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

Chapter 567 Come on, follow me home
Su Yunjin's estimate was correct.

She entered the Huafu stage about two days later than Zhou Hongyu.

As a result, there were only three people left in the team who had not entered the Huafu stage: Lin Ning, Yan Yu, and Chen Lingyun.

After so many days of teamwork, everyone had begun to realize that the captain's qualifications were probably at the bottom of the group, which was why they had to resort to this collaborative practice model to leverage the more talented girls on the team...

Of course, no one will tell.

If this kind of thing is spoken out, it will definitely reduce the favorability. Everyone has intentions towards the captain and will certainly not fall into such a situation. As for private discussions, it is naturally inevitable.

"Sister Zhao." Xie Ruoxi whispered, "Speaking of which, with the captain's cultivation aptitude, how did he reach the Transformation Palace Stage? Could it be that it was all through combined cultivation?"

"That's right." Zhao Yuanzhen said as a matter of course, "During that initial period, it was all thanks to me and him practicing together. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have reached the Marrow Cleansing Stage by now..."

The two girls looked at each other for a moment, then burst into giggles, and for a moment the whole living room was filled with silvery bell-like laughter.

Yan Yu was lying on the sofa, looking at them with dissatisfaction, not knowing what these two pretty girls were laughing at.

It's already June, and all the major teams have basically made new schedules:

The Longxiong team was temporarily split up, and Liu Longtao, as the only Huafu-level cultivator in the Dingbei Army, was transferred to the northeast to guard the border and deter foreign villains.

The team is led by Ye Jun, who has been wandering around Jibei Province recently and is said to have found clues about the local Nine Netherworld.

The Qing'an team has not yet produced any cultivator at the Evolution Palace level, so accelerating the upgrading of breathing and refining is of utmost importance, especially for the team leader Li Zhaojiang. It is said that the commander-in-chief of the Annan Army has issued a death order that he must get the top five places in the Evolution Palace level. Therefore, a group of scientific researchers are surrounding him and planning to give him newly refined pills.

Li Minghu was transferred to carry out a secret mission, and he sent a message to Yan Yu, saying that there was no danger and asking him not to worry and not to ask too many questions.

Zhou Hongyu of the Fire Phoenix Team has been promoted to the Huafu level, so he has not been idle. He has started to collect acquired fire elites and has secretly gone abroad.

The team is currently led by Zhang Huaide, and the main task is still to improve cultivation, which is similar to other teams.

Yan Yu suddenly saw a message prompt.

[Miao girl Tang Lingling] invites you to join the "Go! Huafujie" chat group.

He clicked to accept and saw a lot of familiar nicknames in the group. They were all cultivators from the four major teams who had not yet evolved to the palace level and were spamming the group.

[Rizhao Zhujiang]: Let me see who's here! Hey, isn't this Lao Yan? How come Lu Country's number one cultivator is hanging around in our Marrow Cleansing Stage?
[Conquer others with virtue]: Your sister and I have an agreement to enter the Huafu stage together.

[Rizhao Pearl River]: Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling!

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: By the way, what did Deputy Captain Li do?

[Rizhao Pearl River]: It’s a secret mission, I can’t tell you, it’s not a combat type anyway.

[Zhu Jun]: That would delay your cultivation.

[Rizhao Pearl River]: There is no other way. Just like your Longxiong team, there is an urgent task from above, so we have to suspend our training.

[Zhu Jun]: Haha, there is really nothing we can do about it.

[Conquer People with Virtue]: I heard that you have been taking a lot of medicine recently?

[Rizhao Pearl River]: Alas, it’s almost turning into a medicine jar.

Yan Yu was secretly happy. Forcing things to happen was the only way for people without sufficient qualifications.

Compared to the group of cultivators created by Qiu Ze, this small group was filled with only top cultivators, so there weren't any flatterers like those who worshipped the gods, and the chat was quite lively. Yan Yu looked at the messages for a while, and suddenly a new window popped up.

[Tsundere Monster]: Bro, I’m coming to play with you and your sisters-in-law during the summer vacation.

[Conquer people with virtue]: Stop making trouble, we are practicing, you can't come here.

[Tsundere Monster]: I can’t come in, you can come out and find me.

That's true. Breathing and refining Qi doesn't mean you have to sit in meditation for 24 hours a day. Just don't miss the daily group practice time.

【Conquer people with virtue】: We’ll talk about it when the time comes.

[Tsundere]: What do you mean by "we'll talk about it later"? My summer vacation is only two months long, and you won't even spend time with me! Is there any brother like you?
[Tsundere Monster]: You're done! I'm going to fan the flames among the sisters-in-law and make your harem completely explode!

[Conquer People with Virtue]: Le, why do you think you can force me, your brother, to submit by threatening to blow up something that doesn't exist?
[Tsundere Monster]: Brother, you are talking nonsense again. What’s the difference between this and a rich man crying poor?
[Conquer People with Virtue]: After the summer vacation, when you plan to go to Jinling, please let me know in advance.

