Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Although Yan Yu had prepared himself, because of the high purity requirements, refining the freshly melted snow would be quite slow, but he hadn't expected it to be so slow.

It was relatively simple to draw the snowflakes into the palm of his right hand, after all, Su Yunjin was also known for her True Yuan control, but the next step, vaporizing it by heating, was where problems arose.

The high altitude was windy, and it was a tug-of-war zone for hot and cold air, so when the snowflakes were evaporated into vapor, they were about to scatter with the wind, with barely one-tenth being caught by the palm of his left hand to condense into liquid.

After refining for an entire day, he could only manage about a dozen drops of water. At this rate, he estimated it would take at least three months to collect the freshly melted snow water.

However, refining the Essence of the Five Elements was indeed a painstaking task, and it couldn't involve the help of external forces or items, otherwise, there would be problems in refining the heart. Therefore, Yan Yu made the related issues clear to Su Yunjin, telling her it was a long-term job and she didn't need to be too anxious about it.

"We'll follow the cold air down south, continue Sword Flight while collecting and refining until we reach Tianshan."
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Of course, Su Yunjin was not in a hurry now; this was a rare, precious time for her to spend with her Captain!

There wasn't any unnecessary disturbance like "What about me?" "What are you talking about?" "I want to go too." I couldn't wait for it to continue just like this!

Approaching midnight, the two returned to Luntai Prefecture and looked for a hotel to stay and rest.

"Two rooms, please..." Yan Yu hadn't finished speaking when he heard Su Yunjin immediately added, "One room should be enough."

Yan Yu: ?

The hotel front desk clerk blinked, having seen all sorts of situations; he immediately picked up on the fact that it was the woman in the couple who was taking the initiative and said straight away:

"Alright, one king-size bed?"

"A standard room." Yan Yu quickly said.

Su Yunjin remained silent. Given her shy nature, asking for one room was her limit, and she couldn't handle the idea of sharing one bed... A standard room was the best option for her.

After completing the identification check with their IDs and facial recognition, they got the key cards, and she prepared herself for the Captain's questions. The answer would be "One room is cheaper," "there are two beds anyway, you sleep on yours and I'll sleep on mine." If he asked again, she would say, "Surely, Captain, you wouldn't start to have feelings just from sharing a room with me."

But Yan Yu didn't say anything, which made all her prepared excuses fall flat.

Standing inside the elevator, Yan Yu was watching the floor panel, while Su Yunjin stood silently beside him, occasionally glancing at him.

Back in the hotel room, she finally mustered up the courage to ask:

"Do you want to use the bathroom first, or should I?"

"You first," Yan Yu pulled out his mobile phone, "I need to take a call."

As Su Yunjin went to the bathroom, Yan Yu picked up the call, only to hear Li Weiguo asking:

"Why haven't you returned to Jinling?"

"We're vacationing here in Luntai," Yan Yu replied.

"Vacationing..." Li Weiguo was somewhat speechless, "Everyone else has returned, only you and Su Yunjin haven't. The team isn't complete. What if there's a mission requiring full attendance? Never mind, it's good that you've settled down there; it saves you from being talked about as the harem team."

Yan Yu felt he had misunderstood something, but Li Weiguo didn't give him the chance to explain and continued:

"There's a mission in Jiujiang Province, and I've sent Chen Lingyun with a team. You two just happen to be in the Western Regions, where a Mysterious Realm has appeared in Tianshan, and the situation seems quite complicated. Now is not the time for team confrontation, the Pingxi Army has discussed with me—you two might as well solve it while you're there."

"Just the two of us?" Yan Yu asked casually, "The Western Regions are under the jurisdiction of the Pingxi Army, and they're seeking our help instead of the Huofeng Team, is that alright?"

"Zhou Hongyu is hospitalized," Li Weiguo stated succinctly.

"Oh, right, right." Yan Yu also remembered.

Poor Xiao Zhou was still lying in the hospital. If the Mysterious Realm itself was very difficult and the Pingxi Army were short on people for the time being, it was normal for them to ask for assistance from the top cultivator of the Zhendong Army, who happened to be in the area, and reach out to Li Weiguo.

"Alright, when do they need us?"

