Ning said eagerly, "Didn't you borrow Ling Yun's Purple Sword? Anyway, let me try it quickly."

Yan Yu continued to maintain a thoughtful posture, calmly stretched out his left hand, picked up the notebook on the bench, and handed it over without raising his head.

"Hey, is this notebook for me?" Lin Ning was surprised. She thought Yan Yu would recite it to her orally. She opened the notebook and saw that it was covered with dense handwriting, and there were a lot of corrections and supplementary paragraphs, making the whole page look dirty.

But Lin Ning didn't feel disgusted. Instead, she was delighted: "The captain took such detailed notes, it must be for me! It must be to make it easier for me to study later, right?"

No, no, now is not the time to think about this. I also need to study the art of wielding a sword with both hands and help the captain share his worries.

She sat down next to Yan Yu and quietly looked through her notes, preparing to discuss something with Yan Yu in detail later.

Yan Yu was still pondering the mystery when he suddenly heard Chen Lingyun's voice transmission:

"Why are you taking notes all of a sudden? That's not your style."

"There are quite a few points of knowledge that need to be understood," Yan Yu replied. "Ningning is a serious problem-solver. She'd come to ask me even if she's a little unsure about something. It would be better to write it down and let her read it slowly to avoid annoying me."

"I see." Chen Lingyun looked at Lin Ning's quiet expression as she lowered her head to read, thinking that she must have misunderstood Yan Yu's intentions. She asked again, "So, what about the secondary sword? Are you planning to get one, or have you already decided which secret realm to get the sword from?"

"How could I possibly think of this in advance?" Yan Yu said with a laugh. "Anyway, since the Huangting Sword is a heavy sword characterized by its powerful force, I'd prefer a small, flexible, and fast-flying rapier as my off-hand sword, but I still need to think about the details."

"By the way, speaking of secret realms, I'm going to Southern Xinjiang next week. You should know about that, right?"

"Have you asked for leave from your superiors?" Chen Lingyun asked slowly.

"Of course not." Yan Yu said confidently, "Brother is the Flying General of Dragon City! Even if it's just a few days of leave, the higher-ups have to consider my absence. If there's an emergency, who will they call on to replace me? So this leave request probably won't be approved for a while."

"So you plan to leave without saying goodbye." Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

"Wrong!" Yan Yu said, "I'm going to pass the buck to you... Go and tell your father, and if anyone asks about it, just say Chen Tianming has given special approval!"

"I know my dad won't approve it," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "but if you can take me with you, I can find a way to help you."

"That won't do." Yan Yu refused without hesitation. "What about the daily affairs of the Zhenhai team? Who will take care of everyone's training? If the Zhenhai team needs to go on a mission during this period, who will lead the team?"

"You can give it to Secretary Su." Chen Lingyun said calmly.

"Don't give the vice-captain's job to someone else so easily!"

(End of this chapter)