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

Chapter 621 The first direct confession

After the Dingbei Army took over the secret realm, the three of them teleported out of the secret realm.

Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian have not yet mastered the ability to hear and see everything, so they have to return to Qingjing Temple to continue their training; Yan Yu has retired after achieving success, so naturally he will have to return to Jinling Mansion to continue leading the team... This should have been the original arrangement.

But Tang Xiaolian wants to treat me to a meal! I can't help it. After all, I am her benefactor, so I have to give her this opportunity to repay her.

The place she had agreed to meet was at a small restaurant nearby. Yan Yu arrived early and ordered some dishes, then saw Tang Xiaolian pushing the door open from outside.

"Have you got Lingyun?" Yan Yu asked casually, "What did you say?"

"Yes." Tang Xiaolian replied, "I told Lingyun that I need to check a few questions with you."

"Don't lie." Yan Yu waved his hand. "She must have seen through you."

"Let her see through it." Tang Xiaolian picked up the menu and said with a smile, "I'm here to eat with you, not to do anything shameful. She has no right to control me."

The Fire Phoenix Team is worthy of being a team that goes out to eat for team-building all day long. The girl took the menu and ordered several hard dishes, which made Yan Yu feel that she and the Demon Sect Witch would definitely get along very well.

After the food was served, the two of them ate and drank, talked and laughed, and even drank some wine.

Tang Xiaolian was a rather talkative girl. Unlike Ye Jun, who was a very friendly and outgoing friend, she was more like a childhood sweetheart or a girl next door. She was not reserved at all, could make jokes, and could connect with any topic. She managed to turn the private room of two people into a lively atmosphere of six or seven people chatting.

Yan Yu was given a few glasses of wine by her. He did not use his true essence to refine the alcohol. He was feeling a little tipsy and comfortable when he suddenly heard Tang Xiaolian ask:
"Yanyu, do you have a girlfriend now?"

"No." Yan Yu replied.

"Is there someone you like?" Tang Xiaolian continued to ask.

"No." Yan Yu said.

The ammunition is being loaded, model "You Match It", ready to fire!

"Yeah." Tang Xiaolian suddenly stopped talking, so Yan Yu couldn't shoot directly, and could only put his finger on the trigger.

She calmly picked up the bottle and filled the glass in front of Yan Yu.

"Actually, I've heard some rumors," Tang Xiaolian said casually. "They say that all the girls in the Zhenhai team like you, but you haven't accepted any of them. Because if you accepted any one of them, the others wouldn't be able to stay in the team."

"It's fake." Yan Yu said concisely.

"Which one is fake?" Tang Xiaolian asked curiously.

"The second half of the sentence." Yan Yu replied.

"So it's true that they all like you?" Tang Xiaolian smiled slightly.

"Of course." Yan Yu said proudly, "I am the number one cultivator in Lu Country! It's normal for me to be popular with the opposite sex, right?"

"Indeed." Tang Xiaolian nodded and said, "I also deeply understand this."

She stopped talking again and just started concentrating on eating.

Yan Yu was speechless for a moment: No, if you want to confess, just confess. Why are you beating around the bush?

If you don't confess, how can I reject you? If I don't reject you, how can I dispel your unreasonable thoughts?

He drank the wine in the glass and quietly looked at Tang Xiaolian's expression.

The girl had been tortured to the point of rolling on the floor in the main hall. After she emerged, she had changed into a clean, aqua-blue dress and now looked like a lively and lovely young woman. Her hair was in low, twin ponytails, and her features were pure and lovely, though her expression seemed a little melancholy.

I understand. You are afraid that I will reject you after you confess your feelings to me!

Yan Yu was about to speak when he heard Tang Xiaolian suddenly say:
"When I was in high school, a lot of boys chased me. I told them I wanted to focus on my studies, and most of them gave up after I rejected them. Of course, there were a few who persisted... One boy even said he was willing to wait until we graduated from high school and got into college before confessing his feelings to me, hoping that I would give him another chance then."

"That's great." Yan Yu said, "This is true love."

"Ah, what true love!" Tang Xiaolian sighed and curled her lips, "I was quite touched at the time, but he found a girlfriend a month later."

"This man doesn't keep his word!" Yan Yu immediately changed his tone and said, "I despise him. I despise him ruthlessly!"

"There's no need to look down on him," Tang Xiaolian said with a melancholy look. "He probably said those things just to ease the embarrassment of being rejected. Besides, there's no relationship between us. Why should I expect him to stay single until he graduates from high school? I don't have the qualifications."

"Your words have made me look at you with a new perspective." Yan Yu smiled, "Not many people are sensible these days. Even if many girls don't like the lickspittle around them, they will still complain sourly when they see the lickspittle change their target."

"I don't think he's a bootlicker." Tang Xiaolian shook her head. "In fact, I feel a little sorry for him. Because I know it must be very uncomfortable to like someone who doesn't like you back."

"Indeed." Yan Yu also sighed.

Actually, there is something even more painful, which is to like someone who "is not sure whether he likes you back or not". Yours was just a short-term pain, but this is the ultimate long-term torture... Oh, forget it!

