The King of Black Fog

Just as the two instinctively wanted to retreat, the speed at which the "candle" burned slowed down, and since the fourth pedestal was quite far away, the candle that initially burned like a song progress bar now slowed almost to a stop, as if someone pressed the pause button.

"One-time use?" Turquoise Pool's breath was still a bit chaotic as she spoke.

"Probably." Yang Qinglan mused, not thinking about the fifth pedestal, but whether to continue forward.

"Wait until the candle resumes," Turquoise Pool knew what she was thinking, "or get Li Changzhou over here to let him use 'Little Rabbit' or 'Carrot' to assess the risk."

Yang Qinglan nodded, assessing the five pedestals behind them. Just looking at them made them feel besieged, how would it be to actually sit on them?

Her clothes fluttered as she swooped to the edge of the Dao Platform, summoning Li Changzhou with "Life and Death."

The Bi Yi Bird hovered in place, and once it soared into the sky, Li Changzhou appeared on the Dao Platform.

"What happened?" He glanced around.

"Summon 'Carrot' and 'Little Rabbit,' and also give me a normal rabbit," Yang Qinglan commanded directly.

The moment Carrot appeared, she—

"Burrrrp~~~"

A long, satisfying burp, accompanied by the scent of flat peach.

Their attention magnetically fixed on Carrot, with her round belly.

"...How many did you eat?" Li Changzhou asked.

Carrot sat in his hand, raised her small hand, counting, "Seven, I really can't eat anymore."

"Throw it into the Jade Cauldron later, there should still be time to refine the flat peach's essence into elixir pills." Turquoise Pool said expressionlessly.

Carrot looked up at Li Changzhou in confusion, seemingly not understanding what to throw into the Jade Cauldron. This also proved that Turquoise Pool was just venting, not truly planning to do something like a 'roasting.'

Yang Qinglan sighed, a little helpless and amused.

One flat peach's exchange price was one hundred game copper coins, Li Changzhou got only 2 coins from the last mission, and as for Carrot... even living a lifetime relying on "Avoid Death and Prolong Life," she couldn't possibly buy a peach.

"Forget it." She said, "Carrot, come over here, see if there's any danger with these pedestals."

Carrot jumped onto her shoulder and burped again, Yang Qinglan instinctively frowned and moved aside, even though the smell was a fragrant scent of flat peach.

Li Changzhou saw Turquoise Pool's delicate brows jump slightly, he laughed heartily, earning simultaneous glares from Turquoise Pool and Yang Qinglan.

"Everything's dangerous!" Carrot jumped back into Li Changzhou's arms, "Quickly, let's go, let's go!"

"What exactly happened?" Li Changzhou questioned for the second time, glancing at the candle in Turquoise Pool's hand.

Yang Qinglan recounted the events.

Li Changzhou glanced at the seven pedestals, guessing, "Maybe only heavenly immortals can sit there, listen to saints preach; for those of us without a clear path, sitting there might end like the seventh pedestal, with only 'death.'"

He brought out 'Little Rabbit' and the normal rabbit.

'Little Rabbit' curled up at his feet motionless, while the normal rabbit sat on the pedestal, directly ascending in a burst of Dao sound, disintegrating into particles.

"..." The two nodded in agreement.

"The Queen Mother's faster cultivation speed should be walking in chaos," Turquoise Pool shifted the topic, "If not relying on exchange value, just hard secluded cultivation, I'd need at least eight more years to reach earth immortal, but walking eight days in the Chaotic Qi Sea, I now only need enough mana to break through."

"I've also gained new insights. This time upon returning, I should summarize some powerful Daoist methods." Yang Qinglan added.

Li Changzhou stood at the edge of the Dao Platform, watching the floating chaotic Qi Sea: "This is the need for virtue matching the position. To enjoy accelerated cultivation, you must also have the qualification to ascend."

"Do you want to try it?" Turquoise Pool teasingly stepped beside him.

Yang Qinglan also smiled watching him.

With two beauties watching, at this time, even a dog would rise pretending to be a hero.

Li Changzhou was indeed itching to try, but he shook his head, smiling, "Earth's matter is yet unsolved, let's leave it for later. Anyway, I've been here, so I can come anytime."

"Then you must see the gate!" Turquoise Pool recommended like a tourist attraction.

"The gate?" Li Changzhou puzzled, "What? Is there a spring palace painting inscribed above, or a secret manual of divine skill?"

"No secret manual, nor spring palace painting, just particularly big." Yang Qinglan said.

The elegantly pure Yang Qinglan, with her melodious voice, gracefully articulated 'particularly big,' evoking certain memories in Li Changzhou.

He chuckled, transmitting his experiences of that time to them.

Simultaneously, he whispered to Yang Qinglan.

After hearing it, Yang Qinglan pursed her lips, a restrained teasing smile appeared at the corners.

"Let's go." Li Changzhou, feeling cheerful, swept his sleeves and collected everyone into the "Honey World."

Yang Qinglan seized the time to enter seclusion.

Turquoise Pool decided to deal with Carrot and the butterfly first, otherwise, who knows how many peaches might be left when she emerges from seclusion.

Whether it was due to being full, or the peach's potency, Carrot drowsily dozed off, even losing her sense of crisis.

Li Changzhou exited the "Honey World," directly transported to the headquarters building.

{Found the Pope.}

As he appeared, looking over the Earth from the window, Wang Donghua's voice sounded.

{But there's a ninety-nine percent chance it's a trap.}

"Where?" Li Changzhou asked directly.

{Vatican.}

"He has guts."

{Need to arrange—}

Not waiting for Wang Donghua to finish, a vortex unfolded, and Li Changzhou disappeared from the window, blue-white Earth outside, like an aquarium scenery.