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

Chapter 589 Yan Jing's Shield
Yan Jing got off the plane and left the terminal with her suitcase. Outside, she met Lin Ning who came to pick her up.

"Sister Ning!" The sister-in-law immediately came forward and called sweetly, "Thank you for coming to pick me up. Actually, I can take a taxi myself."

"No need to waste money." Lin Ning waved her hand, "I'll fly you over on my sword."

"Hahaha." Yan Jing stuck out her tongue and thought to herself, Sister Ning is such a rich cultivator, why does she still care about this.

She found a deserted place, and soared into the sky with Yan Jing on her sword, causing countless people around who saw the sword light to exclaim in surprise.

"By the way." Yan Jing was a little scared of flying with a sword for the first time, so she started chatting with Lin Ning to distract herself. "Sister Ning, have you heard of the monk competition?"

"I've heard of it, what's wrong?" Lin Ning asked back.

"I want to get a blood test, too." Yan Jing blinked, a little hopeful. "Brother is a cultivator, maybe I have a talent for cultivation too."

The first monks competition has now entered the publicity and preparation stage, and is being reported by major news media.

Before, monks were like freshman representatives at school or union chairmen at companies. Many people knew they were elected, but had no idea how they were chosen, and subconsciously assumed they were "probably chosen by the leadership." Now, the monk competition has designated registration as "civilian monks," which has suddenly opened the eyes of many who were previously confused.
What, we also have the opportunity to become monks?

Since registration for the Monk Competition requires a blood test, the designated medical centers in major cities are completely overcrowded. Many are simply mortals without spiritual roots, far from being monks, yet they join in the fun and draw a tube of blood—what if I have the aptitude to cultivate?
Yan Jing, in Lin'an, heard that Jiangnan First and Second Hospitals were already fully booked. While this didn't affect the registration of genuine civilian cultivators (a spell was used on-site to skip the line), ordinary people relied entirely on online appointments, and their chances were slim. That's why she was thinking of using her brother's connections within the system.

"Blood test? Of course you can." Lin Ning frowned slightly.

"I don't expect to have my brother's talent as the number one cultivator. I will be satisfied as long as I can practice." Yan Jing said with a smile.

This is exactly what makes me weird! Lin Ningxin said.

Spiritual roots have a certain degree of hereditary potential, so the higher-ups would conduct a round of focused screening on the relatives of the team's cultivators. For example, those genetically related to her, including the Lin family members in Qingyuan Prefecture, had already had their blood tested... Of course, it didn't specify "testing cultivation aptitude," but Lin's father and daughter had a vague guess after discussing it.

Jingjing, if you really have the talent to practice cultivation, you would have been picked up and enlisted in the army by now!
Lin Ning, however, would not say this. She was straightforward and not a fool, so she naturally would not pour cold water on her sister-in-law's enthusiasm and reduce her good impression for no reason.

After bringing Yan Jing back to Jinling Villa, I found everyone watching TV in the living room after entering the house.

The person the media was interviewing on TV was a civilian monk who had been confirmed by the military government to have passed the registration. He was actually an old man in his 70s, with a hunched body, but he was in good spirits and walked without any hindrance.

"Sister is here?" Yan Yu said, and the girls immediately went over to greet Jingjing.

Those who can talk, such as Yunjin and Lingyun, surrounded her and started to curry her favor; those who can't talk, such as Ruoxi and Yaonu, could only help carry bags and pour tea.

"By the way." Lin Ning came over and said, "Jingjing wants to take a blood test to check her qualifications."

"Let her go for the test." Yan Yu waved his hand.

"No way?" Lin Ning stared at the interview on TV and said in surprise, "He's over 70 years old and can actually start practicing cultivation?"

"It's not possible in theory." Yan Yu said lazily.

