Regarding the restrictions of the Demon Locking Tower, the internal conclusion of the Shushan Shangqing Sect is: Qingheng is worried that after taking away the fragments of the Heaven-Bulding Stone, the demons will escape and wreak havoc on the people, thus causing huge karma and sin.

In order to avoid being entangled by karma, he took great pains to optimize and repair the restrictions, and then stole the stone and left calmly.

The Long-browed Immortal did not agree with this.

He had caused great trouble in the past because of his prejudice, so naturally he dared not jump to conclusions now.

If one thinks about it carefully, although the fragments of the Heaven-Bulding Stone are closely related to the restrictions of the Demon Locking Tower, the karma judgment of the Heavenly Dao is not that accurate. If only a minor change is made to the restrictions of the Demon Locking Tower to prevent it from collapsing immediately in a short period of time, the subsequent responsibility for maintaining the restrictions will fall on Shushan and will not implicate him.

But what Qingheng finally adopted was a permanent solution.

He permanently optimized the restrictions of the Demon Locking Tower, making it more stable and stronger while no longer requiring the fragments of the Heaven-Bulding Stone.

Some historical loopholes that were originally unsolvable have also been resolved by him, which is equivalent to a perfect repair.

The only drawback is that he has changed the restriction beyond recognition and it is impossible to maintain it later. However, there are not many people in Shushan who study arrays and restrictions, so it doesn't matter.

From the perspective of saving trouble, Qingheng has no need to do this, unless he...

At this moment, Su Jian had hurried over with An Zhisu and told the Changmei Immortal what happened. The latter's eyes immediately widened.

Shushan has already lost Qingheng. If Jiangxiao encounters problems again, it will really fall into a situation of transition.

The long-browed immortal quickly grabbed An Zhisu's wrist and used his spiritual sense to quickly probe the spine. As expected, he found a dazzling divine weapon in it, shining like the sun, and it was awe-inspiring and inviolable.

There was a sudden sharp pain in his hand. It was the sword energy emitted by the magic weapon, which came along the meridians of An Zhisu's hand and directly burned the hand of the long-browed immortal.

"The Sun True Sword?" The Long-Eyebrowed Immortal said in a lost voice.

"How could it be the Sun True Sword!" Su Jian was also shocked for a moment.

"How can it not be the Sun True Dark Sword?" A voice came from An Zhisu's body.

The two were stunned for a moment.

"After only a few hundred thousand years, have the successors of the Emei Sword Sect become so ignorant?" the voice continued, "Can't you recognize the Fuxi Twin Swords?"

"Don't talk in my body!" An Zhisu said angrily.

"Build me a sword pavilion first!" Sun Zhenmei Sword ignored her complaints and continued, "Before I choose a master, I want to live in the sword pavilion!"

In the underwater cave, the dispute between the two has intensified.

"Based on the current experiments, the higher the temperature of the underground fire, the better." Shi Liuli has transformed into an academic and talked eloquently, "Any material has a rate at which it conducts heat, and the Bu Tian Stone is no exception. If this rate is exceeded, even if the temperature of the underground fire continues to rise, the melting rate of the Bu Tian Stone will have reached its limit and will not increase."

"The melting speed of the Bu Tian Stone has already reached its limit. Therefore, even if we trouble Fellow Daoist Qiong Ying to stimulate the Earth Fire, the effect will not be obvious... I suggest that you don't bother Fellow Daoist Qiong Ying and let her return to Kunlun as soon as possible."

"According to what you said, the efficiency of Nuwa's use of heavenly fire to refine the Heaven-Repairing Stone should be about the same as yours now." Xu Yinglian just sneered, "Nuwa refined the Heaven-Repairing Stone in 20 days. How long do you plan to use it, Daoist Dongyou?"

"Earth fire and sky fire have different properties and cannot be generalized."

"If the properties are different, what's the point of talking about 'heat transfer efficiency'?"

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Qiongying also understands the art of forging? If you don't understand, why are you asking?"

"This is the first time I know that the way of sword-making is equivalent to the way of forging. Daoist Fellow Dongyou is planning to refine the Heaven-Repairing Stone into a sword?" Xu Yinglian asked with a chuckle, "After refining it, will it be used to repair the sky, or will it be used to pierce another hole in the celestial sphere?"

"The way of sword-making belongs to the way of weapon-making. This is a household name in Penglai. Everyone knows it. Doesn't Fellow Daoist Qiongying know this?" Shi Liuli retorted, "It seems that although Fairy Phoenix has a high level of cultivation, she can't help but make arbitrary judgments on things she doesn't understand."

"I don't think it's wanton criticism, but when someone faces other people's questions and just uses 'you can't generalize' to evade them, isn't that wanton perfunctory?"

"Do you really want me to explain the difference between Heavenly Fire and Earthly Fire in detail? I suspect that with Fellow Daoist Qiongying's comprehension, it will take you longer to understand them than to refine the Heaven-Repairing Stone."

