Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Although Yan Yu felt that the number of rooms in the villa far exceeded actual needs, especially the number of bedrooms which was mysteriously and seriously over the top, Chen Lingyun cleverly initiated an internal team vote for the decision.

Four votes in favor, the decision was made to buy it.

"Hold on a second." Yan Yu was rendered speechless by their actions, "It's the house I'm buying, why do you guys get to vote?!"

"Didn't someone say that our team is 'dictatorial in war and democratic after war'?" Chen Lingyun said with a teasing smile, "We're not in a state of war now, are we?"

"But this is my house!" Yan Yu hadn't expected a boomerang waiting for him here and hastily argued loudly, "I am purchasing my own private property, team members don't have decision-making power!"

"Didn't someone also say, 'It can also serve as our off-campus base of operations'?" Lin Ning followed suit with Chen Lingyun's sly expression, and said with a grin, "When acquiring a team base of operations, team members should have a vote too, right?"

"Nonsense, did I ever say that?!" Yan Yu found that there were more than one boomerang and quickly feigned ignorance, "Provide evidence, baseless claims... are just your word against mine!"

Lin Ning just smiled slightly and took out a recorder pen tucked inside her collar.

Yan Yu: ......

"I've recorded everything you said during training." Lin Ning scrolled the audio to the end, right up to where Yan Yu said, "What's all this fighting about? I'm tired, plus I have to go look at houses, there's no extra training for you guys today," and then started playing the recording publicly:

"...Anyway, we have money now, we can buy a house near the school, which can also serve as our team's off-campus base of activities."

Yan Yu was completely dumbfounded.

Ning, can't you be less sly? This isn't your original character, is it?!

With Secretary Su's loyal and honest character sitting right there, why don't you learn from that? Why are you imitating Chen Lingyun's hypocrisy and trickery?!

"That's right." Su Yunjin clapped her hands together and laughed naively, tilting her head, "Well then, as such, the captain should respect everyone else's opinion, shouldn't he?"

I'm sorry, Captain, I really do need a library… I've bought so many books, I just can't fit them in my room anymore... wuuu...

Yan Yu looked at her expressionlessly.

So, you're in on this too, Su Yunjin?

"Exactly." Zhao Yuanzhen chimed in lazily.

My abode as Miyuan the Immortal must be grand and impressive! What's the point of living in a cramped apartment? It doesn't reflect the dignity of me, Miyuan the Immortal!

Yan Yu didn't want to speak any further; now he was facing a situation of everyone deserting him, standing alone against all odds.

But!

I am the strongest in this world!

A mere four beautiful ladies thinking they could leave me powerless and forced to comply?

Dream on!

"Fine." Yan Yu said with a sneer, "But since it's going to be a team base, there's no reason for me to be the only one paying, right?"

The four girls frowned, completely unprepared for Yan Yu's counterattack from this angle.

"I can contribute money too." Lin Ning immediately said seriously, "But my name needs to be on the property deed!"

"That's not possible." Yan Yu said with a smile, "For a team base, of course, only the captain's name can be added. Otherwise, what happens if someone leaves the team in the future? The team base definitely can't allow those who've left to come in, but then your name is on the property deed, isn't that contradictory?"

"I won't leave the team." Lin Ning said without hesitation, "Unless you don't want me anymore, you don't have to worry about me leaving the team in the future."

"Ningning!" Su Yunjin interjected quickly.

Lin Ning's face turned red, realizing how ambiguous "you don't want me anymore" sounded, and hastily tried to explain:

"I mean! Ah, it's like, if I'm not good enough and you, the team leader, want to kick me out, get it? It's not what you're thinking!"

"What am I thinking?" Yan Yu feigned confusion.

"Nothing." Knowing that more she said the deeper the hole she'd dig, Lin Ning knew she couldn't fall for that again and continued, "Anyway, my opinion is, if I contribute money, my name goes on it. What do you guys think?"

"Sounds good to me." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "And it's not as if we can't afford the money."

"Mm-hmm," Su Yunjin nodded as she spoke. She had originally hoped to requisition a library here, so it was only natural for her to pay for it, especially since Secretary Su herself wasn't particularly concerned about money.

"I don't care about having my name added or not," Zhao Yuanzhen said impatiently, "Buy it!"

This Demonic Sect Enchantress... why does she have the vibe of a live-streaming sales host… Yan Yu pondered for a moment.

Wait, what was my original intention for buying this house?

It was to live with this enchantress, for the convenience of dual cultivation at night.

As long as that goal was achieved, how many bedrooms there were, how many girls lived there, whose names were on the property deed... none of that really mattered.

Just in case something came up later, this place could still serve as the team's base, and I could just buy a new house in private, right?

I've got plenty of money now!

"Alright then," Yan Yu stopped dwelling on it, "Let's split the villa's cost evenly then."

"It might be true, but don't put it in such cringeworthy terms!" Lin Ning suddenly interjected with a complaint.

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Since the purchase was made in full, the property transaction was completed very quickly.

After selecting their rooms in the villa, everyone started to fuss over the decoration. Su Yunjin had a pile of paper books to shelve, and Chen Lingyun had quite a few "antique items," so the two of them made an appointment with a renovation company to completely overhaul and remodel their rooms.

Yan Yu maliciously guessed that Su Yunjin's room would turn into a library, and Chen Lingyun's room into a museum.

Lin Ning and Zhao Yuanzhen didn't make major changes, just minor ones like changing wallpaper and fixing cabinets.

Ningning liked a modern style, while Zhao Yuanzhen preferred a newer Chinese style. After the renovations, Yan Yu passed by their doors and glanced inside, finding to his surprise that both rooms looked pretty good.

You two have good taste!

Since they had chosen to live in an off-campus villa, they naturally terminated their dormitory rental. Everyone still went to school in the morning for theory classes, practiced in the training grounds in the afternoon, and after dinner, they would ride back to the villa to rest—Chen Lingyun had hired a minivan from a rental company, specifically to take care of everyone's transportation.

Then one day, Yan Yu was called to the principal's office.

Although it wasn't the first time Li Weiguo had summoned him, Yan Yu still prepared himself for the meeting.

If the old general said, "Young man, your lifestyle is undisciplined. Before you're even famous, you're cohabiting with four female college students. Do you know the negative impact it would have if the media reported on this later?" then I would reply with contempt, "You're wrong this time, General. I have no improper relationship with them.

Think about it, with what I have now, which one of them is worthy of me?"..........

With this in mind, he swaggered into the principal's office.

"Take a seat," Li Weiguo said.

Yan Yu sat down, only to see Li Weiguo push a small glass bottle across the desk, containing five shimmering elixir pills.

Is this... a Foundation Establishment Pill?

"Do you know what this is?" Li Weiguo asked with an air of mystery.

"Elixir Medicine for cultivators?" Yan Yu asked.

"Correct," Li Weiguo laughed heartily, "This is good stuff indeed."

Yan Yu, however, remained silent. It was indeed good stuff, no doubt about it. In the future, underground cultivators would rise up in rebellion over this stuff one after another.

He fell silent for a moment before saying:

"This thing's production isn't high, is it?"

"Only a few dozen a month," Li Weiguo replied loosely, without revealing the actual number, "Call over those few girls in your team secretly and divide up this bottle of Elixir Medicine. Don't let word get out."

"Understood," Yan Yu immediately stood up.

As he left the principal's office, for some reason, he suddenly felt the sunlight outside to be incredibly blinding.

If the Foundation Establishment Pill is available now, then…

The next phase of the Spiritual Energy Resurgence must be coming soon, right?