The King of Black Fog

Li Changzhou stood up, using the knuckle of his right index finger to awkwardly scratch his nose.

"When I say 'good', I mean being good to friends. It's not the same as being 'good' to you, you understand, right?" he probed.

Yang Qinglan didn't dwell on the question, giving him a once-over and changing into new clothes.

A loose black-and-white striped sweater, a beige long skirt, her long hair tied into two ponytails hanging in front of her chest, gentle and elegant with a hint of youthful playfulness.

She gently lifted her chin, indicating to talk by the lake and not disturb the Turquoise Pool here.

The lake water was clear, faintly revealing the giant diamond at the bottom, and the two held hands without speaking for a while.

When a breeze blew by comfortingly, Yang Qinglan smoothed her hair by her temples before asking, "How did things go?"

"Is there anything I can't handle when I step in?" Li Changzhou replied while laughing, gently pinching her hand, feeling smooth and slightly cool.

Yang Qinglan also pinched his hand, her exquisite face breaking into a beautiful smile.

"How did the Emerald Bee Sword upgrade?" she asked again.

Li Changzhou recounted using his black hand technique along with "Teleportation", then added:

"When the black fog devoured those people and made little progress, I let the black hand clutch the Emerald Bee Sword. In these past few days, I don't know how many things have been cut."

As he spoke, all the memories of this period were "teleported" into Yang Qinglan's mind.

Upon "seeing" the Vatican and "hearing" the Pope say Li Changzhou's parents and siblings were also present, Yang Qinglan instinctively wanted to see Li Changzhou's expression.

But she didn't look, just gently released his hand and held his arm.

Unaware of anything, Li Changzhou sighed and said, "The Emerald Bee Sword is now A+ level, but besides being sharp and solid, it's useless; it doesn't even have the basic thing like sword qi."

Sword qi refers to swinging the sword and the blade spontaneously emitting a sword-shaped air blade.

Depending on the sword's attributes and the wielder's cultivation technique, the sword qi's attributes differ, but the Emerald Bee Sword has none. It only becomes sharper, more resilient, and can only slash at the opponent's sword qi.

Yang Qinglan couldn't help but laugh, "Blame your bad luck for not getting good stuff randomly, don't blame the Emerald Bee Sword."

"So envious, whether it's the Moonlight Palace Lantern or the Ruyi, they're all better than mine... How about you try it for me?" Li Changzhou stopped.

"How can I help you? Yours is the Male Emerald Bee Sword."

"It's obvious you haven't turned 'Ruyi' back into the 'Emerald Bee Sword' for a long time. The system introduction was of the Emerald Bee Sword at that time, but now it's completely different—these two swords are now one with us, both of us can use them." Speaking, Li Changzhou placed his Emerald Bee Sword in Yang Qinglan's hand.

Yang Qinglan waved her hand, and the Male Emerald Bee Sword transformed into a three-foot length, emitting a faint jade light, so sharp it seemed to slice through sunlight in the air.

Such sharpness, yet also so fine, in certain ways, truly is a masterpiece.

If at the game's first stage, when players don't have many long-range means, this is absolutely a divine artifact, but for Li Changzhou now, unless it encounters a special instance, it's merely a curiosity.

"I'm telling you in advance, if I don't get something good, don't blame me." Yang Qinglan chuckled.

"Of course blame me, it's all my fault for holding your hand and dirtying Miss Yang's jade hand."

"It's okay, find an opportunity to clean it for me with your tongue." Yang Qinglan said proudly, tilting her chin slightly.

Li Changzhou just wanted to laugh.

In his laughter, Yang Qinglan melded the Emerald Bee Sword into jade light, which slowly took the form of a new item.

Tattered, looking like a corner of a palm-sized stone plate.

"How about it?" Li Changzhou asked curiously.

Even at A+ level, still a fragment, this alone has already surpassed all the items he randomly got before.

Yang Qinglan smiled and handed the broken stone plate to him.

"Unbelievable! Is there really something wrong with my hand?" Li Changzhou's eyes shone.

"Maybe." Yang Qinglan assessed him with a tilted head, "Have spent all your luck holding my hand."

[Name: Sky Flipping Seal (Damaged)]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: A+]

[Special Effect: Magnify Strength]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Ability over 2000 points; from a noble background;]

[Introduction: 1. Extremely sharp, extremely solid (Original Weapon included);

2. When used, Sky Flipping Seal has a 10% probability to preemptively predict target position (Original Weapon included - unsurprising)

3. Catalyzed by mana to grow larger, each strike carries the strength of ten to twenty times the wielder's force;]

[Note: Once, someone bragged: "What is Trend? My Sky Flipping Seal is the Trend!" With that said, he rolled a stone plate larger than a star into the atmosphere.]

"Is this really the gap in character?" Li Changzhou couldn't help but say, "Before, when I randomly got it myself, it was 'a bit of mud from the corner of the Sky Flipping Seal', just 'a little', and now you get the 'Sky Flipping Seal'!"

"Thank you?" Yang Qinglan smiled.

"Thank you!"

"Just like that?

"Hmm?" Li Changzhou asked in confusion.

"Give me a kiss." Yang Qinglan whispered.

Due to Guanyin, Li Changzhou hadn't been intimate with Yang Qinglan for a long time, not to mention spending six years alone in the Journey to the West's history.

Having endured so long and hearing Yang Qinglan's initiative, nothing could stop him now, Guanyin or not.

Before it began, both their hearts were pounding, as if about to leap out of their bodies.

By the lakeside, with the giant diamond hidden beneath, the lake water sparkling, their lips gently touched together, as softly as the afternoon sunshine.

Yang Qinglan quietly closed her eyes, letting out a sigh so faint it was questionable whether it even existed.