Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest
Chapter 962: 20 Colluding with Villains_2

Chapter 962: Chapter 20 Colluding with Villains_2

“Who needs your tea?” Yan Yu muttered while his Divine Sense swept through the cracks of the drawer several times, yet he didn’t find any sign of Magic Treasure spirit light or the like.

He exchanged a few words with Li Zhikang, then turned and left.

Placed in the hands of a Cultivator skilled in divination, the Zhou Tian Yi Shu Spectroscopic Star Chart can easily compute various complex outcomes, such as the highest probability of when and where a Mysterious Realm will appear, and so on.

For a Cultivator clueless about divination, it can only be used to predict simple things, such as forecasting the sequence and power of heavenly tribulations or when the next wave will arrive, and so on.

For a Cultivator like Yan Yu, who can easily multitask and has an extremely keen perception, these functions were almost negligible. However, for someone as blockheaded as Zhao Yuanzhen, this treasure could greatly compensate for her lack of brains and inability to think.

Next, he would also need to find some Magic Treasures capable of unleashing widespread attacks, to serve as the main method for breaking through the Tribulation Thunder.

In this regard, Yan Yu had also drafted a detailed priority list based on his memory, and now he just needed to search for them one by one according to their names.

While Yan Yu was bustling about, Zhao Yuanzhen was not idle either.

Although she had made promises to Yan Yu on the spur of the moment, she later realized that her sisters might not be willing to do anything for their leader, as she had assured.

She would have to find a way to persuade them!

The first target Zhao Yuanzhen chose was her good sister Ruoxi—starting with the easiest one to convince.

Xie Ruoxi had actually made her stance clear long ago. Her first experience was so pitiful that she had an ingrained notion of “I’m no match for the leader on my own,” and therefore was wholeheartedly in favor of the other sisters joining in.

At any rate, I refuse to be the only one tormented and bullied by the leader!

However, when Zhao Yuanzhen revealed her intention, Xie Ruoxi immediately and resolutely shook her head in refusal.

“Sister Zhao, are you serious or just joking?” she asked with a look of terror, “What do you mean by ‘agreeing to any demand the leader makes’? Can such a promise be made so recklessly?”

“Don’t panic, I’ve already thought of that,” said Zhao Yuanzhen nonchalantly. “I told him it must be related to that particular matter. Otherwise, what if he simply wishes to humiliate us, like making us bark like dogs?”

“But even that’s not okay!” Xie Ruoxi exclaimed in alarm, “What if the leader lets us be humiliated while also making us bark like dogs? Wouldn’t that not violate the promise?”

Zhao Yuanzhen was speechless for a moment before she finally said:

“Why would he do that?! Shouldn’t such matters…be settled by a fair and square real fight?”

“Sister Zhao, you’re too naive!” Xie Ruoxi cried frantically, “Even if it’s that kind of matter, there are many super perverted practices out there!”

“It’s okay, he hasn’t agreed yet,” Zhao Yuanzhen quickly retorted, “So let’s tweak the specific terms a bit, um… how about it can only be a normal interaction without any humiliating implications?”

“That might be acceptable,” Xie Ruoxi reflected, “Perverted acts are absolutely forbidden. Moreover, since it’s going to involve everyone, we should establish corresponding rules, right? Like how long each person takes each time, and no picking on just one person, and so on?”

“Is it necessary to be so complicated?” Zhao Yuanzhen asked, puzzled, “I’ll take over when I’m tired, you take over when you’re tired, and if he’s tired he has to beg for mercy, otherwise we won’t let him rest. Haha, I’d like to see him beg us then.”

Xie Ruoxi felt a bit tempted after hearing this. She had repeatedly surrendered last time and was still brutally tormented; wouldn’t this be a chance to take revenge for the previous grievance?

Thinking of Yan Yu kneeling before her, crying out “Ruoxi my wife, I can’t do this anymore,” Xie Ruoxi felt a tiny sense of happiness and said softly:

“That’s also possible, but it still depends on what the others think.”

“This might be a bit troublesome.” Zhao Yuanzhen ruffled her hair, “I feel like Yun Jin and Ningning will not agree.”

“Sister Lingyun should be on board, she’s interested in anything she hasn’t tried before,” Xie Ruoxi analyzed, “As for Sister Ningning… as long as we convince Sister Yun Jin to join, and then let her know she wasn’t invited, she’ll definitely want to join in on her own initiative.”

“So, the problem is how to convince Yun Jin.” Zhao Yuanzhen had a sudden inspiration, “I wonder if she was badly bullied by Yan Yu last time. If so, we can use the reasoning of sharing a common enemy to get her to join us in revenge.”

“That’s useless.” Xie Ruoxi sighed, “Sister Yun Jin is almost completely submissive to the captain. She only cares about the captain’s fondness for her. The more he bullies her, the happier she might actually become, thinking it’s a sign of love.”

“According to what you’ve said, we actually don’t need to convince Yun Jin.” Zhao Yuanzhen lived up to the name of the Demonic Sect Enchantress, immediately thinking up a wicked plan, “We just need to let her know that we plan to join forces and monopolize Yan Yu. She’ll definitely try to intervene.”

“So that’s how it is.” Xie Ruoxi’s brain was also spinning fast, “We have to communicate with the captain, and if she remains passive, it means she is falling behind in the competition for the captain’s favor.”

“And we have to find a way to make her think in that direction,” said Zhao Yuanzhen proudly.

“Hehehe.” Xie Ruoxi snickered, “Sister Zhao, you sure are something. Only you could devise such an overt scheme that targets the weaknesses of the heart.”

“Hahaha.” Zhao Yuanzhen also smirked devilishly, “Ruoxi, you’re not bad yourself. You seem to have quite a grasp of Yun Jin and Ningning’s qualifications.”

The two exchanged smiles, and everything was understood without words.

Outside the door, in the corridor that Lin Ning just happened to pass by, she fell silent for a moment, thinking to herself, should I go in and remind them that the door to Ruoxi’s room is ajar and not closed, that I heard everything you just talked about?

She returned to her room with a heavy heart, her mind in utter chaos.

The situation was progressing far too quickly. A few months ago, she could not have imagined such convoluted interpersonal relationships.

It was only because she liked the captain and needed his help to break through to the Golden Core Rank that she agreed to dual cultivation with him.

After dual cultivation, she hoped even more to monopolize his affection, making it even less possible for her to act as if nothing had happened and withdraw… The escalation of competition became too fast and outrageous, to the extent that now she had to take the level of “gather more people to please the captain” while the old pattern of fighting alone is being eliminated!

Could it be that compared to being together just the two of them, men always prefer the blessings of many?

“This has nothing to do with men,” Jing Zhongxian critiqued sharply, “In the end, it’s because he has too many choices, and you hardly consider any other option, so the development naturally leans endlessly in his favor.”

“There’s a saying called ‘wait for the highest bidder’. Since it’s a treasure everyone wants, the seller is naturally happy to see you raise the price against each other, isn’t that what auctions are all about?”

“But we’re not bidding right now!” Lin Ning complained, feeling quite troubled, “Everyone has truly paid in deed, and now we’re all trapped by sunk costs. Under these circumstances, Sister Zhao and Ruoxi still want to go all in, if I don’t follow, I lose, but if I do… what will I gain then?”

“If you follow, you’ll gain not losing,” Jing Zhongxian said, “Since you can’t possibly choose to give him up and be with a man you don’t love, there’s only one remaining option.”

“Join in, hold out with them, and then wait for them to make mistakes.”

“I know.” Lin Ning was silent for a very long time and finally said slowly, “I just need some time to convince myself.”