Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 561 - 57: Sacrifice Oneself for the Benefit of All

Chapter 561 -57: Sacrifice Oneself for the Benefit of All

If this had been a few months ago, suggesting “Let’s spend the night in the captain’s room” would likely have met with disagreement.

But if it were said, “The house isn’t finished yet, we can only sleep together with the captain,” everyone would think it’s only temporary for a few days, and would reluctantly agree.

Now, saying “We need to supervise others to make sure they don’t do anything bad with the captain,” everyone would think since they all had shared a room before, sleeping in the captain’s room now seemed like an acceptable idea.

In essence, that’s how boundaries get pushed, step by step. It will eventually evolve into “It’s fine as long as no child is conceived,” hmm~

Chen Lingyun took a pleasant bath and changed into a delicate nightgown before she slipped into her slippers and headed to Yan Yu’s room, pushing open the door to find that Yan Yu and Su Yunjin had already prepared their sleeping area on the floor.

“I want to sleep on the left side,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

Su Yunjin gave her a grateful look, knowing that regardless of whether Yan Yu slept in the middle or on the right, he would be next to her.

Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi were already asleep in the bed, only Lin Ning was tossing and turning, struggling to fall asleep. Suddenly, she propped herself up and said,

“Maybe I should give up my spot for you two?”

“No need, no need,” Su Yunjin quickly interrupted her, afraid that Yan Yu might say, “Then I’ll sleep on the bed,” “The floor is just fine for us too.”

“Oh,” said Lin Ning.

To avoid disturbing the two girls who had already fallen asleep, everyone turned off the overhead lights, leaving only the floor lamp by the desk on, and each started playing with their phones.

Chen Lingyun was watching a foreign film, while Su Yunjin was reading a novel. As she read, her thoughts began to wander. She asked Yan Yu, who was lying beside her,

“Captain, what are you doing?”

“Chatting,” replied Yan Yu. “Someone is bragging to me.”

“Who?”

“Lord Master.”

“What’s that idiot up to now?” Chen Lingyun paused her movie and asked.

“He’s advanced to the Hua Mansion stage,” Yan Yu said.

Both girls were somewhat surprised, only to hear Lin Ning also exclaim from the bed,

“The second cultivator has reached the Hua Mansion stage?”

“What about it?” Yan Yu responded. “Are you still thinking about fighting for the top three?”

“Not at all,” Lin Ning quickly denied. “I just find it strange. Can the disparity in cultivation talent between people really be that great?”

The answer, of course, was affirmative. Since everyone had undergone joint cultivation with Xie Ruoxi and Yan Yu, they should know that the cultivation talent among different cultivators could indeed be vastly different.

Fortunately, with the Silken Bond Technique, which forcibly equalizes the disparities, bringing everyone’s cultivation speed to the same level, the Spirit Transport Team actually didn’t need to worry too much about cultivation talent.

Thinking about this, Yan Yu pondered another issue:

Cultivation talent affects many aspects, not just the speed of cultivation improvement but also the quality of True Yuan, and even the rank of the golden core formed.

In their past life, only Su Yunjin had formed a high-grade Golden Core in the Spirit Transport Team, while the others were all middle-grade. Even though the Chen Family had exhausted its resources, Chen Lingyun had just barely grazed the middle-grade boundary.

A better Golden Core rank requires more time and better cultivation talent, but the increasingly tense international situation will not grant you that time. Even if you have the potential to form a high-grade Golden Core, you wouldn’t be a match for a foreign Transcendent at the Golden Core Realm before achieving it — as Li Weiguo once said in the past life, “You (the frontline teams) enjoyed the best treatment and benefits, so you are inevitably the ones who must protect others first.”

The forerunners do not have the luxury of delay; they must form their cores at the earliest opportunity!

Although the environment around Lu Country, especially the northern border, is much more stable than in the past life, Yan Yu didn’t expect the Privy Council to change their stance on this matter. After reaching Great Perfection in the Hua Mansion stage, there might be room to negotiate a delay of a few months, but delaying for years would be absolutely impossible.

In other words, utilizing the dual cultivation power of the Dragon and Tiger to break through bottlenecks had become an indispensable and critical choice.

