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

Chapter 612: The Rising Sea Flute

The two continued to search the room.

These treasures seemed to be dazzling, but they were actually just piled together. If compared with the harvest of an entire floor of other secret realms, they seemed mediocre.

The room itself was very small, and outside the door was the entrance to the crack that Zhou Hongyu had opened with the Great Light Fire. This meant that the moment the two of them stepped into the crack, they were already trapped in the illusion of the test.

As for the subsequent passage through the corridor, being trapped in the landslide, kissing and hugging, and being hit by the severe cold, they were all the thoughts of the two people in the illusion - no physical contact actually took place.

Yan Yu was able to quickly confirm that this was not the second level of some secret realm, but just a "hidden map" of the first level.

Zhou Hongyu also quickly realized that he had not actually had any physical contact with Yan Yu in real life, and he immediately couldn't help but get angry.

So I was having a wet dream?
"That should be all," Yan Yu concluded. "Go find the Pingxi Army to take them. Although your Fire Phoenix Team has priority in picking, I don't think there's anything useful there... But you can try those meditation techniques."

"Yeah." Zhou Hongyu walked forward with a cold face.

"Actually, you've gotten all the benefits." Yan Yu was about to say something with a smile, but suddenly realized something was wrong. "Wait a minute, what do you want to do? I'm here to help you get the treasure... Ugh!"

Zhou Hongyu used the throat-blocking and tongue-locking technique on him.

Since everything that happened before was just an illusion, I will make up for it all in reality!
But Captain Huo Feng was so passionate, how could Captain Zhen Hai surrender without a fight? The surroundings didn't hinder his movements. When his mouth was restrained, he fought back with his hands!

Zhou Hongyu didn't care about him. Even if he was pinched so hard that it hurt, he would just twist his body a few times at most. Anyway, he had to kiss her enough.

It was freezing outside, but warm inside. The two of them fought for hundreds of rounds, and by the end, their fight was no longer driven purely by emotion, but rather by a desire to win.

I must make the other party beg for mercy first!

When it comes to winning or losing, Yan Yu will definitely not lose. But this is Zhou Hongyu's home turf, and he has team members to worry about. How can he possibly stay here with her indefinitely?

I'm not defeated, I'm just temporarily suspending the fighting!

He whimpered a few times and struggled for a moment, and then Zhou Hongyu calmly let him go with a smug smile on his face.

Haha, I won... This seems to be the first time I beat Yan Yu?

"Your underwear fell off." Yan Yu pointed to the ground and said.

"It's okay, I don't want it anymore." Zhou Hongyu said casually, "It's all dirty."

"That won't do either." Yan Yu picked it up and handed it to Zhou Hongyu. "Otherwise, if the Pingxi Army comes in to search and finds a piece of underwear on the ground, wouldn't that be the end of us?"

"I said I don't want it, so I don't want it!" Zhou Hongyu became irritated. "Just consider it a gift to you. Take it!"

Yan Yu was immediately amused by her. As expected, even after confirming her feelings, Hong Yu's nature remained unchanged. She was still the irritable Xiao Zhou who would lose her temper at the slightest disagreement.

But what man would accept underwear as a gift? If they put this thing in my room cabinet, they would tear me apart and skin me alive.

"I'll help you throw this away," Yan Yu said, "but it can't be used as a gift. You have to get another one."

Zhou Hongyu was silent for a moment, then took off a red hair tie from her hair:
"Give it to you."

"What is this?" Yan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly realized that every time he saw Zhou Hongyu before, she wore this red hairband.

"My grandmother bought it for me when I was a child," said Zhou Hongyu.

"That's not good." Yan Yu immediately refused and said, "Your grandmother left it to you, I can't accept it."

"Take it." Zhou Hongyu stuffed it into his hand without hesitation, then smiled slightly, "Now you owe me a hair tie."

Yan Yu:………………

How cunning! I took a hair tie from you, how can I become someone I owe you?
But it’s better this way. As long as she focuses on me, she probably won’t commit suicide so easily like she did in her previous life.

Alas, the sacrifices I have made personally for the country, the people, and the people are too great!

After the two left the hidden room and reported to the monks in the military office, Yan Yu prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Zhou Hongyu wanted to see him off, but Yan Yu reacted faster and disappeared in a flash with his sword.

