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

Chapter 736 Let her play freely

Yan Yu had no idea how the Demon Emperor Yuanzhen survived the Jindan tribulation in his previous life.

But what is certain is that Zhao Yuanzhen in this life is definitely not as good as the Demon Emperor Yuanzhen in his previous life in terms of character - he has been wanted by the Lu State for several years, and has been running around to escape the pursuit, and he is in a panic all day long like a stray dog.

To survive such a difficult environment and reach the stage of Dan formation, one must either be extremely strong-willed or have an extremely abnormal mind. According to Yan Yu's recollection, the Yuanzhen Demon Emperor possessed both, so it was not surprising that he was able to survive the heavenly tribulation.

As the saying goes, "A person's ultimate destiny is closely tied to their upbringing." Zhao Yuanzhen, now tamed by herself and largely free of her ferocious nature, was also responsible for her inability to overcome the calamity.

At this time, there were still half of the thunders left in the air, and the height had reached 1,200 meters. The threat to Zhao Yuanzhen was increasing rapidly.

Yan Yu calmly ordered:

"Hurry up and recover your true essence. When the thunder reaches a height of one thousand meters, use all your strength to activate the White Bone Demon Fire."

Because all the tribulation lightning bolts were always locked onto the person undergoing the tribulation, their overall arrangement formed an inverted cone. The lower the tribulation lightning bolts descended, the closer they gathered to the central axis, making them more efficient at clearing them with Taoist magic—but the cost was a drastic reduction in the safe distance.

Yan Yu's observations and estimates suggest that a thousand-meter altitude is the most suitable starting point. Any earlier and efficiency would be insufficient, while any later might lead to unexpected events. However, the puppet Ah Zhen's intelligence was limited, and he couldn't remember so much. After hearing the second half of the sentence, he forgot the first half, and finally remembered only "one thousand meters, full force."

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't think about it carefully. He just thought, since my husband wants me to use all my strength to activate the White Bone Devil Fire when the lightning falls to a thousand meters, then I can just use the Ten Thousand Bamboo Sword to fight casually now. I'll take as many as I can.

So he continued to strike the Wanzhu Sword into the air, while slowly refining the medicinal power and restoring his true energy.

Yan Yu's face darkened at this. You know, the efficiency of sitting cross-legged and concentrating on refining medicinal power is completely different from that of refining medicinal power while flying a sword and restoring true energy.

If you don't use all your strength to recover your true energy, when the time comes, you won't have enough true energy, so how will you clean up so many remaining thunders?
At this point, it was too late to stop it. Yan Yu could only quickly think about how to make adjustments next. Before he could figure it out, he saw another unexpected change on the screen.

When the Yinfeng Divine Evil Thunder dropped to a height of 1,100 meters, it suddenly began to split into two and its number doubled!

"Oops!" Zhang Huaide said in a deep voice, "The situation is not good!"

"It's not a big deal," Zhou Hongyu said coldly. "At this altitude, the tribulation lightning tends to be crowded together. Even if it suddenly splits and multiplies, it will only take a little more effort."

Zhang Huaide did not explain, but turned to look at Li Minghu.

Li Minghu's expression was also very worried, obviously thinking the same thing as Zhang Huaide.

If the one undergoing the tribulation on the spot is a cultivator who is good at responding to emergencies, then as Zhou Hongyu said, the difficulty will only increase slightly, but it will still be within the range that can be handled.

The problem was that Zhao Yuanzhen wasn't the type to be good at calculations. Her performance so far seemed more like Yan Yu had prepared various plans for her in advance, allowing her to choose and respond based on the actual situation on the spot.

For example, it's like predicting the topic before an exam and preparing for all the popular questions. What's the biggest fear in this situation? Of course, the unexpected question that you didn't predict will appear in the exam.

Zhao Yuanzhen's true essence should have recovered considerably by now, but she still hadn't fully activated the Bone Devil Fire, indicating she was definitely waiting for a chance to strike. And the lightning suddenly began to split and multiply, so the timing for her attack had to be brought forward. The question was, could she anticipate this?

Yan Yu left the meeting room again and quickly instructed the puppet Ah Zhen:
"Attack with all your strength now!"

Puppet Ah Zhen was silent for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and said:

"I can't get in touch with it."

Yan Yu quickly turned his head to look at the indoor screen, only to see that Yin Feng Shen Sha Lei had rushed into the one thousand meter mark, forming a light blue cyclone above Zhao Yuanzhen's head.

Because the air flows extremely fast, gas molecules of different diameters rub against each other violently, causing atoms to lose electrons and generating a large amount of plasma. Huge blue arcs of electricity continuously bloom in the cyclone, as if a thunderbolt from the sky is about to strike.