But could Zhao Yuanzhen and I rise to the upper tier, what about the others?

Yan Yu had a vague idea in mind. He definitely had to reserve the Primordial Yang for the Enchantress, but even if he lost his True Yang, it wasn’t without value. If he risked his own body to let them use the Yang Gathering and Yin Supplementing Technique to break through their bottlenecks…

With the resources of the entire country supporting him, he could recover even from severe depletion of his essence and vitality, but the problem obviously wasn’t on his side, it was whether they were willing to accept this plan.

For the Enchantress, exchanging her own Primordial Yin for a higher rank in the Golden Core was a highly profitable trade, but other girls wouldn’t think the same—not everyone placed the pursuit of cultivation above everything else.

…Forget it, everyone is still far from reaching the Hua Mansion Stage, thinking about this is too premature.

Yan Yu put down his phone and slowly closed his eyes to sleep.

Su Yunjin, however, couldn’t sleep. Propping up her body with her elbow, she quietly observed Yan Yu’s profile.

“Think he’s handsome?” Chen Lingyun suddenly sent a message mentally.

“I don’t know,” Su Yunjin replied, “I never really paid attention to the team leader’s looks…but now that you mention it, I think he is quite good-looking.”

“If that’s the case, then you should seize the opportunity,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “There are quite a few who like him.”

Su Yunjin did not reply but quietly snuggled into the blankets, continuing to stare at Yan Yu under the dim light.

…Perhaps just lying next to him like this is pretty nice too.

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She thought wistfully.

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Following Xie Ruoxi, Liu Longtao became the second cultivator to advance to the Hua Mansion Stage.

This news quickly made the headlines, but compared to the overwhelming publicity for Xie Ruoxi, the Dingbei Army was much more restrained in their promotion, focusing more on “Our Dingbei Army cultivators are not weak,” rather than “how incredibly powerful Liu Longtao is.”

After all, the public always focusses on who is first, and there was no need to force an issue there.

In the circle of cultivators, the news of Lord Master’s advancement was widely known, and everyone was eager to find out who the third person would be. Many favored Yan Yu, the leader of the Zhenghai Team, but some pointed out that Yan Yu’s profession as a Sword Immortal probably meant his cultivation talent wasn’t very high. Zhou Hongyu of the Huofeng Team and Li Zhaojiang of the Qing’an Team, these two magic cultivators, were likely to progress faster.

Yan Yu asked Li Minghu and Tang Xiaolian about this, who said that Li Zhaojiang still had some time, but Zhou Hongyu was already close to reaching Great Perfection in the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

Thinking about it, if Zhou’s talent were not adequate, he wouldn’t be able to recklessly unleash the Great Bright Fire with such abundant True Yuan.

With this thought, Yan Yu also found it rather strange.

It wasn’t that he had any issue with magic cultivators, but among the most powerful cultivators, most magic cultivators tended to be “the better the talent, the dumber they are.”

Xie Ruoxi and Zhao Yuanzhen were beyond mention, and both Li Zhaojiang and Zhou Hongyu were not exactly the sharpest, seeming only Liu Longtao might be somewhat better—probably because he also dabbled in being a Sword Immortal, after all, you can’t manage being a Sword Immortal without some brains.

Su Yunjin was probably the only exception. Smart and talented, but unfortunately lacking in competitive spirit.

And after getting to know her better, Yan Yu realized she was not inherently unmotivated, just disinterested in victory and honors. When it came to things she desired, her possessiveness was extremely strong…

After playing with his phone under the blanket for a while, Yan Yu slowly climbed out of bed, planning to go to the bathroom.

That’s when he saw Lin Ning, also groggily sitting up in bed, rubbing her messy hair before proceeding to strip off her nightgown and feel for the sports bra on the bedside cabinet.

Of course, she grasped at nothing, since this was not her own room.

Lin Ning suddenly snapped to alertness, and her gaze met the somewhat sluggish eyes of Yan Yu.

Yan Yu took a deep breath, and sure enough, the next second, Lin Ning rushed over and tackled him, holding a pillow firmly over his entire face.

I can’t breathe!

“Don’t look!” Lin Ning angrily communicated telepathically.