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

Chapter 758: Golden Elixir Master Xie Ruoxi

After arriving at the Pingxi Army Headquarters, Yan Yu chatted with the military leaders for a while.

The ratio of domestic military monks is 3:4:3 for Qi Refining, Marrow Cleansing, and Transformation respectively. In other words, % of the military monks have not even reached the Transformation stage.

This is a very bad phenomenon, which means that the secret resources in the hands of the government are not enough to support the cultivation needs of so many military monks.

Secret realms appear with no discernible pattern. Famous mountains, rivers, and ancient battlefields only account for a small fraction of them; many more often appear in bizarre and unexpected ways. For example, in one case in Jiading County, villagers were snorkeling in a river when they were accidentally swept to the bottom by an undercurrent and, in the blink of an eye, found themselves in a secret realm.

This villager was relatively honest and dutiful, immediately swimming out of the secret realm to report it to the higher-ups. A less honest person, however, would have explored on their own, taken the cultivation supplies, and simply become a private cultivator. The authorities would have been completely unaware of the existence of the secret realm—and even if they had, they wouldn't have actually searched the mountains and seas to find it.

Ultimately, luck plays too large a role, and taking chances means being out of control.

The Lu Kingdom had no way to solve this problem. Whether it was calling on the public to reward people for reporting secret realms (basically starting at several million), or recruiting civilian cultivators, they were essentially delaying this trend of weak trunks and strong branches.

At the end of his speech, the military leader shook Yan Yu's hands tightly and said excitedly:
"In the final analysis, it is all thanks to you top cultivators who have formed a strong enough deterrent. You are the pillars of the Lu Kingdom!"

Yan Yu was also a little embarrassed. Although it sounded like flattery, this leader was actually quite old. Going back to his generation, such displays of genuine affection seemed commonplace... so much so that Yan Yu didn't know how to respond and only managed to say a few polite words.

After meeting with the leaders, I went to the camp to visit the military monks.

This task was relatively simple. Due to the significant disparity in status, the monks from the Military Palace rarely had the opportunity to engage Yan Yu in small talk. Yan Yu would simply offer his condolences, and the monks would respond with gratitude. Considering that the monks from the Military Palace who were being visited had been prearranged and instructed on how to speak, the entire process felt a bit like following a script.

On the other side, Xie Ruoxi's tribulation was finally coming to an end.

The entire tribulation process wasn't without its perils. As everyone had previously speculated, the heavenly tribulation would adjust its effects based on the weaknesses of the afflicted, and Xie Ruoxi had too many flaws: slow reaction times, easily startled, a weak brain... As a result, the trajectory of the tribulation lightning quickly became extremely complex, frequently splitting, becoming invisible, and even teleporting.

Then they were all blown to pieces by the lightning net.

Ye Jun's shotgun formation essentially just split Xie Ruoxi's thunder technique. The energy contained within the thunder technique was extremely abundant and powerful, so even if it was split and expanded into a lightning net, it still retained sufficient destructive power.

High attack power inevitably equates to high consumption. If one were to practice some other method, even after firing dozens of thunder spells, his true essence would have been completely exhausted, and even taking pills would not be able to replenish it.

But who was Xie Ruoxi? She had fired over a hundred thunder spells and only consumed three medicinal pills. The rate at which her true essence was depleted might not even match the rate at which she could recover from refining the medicinal power. Looking at the unmoved Ten Thousand Bamboo Sword and the Small Xuan Guang Ruler beside her, it was clear that her true essence had never fallen below the danger line.

Under the pressure of this purely unreasonable total amount of true energy, the heavenly tribulation seemed to be completely enraged. The number of the last wave of tribulation thunders directly exceeded ten thousand, reaching an astonishing eighteen thousand, falling straight down at a speed of 1200 meters per second.

Xie Ruoxi was finally horrified. With both hands, she violently conjured a thunder spell, and began to scatter lightning in a frenzied, circular motion. Countless lightning nets soared high into the sky, annihilating the dense clusters of tribulation lightning. The instantaneous burst of light reached tens of millions of lumens, causing the surveillance footage behind to crash.