Not long after, Vice Captain Zhang Huaide also arrived with his team. As the first squadron of the Pingxi Army, he had to personally oversee this harvest inventory to ensure his team didn't miss out on anything great.

"Team Yan took a flute?"

"Yeah." Zhou Hongyu said calmly, "Don't worry about it. I've already told the higher-ups."

"Okay." Zhang Huaide thought Yan Yu must have known what the flute was used for, otherwise he wouldn't have asked for it in advance. "What else did you get?"

"I got a fire escape spell." Zhou Hongyu replied, "The rest are all in there, take a look for yourself."

"Is that so?" Zhang Huaide said thoughtfully, "Then we owe each other nothing."

The things belong to the Pingxi Army. If the Fire Phoenix Team did not benefit from it, it would be equivalent to helping Yan Yu to establish connections with higher-ups for nothing, and asking Team Zhou to help escort the treasure. In the end, Yan Yu would naturally owe them a favor - considering Yan Yu's current status among the cultivators in Lu State, this favor is quite valuable.

But since Zhou Hongyu used the Fire Escape Technique, the situation became one of mutual benefit, and there was no question of whether it was human or not.

"We don't owe each other anything?" Zhou Hongyu didn't like this statement and subconsciously denied it, "No, he owes me."

"What does he owe you?" Zhang Huaide frowned. "Without Captain Yan, you wouldn't be able to obtain this Fire Escape Technique."

Zhou Hongyu was about to explain, but when she saw Qin Meng and the others staring at her, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed and abruptly changed the subject:
"It's nothing. Don't get too hung up on social etiquette. We are all cultivators from the Lu Kingdom, so it's only natural for us to help each other."

These words were said with great righteousness, and naturally, no one else could find fault with them. Only Zhou Hongyu knew that since helping each other was a must, it was also normal for them to visit each other, right?
By the way, I haven’t been to Jinling Prefecture yet.

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Yan Yu got the magic flute for Ruoxi, and immediately left the Kunlun Mountains, flying towards the east on his sword without stopping.

This flute belonged to Zhang Huaide in his previous life and was called the "Blue Sea Tide Flute." As the name suggests, the sound of playing it is like the lapping of the tide on the shore, and the sound waves can generate tidal force, which is useful for pushing, blocking, and trapping enemies. As long as the flute is played continuously and the true energy is continuously generated, the tidal force will continue to exert its effect.

Compared with the Xuanguang ruler in Ye Jun's hand, the advantages and disadvantages of the Bi Hai Chao Sheng Di are very obvious.

The disadvantage is that you must continue to play and input true energy. Once the tidal force is interrupted, it will disappear. Therefore, once Ruoxi wants to use thunder magic, she cannot continue to use the magic weapon. This is far inferior to the Xuanguang Ruler, which can be ignored after applying the defense buff.

The advantage is that as long as there is enough true energy, it can not only be used for defense, but can even be used to contain attacks... However, it may require a little bit of ability to capture the battle situation and seize the opportunity. After all, if you simply use the power of the tide to violently smash the opponent's head, its lethality is far less than that of thunder magic.

Based on Yan Yu's understanding of Ruoxi, this might be a problem.

But I don't expect her to use this magic weapon at 100% of its power. As long as she can protect herself, I'll be satisfied!
It felt like a day and a night had passed in the illusion, but in reality, very little time had passed. When Yan Yu returned to Jinling Mansion, he even caught up with dinner time. "Here," he shoved the flute to Xie Ruoxi, "for your own protection."

"Wow! Captain, you're so kind!" Xie Ruoxi feigned surprise and rushed over to hug Yan Yu. Then, under everyone's eager gazes, she quickly let go and began to examine the flute. "What's it for? Can I play it?"

"Just inject your true essence and play it," Yan Yu instructed. "Don't activate it here. After refining and recognizing the master, go to the basement and slowly get familiar with it."

"What about mine?" Zhao Yuanzhen spread out his palms.

"You don't." Yan Yu said, "You don't need to protect yourself!"

"Hmph." Lin Ning immediately came over to help, "Sister Zhao, let's ignore him. The captain has always been partial."

"As the captain, you are so partial and can't even treat everyone equally. The evil consequences will sooner or later backfire on you!" Zhao Yuanzhen said with a sneer.

