Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Xie Ruoxi left the villa and strolled around the yard only to find nobody there, so she walked around to the back to the pavilion to look for people.

There she saw Chen Lingyun and Yan Yu both sitting in the pavilion, looking at the distant river and talking about something.

Xie Ruoxi quickened her pace and jogged up to them, saying,

"Ling Yun, you're alright? Everyone's been really worried about you..."

"I'm already fine," Chen Lingyun said with a sweet smile, "thanks to Yan Yu enlightening me, my mood is much better now~"

She playfully winked at Yan Yu.

Xie Ruoxi didn't notice her small gesture, just breathing a slight sigh of relief before asking,

"So shall we go back now?"

"Yeah, let's go back," Yan Yu seized the opportunity to quickly stand up.

This place isn't to be stayed in any longer.

If I stay any longer and get hugged and kissed by Princess Jiang Hai for a couple of hours, where would my dignity as the captain of Zhenhai Team be?

If it weren't for the need to preserve my Yang energy for dual cultivation with the Demonic Sect Enchantress to break through the bottleneck, would you believe I'd find a way to deal with you right now, make you kneel and beg for mercy!

Chen Lingyun seemed not to know what Yan Yu was thinking, or perhaps she guessed a bit, just walking behind Xie Ruoxi, now and then glancing at Yan Yu beside her with a sweet smile, playfully tapping her lips with her finger, walking a few steps and tapping again, then winking at him.

Yan Yu's expression became even colder, his mind already concocting eighteen methods to deal with such a woman.

You just wait, Chen Lingyun! You'll see how formidable I am sooner or later!

When Chen Lingyun saw his sour face, she couldn't help but feel more pleased, suddenly asking Xie Ruoxi,

"Ruoxi, does kissing the opposite sex stir up a sweet feeling in your heart?"

Yan Yu clenched his teeth tightly, while Xie Ruoxi was momentarily stunned before replying with an awkward laugh,

"I don't know, I haven't kissed anyone."

"Is that so," Chen Lingyun said with a slight smile. "Then you might want to try it next time you have a chance..."

Before she could finish, Yan Yu interrupted,

"Try what? If you want to date, you need to do it with marriage in mind! Don't bring over that dross of 'kiss freedom' from the West. We're humans, not animals governed by instinct!"

"See?" Chen Lingyun winked at Xie Ruoxi, "He cares a lot about who you kiss..."

And then she received a slap on the forehead.

"Stop fanning the flames," Yan Yu said with a cold face, "With so much energy, better vent it on training."

Although he interrupted in time, Xie Ruoxi was shocked on the spot, thinking to herself that even Ling Yun had noticed that the domineering Immortal Venerate Yan Zhanlong was coveting her beauty?

Damn it! Knowing that his lust was exposed, would Yan Zhanlong break into my bedroom tonight and force his love on me?

She felt a mix of indescribable fear and excitement, stealing a glance at Yan Yu before quickly turning her head away, blushing and walking fast without speaking.

Back at the villa, the girls came to greet her.

"Ling Yun, huh?" Lin Ning noticed that her single ponytail was gone, "Did you change your hairstyle?"

"I untied my hair and let it down in the breeze outside," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "Feels much better now."

"Ling Yun," Su Yunjin said with concern, "Auntie came looking for you just now..."

"It's okay," Chen Lingyun nodded, "I'll talk to her."

She made her way back up the stairs. The girls, seeing her calm and composed, couldn't help but feel relieved.

Yan Yu also sat down on the couch, only to hear Chen Lingyun's voice suddenly transmitting from the second floor,

"Keep it up with adding to your harem, I'm really looking forward to that feeling~"

"Shut your mouth!"

Yan Yu scratched his head irritably, wondering if this wretched woman had taken the wrong medicine.

She wasn't like this in her previous life... But back then, he hadn't been involved in her team, so there weren't many girls around him either.

Chen Lingyun was not someone to act on a whim; it was more likely that she had harbored such thoughts for some time, then found the opportunity to deliberately tease me—the opportunity probably came during that time when Zhenhai Team was being called a harem team by the outside world, which suddenly inspired her to have fun in this regard.

Of course, Yan Yu would not indulge her nonsense. Playing with others' feelings was a grave sin no matter whether the person was male or female.

Princess Jiang Hai, you deserve death!

"Yan Yu," Su Yunjin suddenly transmitted, "Ling Yun is really okay, isn't she?"
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"She's fine," Yan Yu said coldly, "just had a short circuit in her brain, don't mind her."

Su Yunjin: ?

"Quarreling with one's mother like that is pretty normal," she suggested tactfully, "as long as there's good communication in the end."

"It's not a quarrel; her mother is trying to convince me to be her son-in-law." Considering that Secretary Su would eventually see through to the truth, Yan Yu didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point, "Chen Lingyun doesn't want her family meddling, so she's making a scene to force her mother to give in. That's all."

"Ah?" Su Yunjin was taken aback but quickly understood.

Indeed, with the captain's current fame and social status, even being matched with the Governor's daughter would suffice...

She felt a creeping inferiority complex, as if watching Yan Yu run farther ahead while no matter how hard she chased, she couldn't catch up.

