After washing her hands and standing up, Yang Qinglan regained her usual composure, but when she saw Li Changzhou, the corners of her lips slightly lifted, and her eyes were as clear as autumn water.

Her fair complexion was flushed with a faint blush, as delicate as a peach blossom in May.

"Don't look." She covered Li Changzhou's eyes with her hand.

"Let me smell if it still has any scent," Li Changzhou teased, taking her hand.

"You'll stink to death." Yang Qinglan covered his mouth and nose with her hand.

Li Changzhou's eyes peeked out, gazing at her tenderly and happily. He chuckled softly, "Does that count as swearing?"

Yang Qinglan tilted her head slightly, and chuckled softly in a low, slightly hoarse voice, "Insulting you doesn't count."

Li Changzhou smiled and pulled her into his arms, and Yang Qinglan smiled and snuggled into his embrace as well.

The sea was calm and silent. The two embraced inside the temple on the sea, with the Milky Way slowly rotating above their heads, its stars shining brightly.

“This is the future I’ve always dreamed of,” Li Changzhou whispered softly in her ear, “embracing you on every single star.”

Yang Qinglan pressed her face even closer and chuckled softly, "What should I do if I don't want to go to the sun?"

"Then we won't go." Li Changzhou hugged her slender waist tightly; her body was soft and warm.

"You make promises so casually?"

"Yes, I will only do things that you are willing to do and that make you happy."

Yang Qinglan wrapped her arms around his neck, smiled at him, and after a while, she suddenly laughed and said, "You've become more eloquent than before."

"Hmm~" Li Changzhou became smug, "I've been eating too many sweets lately."

His gaze fell on her lips.

Yang Qinglan gave a disdainful yet amused and smug "humph," but despite her disdain and smugness, she still held him tightly and refused to let go.

Li Changzhou inhaled her intoxicating fragrance, feeling both greedy and satisfied. He was holding a dream in his arms, the most beautiful fairy in the Heavenly Palace.

He whispered softly and solemnly, "I love you so much, Qinglan."

I love you so much too.

The two hugged for an unknown amount of time before their emotions finally calmed down.

Although they both wanted things to stay this way forever, they knew now was not the time to talk about their mission.

"Has your strength declined?" Li Changzhou asked.

"No, only the way it's used and what it can do have changed," Yang Qinglan replied thoughtfully.

"Will everything turn into that thing called 'divine will'?"

Yang Qinglan nodded slightly: "It's a bit like the time with the vampire hunters, where the 'ability' was transformed into the power of another system, losing some and gaining others."

The total number of abilities remained unchanged; both of them still possessed abilities at the level of human immortals.

The assignments are different. In this mission, the things that can be done are different, and the way of doing things has also changed. Just like before, when I became a vampire, I could turn people into vampires, but I was also afraid of sunlight.

"Want to come with me to my spaceship? There are tentacle monsters on it."

"No. Qianxia told me that beautiful girls should stay away from tentacle monsters."

Li Changzhou chuckled: "What did that guy even say to you!"

“There are many.” Yang Qinglan’s eyes crinkled into crescents with laughter. “I’ll stay here and wait for God Valenti to contact me. I’ll let you know if anything comes up.”

There is no such skill as telepathy; the two can only sense each other through "being together through life and death," which Yang Qinglan deliberately refers to as "telepathy."

"Okay, sure. By the way, let me tell you, the moment I entered the mission, I opened my eyes to find myself in a super-fast flying car, and another flying car was heading straight for me. Tell me, as a man, could I let it go? I just went straight for it!"

"Is it because you're a man, or because your physical abilities have declined and you haven't reacted yet?" Yang Qinglan asked with a smile.

What do you think?!

"Let's say it's because you're a man, and then what? What happens after we bump into each other?"

"It turns out that the flying car belonged to someone else, worth 30 million Divine Coins, while I—you know, I don't like money, I have no interest in money, so I don't have any."

Yang Qinglan was extremely happy.

Li Changzhou stared at the girl's face and said with a smile, "I solemnly promised the car owner that I would definitely compensate her. Just imagine, in the five thousand years of Xia Kingdom's history, and for the next ten thousand years, who wouldn't know that I, Li Changzhou, keep my word? And the result—"

"result?"

"As a result, my crew, who were neither human nor ghost, told me that I did keep my promise, but it was—I promised you that I would definitely do it in this lifetime, so don't rush, take your time."

Yang Qinglan's smile, which had just subsided, returned.

Li Changzhou added fuel to the fire, saying, "During the argument, the car owner even asked me why I wasn't stopping. You know what? At that moment, a dinosaur-headed crew member and a tentacle monster crew member actually started singing!"

"What should we sing?" Yang Qinglan's eyes sparkled.

"Only sissies slow down~, oh~, baby~, we're flying towards the stars~"

"Haha~, I just realized that you sing so well."

"Then I'll sing you 'The Moon Represents My Heart,' and you'll ask—! I love you! How deep is your love!"

Before she finished singing, Yang Qinglan had already collapsed into Li Changzhou's arms with laughter.

"Uncle Changzhou, what era are you from?"

Li Changzhou held her tightly.

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Li Changzhou returned to his spaceship.

"Ah!" A gasp rang in my ears.

The water glass was about to spill, and the blue liquid was about to spill out. Li Changzhou glanced at Yin Seli, who was slowly falling down.

He even had time to think: Yoon Seul-ri just happened to pass by the place where he disappeared, and when he came back, he bumped into her.

Then, he caught the water that was about to fly out with a cup, and then pulled Yoon Seul-ri back.

Even with his physical abilities diminished, he still exhibited this level of reaction.

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