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

Chapter 678 Delicious Tears

Logically speaking, no one should refuse the help of helping to reach the Golden Core level, when the price is so insignificant that no martial arts technique even needs the "Yuan Yin".

Between mid-grade and high-grade golden elixirs, there's an invisible chasm known as "cultivation aptitude." It's completely fixed from the moment of birth: what you can do is what you can, what you might do is what you might do, and what you can't do is what you can't do. Under normal circumstances, there's no way to change it.

Now, someone suddenly built a small wooden bridge across this insurmountable chasm.

The vast majority of cultivators were willing to risk everything to cross this single-plank bridge. Forget about their vital essence, even if it meant cutting off their hands and feet, or even skinning and piercing them with needles, there were plenty of people willing to risk it.

As for why the girls behaved so strangely, it was obviously because they had some more precious feelings for Yan Yu, so that the importance of "exchanging Yuan Yin" itself outweighed "striving for the Golden Core rank" - a typical result of emotion completely suppressing reason.

Zhou Hongyu agreed to join because she wanted to exchange her body for more love;

Li Minghu agreed to join because she wanted to build a closer relationship with Yan Yu;

The two are very similar in form, but the kernel drivers are very different.

Ye Jun and Tang Xiaolian were hesitant and even rejected it at first because they were worried that the matter of "striving for the Golden Core level" would add unnecessary impurities to their relationship.

If the purpose of going to bed this time is to level up, then if there is no need to level up in the future, then there will be no reason to go to bed, right?
If the object of practice is Yan Yu, these two girls are actually not opposed to sleeping with him, but they hope that the reason and motivation behind it is pure love.

It must be love.

When they give love unilaterally, they hope to receive love of equal value in return, rather than congratulations like "Congratulations, your golden elixir grade has been improved"... Of course, this is indeed of great value, but love must maintain a pure and supreme position in their hearts.

In the end, both of them compromised. Tang Xiaolian expressed her emotional needs directly, while Ye Jun gave in under the excuse that "he needed me."

Their situations are different from those of Zhou Hongyu and Li Minghu, but the common point is that the main reason why they finally agreed is still emotional factors.

This served as a reminder to Yan Yu: if he were to communicate with the inner house group next time, he couldn't just talk about tangible benefits like reaching the Golden Core level.

It still depends on feelings!

Yan Yu took out his cell phone and swiped through the group for a while.

Xie Ruoxi! You're the first one!
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The base room was equipped with computers, and the hardware in all aspects was almost top-notch. Therefore, after Xie Ruoxi had dinner, he couldn't wait to go back to the room to download the game, and then called his friends to start playing.

Hit him hard!

"Fuck, do you even know how to play a tank?" She took off her headphones and roared, "You don't handle the boss mechanics so you let the healer handle it? Don't you have any idea how stressful this dungeon's healing is? Do you want to give your health a roller coaster ride and see if you can survive? You don't even consider the strategy mechanics, why are you doing this dungeon? Why don't you play KartRider? Everyone, commit suicide and quit the dungeon and start over!"

Through the headphones, the teammates cursed and left the dungeon, gathering outside again. Xie Ruoxi continued to roar:

"Everyone, get your act together! I'll kick anyone who lets you down again! I didn't spend all this money on your equipment so you can enjoy the game... Wait a minute, I need to take a call! Go to the bathroom now!"

Xie Ruoxi was immediately shocked when she saw Yan Yu's call light up on her phone screen.

Why did the captain suddenly call me? Don't we usually just text each other?
"Hello?" She picked up the phone, her voice instantly switching from that of a grouchy gamer girl to a soft, soft bunny clip voice. "Captain, is there something you need from me?"

"Where are you? Are you free?" Yan Yu asked.

"Ah~ I'm in the room, I'm free." Xie Ruoxi said quickly.

She forgot to turn off her microphone, so the team channel was immediately flooded with discussions from teammates. Everyone was gossiping about what kind of captain could make their leader, Magic Lion, switch into this clip sound form.

