Ghostly Blessing

In my previous life, I was half a move short and ultimately failed to reach the summit.
Having traveled back to the past, this time... I want to become the strongest in this world!
To become the strongest in this world, one only needs three simple steps:
1. Pick up a newly-transferred Demonic Sect Enchantress off the streets.
2. Subdue and vanquish the demon.
3. Take her cultivation technique for myself.
Awesome! I'm already invincible!
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Years later, Yan Yu, who had earned the title of "the strongest," was interviewed on television:
Host: To whom do you want to give thanks for your success today?
Yan Yu: I'd like to thank a very important woman to me.
Host (eyes lighting up): Oh, is she your wise and virtuous wife?
Yan Yu: No, consider her a stepping stone, I suppose.
Host (wiping sweat): Then... what about the other members of your team? They must have helped you as well, right?
Yan Yu: ... How could there possibly be only one stepping stone on the path to godhood?

Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chen Lingyun caught up with Yan Yu from behind, her face full of smiles, eager to say something, but she noticed that Yan Yu's expression was rather gloomy.


It wasn't the usual "annoyed by her" gloominess, but one tinged with a hint of melancholy and desolation, a kind of listlessness.


Being as clever as she was, she immediately guessed what was troubling Yan Yu and tentatively asked,


"Was Ye Jun someone formidable in his past life?"


"Formidable?" Yan Yu was silent for a moment, then sneered, "Of course he was formidable, the spokesperson for the Dingbei Army, isn't that formidable?"


"Oh my, that's really..." Chen Lingyun's smile bloomed like flowers.


A spokesperson, that's a civilian staff position! Ye Jun, you were at least a cultivator, how did you end up so down on your luck to switch to a bureaucratic job?


Thinking back to Yan Yu's attitude just now, Chen Lingyun already had her answer and said with a laugh,


Chapter 56: Returning Home