Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 529 - 25: Lord Master’s Awesome Feat
Chapter 529: Chapter 25: Lord Master’s Awesome Feat
Lin Ning and Su Yunjin came back from buying groceries and saw Yan Yu sitting on the sofa with a pillow in his arms, mindlessly kneading and squeezing it, over and over again.
“Got the strawberries!” Lin Ning put the bag on the coffee table in front of him.
Yan Yu made an acknowledging noise but didn’t look up, continuing to mindlessly knead the pillow as if he were playing with two oversized stress balls.
“Captain?” Su Yunjin asked in surprise.
Jolted by a tug of gravity, Yan Yu snapped back to reality and nodded, “You’ve bought the groceries?”
“We’ve bought them ages ago!” Lin Ning said, annoyed, “I called you earlier and you were so distracted. What’s on your mind?”
“Ahem.” Yan Yu coughed a few times, put down the pillow, stood up and said, “Shall we cook? Need any help?”
“Go wash the vegetables,” Lin Ning instructed.
“I’ll help with chopping the vegetables.” Su Yunjin volunteered eagerly, the culinary training she took over the New Year had not been in vain.
The three of them went to the kitchen to cook. A short while later, Xie Ruoxi and Chen Lingyun also emerged from the basement.
The latter had a life-questioning look, unable to understand why, despite being at the Hua Fu Stage, she was still getting thrashed by Chen Lingyun—who was at the Marrow Cleansing Stage. Was I really that weak?
After dinner, Xie Ruoxi mustered up the courage to ask Yan Yu about it.
“Nonsense,” Yan Yu said disdainfully, “Cultivation mainly affects the power of your Flying Sword Technique, but dodging is about skill. Just because you’ve reached the Hua Mansion Stage, do you expect the skills to fall from the sky into your brain?”
“What should I do then?” Xie Ruoxi asked helplessly.
“Practice!” Yan Yu said decisively, “After eating, go to the basement and practice the Shifting Technique by charging at the wall, then use the Cloud Ascension Technique to stop abruptly. Do it a thousand times, until you can control it instinctively!”
Xie Ruoxi went downstairs despondently. Yan Yu watched her leave and thought to himself that even a beautiful waste could make progress.
At least, if it was the beautiful waste he had first met, she would have either slacked off or looked for a chance to run away when asked to train. Now, at the very least, she was willing to put in the hard work—wasn’t that progress?
“Yan Yu,” Chen Lingyun suddenly sent him a telepathic message.
“What is it?” Yan Yu asked.
“When you were talking just now,” Chen Lingyun asked with a smile, “you kept staring at her chest. Was it because she had rice on her chest from eating?”
This trick was called “putting it nicely,” but what it actually meant was to accuse someone of being lecherous. Yan Yu snorted coldly and said disdainfully:
“Not looking at hers, should I be looking at yours instead? Oh, sorry, you hide it so well, I can’t even find it.”
Chen Lingyun twitched at the corner of her eyes and wisely turned her head, choosing to stay quiet.
The phone suddenly vibrated. Yan Yu unlocked the screen to find a message from Ye Jun.
[Zhu Jun]: Captain Yan, I need help.
[Win Over with Virtitude]: What’s wrong?
[Zhu Jun]: I went for the Divine Sense hosting experiment.
[Win Over with Virtitude]: Oh, did it succeed?
[Zhu Jun]: It did, but there were side effects.
Yan Yu frowned slightly, feeling that Director Yang’s claim of a “20% chance of side effects” was severely underestimated.
[Win Over with Virtue]: Let’s hear it.
[Zhu Jun]: Right now, I’m just really pessimistic and listless, and the tears keep falling uncontrollably.
[Win Over with Virtue]: Oh, amplified emotions; I’m familiar with that. You should go watch some comedy videos, but make sure there’s no one around you, or else your uncontrollable laughter will draw their attention. You’ll end up making a spectacle of yourself.
[Zhu Jun]: I’ve tried that. It doesn’t work. I’m completely depressed now, wondering if I should take antidepressants.
Yan Yu immediately understood. The side effect wasn’t emotions being amplified in general, but rather pessimism being amplified… It seemed less severe than Zhao Yuanzhen’s, but it was actually more difficult to resolve. After all, an enchantress overwhelmed by sadness could still watch something happy. Worst case, she’d just jump from one extreme to another. But for Ye Jun, there was no escape.
