The King of Black Fog

"I didn't expect it to be so effective." Yang Qinglan sorted the Blood Pearls and placed them in a small medicine box with three compartments.

"It might be because my Life Force is quite strong," Li Changzhou speculated, and then thought of "Physical Enhancement."

This simple-looking Instinct now seemed even more mysterious than ghostly things—Li Changzhou's pet name for the dark mist.

"Strength, Agility, Constitution, Perception, Charm, does the strength of Life Force relate to these, or if not, what does it relate to?" Yang Qinglan murmured.

"Strong Life Force....at least every morning it must stand tall as a pillar," he said.

Yang Qinglan stared unblinkingly at Li Changzhou.

Just as the conversation turned awkward, Li Changzhou found that inside a shared backpack, the "Mosquito-style Blood-colored Steel Spear" was being taken out, put in, taken out, put in.

"Ahem, Qian Xia called me, I'll go bring her back," he said.

Li Changzhou leaned back, and a vortex sucked him in, and the next moment, he appeared on a tree where Li Qianxia was sitting on a branch, swinging her legs.

"Brother!" she called out.

"Let's go back first."

The two returned to their new residence, and Yang Qinglan came out of the kitchen holding a cup of sugary water and handed it to Li Changzhou.

"I checked—drinking sugary water before donating blood is beneficial," she said.

"Beneficial before donating blood? What about after donating?"

"Donating blood?" Li Qianxia gulped down several mouthfuls of mineral water from a snowy mountain, "What donating blood?"

Yang Qinglan explained to her what had just happened.

The ignored Li Changzhou could only obediently drink that cup of water, hmm, indeed Miss Yang, the prepared sugary water was extraordinary; it was actually sweet.

After Yang Qinglan finished, she asked Li Qianxia, "Did you gather any intelligence?"

"All for nothing, that rat didn't go to Wang Donghua, it sneaked into the zoo, and pretended to be an animal together with a polar bear."

"Aren't they already animals?" Li Changzhou said.

"Fairy creatures, they are—fairy creatures, OK?"

"Ignore your brother," Yang Qinglan took a small sip of mineral water, "his Intelligence is only at four points now, he might think that the cup of water is sweet because I made it."

"..." Li Changzhou set down the sugary water, "What's wrong with four points? It's just a bit dumber than the average person, with my knowledge and experience, four points is still sufficient for Ming University."

"Hopeless indeed," Li Qianxia sympathized, "Brother, Qing Lan isn't calling you stupid; she's saying you're lecherous, lecherous enough to become a bootlicker."

"Now we can also say stupid," Yang Qinglan smiled sweetly.

Disagreeing, and just as he was about to argue in a lawyer's demeanor for the defense, Judge Yang Qinglan declared in court: "Let's rest."

After Yang Qinglan left, Li Qianxia also prepared to follow.

"Come back." Li Changzhou can't handle others but still can't handle his sister.

Li Qianxia sat back down: "What's up? Let me be clear first, any decision you make right now—I won't listen."

"What decisions would I be making late at night? I have something to ask you, you..."

Suddenly, Li Changzhou had a burst of Spiritual Opportunity and felt he couldn't be so straightforward.

He asked subtly, "How did you get on good terms with the Czar Princess? I heard her saying earlier that when you return, we must notify her."

"Women," Li Qianxia with a typical frisky woman's attitude, "you just have to dislike what she dislikes, and you're besties."

"Just like that?"

"Not 100 percent, but at least ninety percent."

"If," Li Changzhou hesitated, "that person happens to be from the remaining ten percent, what then?"

"Then you have to pull out the Assassin's ace," Li Qianxia said gravely, not revealing who 'that person' was.

"Assassin's ace?" Li Changzhou placed his hands on the table, intrigued.

"Go to the bathroom with her."

The siblings looked at each other, holding the gaze for quite a while.

"Is that... viable?" Li Changzhou expressed his doubts.

Li Qianxia pursed her lips and eventually, not able to think of what to say, just placed her hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Brother, let's sleep," she said earnestly.

Li Qianxia walked away with heavy, weary steps and vanished from the living room, then with a hip twist, she darted like the wind into Yang Qinglan's room.

It was a daughter's room, judging by the ornaments and layout, probably still in middle school.

