Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest
Chapter 959: 19 The Enchantress's Request

Chapter 959: Chapter 19 The Enchantress’s Request

After Yan Yu personally underwent the Crossing Tribulation, nobody thought that Crossing Tribulation was a simple matter anymore. Even if some originally did, their lucky mentality had vanished by now.

After all, not everyone could withstand the depletion of their True Yuan and exhaustion of resources, still having the patience to control their sword, circle by circle, adjusting positions, forcibly creating a situation of “Two Hundred Connected Stars”—for most cultivators, they wouldn’t even last until that time; a slight mistake in sword control and position might lead to being blasted to death by Tribulation Thunder.

Lord Master was the second to enter the fray to Cross Tribulation. Although he seemed to handle it with ease, the mental pressure was actually significant. He even left his last words with Yan Yu.

The next morning, Yan Yu received a notification, hoping he could act as the protector during Lord Master’s Crossing Tribulation.

When Yan Yu himself was Crossing Tribulation, foreign hostile forces had bribed a group of civilian cultivators, tricking them by saying “A rare treasure is about to appear near Wudang Mountain,” luring them to breach the Military Manor’s defense line, all to create an opportunity for the Onmyoji’s infiltration squad.

If it weren’t for being detected by Chen Lingyun’s investigation, the moment they truly approached the site of Crossing Tribulation while invisible and suicidally charged below the Tribulation Cloud, Yan Yu would have probably been done for.

This shows that security work at the Crossing Tribulation site is equally important, especially when it’s the latter stages of the Tribulation, the whole world already knows there’s someone Crossing Tribulation at this place—any carelessness could mean a total loss.

Golden Core True Man, security forces, deploy!

When Yan Yu arrived at the Crossing Tribulation site, he laughed. It was Sky Pillar Peak, choosing to undergo his own Tribulation at the same place where his brother had successfully passed, was he trying to borrow the strong aura of his brother to change his fortune?

Looking at the scene, Liu Longtao stood with his back to everyone, hands behind him in a sage-like pose, silent in the center of the area. The Formation had been set up around him, and all kinds of Magical Treasure Flying Swords were piled up next to him, the total number doubling that of Yan Yu’s time; the situation looked foolproof no matter how one saw it.

“What kind of Formation did you arrange for Lord Master this time?” Seeing Ye Jun directing the technical staff for the final setup nearby, he went over to strike up a conversation.

“A Spirit Gathering Array that enhances the recovery speed of True Yuan,” answered Ye Jun.

“Why didn’t you let me use this Formation before?” Yan Yu said with an unhappy expression, complaining, “During my last Crossing Tribulation, just because I had nearly exhausted my True Yuan, I had to forcibly drag Tribulation Thunder along for more than two hundred circles!”

“The speed of True Yuan recovery boosted by the Spirit Gathering Array is related to the cultivator’s own cultivation talent,” Ye Jun patiently explained, “The greater the total amount of your True Yuan, the more True Yuan you can recover in a unit of time. Currently, the computational models in the lab believe that it requires at least the talent of Zhou Hongyu for the recovery effect to be considered substantial when using this Formation.”

“Sigh.” Yan Yu sighed heavily, “Lord Master is so abundant in True Yuan and yet lavishes it wastefully, unable to refill even with Elixir Medicine, which forces him to use a Formation slot to solve this problem. There’s truth in the ancient saying ‘good swimmers are often drowned,’ that’s the rationale.”

Liu Longtao, with his back to everyone, couldn’t help but struggle to maintain his composure after hearing Yan Yu’s comments.

“Exactly,” said Ye Jun with a smile, “You manage to do tenfold with a tenth of True Yuan, while Lord Master can only do a tenth with tenfold of True Yuan. It’s like a rich young master spending money without a care but still failing to get things done, no matter how much he throws around.”

“You two have enough with your digs at me already!” Liu Longtao, unable to endure any longer, spoke to them telepathically, “Instead of spending time taking digs, why not help me check for any oversights and think about what else can be done for the Tribulation!”

“Oh dear, Old Liu, are you Crossing Tribulation, or are we?” Yan Yu mockingly imitated Liu’s usual annoying tone, jokingly asked, “The Crossing hasn’t even started yet, and you’ve already lost your confidence? Seems like you’re in for a tough pill to swallow!”

“Nonsense!” retorted Liu Longtao sharply, “If you can’t say some auspicious words, can’t you just shut up? No matter how confident I am, I can’t stand both of you bad-mouthing me behind my back! You ruin my Dao Heart, and I’m not supposed to point it out?”

“We did that on purpose to test you,” Yan Yu immediately said seriously, “Just a few words, and your defenses crumble, showing that your Dao Heart isn’t so pure after all!”

“Exactly.” Ye Jun was laughing so hard, she was bending over and leaning back, “Old Liu, if you really can’t stand to hear any criticism and become unsteady in your Dao Heart, just say so, and we’ll quickly leave.”

“Hey, don’t leave. I’m telling you two, no one’s leaving,” Liu Longtao said bitterly with a sneer, “Today, I’ll show you how I, Liu Longtao, easily pass this Tribulation!”

“Seems like he’s really angry,” Yan Yu quietly communicated with Ye Jun, “He dropped the formal ‘you’ in the second half of his sentence.”

“He isn’t always so formal,” said Ye Jun, “He always speaks normally to his parents, to He Ye.”

“So, he’s just putting on airs usually, intentionally annoying us,” concluded Yan Yu.

“Why else would he be called the Lord Master of Pingjing?” Ye Jun chuckled, “He greets with ‘may you be fortunate,’ but behind your back, he calls you ‘stinky outsider.’

“You two stop secretly communicating!” Liu Longtao noticed they weren’t responding and thought they really saw him as thin-skinned, and quickly said, “If you’re going to speak ill of me, just do it out loud! If my Dao Heart wavers in the slightest because of it, I won’t be a Liu anymore!”

“He Ye just asked me if you’ve finished Crossing Tribulation, how should I reply to her?” Ye Jun asked.

Liu Longtao fell silent for a while, then said:

“Don’t reply. Once I’ve formed the Golden Core, I’ll reply to her myself.”

“When did you add He Ye as a friend?” Yan Yu asked, surprised.

“Added her when we went out together last time,” Ye Jun answered.