Chapter 950: Chapter 14 Yun Jin, Joining the Battle

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My experience with Yun Jin was utterly different from that with the Enchantress or Ruoxi.

The Enchantress is competitive, with a full score in proactivity. Once she starts something, she must win and would not rest until you bow down begging for mercy.

Ruoxi is lazy by nature, with no sense of honor whatsoever, constantly saying “I’m tired,” “I’m numb,” “I can’t do this.”

Afterward, Yan Yu reflected on it and realized that these two were truly worthy of being best friends who could be together. If they were to compete in endurance, Xie Ruoxi would give up right at the start, which is exactly what would satisfy the Enchantress’s competitive spirit and vanity, wouldn’t it?

They are simply a perfect match by nature.

Compared to them, Yun Jin seemed more normal. On one hand, she was truly weak and feeble, but on the other hand, as if afraid that Yan Yu wouldn’t enjoy himself, she would act very submissive and obedient, giving whatever was asked and doing whatever was said, unbearably well-behaved.

What’s more interesting is that if you whisper “I like Yun Jin” into her ear, her eyes would immediately moisten, and she would quickly shed copious warm tears–as consistent as flipping a switch, effective every single time.

It’s simply too much fun!

After Yan Yu whispered “I like Yun Jin” into her ear more than ten times, Yun Jin finally realized something was off and, in a fit of anger, pinched the soft flesh on Yan Yu’s waist between her fingers and twisted it a few times to vent her frustration.

No matter what, the effect of these twists was huge. Yan Yu had never expected Yun Jin to suddenly twist him, especially since they had been training for over an hour, at a time when his energy was depleted and he needed to slow down the pace. Now his body suddenly shook, and the True Yuan within his Dantian also rapidly overflowed.

The back-and-forth linkage of the String-Pulling Technique caused the surging of True Yuan to impact Su Yunjin, immediately causing all her acupoints to violently inhale and exhale Spiritual Energy, with major rivers forming within her meridians and her consciousness quickly entering an ethereal state.

“Hold your breath, focus your mind, silently operate your mental method!” With the last of his strength, Yan Yu pushed out eight words, then similarly began to operate the Secret Technique, fully driving the True Yang within his abdomen.

A Child’s Primordial Yang is like the sunrise in the east. As one ages, the Primordial Yang grows increasingly full and robust. But it must not be broken; otherwise, it is like the setting sun in the west. Although there is still light, it can no longer shine as brightly as before.

Now that Yan Yu has lost his Primordial Yang, to assist Yun Jin in breaking through to the Golden Core Realm using the String-Pulling Technique is like asking a blind person to shoot at a target with one eye, or asking a limping person to high jump with one leg.

It’s not impossible, but the cost is obviously staggering. With the Secret Technique activated, he only felt his body twitching spasmodically, then it was as if a dam had broken, his essence, qi, and spirit crazily gushing out.

To overfill the abundant and deplete the deficient is just this painful and cruel!

Contrastingly, Su Yunjin’s complexion became increasingly rosy; the True Yuan in her Dantian stirred and spun relentlessly, the jade color floated upwards while the Purple Essence slowly sank. She then forcibly separated the two with her Divine Sense, continually increasing the purity of the overall True Yuan.

As the Secret Technique finally came to an end, the two were able to separate at last.

Barely propping himself up, Yan Yu was feeble, weak in the knees, and pale-faced, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. Any normal man who didn’t exercise regularly would have passed out on the spot.

However, he originated from a Mortal Warrior in his previous life, constantly injecting foreign True Yuan into his body and overtaxing his physique was all too common for him, so he quickly adjusted his breathing and relaxed his muscles, racing against time to recover his strength.

While Su Yunjin had greatly advanced in her Divine Skill, she did not check her Dantian right away. Seeing Yan Yu’s pale and damp appearance, she panicked and hurriedly went to grab some napkins to wipe his body.

“I’m okay, don’t worry about me, I’m fine,” Yan Yu coughed painfully several times and said, “You should check your Dantian first, to see if it was successful…”

“Don’t fret about that!” Su Yunjin quickly grasped his wrist, her Divine Sense sweeping meticulously through him from top to bottom.

There were no internal injuries, but his life force was severely drained. For comparison, if a normal person is like an apple, then Yan Yu at this moment is like an apple that has been left out for a month, already shriveled up considerably…

Her face blushed slightly, thinking it was her own greed that caused this, she quickly lowered her voice and pleaded:

“This… this was my first time, I have no experience. If I was too much, tell me, I’ll change…”

“Stop right there.” Watching her suddenly become so self-effacing, the increasingly uncomfortable Yan Yu felt even more headachy, “You first check your Dantian. We practiced Dual Cultivation to break through the Golden Core Rank, not to give each other a better experience. Don’t let my sacrifice be in vain, okay?”

“Oh… Okay.” Su Yunjin promptly looked within her Dantian and then said, “It seems successful, the jade color makes up over ten percent.”

“That’s good.” Yan Yu then collapsed onto the pillow.

“Captain!!!” Su Yunjin’s face lost all color.

“…Don’t yell, I’m just very tired, I need to sleep for a while.”

“Oh, okay.” Su Yunjin immediately quieted down and didn’t leave the bed, simply quietly gazing at Yan Yu’s profile.

About half an hour later, noting that his breathing remained even, with no signs of sudden death, Su Yunjin finally relaxed, got out of bed and went to the bathroom to shower.

After showering and washing her hair, drying herself with a towel, she picked up the hair dryer next to her, ready to turn it on, but then worrying that the noise might disturb the sleeping captain, she thought better of it and put it back.

Turning around, she picked up a clean towel and tightly wrapped up her damp hair, then continued to observe her reflection in the mirror.

