Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 745: Chapter 21 Yes, Captain_2 Chapter 745: Chapter 21 Yes, Captain_2 “But Yan Yu is the strong one, right?” Tang Xiaolian said.

“No, not really.” Chen Lingyun corrected with a smile. “Beauty refers to a person pursued by many of the opposite sex; among these suitors, only the sufficiently formidable ones can possess the beauty.”

“Instead of the strength of the suitors, shouldn’t you consider whom the beauty prefers?” Tang Xiaolian frowned. “What if she likes a weakling?”

“Then the weakling will face the wrath of Bull Head,” Chen Lingyun said casually.

Tang Xiaolian: …

Your argument is so sound, I’m left speechless.

“If you refrain from moving forward because you fear you can’t beat them, hesitating will certainly cost you points in Yan Yu’s eyes,” Chen Lingyun droned on. “If you don’t even have the courage to face your rivals head-on, how genuine can your so-called affection be? Besides, you have the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, don’t you?”

Tang Xiaolian, as if waking from a dream: Right! I’m not just any insect-controlling sorcerer, I have the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu!

The Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu is impervious to sword and fire, and I have this little bug to protect me, do I really need to fear them? Ridiculous!

So she brightened up and went to sit next to Yan Yu, who was on the opposite sofa, and asked with a smile:
“Yan Yu, what do you guys usually do in the evenings?”

“Free time,” Yan Yu answered coolly. “No fixed activities, we just do whatever we feel like.”

“Our team usually watches movies, sings karaoke, or plays board games,” Tang Xiaolian hinted.

“Mmm,” Yan Yu said, “but we have no fixed activities, we generally do whatever we want.”

After a moment of silence, Tang Xiaolian decided to be direct:
“How about we organize an activity tonight?”

“Let me ask around,” Yan Yu said, clapping her hands to draw everyone’s attention. “Xiaolian suggested having a social activity tonight, does anyone feel like it?”

In an instant, the room temperature seemed to drop a few degrees Celsius, and Tang Xiaolian could even hear strange auditory hallucinations whispering things like “homewrecker,” “cheating cat,” “she actually called him by his name,” “should we just get rid of her” – all kinds of bizarre and bone-chilling low murmurs.

“I’m down,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile. “Previously, Yun Jin and I were not around, so now that the team is finally together again, a party fits the atmosphere.”

“I have no objections,” Su Yunjin said with a smile.

“I…” Lin Ning just started to speak when she heard Zhao Yuanzhen ask:
“Will there be snacks?”

“Sister Zhao!” Xie Ruoxi quickly passed a telepathic message, “It’s definitely that schemer’s trick! How can you only care about food at a time like this!”

“Oh right, right, right!” Zhao Yuanzhen came to her senses and frowned back, “Then what’s her scheme?”

“She must be planning to use games as a guise to woo the captain and violently boost his affection for her!” Xie Ruoxi speculated without hesitation. “But it’s okay, the game is fair to everyone, we can also take this opportunity to increase the captain’s goodwill, showing this outsider our unbreakable rapport and bond with the captain!”

“Great! Let’s show her how formidable we are!” Zhao Yuanzhen immediately lit up, thinking to herself that she had known the captain longer than anyone else, and when it came to understanding and tacit agreement, who could compare to her?

Let that ignorant young woman suffer a crushing defeat!

Since everyone agreed, Ningning saw no need to object and simply went into the kitchen to prepare some snacks.

“What game?” Yan Yu asked.

“I think everyone must be tired of games like Truth or Dare,” Tang Xiaolian said with a grin, “how about we try a team-building game from our Huofeng Team called ‘Yes, You Drink’?”

“Ah?” The girls were a bit confused.

“First,” Tang Xiaolian raised her index finger, “during the game, no one is allowed to use True Yuan to metabolize the alcohol.”

Naturally, cultivators could also get drunk, hence sayings like “Drunk Taoist” and “Eight Immortals of Wine.” However, they were different from mortals; if they found the hangover too uncomfortable, they simply needed to concentrate, circulate their True Yuan, and they’d immediately metabolize the remaining alcohol and feel refreshed.

If they didn’t metabolize the alcohol, their bodies would naturally get drunk, but without any risk of harming their health.

Everyone obviously wouldn’t refuse, so Tang Xiaolian continued, raising her middle finger, and said:
“Second, the game rules follow an order where each person can choose someone around them to ask any question that hasn’t been asked in the current game, with the option to only reply affirmatively or negatively.”

“If the person being asked answers ‘yes,’ then the questioner must take a drink; if the answer is ‘no,’ then the person asked must take a drink.”

Hearing this, everyone began pondering.

Needless to say, Chen Lingyun realized immediately that, if taking a drink was seen as a penalty, everyone would avoid getting penalized by choosing “no” as much as possible. Going back to the person asking, it meant that she should try to ask a question that would be inconvenient for the other to deny.

Xie Ruoxi, however, was thinking along different lines: If the questioner could randomly choose anyone, then the game was actually starting from now. She needed to work hard to hide her presence, try to make everyone overlook her, or even choose to ask her questions!

Zhao Yuanzhen sneered internally, thinking what does it matter if one doesn’t use True Yuan to metabolize the alcohol? Haven’t they heard of my reputation for never getting drunk even after a thousand cups?

Lin Ning was back from the kitchen with a plate of crispy salted chicken, heated in an air fryer. After hearing Su Yunjin recount the rules, she went to fetch some bottles of wine from the living room cabinet—those were the ones brought by Chen Lingyun’s mother from home, the kind that would drop jaws when looked up online for their prices.