The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Inside the forging room, Yao Qing squatted in a corner, sulking and looking resentful. Her fingers were unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes, clearly still upset about being repeatedly hypnotized.

Lu Yan, on the other hand, was completely immersed in forging. His expression was focused, and the force of his hammer was steady as it rose and fell, each strike landing precisely on the iron ore on the anvil.

Before long, a slender iron blade gradually took shape in his hand, with regular edges and a solid texture.

【Awakening Condition 1 for the Weapon Forger: Personally forge one hundred ironware items (9/100)】

Forging ironware was not as easy as he had imagined. Even with his extremely strong control over his physical body, the success rate was still not high.

Fortunately, he also had the skill of distinguishing truth from falsehood, and after the initial failures, Lu Yan became more and more adept at it.

He roughly estimated that if he maintained this pace of progress, he should be able to finish before going to Ah Zhen's blacksmith shop.

"At this rate, forest rangers and detectives will be able to complete their promotions around the same time."

He glanced at the subtitles; the second condition for advancement in the detective sequence had already been met, leaving only the final condition, the third.

Seeing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but turn to look at Yao Qing.

The series of failures made Yao Qing quite unhappy, but she still did not give up. She chose to take drugs to recover her mental strength and then continue to challenge Lu Yan.

To be fair, as the number of hypnosis sessions increased, Lu Yan clearly noticed that the difficulty of hypnosis was constantly increasing.

Fortunately, he has many mental sequences and his mental strength far exceeds that of a typical sequence 8, so he can still forcefully hypnotize him.

However, it still falls short of reaching the level of truly understanding someone's innermost secrets.

Suddenly, Lu Yan had a thought and quietly summoned three ghosts from the Ghost Realm, activating their abilities on Yao Qing.

"Hmm, why do I feel a little cold?"

Yao Qing suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and instinctively shrank her neck.

"Sister Qing, shall we go again?"

Upon hearing Lu Yan's words, Yao Qing, who had just been so aggressive, suddenly felt uncertain and instinctively wanted to refuse.

After failing so many times, she finally realized that Lu Yan's mental strength far surpassed her own, and he showed no sign of holding back.

If this continues, her recovery time will far exceed the time spent fighting, which will not be of much help to her cultivation.

For some reason, a sense of unwillingness welled up in her heart, and she wanted to take another gamble.

Gamblers – triggering emotions;

"Bring it on! Who's afraid of who!"

Yao Qing raised her neck and met Lu Yan's eyes directly.

But the moment their eyes met, her heart skipped a beat, and those hidden feelings that she had never spoken of to anyone surfaced uncontrollably, and her cheeks quietly flushed.

A lecher—incites desire;

"If you feel tired, we can practice another day. Take a break first."

Lu Yan deliberately slowed his voice, which carried a gentle spiritual power that transformed into invisible threads, wrapping around Yao Qing's already relaxed mind.

Already feeling agitated, she subconsciously lowered her guard in response to the words, and her eyes gradually became unfocused.

Alcoholics—numb the mind;

With the three supernatural abilities stacked on top of each other, Yao Qing's psychological defenses completely collapsed, leaving only a faint trace of consciousness struggling to survive.

Seeing this, Lu Yan didn't dare to delay and immediately asked, "What is your major sequence?"

"Demon...witch sequence."

Yao Qing's voice was somewhat dazed as she answered truthfully without any guard up.

As soon as he finished speaking, the panel notification popped up as expected.

[Promotion Requirement 3: Listen to the secrets in other people's hearts - (Completed)]

It worked!

Lu Yan clenched his fist forcefully. The Three Evils' effect on influencing other people's emotions was not very strong, but if combined with the detective's hypnosis, the Three Evils became the strongest support!

Although it can only affect Sequence 9 transcendents at present, if it can be nurtured, it will definitely be of great help.

"Three small plants attack, three small monsters assist, so it can be considered a combination of offense and defense."