Yan Yu, however, was oblivious to Su Yunjin's internal struggle and simply continued transmitting,

"This mother and daughter pair are really comical. One treats people like collectibles, the other as toys, the Governor had better straighten out his family conduct, or sooner or later he's going to trip over his wife and daughter..."

"Yan Yu." Su Yunjin suddenly asked, "Do you like Chen Lingyun?"

Although it was a telepathic conversation, a kind of indescribable heavy pressure suddenly came over from the other side.

Yan Yu looked up, only to see Su Yunjin holding her teacup, gently blowing the stems and leaves floating on the tea, as if nothing had happened.

But the telepathy just now was not a hallucination.

"Why do you ask that?" Yan Yu telepathically countered her question.

"I want to know." Su Yunjin emphasized.

If you really like Ling Yun, just tell me sooner. That way, I won't have to struggle anymore...

He was about to say something when Lin Ning, clearly playing with her phone, her voice also echoed in his mind:

"Yan Yu, is Ling Yun okay?"

Yan Yu: ???

So you two are playing a double-barreled attack?

Telepathy works like this, you lock the Divine Sense onto specific targets (could be singular or plural), and then you can send your voice over, but whether the person is also communicating telepathically with someone else at the same time, that's something you can't tell.

So this thing is indeed a lot like a chat app. You can start a group chat directly, they can also chat with you privately one-on-one, and there's no way to know if you've got several other chat windows open and who you're privately chatting with.

"Why do you want to know?" Yan Yu first switched to Su's frequency, applying the tactic of questioning back to buy some time, then quickly switched to Lin's frequency, making do with a hasty "She should be fine."

"But it feels a bit odd though," Lin Ning said.

"When she left, she seemed a bit out of it," Lin Ning said.

"And when she came back, it was as if nothing had happened, but she also changed her hairstyle, and her hair was messy, was it messed up by the wind?" Lin Ning said.

"Don't you know why, Captain?" Su Yunjin asked.

"Was it because you talked to her just now, so did she run into some trouble?" Lin Ning asked.

These two were bombarding him with telepathy from both sides, the frequency on the right from Su, although it only had one sentence, carried a heavy presence, while the atmosphere on the left from Lin was okay but there was too much being said and he had to listen carefully.

The telepathic messages from both sides intertwined and echoed together, as if in Yan Yu's ears two speakers relaying different music were placed, one on each side, giving him a headache and an overwhelming feeling of irritation.

"Let me think," Yan Yu put Su Yunjin on hold with a delaying tactic, only to hear Lin Ning ask:

"Is it inconvenient to tell me?"

"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Yan Yu tried to deflect the problem onto Lin Ning, yet he heard Su Yunjin ask again:

"What's there to think about? If you know, you know, if you don't, you don't, why do you need to think before answering?"

"I'm asking you precisely because it's inconvenient for me to ask Ling Yun," Lin Ning said.

"If you don't want to answer my question, the Captain can just tell me directly, I can't do anything to you," Su Yunjin said.

"Speaking of which, what are we eating tonight? Is Auntie's chef still cooking for us?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked,

"I'm not suspecting anything between you, I'm just concerned about Ling Yun's situation," Lin Ning added.

"I don't want the Captain to lie to me. No matter how hurtful the truth might be, I still want to know what you really think," Su Yunjin added.

The girls were completely immune to his evasive tactics, bombarding him from both sides with relentless attacks, giving Yan Yu such a headache he felt like it was going to explode, and in the midst, some strange words seemed to have snuck in, but he couldn't make out what was being said at all.

"And Ling Yun's mother's attitude is also very strange!" Lin Ning said.

"It feels like she's deliberately trying to get closer to you," Lin Ning added.

"Does the Captain think I'm not qualified to ask this question?" Su Yunjin asked.

"At the dinner table, talking to Ling Yun about suitors, is she intentionally trying to matchmake you two?" Lin Ning continued to ask.

"So what the hell are we eating tonight!" Zhao Yuanzhen urged.

"The Captain can scold me with 'you're not worthy' if you like, but at least don't ignore me," Su Yunjin continued.

"Haha actually, if Auntie is really trying to set you up, I could understand that, but you wouldn't agree, right?" Lin Ning continued her questions.

"Alright, if the Captain doesn't want to answer, I can withdraw the question, but please don't continue to ignore me like this," Su Yunjin went on.

"So what are we eating for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner for dinner..."

"I'm so annoyed!!!" Yan Yu suddenly stood up and shouted in a fit of rage.

The girls all looked up in surprise at him.

"I'm going to exercise my authority as the Captain here and lay down three rules," Yan Yu struggled to suppress his anger, raising three fingers.

"First, unless there are outsiders present, no more bothering me with telepathy!"

"Second, I'm currently single, have no girlfriend, and I don't plan on pursuing anyone, so stop freaking asking!"

"Third, anyone breaking the above two rules volunteers for the maximum amount of extra training the next day. Consider yourselves warned!"

Having said that, he left the villa angrily and went to the pavilion outside in the yard to cool off.

The girls looked at each other in silence. After a moment, Xie Ruoxi's baffled voice could be heard:

"Um... what happened?"

"I don't know," Zhao Yuanzhen replied blankly, "So what are we actually eating tonight?"