"Come to my room." Yan Yu said, "I have something to talk to you about."

"Okay, okay, I'll change my clothes." Xie Ruoxi hung up the phone and then noticed that the team's microphone had been turned off. She quickly said to the team members:
"You guys go play first, Ben is not going to play anymore."

"Ah? Captain!" The team members complained, "It's you who let me down this time!"

"Shut up!" Xie Ruoxi said confidently, "I'm going to pursue my own happiness. You little virgins don't know shit! Go back and get some toilet paper and masturbate!"

She cleanly cut off the communication, exited the game, turned off the computer, then quickly opened the wardrobe and picked out a set of youth anime cosplay costumes to put on.

The last time I watched anime with you, I remember it was this outfit that made the captain particularly want to touch it...

After changing clothes, Xie Ruoxi activated the invisibility spell again, sneaked out of the room, and came to the door of Yan Yu's room.

"Captain!" She quickly pushed the door open and walked in, revealing the most charming and seductive smile a cosplayer could muster. "Do you want to take a shower first, or go to bed first, or just do it right here in the bathroom..."

With a snap, Yan Yu picked up the cotton swab beside him, flicked his finger hard, and hit her forehead accurately, shattering the next words she had not yet uttered.

"Come here." He patted the bed next to him, "Sit here."

"Oh." Xie Ruoxi covered her forehead, walked over aggrievedly, and sat down properly next to Yan Yu.

"I have something to tell you." Yan Yu continued, "Do you know the Golden Core Grade?"

"Yeah." Xie Ruoxi said honestly, "A high-grade golden elixir is like an SSR, belonging to the C position in combat power; a mid-grade one is an SR, barely usable; a low-grade one is an R, just for filling the gap."

"Your understanding... Damn, there's nothing wrong with it." Yan Yu cursed with a smile, "But in those card-drawing games of yours, everyone has the same probability of drawing a card. But the probability of reaching the Jindan level is different. Its probability depends on each person's cultivation talent. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Xie Ruoxi nodded innocently, and quickly looked at Yan Yu again, a look of pity in her eyes, "So, Captain is destined to only be able to form a low-grade golden elixir? It doesn't matter. Xixi won't look down on you because of this. In my heart, you will always be that great and omnipotent Captain... Ah! It hurts, it hurts, Captain, please let go!"

Yan Yu used the two-finger poisonous dragon drill to inflict captain's punishment on both sides of Xie Ruoxi's temples until this beautiful waste begged for mercy for a long time before he stopped.

"Woo, you bully me again!" she said tearfully, turned around and fell on the bed, quickly burrowing into the quilt like a little hedgehog hiding in its nest.

Yan Yu grabbed her legs and pulled her out of the quilt, then said:
"According to current theoretical research, you and Liu Longtao are probably the only two cultivators in Lu Country with high enough qualifications to ensure the formation of a high-grade golden elixir."

"However, no one can guarantee that reality will develop as theoretically calculated. You only have one chance to form a pill and overcome the tribulation. The pill you form will be of that grade. There is no chance for regret."

"Yeah." Xie Ruoxi continued to lie on the bed, curled up and hugged her legs. "So?"

"I have a secret method to reach the Golden Core Realm." Yan Yu said.

"Oh, then I'll use it." Xie Ruoxi said without hesitation.

After all, ever since she joined the team, no matter what to practice and how to practice, it was all decided by the captain Yan Yu alone - she had long been accustomed to leaving her destiny entirely to Yan Yu.

"Don't be impatient." Yan Yu continued, "This secret method is for dual cultivation, and it also contains the art of sex."

"What is the art of sex... Oh! Oh!!!" Xie Ruoxi sat up suddenly.

How could a woman like her, who read novels on all major websites, not understand the meaning of this word?
"This concerns your innocence, so you still need to think carefully about it." Yan Yu said.