[Zhu Jun]: Right now, my head is full of what you said to me before. Captain Yan, my swordsmanship is poor, my talents are lacking, my background isn’t prestigious, and my brain isn’t sharp. I can only stay in the Dragon Soar Team by relying on the Xuan Guang Ruler. Once everyone has the ability to protect themselves, I’m pretty sure I’ll be eliminated and optimized out, at least nine times out of ten.
[Zhu Jun]: Then, most likely no team will want me. I’ll end up being laid off in middle age, struggling to make a living, carrying a dirty snake skin bag around the urban area, picking up garbage bottles everywhere. What if I’m recognized by my fans while I’m working? My face would be totally lost.
[Win Over with Virtue]: I know you’re very distressed, but don’t be upset. Does Lord Master know about this?
[Zhu Jun]: Not yet. I haven’t dared to tell anyone in the team. A 20% chance of side effects, why did it have to be me? Is it because my psyche is too fragile? If they knew, even though they wouldn’t say it aloud, they’d definitely think, “Ah, Ye Jun that woman is really useless.” What would I do then?
Frankly speaking, if the two were communicating face to face, Yan Yu could understand that the other party was in some abnormal state of sadness and needed to vent and be comforted; but this text chatting felt like watching a crosstalk performance.
Yan Yu sent over, “Is video convenient for you?” and got up to return to his room upstairs.
A moment later, sure enough, there came a video invite from the other side.
Yan Yu clicked accept and saw Ye Jun sitting in her room with her eyes obviously red from crying, and a pile of used napkins on the desk beside her.
“Ye Jun,” Yan Yu said earnestly, “you feel useless because the shock therapy for your Sea of Consciousness has affected you, but in reality, you’re not as useless as you think.”
“So, I am useless, just to a different degree, right?” Ye Jun said, sniffing, “I knew it…”
“Cough cough, you aren’t useless.” Yan Yu quickly denied, “You’re…you’re pretty, right? Look in the mirror. Did anyone chase after you back in high school? What about junior high?”
“Mhm.” Ye Jun nodded, seemingly in slightly better spirits.
If one had to find merits in a cultivator, then Ye Jun’s Xuan Guang Ruler’s defensive buff virtually made her a workhorse for the team, utterly estranged from the gratification of slaughtering enemy generals. If she came out with “I have never felt valued in the team,” Yan Yu wouldn’t be able to continue comforting her.
That’s why he decided to take a different approach and turned to discuss the topic of looks, in an attempt to help her regain her self-confidence. Secretary Ye’s looks were certainly exceptional. Otherwise, how could she have been the spokesperson for the Dingbei Army in her previous life? She was a heartthrob in her past life, for goodness’ sake.
“Exactly, exactly,” Yan Yu said, “You’re a great beauty, Ye Jun! Whatever you’re lacking in cultivation, you can still practice and improve over time. But as for good looks, unless you get surgery, they’re mostly determined by nature. You’re already ahead of most people right from the start! With such a lovely face, just looking at you is a pleasure. How could you possibly be useless?”
Hmm? Seems it’s not entirely impossible… Nevermind, now is the time to comfort her, so let’s stick to the pleasant stuff.
“Do you think I’m good for nothing except my looks?” Ye Jun suddenly asked.
“Not at all!” Yan Yu quickly replied, “There are plenty of powerful female cultivators out there, but those who are both powerful and beautiful are a rare find!”
“You do have a way with flattery.” Ye Jun sniffled even harder, tears falling again, “But what saddens me is, I feel like I won’t last long in the Dragon Soar Team…”
“No worries, you can come to our Zhenhai Team!” Yan Yu immediately said, “Zhenhai Team welcomes you!”
“So, you also think I’ll be cut from the Dragon Soar Team…” Ye Jun started crying again.
Damn it, this Jinmen woman is just as hard to deal with! Yan Yu tried to suppress his impatience, quickly correcting himself:
“It’s that the Dragon Soar Team doesn’t deserve you! Liu Longtao is shortsighted, and the Dingbei Army is rotten and incompetent. Remaining with them would be wasteful; it’s a place where a heroine would have no opportunity to use her talents. Only the Zhenhai Team is your true home!”
“Okay, I got it.” Ye Jun tried to wipe away her tears, nodding, “Then I’ll go and submit my transfer request to Lord Master now.”
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