[Tsundere]: Will the sisters-in-law come too? /Jingjing Eyes

[Conquer people with virtue]: If only one person can come, who would you want to come?
[Tsundere]: Oh, this one stumps me. Sister Lingyun is the richest, Sister Yunjin is the gentlest, Sister Ningning is tsundere and fun, Sister Ruoxi is timid but also cute, and Sister Zhao will take me to eat lots of delicious food... Never mind, I can't choose, I want them all!
【Conquer people with virtue】: You want a dick!
[Tsundere Monster]: So disgusting, so disgusting, my brother actually made dirty jokes to me, I'm going to complain to my sisters-in-law!
[Conquer People with Virtue]: What do they have to do with you? And what do they have to do with me? Don't let yourself get fooled by these words.

After ending the bickering with his sister in a few words, Yan Yu continued to lie on the sofa and play with his mobile phone, but his mind gradually lost interest in it.

Among the remaining three people, Yan Yu, Lin Ning and Chen Lingyun, Yan Yu himself is currently making the fastest progress.

The reason was nothing else but that he had been practicing with Zhao Yuanzhen, which was equivalent to using the cultivation talent of the demon sect witch to brutally crush Lin Ning and Chen Lingyun.

Humph, two losers! You can't even compare to me in breathing exercises!

Due to his fastest progress in cultivation, Yan Yu recently felt that he was vaguely touching the threshold of perfection in the Marrow Cleansing Stage. Even when he got up from the bed every morning, he felt as if all the joints in his body were freed of the weight, and he felt an indescribable sense of ease and comfort.

Of course, it could also be an illusion caused by smelling too much fragrance. After all, there were five fragrant girls living in the room, and the scents of various shampoos, shower gels and hormones were faintly mixed in the air. It was just like Jia Baoyu entering the Grand View Garden and gradually getting lost surrounded by his sisters.

Good! I want to break through the Marrow Cleansing Stage as soon as possible!
Yan Yu secretly made up his mind, and suddenly received a message from Chen Lingyun:

"If you have time, come down and take a look."

This scumbag woman has been hanging out in the basement all day lately, tinkering with something unknown... Yan Yu secretly complained. When he got to the basement, he saw a gloomy, gloomy atmosphere, like a necromancer's secret base. "Why don't we ask the Zhendong Army to build another base for you?" Yan Yu couldn't help but complain, "Just so you can study your ghosts."

"We're already digging." Chen Lingyun said lightly.

"Ah?" Yan Yu thought to herself, "I was just saying this for the time being. I didn't expect you to actually raise this request with the higher-ups." As expected of the powerful governor's only daughter, she was adept at using public resources for her own benefit. "So why did you call me over?"

"Look at this." Chen Lingyun made a hand gesture.

She formed a seal with her hand, and her true energy surged out, quickly condensing into a purple-black seal script, about the size of a palm, floating in the air, with ghostly aura lingering around it, looking somewhat eerie and terrifying.

"Is this the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Seal?" Yan Yu looked at it in amazement. "Okay, I'll really give it to you to study."

"Guess what this seal script means?" Chen Lingyun asked with a smile.

"Uh, I can't guess." Yan Yu said truthfully.

I haven't been studying the Nine Heavens Demon Prison Banner all day, so how can I know what your seal script means?
"It means reincarnation," Chen Lingyun said calmly. "Resurrection from the dead, prosperity from decline, spring coming back from withered trees, good times after bad times—all of these can be transformed. Any ghost that enters this divine seal will be able to escape the great cycle of reincarnation between heaven and earth and enter the small cycle of reincarnation within my prison banner."

"With a single thought, I can either scatter their souls or reunite their bodies. Life and death are both under my control."

"Very good." Yan Yu nodded perfunctorily.

It sounds impressive, but it only works on ghosts refined by the Prison Banner. If your Pokémon Ball can ever contain humans, allowing them to live or die, I'll be in awe of your abilities.

"There are three divine seals in the prison banner," Chen Lingyun continued, "and there are two divine seals in the divine evil beads. I collected all five, and after verifying and deducing them from each other, I finally understood the meaning of one of the seals."

"If you want to master more seal characters, you need to obtain more Nine Heavens Yin Demon series magic weapons and get more divine seal characters."

"I see." Yan Yu said, "Then you must have an idea and know where to look, right?"

"Team Longxiong has been searching for clues about the Nine Netherworld Palace recently," Chen Lingyun said with a smile. "Please tell Ye Jun that if you find any magical weapon of this type, please let us know privately."

"Why don't you use your connections to get it done?" Yan Yu asked in surprise. "The treasures obtained from Ye Jun will eventually end up in the Dingbei Army's inventory, right? We can just exchange them when the time comes."

"First of all, Ye Jun is an assistant monk, so there's no guarantee she wouldn't want to use these magical weapons." Chen Lingyun sighed and explained, "If she applies for them beforehand, I won't be able to get them."

