Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 320: Chapter 16 Tearing off the Mask_2
 

She formed a sword technique with her hands, and the Yin Wind Sword immediately struck down from above, viciously slashing towards Xie Ruoxi’s head.

Xie Ruoxi instantly placed the True Yuan Sword in front of her like a shield, to take cover behind it, and indeed blocked the Yin Wind Sword head-on.

The flashes of two sword lights had already circled back, and Yan Yu grabbed Zhao Yuanzhen, while Lin Ning quickly stepped in front of Xie Ruoxi, joining forces to separate the two parties that were about to start fighting.

“Are you being foolish again?” The Yin Wind Sword had not managed to slash the opponent’s head, but Yan Yu instead slapped Zhao Yuanzhen’s forehead, saying, “You believe the words of a replicant?”@@novelbin@@

“Why wouldn’t I believe them?” Zhao Yuanzhen said, aggrieved, “And you’re actually protecting her?!”

“I am the captain!” Yan Yu said righteously, “When there is a conflict, do you seek the captain to administer justice, or do you take the law into your own hands?”

“Of course it’s…” Zhao Yuanzhen subconsciously wanted to say “Of course it’s to take revenge first,” but stopped short, and then changed her words, “Fine, fine, fine, let’s see how you administer justice! If you can’t make me satisfied, I’ll renounce our ties right here today and kill you along with her!”

“Heh.” Yan Yu thought to himself that he had indeed misconstrued earlier. What ‘boundless merit’? The Demonic Sect Enchantress was truly a cat that never grew tame, always thinking of rebelling against her master, saying, “Very well, then let Xie Ruoxi speak.”

“Ruoxi.” Chen Lingyun realized that, although it was quite amusing, if Zhao Yuanzhen couldn’t step down, this matter probably couldn’t be resolved, saying, “Now you tell us, do you like Yan Yu?”

Xie Ruoxi peeked out from behind her back, timidly glanced at Zhao Yuanzhen, and shook her head frantically—how could she dare to admit it at this moment?

“Then why did the replicant say she wanted to tie up Yan Yu and take him back to be her husband?” Zhao Yuanzhen pressed.

“Ultimately, this question boils down to whether the words of a replicant are credible.” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “I guess no matter how I analyze it, I can’t convince you. Why don’t we meet with your replicant, then devise our plans? Whether your replicant is revealing your true feelings or intentionally sowing discord among the team, you should trust your own judgment, shouldn’t you?”

Zhao Yuanzhen stared at Xie Ruoxi intently for a long while before squeezing out a word through clenched teeth:

“Fine!”

Xie Ruoxi, trembling like a frightened rabbit, was pulled aside by Chen Lingyun who then spent a while soothing her with kind words.

“Since both parties have come to an agreement, let’s set this issue aside for now and return to it later.” Yan Yu nodded authoritatively, while secretly giving a thumbs-up to Chen Lingyun.

If the replicant really broke through the Demonic Sect Enchantress’s defenses, then her hatred would shift entirely onto the replicant, and she would no longer have the heart to settle scores with Xie Ruoxi, would she?

Women often argue simply by riding on a surge of temper. Once the temper dissipates, the ferocity fades. Some even know this and will deliberately dredge up old grievances during an argument, intending to fan the flames of their anger even higher—a tactic essentially to layer themselves with a buff that enhances their offensive power.

As for the method of resolution, it’s quite simple… To avoid being accused of padding word count for profit, I won’t say it here.

The group took a brief rest in the great hall, since they had all been injured by the Thunder Method not long before.

Without Yun Jin here, everyone could only circulate their True Yuan repeatedly, directing it to wherever there was pain.

True Yuan indeed was the best painkiller. Where it touched a wound, the wound would slowly heal; where it met muscle, the soreness would vanish without a trace. Obviously, this could result in unnoticed lasting injuries, but there was no helping it at the moment.

Zhao Yuanzhen sat meditating alone next to Yan Yu, resembling a guard dog that protects its master, allowing no other seductress to approach.

The other three girls each meditated to recover, occasionally glancing at each other—everything was communicated without words.

No, that’s not right; everything was communicated through telepathic message.

“We’re all in the same boat.” Chen Lingyun sent a message to the two girls, saying, “We need to join forces to deal with today’s affairs properly, otherwise there will definitely be endless trouble afterward.”