"Then what do you think, Captain?" Xie Ruoxi thought for a moment and asked seriously, "Would you reject practicing dual cultivation with me?"

Yan Yu brewed his emotions for a while, and then replied in the most sincere tone:

"No, I'm not opposed to it. Ruoxi, you've already done cosplay before, so you should have a basic understanding of your own appearance, right? As for your personality, let me be honest. Although you were lazy, timid, and cowardly at first, to put it bluntly, you were a complete loser, but now you've grown into something quite remarkable."

"I like you very much and am not opposed to practicing dual cultivation with you. What I'm worried about is whether you are opposed to practicing dual cultivation with me and handing you over to me."

Yan Yu secretly changed the concept here, which is to tie "dual cultivation" and "hand you to me". The latter sounds like a formal confirmation of the relationship, but if you look deeper, it can be interpreted as "hand over your essence to me". Anyway, the right of interpretation is in his own hands.

But he was undoubtedly worrying too much, because with Xie Ruoxi's little brain and her unconditional trust in Yan Yu, she didn't even think about the meaning of it, but instead smiled happily:
"Captain, you're being a bit polite. If I hadn't met you, I'd still be running around working to earn a living." Having said that, she lowered her head slightly, glanced at Yan Yu's face with her peripheral vision, and whispered:

"Besides, if we do this... the captain will like me more, right?"

Yan Yu did not answer, but just sighed quietly in his heart.

If millions of copies of the Sword Manual of Exorcism were made and spread throughout the martial arts world, then practicing the Sword Manual of Exorcism would not improve your status in the martial arts world, but if you did not practice it, you would definitely be eliminated from the martial arts world.

The same applies to dual cultivation. If you choose to join, you'll simply continue to compete with them; but if you choose to give up, you'll lose even the qualifications to continue competing. How can someone who doesn't even dare to place a bet continue to stay at the gambling table?

But Yan Yu couldn't tell the truth, because this was obviously not what Xie Ruoxi wanted to hear.

What she needs is hope, even if it is a vague mirage, at least it emits the light of hope.

Silently opening his arms, Yan Yu gently embraced Xie Ruoxi. Xie Ruoxi was stunned at first, but soon became excited and threw herself into his arms with tears in her eyes. Yan Yu could even feel the softness and wetness of her chest through her clothes. It was her tender face and the warm tears of joy flowing down her cheeks.

"Don't worry." Yan Yu patted her back gently. "The future will be better."

"Yeah." Xie Ruoxi clutched his sleeve tightly, "I always believe in you..."

She swallowed the rest of the words, but a happy smile bloomed on her face.

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After seeing Xie Ruoxi off, Yan Yu calmed down a little.

To be honest, with her extraordinary aptitude for cultivation, she might really not need this secret method at all.

But as Yan Yu had previously realized, these girls didn't care about the Golden Core grade at all. If everyone else on the team received help from the captain, but Xie Ruoxi didn't, would she think that her cultivation talent was too high and she didn't need it? Or would she think that Yan Yu had no interest in her at all?

The latter was the most fatal blow to her. As the captain, she certainly couldn't let Xiao Ruoxi, who had done nothing wrong, get hurt.

Next up was Yunjin, the most difficult person on the team to handle. On the one hand, her feelings for him were incredibly strong, surpassing almost all the other girls, leading to a stronger sense of possessiveness and exclusivity. On the other hand, she wasn't a fool like Xie Ruoxi, or a woman overly obsessed with love like Zhou Hongyu.

Yan Yu swiped his phone again and saw that Su Yunjin and the others had returned to the base.

"Yunjin." He dialed the number and said to the other end, "Come to my room for a moment."

Su Yunjin was sorting out the clothes she and Chen Lingyun had bought. Some were hers, some were Lingyun's, and some were gifts for other sisters. So, she put her phone on her shoulder and responded:
"Is it urgent? No, I'll finish tidying up my clothes and then go over. It will probably take about ten minutes."

"Oh, no hurry." Yan Yu said, "Then you go ahead and do your work."