As Lu Yan was secretly calculating, an extremely strange gaze suddenly pierced through layers of space and accurately locked onto his soul, as if an invisible eye was watching everything he did from the shadows.

In an instant, a chaotic and strange mix of emotions surged into his mind, with greed, arrogance, and laziness intertwining and nearly causing him to lose his composure and become completely immersed in them.

"Witch..."

A cold yet extremely alluring title suddenly echoed in his mind.

Could Yao Qing's witch sequence also be one of the primordial sequences? The strangeness and domineering nature of this aura even has a similar texture to the primordial potion.

He suppressed his surging emotions and immediately activated the "Hold fast to your principles" skill to build a strong mental barrier and stabilize his mind.

Fortunately, the witch didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him; she only glanced at him before looking away.

It was so fast that the control panel didn't even react.

Of course, it's also possible that the panel doesn't feel the need to take action.

Even just one glance was enough to leave Lu Yan drenched in sweat and utterly exhausted.

"Hmm... Was I hypnotized again?"

Yao Qing slowly woke up and her gaze fell on Lu Yan, who was pale and breathing unsteadily. She immediately stepped forward to support him, her voice full of worry.

"Lu Yan, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little overdrawn." Lu Yan waved his hand, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and said calmly.

"Overdraft? Oh!"

As soon as Yao Qing finished speaking, she suddenly felt a surge of power within her body. Her face lit up with joy, and she instinctively clenched her fists.

"I...I've been promoted to Sequence 8 [Instigator]!"

Lu Yan was speechless. It seemed that the witch who had appeared earlier had unintentionally helped Yao Qing complete her breakthrough.

It was a natural progression, since Yao Qing was already close to being promoted.

"Congratulations, Sister Qing."

Lu Yan offered his congratulations, assessed his own condition, and immediately decided to suspend his cultivation.

The intense emotional fluctuations just now have drained my energy; continuing to cultivate would be more harmful than beneficial.

"In that case, let's call it a day," Lu Yan said.

"Okay, thank you so much this time."

Yao Qing nodded repeatedly and carefully helped Lu Yan walk out of the forge.

The moment the two opened the door, countless gazes converged upon them.

Seeing Lu Yan's weak appearance, Yao Qing was all smiles, and everyone's eyes became ambiguous.

Wow, youth is wonderful.

"A bunch of scoundrels!"

Yao Qing understood the meaning behind those glances perfectly. Her cheeks flushed red, and she spat out a curse, but she still didn't let go of Lu Yan's arm.

Yao Qing escorted Lu Yan all the way to his dormitory entrance before finally letting go of his hand and running quickly towards her room.

"You rest first, I'll come see you again tomorrow."

After saying that, Yao Qing slammed the door shut.

The detective witnessed an extremely interesting scene and felt very satisfied. Progress +10%

Does this work too?

Seeing this, Lu Yan smacked his lips, shook his head helplessly, and went back to his dormitory to fall asleep.

I'm so tired today.

……

Perhaps because he hadn't slept well for a long time, or perhaps because his emotions were too turbulent, Lu Yan didn't wake up until the next day, when the sun was high in the sky.

But he did not feel unwell from sleeping for so long; on the contrary, he felt better than ever before.

He could even clearly feel the growth of his mental strength.

"Could intense emotional fluctuations also enhance mental strength?"

Lu Yan rubbed his chin. Indeed, this concept was mentioned in the novels of his previous life, where many protagonists suddenly improved after experiencing great joy or sorrow.

Perhaps, we could give it a try?

With this in mind, Lu Yan silently set his sights on the three little ghosts who were resting in the Ghost Realm.

He definitely doesn't want to provoke the witch again, but he should be able to handle the three little devils who can also affect his emotions.

Although the effect is not great, it should be pretty good if it has a continuous, uninterrupted effect 24 hours a day.

007 and such shouldn't be anything special when it comes to the supernatural, right?