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

Chapter 448 Preparations Before the Year
The land country has a long land and sea border.

In the past, due to the surrounding situation, national defense construction was mainly focused on the ocean. However, with the revival of spiritual energy, everything has reversed. The pressure on land-based border defense has increased dramatically, especially in the northeastern and southwest borders, which are directly adjacent to numerous "chaos forces." In the past, the annual war damage reports were quite shocking.

So why is the Eclipse Queen so important? Because when the North is completely lost and beyond repair, the Amur Witches can maintain a basic level of occupation and rule, and "regularly suppress bandits in the surrounding areas", which can greatly relieve the border pressure of the Lu Kingdom.

To put it bluntly, suppressing bandits requires bloodshed, and the rebellious civilian supernatural beings will not line up and offer their heads for you to chop off.

It would certainly be better to let the Amur witch group bleed for governing the local area than to let the border soldiers and civilians of the Lu Kingdom bleed. So even if Anna had ill intentions towards Yan Yu, considering that she was indeed beautiful... no, because she was extremely important to the Lu Kingdom, Yan Yu would not allow her to speak out of turn.

Let this little girl continue to dream!
"By the way, how's the situation with Luosha?" Yan Yu asked about the business.

"Their expedition?" Anna scoffed. "It aborted. The army never made it past the Yenisei River, and their supply lines were reportedly ripped to pieces."

Yan Yu wasn't surprised by this. During the Resurrection of Spiritual Energy, the most powerful aspect of civilian supernatural beings was that when they weren't causing trouble, they blended seamlessly with the common people, making it impossible to tell them apart. Even militants carried guns; they didn't even need military equipment. Even seemingly harmless elderly people, women, and children could be ambushed and killed by a single blow of magic, even by a well-armed soldier.

Unless you save the land but not the people, as long as the army pushes forward, the occupied territories in the rear will spread everywhere. This is why even though the State of Lu forced the Witch King to withdraw his troops, it did not attempt to occupy the southern border: the cost of governance was too terrifying and it was not worth it at all.

However, Yan Yu actually thought that a buffer force similar to the Amur Witch Group could be established in the southern border to help stop those sorcerers who were driven crazy by internal competition, so as to prevent the two provinces of Southern Xinjiang and Lingyou from facing the border pressure from the southern border.

As for why the Privy Council did not do this, or what other concerns it had, he didn't know and didn't care.

After all, we monks are all very loyal and born to fight. At this stage, apart from improving our own strength, there is really no need to worry about other things.

"The witch group is currently discussing whether to advance north or west." Anna continued to divulge internal secrets, not caring at all that Yan Yu was actually an outsider. "Advancing north is safer, but the population is sparse and the benefits are low. Expanding westward would require a major war, which may seem cost-effective, but if the Rakshasa launch a second round of witch hunts, the further west we advance now, the more vulnerable we will be to facing them in the future."

"It's still possible to push westward to the Greater Khingan Range." Yan Yu was not shy about revealing some secrets. "Based on this witch-hunting expedition, the best they can push next time is the Lena River, and they won't be able to occupy it."

"Yeah." Anna didn't doubt it and just sighed, "But I don't have any real power now. Even if I raise an opinion, the elders will only question it."

"So it's still because you're too weak." Yan Yu said earnestly, "If you were the strongest witch in the group right now and could kill a witch elder with one punch, who would dare to oppose you? So, focus on cultivation and leave the time-consuming government affairs to them."

"Aren't you afraid that after I become stronger, I will really tie you up and bring you to my side to marry me?" Anna asked in surprise.

"So what you said before was actually to scare me?" Yan Yu asked in surprise.

Anna immediately realized that she had spoken out of turn. She gritted her teeth in anger and said after a while:

"You're trying to scare me now, but if one day I truly reach the level of strength you describe, I can't guarantee I'll be able to refrain from taking action."

The bandit nature of the Rakshasa bloodline is showing up! Yan Yu just laughed and said:

"I've already answered this: I'm looking forward to it. If I could actually see the Queen of Mobei reach the summit, even if I were kidnapped and made her my chief concubine, my life would be worth it!"

