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

Chapter 611: Fire Escape Nine Numbers
After fasting, monks are immune to cold and heat, which means they are not afraid of high and low temperatures that are unbearable for mortals.

But if you encounter Zhou Hongyu's bright fire and it burns your body, you will at least lose a layer of skin.

What the two encountered at this time was another situation:
Icy hell.

As the ambient temperature continued to drop, Yan Yu felt as if a chill was drilling into his bones, so that most of his exposed skin had become numb.

He laboriously circulated his true energy, distributing it evenly around his body to counteract the extreme external environment. This was also part of the training for ordinary warriors in his previous life. Even if the skin was severely injured, it could prevent foreign true energy from penetrating deep into his body and damaging his limbs, bones, and muscles.

Zhou Hongyu had no experience dealing with severe cold, relying solely on her physical fitness to withstand it. However, she specialized in fire-related Daoism and had collected a number of acquired fire elites, so she was in better shape than Yan Yu.

At this moment, he finally became ruthless and used the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire to continuously cut at the blockage, wishing he could break through it immediately.

"It's so fucking cold." Yan Yu said with emotion.

At first, what he exhaled was white air, but now it has frozen into ice chips as soon as it comes out of his mouth. Even his mouth has become stiff - he just opened his mouth for a moment and the mucous membrane feels a little frozen.

"Yan Yu, hold on a little longer!" Zhou Hongyu shouted, and then a golden thread spurted out of his mouth, "Break!"

The Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire was originally an extremely thin and dense golden thread, which was best at attacking and breaking shields. However, Zhou Hongyu used it like a big knife, cutting the blocked position one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight times in a row, causing countless ice chips to fly everywhere.

But it's still in vain.

As Yan Yu had analyzed before, in a large barrel full of pebbles, crushing the pebbles would not add much space unless the pebbles were finely ground into sand.

Zhou Hongyu was still casting spells with all his might, producing pills continuously. Beside him, Yan Yu leaned weakly against the ice wall and slowly closed his eyes.

...In fact, he won’t die in a short time.

The training of ordinary warriors in their previous lives wasn't in vain. To reach a level comparable to that of a Bigu cultivator, they even underwent multiple rounds of near-death training, ensuring that even if they lost consciousness, they could instinctively maintain the circulation of their vital energy, resisting the harsh external environment until the very last moment.

But when I think about how Zhou Hongyu would regret it if I pretended to die... wow, seeing her with such a pitiful and heartbroken expression, I would be willing to die!

"Yan Yu!" Zhou Hongyu quickly noticed the strangeness of the man beside her, "What's wrong with you?"

She didn't bother to continue casting the spell, and quickly hugged Yan Yu's body. Her voice became obviously anxious, and there was a hint of uncontrollable crying:

"Wake up!"

"Stop sleeping!"

"I can't pass out here!"

"Hongyu..." Yan Yu pretended to open his eyes slightly and said weakly, "You have to live well..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhou Hongyu slapped him in the face.

Wow, this bitch is so ruthless! In fact, Yan Yu had enough time to open the Elephant Curse, but in order to prevent Zhou Hongyu from noticing that something was wrong with his hand, he took the blow.

Seeing that Yan Yu still had no reaction, Zhou Hongyu also stood there in a daze, the expression on his face frozen.

She held Yan Yu's "corpse" in her arms in silence for about thirty or forty seconds. Suddenly, she made a sword gesture with her right hand, and the Chiyu sword quickly turned over and stabbed at her white throat!
Yan Yu opened his tiger eyes like lightning, and stretched out his left hand, chanting a spell, and immediately grasped the hilt of the Red Feather Sword, shouting in surprise:

"What are you doing!"

"You're not dead!" Zhou Hongyu also widened his eyes in shock.

"You can die a hundred times but it won't be my turn to die!" Yan Yu sneered, "You're crazy!"

"I've already told you," Zhou Hongyu said stubbornly, "If you dare to leave me, I'll kill you first, and then I'll kill myself."

