Chapter 1023: Chapter 59: The Enchantress’s Surprise_2
Mei Yingxue said nothing, starting to carefully weigh the situation. Sёarᴄh the NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Although she had a pragmatic mindset due to her science and engineering background, she wasn’t clueless in other areas. If the “Silken Bond Technique” secret technique could simultaneously enhance the survival abilities of both military and civilian cultivators, what would the authorities think?
Definitely not good. Because the deterrent power of the military is an essential weapon in curbing illegal activities by civilian cultivators. If civilian cultivators were hard to kill, the deterrent power would be significantly weakened, and no one could bear the consequences of this.
In contrast, the issue of the mortality rate of military cultivators would be much easier to resolve.
Mei Yingxue sighed and abandoned the idea of exchanging secret techniques with Zhao Yuanzhen.
Zhao Yuanzhen was full of herself and was about to mock her opponent when suddenly Mei Yingxue asked:
“Xie Ruoxi aside, Zhao Yuanzhen, Su Yunjin, and Zhou Hongyu, the quality of your True Yuan after Core Formation far exceeds theoretical projection models, while Liu Longtao and Yang Linhui align well with the simulations. Do you have any ideas about this?”
Zhao Yuanzhen’s expression stiffened. With her brain, smooth as a mirror, she certainly hadn’t anticipated that someone could suspect the String-Pulling Technique based on aberrations in cultivation talent quantification and True Yuan quality monitoring!
It’s over! If I’d known this, I wouldn’t have cooperated with the research group after Core Formation. Now they’ve really analyzed the problem!
Zhao Yuanzhen’s thoughts turned savage, and she transmitted to Yan Yu:
“What if we kill her and silence her?”
Yan Yu ignored her and just said to Mei Yingxue:
“Maybe it’s just a matter of statistical sampling.”
“The difference is too significant. It’s unlikely to be a sampling issue,” Mei Yingxue shook her head and said.
“What I mean is, it might be natural anomalies that statistically appear as a pattern,” Yan Yu confidently said, “How many data samples do you have?”
“Indeed.” Mei Yingxue started to think, “The sample size is still too small.”
“At least collect a few thousand samples and analyze the patterns from there,” Yan Yu suggested, “With just a few samples, there are too many influencing factors. Aside from cultivation talent, the scale and difficulty of the heavenly tribulation on the day, the tribulator’s personal state, and the proportion of external help during the tribulation could all impact the Golden Core grade, couldn’t they?”
“Typically, cultivation talent is the primary factor in determining the Golden Core grade,” Mei Yingxue corrected, “With the same years of Breathing Exercises cultivation, the higher the talent, the purer the True Yuan, and the greater the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation, which results in a higher grade of the final Golden Core. This isn’t related to the tribulator’s state or if they borrowed external help during the tribulation.”
“Is that from the texts?” Yan Yu asked.
“Yes,” Mei Yingxue said.
“Just because it’s recorded in the texts, does it mean it’s certainly correct?” Yan Yu spread his hands and said, “Based on the textual evaluation standards, with my cultivation talent, even my daily Breathing Exercises should have issues, right? I shouldn’t even have the qualifications to be a cultivator.”
“Indeed…” Mei Yingxue stumbled again. Faced with this living, breathing exception to the rules, she could only nod and admit:
“The cultivation theories from the Cultivation World might indeed not completely align with those of Earth. I should collect more data samples before analyzing further.”
Leaving Mei Yingxue’s lab, Zhao Yuanzhen still held her stunned expression, and after a short while, transmitted:
“You just fooled her so easily, without any suspicion?”
“Of course,” Yan Yu proudly replied, “Have you heard the saying ‘A gentleman can be deceived by following the rules’? Mr. Mei’s thinking is straightforward; predicting her thoughts is really quite simple.”
Zhao Yuanzhen thought for a moment and suddenly asked:
“In your heart, am I also easy to predict and fool?”
Yan Yu was taken aback. Goodness, when did you grow a brain? Actually, you and Mr. Mei are the same kind of people, you know?
He smoothly said:
“Of course not. Although I often bully you, it’s because I use your trust in me. As soon as you use your brain a little, my tricks are nothing to you.”
“Hmph.” Zhao Yuanzhen proudly said, “You wouldn’t be saying these nice words just to avoid fighting with me, would you?”
“Of course not, these are heartfelt words,” Yan Yu said earnestly.
There was no way he could fight now. Having just helped Tang Xiaolian breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, his body and spirit were not at their best. The enchantress was notorious for “self-damage to hurt the enemy,” fighting her now would probably lead to severe dehydration.
“Very well.” Zhao Yuanzhen held his hand, “Come with me, I have something to show you.”
She led Yan Yu through the wall back to her room, then had him sit outside while she busied herself in the bathroom.
Yan Yu sat by her bed, wondering what the enchantress was up to.
It couldn’t be that she’d trick him here, then bring a pile of heads into the room and declare, “Now they belong only to me,” could it?
After letting his imagination run wild for half a day, he saw Zhao Yuanzhen come out of the bathroom.
She was wearing a fiery-red long dress, low-necked, off-shoulder, cinched waist, with slits in just the right places, revealing large areas of her fair, tender skin. It reminded Yan Yu of the happy times in the Northern Border with Anna, who also loved changing clothes to attract his attention.
Though in the end, no matter how beautiful the clothes, they were always torn apart.
Zhao Yuanzhen walked over gracefully and sat on his lap, lifting his chin with delicate fingers, a teasing and seductive smile on her face. Just as Yan Yu was about to speak, his expression changed, and he asked in surprise:
“Is this your puppet?”
“Tch.” The enchantress herself walked out of the bathroom, dissatisfied, “I thought you wouldn’t find out until the practical stage.”
“Your puppet technology has improved again,” Yan Yu marveled, “After entering the Golden Core Realm, the expressions and movements are almost indistinguishable from a real person.”
“Of course.” Zhao Yuanzhen proudly stood tall, “And I’ve modified the puppet to efficiently utilize my True Yuan at the Golden Core level. I even added a new organ.”
“What organ?” Yan Yu guessed, “A second heart?”
“Take a guess.” Zhao Yuanzhen gave a cunning smile.