The King of Black Fog

Under everyone's gaze, Li Changzhou left the conference room very casually.

Originally, he only wanted to reward those with the greatest merit and leave immediately after, but since Beia Triss was the first, he stayed a little longer as the list moved down.

Walking out of the conference room, by the window in the hallway, Li Changzhou asked Bi, "What are your plans?"

"My father wants Mars, just a branch office will do, it's still under your control," Bi said.

"Okay." Li Changzhou nodded.

In the past, he didn't care, but now he couldn't wait for someone to help expand the territory.

"You can take the people willing to follow your father with you." He continued, "What about you?"

"I want to be the Mars Princess for a few years, see if I can establish my own Divine Country, if not, I'll come back to you," Bi said.

Li Changzhou felt a bit melancholic.

He and Bi had come a long way together, although she was young, he still regarded her as a friend and comrade. Now that she was leaving the Value game, he couldn't help but feel sentimental.

Most players who became Immortals made the same choice as Bi, even the little Martial Saint wouldn't enter the instance once a month as before.

Perhaps only when their lifespan was near its end, they'd return to the game for a last gamble.

Li Changzhou, however, had no such option.

His position didn't allow it, his experience didn't allow it, the curse of the 'Ancient God' was also not lifted, he had to keep moving forward.

Fortunately, he still had his sister, Yang Qinglan, and Turquoise Pool beside him.

Thinking about always moving forward together, his feelings for Turquoise Pool deepened a bit.

The reasons for liking someone are many, perhaps this was one reason Turquoise Pool wanted to become his lover, only in this way could the feeling of loneliness be completely eliminated — compared to Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan, she was indeed an outsider.

Li Changzhou reached out to stroke Bi's golden hair and said, "Feel free to come to me if you need anything."

"Give me a hundred candy factories!"

"No."

"Then why are you touching me? Am I someone you can just touch!" Bi broke away his hand, crossed her arms, and ignored him in a huff.

Li Changzhou chuckled, he took out a bottle of Eternal Spring, a Flat Peach, and twenty Qi Glimmers.

"Take them, consider it a reward for your help during this time, the Eternal Spring can be used for your parents."

Bi looked at each item, her eyes lit up when she saw the peach, "Why only one!"

"For this one, I still have to go back and get it approved, might even get scolded, so don't be ungrateful."

"Pfft!" Zheng Qing couldn't help but laugh.

"Hmph~" Bi put away the items, patted Li Changzhou's chest old-fashionedly, "If you need anything, just come to this princess, this princess will help you."

"I definitely will." Li Changzhou said smilingly, then turned his gaze to Zheng Qing, "Qing Jie, are you interested in becoming a Sea God?"

When Zheng Qing walked out of the office, she envisioned gaining a Divine Position, she didn't expect Li Changzhou to actually intend this.

"I will strip you of your player status and have you handle the Earth's ocean players, it doesn't matter if you don't want to," Li Changzhou continued.

"Of course I'm willing," Zheng Qing said, "it's a blessing that players can't even ask for, I'm just afraid I don't have the ability."

"With Divine Power, as long as you do it, there's nothing you can't achieve."

Using the Ability "Ruling the Borderlands, Everyone is Your Subject", Li Changzhou stripped Zheng Qing of her player status, her abilities disappeared completely, making her become the Sea God.

"Choose someone to inherit the 'Hungry Ghost Path' Ability."

"Hmm." Zheng Qing felt her own weakness, and... strength.

When the five big stars were again shrouded by golden clouds and everyone knelt in homage, Li Changzhou returned to the "Honey Jar World", concluding his itinerary of organizing the head office.

"Hmm—" He stretched lazily, feeling a whole-body relaxation.

Compared to staying at the headquarters and enjoying power above everyone, he preferred the nature and freedom of the "Honey Jar World".

Taking off the "Fragrant Leaf Crown", his long hair turned into short hair, changing from wide-sleeved clothes to a T-shirt and casual pants, Li Changzhou tousled his hair, making it messy.

He walked leisurely with hands in pockets on the Bird Nest Plain.

Arriving at the Eternal Spring, under the Flat Peach Tree, it happened to be the time when Turquoise Pool scolded Little Radish and Butterfly every day — Butterfly also ate half a Flat Peach.

Turquoise Pool sat up from the "Yin Qi Coffin."

Little Radish kneeled by the coffin, Butterfly lay on her back, seemingly there to pay last respects to Turquoise Pool.

Li Changzhou looked on with a full face of amusement like parents next door punishing their children.

"... Having eaten so many peaches, from the next mission, you two will be my Palace Maidens and enter the instance with me, do you hear?"

"We don't want to go..."

"Don't want to go? Do you want to die?"

"...Alright, I'll go." Little Radish had teary, manga-like eyes.

"What are you crying for, making it seem like I'm threatening you, this is to make up for your mistakes, something you should do!" Turquoise Pool flicked Little Radish on the forehead, knocking her over.

Little Radish seized the opportunity to escape, while Butterfly slowly vanished into invisibility.

"They're driving me crazy!" Turquoise Pool lay back in the coffin, her full chest heaving.

"Only seven peaches, do you need to be this angry." Li Changzhou squatted with a smile at the coffin's side, a hand resting on the coffin.

The "Yin Qi Coffin" could enhance female cultivation Speed, it was seldom used before, but after Yang Qinglan became an Earth Immortal, Turquoise Pool also started cultivating in the coffin.

Lying here, she found it quite comfortable.

Turquoise Pool gave him a sidelong glance, "You're treating your people quite well, who did you just give a Flat Peach to?"

This was the time to change the topic.

"I treat them all so well, how do you think I treat you?" Li Changzhou asked with a smile.

"How?" Turquoise Pool became interested.

"Personally cover the coffin for you." Li Changzhou closed the coffin lid.

"Li·Chang·Zhou!" Turquoise Pool's teeth-gritting voice came from inside the coffin.

Li Changzhou laughed heartily.

"Quite happy, aren't we." Yang Qinglan's meaningful voice came from behind.

Not only Li Changzhou, but even Guanyin shuddered.