[Bodhisattva, you've ruined me!]

[Crying?] Guanyin looked confused, thinking that when Li Changzhou said he was 'miserably harmed,' he meant the suggestion to use their blood and flesh to create a child because of her.

She's smiling! No need to kneel!

But Li Changzhou didn't get up. He had already knelt, so he couldn't let it go to waste.

He pretended not to notice Yang Qinglan's smile and lowered his head, saying:

“In my heart, a child created according to Hestia’s method is not our biological child, because the soul is not naturally conceived, which is why I made that suggestion… I’m sorry.”

Yang Qinglan stopped smiling, turned around, and said irritably, "Get up!"

"Promise me you won't be angry."

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

Li Changzhou stood up abruptly and quickly put the whip back into his sleeve.

"No matter how I go around, I can never get anything good with the Emerald Bee Sword. But this time, it said it was going to attack me, and suddenly it's a top-grade item that can destroy a person's soul and spirit. This is going to kill me."

Yang Qinglan glanced at his knees, then waved her Ruyi scepter to wipe away the grass marks on them.

She said, "I think similarly to you. I wouldn't see a mere physical body as my own child, and there's nothing wrong with helping Hestia."

"Moreover, we cannot succeed in this operation by relying on our own strength. The Corpse Gene will definitely have a large number of subordinates and helpers, and we also need combat power."

"There are four benefits to resurrecting the Phoenix: first, the Phoenix itself; second, resurrecting the Phoenix can win over people's hearts; and third, Hestia."

"There are only three, aren't there?" Li Changzhou asked in confusion.

Yang Qinglan placed her finger on Li Changzhou's brow and gently pressed it.

Now I understand.

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

"There's only one thing that bothers me," Yang Qinglan said thoughtfully.

"What is it?" Li Changzhou asked.

Yang Qinglan looked up, and whether it was her imagination or not, Li Changzhou seemed to see a hint of shyness in her expression.

"I think......"

"You want to?"

"..." Yang Qinglan raised her hand to cover her mouth, and said hesitantly, "I think... our first union was with our child."

"First time together? We're not... Oh, I get it, I get it..." Li Changzhou touched his nose, starting to feel a little shy.

He was shy, but Yang Qinglan wasn't shy anymore.

"You 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 been unable to make up their minds about whether to have a child, and this opportunity actually put their minds at ease.

In this chaotic world, they had no time to spend with their children and might not be able to ensure their children grew up safely; these were their previous concerns.

Just like before she got together with Li Changzhou, she always felt that she couldn't accept the intimacy between Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia. If they got together, the three of them might end up like strangers.

It might be better if we don't stay together and remain friends and teammates; that way, it might last longer.

but......

She still wanted to be with him, and couldn't care less about anything else.

After we got together, the things I had imagined didn't happen.

After she became his girlfriend, she discovered that the relationship between Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia was indeed that of pure brother and sister.

Has her perspective on things changed, or has she been changed?

She learned a lesson from this—

Because of various concerns, they are afraid of separating after being together. This is indeed possible, but it is also possible that after being together, the two people change each other.

For example, a man likes a woman, and the woman is also interested in him, but the woman has high expenses, so the man doesn't actively pursue her because he's worried that if they get together, the two people who like each other will break up because of the high expenses.

But there is another possibility: after they get together, the man changes the woman, and the woman becomes thrifty and good at managing the household; or the woman changes the man, and the man becomes diligent and ambitious.

Don't overlook the positive side of something.

The same applies to children.

There are many reasons for not having children, but is there really no benefit to having children at all?

The two embraced each other, their skin touching.

"From now on, let's work together to live on."

"Um."

The two returned to the ancient ship.

The Chaos Bell pressed down on the useless old Taoist priest.

Li Changzhou glanced at it: "What's going on?"

“As soon as you left, he tried to run away. If Sister Yaochi hadn’t been keeping an eye on him, he really would have gotten away!” Li Qianxia said.

Yaochi didn't say anything: "Let's talk about saving the phoenix first. I see you're already prepared to agree."

Yang Qinglan opened her hand and took out a crystal ball formed from the solidified essence of the finest aura. Inside the crystal ball was an embryo.

"Senior Hestia, please save them," she said.

"No need to call me senior, I will soon be your daughter!" Hestia couldn't help but get excited as she was about to be resurrected and obtain the strongest bloodline.

Flames roared as Hestia raised her hand and unleashed a beam of light.

The beam of light transformed into flames, enveloping the phoenix's coffin.

With a resounding cry of a phoenix, the coffin burst into flames and turned to ashes in the blink of an eye. A phoenix soared into the sky amidst the ashes and flames.

It circled once in the sky, then suddenly swooped down, its eyes shooting out a tangible light, like a demonic bird!

Phoenix reaching out with its claws.

"Stop!" Li Changzhou shouted.

With a hiss, the useless old Taoist's skull was ripped open.

The useless old Taoist priest stared wide-eyed; he wasn't dead yet.

The phoenix crashed down, and amidst the light and flames, she emerged, kneeling on one knee: "Your Majesty! It was the useless old Taoist who killed me and the Little Martial Saint!"

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