Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Following the official issue of the "Guidance on the Revival of Spiritual Energy" by the cabinet, the cultivation teams of the four military branches also saw a new round of expansion.

With more teams and more people working, the distribution period for Mysterious Realms would be extended, and Yan Yu could finally expect a longer break, allowing him to reorganize the upgrade plan for his own team.

Lin Ning needed to begin learning sword techniques, Su Yunjin also had to master the second form of the "Southern Dipper River Secret Spell," Chen Lingyun needed a new spirit to complete her system, and Zhao Yuanzhen...

The Demonic Sect Enchantress herself was fine, but their puppets hadn't received any new exotic treasures to upgrade after getting the Celestial River fixed-bottom divine needle iron last time.

The latter two had to wait for an opportunity. The "Southern Dipper River Secret Spell" had a complete, readily available set of instructions, and for sword techniques, Mei Yingxue provided public editions of the Sword Immortal's specialized training materials. These two could start learning first.

"Sword techniques are actually just combinations of various sword moves, it's very simple," said Yan Yu, forming a sword gesture with his hand and commanding the Huang Tingjian, "For instance, this move, 'White Rainbow Piercing the Sun' if used against the person themselves, will definitely make the opponent retract their sword to defend, right?

Otherwise, they'd be chopped to death by you, so this move is mainly used to force the enemy to switch from offense to defense."

"Oh," said Lin Ning.

"What about after the enemy defends?" Yan Yu continued changing the sword gestures, "Then you use this move, 'Eagle Soaring Through the Sky'.

'Eagle Soaring' is different from 'White Rainbow', where the longer the distance, the stronger the force, making it suitable for the first strike; 'Eagle Soaring', on the other hand, is for close-quarter swordsmanship combat, breaking through the opponent's defense with multiple instantaneous consecutive strikes.

After you practice, you can easily achieve double strikes in a moment, but for triple strikes, you need some skill..."

"Mhm," said Lin Ning.

"Lin Ning, are you not in good shape today?" Yan Yu saw that she was unusually quiet today, not as inquisitive as she usually was, so he asked with concern.

"No," Lin Ning formed a sword gesture with her hand, and the Green Bamboo Sword turned into a sword light, clashing with the Huang Tingjian. At the moment of a slight rotation in angle, it struck again, producing two sharp sounds in quick succession, "Like this?"

"Right, just like that," thought Yan Yu, impressed with her learning ability. "Aren't you in good shape?"

"Good," said Lin Ning, "I'll keep practicing on my own."

Yan Yu also felt puzzled, but Sister Lin hadn't been in low spirits just for today; she had been down since coming back from the Northeast—let's see if she can adjust on her own.

He then turned his attention to Su Yunjin's progress and smiled, "Yun Jin, how's your learning going? Do you need me to explain it to you?"

The first three forms of the "Southern Dipper River Secret Spell," namely Jiaochong, Li Fan, and Lang Feiyun, could perform many highly effective combination moves.

"What?" Su Yunjin said with a light smile, "Did you hit a wall with Ningning and come here to seek affirmation?"

"Wow, Yun Jin, you really have a sharp eye," said Yan Yu pretending to be surprised, "Since you're so clever, you should be able to handle a larger daily training volume, right?"

Su Yunjin dropped her smile and ignored him, continuing to practice her spells.

"Speaking of which, does Ningning have something on her mind?" Yan Yu asked Su Yunjin, looking at Lin Ning who was silently practicing sword moves in the distance.

"I don't know," replied Su Yunjin calmly.

"That tone of yours sounds so fake," Yan Yu's suspicions deepened.

"Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell the captain," Su Yunjin responded, "If Ningning has something on her mind and she chooses to only tell me, that's because we're close. If I then turn around and reveal her secret... Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"You have a point," thought Yan Yu. Secretary Su's character is indeed reliable, and for matters like these, one would need to find someone with a questionable character to inquire about them.

So he went to find Chen Lingyun and just happened to see her putting down her phone, smiling, "Yan Jing has already reached the high-speed train station."

"My sister is coming?" Yan Yu was startled, then became annoyed, "She's coming and she didn't tell me first, why did she tell you?"

"Who knows?" Chen Lingyun sang, "Maybe there are secrets she can't tell her brother, like coming over a day early to meet a male net friend or something..."

"Damn it!" Yan Yu was genuinely scared this time, "What male net friend?"

"I'm just guessing," Chen Lingyun said with a grin.

But how could Yan Yu believe that? If his sister was fooled by some Jinling internet cafe's private room ghostfire boy, and later brought home a boyfriend with a rainbow-colored rooster haircut to meet their parents... Father Yan and Mother Yan would probably twist off his skull cap and yell into it, "Why didn't you take better care of your sister?"

