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

Chapter 761 I Want to Become a Woman Worthy of Yan Yu
Ningning is good at attacking, and Minghu is good at defending.

During the time he was away, the two of them had practiced against each other countless times, and their sword skills were extremely well coordinated.

Yan Yu manipulated the Huangting Sword and attacked Lin Ning with Eagle Strike. Before he could reach her, Li Minghu intercepted him with the Sky Flash Sword.

The two swords collided, but the Tianshan Sword was no match for the heavy sword, and was instantly knocked back a long distance.

Yan Yu frowned slightly when he found that he was being repelled instead of being knocked away. He saw Li Minghu making a series of sword moves, and once again let the Tianshan Sword rush forward and entangle the Huangting Sword tightly.

Invite to fight!
The entanglement of two swords was an invitation to a fight. If it were another arrogant sword master, they might have focused on competing with her to see who had the better swordsmanship.

But how experienced was Yan Yu? As soon as Li Minghu's flying sword entangled him, he immediately realized that this was a "wolf feigning sleep, perhaps to lure the enemy." The Liangyi Sword flew out, intercepting Lin Ning's Qingzhu Sword. Then, like a white crane spreading its wings, it flew down backwards, intercepting the Danyan Sword attacking from behind.

Ok?
At the moment when it was about to intercept, the Danyan Sword suddenly changed its moves, from White Rainbow Piercing the Sun to Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

The sword's body drifted, like a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, usually used to circumvent defenses. However, the Danyan Sword's tail swung too quickly, switching from a straight thrust to a rotation, circling just enough to bypass the Liangyi Sword's interception.

Yanyu:? ? ?
No, why does your flying sword look so much like a throwing axe?
He continued to manipulate the Huangting Sword with his left hand, engaging Li Minghu in an endless struggle. With his right hand, he quickly activated the Liangyi Sword's Cangsong Welcoming Guest, retreating at full speed to follow up with a Overlord Opening the Mountain, finally intercepting the Danyan Sword. With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he saw the Qingzhu Sword seize the opportunity to intercept the Huangting Sword, freeing the Tianshan Sword.

Li Minghu freed his hands and immediately used a move called "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun" and pierced Yan Yu's chest with the Sky Flash Sword.

Such a beautiful tactic of stealing the day, even Yan Yu, with his high vision, could not help but praise the tacit understanding of the two people. Two-handed sword techniques were used simultaneously, and the Liangyi Sword and Huangting Sword instantly switched positions. The former intercepted the Tianshan Sword with the Night Fighting Eight Directions, and the latter blocked the Danyan Sword's sword path again.

Yan Yu controlled his sword with both hands, while the two girls on the opposite side unleashed three swords simultaneously. With a three-on-two numerical advantage, their tactical strategy was very clear: they would utilize the three swords to constantly shift positions to tear apart Yan Yu's dual-sword defense, ultimately creating a flaw that would secure victory.

To counter the pressure of the three swords, the circles of the Huangting Sword and Liangyi Sword began to shrink. Yan Yu calmly executed a series of sword techniques, weaving a tight defense line without any flaws.

"I'm telling you this won't work." The Mirror Fairy sent another voice message to Lin Ning, "The gap in swordsmanship experience between the two of you is too great. In his eyes, none of your moves are secrets at all. You're trying to drain his mind, but he's more likely to drain you in return."

"What should we do then?" Lin Ning asked.

"I'll teach you a few tricks." said the Fairy in the Mirror.

The Qingzhu Sword once again switched positions with the Tianshan Sword, firmly holding the Huangting Sword in check. The Danyan Sword instantly accelerated, attempting to penetrate the dual swords' defenses. Yan Yu shifted his sword techniques, urging the Liangyi Sword to intercept, only to see the Danyan Sword abruptly stop, halting just before the two swords were about to collide.

Even this sudden stop made it impossible for the Liang Yi Sword to intercept. Yan Yu's reaction was also extremely fast, and his sword technique changed instantly, causing the Liang Yi Sword to advance instead of retreat, rushing towards Lin Ning.

The next second, the Danyan Sword and the Liangyi Sword stopped in front of Yan Yu and Lin Ning at the same time, with the tip of the sword pointing directly at the other's throat.

"Let's call it a draw." Yan Yu said with a smile, "Ningning's swordsmanship has indeed improved."

"How can this be called a draw!" Lin Ning shouted immediately, "Why didn't you use the Dividing Cloud Bagua Step to dodge?"

"We agreed to compete in swordsmanship." Yan Yu waved his hand calmly and said, "If you use footwork, it won't be a competition. I can easily defeat you with my Jindan strength."

"But your sudden stop just now was absolutely brilliant, a pinnacle of technical skill. Was it an accident, or a special sword move?"

"Uh." Lin Ning hesitated for a moment, "Actually, I just used it by chance."

"No wonder," Yan Yu laughed. "It's easy to stop the flying sword suddenly, but if it stops too early, I can change my tactics. If it stops too late, it will be intercepted. This kind of precise timing is enough, even if I can't perform it 100%. Well, with such a level of swordsmanship, there will be no problem in overcoming the tribulation."

"Indeed." Li Minghu also agreed, "I have been observing Lin Ning's progress throughout this period. The only way to describe it is 'astonishingly fast'."

Lin Ning felt a little embarrassed. In fact, almost all of her "improvements in swordsmanship" came from the guidance of the Fairy in the Mirror.

At first, Ningning was very wary, trying to determine whether there were any calculations or traps in the other party's guidance.

However, the truth was that every instruction from the Fairy in the Mirror was completely correct. If one improved their sword techniques according to her instructions, their swordsmanship would improve rapidly; if one deliberately ignored or even evaded her instructions, they would find problems everywhere, and nothing would be right, and they would be ridiculed by the Fairy in the Mirror.

