The King of Black Fog

Turquoise Pool raised her head, sipping from Li Qianxia's milk tea while eyeing Li Changzhou.

"Not eating anything, what were you doing staying in the room?" she let go of the straw and asked.

Li Qianxia's eyes widened as she saw a third of her milk tea disappear in one gulp, feeling the loss almost telepathically conveyed to Li Changzhou's heart.

The place where Li Changzhou reappeared was his own bedroom, and the "Gu Chain" had already been put away into the "Honey Jar World"—Turquoise Pool had actually never seen Li Biwei's necklace.

"How did you get here?" Li Changzhou sat down, picking up a piece of spicy stir-fried clams with his chopsticks.

"Getting ready to go—no, wow, this tin foil tofu is so spicy! Who ordered it?" Turquoise Pool took another gulp of milk tea, her seductive face taking on a look of wanting to settle scores.

Li Qianxia watched as her milk tea slowly faded away, finally giving up hope and silently taking away Li Changzhou's jelly made from Immortal Herbs.

Chewing on the toppings in the milk tea, Turquoise Pool continued, "It's time to honor the deal, are you willing to take a ship with me?"

"You first, give us an introduction," Yang Qinglan said.

"There's nothing much to introduce," Turquoise Pool put down the milk tea, eating the crispy pork with a toothpick, "Going to a world, completing a task, just like that, the only difference from the subway—the return isn't to the past, the task's difficulty might be very high, surpassing the player's ability, or might be very low."

"Is that all?"

"There's one more thing," Turquoise Pool took another sip of milk tea, "the ship has a lot of fun things, even Game Coin gambling machines, you'll know when you get on board."

Yang Qinglan nodded, contemplatively taking a bite of the iron plate tofu sprinkled with seasoning and green onions—the tin foil tofu was Li Qianxia's.

"Mention the plane as well," Li Changzhou said.

Turquoise Pool sipped her milk tea while giving him a reproachful glare, as if they were very familiar with each other.

"You give me the plane ticket, I'll tell you after I've seen it," she complained like a girlfriend.

Setting down the milk tea, she asked, "Are you going? If you are, once we get to another world, give me the 'Divine Fire Map', and I'll teach you the specific Combat Skills there, making the most of your time."

"Are you paying for the tickets?" Li Changzhou said.

"Fine," she smiled.

"Share the 'Cloud-Soaring' ability,"

"If you learn it, I'll share it."

"Let's compromise, if in the ship world, it turns out better for us—nor necessarily better, but more suitable for you visualization methods—I'll share the 'Cloud-Soaring' with you."

"I'll listen to you,"

"What should we do?" Li Changzhou turned to look at Yang Qinglan, "I clearly succeeded at negotiating, but I feel like I've given her a chance to create discord between us."

"Can you pick bones out of an egg?" Yang Qinglan asked.

"No."

"Then what are you afraid of?"

"...Oh!"

Li Qianxia ate the stolen Immortal Herbs and watched the two with a sugar-eating grin on her face.

"Humph!" Turquoise Pool bit her straw, her delicate and seductive eyes glaring at Li Changzhou as if he had failed to pick her card tonight and sleep in her room.

Thankfully, it was Li Changzhou, no, thankfully Li Changzhou fancied Yang Qinglan, otherwise her act would be irresistible even without the "Favored Concubine", and someone would have succumbed on the spot.

After all, her face was so pretty, her figure so alluring, and her temperament so noble.

"Sister Turquoise Pool, are you going tomorrow? How do we use the ship tickets?" Li Qianxia finally snapped out of her sugary daze.

"We'll go after we finish eating," replied Turquoise Pool. "Play on the ship for a bit, depart on Saturday, return on Sunday. You guys can sort out your loot, and from Monday to Friday, you can go to school and reflect on everything, isn't that great?"

"It seems you've been observing us all week," said Yang Qinglan.

"I prefer watching handsome guys," Turquoise Pool replied, her sparkling eyes glancing at Li Changzhou again.

"Sister Turquoise Pool, flirting isn't okay. My brother is a virgin, he's got a serious obsession with cleanliness for himself and his partner. Oh, Qing Lan is the same," said Li Qianxia.

"Li Changzhou," Yang Qinglan spoke up, "control your sister."

"Li Qianxia, I'm officially warning you now, if you keep talking nonsense, I'm going to charge you with personal attack," Li Changzhou said.

"Wah wah wah~" Li Qianxia was not the least bit scared and gave out a provocative cry.

Turquoise Pool swirled the drink in her cup with only a little left, narrowing her eyes as she sized up the three of them.

After the meal, the four used their ship tickets directly.

Li Changzhou's vision darkened slightly, followed by the sound of a melodious steam whistle.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the azure sky, the flowing clouds, and the shimmering waves on the sea's surface.

The warm sunshine spread across the land, a gentle breeze blowing softly from the sea.

Li Changzhou, standing on the deck, turned around and saw a luxurious cabin like a mountain stretched out before him, blocking the sea and obscuring the skyline.

The sunlight from the other side of the ship was blocked by the massive hull.

The tourists shuttling back and forth looked like ants within this colossal structure.

"Wow!!" Li Qianxia's face lit up like fireworks, she looked at everything in front of her with infatuated and surprised eyes.

With an affectionate smile like that for a younger sister, Turquoise Pool said, "Come on, it's noon now, we have half a day until we head to another world in the evening. We can take a tour of the ship."

"Why is it noon now? Is this the other side of Earth? Does Earth have such a big ship?" Li Qianxia followed her, question after question.

"We're not on Earth, the time here follows the ship ticket's schedule. We start boarding in the morning, enter another world at night, and disembark the next morning," Turquoise Pool explained.

Turquoise Pool led the three on a tour.

Directly on the ship was a swimming pool deep enough to swim out to sea, hot springs right beside a volcano, and ice baths with icebergs floating on top;

a concert hall where one could listen to music from various worlds. Childish animal choirs were nothing compared to performances by the dead—when they entered, Li Changzhou confirmed multiple times that the performer on stage was indeed Miguel Jackson, thanking a Player for using Game Coins to request a song, allowing him to wake from his eternal slumber.