The drone in the distance was also strongly disturbed by the turbulent magnetic field and was forced to stagger to distance itself. Zhao Yuanzhen's figure could no longer be seen in the camera, only countless arcs of electricity that continuously jumped and flickered, completely filling the camera's field of view.

Now no one can contact Zhao Yuanzhen. Whether she can survive this wave of thunder depends entirely on her own ability!

In the conference room, Xie Ruoxi was already holding her breath nervously, her face pale. Lin Ning also clenched her fists anxiously, but Su Yunjin held her hand, signaling her not to show her panic, as this would make Xie Ruoxi even more uneasy.

The girls of the Zhenhai team were the most worried about Zhao Yuanzhen's condition. Although the others were slightly better, they all had frowns on their faces and remained silent.

This kind of scene is even more formidable than the one Liu Longtao experienced during his tribulation, and is almost comparable to the one Yan Yu experienced!

Jing Ye stared at the screen expressionlessly. He didn't know that due to the dual cultivation and purification of true essence, Zhao Yuanzhen's Jindan grade was quite high, and the difficulty of overcoming the tribulation was also increased by more than one level.

He only knew that if he had faced such a calamity that day, he would most likely have been in great danger.

Was it because Brother was chaste and devoted that the Heavenly Tribulation was particularly lenient? In contrast, Old Yan's illicit relationships with them drew the wrath of Heaven, severely punishing him, and thus severely increasing his calamity?
Chen Lingyun looked at the screen and suddenly laughed:
"It's over. It was a close call."

Everyone hurriedly looked over. The cyclone and arc caused by this wave of lightning had not yet completely dissipated, and the remaining lightning was still falling. Considering that the heavenly tribulation was still ongoing, the only thing they could confirm was that Zhao Yuanzhen was not dead.

But Chen Lingyun said this...

After a few seconds, the cyclone finally dissipated, revealing the battered Zhao Yuanzhen below. Although he looked disheveled, he seemed to be uninjured, which was a blessing.

After all, even if you are hit by the thunder, the best result is that an arm or a thigh will be broken, which will definitely affect the next tribulation.

Yan Yu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately my witch was not destined to die. Just as he was about to smile and comfort everyone, he suddenly heard Zhang Huaide say:

"If I were to formulate the plan earlier, I would have asked her to pause her attack and focus on recovering her true energy, and then attack with all her strength after the lightning descended to a height of one thousand meters."

Li Minghu nodded and said:
"Me too. But if that were the case, the number of lightning strikes wouldn't be reduced enough, and if they suddenly split at 1,100 meters, the pressure would be even greater." "So, if Sister Zhao hadn't used the Ten Thousand Bamboo Sword to clear the wave of lightning strikes before activating the White Bone Demon Fire, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to stand there now." Su Yunjin thought about this and suddenly looked at Yan Yu and smiled:
"The captain is still very smart."

"Captain Yan is more thoughtful than me. I'm grateful for your advice." Zhang Huaide said admiringly, lightly supporting the frame of his glasses with his middle finger.

"Isn't it?" Tang Xiaolian agreed with a smile, "When I'm overcoming the tribulation, can Captain Yan help me design a plan?"

Yan Yu:………………

"Why not?" He said calmly with a proud expression, "Surviving the tribulation is a matter of life and death, so of course we can't treat it casually. We have to take all possibilities into consideration, and even the smallest variables can't be easily ignored."

"I see." Everyone nodded in thought.

Yan Yu felt a little embarrassed, but he continued to maintain a confident expression on his face and slowly left the meeting room.

Returning to the corridor, he summoned the puppet Ah Zhen again. He hesitated for a long time before saying:

"...Forget it, just let her do what she wants."

Zhao Yuanzhen, with the help of the puppet Ami, received orders and became more and more confused.

Didn't you just give me instructions so clearly, and I followed them exactly as you said! I successfully made it through two waves of thunderstorms, and there's only one left. Why didn't you give me any warnings all of a sudden?

At this time, the last wave of thunder had not yet descended. Zhao Yuanzhen sat cross-legged on the ground, concentrating all his energy on refining the medicinal power in his stomach, racing against time to recover his true essence. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind:
I promised him before that if he could successfully help me overcome the tribulation, I would convince the other sisters on the team to help me... No, I mean, to serve him together. Could it be that he doubted I was trying my best and was waiting for me to make a decision?
Although he felt quite disgusted with this kind of behavior of asking for money, the thunder of disaster was still brewing above his head! Zhao Yuanzhen had no choice but to say to the puppet Ami:
"Tell him! As long as... as long as he can help me form the Golden Core, I'm willing to learn anything! And as for that matter, I won't break my promise and will definitely do it!"

