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

Chapter 630 Hongyu is coming too

The next morning.

Tang Xiaolian slowly opened her eyes on the bed, her heart filled with joy.

It’s the palace!
After wasting time in the Xisui realm for a long time, I finally reached the Huafu stage. Who knows the pain in my heart?
She subconsciously wanted to go out and show off to others, but suddenly realized that all the members of the Zhenhai team had already transformed into palaces. Isn't this like Lu Ban showing off his axe in front of the gate? So she quickly changed her mind and went to report to her own team group.

I have entered the Huafu stage!
"Congratulations." Zhang Huaide was the first to offer his congratulations. "You can go get some higher-level spirit insects."

"Then I'll leave it to Captain Zhang." Tang Xiaolian typed happily.

"That's not right, Xiao Lian, aren't you with Yan Yu?" Qin Meng joined the group chat and complained, "Let him find you another Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu."

"How could the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu be so easy to obtain?" Tang Xiaolian retorted, "Besides, I have no relationship with them, so why should I ask them to help me?"

"You can use the honey trap." Meng Qingxi also joined in the fun. "Just like last time, when you saw Captain Yan was going to explore the secret realm, you cried and clung to his thighs and refused to let go, insisting on going with him."

"You're the one using the honey trap!" Tang Xiaolian said angrily, "How many times do I have to tell you? I was his guide that time! A guide!"

"That's right." Hou Qing agreed, "And we don't have to go to Captain Yan to find the spirit insects."

"That's enough." Tang Xiaolian had also learned Yan Yu's catchphrase. "I've only just entered the Transformation Realm. The magnitude and strength of my True Essence have increased. I need to adapt to the changes in my body first, and there's no rush to find new bugs. And don't mess with me and Captain Yan anymore, or I'll tell him about it, and he'll get angry and kill you all!"

"Wow, that's scary!" Meng Qingxi immediately typed a plea for mercy, "Don't ask Team Yan to kill me, please!"

"Stop." Zhou Hongyu said suddenly.

Although the tone of the message could not be seen, the captain was very powerful and everyone kept their mouths shut.

"Although it's common to need to adapt," Zhang Huaide typed, "the international situation has been very unstable recently. Team Longxiong and Team Annan are both tied up, and we never know when we might be sent on important missions. So Xiao Lian needs to hurry up and adjust. Team Yan is very good at this, so you can ask him for advice."

"I understand!" Tang Xiaolian agreed immediately.

Hehe, I won’t admit to using the beauty trap, but when it comes to asking Yan Yu for advice, I’m good at this!
"Don't stay there too long." Zhou Hongyu also sent a message, "Come back soon."

"Ahhhhh Captain Zhou, you missed me, didn't you? Okay, okay, I'll be back as soon as possible!" Tang Xiaolian immediately typed out a lot of text without even a single punctuation mark.

Zhou Hongyu did not respond, but this was her usual style, so no one was surprised.

Tang Xiaolian changed her clothes and went downstairs. Seeing Lin Ning making breakfast in the kitchen, she immediately went over and offered to help.

"No, no," Lin Ning said, refusing. "The porridge is already cooked. Why don't you get me some clean bowls from the dishwasher?"

"Okay." Tang Xiaolian bent down to get the bowl.

Yan Yu walked down the stairs. He chatted with Zhou Hongyu too late yesterday. If it weren't for the fact that monks don't need sleep, he would probably have dark circles under his eyes now.

Seeing Tang Xiaolian was also in the kitchen, he casually asked:

"What are you doing in the kitchen?"

"I'm here to help." Tang Xiaolian immediately filled a bowl of porridge and ran out with a smile, "Here, breakfast."

"Thank you." Yan Yu said.

Lin Ning, who was standing next to him, was already dumbfounded: "Help? What kind of help are you doing? You just came out and filled a bowl with porridge. I was the one who got up early in the morning and worked so hard to make porridge!"

She couldn't help but stare at Tang Xiaolian coldly, waiting for her to come back to help, and then she would say something sarcastic to her. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaolian simply didn't come back, and sat on the chair next to Yan Yu, smiling:
"Captain Yan, Captain Yan, I have something I want to ask you!"

"Speak." Yan Yu said calmly.

"I entered the Huafu stage last night." Tang Xiaolian said, "I'm a little uncomfortable with the sudden increase in my true energy."

"Then we need to practice together." Yan Yu took a sip of the porridge.

"How about Captain Yan, why don't you just help me take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be improved in my entire playing style?" Tang Xiaolian's true intentions were exposed.

Now that you're here, let's do the full package!
Lin Ning in the kitchen showed an obvious expression of disbelief.

What the hell! You're a member of the Fire Phoenix Team, and you're asking for advice from our Zhenhai Team!
"Sure." Yan Yu said calmly, "I have to go over the plan with everyone today."

The captain even agreed! Wahhhhhhh I can't stand it anymore!

