Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

"Hmm, I don't have any ideas for this part." Chen Lingyun looked at Yan Yu and smiled, "The wood that can stand the washing of the Oblivion River must be a specially consecrated Divine Wood."

"So we need to get some Divine Wood." Yan Yu said, "And we need to find someone who can make artifacts."

"That's right." Chen Lingyun's eyes curved into a smile.

Stare.

Yan Yu returned her confused gaze, quickly switching to a teasing and mocking "What are you looking at?" expression.

"Your puppet, I heard its limbs are made of Divine Dragon Wood?" Chen Lingyun saw his confusion and bluntly said.

"Where did you hear that? Oh, Zhao Yuanzhen blabbed again." Yan Yu immediately guessed the answer, and shrugged, "Yes, but she was the one who identified it, and she finished the refining steps. I just hitched a ride and did nothing."

"Well, you are good at hitching rides." Chen Lingyun casually said, "So she can identify Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and has artifact refining skills. We can have her rebuild Naihe Bridge."

"Nonsense, her willingness to let me hitch a ride doesn't mean she'll help you, okay?" Yan Yu sneered disdainfully, "Think about it, given your awful relationship with her, do you think she'll agree?"

"Merit." Chen Lingyun reminded him, "She needs it too."

Yan Yu was momentarily speechless, then said:

"Even if rebuilding Naihe Bridge can indeed bring a huge amount of merit, given her view of you, I doubt she'll believe anything you say."

"That's why you need to vouch for me, darling~" Chen Lingyun tightly hugged his arm, acting coquettishly sweet, "She's your wife, I'm your wife, we're practically sisters. We've had some misunderstandings in the past, but as her husband, shouldn't you help us resolve them?"

"What a joke, we haven't even registered our marriage, stop calling me husband. I'm afraid people will misunderstand." Yan Yu tried to push her away, "Why should I help you?"

"Merit." Chen Lingyun said cheerfully, "You also get a share."

Yan Yu: ..............

Damn it, I really have to help her to earn this merit, huh? It's so tough, I really don't want to help her, but this merit is just too much... No, it's for saving the newborns in Lu Country that would otherwise die prematurely, for stopping countless mothers from crying, for preventing countless families from being torn apart!

Sigh, I have no choice.

"Honey." Seeing Yan Yu's obviously wavering expression, Chen Lingyun seized the moment and said charmingly, "Anyway, Zhao Jie has nothing to do after her Core Formation, just have her help us and share the merit. Better us than outsiders, it's good for our small family. I'll handle intelligence gathering, she only needs to take a look."

"You... I'll only talk to her, whether it succeeds or not is out of my control." Yan Yu said with a struggling expression.

"You're the best!" Chen Lingyun grabbed his cheeks and kissed him hard, "With you vouching for me, she'll definitely agree."

"So if she doesn't agree, it's because I didn't vouch for you seriously?" Yan Yu squinted at her.

"I believe that won't happen." Chen Lingyun continued to smile.

Since Naihe Bridge and the surrounding restrictions had already collapsed, the two rose sword soaring, flying over the Oblivion River from above. Below was an endless stretch of hills and mountains, with the route becoming rugged and difficult.

"From here to Fengdu City, the journey is fraught." Chen Lingyun whispered, "In areas with thick Yin Qi, various demons and ghosts easily arise, so someone should regularly clear the path to escort the spirits to the Reincarnation Platform."

"Sword Immortals are better suited for such tasks." Yan Yu quickly concluded, "Fast speed, precise kills, large-scale spells are prone to collateral damage."

"Hmm." Chen Lingyun smiled, "How about hiring Ningning and Minghu for this task?"

"Hire? They don't need money." Yan Yu shook his head, "Tasks like this, saving a few spirits doesn't yield much merit. Only personal connections can motivate them. Ningning might be willing to help you, but are you close with Minghu?"

"Not bad, we chat a lot in the vice-captains' group." Chen Lingyun chuckled, "But you might still need to mention it, dear..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking." Yan Yu sighed, "Feels like my harem is working for you, marrying them home to be your laborers."