In the Wudang Mountain base, the monks rushed out urgently and rushed to the top of Tianzhu Peak, only to find Xie Ruoxi standing there safely, motionless, with an extremely calm expression.

"Ruoxi!" Zhao Yuanzhen was the first to rush over, hugging her tightly from the front. They both transformed. "Congratulations on your successful Dan-forming!"

"Sister Zhao..." Xie Ruoxi's voice was barely audible.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked in confusion.

"It's leaking." Xie Ruoxi's face flushed red, and her voice was faintly filled with tears. "It leaked a little bit... Take me back quickly, don't let anyone else know!"

Zhao Yuanzhen:………………

The power of a heavenly calamity is so terrifying that it is normal for people to lose control of their bladders when faced with it.

The medical team arrived shortly afterwards, wanting to examine Xie Ruoxi. But how could Xie Ruoxi possibly agree? So, she frantically refused, dragging the team back to base before rushing into her room to shower.

After about ten minutes, she happily left the room and went to the team meeting room to reunite with everyone. Her expression was already extremely proud and complacent:
"Hehe, everyone can congratulate me now."

"Congratulations." Lin Ning and Su Yunjin were also a little speechless. However, Ruoxi's Dan formation was a good thing after all, so everyone sat together, chatting and laughing, and eating some snacks.

"By the way, where are Lingyun and the captain?" Xie Ruoxi suddenly asked.

Others believed that her success in overcoming the tribulation and forming the elixir was mostly due to her having the most true essence in the world, but Xie Ruoxi had no intention of taking any credit for herself at all - it was the captain who injected me with a large amount of courage, almost overflowing, before I left, so that I could face this life-and-death tribulation calmly!
Now that he had finally succeeded in advancing, recalling the encouragement and comfort the captain had given him before, Xie Ruoxi felt as if a warm current was flowing through his body. He really wanted to tell the captain the good news as soon as possible... and then be encouraged by him again. Then this day would be extremely perfect, without any flaws.

"The captain is on a business trip." Lin Ning said quickly, "He should be in Nanchuan now. Lingyun is accompanying him on official business."

Xie Ruoxi was eating a piece of lemon cake. Upon hearing this, she froze in place, and the cake fell from her mouth. Fortunately, the witch was right beside her and quickly reached out to grab it, so that the food was not wasted.

Captain, you left early without watching me overcome the tribulation?
Haha, hahahahaha, he must think that it is a sure thing for me to survive the tribulation, and there is no need to wait for the result... This is proof that the captain has absolute trust in me.

But why, my heart hurts...

Xie Ruoxi felt like a wife who had just received a promotion and a raise. She had returned home excitedly to tell her husband the good news, only to discover that he had gone on a trip with his mistress. The thought of this overwhelmed her with grief, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The girls were horrified. Although they didn't know why Xiao Ruoxi was suddenly sad, they could probably guess that it must be related to the captain's absence, so they spoke to comfort her:

"Oh, it's not that the captain doesn't value you, but Master Jing came to see him halfway and said there was something very important, so he called him to Pingjing."

"It's a direct order from the Privy Council, so the captain can't do anything about it. Ruoxi, you know his character. There's no way he'd refuse something like this."

"It's okay, Ruoxi. When he comes back, we'll fight him again. Then we'll make him surrender and beg for mercy!"

Ning Ning and Yun Jin were speechless again. Sister Zhao, are you rewarding him or punishing him? And we can't just do this kind of thing all the time. It makes us look so careless...

"Yes!" Xie Ruoxi nodded heavily, holding Ningning with her left hand and Yunjin with her right hand, and said to everyone seriously, "Then it's a deal. After the captain comes back, we'll all go together!"

Everyone:………………

So you're crying because you can't do this kind of thing without the captain?!
————————Inside the room at the Pingxi Military Base, Chen Lingyun was leisurely doing exercises to stretch her body.

Her hair was lazily draped over her shoulders, and below that was her fair, smooth skin and crystal clear beads of sweat. It looked as beautiful and tempting as delicate dewdrops on rose petals, but in fact, it tasted only salty.

The sweat of a beautiful girl is fragrant - this is a complete fantasy of some men.

"Ah." Chen Lingyun suddenly stopped and then bit Yan Yu's shoulder hard, leaving two clear lines of teeth marks.