Theoretical data models inevitably deviate from reality. For example, before the release of China's first AAA blockbuster game, someone posted online asking, "Does it have a chance of exceeding 3 million in sales?" Hundreds of data enthusiasts offered calculations, arguments, and ridicule, citing data from various blockbuster games on the market. The result was that sales exceeded million in just three days.

The data is flawless. A veteran in the industry, a certain wolf, achieved sales of over 50 million in four years! Blame it on some people whose reality doesn't conform to your perfect data model. Common sense suggests that it's virtually impossible to enter the spiritual realm over the age of 70. But then reality waves you off and says, "I don't follow common sense." Here comes the -year-old monk, Old Deng!
"It must be some kind of adventure." Facing Lin Ning's puzzled look, Yan Yu spread his hands and said casually.

This was also the valuable experience he had gained from his two lives as a human being: When it comes to matters related to spiritual practice, if you encounter something that is difficult to explain, just attribute it to the person being lucky enough to have a fortuitous encounter.

In a previous life, a beautiful loser was livestreaming in a rental apartment. Without any exposure to any cultivation techniques, he went hungry for a few days and skipped the Qi Refining stage, entering the Marrow Cleansing stage to complete the Bigu Fast! Is there any law or justice in this fucking world?
"Lingyun?" Lin Ning asked, "How many people have signed up now?"

"There seem to be about ten of them." Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

"I haven't even entered the Transformation Palace yet!" Lin Ning suddenly became angry. "I have a supply of elixirs, a secret realm to guarantee spiritual energy, and everyone's help. I've never been lazy in my daily breathing exercises, so how come my advancement speed is not as fast as these ten people?"

Yan Yu wanted to say that there must be more than ten people, because there would always be common monks who did not come to sign up. But seeing that tears were already welling up in Lin Daiyu's eyes, he changed his mind and pointed to the sofa next to him and said:
"sit."

Lin Ning sat down with her lips pursed tightly, her eyes wide open, as if she was trying hard not to let her tears fall.

"Eat some fruit to calm down," Yan Yu said.

Lin Ning immediately lost her temper. Because Yan Jing was still there and hadn't gone up to the second floor, she could only stomp hard on Yan Yu's instep with her slippers and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth:

"Shouldn't you be comforting me at this time?"

"I've already comforted her." Yan Yu showed an innocent look, "It was an adventure, an adventure!"

"Why do so many people have adventures but I don't?" Lin Ning started to make trouble.

"If you say there is one, then it exists. Can it still be called an encounter?" Yan Yu sneered.

Lin Ning calmly shifted her center of gravity, placing half of her body weight on the foot that was stepping on him.

"Alas," Yan Yu sighed, "Ningning, calm down. Let me analyze this for you: First of all, the speed of cultivation depends mainly on one's cultivation aptitude, right?"

"That's right." Lin Ning said, "We learned about it in the theoretical course at school."

Do you still remember the theory classes in school?

"In fact, as long as one's cultivation aptitude is no worse than Chen Lingyun's, they can basically reach the upper limit of their cultivation allowed by the current spiritual energy concentration. It's just a matter of speed." Yan Yu said slowly, "Pills, secret realms, and other national cultivation resources can only affect the speed of reaching the upper limit. The only thing that truly determines whether you can reach the upper limit is your aptitude."

"My qualifications are not bad either." Lin Ning muttered.

"Your aptitude isn't bad, but there are always civilian cultivators with better aptitude than you." Yan Yu said with a smile, "Use this gap to offset the resource advantage you have as an official cultivator, and raise your cultivation level faster."

"But as I said, levels don't really mean much. After all, there's a ceiling. Even if they're far more talented than you, sooner or later they'll have to stop and wait for you... At that point, it'll all come down to who has the better flying sword, the most powerful magic weapon, and the most impressive skills. In this respect, you have a huge advantage over them."

"Hmph." Lin Ning's mood finally brightened up, and she snorted, "Then I can't fall behind in cultivation level. I have to catch up as soon as possible."

"Come on!" Yan Yu said.

