The King of Black Fog

[...You said time is sufficient, I thought you meant learning more things.]

"Watching 'Dragon Ball' is also learning." Li Changzhou laughed, "Bodhisattva, watch my Kamehameha!"

With one finger down, Mercury almost got pierced by the Black Light.

["The Black Fog Visualization" only requires devouring, it doesn't need you to deliberately cultivate, saving you a lot of time. You just need to cultivate the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique", so in terms of time, you are already more ample than other players.]

Li Changzhou was still in the Bone Forging phase of the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique".

The nineteenth form, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third forms are all bone forging.

How to shatter bones, how to renew bones, how to nurture bones, and so on.

There is no mastering the nineteenth form first; they all must be mastered together because the five forms constitute a complete bone forging process.

Guanyin's gaze suddenly changed, it was Li Changzhou who raised his head.

"It's done."

Li Changzhou leaped lightly, jumping to the treetop, where a tiny red fruit was among the lush canopy.

This is the 'Qi' fruit borne by the Qi Root.

Li Changzhou gently plucked it, took a bite.

The taste wasn't as good as a Flat Peach, swallowing it brought a special sensation... like water seeping into every crevice of the body.

"Hmm?"

Li Changzhou ate the rest of the fruit in one go and then shattered the bone in his right arm.

On Mercury, the closest to the Sun, he finally shed his first drop of sweat due to the intense pain of shattering bones.

Li Changzhou's expression didn't change as he performed the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third forms of the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" in sequence.

The bone in the right arm quickly regenerated, with a sense of it coming naturally.

[That's Life Force!] Guanyin said, her red lips slightly parted, revealing the shock of this Bodhisattva.

"The pain of bone forging... hasn't lessened, and it even intensified because the cultivation speed accelerated! The amount of Qi also hasn't increased!" Li Changzhou gritted his teeth, feeling the various sensations in his body.

[But it enhanced the cultivation speed of the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique", which indirectly increases a certain amount of Qi. Overall, it's better and more reassuring than simply enhancing Qi.]

"Rooted" is not a Spirit Tree, unless the user themselves has psychological issues due to rapid strength improvement, there will be no other side effects.

But the combat power improved directly is, in terms of 'handling familiarity', slightly less than the combat power obtained through one's own cultivation anyway.

From a psychological perspective, what you cultivate yourself feels more secure.

"Didn't expect the fruit that enhances the power system of fantasy could actually aid in cultivating the 'Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique'. Everything indeed has its connections." Li Changzhou stroked his right arm.

The intense pain hadn't dissipated; the newly-grown bone felt like a red-hot iron inserted into the flesh, burning inside the right arm.

Accompanied by the burning pain, his muscles, blood, and fascia were becoming stronger, adapting to this new bone.

[What is fantasy? To ordinary people, isn't the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique" a fantasy? Without the Value game, to you, both "Dragon Ball" and I are fantasies—I believe that at some point, in some place, this power system of 'Qi' truly exists.] Guanyin said.

"There's a statement before the Value game begins: The universe is vast enough to accommodate all human fantasies." Li Changzhou sighed, "Indeed, there's nothing humans can't imagine, and nothing doesn't exist in the universe."

[After going through so much, you should have realized this long ago.]

Guanyin smiled charmingly and added: [You need not be discouraged, think about it, you yourself are a unique wonder in the universe.]

"No, no," Li Changzhou waved his hand, "A wonder is used to curse people nowadays."

Guanyin nodded: [I meant that too.]

"...Ah?"

[I'm jealous of you.] Guanyin laughed, but she wasn't joking.

"I am indeed quite handsome." Li Changzhou made a joke, and the topic was thus brushed over.

After Li Changzhou finished the second Qi fruit, a Phoenix Chariot flew over from the direction of Earth.

A phoenix and a male phoenix pulled a palace, where the Heaven and Earth Essence continually condensed into Lingzhi, Immortal Cranes, Green Birds, clouds, and other auspicious omens.

Turquoise Pool, dressed in red, was not inside the palace, but standing in front of it.

The Phoenix Chariot shuttled through the treetop canopy like a dense forest, hovering in front of the branch where Li Changzhou stood.

"Handled it?" Li Changzhou asked.

"Handled." Turquoise Pool nodded, "The trash is completely dead."

Li Changzhou glanced at her twice and said, "Not in a good mood?"

Turquoise Pool sighed, "Not really. Having grown accustomed to being with you all, it's meaningless to see a family fight to the death over power."

"Amitabha, how fortunate, how fortunate, young lady, turning back is the shore, congratulations." Li Changzhou laughed.

The beautiful woman in red on the Phoenix Chariot gave him an eye roll, "I haven't even gotten married yet, if you go become a monk, I'll kill you."

"See, you say others fight to the death over power, that's because you disdain that bit of power. If you saw it as valuable, you'd fight for it too."

A mix of anger and amusement crossed Turquoise Pool's brows, but her charming lips maintained a smile as she looked at him, full of allure.

"Alright, alright, let's return to our idyllic paradise." Li Changzhou laughed.

One person collected the Divine Tree, and the other collected the Phoenix Chariot, and the two returned together to the honey pot world.

With green grass covering the ground, flowers everywhere, an abundance of fruit, and the Eternal Spring nourishing everything, it truly was an idyllic paradise, if not better.

Li Qianxia and Yang Qinglan were sitting under the Flat Peach Tree, chatting about the 'Assassinate All Saints' mission.

Seeing him come, Li Qianxia immediately said, "Brother, the one who came at the end of the 'Assassinate All Saints' mission was you, right? I knew it was you at first glance!"

"Then why didn't you step up to help me when I was being scolded? Do you still love me or not?"