"Yanyu." Tang Xiaolian suddenly asked, "If you fall in love with someone and know that she won't accept you now, will you choose to wait for her to change her mind?"

"No." Yan Yu said firmly, "I will run as far away as I can immediately and will never hold any hope for her again."

Tang Xiaolian was stunned for a long time, then laughed dryly and said:

"Haha, so heartless?"

"There are so many good girls in the world, why do you have to hang yourself on her?" Yan Yu said disdainfully, "Why do I have to be single until I die if I leave her?"

"But the premise is that you like her." Tang Xiaolian said seriously, "If you really like someone, you can't let go easily. You said you would run as far as possible, but aren't you afraid that seeing her will make you waver again?"

This made Yan Yu silent: Good guy, you want to break my defense, right?
No, no, the one I told to "run as far as I could" was Chen Lingyun from my previous life! She hasn't been completely corrupted in this life yet. As long as I continue to train and guide her carefully, she can still be saved!

"So, Yan Yu, you've never truly loved anyone, right?" Tang Xiaolian saw him speechless, thinking she was right. Her tail immediately turned upside down, and she said with a sly smile, "Oh, I can't believe that Captain Yan, the number one cultivator in Lu Country, is actually a pure novice in the history of love..."

"That's enough." Yan Yu interrupted her with a dark face, "There are so many people who like me, one or two more won't make a difference, right? I can always choose a girl who will definitely not fail, why do I have to fall in love with a woman I can't get?"

"So, Yanyu, you're the type who's very risk-averse." Tang Xiaolian said as if she suddenly understood something. "You care more about whether the other person likes you than whether you like them yourself."

"That's right." Yan Yu said, "In my criteria for choosing a partner, this is the bottom line and principle. If she doesn't like me, then she's not even worthy of me looking at her, so how could I possibly like her? The assumption you set up is itself impossible..."

"I like you, Yanyu." Tang Xiaolian said seriously.

Yan Yu's hand holding the wine glass shook violently, and he almost spilled the wine. It's not like he hasn't been confessed to by girls in a roundabout way before, but this seems to be the first time he has been told "I like you" so directly!
He was about to launch the "You're not worthy" technique when he heard Tang Xiaolian turn her head away again and sigh:
"Of course I know that I am not worthy of you. Look, in terms of appearance, I can't compare with Chen Lingyun; in terms of figure, I can't compare with Zhao Yuanzhen; in terms of talent, I can't compare with Xie Ruoxi; in terms of personality, I can't compare with Su Yunjin; even in terms of relationship, Lin Ning is with you day and night, learning and practicing sword, and is more familiar with you than I am with you, right?" Yan Yu was about to say "It's good that you know", but the words couldn't come out because the other party had already shed tears.

She turned her head to the side, probably thinking that Yan Yu couldn't see her from this angle, so she let her tears fall slowly, but her voice was unusually calm, without any trace of crying.
"Alas, Yan Yu... Actually, I don't know why I fell in love with you. Maybe this kind of thing is inherently unreasonable. I just want to say... Don't take it personally. I'm not trying to force you to express your feelings. I'm actually very confused right now. Maybe it's just the lingering effect of the joyful sound just now. I kind of regret telling you..."

She was a little unable to continue speaking, and while keeping her head turned away, she quietly reached out and took a tissue.

"Use wet wipes." Yan Yu said, "It will hurt if you use too much tissue."

Tang Xiaolian shuddered and said in a trembling voice:
"You...are you looking at me with your spiritual sense?"

"Yeah." Yan Yu said truthfully, "You're crying."

Tang Xiaolian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up, said "sorry", and immediately fled the box at full speed.

Yan Yu watched her rush out the door, was silent for a moment, and let out a helpless sigh.

It’s hardest to disappoint a beautiful woman’s tears! This little girl truly loves me. Although she confessed her feelings, she was afraid to embarrass me with every word, leaving room for error in every sentence. She didn’t even dare let me see her tears… How could I even say the three words “you don’t deserve it”?

Although I, Yan Yu, am not the kind of person who is promiscuous, I am not a heartless person either!
But if I chase her to comfort her now, it will only make her more sad. She doesn't want me to see her crying, so how can I be so aggressive about this? Give her some time to calm down. This is the unique gentleness of me, Yan Yu!

Let’s go home first!
Yan Yu left the restaurant and flew back to Jinling Mansion on his sword. He immediately went to report to Li Weiguo.

In fact, Li Weiguo got the news first before Yan Yu came back.

The secret realm was captured, Chen Lingyun and Tang Xiaolian were safe, and all the innocent people caught up in it were rescued. Some civilian cultivators suffered casualties from internal fighting, but most survived and were taken away by the Dingbei Army - a perfectly satisfactory outcome no matter how you look at it.

"You did a great job this time..." Li Weiguo just started to praise when he was interrupted by Yan Yu:
"I want to ask, when can I get back the bottle of medicine I just handed in?"

"Once the research department confirms its safety, we'll return it to you." Li Weiguo wasn't angry, but asked with a smile, "Do you need it urgently?"

