After two days of fun, it's back to the monotonous and uneventful life of seclusion.

Inside the golden crown were countless Taoist books, and Li Changzhou could select player skills for the tribulation at any time—of course, the speed had to be fast. For this reason, Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia simply threw their identity cards at him and let him handle it.

"Let's see how it goes" is both the easiest and the most difficult thing in the world, depending on the relationship between the two parties.

Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia didn't choose the right skills, but Li Changzhou changed all of Aferona's skills.

He was too lazy to waste time on matters of the Italian Evangelical Church, and the lunar base also needed someone to guard it—someone would definitely be able to fly to the moon in the future, and the stronger Aferona became, the more these boring chores could be left to her.

With Aferona's current strength, she can already suppress the Evangelical Church. Even the Pope, who once boasted that he could fight against "the Lord," wouldn't dare say he could definitely defeat her.

The instinct of being a mafia mistress was brought to its limit by Li Changzhou (at least on Earth, this is perfectly acceptable).

Yang Qinglan focused on "The Precious Book of Heaven and Earth's Furnace: Mysterious and Profound Dao, Enlightenment and Transformation".

When this Taoist practice reaches a high level, one can use heaven and earth as a furnace to refine all the changes within them.

When sharing her insights, she said: "All things in the universe are a kind of elixir, including humans. If I can find the formula, I can refine even a human. The sun, moon, stars, flowers, and trees are all the same."

“I think if you want to research and create a human elixir,” Li Qianxia said seriously, resting her chin on her hand, “you first need to give birth to one yourself. Once you give birth to one, you will know how the world creates a ‘human’.”

Li Changzhou looked at his younger sister and admired her courage in the face of criticism.

"That makes sense." Surprisingly, Yang Qinglan actually agreed!

She continued, "Let's talk about it when we have time. We can't afford to waste ten months now."

"How long does it take for a human immortal to conceive a child? By the way, my brother is a divine being, so he's 100% guaranteed to conceive and inherit the divine bloodline. It might even take longer."

“Then let’s wait a little longer,” Li Changzhou said thoughtfully. “When I become stronger, the child’s talent will be even better.”

Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia exchanged a glance—he was seriously considering this matter!

Yang Qinglan smiled and tapped Li Changzhou with her Ruyi scepter.

"What's wrong?" Li Changzhou asked, puzzled.

"Nothing, I just suddenly wanted to touch you." Yang Qinglan smiled faintly.

Although he didn't know why, Li Changzhou laughed. At this moment, Li Qianxia interjected, "Brother, your [Divine Body] can make any female pregnant, right?"

"...Are you suitable to talk to me about this kind of topic?"

"Stop fooling around, I'm being serious." Li Qianxia frowned, looking like a kindergarten teacher.

"Alright, alright, serious, Ms. Asahi, please go ahead."

Yang Qinglan listened attentively.

"So you absolutely must not litter..." Li Qianxia said seriously. "The ground is full of flowers and plants. Imagine if a tree suddenly grew a fruit, and a fairy or something flew out of the fruit, what would you do?"

"Do you really think that someone like me, with Miss Yang in my heart and my current level of understanding, would have something like this happen?"

"Just a reminder, I meant well, don't be in such a hurry, come on, have some grapes, ah—"

Li Changzhou ate the grapes his sister fed him, speechless.

On Yang Qinglan's beautiful face, a thoughtful expression appeared slightly, as if she were pondering something.

These were all interludes during breaks from cultivation.

Li Qianxia has practiced a variety of Taoist techniques, but she has made the fastest progress in the ones Li Changzhou has been practicing—because of her privileged background, or to use a trendy phrase, she can get anything from Li Changzhou for free.

Yaochi is no longer here.

Even if the world is disgusting, she still has to go back; her family is large and her business is thriving.

However, she herself said that she stayed in her suburban villa, listened to reports online, and directed her subordinates to do things.

The Dragon Palace brought back from the Jiajing era was also handed over to his subordinates for rearrangement, mainly the living utensils, which all had to be replaced.

She plans to leave the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the great lake in the Honey Pot World as a place for relaxation.

Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan were reluctant to let her build a house in the Honey Pot World, but since the Dragon Palace could be expanded and contracted at will, essentially serving as a top-tier camping tent, they couldn't really say anything.

I feel like I'm being gradually won over by this woman.

That night, Yaochi returned to her honey pot world.

“The Special Operations Bureau contacted me,” she said, “and asked me to contact you. They want to buy your intelligence, as well as the details of the ‘Transcending Tribulation to Become an Immortal’ mission.”

"I'm not going." Li Changzhou refused without even thinking.

"Is it because of the taste, or do you not want to sell it?" Yang Qinglan asked him.

“The taste, and I don’t have time. My cultivation has been going very smoothly lately, and I don’t want to interrupt it,” Li Changzhou replied. “I can write to them that it’s a good thing that the Special Operations Bureau is becoming stronger and the domestic environment can remain stable.”

“Then give it to Yaochi.” Yang Qinglan seemed to have already thought it through. “Give her everything you get in exchange to offset the loan for the Golden Crown.”

Her clear gaze turned to Yaochi: "I don't understand business, but it should be worth this price?"

Yaochi smiled without speaking. Her lips were rose-red, her face was as white as jade, and her white hair was like the first snow. She was charming and beautiful, yet also refined and otherworldly.

"It's just about repaying the money, not about severing ties with you," Yang Qinglan added.

"Hmm—" Yaochi smiled meaningfully, with a hint of cunning, as if it was now her turn to consider the other party's suggestion.

In fact, apart from Li Changzhou who seduced her, Yang Qinglan had no reason to dislike Yaochi. The two had even saved each other during the Bohai Crossing Tribulation in the Jiajing era.

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