"We shouldn't go to Fengdu City ahead." Chen Lingyun suddenly said, "It's still a wasteland with many powerful ghostly creatures. Clearing them is not a day's work."

"Once inside Fengdu City, they're split into two groups based on their virtue. The good go to the Reincarnation Platform to be reborn, the bad go to Hell to serve their sentences and then be reborn."

"By the way, how's Hell?" Yan Yu suddenly felt curious.

"The first three levels are abandoned." Chen Lingyun replied, "Below that, it's beyond my power."

"My current plan is to renovate the first three levels: Yun Jin can make a Water Hell, Hongyu can create a Fire Hell, Xiao Lian can prepare an Insect Hell, and Ruoxi can be the Warden King, the ultimate punishment being her Jade Pivot Thunder to obliterate any evil ghost that the hells can't suppress. How's that?"

"You're truly making the best use of everyone's talents." Yan Yu coldly laughed, "Anyone not on your list? Tell me their names so I can charm them."

"Isn't there still Anna?" Chen Lingyun gave him a sideways glance.

"You wish! Asking the Queen of the North to help you rebuild the Underworld Hell, dream on!" Yan Yu mocked her mercilessly.

Since they didn't intend to go to Fengdu City, they steered their sword light and flew back.

Throughout the journey, Yan Yu pondered the key issue of this trip: should Chen Lingyun rebuild the Yin Department?

As she said, overall balance shows it's the typical case where benefits outweigh harms. Even if she isn't allowed to intervene, with the advancement of Spiritual Energy Resurgence, cultivators' power will inevitably increase, and others will eventually find this place.

Unless the truth is reported to the higher-ups, and heavy troops are stationed here, forbidding other cultivators from prying... would be a super popular task to rebuild the Yin Department.

At critical places of life and death, it cannot fall into others' hands. Chen Lingyun may not be very reliable, but ultimately she counts as one of our own, I can still supervise her if she manages it, but I wouldn't trust others.

Since I, Yan Yu, know of this matter, I cannot ignore it, whether publicly or privately!

Yan Yu quickly made up his mind, then turned to look at Chen Lingyun's side profile, noticing her lips slightly curved without speaking.

But Yan Yu was very sure that she had foreseen my thought process and was confident I would persuade myself to help her.

This is why I instinctively reject her managing the Yin Department.

And it's why I still ultimately support her rebuilding the Yin Department.

They returned to the Wudang Mountain base and hadn't reached the Zhenhai Team's quarters when they saw Jiang Hong of Qing'an Team, running from afar.

"Captain Yan, why are you here? I tried to contact you but couldn't..." he said anxiously, "Quick, go hide somewhere, the captain is looking for you to settle scores."

"No problem, let him come." Yan Yu waved boldly, "I won't lose."

"I'm not worried about you, I'm worried about the captain." Jiang Hong spoke quickly, "He's about to cross his tribulation, if you beat him up and break his Dao Heart, what if he can't cross tribulation?"

"True..." Yan Yu begun to hesitate, hearing Chen Lingyun laugh beside him:

"But that's not our problem, Qing'an Team should restrain their captain, right?"

"Ah, who's able to restrain him!" Jiang Hong hadn't finished speaking when he saw the raging Li Zhaojiang rush into the hall, charging at Yan Yu ferociously.

"Yan bastard! Give me back my supreme rank! Give me back my winning streak! Give me back my top 500 ladder rank ahhhhhhh!"

Just as he was about to reach Yan Yu, a divine general burst in midway, it was Li Minghu brought in as reinforcements by Xu Jin! She extended her slender fingers and pressed on her brother's head, sternly shouting:

"Give back? Playing games before crossing tribulation, upset because you can't play? Come back and prepare for tribulation!"

Li Zhaojiang, with tears streaming down his face, was defenseless against his sister's bloodline suppression, dragged away like a dead pig.