Yan Yu frowned and looked at Lin Ning, thinking to himself, how come your theory of balancing the waters is contagious like a virus?

We're a team! Team strength is like a bucket; how much water it can hold depends on the shortest piece of wood. As the captain, isn't it normal for me to specifically strengthen the weakest piece?
And the consequences will backfire... I'm dying of laughter. I can knock you all down with just one slap. How are you going to retaliate? Report it to the central government?
Yan Yu ignored the two people's chattering, just went to serve himself a bowl of rice and started to eat it.

First, he experienced an immersive cold illusion, and then fought with Zhou Hongyu for three hundred rounds in the small room. Now he also needed to replenish some energy.

Incompetent losers, let them continue to shout!
Lin Ning and Zhao Yuanzhen were not very happy. In comparison, Xie Ruoxi was much happier. She even had a sense of pride and accomplishment, as if "I have left all my sisters behind", which was a feeling she had never had in all these years.

After finishing her meal, she dragged Yan Yu to the underground training ground, hoping to continue to gain more favorability by asking "Captain, please show me how to use this magic weapon."

As a result, Yan Yu received a phone call and ran away suddenly, which made Xie Ruoxi extremely disappointed.

When Yan Yu arrived at the principal's office, he saw Chen Tianming and Li Weiguo with serious expressions, just like on the eve of the battle in the Sanyu Treasure Ship Secret Realm.

"What's going on?" He pulled a chair and sat down. "Where is the war going on? The southern border or the western border?"

"The war hasn't started yet, but it will be soon." Li Weiguo threw another document.

Yan Yu took the document and took a look. As expected, it was about the movement in Western Xinjiang.

This morning, Isena defeated the largest ascetic sect in India and successfully brought this force under his command. In other words, he has actually completed the unification of the forces of the vast majority of the ascetics.

Indian ascetics have a tradition called "no external aids." Simply put, it means achieving everything through hard work. Not strong enough? Hard work! Low status? Hard work! Raise your level and you'll have everything you want in the future. There's no need to fight other transcendents upfront.

This kind of self-reliant and inward-looking ascetic mentality has led to the ascetics as a whole always being in a state of isolation, and they will hardly invade the surrounding areas to plunder resources... provided that they can maintain this state of disunity.

The appearance of Ishna disrupted this situation. According to current intelligence, this transcendental being clearly possessed of a dictatorial and violent style, and would absolutely not allow the Indian ascetics to remain in seclusion. To truly integrate them, he would need to offer them substantial benefits, thus forcing him to seek prey from outside, cutting flesh and bleeding them...

Attack the southern border?
After seeing the latter part, Yan Yu almost laughed out loud.

In the previous life, the Lu Kingdom had been unlucky. It was frequently disturbed in the north, threatened by the East China Sea, and repeatedly invaded in the south. It was like a country that was only concerned with the head and not the butt. Elite monks were busy putting out fires everywhere. Therefore, after Yishen completed the initial integration in Tianzhu, he chose to invade the Qinghai-Tibet region of the Lu Kingdom as soon as possible in order to unify his subordinates and deepen his prestige.

But things were different in this life's Lu Kingdom. Peace prevailed with the Amur Witch Coven in the north, the Battle of the Li Palace in the East Sea had severely damaged the Onmyoji, and the decapitation tactics in the south had simply replaced the Witch King. Therefore, after assessing the surroundings, this life's Isena decisively chose to attack the south first—launching an attack from Bengal, aiming to capture the Witch King and wash his feet!
The first Sorcerer King Ming of the Southern Territory was previously slain by Lu Kingdom's Divine General Yan Yu. The current ruler is the second Sorcerer King Meng. Judging from past life memories, Meng's battlefield prowess is far inferior to Ming's. However, he possesses a knack for maneuvering and gaining ties with many sorcerer lords through the distribution of benefits. Therefore, he poses a far greater threat to Lu Kingdom than the first Sorcerer King Ming.

Shortly after he reintegrated the southern border, the Witch King Meng was overthrown by his nephew, the third Witch King Nanpan.

After the Witch King Nanpan seized his uncle's inheritance and inherited a relatively united southern border, he launched a blitzkrieg attack on the State of Lu. He was eventually killed by Li Minghu with a single sword, earning the title of Valkyrie for nothing - of course, the State of Lu also suffered a great loss in this regard, but let's not talk about that for now.