"What if I order you to live before I die?" Yan Yu asked.

"It's useless." Zhou Hongyu snorted and said stubbornly, "I won't listen to the words of the dead."

Yan Yu:………………

This girl is really the type who will never give up on someone even if it means death.

But seriously, it's enough if you can stick with me at the critical moment. There's no need to be so stubborn at other times.

Zhou Hongyu seemed to be trying to maintain a cold, unspeakable and fierce expression, but soon failed and broke down. She hugged him with sobs and burst into tears:
"It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead..."

"If he doesn't die now, he will die sooner or later." Yan Yu also sighed.

"It's okay." Zhou Hongyu hugged him tightly, smiling through tears, and murmured, "Let's die together... die together..."

"Magic cloak!" Yan Yu quickly recited the well-known Sichuan Mansion Calming Mantra, and at the same time, he pushed her away and cursed, "Can you please be more sane! It would be fine if you didn't try to survive, but why are you actively seeking death?"

Zhou Hongyu was stunned for a moment, wiped away her tears vigorously, and said with a smile:

"Okay, okay, unless you die, I won't take the initiative to seek death, okay?"

"That's better." Yan Yu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then realized something was wrong and frowned.

Why are you still thinking about committing suicide with me?
"Are you cold?" Zhou Hongyu asked again.

"It's cold." Yan Yu said, "I'm not like that. I have acquired the elite of the Fire Element and am not afraid of the severe cold."

Zhou Hongyu was silent for a moment, then suddenly reached out and began to undress.

If it weren't for the Chiyu Jiufeng Fire that expanded the space, it would be difficult to take off this dress! Yan Yu's eyes tightened as he quickly grabbed her wrist and shouted:
"What are you doing!"

"I have a fire elite. I'll warm you up." Zhou Hongyu forcefully pulled his hand away and quickly unbuttoned his coat. With a flick of the Akabane sword, he completely slit his underwear and the belt, then proceeded to strip him of his clothes.

"Forget it." Yan Yu wanted to struggle, but unfortunately his hands and feet were so frozen that he had no strength left. He could only persuade him with words, "This is a test-type secret realm. It will probably not kill anyone. I estimate that when I am on the verge of death, the environment will change again. Then you will have to save me. Try to conserve your energy for now..."

What he said were all good advice, but unfortunately Zhou Hongyu never listened to it. She forcefully tore off his coat and underwear, then hugged him tightly and entangled their limbs.

Although they were hugging each other for warmth, this position prevented them from wrapping themselves tightly with outer clothing, so cold air kept pouring into their waists, to the point that Yan Yu couldn't tell whether this made him warmer or colder - Hongyu was definitely colder anyway.

Feeling the faint chill coming from the other person's smooth and warm body, he sighed inwardly and stopped talking.

The consciousness is getting heavier.

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After an unknown amount of time, Yan Yu suddenly woke up from his coma and felt someone shaking his body violently.

"Yanyu! Yanyu!" "...It's so noisy."

Yan Yu slowly opened his eyes and found that Zhou Hongyu was hugging him tightly, with tears of joy on his face.

The two were staying in a small room, surrounded by various flying swords, magic weapons... many rare treasures, shining with spiritual light, placed within easy reach and had not been touched by anyone.

"Why are you still caring about me!" Yan Yu struggled to stand up, "Count the harvest!"

"Okay." Zhou Hongyu stood up and began to pick out the treasures around him. "Yan Yu, you said you wanted a magic weapon, right?"

"Yeah." Yan Yu rubbed his temples, still feeling a little dizzy.

However, the clothes on his body were intact, without any traces of being cut by the flying sword, which meant...

Was everything just now an illusion?
Humph, such an immersive illusion, it actually fooled even a veteran like me who has lived two lives. It's worthy of being a top-level secret realm that can produce the Taoist Great Light Flame! Using the illusion of near-death to replace the goalkeeper for the test is quite ingenious and innovative.

After all this trouble, let me see what good things there are!
Zhou Hongyu gathered all the magic weapons together, turned around and said to Yan Yu:
"All the magic weapons that can be found are here, would you like to take a look?"

