The King of Black Fog

[She's laughing! No need to kneel!]

But Li Changzhou didn't get up, since he was already kneeling, it couldn't be for nothing.

He pretended not to notice Yang Qinglan's laughter and lowered his head:

"In my heart, according to what Hestia said, a child created that way wouldn't count as our own flesh and blood, because the soul isn't naturally nurtured. That's why I suggested... I'm sorry."

Yang Qinglan restrained her laughter, turned around, and said begrudgingly, "Get up!"

"Promise me you won't get angry."

"If you keep pretending like this, I will really get angry."

Li Changzhou swiftly stood up, hurriedly tucked the whip back into his sleeve.

"The Emerald Bee Sword usually brings nothing good, but this time when you said to hit me, it immediately brought something excellent that could knock out my three souls and seven spirits, like it was after my life."

Yang Qinglan glanced at his knee and waved her Ruyi, wiping away the grass marks.

She said, "My thoughts are similar to yours. A mere physical body, I wouldn't regard as our own child, and helping Hestia is no big deal."

"Besides, relying on just one person's strength to get through this event is impossible. The Corpse Bone Gene must have many subordinates and aides, and we need combat power too."

"Reviving the Phoenix has four benefits: First, the Phoenix itself; second, reviving the Phoenix can win people's hearts; third, Hestia."

"Isn't that just three?" Li Changzhou puzzled.

Yang Qinglan tapped her finger on Li Changzhou's forehead, gently pressing it.

He understood now.

With such a wise and virtuous wife, Li Changzhou could only smile foolishly.

"The only thing that bothers me is one thing," Yang Qinglan pondered.

"What is it?" Li Changzhou asked.

Yang Qinglan looked up; he wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but Li Changzhou seemed to see a hint of shyness on her face.

"I want..."

"You want?"

"..." Yang Qinglan covered her mouth with her hand, speaking somewhat hesitantly, "I want... our first union to be our child."

"First union? Isn't it that we are... oh oh oh, got it, got it..." Li Changzhou scratched his nose, beginning to feel a tad embarrassed.

As he became shy, Yang Qinglan was no longer shy.

"We only have three hours, hurry up and take off your clothes!" she said.

Yang Qinglan had another reason she didn't mention. The two of them had always been unable to decide whether to have children. Taking this chance, they resolved a heart issue.

In these troubled times, they wouldn't have time to accompany the child, and the child might not grow up safely, which was their previous concern.

Just like before she and Li Changzhou got together, she always felt in her heart that she couldn't accept Li Changzhou's intimacy with Li Qianxia. If they were together, they might end up as strangers to each other.

It might be better not to be together and just remain friends and teammates, which might last longer.

But...

Ultimately, she still wanted to be with him, regardless of everything else.

After they got together, the things she imagined didn't happen.

Upon becoming his girlfriend, she realized that the relationship between Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia was indeed purely that of siblings.

Was it a change in perspective, or had she been changed?

From all this, she learned a lesson—

That despite various concerns and fears of a breakup after getting together, it indeed might happen, but it's also possible that being together could lead to mutual change.

For example, if a man likes a woman and the woman has feelings for him too, but because the woman's expenses are high, the man doesn't actively pursue her for fear that their shared liking might lead to a breakup after getting together because of those expenses.

But there's another possibility that after getting together, the man changes the woman, and she becomes frugal, or vice versa, the woman changes the man, making him hardworking and ambitious.

Don't overlook the positive side of things.

The same is true for a child.

There are many reasons not to have a child, but once you have one, won't it have any benefits at all?

The two of them held each other closely, their skin touching.

"From now on, let's strive to survive together."

"Mm."

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The two returned to the ancient ship.

The Chaos Bell was suppressing the old Taoist.

Li Changzhou glanced over: "What happened?"

"Brother, as soon as you left, he tried to run. If Turquoise Pool hadn't been watching, he really would have gotten away!" Li Qianxia said.

The Turquoise Pool didn't say anything: "Let's talk after the Phoenix is revived, I think you've already decided to agree."

Yang Qinglan spread her hands, taking out a supreme crystal ball congealed from Qi brilliance, inside was an embryo.

"Hestia, save them." she said.