After making Lin Daiyu burst into laughter, Yan Yu showed a smug smile that he came up with effortlessly, but soon fell into deep thought again.

Having said that, Ningning is actually a microcosm, representing that deep down in the hearts of many team monks, they actually look down on civilian monks.

I have the qualifications, I have elixirs, and I have been trained by the country. Why should I look down on you?
It turned out that some civilian cultivators were leveling up faster than him, and even someone with Ning Ning's personality couldn't help but break down. What about the cultivators in other teams? In the previous life, Li Zhaojiang rebelled...

Yan Yu pondered for a moment, picked up his phone and sent a message to Qiu Ze.

[Conquer People with Virtue]: Have you heard about the recent monks' competition?

[Shenxing Wanli]: Of course, the media is promoting it everywhere, and I have seen it on my phone at least dozens of times.

[Conquering People with Virtue]: You have a wide network of contacts in school. Tell me, what do your classmates think of this competition?
[Shenxing Wanli]: It’s basically worry or unhappiness.

【Conquer people with virtue】: Oh, how do you mean?
[Shenxing Wanli]: Let me give you an analogy. Let's say you're from Lin'an. Let's say you were admitted to Jiangnan University, a top 985 university. Awesome! Then, Jiangnan University has an out-of-town college, a second-tier university. Suddenly, you receive news that this out-of-town college is merging with the main campus. All the second-tier students will be transferred back to the main campus, and all subsequent studies and graduations will be treated equally... What's your first reaction to hearing this?
[Winning people over with virtue]: Uh... worry and unhappiness, right?
[Shen Xing Wanli]: That's right, people just can't stand seeing others do better than they do. We're clan monks, the nation's beloved sons. What are those civilian monks to? Godsons? Civil servants rarely consider dating outside the system. How can you expect us clan monks to have a good attitude towards civilian monks?
[Conquer people with virtue]: Besides complaining, are there any other reactions?

[Shenxing Wanli]: That's impossible. Just complaining is enough. God Yan, we are all absolutely loyal to our country. No matter who says something strange, we will always support the decisions made by the higher-ups. Wherever the Zhendong Army flag points, we will charge!

[Conquer people with virtue]: That’s enough. I’m not here to sound out information on behalf of Lao Li. I’m just asking casually.

[Shenxing Wanli]: You can ask anything and I will answer seriously, hehe.

Yan Yu sighed, thinking that Qiu Ze must not have lied.

Right now, the team still had enough resources for the monks, so it was reasonable for everyone to just complain. The only worry was that they would recruit more and more civilian monks and wouldn't be able to stop, and Chen Tianming would start stirring up trouble behind the scenes like he did in his previous life, and then there wouldn't be enough resources to distribute...

Damn it, why think so much? The only way out is to make yourself stronger!
"Brother!" Yan Jing suddenly rushed over from behind the sofa and held his head. "Who are you chatting with? I caught you!"

Although he had his back to the girls, Yan Yu felt as if several gazes were cast at him at the same time, like sunlight focused by a magnifying glass, causing his body temperature to rise dramatically.

"Qiu Ze." Yan Yu replied.

"Who is Qiu Ze? Is he the new candidate sister-in-law?" Yan Jing asked curiously.

But the lingering gaze behind him quickly dissipated.

"Male classmates, please don't add fuel to the fire." Yan Yu saw through his sister's sinister intentions at a glance.

"Hehe." Yan Jing leaned close to his ear and said, "The sisters have reached a consensus. You can only find a girlfriend within the team. You can't let those little bitches outside the team get away with it. I agree with this."

"Agree to that." Yan Yu said, "Who I choose as my girlfriend is none of your business. Are you qualified to point fingers?"

"I'm your sister!" Yan Jing shouted.

"It's useless even if you are my mother, shut up!" Yan Yu scolded.

Yan Jing turned her head helplessly and smiled helplessly at everyone:
"My brother is being arrogant again. There's really nothing I can do about him."