"This is all I need." Yan Yu picked out a flute from the magic weapon. It was as smooth as jade, pure white, and had a red silk tassel hanging at the end. It didn't look like an ordinary item.

Of course, musical instruments like these aren't usually the first choice for lieutenants. The reason for this is that, late last year, a monk from the Annan Army, who was a music student before his spiritual roots were detected, confidently chose a guzheng, believing his mastery of music would allow him to master it.

It turned out that the magic weapon of Guzheng is that when it is played, countless petals will appear and fall down - in fact, it is the magic weapon used by the welcoming boy in the sect in the past, which is specially used to entertain distinguished guests. But who knew this thing before it was refined?

Therefore, people still prefer hairpins, shuttles, flying needles and other sharp objects, which are obviously offensive magic weapons. The next is rulers, scrolls, seals and other magic weapons. Although there is a chance of getting junk items randomly, the overall probability of getting them is still considerable.

Musical instrument magic weapon...whoever is stupid can choose it!
When Zhou Hongyu saw him holding a flute, he immediately frowned and said worriedly:

"Are you sure you only want this flute? Take the others too. If they turn out to be useless scrap, at least you can still get replacements."

"How can that be?" Yan Yu said with a smile, "This is the secret place of your Pingxi Army. We agreed beforehand that I only need to take one."

"It doesn't matter." Zhou Hongyu waved his hand and said, "If you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, who would know? How about I hide these magic weapons secretly and give them to you when I get out."

Yan Yu:………………

Loyalty, loyalty, girl! You are the first monk of the Pingxi Army, you should have a sense of the overall situation! How can you privately transfer such a national treasure?

I despise you! I absolutely despise you! From today on, you're on my super-scorn list, tied for second place with the unmotivated, marriage-obsessed Eclipse Queen Anna, and only below Zhao Yuanzhen, the demonic woman who ravaged Lu Kingdom!
"Not really." Although Yan Yu lowered his opinion of Zhou Hongyu in his heart, he kept a smile on his face. He waved his hand and said, "The essence of the Dharma is more precious than the quantity. Besides, the specific effect is unknown. Once you have accepted the master, you can't go back on your word. It would be a waste to try them one by one. It's better to let the other cultivators of the Anxi Army distribute them among themselves."

"But..." Zhou Hongyu wanted to insist, but Yan Yu interrupted her rudely:
"A man's word is his bond. Do you want me to be branded as a man of broken promises? Be good and listen to me. In your name, I will hand over these spoils to the Pingxi Army. This is your duty as captain of the Fire Phoenix Squadron."

"Alright." Zhou Hongyu was unwilling to give in, thinking to himself, "I don't care about some shitty captain. When they gave me the order to form a team, did they ask for my opinion?"
She hoped to use these treasures to improve Yan Yu's favorability, and preferably make him feel that he owed her, so that he would have to marry her... Of course, since Yan Yu was stubborn and unwilling, then the Pingxi Army could only benefit from it.

"Let me help you see if there is anything suitable for you." Yan Yu left the magic weapon behind and turned to check the bookshelf next to him.

The classics on the bookshelf are also varied, including historical materials, geographical records, celebrity anecdotes, Taoist worldviews, and discussions of philosophy, as well as various basic theories.

Yan Yu noticed that this secret realm seemed to emphasize the influence of "mind" on spiritual practice. Many of the classics recorded methods of calming the mind and eliminating inner demons, and there were also various methods that taught people how to make up for inner flaws and achieve a harmonious state.

What a pity, I have an extremely strong will but I can’t use it at all, and I’m too lazy to learn those things that require meditation, so no one wants these good things!
After looking through them one by one, Yan Yu finally found a record of something that looked like magic at the end of a jade slip that looked like a family history.

This method is a fire escape method from the Five Elements escape technique, named "Nine Numbers of Fire Escape". Simply put, it uses the principles of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams to fly back and forth between any flames in the world.

