Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 456 - 52: Battle at Yan Family on the Second Day of the New Year
Chapter 456: Chapter 52: Battle at Yan Family on the Second Day of the New Year
In the days following his return home, Yan Yu noticed that something was off—the Demonic Sect Enchantress seemed to have transformed into a different person, spending her days either eating or chatting with Yan’s mother and Jingjing.
While residing in Jinling, she usually occupied herself with eating and watching TV, listening to other sisters chatting, and interjecting occasionally. Even with Xie Ruoxi, whom she got along with the best, there wasn’t much to talk about. They bonded mainly over food, delighting in sharing.
This enchantress! Where did she get such a fondness for conversation? Clearly, she was just cozying up to my mother and sister with ill intentions!
Yan Yu made up his mind to just watch coldly from the sidelines.
It wasn’t hard to guess the enchantress’s motives, merely aiming to ingratiate herself with my parents and sister so that I would hesitate to suppress her.
What a joke! No matter how good her relationship with them is, could she ever compare to me, their real son and brother?
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Yan Yu, however, was more concerned with state affairs than family matters.
Yesterday, a mysterious realm known as “Menyan Cangsong” appeared on Black Mountain Island in Goryeo, reportedly of a very high rank, thereby the Dingbei Army has issued a strict order. The Dragon Cavalry Team, along with the Flying Dragon Battle Team, are determined to conquer it by joint force.
The swordsman of the Pear Blossom Courtyard goes without saying, with Baishan God Sword Park Changmin personally leading the charge. In addition, reinforcements from the Superhero Alliance, over 70 strong, are set to match wits with the cultivators of Mitchi Country.
It’s funny to talk about, since thus far in Mitchi Country, there have only been about a dozen entrances to mysterious realms that have been discovered, and even those weren’t much use once developed. The local gods’ Magic Artifacts and herbs are terribly incompatible with Western transcendents—it’s like having Chen Lingyun practice Dual Sword Control, the effects of which you can well imagine.
This quirky national situation has given rise to a dual system of checks and balances between the “Superhero Alliance” and the “Homeland Strategic Bureau,” constantly causing them to split and feud internally: the Homeland Strategic Bureau prioritizes Mitchi’s national interests, demanding that the superheroes fully counterbalance the cultivators of Lu Country, whereas the Superhero Alliance focuses on exploring, recruiting, and hiring Western transcendents, hence putting commercial interests first and often deliberately contravening the Homeland Strategic Bureau.
Thus, the current situation everyone sees is the Superhero Alliance frequently causing disturbances round about Lu Country, as if desperate to meddle in everything, yet always ends up ineffectual. They talked about forming a tri-alliance to confront Lu Country in the battle of the Secret Realm of Li Palace, turned disloyal for actual gains after entering, neglecting the alliance—Xiandao Jingyin was even more determined to “annihilate the cultivators of Lu Country” than they were.
Although the battle for the Menyan Cangsong Secret Realm seems to be another outnumbered fight, considering the superficial unity of the opposing camp, it’s actually simpler than the Li Palace Secret Realm; hence, the higher-ups did not deploy two top teams at the same time but sent Dragon Cavalry leading the Flying Dragon for an old mentor and new trainee battle experience.
Liu Longtao cursed incessantly over this, as tomorrow would be the Eve of Lunar New Year—a scenario that pretty much ruined any chance for a proper celebration… Of course, when a mysterious realm appears, it must be tackled; Lord Master had to agree, but he couldn’t stand why the old Yan had the comfort of celebrating at home.
Yan Yu simply scoffed at this, first scoffing at Lord Master, then consoling Ye Jun before he would let it rest.
With Lord Master stepping in, securing this mysterious realm was almost a certainty, no need to worry.
Apart from Lord Master’s news, messages from others gradually came in.
The Zhenhai Team, comprised of five people, usually don’t talk much in the group because they all live together (though they might prefer speaking in smaller groups), but now it was bustling with activity, each day filled with over 99 new messages.
Lin Ning mentioned that she had been entertaining relatives these days, and that everyone used to ask “Does Ningning have a partner?” but now they no longer asked.
Yun Jin said that after returning home, her mother was teaching her how to cook noodles, and she could let everyone taste her culinary skills when she got back.