As a seasoned small-town test-taker, Lin Ning's pursuit of "right and wrong" is almost an instinct coursing through her blood. Since the Fairy in the Mirror always says the correct answer, there's no need for me to deliberately choose options I know are wrong just to be wary of her.

As a result, I had unknowingly become the Fairy in the Mirror's Swordsman's loyal disciple. Although I still subconsciously retorted in a tsundere manner during conversations, I had become accustomed to trusting her swordsmanship guidance. Now, after hearing Yan Yu's words, Lin Ning finally realized something was wrong. She thought to herself that if the captain knew that the Fairy in the Mirror was instructing me in swordsmanship, he would definitely drag me to the research base just in case and find a way to cut off my contact with her!

I don't completely trust the Mirror Immortal, but right now, improving my own strength is obviously more important, right? I still have to overcome the tribulation next!

Tell the captain after you form the elixir!
"I think you're completely worrying too much," the Immortal in the Mirror complained. "Didn't your captain, when he carried the Sun's True Sword Intent, also extract all sorts of benefits from him? A pragmatist like him, as long as he knows you've benefited so much from me, will definitely turn a blind eye to our communication."

"Shut up. Do you understand him or do I understand him?" Lin Ning said impatiently, "You are still useful to me now. Wait until I overcome the tribulation, and then I will tell him about you!"

"You're such a double-faced person," the Fairy in the Mirror mocked her. "You're clearly worried that he'll look down on you because you're too weak, yet you have to use the tribulation as an excuse. Tsk tsk."

"You're so annoying! Shut up!"

Lin Ning and the Fairy in the Mirror were bickering furiously, and although Yan Yu felt that Ning Ning's swordsmanship was improving a little too quickly, he thought it was a good thing after all, and with Li Minghu there to witness it, he didn't dwell on it too much and simply ordered:
"The list of the third batch of people who will undergo the tribulation is already being arranged. Since you want to undergo the tribulation quickly, I will go and talk to the higher-ups and have you undergo the tribulation after Chen Lingyun."

"Yeah." Lin Ning was also cheered up, thinking that after I form the elixir, the captain should not think I am a burden anymore, right?

I can't fall too far behind the captain in strength! If I can't keep up with his speed of growth, how can I be by his side?

Li Minghu smiled beside him and thought that Lin Ning's thoughts were easy to guess. It was probably because the other teammates in the team had already reached the Jindan stage, so she didn't want to be the only one left behind.

But... after the Jindan stage, the team will most likely be disbanded.

A Jindan Zhenren is a team. If you can complete the mission alone, there's no need to team up with others. But then, you can't stay by Yan Yu's side openly as a "team member."

Let's see when you can think it through.

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Yan Yu stayed in the Wudang Mountain base for a few days when he suddenly received a call from Ping Jing, asking him to come over quickly.

The South has elected a new Witch-King.

This was the fourth Sorcerer King. The first was killed in a civil war after a failed invasion of the Land Kingdom; the second was killed by his confidants in a rebellion; the third launched a war and was assassinated by the Land Kingdom's decapitation squad.

The Lu Kingdom now possesses five Jindan Zhenren, the largest number in the world. Compared to the previous life, the situation is far better. After two consecutive failed invasions from the South, the sorcerer lords feared being liquidated by the Lu Kingdom. So, they did something ridiculous:

They chose a transcendental being of Lu nationality as the new Wizard King.

Hu Minghua, a Luguo expatriate from the Southern Territory, holds the extraordinary profession of a sorcerer. His cultivation level is only average, roughly equivalent to a cultivator at the Marrow Cleansing stage, and he can't even reach the status of a sorcerer lord.

The reason why he was chosen as the Witch King by the wizard lords was entirely because of his Lu bloodline, which he could use to express his loyalty to the Lu Privy Council: You see, our Witch King is from Lu, and our southern border is now ruled by Lu people. We will never rebel again, please spare my life!

After Hu Minghua took office, he immediately applied for a state visit to Pingjing as the King of Wu. Three main opinions were expressed at the meeting:
First, the two wars between the Southern Territory and the Land Kingdom were unjust wars unilaterally initiated by the previous wizard kings and could not represent all the wizards in the Southern Territory who longed for peace and hated war.

Second, to prevent the emergence of ambitious individuals in the Southern Territory, we hope that the Kingdom of Lu will deeply interfere in the Southern Territory. From now on, every succession of the Southern Territory's Wizard King will be designated and approved by the Privy Council of the Kingdom of Lu, and no more chaotic and disorderly bloodlust competition among wizards will be allowed.

Third, the southern border is now divided among the sorcerer lords, large and small, who desperately hope to have their rule recognized by the Privy Council of Lu State and receive official legal recognition. Hu Minghua brought with him a scroll of the Book of All Peoples to present to Lu State. It contained petitions and signatures from almost all the sorcerer lords, all of whom yearned for the Celestial Empire and were eager to become citizens of it immediately...

Although various high-sounding reasons have been found, the above three points ultimately boil down to one sentence:

We are all dogs of Lu State, don’t kill me, woof woof!

Bargaining at the negotiation table is natural. Even though the Southern Territory has already laid out its offer, the Lu Kingdom still habitually negotiates a higher price. Therefore, they notified the Lu Kingdom's top cultivator to go to Pingjing as soon as possible to stabilize the situation, so as to strive for more favorable terms later.

Yan Yu naturally took the lead and immediately set off for Pingjing.

If this is done well, the southern border can be completely pacified, and peace on the border will last forever!

(End of this chapter)