Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

"Hey... are you alright?" Ye Jun asked with a guilty expression.

"I'm fine, just let me rest." Yan Yu lay sprawled on the bed, eyes vacant, face haggard, and looking like he'd been up for three days and nights followed by a beating from four muscular men.

If this were in a game, his health would be down to 1, and all his attributes would have dropped by two-thirds.

Ye Jun felt increasingly guilty, cursing herself for being so caught up in the moment that she didn't notice Yan Yu's condition. She quickly got out of bed and said in a fluster:

"I'll go get the medical team..."

"No!" Yan Yu quickly grabbed her wrist, "Wait! We can't let anyone know!"

Are you kidding me? The String-Pulling Technique assisting someone to break into the Golden Core Rank is something that absolutely cannot risk leaking out!

"Oh, I forgot." Ye Jun anxiously tugged at her hair, "How about I go get you some Tiger Whip Wine?"

Yan Yu gave her a resentful look. Is Tiger Whip Wine a common drink? If you go to the cafeteria and order that today, by tomorrow there will be rumors in the base about a cultivator who was so down he secretly had his partner get aphrodisiac wine!

Moreover, the top cultivators in this base, those who have partners mostly have mortal partners, right? The only one capable of eating grass by the nest doesn't need to be named; you might as well just call my name directly.

"Alright." Ye Jun then turned around, "I'll use a hot towel to wipe you down."

She went to the bathroom, wrapped herself in a towel, soaked another towel in hot water and wrung it out, then came back to the bed to help Yan Yu sit up, wiping the sweat from his body and massaging his muscles.

Yan Yu lay comfortably on the bed, enjoying Ye Jun's massage service, and for a moment, even the weak feeling of severe vitality loss seemed to temporarily vanish.

"Ye Jun... very good, use some strength on the shoulders... how are you so skilled at this?"

"I used to massage my parents after work," Ye Jun began tapping his back skillfully, "so I have some experience."

Yan Yu closed his eyes, enjoying the chat, and asked:

"So you're the type who's very filial to your family."

"I wouldn't say filial," Ye Jun replied, "my parents were busy with work and had no time to look after my sister and me, so I had to be as independent as possible and help out wherever I could."

"You have a sister?" Yan Yu asked in surprise.

I didn't know that in my past life!

Ye Jun was silent for a moment, her face suddenly showing a wary expression, then she said:

"My sister doesn't have any cultivation talent; she's just a mortal. You probably wouldn't be interested, right?"

"What are you thinking?" Yan Yu quickly explained, "Even if your sister is as pretty as you, I wouldn't fall for every girl I see! What kind of person do you think I am?"

"I didn't say your character is bad," Ye Jun calmly replied while kneading his back, "although you haven't left a single girl in your team alone, and you've taken all the girls in the four major teams, I believe you're not the kind of scumbag who hits on every pretty girl he sees..."

"Hey, don't look away!" Yan Yu turned over and complained, "Don't say something you don't believe with that expression! And the first half was all questioning my character, right?"

"I said at the start and the end that I believe in your character," Ye Jun looked up at the ceiling, successfully maintaining a blank expression without showing any difference.

"What about the middle part!" Yan Yu argued excitedly, "And I didn't get all the girls! There's still Xu Jin, right? I'm completely innocent with her!"

"Is it because her looks didn't meet your standards?" Ye Jun teased.

"Uh—" Yan Yu thought, if he talked purely about looks, Xu Jin might not be ugly but does fall short compared to others, but saying so would reveal himself.

He decided to take another approach:

"Jun, have you noticed, besides being beautiful and part of the four major teams, there's another common trait among the girls who have a close relationship with me?"

"Hmm." Ye Jun thought for a moment and then answered, "All are naive and easily deceived by you?"

"Wrong!" Yan Yu exclaimed in despair, "They all like me! It's consensual, and both parties' feelings are involved. I don't have the intention to pester someone who doesn't like me. I'm just sincerely responding to your affection!"

Then he noticed Ye Jun's expression was becoming increasingly off.

"Did I say something wrong?" Yan Yu asked awkwardly.

"My sister," Ye Jun stopped her hands, sighed, and said, "is a big fan of yours, a total fangirl."

Yan Yu: ......

"Would you make a move on her?" Ye Jun asked seriously.

"Alright, you got me." Yan Yu raised his hands in surrender, "I like beautiful and powerful female cultivators, mortals aren't in my hunting range."

Ye Jun didn't respond, just looked at him quietly. Yan Yu's gaze moved along the contours of her chest, up her pale neck, her beautiful lips and tall nose, finally resting on her eyes, soft yet deep, as if she was staring at a talking humanoid massage device.

Yan Yu tried to make his expression sincere and innocent: I really don't intend to make a move on your sister! I don't even know what she looks like! Ye Jun, don't wrong a good person!

"Hope so." Ye Jun finally said.

"It's not hope, it is!" Yan Yu argued, feeling like crying, "If we have to talk about fans, I've got at least millions of them, right? And plenty of them must be beautiful. Would I touch any one of them? Such things, it's all about the relationship. Fans and idols don't form a deep, valid relationship... where are you dragging me?"

"I think just using a towel might not be enough." Ye Jun dragged him to the bathroom, calmly saying, "I'll take you for a proper wash."

"Like those Northern bathhouse scrubs?" Yan Yu asked in surprise.

"Yes." Ye Jun pressed his shoulders, making him sit on the toilet lid, and removed her towel.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Yan Yu, with his sharp senses, quickly noticed her movement.

"Using the towel to scrub your back." Ye Jun said calmly, "My aunt worked at a bathhouse, I learned from her when I was young, I guarantee this will be clean."

"Just scrubbing, haha." Despite her explanation, Yan Yu still sensed something was off. If you needed a towel, wasn't there one hanging on the wall? Why remove the one on you?

Ye Jun placed the towel over her shoulder, adjusted the shower temperature to the right setting, then kicked the bathtub with her foot, coldly asking:

"Yan Yu, are you coming in by yourself, or should I carry you in?"

"Ahem, I'll come in myself." Yan Yu's vitality hadn't fully recovered, his legs still wobbly, so he slowly made his way to the bathtub.

"Don't lie down yet, sit here." Ye Jun squeezed some body wash onto her hands, lathered him up, then rinsed him with hot water, and began scrubbing with the towel.

Her technique seemed professional, the strength just right, making Yan Yu let out a sigh of relief.

Haha, what was I thinking? I just helped her break into the Golden Core Rank, she wouldn't be so ungrateful as to hurt me...

Comfortably soaking in the hot water, Yan Yu's thoughts wandered, when suddenly, he saw a figure coming toward him. It was Ye Jun stepping into the bathtub, and he immediately shivered.

"Is it inconvenient to scrub from outside?" He asked, trying to stay calm, "Or do you want me to help you wash..."

"I'm thinking," Ye Jun's voice became even clearer, her beautiful face appearing and disappearing in the steam, "regardless of whether or not you have designs on my sister."

"I'll just make sure you're incapable."

Yan Yu's expression finally turned to terror.