Chapter 1003: Chapter 45: The Crowd Suppresses Yan Yu

    According to the tribulation list arranged above, the second batch in order should be Xie Ruoxi, Zhou Hongyu, Su Yunjin, and Yang Linhui.

    Since Yan Yu was not around, Xie Ruoxi applied for a delay due to poor state, Zhou Hongyu stepped up first for the tribulation, lavishly used up the state-prepared resources, then exhausted all her True Yuan, fought with the last wave of tribulation thunder until both sides were severely injured, almost becoming the first officially trained cultivator to fail tribulation.

    Meanwhile, tribulation phenomena of civilian cultivators appeared all over the country.

    There is still no very accurate data conclusion on how many civilian cultivators have reached Great Perfection in the Foundation Establishment Realm. The official census every three months always finds new ones missed in previous screenings, as if Great Perfection cultivators could sprout from the ground at any time like leeks.

    Therefore, it has basically been recognized that there must be a huge number of unregistered and unenrolled cultivators hidden among civilians, otherwise, according to the pyramid model, it wouldn’t be possible to support the number of Great Perfection cultivators at the top layer.

    The Privy Council made a directive, on one hand, not to interfere with these civilian cultivators’ tribulation activities, and on the other hand, set up tribulation points in every province to guide civilians to spontaneously go to these places for tribulation to avoid affecting the production and life of surrounding people.

    Tribulating in these places has the benefit of having Military Manor cultivators to assist and monitor, without the worry of someone barging in to increase the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation; the downside is that if the tribulation is successful, they would be captured and registered by the Military Manor.

    But so far, no civilian cultivator has succeeded in tribulation. Without the official provision of sufficient Flying Swords and Magic Treasures for consuming the tribulation thunder, relying on the chosen one’s strength and luck alone is still too difficult.

    Now with four Golden Core cultivators, Zhou Hongyu is still recuperating, Zhao Yuanzhen is stationed at the base, Liu Longtao started exploring the Wudang Mountain Mysterious Realm, so Yan Yu went to check on Hongyu’s injuries first.

    As soon as he entered the room, he saw Zhou Hongyu sitting on the hospital bed, quickly placing the food box in her hand to the side, then showing a serious expression, she said:

    “You’re back.”

    Although wearing hospital clothes and her complexion wasn’t good, her disheveled long black hair added a few hints of weakness, making her look delicate and pitiable.

    Another new skin for Hongyu never seen before!

    “I am back.” Yan Yu nodded, his gaze floating to the cabinet beside, seeing there a box of spicy intestines, “Injured and eating such spicy food?”

    “Spiciness can alleviate pain.” Zhou Hongyu explained.

    “Spicy flavor is a kind of pain sense itself.” Yan Yu sat down next to the hospital bed.

    “Yes, when the mouth hurts, the whole body doesn’t feel pain.” Zhou Hongyu responded.

    “I heard the last wave of tribulation thunder burned a large area of your body?” Yan Yu picked up an apple from beside.

    “Um.” Zhou Hongyu didn’t shy away, “Clothes and flesh were burned together, a normal person would have died long ago, luckily I’m… fortunately I’m blessed with great fortune.”

    Yan Yu nodded, peeled the apple carefully, then took a bite of the plump flesh under Zhou Hongyu’s expectant look.

    “Very sweet.” He smiled and commented, “Who bought it?”

    “The team bought it.” Zhou Hongyu’s voice instantly turned cold, “Some idiot ate it.”

    “I was just testing the sweetness for you.” Yan Yu said seriously, “You, being injured, eating too sweet fruit isn’t good, affects the healing.”

    “Can eat spicy intestines, fruits should be no issue?” Zhou Hongyu’s voice turned cold, “If you want to eat, take them out, don’t obstruct my view…”

    Before she finished speaking, Yan Yu swiftly stuffed the apple into her mouth.

    Zhou Hongyu rolled her eyes, picked up the apple and started munching, first eating the half Yan Yu had bitten, then said:

    “Come closer.”

    Yan Yu leaned closer, Zhou Hongyu bent forward, leaned towards his ear, and whispered:

    “When my body recovers, I’ll beat you to a pulp.”

    “Hahaha!” Yan Yu burst out laughing. Sёar?h the N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

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    “What are you laughing at.” Zhou Hongyu said angrily, “I’ve been idle here and watched hundreds of martial arts videos copied from Xiaolian! All kinds of moves and techniques are familiar to me, next time I’ll use you as a punching bag and try them all out!”

    “You might as well team up with Xiaolian, rely on her to exhaust my strength more, it won’t look so bad if you lose.” Yan Yu lightly patted her cheek, then stood up, saying, “I’m leaving, Ruoxi needs to cross tribulation this afternoon.”

    He swaggered out, leaving Zhou Hongyu furious, and she took a tablet from under her pillow, opened a video, and continued studying.

    Two-person battle, front and rear pincer attack, such power?

    Hmph, next time team up with Xiaolian, surely make that idiot beg for mercy!

    After visiting Zhou Hongyu, Yan Yu returned to the team meeting room, saw the girls gathered, giving Xie Ruoxi final psychological support.

    “Ruoxi, your True Yuan is several times that of Zhou Hongyu.” Su Yunjin gently persuaded, “She faced True Yuan exhaustion at the end, you won’t encounter that problem at all.”

    “But what if my tribulation is several times stronger than hers?” Xie Ruoxi said nervously.

    “What if what if, it’s one in ten thousand chances! Why so many what-ifs!” Lin Ning commented from the side, “What if the tribulation just started, and a thunder struck you dead? Think how rare that chance is!”