The discrepancy in this life's timeline stems from the death of the Golden Light Mage, Soe Win. After the previous life's Witch King Ming's passing, his successor, Soe Win, strove to win over Soe Win, thereby annexing his former followers. Now, Soe Win's early death has left his former followers leaderless and in panic. Many high-ranking lords have retreated to their territories, declaring seclusion. This undoubtedly presents a significant obstacle to Soe Win's consolidation of the southern border.

The invasion from Ishna, the Indian state, was the final straw that broke the camel's back. The southern border itself was unorganized, and the Witch King Meng was weak and unable to hold the fort alone. Therefore, he quickly sent a request for assistance to the Lu Kingdom, stating that if one of them falls, the other will be in danger, and that the Indian ascetics must not be allowed to succeed.

I can't defeat India, but can't the heavenly soldiers and generals of Lu defeat India?
"So what do you think?" Yan Yu asked Chen Tianming directly.

Although the tone was quite rude, Chen Tianming naturally would not argue with his son-in-law about his attitude. He just smiled and said:
"The Witch King is caught in a dilemma and his stance is weak. If the Lu Kingdom doesn't come to his rescue, he will undoubtedly defect to Ishena. Considering the worst-case scenario, there's a risk that the Southern Territory and Tianzhu will become one."

"That's unlikely," Yan Yu frowned and said, "Ishena claimed that after capturing the Witch King, he would make him wash his feet. How could the Witch King Meng tolerate this?"

Chen Tianming smiled but said nothing. Li Weiguo said beside him:

"There's nothing to be afraid of. The southern border is now full of mountains and hills, and Witch King Meng's overall strength is too weak. He can only choose to seek refuge with the surrounding forces, either Lu Kingdom or Tianzhu. If he doesn't use the power of others to raise the banner, he won't survive for long."

Old Li was right. Wu Wang Meng was already a subordinate of the Lu Kingdom, so he probably wouldn't have any psychological barriers to becoming a dog for Yishena.

If this person can kneel the first time, he can naturally kneel the second and third time.

In the previous life, India had not attacked the southern border, so Yan Yu had no way to use his advantage as a prophet. Since Old Taishan had decided to fight, then he would fight.

"So we have to go support the southern border." Yan Yu said.

"Don't rush into this matter, just let you be mentally prepared." Chen Tianming said with a smile.

"Oh." Yan Yu immediately understood and said with a smile, "Let them fight each other first, and then we will intervene when they are almost exhausted."

"Compared to this, a secret realm was revealed in Mount Wutai this afternoon." Li Weiguo suddenly said, throwing another document over, "You have to deal with this matter quickly."

"No way! I just came back from the west!" Yan Yu protested. "Can't you let me rest for a while? Mount Wutai is the Dingbei Army's territory, right? Let Master Jing lead the team! And don't we have Xiao Cai?"

Even the donkeys in the production team were not allowed to rest like this!

"Didn't you take the initiative to ask for leave?" Li Weiguo pretended not to understand. "Now that you're back and have your leave, it's time to get back to work."

"The situation in the Wutai Mountain Secret Realm is complicated." Chen Tianming also put away his smile and said seriously, "The entrance to the secret realm appears in the scenic area, and many tourists have mistakenly entered. In addition, before the Dingbei Army sealed it off, many civilian cultivators nearby also tried to trespass. Therefore, we need a reliable person to lead the team in and nip this crisis in the bud."

Yan Yu understood Old Taishan's subtext: "You are my man, and I only trust you." If other official monks were to handle this matter, I'm afraid they would take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble and stir up conflict between the civilian monks and the people.

Now the higher-ups are taking an attitude of recruiting civilian cultivators, which was instigated by Chen Tianming, so he will never allow anyone to ruin his plan.

"Where is Chen Lingyun?" Yan Yu suddenly asked.

You only trust me? That's not right, isn't your own daughter nearby?

"She and Tang Xiaolian from the Fire Phoenix Team entered the secret realm as soon as it appeared." Chen Tianming said slowly.

“And then there was no news.”

With the cooperation of the Dingbei Army, they would definitely wear cameras before entering the secret realm. So the meaning of no news at all is...

Yan Yu slowly stood up:

"Got it. I'll lead the team out right away."

(End of this chapter)