Puppet A-mi repeated the message to puppet A-Zhen. Yan Yu and A-Zhen's consciousness were connected, and he immediately received the message:
"Form the Golden Elixir! Learn the posture! I can definitely do it!"

Yan Yu was silent for a long time, thinking that even though the puppet's speech was incoherent, it wouldn't make anything up. The demonic woman had reached the final stage of her tribulation, and was just about to adjust her state for a final fight. Why was she still thinking about those inappropriate things?

Of course, it is impossible to scold her casually at this time. Otherwise, if her Tao heart is broken, her state is abnormal and she fails to pass the tribulation, Yan Yu will never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.

"Tell her, okay, okay! I'll do whatever she wants!" Yan Yu decided to use a delaying tactic. No matter what position she wanted to use afterwards, he would agree to it first to calm her down.

At worst, I can regret it later! Cheating a witch, can that be called cheating?

When Zhao Yuanzhen heard the three words "OK, OK, OK", he became even more angry.

So you are really blackmailing me?
Okay, okay, since you are despicable, shameless, insidious and cunning, then I don’t have to worry about marital love or ethics anymore.

If you can still get out of bed the next day, I will give up the position of head nurse and let each of them take turns!
At this thought, Zhao Yuanzhen's fighting spirit was already surging, her mind full of revenge for Yan Yu's despicable behavior of taking advantage of her tribulation and threatening her with various conditions. She wanted to immediately break all the thunderbolts above her head, then find Yan Yu to fulfill his promise and restore her dignity!
And above her head, the largest number of thunder clusters in history was slowly falling.

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When Yan Yu was undergoing the tribulation, foreign forces bribed civilian cultivators in an attempt to attack Yan Yu from both inside and outside to prevent him from forming the elixir.

By the time Mr. Jing and the demon girl were going through their tribulation, all these foreign forces had ceased their activities.

The Lu Kingdom Privy Council initially believed that because Yan Yu successfully formed the golden elixir, foreign forces concluded that it was too difficult to prevent subsequent cultivators from overcoming the tribulation, so they gave up unnecessary attempts.

However, just when Zhao Yuanzhen was going through the tribulation, shocking news suddenly came from the intelligence system of Sakura Empire.

The population of the Shikoku region is decreasing rapidly, and many cities have become ghost towns within half an hour, with no living people to be seen!

In the past, such a dramatic population decline would have been interpreted as "some mysterious realm suddenly appearing, sweeping away the innocent people around it." However, with the precedent set by the Southern Territory in mind, everyone was more concerned that the Sakura Empire's Onmyoji Temple had begun cultivating its own Yamata no Orochi.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the cultivators from the Lu Kingdom were extremely advanced in forming elixirs. Even if they didn't take any action, they could still crush the Yin-Yang Academy in terms of high-end power by continuing their steady development - the snowball advantage accumulated in the early stages was simply too great.

On the other hand, if the Yin-Yang Court does not want to become a vassal of the Lu State Privy Council in the future, it must launch an emergency raid that will gamble the country's destiny in order to interrupt the Lu State's rise.

Pearl Harbor is just around the corner!
The rapid disappearance of the population was an extremely dangerous signal, so much so that the Privy Council could not ignore it at all, and immediately asked Li Weiguo to call Yan Yu.

"Well, what do you need me to do?" Yan Yu asked in a deep voice after receiving the message.

Although Zhao Yuanzhen's tribulation has not yet ended, I can't help her by staying here, so it is better to let her play freely.

"Be prepared to fight at any time." Li Weiguo said seriously, "Once the Yamata no Orochi training ceremony begins, it cannot be suspended, otherwise all the previous investment will be wasted."

"Our intelligence system is already searching for the Yamata no Orochi's true form. Once we find any clues, we will immediately assign you a mission."

"Okay." Yan Yu said, "I can go to the battle anytime."

As a dignified Jindan cultivator, Yan Yu no longer takes seriously the hostile transcendents who are still in the Foundation Establishment Realm, no matter how many there are.

The Yamata no Orochi, in its previous life, was born in the waters near Ryukyu. When it appeared, it devoured nearly three-quarters of the Ryukyu population.

However, the present is very different from the previous life, and many places have changed beyond recognition. Yan Yu cannot guarantee that Onmyoji Temple will still hide the body of the Yamata no Orochi near Ryukyu.

Of course, this time the battle will definitely not be as difficult as in the previous life.

Yan Yu stared at the scene of Zhao Yuanzhen's tribulation and thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)