The world was deathly silent; the entire forest was completely still.

The snow fell again through the leaves, and the forest vanished as if from a dream.

With the help of the evaporator and the peaches, Li Qianxia regained her energy. She said, "The evaporator should really be given to you, brother. With this skill, you can use time stop indefinitely."

“Relying too much on time-stopping may not be a good thing,” Yang Qinglan said. “Time is one of the most powerful forces known to all, and those celestial beings and saints will certainly not let it go. Even if they cannot use it, they will have ways to guard against it.”

Guanyin nodded in Li Changzhou's mind.

[Qinglan is right. I don't know much about the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, but the Buddha's palm-sized kingdom can withstand the test of time.]

Li Changzhou never intended to take his sister's skills for himself.

If that's the case, can he take everything from Yang Qinglan, Yaochi, and the Six Great Stars?

That might make him incredibly powerful for a short time, but he won't go very far—value games are always evenly matched. If he gets a bunch of powerful but unfamiliar skills and items, will he be stronger than he is now with fewer but more specialized ones (which are actually quite a lot)?

Besides, relying too much on external things is not in his nature.

Rather than using time-stopping techniques by eating peaches one by one, he preferred to cultivate a sufficiently profound magical power over a long period of time.

"And you two?" he asked Yang Qinglan and Yaochi.

"Shall you go first, or shall I?" Yaochi asked Yang Qinglan.

"You go first," Yang Qinglan said.

Yaochi smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite. I'm also looking forward to it."

【Name: Worth a Try】

[Type: Instinct]

[Quality: S-]

[Special Effect: Transforms primary instincts, all items, and all skills into pure abilities]

[Minimum usage requirement: Bind to a single player 'Yaochi']

[Description: Possessing all skills except for life]

[Note: You met Li Changzhou and witnessed firsthand that he had no connections, yet he continuously elevated himself. You decided to start believing in yourself.]

"Not bad, but only S-rank, it seems you're not quite sure yet." Yaochi reflected, tilting her head slightly, a simple gesture that was made stunning by her beauty.

"Sister Yao, don't change the subject!"

"Change the subject?" Yaochi laughed; she already knew what Li Qianxia wanted to say.

"Is that why you like my brother?!" Li Qianxia asked definitively.

"That's only one of the reasons."

"You're also a major reason!"

“No.” Yaochi glanced at Li Changzhou. “The main reason is that he is capable and handsome.”

"It's alright, it's alright. You're a little better than Qinglan. She's a complete and utter superficial person who's obsessed with appearances. She gets weak in the knees whenever she sees my brother."

Yang Qinglan hesitated, then decided not to say anything more.

She glanced at Li Changzhou, who remained expressionless after being "confessed" to Yaochi in person, and asked, "What about the skills?"

Yaochi glanced at the favored concubine and smiled slightly, her beauty both charming and endearing.

She shared her S-rank skills.

【Name: Beauty in Red】

[Type: Skill]

[Quality: S]

[Special Effect: Condenses a red robe using power]

[Minimum requirements for use: Be among the top 100,000 in the first all-player event; Charm points of 8 or higher]

[Introduction: 1. Constant - The red-clad figure will not disappear in any dungeon, event, or battle unless the player cancels it themselves;]

2. Battle Robe - After wearing the red robe, the player can use any skill that comes with the red robe, which is either S-rank or below, has 'charm of 8 points or above' as a condition for use, and can also meet the other conditions for use of the skill.

3. Dancing - After wearing red clothes, when the player dances to a certain aesthetic level, they will enter the 'Unlimited Abilities' state;

4. Red Robe Curse - If a player wearing red is killed, the red-robed person will transform into a 'Red Robe Ghost Beauty' to seek revenge (Red Robe Ghost Beauty: Possesses everything about the player and gains the status ghost status on top of that).

5. Not to be spied on - The red-clad figure blocks all methods of spying below the S-rank level;

6. The Beauty in Red - When females see you, they want to be you; when males see you, they want to marry you; you never age, you are forever captivating;

[Note: You look absolutely stunning in red.]

"Wow, wow, wow, which official player wrote this note? Is this trying to start an internal war among us?" Li Qianxia said with a look of schadenfreude, as if she was enjoying the drama.

She said to Yang Qinglan, "Qinglan, you must draw a 'beauty in green' to retaliate against her!"

"I don't like wearing blue clothes," Yang Qinglan said irritably.

"Qianxia, ​​whose side are you on?" Yaochi asked Li Qianxia with a helpless smile.

“She just wants to watch the show.” Li Changzhou grabbed his sister by the ear and pulled her close to him.

"No way!" Li Qianxia exclaimed, covering her ears, then eagerly added, "Sister Yao, why don't you put on the red dress and see!"

"good."

With just a slight turn, Yaochi's clothes changed.

Her outer garment was made of thin silk gauze, like a red mist, and underneath she wore a red silk bodice and a flowing red long skirt cinched at the waist.

The fabric is incredibly smooth, and the sleeves and hem flutter wildly, burning like flames when blown by the cold wind.

“...Her clothes are like a rosy cloud, and she is as beautiful as jade.” Li Qianxia, ​​a liberal arts student, said subconsciously.

After being dressed in red, Yaochi became even more radiant and beautiful.

"I want to wear a red dress too, Sister Yao is so beautiful." Li Qianxia couldn't help but feel envious, already captivated by the beauty in red.

"It's just a skill effect; it's the same for anyone who wears it," Yaochi replied with a smile, her eyes fixed on Li Changzhou, trying to see his expression.

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