He hurriedly took out his phone and called Yan Jing.
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Zhao Yuanzhen also came over upon hearing this and asked Chen Lingyun,

"Has Yan Yu's little sister arrived?"

"Yes," Chen Lingyun did not deny, or rather, she even wished everyone knew, "She's already arrived in Jinling."

Zhao Yuanzhen immediately began patting her clothes and pants pockets, thinking that this was the first time she would meet the little thief's family, and as his daoist partner, she should give some sort of gift upon meeting... Wait, were the little thief's family cultivators or ordinary people again?

The girls pricked up their ears and only heard Yan Yu say "okay" three times in succession, followed by a final "I'll come pick you up," after which he put down the phone.

Then he turned back, expressionless, and instructed,

"I've got some errands to run; you guys practice on your own first, Chen Lingyun is in charge of supervising."

After saying that, Yan Yu hurriedly turned and left.

The girls looked once more at Chen Lingyun, casting inquiring glances at her.

"Why are you looking at me?" Chen Lingyun asked with a puzzled tilt of her head, "Don't you all want to follow and check it out?"

"Let's go, let's go!" Zhao Yuanzhen urged, "Ling Yun, hurry and call a taxi; I want to see what kind of girl the little thief's sister... ahem, what kind of girl Yan Yu's sister is."

Even Lin Ning, who was in a sullen mood, and Su Yunjin, who was still angry, couldn't help but become a bit interested. After all, with Yan Yu's difficult personality, his sister, who had grown up with him, would probably have some experience in "how to deal with Yan Yu," right?

What were they waiting for! They should quickly go meet her and then ask for advice thoroughly!

As for Yan Yu, he had taken a taxi to the high-speed train station to find his sister, who had been waiting at the exit for a long time. Yan Jing was wearing a white dress and a sun hat on her head, sitting on a large suitcase playing with her phone.

"Just one suitcase?" Yan Yu approached and asked.

"Yeah," Yan Jing looked up to confirm her brother had arrived and replied, "Isn't one enough?"

"Enough, enough, enough," Yan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "I was afraid you wouldn't bring even one suitcase and would just come here to throw yourself at some guy you met online. I would never tolerate that."

"Who meets up with their online romances nowadays," Yan Jing said with disdain curling her lips, "The pursuit is of an ambiguous feeling and a hazy beauty; meeting in person would just ruin it all, okay? Brother, don't you see those people on the internet, why they keep all information about Mysterious Realm figures a secret? What they're selling is a love fueled by imagination."

"Stop right there," Yan Yu interrupted, "I don't understand you young people's subcultures, and don't try to clue me in either, I have limited comprehension."

"You're at the university-going age this year but already disconnecting from young people?" Yan Jing laughed teasingly, "No wonder you can't find a girlfriend. Want me to introduce you to some classmates?"

"Have you lost your mind? Aren't all your classmates underage?" Yan Yu said, pulling her suitcase for her, "Are you trying to set me up for entrapment so you can report me and hog all of our parent's inheritance?"

"I didn't say you should sleep with them," Yan Jing gave him a 'you dumb-ass brother' look and said, "You could start with nurturing. Brother, you're earning a monthly salary of forty thousand now, fooling those naive junior high girls should be a breeze, no?"

"Did you look in the mirror before you said that?" Yan Yu couldn't help but frown and said, "Who starts setting up their classmates when they're in junior high?"

"I'm setting them up for my brother, not for myself," Yan Jing quickly corrected him, "There are so many guys in big cities who aren't interested in dating. If brother stays single forever and turns into a gloomy, creeping, homebound otaku, I would find that pretty disgusting too, okay?"

"That's hilarious, how could your brother possibly not find anyone?" Yan Yu was amused by her and forcefully ruffled her hair, "The women chasing after me could form a line around West Lake, you know?"

"Getting anxious, brother?" Yan Jing brushed away the hand that was messing up her hair, speaking irritably, "You're not going to tell me you are spending forty thousand yuan a month in mobile games, then show me a gallery saying 'all these are my wives,' right? Wake up, okay? Forget about making a line around West Lake.

Even if you had a line of paper-person wives from Shanhai Pass to Jiayuguan Pass, that sort of thing wouldn't be recognized by the family. I wouldn't have to worry so much if you just manage to win over Sister Ling Yun..."

Before she could finish, a business car stopped by the roadside ahead.

Lin Ning, Zhao Yuanzhen, Su Yunjin, and Chen Lingyun got out of the car one after another and started walking towards Yan Yu and his sister.

Four exceptionally beautiful sisters... directly stunned Yan Jing.