So when everyone gathered together and started having breakfast, Lin Ning, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally sent a message and told the girls present about this matter - except Tang Xiaolian.

"Isn't this inappropriate?" Xie Ruoxi frowned and said, "Tang Xiaolian is also joining our training? Wouldn't that mean she's seen all our intelligence? And why is she even allowed to receive instructions from the captain?"

"There's nothing inappropriate about it." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "Yan Yu's vision has never been limited to one team. As long as it's beneficial to the country, he won't mind."

"Indeed." Su Yunjin added, "Hasn't he also given guidance to Li Minghu and Ye Jun?"

"The ones you're pointing out are all beauties, right?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked coldly. "Is it something that benefits the country? Or is it something that will benefit him in the future, with three wives and four concubines?"

The girls all fell silent.

Speaking of this matter, everyone is actually still a little skeptical. After all, if Yan Yu really had plans in that regard, he would at least start hugging girls left and right in the team, or at least express some ambiguous intentions to test everyone's acceptance in this regard.

Instead of "you don't deserve it" or "she doesn't deserve it", to be honest, this is super weird, with a kind of ascetic beauty that is not interested in women.

"If he really wants to have three wives and four concubines, that's actually a good thing," Chen Lingyun said quietly, "It's better than being obsessed with cultivation and staying away from women for the rest of his life."

The girls all shuddered and looked unhappy.

Chen Lingyun was right. If Yan Yu took on three wives and four concubines, then everyone would just have to choose whether to follow him or not. But if he stayed away from women, then everyone would always feel they still had a chance and would have to keep waiting for him...but how long would that wait be?

Time is the most torturous thing. No one wants to quit, but waiting is inexhaustible, especially when you are in your thirties or forties, when your youth and youthful innocence have been lost. Who would want to consider quitting? Have all those years been wasted? In short, it highlights a dilemma.

"So," Xie Ruoxi asked tentatively, "our key now isn't to find a way to stop Tang Xiaolian from getting close to the captain, but to quickly change the captain's straight-man persona."

"Can't we do both?" Lin Ning complained, "Tang Xiaolian is trying to stop it, and the captain is trying to attack it. We need to do both at the same time."

Zhao Yuanzhen remained silent, thinking to himself, "I'm already the little thief's legitimate Taoist partner. It doesn't matter if he's into women or not; he can't get rid of me anyway. But since you're so worried about Tang Xiaolian, I can pull off a tactic of driving the tiger to devour the wolf, luring the concubines to fight the mistress... Humph, worthy of me." "Ningning is right," she thought carefully, adding fuel to the fire. "Aren't you afraid that Tang Xiaolian will break through the captain's straight-man mentality?"

"That's impossible." Lin Ning was immediately shocked. "In the captain's opinion, Tang Xiaolian... is she worthy?"

When people hear this question, their instinctive reaction is that she's definitely not worthy. But it's important to be prepared for the worst. It's impossible to pinpoint a man's sexual preferences; even men themselves can't clearly articulate them.

Still have to be on guard!

"Why are you all silent?" Yan Yu suddenly asked at the dinner table, "You're whispering to each other about how to deal with me again, right?"

"No, no!" Everyone quickly denied, "We were discussing training. Isn't there a baseline test today?"

Speaking of finding out the details, Yan Yu also understood: Are you afraid that I will practice against you?
In fact, by the stage of Huafu, the differences between the four major professions have become very different.

The large-scale bombing tactics of the magic cultivators have matured. Whether it is Su Yunjin's control flow of the great rivers and lakes, or Zhou Hongyu's burning sea of fire killing flow, they basically have an overwhelming performance effect. The key point is to try to circle as many people as possible to kill them, and prevent the enemy from getting close.

Xie Ruoxi was a special case. After all, her thunder magic was too powerful. She didn't need to circle anyone. Anyone who was touched would die instantly. Even defensive magic weapons couldn't withstand a hit or two. Considering the high consumption of thunder magic and her poor accuracy, it was not suitable for large-scale bombing. It was a waste of true energy. It was better to save it for a fatal blow.

When a Transformation Palace-level Sword Immortal faces a Magic Cultivator, the key is to seize the rhythm and seize the initiative. On contact, I'll just slash with my flying sword, suppressing them at close range without giving them a chance to unleash their Daoist magic. Conversely, if a Magic Cultivator traps you with Daoist magic, you're essentially halfway defeated—just as you've escaped the spell's range, they cast another spell to engulf you, putting you at a significant disadvantage. Even if you finally escape after untold hardships, you'll just be back to square one.

Therefore, at this stage, Yan Yu's training of Su Yunjin and Xie Ruoxi was not very meaningful. The two girls needed to practice their proficiency in using magic to trap and lock people, not how to save themselves when being beaten by the Sword Immortal.