"Qing Lan, Qing Lan, Lanlan," Li Qianxia gently closed the door, "I have to tell you, just now my brother..."

She spilled everything that had happened just before.

"He actually believed it! Tomorrow morning when we get up, let's both watch him and see him make a fool of himself! Hehehe!"

Obviously, very obviously! The sister had kept a secret and hadn't shared this trick with her brother—one of the secrets to forming good relationships with girls, sharing secrets.

The next morning, Li Qianxia watched Li Changzhou as he brushed his teeth (with the toothbrush prepared by Li Qianxia), washed his face, ate breakfast.

After eating, Li Changzhou sank into an armchair and watched the TV news.

On the long sofa, Li Qianxia's eyes were glued to her brother as she whispered into Yang Qinglan's ear, "Why isn't he reacting?"

"7 points in intelligence. If he had reacted, you should be more worried," Yang Qinglan glanced at Li Changzhou and whispered back.

"Worried about what?"

"Righteousness destroys kinship."

"That's called silencing someone by killing them," Li Changzhou said in a faint voice, meddling in their whispering.

Yang Qinglan said to Li Qianxia with a touch of sympathy, "It seems he no longer treats you as a sister."

"Brother~, bro~ther~~" Li Qianxia swayed her hips and moved closer, sitting on his lap in a manner resembling a dancer seducing a wealthy man.

The Czar Princess, having just woken up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and upon seeing this adult scene immediately asked:

"You guys aren't real siblings, are you?"

"What?" Li Qianxia was startled, "Of course we are related."

"Hmm!!!" The Czar Princess suddenly woke up, her green Bi eyes wide open, standing out even more on her pale little face.

She had always heard the world was chaotic, but she didn't expect it to be this chaotic.

Still shocked, she headed to the kitchen to find something to eat, where Yafeiluna was directing the mist to wash dishes and clean.

Knock, knock, knock!

There was a knocking at the door.

The room instantly fell silent.

Li Changzhou gave Yafeiluna a look, she nodded and made sure the mist hid well, took a deep breath and walked towards the door.

Yang Qinglan lighted the "Invisibility Lantern," spreading a layer of bright yellow light over Li Changzhou, Li Qianxia, and the Czar Princess like a thin veil.

Yafeiluna opened the door; there stood a government official, flanked by two fully armed soldiers.

"What's the matter?" Yafeiluna asked, puzzled.

The government official was expressionless, his face as pale as if it were powdered.

"The government has been notified that tonight terrorists will attack Prague, please leave the city before nightfall," he said before walking away.

"Hey, wait, what's this about?" Yafeiluna followed him.

Suddenly, a soldier fired his gun, and the bullet pierced Yafeiluna's abdomen.

Yafeiluna, caught off guard, lay painfully on the ground, clutching her warm abdomen, her mouth and eyes wide open.

The mist hidden in the room lightened, fading and beginning to disappear.

"The government has been notified that tonight terrorists will attack Prague, please leave the city before nightfall," the government official repeated, escorted by soldiers as they moved on to the next house.

A figure dashed out of the house, screaming for help, frantically carrying Yafeiluna back inside.

The government official and two soldiers were unmoved, their gaze fixed on the next house's door, waiting for its occupants to come out.

On the other side of the street, another government official, accompanied by two more soldiers, was knocking on another door.

Their expressions remained unchanged, their complexions terrifyingly pale.

As soon as Li Changzhou entered the house, he inserted his forefinger and middle finger into Yafeiluna's abdomen and removed the bullet.

At the same time, Yang Qinglan pulled a 500-drop Blood Pearl from a medicine box and fed it to Yafeiluna.

Like water refilling a dried-up spring, Yafeiluna, whose eyes had widened, regained expression, her dilated pupils contracted, and her clenched hands slowly relaxed.

The wound on her abdomen was rapidly closing.

She took a few deep breaths and said in panic, "They, they said there's going to be a terrorist attack tonight, everyone must leave Prague before night."

"Very well done!" Li Changzhou, not mentioning he had already heard, praised vigorously.

Yafeiluna's expression finally eased as she lay quietly on the sofa, catching her breath, waiting for her injuries to heal and her nerves to calm.