"Secondly, the Nine Heavens Yin Demon treasures have great uses, so great that it's best not to let the higher-ups know I'm collecting them. You should be aware of this... Grandpa Li should have contacted you recently to explain this matter, right?"

Yan Yu frowned slightly, feeling that although she didn't say it directly, she seemed to be disdainful of his intelligence.

But there's nothing I can do about it. Who told me that Ye Jun and I have such a close relationship?
So he sent a message to Ye Jun, saying that Chen Lingyun needed a magic weapon related to ghosts, and asked Ye Jun to tell him in advance if he collected similar treasures.

Ye Jun agreed very readily and said that I am not interested in evil things anyway, and there are no other officers in the team who play with magic weapons. When the list is ready, I will send it to you directly and let you choose first.

Yan Yu was communicating with Ye Jun when Chen Lingyun suddenly moved his mind, slammed the prison banner on the ground, and summoned Bai Wuchang.

Today's Bai Wuchang has completely absorbed Commander Bai from the previous secret realm, and has made great progress on this Yin Shen Road. At this moment, there is a dim light in his eyes, his bony hands are tucked into his sleeves, and he calls him Lord respectfully.

"Is this the Bai Wuchang after his promotion?" Yan Yu came over curiously and asked, "Has there been any change in his abilities?"

Bai Wuchang did not speak, only heard Chen Lingyun slowly say:

"From now on, you will also treat him as your master. If he has anything to ask you, you must treat him the same way you treat me. Understand?"

"Understood, Lord." Bai Wuchang said respectfully, turning to explain to Yan Yu, "I have obtained some fragments of Bai Wuchang's priesthood. Now the Soul-Snatching Dark Light has a longer range, faster speed, and a larger range. It can hook three souls at the same time."

Yan Yu had seen the original soul-bewitching dark light when he was fighting against Fan Wentang. It was almost like a streak of silk, and at most it could only sweep up one person.

Now Bai Wuchang used his ability again, and the soul-snatching dark light was indeed much more condensed and faster. Although it was still not as fast as the flying sword, it had reached the level of being "difficult to guard against".

"Also, I've received intelligence that Bai Wuchang possesses a magical treasure called the 'Soul-Catching Book.'" Bai Wuchang continued, "This magical treasure is one-of-a-kind in the universe. If I can obtain it, my abilities will be further enhanced."

"I'll pay attention." Chen Lingyun nodded lightly.

She put Bai Wuchang into the banner and only heard Yan Yu sigh and say:
"Your needs are increasing. I don't know how many ghost secret realms you need to conquer."

"The road ahead is long and difficult." Chen Lingyun said softly.

"If you need my help, just tell me." Yan Yu smiled. "There aren't many ghost-like secret realms here in the Zhendong Army. We have to go explore them in the north. If you can get any clues to the secret realm, I can accompany you to explore it when I'm free."

Since Chen Lingyun didn't want her superiors to know that she was collecting these things, she certainly couldn't go through the official channels of the Dingbei Army. She could only inquire about similar clues to secret realms from all kinds of messy rumors like those folk cultivators. Fortunately, she had Chen Tianming, the Jianghai Governor, as her backing, and abundant family resources, so she was not at a loss.

"If we have to use family resources, it will bring up another issue." Chen Lingyun sighed and said, "My father is a little dissatisfied with our current relationship."

"What is he dissatisfied with?" Yan Yu was baffled. "As the undisputed number one cultivator in Lu Country, I am willing to take care of his daughter. Shouldn't Old Deng be grateful?"

"Don't call my dad Lao Deng, thank you." Chen Lingyun said calmly, "As parents, of course we think our children are the best in the world. You have so many beautiful girls around you, and there's no real relationship between you and me. Even if my parents don't say it, they must be worried."

"Or you can come clean to your parents and tell them that you want to help me start a harem and that you don't mind me being surrounded by beautiful women," Yan Yu suggested.

Chen Lingyun had long been accustomed to Yan Yu's various bad ideas. She simply ignored them and said with a smile:
"Please spare half a day and accompany me back to Jianghai Mansion."

"Pretending to be your boyfriend again?" Yan Yu was startled at first, then felt strange. Why did I say "again"?

"No need," Chen Lingyun replied, "As long as Mom and Dad feel that we have a close relationship, that's all. Leave the rest to me, you don't have to worry about it."

It was a familiar word again, because she had said the same thing in her previous life, "You just need to be with me, as for whether my family supports or opposes, just leave it to me, you don't have to worry about it"... It felt like being supported by a rich woman and all I had to do was contribute my beauty.

But in this way, Chen Lingyun in her previous life had indeed fulfilled her duties as a girlfriend, except for her reluctance to marry him. Although Yan Yu still had some complaints about her, from her perspective, maintaining a long-term relationship with a mortal under pressure from her family also came at a considerable cost.

Forget it! Consider it my debt from my past life. I'll go with you on this trip, okay?

(End of this chapter)