By the same token, for the Envoy profession at the Huafu level, the number of ghosts, monsters and insects that can be controlled increases significantly. At this time, what you need to practice is awareness, planning, and how to command your summons to complete your tactical goals; the assistant officers have two or three magic weapons on average, and they also need to learn more flexible and changeable fighting styles, using various magic weapon combinations to deal with different situations.

But if Yan Yu practices against them, they will be suppressed unilaterally and scramble to protect themselves, but they will not be able to improve their offensive ability which they really need to practice.

Ok……

Yan Yu took out his cell phone and thought, since that’s the case, why not do this?

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"Team Yan wants us to be sparring partners?" Zhang Huaide adjusted the frame of his glasses.

"Don't go." Qin Meng complained, "I can already predict the result."

He follows a very niche school of body training. Once he activates the Dragon Elephant Nirvana Art, no flying swords or magic spells can stop him - in other words, you can fight him with all your strength. His highest record is taking three hits from Zhou Hongyu's Great Light Flame Spear without any problem.

But not getting hurt doesn't mean I enjoy getting beaten. Being beaten up by the captain and vice-captain is fine, but what's the point of being sent all the way here to be a punching bag? Whoever wants to go can go!

"The Zhenhai Team." Hou Qing said, stroking his chin. "Aren't there a lot of beautiful women there? Just think of it as making friends. Old Meng is still single."

"Why are you bringing me up again? Why do you always bring me into everything?" Meng Qingxi yelled angrily, "You only know how to use me as a shield, right? Do you think you can touch those girls from the Zhenhai team? We're going there for sparring, not a social gathering! Wait a minute, Xie Ruoxi will use a thunder spell on your head and blow your skull off!"

"Let Mengzi handle the Thunder Technique head-on." Hou Qing immediately shifted the blame and said, "Mengzi is indestructible."

"Mengzi can't withstand the thunder magic either." Qin Meng shook his head upon hearing this. "I heard that since her thunder magic debuted, almost no targets have been left intact after being hit. Have you seen the video of the battle in the Li Palace Secret Realm? Even the skeleton was blown to pieces. I don't have any confidence anyway."

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, there's not much point in going," Zhang Huaide concluded.

Training content should be tailored to the individual being trained; using sandbags is bound to yield little experience. The two teams' fighting styles differ so much that sparring would likely be pure sparring, with little positive value.

Zhang Huaide was actually quite interested in the Zhenhai team's training plan, but as vice-captain, he had to consider the interests of the entire team. While it was fine to slowly ask for training information, it wouldn't be worthwhile for the entire team to spend several days on it.

He was just about to find a reason to refuse when he heard Zhou Hongyu suddenly say:
"go."

"Then go." Zhang Huaide was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Captain Zhou has made his decision! No one else can help, so we have to obey.

Zhang Huaide went to report to his superiors. Qin Meng, Meng Qingxi, and Hou Qing began to pack their bags, bringing extra Qi-boosting and injury-healing pills. Zhou Hongyu, like the leader, half-relaxed in a chair and took out his phone to send a message to Yan Yu:

"Next time you're looking for the Fire Phoenix Team, come directly to me."

"I'm just worried that you're busy." Yan Yu replied.

"I agree, so it doesn't matter if they disagree." Zhou Hongyu said domineeringly, "I don't agree, so there's nothing I can do even if they agree."

"So what does Captain Zhou mean?"

"Get my room ready."

"I've booked a hotel room for you."

"I'll stay at your place."

Yan Yu:………………

If Hongyu came alone, she could stay there. But she brought the whole team this time, four boys! It wouldn't be appropriate to have them share a room with the girls. The big camps you see in anime aren't popular here, and the girls are used to walking around in their pajamas at night, so it would be inconvenient for the boys from the Fire Phoenix team to see them.

Therefore, Yan Yu's original plan was to book six rooms for the entire Fire Phoenix team, with Tang Xiaolian also going out to eat and live with the team. They would first have dinner and spend half a day exploring Jinling. In the afternoon, they would practice sparring, identify any issues, and confirm the subsequent training plan. They would stay in the hotel for one night and then be sent back the next day, otherwise the Pingxi Army would be unhappy if the team stayed too long.

But Zhou Hongyu insisted on living in the villa... This is a difficult situation. We can't let her, the captain, abandon her teammates!
Yan Yu expressed his concerns in a tactful way, and Zhou Hongyu immediately said:
"Simple. Just leave your room open, and I'll walk through the wall to your place at night."

"Then isn't the hotel money wasted?" Yan Yu complained.

Zhou Hongyu raised her eyebrows and said coldly:

"If you're worried about the hotel money, then I won't come and save you the money, okay?"

"Come, come, come." Yan Yu had no idea what to do with her and could only choose to give in.

This girl, when she hated me before, I took advantage of her in every way. Now her temper has not changed, but she just likes me. Why did she become so strong again?

Oh, ask Yunjin to clean up the room...the one next to Xiaolian's.

(End of this chapter)