"Hmph." Anna said coldly, "Then just wait! Hang up."

She hung up the video call with Yan Yu, wanting to continue sulking for a while, but soon calmed down strangely.

That’s right…he’s right.

Whether it's to protect herself, to seize control of the witch group, or to... be with him in the future.

They all need stronger strength.

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Although he advised others to become stronger, Yan Yu himself has not had any training recently.

After all, it’s the New Year, so it’s understandable to be lazy.

My parents finally returned from their trip to the northwest, reportedly bringing a ton of lamb chops, a specialty of theirs, all frozen in the freezer. My younger sister, Yan Jing, has been eating boiled lamb for every meal these days. There's no point telling her parents, so she can only complain to her older brother.

"So those lamb chops smell like mutton?" Yan Yu asked.

"That's not the case." Yan Jing complained, "but I can't stand eating them every meal. It's not that I'm tired of them, I'm almost vomiting." "That's good." Yan Yu said, "You work harder and finish them all, so that your brother won't have to eat mutton every meal when he comes back."

"Hmph, I've already told my mom to leave a few more for you." Yan Jing typed back.

"I don't like mutton." Yan Yu said.

"For your sister, you will eat it." Yan Jing said.

The brother and sister were both speechless, and suddenly they had the same feeling: This guy really has the same genes as me!
"By the way, brother." Yan Jing suddenly asked, "Which sister do you plan to bring home for the New Year this time?"

"Guess." Yan Yu said.

"I guess it's Sister Zhao." Yan Jing replied, "Sister Lingyun said she has no family, so she's probably going to live with us."

"Yeah, that's right." Yan Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "She should eat mutton. She's not picky about food, she eats everything."

"That's great!" Yan Jing said with emotion, "Can I give Sister Zhao all the food in the refrigerator that I don't like to eat?"

"You're planning to treat her like a garbage recycling station, aren't you?" Yan Yu held his forehead helplessly. "Of course you can, but don't be too obvious, or it will seem like bullying."

"I understand." Yan Jing said, "I'll use the hunger marketing method. I'll pretend to eat very happily in front of her, then pretend to be reluctant to eat and share it with her. Then, I'll put the food back in the refrigerator in front of her and leave as if nothing happened."

"...You should avoid associating with Chen Lingyun. She's not the role model you should be following."

"No, I've been studying brother."

"Then you are truly filial."

"Filial piety isn't something you use to refer to your elder brother, it should be something like brotherly love and respectful respect for younger sisters."

"Hmph." Yan Yu selected the first part of his speech, the part about "giving all the food you don't like to eat to Sister Zhao", and silently forwarded it to Yan's mother.

After a while, Mother Yan replied:

"Don't worry, your sister still eats vegetables at home. But you live out there and eat takeout all day, and I can't stop you."

"We have someone to cook here." Yan Yu replied.

"Is it the Sister Ningning that Jingjing mentioned?" Yan Yu was quite surprised that his mother could actually call out the name.

Chen Lingyun, how much trouble have you put in my house?
"It's good to have someone cook for you," Yan's mother continued, "but it's not good for you to live with a bunch of little girls. Their parents will definitely have some complaints."

"It's okay." Yan Yu replied, "Their parents don't know."

"We have to know," Yan's mother asked. "What will you do then?"

"I recently met Lin Ning and Su Yunjin's parents, and they had no objections," Yan Yu said.

"I'm afraid he doesn't object outwardly, but he does in his heart," said Yan's mother.

"It doesn't matter. Their daughter is in my hands." Yan Yu typed back, "No matter how many opinions I have in my heart, I have to keep them to myself."

"Hmm." Yan's mother sighed over the phone. My son has this rebellious and eccentric personality. I don't know who he takes after...his father is obviously not like that at all. Jingjing is also very well-behaved and sensible.

"Be careful, don't let anyone get killed," she warned finally.

"Mom, don't you want to have grandchildren soon?" Yan Yu asked.

Mother Yan almost dropped her phone.

(End of this chapter)