"What? Has your rabies finally broken out?" Yan Yu asked with a sneer.

"Hmph, you dare to be distracted when you're with me." Chen Lingyun showed a contemptuous and cunning smile, with the corners of her mouth raised, "I'll teach you a lesson this time. Next time, if you dare to think about other women, it won't be your shoulder that gets bitten."

"How do you know I'm thinking about Ruoxi?" Yan Yu asked in surprise, "After all, she's going through a tribulation, and I always feel a little uneasy."

"What's there to worry about? Why not just ask?" Chen Lingyun didn't rush to get up. Instead, she picked up the phone next to her and tapped a few times. "The tribulation was successfully overcome. It's said to have gone very smoothly without any danger."

"That's good." Yan Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The huge stone hanging in my heart suddenly fell down, and all the muscles in my body naturally relaxed.

Chen Lingyun was slightly startled, then showed a playful and beautiful smile, stood up and said:

"That's all for today's exercise. I'm going to go take a shower."

"Just go and wash, no need to report to me." Yan Yu yawned.

"Can I borrow your bathroom?"

"It's okay, use it as you like."

"By the way," Chen Lingyun walked into the bathroom, then poked her head out and asked with a smile, "The door isn't locked?"

"You want me to come in and attack you while you're taking a shower?" Yan Yu sneered again, "You don't deserve it!"

"Hmph." Chen Lingyun slammed the door shut. A moment later, the sound of dripping water could be heard from inside.

Yan Yu lay on his side on the sofa, his mind completely empty, and all kinds of thoughts began to emerge involuntarily.

He thought about how he had been with this despicable woman in his previous life. Except for not having a husband-wife relationship, they had done everything possible in a relationship. But they just couldn't take the last step of having a formal marriage.

In this regard, Yan Yu once thought that this despicable woman looked down on him because he was not a cultivator.

But now it seems that this is not entirely true.

Chen Lingyun's views on love and marriage were completely different from those of social norms. To be more precise, she had no formal concept of the two, so she simply followed her heart and got along with Yan Yu, doing whatever she wanted without being influenced by any external factors.

What's the idea of a long-term relationship ending in marriage? She has no such concept at all! It's unreasonable to expect a woman who can even let her man have a harem, and even happily do so, to enter into marriage and play the role of wife.

In other words, the reason he suffered so much in his previous life was because his moral standards were too high. Meeting a woman like Chen Lingyun, who had absolutely no moral standards, could easily lead to expectations not being met, and even to her shattering his faith in Taoism.

So in this life, I won’t be a gentleman!

Yan Yu slowly stretched out his hands, then clenched his ten fingers one by one.

I have to be all!

The bathroom door suddenly opened, and Chen Lingyun came out in a bathrobe. Her hair was tied behind her head with a hair tie, revealing her elegant swan-like neck.

"Why are you still lying on the sofa?" She looked at Yan Yu, who was lying on his side, and suddenly smiled maliciously, asking teasingly, "Are you completely out of energy? Oh, it's a thin dog~"

"You're crazy." Yan Yu said lazily, "How can I wash when you're in the bathroom?"

"Didn't I tell you? The door is not locked." Chen Lingyun pouted coquettishly.

She was originally as cunning as a little witch, but suddenly she showed a cute and adorable look, which made Yan Yu unable to help but be moved.

"You're moved again." Chen Lingyun's eyes were sharp. She sat down beside him and smiled sweetly again. "It seems I was wrong. You still have the energy."

"That has nothing to do with you." Yan Yu was already used to bickering with her, so he stood up and said, "Then I'm going to take a shower."

"Wait." Chen Lingyun held him down. "Since you still have the energy, do another round of gymnastics with me. It will be good for your body's flexibility and endurance."

"Didn't the exercise end today?" Yan Yu asked in confusion.

"Yes, look at the time."

Following Chen Lingyun's gaze, Yan Yu saw the clock on the wall, the hands of which had quietly passed midnight.

"Wait, since it's already tomorrow, we should go deal with the secret realm of Zibai Mountain..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Lingyun enthusiastically interrupted him.

Tsk, this woman!
Since you are seeking your own death, you can't blame me!
(End of this chapter)