"I'm planning to give it a try on Li Minghu," Yan Yu replied. "She has a chronic illness caused by an imbalance of the five elements. Maybe it can be cured."

"Hmm." Li Weiguo said thoughtfully, "She is not in the country recently."

"Where did you go? A secret mission?"

"It's a secret mission, but I don't mind telling you. She went to the southern border to gather intelligence."

The Indian army of Ishena, led by ascetic monks, is invading the southern border. The Witch King has sent a request for assistance to the Lu Kingdom. Considering that India cannot be allowed to unify the southern border, a war with India is inevitable. But isn't it a bit of a waste to send a superpower like Li Minghu to gather intelligence? Why not send an ordinary sword immortal monk?

"Something's happening in the southern border." Li Weiguo guessed what Yan Yu was thinking. "We suspect that the Tianzhu invasion of the southern border isn't just for resource plundering, but for other purposes."

"What's the purpose?" Yan Yu asked curiously.

I haven’t heard of it in my previous life!
"This is why the Annan Army sent Li Minghu," Li Weiguo said slowly. "She is now the commander-in-chief of the Southern Border Intelligence Infiltration Team, just like you were back then."

Yan Yu immediately understood: For a position like this where one has to lead a team into battle personally, one must not only have enough strength to protect oneself and not be easily assassinated or beheaded by the enemy, but also have enough wisdom and strategy to lead the team to deal with complex environments behind enemy lines and combat missions. Therefore, in the Annan Army, the only one who is as wise and brave as me is the Valkyrie Li Minghu!
If the Annan Army had Yan Yu, then of course they would send Yan Yu. Unfortunately, even considering Li Minghu's poor health, they couldn't hand over this kind of intelligence gathering work to Li Zhaojiang. This guy was either picking up girls or playing games all day, so it would be a miracle if the Annan Army's top brass could trust him to go.

"Okay, let's wait until she comes back. I won't be in a hurry." Yan Yu nodded and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Li Weiguo shout again:

"Wait, you've done a great job this time, so you don't want a reward?"

"Just transfer it to my account." Yan Yu said.

"It's not cash this time." Li Weiguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although most of the time it was indeed a cash reward, after all, there weren't that many first-class merits to give him. "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to find a defensive magic weapon?"

"Uh." Yan Yu thought to himself that I had actually found it. "Anything good?"

"You've done the Dingbei Army a great favor this time." Li Weiguo handed over a note. "They recently acquired a magical weapon called 'Taiqing Yuanqi Yanlan'. Knowing you were looking for a defensive magical weapon, they specially sent it to you."

"Are you sure it's a defensive magic weapon?" Yan Yu asked.

"Confirmed. The owner of the magic weapon was a common cultivator who recently died of the flu." Li Weiguo said calmly, "He had no relatives or family members who practiced cultivation, so the magic weapon was confiscated."

He died of influenza... Why don't you say he choked on water?
Although he knew that this magic weapon came from an illegal source, Yan Yu was not a moral guardian, so he took the note from Li Weiguo and said:

"Okay, since the magic weapon has no owner, I will try my best to arrange it."

"It's up to you how you distribute it." Li Weiguo waved his hand, "As long as they end up belonging to the Zhenhai Team."

Yan Yu took the note to the warehouse and received the Taiqing Yuanqi Yanlan. It has a cloud-like appearance of silk, as light as fine paper and as soft as flying cotton. But it is said that as long as you inject true energy into it, it will immediately expand and cover the whole body. It can defend against swords and knives, and block water and fire. It is a very useful defensive magic weapon.

So the original owner died of the flu. After all, with this thing in hand, any other way of death doesn't make sense.

However, for Xie Ruoxi, the offensive and defensive Bi Hai Chao Sheng Di (Blue Sea Tide Rising Flute) was more suitable for her. As for the Tai Qing Yuan Qi Yan Lan (Mist Mist), she should go back and ask Zhao Yuanzhen if she wants it.

Yan Yu quickly made up his mind, but suddenly heard his cell phone ringing again.

When I opened it, I saw that it was sent by Tang Xiaolian.

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Are you there?

What's with her sudden humble attitude? Yan Yu quickly swiped his fingers upwards and found that this girl usually started chatting with him by saying "Captain Yan, Captain Yan, let me tell you."

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Just pretend I never said anything I said in the restaurant today and forget it.

[Win people over with virtue]: I'm sorry, I can't do that, and I have secretly recorded you crying with my mobile phone when you turned your head away and couldn't see me.

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Yan Yu, are you some kind of devil?

[Miao Girl Tang Lingling]: Ahhhhhh, I knew I shouldn't have said those things! This must be the aftereffects of Joyful Joy! Aftereffects!
【Conquer people with virtue】: Then why am I not affected?

[Miao Girl Tang Lingling]: Because you have no heart! Yan Yu, you have no heart!

[Conquer people with virtue]: A man without a heart cannot agree to your confession, which makes sense, right?
[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Please don’t mention that anymore!

[Conquer People with Virtue]: Are you referring to what you said to me in the restaurant today?

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Sure enough, it’s exactly the same as Lingyun.

(End of this chapter)