"Don't call me senior, soon enough I will become your daughter!" Seeing the impending resurrection and the opportunity to gain the most powerful bloodline, Hestia couldn't help but feel excited.

The flames roared, and Hestia raised her hand, casting a beam of light.

The beam transformed into a blaze, enveloping the coffin of the Phoenix.

With an exhilarating cry of the Phoenix, the coffin burned fiercely and turned to ashes in an instant, and a Phoenix soared from the ashes and flames.

It circled in the sky, then suddenly plunged down, eyes shooting out tangible beams, resembling a demonic bird!

The Phoenix extended its claws.

"Stop!" Li Changzhou shouted.

With a ripping sound, the useless old Taoist's headcap was lifted off.

The useless old Taoist widened his eyes but was not dead yet.

The Phoenix crashed down, and through the light and flames, the Phoenix walked out, kneeling on one knee: "Your Majesty! It was the useless old Taoist who killed me and the young Martial Saint!"

The voice was fierce and filled with aggression.

Li Changzhou directly read her memory.

Useless Prayer Beads... Heavenly Mechanism Talisman... Purple Qi Gourd...

He took out the Identity Card the useless old Taoist had given him, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed real.

A black mist appeared behind him, reached out and grabbed the Identity Card, pulling out a cluster of blue flame words.

The black mist did not disappear, with an open palm, the blue flame words turned into yellow shredded paper in his palm.

"Kill him." The black mist faded, Li Changzhou said.

"I won't accept this!!" At the brink of death, the useless old Taoist struggled from the suppression of the Chaos Bell, letting out a final furious roar.

Dong!

The Chaos Bell rang, the useless old Taoist's eyes instantly lost their luster, and an Identity Card fell from his forehead.

"Identity Card?!" Yafeiluna was stunned, realizing what had happened.

She immediately knelt down: "My lord, I—"

Before she could finish, the Knight and Indra also knelt down.

Li Changzhou waved his hand: "Even I didn't discover it, there's no blame on you."

The three indeed were confused, not understanding what had occurred.

The Heavenly Mechanism Talisman, being a kind of Heavenly Will, can directly modify the heavenly mechanism, if not for the Phoenix's resurrection, no one would know what had happened.

Li Changzhou raised his hand, and the useless old Taoist's Identity Card automatically flew into his palm. He took a glance, there were many Game Coins, and the skills were quite strong, the strongest being "Useless Prayer Beads."

His "Superpower Prohibition" only worked for below the Heavenly Position, clearly inadequate on this Heavenly Road.

"Just lost the 'Saint Master,' and now gained the 'Useless Prayer Beads,' very good." Li Changzhou deprived the "Useless Prayer Beads" and "Useless Wave Sword."

His tone was cold, his face expressionless.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look directly.

Li Changzhou looked at the young Martial Saint's coffin, before he only felt a slight pity for his death, but now, knowing he died to guard the Heavenly Will, his emotions were different.

"Bring back the young Martial Saint's body, and I will do everything possible to resurrect him!"

He suddenly waved his wide sleeve, five leaves of the Primordial Divine Tree shot out like electricity, piercing into the foreheads of Venus, Spirit Buddha, Knight, Indra, and Witch.

He laid a restriction on everyone.

"Let's go." He said.

"My lord," Yafeiluna said anxiously, "the 'Emperor Seal' hasn't been found yet."

"Time waits for no one, such a large treasure, it's impossible that only we stumbled upon it, if other players find this place, we might not even be able to keep the Heavenly Will we have now."

Everyone returns to the planet.

Yafeiluna summoned ten Demon Gods, with incredible might, they pushed the planet away from the ancient ship, continuing along the Heavenly Road.

Not long after everyone left, like ants finding sugar, countless players swarmed in.

The ancient ship, though large, was still utterly destroyed, turning into space debris.

In the end, blood flowed like a river, and a group of Centaurs broke out, showcasing invincible strength.

"Someone has already taken away three paths of Heavenly Will!"

"Hmm? There seems to be the aura of three other paths of Heavenly Will?"

"Chase!"

This blood-soaked, extremely fearsome group of players, based on the gathered auras of everyone, drove the planet, pursuing in the cosmic vacuum.