“Deal with what?” Lin Ning was absolutely unwilling to admit anything to Ling Yun, just feigning ignorance as she asked, “Everything has been made clear. Those replicants are merely spreading rumors and instigating conflict, and only Sister Zhao is stubbornly incredulous. Is there anything else that needs further explanation?”

“Whether Sister Zhao believes it or not is actually not important.” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “The key thing is whether the captain believes it.”

Uh… Lin Ning and Xie Ruoxi were at first puzzled, but soon pictures surfaced in their minds.

Lin Ning thought:

Yan Yu lay on the sofa in the villa and called, “I want to eat wonton noodles today.”

In the kitchen, Lin Ning said, “There are no wontons in the fridge, we can only make plain noodles today.”

Yan Yu said, “No wontons? Then use Sword Control to go buy some. Make sure to get them from the Yang’s wonton shop in Cao Du Alley.”

Lin Ning said, “Why should I be the one to go buy them?”

Yan Yu said, “Aren’t you secretly in love with me? What’s wrong with buying something for your male god to eat? If you don’t try hard to pursue the man you admire, who are you going to marry in the future? Are you planning to go on blind dates?”

Thinking this, Lin Ning’s fists clenched tightly, wishing she could catch Yan Yu and beat him up right away.

Xie Ruoxi thought:

One day in the future, she opened her computer to continue managing her social media account, only to discover that her comment section had been flooded with a barrage of trolls.

“Wow, that Xie Ruoxi really sucks! How dare she set her sights on my Brother Yan Yu!”

“Xie Ruoxi, come out and die! It’s so funny, do you even deserve to fantasize about tying Yan Yu down and making him your husband? Stay in your damp and dingy place and don’t come out to disgust everyone, crawl!”

“By the way, kidnapping someone to marry is a crime, isn’t it? I know she hasn’t done it yet, but just the thought of it makes me sick. Can I report her for attempted crime?”

Xie Ruoxi, exerting all her efforts, fiercely debated with others online. Despite her brilliant sentences, rigorous logic, sharp rhetoric, and strong tone, which hit the nail on the head, she couldn’t withstand the overwhelming number of opponents. For every comment she countered, a thousand more would appear in the comment section insulting her… until Xie Ruoxi suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a pained scream, spitting out a mouthful of blood that stained the screen crimson.

Then she collapsed onto the keyboard, her arms and legs twitching like a boiled octopus, and soon, she was motionless…

Please, not that! Xie Ruoxi also screamed inwardly.

“Do you understand now?” Chen Lingyun, seeing the change in their expressions, smiled and said, “Sister Zhao may or may not believe those so-called ‘dark histories’, but after all, she’s just one person. The captain is different, though.”

“You all know how unrestrained the captain’s mouth is. Is he going to tell Yun Jin? And if he does, can we stop him? If not, what right do we have to prevent him from telling others besides Yun Jin?”

Lin Ning and Xie Ruoxi’s expressions became stern. Was Yan Yu the type to gossip recklessly? Of course not. But Chen Lingyun’s suggestion was even more cunning. She didn’t ask, “Will Yan Yu tell others?”, but rather, “Do we have a way to stop him from telling others?”

The answer was no.

As everyone knows, “dark histories” are like time bombs. You don’t need the intent to kill me; the mere fact that you’re carrying a bomb makes me scared.

How many intelligence brokers thrive because they possess copious amounts of dirt on political figures, making them untouchable?

Now that Yan Yu held their dark histories, and they were helpless against him, it was like a non-nuclear state facing a nuclear state—the balance of power was not equal.

Being unequal meant lacking confidence in speaking, meaning they would be subject to his whims in the future, unable to resist…

“So what do we do?” Lin Ning asked, “Wait for his clone to explode his dark history too, and then we threaten each other into mutual secrecy?”

“That’s one way to think about it,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “But what if he doesn’t care about his dark history at all?”

“Then wouldn’t he be invincible?” Xie Ruoxi said in shock.

Although Yan Yu had never been defeated so far, there’s a difference between being “undefeated” and “invincible.”

“Regardless of whether we can find a way to counter him, what we need to do now is to form an alliance,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “If we can’t come together and instead continue to fight on our own, then we definitely won’t stand a chance against him.”