Pure, tender, in full bloom, completely enveloped by a sense of happiness, she seemed to be glowing all over.

I finally slept with the captain…

Coming from an intellectual family, Su Yunjin has relatively conservative and traditional thoughts. Giving herself to the captain also means that the most intimate boundary between them has been crossed, and based on her understanding of Yan Yu, he is not the kind of man who would pretend nothing happened after pulling up his pants.

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In other words, as long as I don’t do anything foolish and maintain this intimate relationship, I will naturally stand on invincible ground–the final result is simply the difference between a small win, a moderate win, and a big win.

Sharing the captain with other girls, a small win.

Teaming up with Ningning to drive all of them away, a moderate win.

Optimizing Ningning out of the picture and monopolizing the captain to myself, a big win!

Yun Jin’s face in the mirror, innocent and lovely, soon revealed a slightly sly smile as she privately delighted in her unspeakable thoughts–it was a mischievous expression that Yan Yu and everyone else on the team had never seen before.

Then she looked at herself in the mirror again, suddenly withdrew her smile, and transformed back into the original gentle and amiable appearance of a virtuous lady from a scholarly family.

After changing into clean clothes and locking the door, she walked to the base’s cafeteria and ordered kidney-tonifying medicinal stew, accompanied by a cup of hot milk.

While waiting for her meal, she saw Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi entering the cafeteria as well.

“Today, the cafeteria has a new dish on the menu–Beef Offal Pot,” Xie Ruoxi said. “It seems to taste OK.”

“What exactly is in it?” Zhao Yuanzhen asked, intrigued.

“The standard serving includes slices of stewed beef, enoki mushrooms, tofu, dried bamboo shoots, and thin noodles. The offal is optional, consisting of beef tripe, omasum, small intestine, and tendon,” Xie Ruoxi recalled for a moment and then suddenly added, “Oh right, there also seems to be chunks of bull pizzle.”

“Ah?” Zhao Yuanzhen frowned, “Does the cafeteria make this kind of dish… is it tasty?”

“It must be tastier than the captain’s anyway,” Xie Ruoxi blurted out.

“That goes without saying,” Zhao Yuanzhen retorted, “It’s not ice cream, how could it be tasty? Speaking of which, have you tried it?”

“Ah, I, um…” Xie Ruoxi immediately became flustered, “I… I don’t remember, how about you, Sister Zhao?”

“Me? In his dreams!” Zhao Yuanzhen quickly displayed a disdainful expression and said, “To serve him? Not a chance!”

The two approached the cafeteria window and incidentally greeted Su Yunjin.

Su Yunjin felt a slight annoyance because she realized from the conversation that these two sisters had established an intimate relationship with the captain even earlier than she did.

However, love is like a long-distance marathon–not necessarily won by the swiftest starter.

“Yun Jin, you also like stew pots!” Xie Ruoxi exclaimed in surprise, “I thought you only loved eating plain noodles.”

“I like to switch it up every now and then,” Su Yunjin responded with a smile.

Zhao Yuanzhen was about to speak when she suddenly noticed that her posture seemed somewhat unnatural.

In that instant, countless inspirations flashed through her mind like lightning. By the time she realized it, what she was thinking had already slipped out:

“You guys… did Dual Cultivation?”

“Yes, we did Dual Cultivation,” Su Yunjin replied calmly, as if saying “We got married.”

Although the matter was somewhat expected, Zhao Yuanzhen wasn’t pleased with Yun Jin’s attitude–where was the respect for a married woman?

Su Yunjin responded calmly, aware of Zhao Yuanzhen’s emotions, but she had no intention of compromising in this regard.

“Oh!” Xie Ruoxi cheered, “Yun Jin, you too… that’s great! The captain loves bullying us girls, and with you involved, we’ll be even less afraid of him!”

“When have I been scared of him? Joke!” Compared to Yun Jin’s attitude, it was Ruoxi’s words that Zhao Yuanzhen found harder to tolerate, especially considering Yun Jin might think “she told Ruoxi she was scared of Yan Yu”, so Zhao Yuanzhen hurriedly explained, “That day, I fought with Yan Yu for several hours, and in the end, it was he who begged for mercy and conceded. Only then did I let him off!”

Su Yunjin listened with a smile, thinking to herself that Sister Zhao was still as naive as ever. Winning a man’s heart is forever more important than conquering his body. What’s the point of winning against him? Plenty of women were willing to throw themselves at Yan Yu; the key was to establish a unique and differentiated advantage, not to be stubborn about winning or losing.

Of course, she was happy to see a rival head down the wrong path, so she decided to flatter her deliberately:

“Sister Zhao is amazing–after all, being beautiful with a good figure, it’s only natural that the captain can’t resist you.”

Hearing Su Yunjin saying that, Zhao Yuanzhen indeed went from anger to pleasure, thinking that this was the respectful attitude a main wife deserved!

Xie Ruoxi, oblivious to Su Yunjin’s intentions and being intellectually and emotionally challenged, wouldn’t have picked up the subtlety even if she listened a thousand times. So, she just expressed her envy, saying:

“Indeed. I’m not as well-built as Sister Zhao, nor do I look as pretty as you, Yun Jin. Next time the captain is looking for me, could you two come and help me? Otherwise, he’ll bully me a lot.”

Her words were very problematic; yet, her expression was so innocent and sincere in issuing the invite that both Zhao Yuanzhen and Su Yunjin were taken aback for a moment, speechless in response.

The latter was momentarily unable to accept this emotionally, while the former felt it was “demeaning to the status of a married woman” and didn’t want to agree at all. But on second thought, if I openly refuse, won’t Ruoxi find someone else to help?

With this, the word “no” suddenly became very hard to say.

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