"I think you're itching for trouble!" Yan Yu was already upset, and how could he tolerate his sister's rebellion? He stood up and came over to catch her.

Yan Jing immediately screamed and ran around, quickly hiding behind Su Yunjin.

"Yunjin, get out of the way!" Yan Yu shouted.

"No, I have to protect Jingjing." Su Yunjin smiled and opened her arms, as if she was playing the hen in the game "Eagle Catches Chicken".

Yan Yu took a step forward, intending to go over Yun Jin to catch his sister, but Yan Jing pushed hard from behind, pushing sister Yun Jin with her arms outstretched into Yan Yu's arms.

Well done, Jingjing! Su Yunjin immediately pretended to stumble and lose her balance, then snuggled into the captain's arms, her face showing just the right amount of timidity and shyness.

Yan Yu could only support her. His anger level rose again, and he saw Yan Jing using Xie Ruoxi as a shield again, shouting:

"Sister Ruoxi, save me!"

"Get out of the way!" Yan Yu shouted.

"Ah? I can't do it! I can't do it!" The captain's authority was as powerful as a prison. How could little Ruoxi dare to act rashly? Xie Ruoxi immediately tried to dodge to the side. Seeing that her sister was useless, Yan Jing quickly pushed her hard.

Go and play your role for me!

Yan Yu wanted to dodge this time, but unexpectedly, Xie Ruoxi really staggered and lost her balance. In a panic, she hugged the captain and did not fall.

She barely managed to stand still, blushing as she let go of the captain. Yan Yu didn't bother with her and glared at his own sister again. Without anyone reminding her, Lin Ning had already blocked Yan Jing's way and shouted:
"Don't bully Jingjing!"

"Forget it, Captain, forget it." Yun Jin grabbed his arm and tried to persuade him. Xie Ruoxi also opened her mouth, but she was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

Lin Ning's eyes widened. What? I haven't even gone through the formalities yet... How could this be?! This isn't fair!

Fortunately, Yan Jing exerted force again from behind and pushed her towards Yan Yu.

Lin Ning was already angry, so she simply raised her arms and charged towards him.

Yan Yu saw that this girl was still trying to elbow him, so he immediately held her arm with his left hand and pinched her armpit with his right hand. With a single move, he neutralized Lin Ning's attack without a trace. He turned his body slightly and pushed her out of his arms. Then he took another step forward, pushing his sister to the edge of the living room, and said viciously:
"No one can save you now!"

Yan Jing quickly looked at Chen Lingyun, who immediately smiled and said:
"I can't do it."

Sister Lingyun is so petite and delicate that it's really not that good. I feel that even if I rush over at full speed, my brother can easily push her away with one hand... Yan Jing immediately turned around and said:
"Sister Zhao, save me!"

"You little thief, prepare to die!" The demon girl responded immediately and stepped forward.

The girls in front had demonstrated it, so she didn't hesitate at all. Yan Jing pushed her hard from behind, and she pounced on Yan Yu fiercely, pretending that she was pushed over.

Hit him to death!
Yan Yu was also slightly startled, because the demon girl's tonnage was completely different from Yun Jin Ning Ning's spiritual charm. If Da Bai bumped into him, his brain would not react before his body would react.

Considering that his sister was present, he could not risk losing his composure, otherwise it would damage his brother's dignity. He subconsciously dodged to the side, causing Zhao Yuanzhen to fall on the sofa.

Zhao Yuanzhen missed, but he was furious:
Okay, okay, they can all hug her, but I, the real Taoist partner, am the only one who can’t hug her, right?
I'll remember this grudge! If I don't take revenge, I'll be unworthy of being a human being!

When I reach a critical stage in my cultivation, I'll force you to hold me for hours! Don't let your hands fall, and don't let your feet touch the ground. I'll avenge what I did today and wipe out this deep hatred!
(End of this chapter)