The King of Black Fog

The dark hand that Li Qianxia dodged split into two, closed the room door, and then filled the gaps as if it was a renovation seam, blocking the door to prevent anyone from breaking in again.

"No manners, daring to barge in while your brother and sister-in-law are busy." Yang Qinglan leaned the Ice Sword against the wooden barrel and continued washing her body.

Her ethereal and unworldly beauty swayed with the ripples in the water from the sword swing, along with a splash of white in the water, so beautiful it made souls quiver lightly.

Li Qianxia was still there, "I... will... never... dare... again..."

Seeing his sister was fine, Li Changzhou's heart completely relaxed, feeling so good that he gave another strike, letting his sister understand what 'the road is long and arduous' means.

And at this moment, Li Qianxia, usually quick with her words, was saying, "I... truly... was... wrong..."

Yang Qinglan came out after washing, changed into a black long dress, her ink-black hair dripping wet behind her, with an aura of Water Qi, like a temporary flower with morning dew.

Li Changzhou used Darkness as a barrier and quickly took a bath.

After he dressed, he and Yang Qinglan drank tea together for a while before Li Qianxia finally rushed out of the 'Deceleration Zone.'

As she emerged, Li Qianxia transformed into a furious little red bird that shot out with a "poof," like a small red car that couldn't brake in time, banging against the wall, two feathers falling off, quite like an animation effect.

Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan couldn't help but laugh.

The small bird dropped to the ground and turned back into Li Qianxia, who stood up disorientedly, a small bump on her smooth, snowy forehead.

She covered her forehead, hurting so much she closed her eyes tightly.

Then she stomped her foot, "Brother~!"

The most Li Changzhou did was stop laughing, expressing nothing more.

"Tell me about your situation." He pointed at the chair, gesturing for her to sit.

Li Qianxia, with her hand pretending to cover her forehead, puffed her little mouth, her lovely face full of indignation.

Yang Qinglan grabbed a small ice figure, wrapped it in her previously removed winter coat, and applied it to her forehead, "Acting rashly, now without 'Ability' you just get a bump, with 'Ability' you might crack your head open."

"With 'Ability,' I could even smash a planet, the Underworld couldn't stop me... hiss!" Li Qianxia took a sharp breath, "Why does this ice block move! It hurts, hurts, hurts!"

"This is my 'Great Power.'" Yang Qinglan took the opportunity to tell her about her and Li Changzhou's situation.

After listening, Li Qianxia said enviously, "While Sister Yao and Sister Si and I are fighting on the front line, you two are up there riding horses, eating horse meat, enjoying yourselves."

In response, Yang Qinglan just said softly, "If there's another chance to go up, I'll let you experience our enjoyment."

She was so cold she almost died, where was the enjoyment!

"What's happening on your end?" Li Changzhou asked.

"What else could it be, just here as soon as we appeared. Thanks, Lanlan." With her forehead not hurting as much, Li Qianxia took the cloth wrapped around the small ice figure from Yang Qinglan's hand and applied it herself.

She continued, "Sister Yao, Sister Si, Little Radish, Butterfly, they're all here, and it's a joint task."

"A joint task?"

"There's only one task, distributing rewards based on contributions, the task is to find out the truth about the Abyss, I feel like even with ten years, we might not finish it."

"No backbone." Li Changzhou scolded directly, "The Value Game arranged this task for you, as long as you do your best, you can definitely complete it, don't get scared and back down yourself, mentally magnifying the difficulty—in this task, you likely need to integrate the front line's Strength, rather than relying on just a few of you."

"Yes yes yes, brother is always right, I'll listen to you." Li Qianxia, probing the bump on her forehead while dismissively responding.

In fact, Turquoise Pool and Sister Si had also thought of this.

Li Qianxia's complaint about the task's difficulty was merely offhand.

Li Changzhou was about to say something when Li Qianxia suddenly remembered something and interrupted, "Oh right, this 'Unapproachable' piece of 'Great Power,' I seem to have a clue."

"What clue?" Yang Qinglan asked.

Li Qianxia switched hands with the ice compress, "After we got here, we went down with the front line's Exploration Team, and though we encountered monster attacks on the way, lost some people, overall it was smooth, but after reaching a certain depth, we couldn't proceed any further, there was an area we just couldn't get close to.

"After staying there for a couple of days, decided to take a detour, the Exploration Team simply returned first, planning to bypass that area next time and continue exploring downward.

"Everyone speculated, either there's a monster there, or a piece of 'Great Power'—it can't be approached, doesn't it sound like 'Unapproachable'?

"The key is, since it can't be approached, how do you get it?"

Indeed, it's tricky.

The Exploration Team must have tried many methods.

Tasks are difficult, including the ones Li Changzhou has completed.

If not for Yang Qinglan's help, he might not have been able to defeat 'Life and Death Separation,' 'Extreme Cold Ice Sword,' 'Black Flame Dragon,' 'See the Future,' the four pieces of 'Great Power.'

With previous task experiences, the Value Game surely anticipated him receiving Yang Qinglan's help, and likewise, he would help Yang Qinglan, helping Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool.

Therefore, Yang Qinglan's task, Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool's task, wouldn't be that simple.

Six individuals whose lives depend on each other enter the game together, if one person's task was simple, naturally someone else's would be hard—if Li Changzhou hadn't met Yang Qinglan, or if he was unfamiliar with his own Strength, and rashly took action against 'Life and Death Separation' at the Della Tavern, his task would have been quite challenging as well.

Value Game's tasks are never easy.