Of course, the Fire Escape Technique requires a special bloodline to maximize its effectiveness. For example, the women of the cultivation family that left the jade slips seem to have the bloodline of the Phoenix Spirit, allowing them to cast flames anywhere nearby.

The Nine Fire Escape Techniques can also allow cultivators to shuttle back and forth between flames. Therefore, if you want to go somewhere, you only need to move your mind slightly, and flames will immediately ignite at the target location, and your body will follow the fire escape to the target location. It is truly "zero pause" and "free flash".

Zhou Hongyu definitely didn't possess any Phoenix bloodline, so he could only rely on Taoist techniques to spit flames to the target location, then use the Fire Escape technique to teleport. The flame-spitting process required at least 2-3 seconds to provide a sufficient teleportation distance, so the effect was far inferior to what was recorded in the jade slips—but for the cultivators of the Lu Kingdom today, it was still considered a god-level secret technique.

You know, this is the Five Elements Escape Technique! Its mobility is unmatched by any other technique. Even my footwork is far inferior to it... Don't say it anymore, I'm a little jealous. Fortunately, Hongyu is one of us.

"Congratulations." Yan Yu handed over the jade slip and said, "This is Lu Country's number one Five Elements Escape Technique. To be more precise, it's the Fire Escape Technique. It's like it was tailor-made for you."

"Can't you learn?" Zhou Hongyu took the jade slip, but he didn't look happy at all. Instead, he had a worried expression as if saying "I'm afraid you'll be unhappy."

"I'm not good at fire magic." Yan Yu said openly, "Besides, I only have the Cloud Bagua Step."

Zhou Hongyu was silent for a moment and asked again:

"What about your puppet? Can't it also cast the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire?"

Yan Yu was slightly startled, then suddenly woke up:

Yeah, how could I forget it?
My puppet Ah Zhen has the Qianling Zhenmei Fire in his body, so he is extremely compatible with the fire element's true essence, and there is a high probability that he can also use this fire escape method!
However, Ah Zhen does not know the Great Bright Fire, and the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire shoots out when it opens its mouth and goes out when it closes its mouth. It also does not have the characteristic of continuously burning on the target, so he has to use the Flame Curse, one of the Five Curses, to create flames at the target location so that Ah Zhen can teleport there.

It sounds extremely troublesome, even harder to perform than Zhou Hongyu's Fire Escape, but Yan Yu, as a leading figure in the technical field, is least afraid of this kind of tedious and complicated operation!
"How about I teach you the Great Bright Flame?" Zhou Hongyu suggested, "Why don't you let your puppet try to learn it?"

"No need!" Yan Yu said proudly, waving his hand. "The Great Light Fire wastes too much energy. I don't like it! Fire escape only needs flames anyway, so why waste so much energy? I can just use the Flame Curse to locate it!"

The Great Light Fire doesn't consume much true energy... Zhou Hongyu was puzzled.

However, in terms of cost, the Flame Curse, one of the five curses, was indeed the cheapest, so she did not continue to insist and began to immerse her consciousness in the jade slip to learn this fire escape technique.

　"After rebirth, I have the advantage in love!"

　　"I have never spent my youth with anyone, and from now on I will only love people who have loved others."

　　"Money can't buy the light that flickered in her eyes when she looked up at her lover that summer."

　　So Lin Shang was reborn.

　　Going back to 2014, he, who has already stepped into the deep pit of regrets in his youth, knows very well: when he can hold hands with his first love, he must not just stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

　　Oh yes, I forgot to mention that first love is first love, and white moonlight is white moonlight, they are different.

　　"I have never spent my youth with anyone, and from now on I will only love people who have loved others."

　　"Money can't buy the light that flickered in her eyes when she looked up at her lover that summer."

　　So Lin Shang was reborn.

　　Going back to 2014, he, who has already stepped into the deep pit of regrets in his youth, knows very well: when he can hold hands with his first love, he must not just stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

　　Oh yes, I forgot to say, first love is first love, white moonlight is white moonlight, they are different.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)