Su Yunjin hung up the phone and picked up a shirt he had bought for the captain. He held it up and looked at it for a moment, but then he heard Chen Lingyun say with a smile:

"You better go ahead, I'll just tidy up here."

"Oh?" Su Yunjin blinked, realizing that Lingyun must have guessed what the captain wanted to talk to him about. He asked tentatively, "Is it business or personal?"

"I don't know." Chen Lingyun said cunningly, "Maybe it's official business, maybe it's personal, maybe it's both."

Su Yunjin thought for a moment and stood up:

"Then I'm going."

She came to Yan Yu's room door and knocked.

"Please come in."

Su Yunjin pushed the door open with a gentle smile on her face. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly smelled a fragrance in the air.

Was it Ruoxi's shampoo? No, it was a mixture of scents, as if Ruoxi wasn't the only one here...

She closed the door calmly, pretending nothing had happened, and asked softly:
"What do you want from me, Captain?"

Yan Yu said gently:

"That's right. I have a secret dual cultivation method that can help me reach the Golden Core stage."

"So?" Su Yunjin's smile remained unchanged. She was obviously a little surprised at the existence of this secret technique, but not very surprised.

"It involves the art of sex." Yan Yu said seriously.

Su Yunjin: ………………

She was silent for a while, gathered her skirts and sat down beside Yan Yu, saying:
"You have to help everyone in our team...reach the Golden Core stage."

"More than that." Yan Yu said, "There are also Ye Jun, Li Minghu, Zhou Hongyu, and Tang Xiaolian."

Su Yunjin fell silent again.

The expression on her face was complicated, and her brows gradually furrowed, as if she was about to release extremely terrifying gravity, so Yan Yu also quickly prepared himself mentally to bear the pressure.

"I have to..." Yun Jin finally spoke, "Does it really have to be that way?"

"That's the golden elixir grade." Yan Yu said.

"What if we give it to another male cultivator?" Su Yunjin asked strugglingly, "Does it have to be you?"

"It has the same origin as 'Pulling Threads'," Yan Yu replied. "I don't intend to expose 'Pulling Threads' at this stage."

Su Yunjin took a deep breath and closed his eyes, as if trying to calm himself down.

"I'm so sad," she finally said aloud.

"I know." Yan Yu also lowered his head slightly, as if he was under some pressure. "I understand that you feel very uncomfortable."

"But you will definitely do this." Su Yunjin said slowly, his voice trembling slightly, "Because that's just how you are. You always do this... You consider national affairs more important than anything else."

"Shouldn't I be like this?" Yan Yu asked her, "The revival of spiritual energy is like the tide of the times, and it will eventually destroy all vulnerable people. Even if I can help one of you, it may save more people in the future..."

"In that case, doesn't it become my fault?" Su Yunjin said with a sad smile, his aura growing heavier. "Is it me who is ungrateful and wants to monopolize you and prevent you from training more powerful female cultivators for Lu Kingdom?"

Tears welled up in her eyes, but they stubbornly lingered, refusing to flow down her cheeks. Yan Yu looked at her silently, his expression gradually turning into one of guilt and self-blame, and he reached out and held her in his arms.

Su Yunjin struggled for a while, but found that she still had no strength, so she let him continue to hold her.

"Yunjin." Yan Yu said softly.

"Yeah." She responded barely perceptibly.

"This is my fault, not yours...so don't torture yourself." Yan Yu said seriously.

"What if I can't do it?" Su Yunjin bit her lower lip, tears finally flowing uncontrollably, sobbing, "Even after hearing this, I... I still love you so much that I can't even hate you."

　This chapter is titled "Delicious Tears." It's not that Yan Yu thinks a girl crying is delicious, but rather that the author herself thinks so... Quack! If there were a perfect, outstanding girl who was pursued by many men, yet she frequently encountered emotional setbacks with me and even shed sad tears for me, just hearing about it would be incredibly delicious!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)