"Should they pick you up at nine tomorrow morning?"

"Okay."

Yan Yu hung up the phone, thinking that this was going to be a bit troublesome.

The cold air continued to move south and wouldn't wait for anyone. With the window for collecting early snow lying ahead, who had time to take care of a Mysterious Realm in Tianshan?

"Might as well let Yun Jin continue working; I'll go destroy the Mysterious Realm by myself."

Just as Yan Yu was thinking about ditching Secretary Su to work solo, he saw Su Yunjin coming out of the bathroom, wiping her wet hair.

"Who called just now?" she asked casually.

"Nothing important, just a sales call," Yan Yu tried to bluff his way through.

"Oh," Su Yunjin nodded, then asked nonchalantly, "Since it was a sales call, why did you ask them why they didn't contact the Huofeng Team?"

Yan Yu: .........

This girl gave him the chills.

He figured that even if she had the full proof of her husband's infidelity one day, with a fruit knife in her left hand and divorce papers hidden behind her back, she'd still have the nerve to ask her oblivious husband with a smile, "Who just called you?"

"You heard everything in the bathroom just now?" Yan Yu asked.

"No," Su Yunjin picked up the hair dryer, "I just happened to hear that part."

I'd have to see a ghost to believe that! Yan Yu decided not to tell more lies and honestly admitted:

"Alright, I can't fool you. It was old man Li calling, asking me to deal with a Mysterious Realm over by the Tianshan mountains."

"Why did you lie to me just now?" Su Yunjin asked calmly.

Although she was blow-drying her hair with her head to the side, revealing the soft lines of a woman's body, and her tone was gentle, she somehow exuded a strong pressure and deterrence. If you happened to be guilty of something, she would make you sweat profusely with her questions.

"Because I didn't want to worry you," Yan Yu used a soft approach to counter the strong pressure, deftly deflecting it all back.

Su Yunjin fell silent for a moment, then asked:

"So what do you plan to do?"

"Military orders are like mountains," Yan Yu had already decided, "I'll go take care of it. You keep collecting the freshly melted snow here."

"No, I'll go with you," Su Yunjin decisively refused.

"Why?" Yan Yu frowned.

"Does the captain not know why?"

"I really don't know why."

"It's the same reason I insist on sharing a room with you, captain," Su Yunjin revealed a pure and beautiful smile, "do you still want to ask?"

"No, no more questions." Yan Yu could not resist any longer and decided to give up the back-and-forth.

He felt that if he continued to play dumb, Secretary Su would probably come out with a "Because I like you," followed by "What does the captain think of me?" and then deliver the final blow with "Can the captain be with me for a lifetime?" Yan Yu would be completely crushed by the gravity she released, captured, and taken to register for marriage, condemning him to an eternal hell.

"So, can I accompany the captain to the Mysterious Realm this time?" Su Yunjin continued to ask.

"Alright, alright," Yan Yu fell silent for a while, then added, "We need to make it quick, so as not to delay your collection of snow water."

"Mmm," Su Yunjin clasped her hands, her smile becoming genuinely joyful.

The captain agreed to let me accompany him to the Mysterious Realm! Heehee, I must be the fastest progressing member in the team right now, right?

With this first time, there will be a second; I can gradually adapt to the captain's combat rhythm, and later on, even in formal team combat, I can fight alongside the captain!

Thinking that she might be the first in the team to keep up with and even coordinate with Yan Yu's pace, Su Yunjin couldn't help but feel overjoyed. She promptly sat down beside him and earnestly said:

"I will work hard."

What are you going to work hard on! But Yan Yu wasn't aware she was only thinking about coordination in battle and immediately felt a bit overwhelmed: So you're going to keep releasing your gravity spells, conquer me, and then drag me to marriage registration, right?

"Yun Jin," he tried to soften his words a bit, expressing his stance while not cornering the other person into a blunt confrontation, "you don't have to try so hard; some things can't be forced."

"The captain doesn't need to test me with those words," Su Yunjin was brimming with fighting spirit and did not notice Yan Yu's troubled expression, continuing to insist, "Whether it's for three years, five years, ten years, or a lifetime... I won't give up!"

Yan Yu really started to sweat profusely. Was the heating in this room turned up too high?