The two seemed to be casually chatting, yet also hinting at something, their words filled with meaning.
Ruoxi spoke little, only mentioning that she was playing video games non-stop at home; Ling Yun occasionally complained, apparently accompanying her parents to meet constant visitors—during the holiday period, guests flocked to the Governor’s Mansion, and being the Governor’s only daughter, she naturally couldn’t avoid them.
Fortunately, now that she was a cultivator, a frontline cultivator of a top battle team at that, no one dared to entertain thoughts of arranging a marriage for her.
Among non-cultivators, no matter how distinguished their family positions might be, Chen’s mother definitely wouldn’t approve; she would never allow inferior genes to tarnish her daughter’s progeny.
Then look at how Zhao Yuanzhen spoke to them, “Yan’s father and mother are very enthusiastic”, “Jingjing treats me like a sister”, “Every day is just helping Yan’s mother cook and eat and eat and eat”… She always managed to leave everyone else speechless.
Honestly, Zhao being able to move into the Yan household so openly was already winning at the starting line, making it hard for everyone to compare with her.
But after all, they were all nice girls, and no one said any sour or strange words, just collectively expressing speechlessness.
After looking through the messages for a while, Yan Yu suddenly received a private chat from Su Yunjin:
“Is it convenient to visit on the second day of the New Year? Does the captain have any arrangements at home?”
“No.” Yan Yu replied, “Are you coming alone, or with your parents?”
“I’ll come alone.” Su Yunjin replied quickly, “My parents have something to do that day.”
Although it was said to be something to do, it was actually more about feeling embarrassed to come, as there was no formal recognition of their relationship. Yan Yu could understand that.
The two made a plan, and Su Yunjin sent a “Happy New Year, Captain” before logging off.
It wasn’t long before Chen Lingyun also sent a message:
“I’ll come over on the second day of the New Year~”
“Wait,” Yan Yu typed quickly, “Yun Jin is also planning to visit on the second. Could you change the day?”
“No change,” Chen Lingyun said. “I want to run over to your house and get jealous with Yun Jin.”
Although it was just a sentence sent over, Yan Yu could almost see the sweet yet devilish smirk on her face as she typed.
“Enough already,” he said helplessly. “It’s the New Year, don’t create any trouble. Pick another day.”
“No change,” Chen Lingyun said.
“Then I’ll keep my doors shut,” Yan Yu said.
“Then I’ll go to Jingjing,” Chen Lingyun said. “Let her tip off my aunt and uncle to see if they will turn me away.”
Yan Yu: ………
Damn, she’s tough!
It’s the New Year; why are all these girls squeezing into my house? It’s not some illegal rave!
Before he could continue to warn Chen Lingyun, Lin Ning also sent a message:
“Captain, are you free on the second day of the New Year? I’ll bring some New Year’s goods for you.”
“Not free,” Yan Yu immediately replied. “Pick another day.”
“But I’m going to my grandma’s on the third,” Lin Ning typed, “and from the fourth to the sixth, my family is going on a trip. Only the second works for me.”
“Then don’t come,” Yan Yu said.
“How about this,” Lin Ning said. “I’ll bring the stuff over and leave it at your doorstep. You can just come out and pick it up.”
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“Can’t you deliver it another day?”
“Why does it have to be another day?” Lin Ning seemed a bit puzzled. “Aren’t you going to be home on the second?”
“No,” Yan Yu said.
“The captain surely hasn’t made plans to meet with someone else on the second, right?” Lin Ning suddenly asked suspiciously.
“…Stop asking. Just come on the second, I’ll be home waiting for you,” Yan Yu decided to give up the fight. After all, with Yun Jin, Ling Yun, and the Demonic Sect Enchantress all coming, adding Ningning to the mix didn’t seem to make much of a difference.
At that point, Jingjing could just handle everything!
Before Yan Yu could sort it all out, Xie Ruoxi also sent a message:
“Captain.”
“You want to visit my house, right? Let’s make it on the second,” Yan Yu typed directly. “The more, the merrier.”
Xie Ruoxi: ………
She looked blankly at her phone screen, thinking I wasn’t planning on visiting your house at all!
I just wanted to ask if I could take an extra day off on the seventh…