"Is it hard to understand or hard to fabricate? If Daoist Fellow Dongyou is lying on the spot and his words are not consistent, then it is indeed hard to understand. Could you please think about it before explaining? Otherwise, there are so many loopholes that it will only make people laugh."

The two of them spoke back and forth very quickly and without thinking. It would take some time for others to organize their words, but one of them was very smart and the other was also very clever, so they were evenly matched in the verbal battle.

Kunlun Jing tried to interrupt several times but couldn't, and he was so anxious that he kept turning around.

Chen Guanshui was also at a loss and was hesitant.

Rationally speaking, she should speak up to stop the two from quarreling. Otherwise, if the quarrel gets more and more intense and a fight breaks out, it will definitely be Lady Liuli who will suffer.

But if I speak out to stop them, it would be tantamount to drawing fire from each other to myself... My instinct to seek profit and avoid harm is already giving me warnings, and my desire to survive is also skyrocketing.

"Well..." He finally spoke.

Whether it was Junior Sister Xu being mocked by Lady Liuli, or Lady Liuli being ridiculed by Junior Sister Xu, or even the armed conflict that might follow, these were not what he wanted to see.

This is his backyard, and if there was any trouble for no reason, naturally he had to come out and settle it.

"Don't quarrel first..."

"Husband, can you please shut up?" Shi Liuli said coldly, "If I were someone who had done something like this, I would have been so ashamed that I would have gone to a place of seclusion and faced a wall for a thousand years. How can I still have the nerve to speak here?"

No matter what, facing the wall for a thousand years is too long!

"I was wondering why Fellow Daoist Dongyou was so shameless, but I didn't expect that the cause was actually from my senior brother." Xu Yinglian also laughed coldly, "I remember that Fellow Daoist Dongyou was innocent and simple and straightforward in the past, but later he suddenly became a completely different person. I guess it was because he was led astray by someone."

This has nothing to do with me, right? It was clearly because Elder Shi Ding was assassinated and died!

"What do you mean by a drastic change of character?" Shi Liuli didn't admit it at all. "It's just that I took over Tiangongfang and had to adopt a more proper attitude... Then again, I took over the position of the head of Tiangongfang, but you threw all the mundane things to me. Isn't that someone's doing?"

"That... Actually, it's because I have high hopes for you." Chen Guanshui was speechless, and after a while he said, "Look, even if I leave suddenly and hand over Tiangongfang to you, Liuli, it will be able to maintain its operation, right?"

"So that's what Senior Brother was thinking." Xu Yinglian pretended to be amazed. "Then he deliberately provoked me in the past to encourage me to practice hard, so that I can take over the mess of being the successor to the headmaster in the future?"

"Junior sister, your opinion is indeed profound." Chen Guanshui said quickly, "In my opinion, among all the people in Kunlun, there is no other candidate to succeed the headmaster except Junior sister Xu! That's why I..."

"Then I do have a question." Shi Liuli suddenly interrupted him and said, "Since my husband has high hopes for me and looks at fellow Taoist Qiongying differently, I am very curious."

"If you put me and Fellow Daoist Qiongying together, who would you prefer, my husband?"

How come a question that could kill him suddenly came up?! Chen Guanshui was secretly shocked and looked at Xu Yinglian again, only to see that his junior sister had also shut up, obviously waiting for his answer.

Rationally speaking, I can't answer "I prefer Liuli", because with Junior Sister Xu's proud temperament, she will definitely explode; but if I answer "I prefer Junior Sister", Liuli might use some counterattack tactics in anger, and with her personality, it is inevitable that she will set a trap in advance...

As his mind raced, Chen Guanshui said calmly:

"Kunlun has its own traditions, and Penglai has its own customs. In terms of being good at dealing with people, making friends, and running a business, I am optimistic about Liuli; but in terms of inheriting the Taoist tradition, studying the unique skills, and bringing honor to the family, I am more optimistic about Junior Sister."

His words were calm, yet he praised both of them.

Unfortunately, the two had expected this and did not buy it. They only heard Xu Yinglian say:

"Brother's ability in speaking is indeed thousands of times better than that of Daoist Fellow Dongyou. I think Daoist Fellow can only make a living person angry to death, but Brother can trick a dead person back to life."

"Only at this moment do I agree with Fellow Daoist Qiongying's opinion." Shi Liuli also nodded and said, "I thought that Fellow Daoist was as thick-skinned as can be, but I didn't expect that my husband was even more shameless. Trying to please both wives at the same time in front of them makes me feel sick just thinking about it. My husband was able to say it without changing his expression, which really impressed me."

"What else can I do?" Chen Guanshui finally got angry. "What has happened is done. Can you go back in time, scold me and then keep your distance?"

After saying this, regardless of how shocked the two looked, he turned around and left without looking back.

(What a close call! I finally managed to escape!)

"Um..." Kunlun Jing came back to his senses, smiled sheepishly and said, "I'll go and persuade him."

After saying that, she left with Chen Guanshui.

Xu Yinglian watched her leave, and when his spiritual sense confirmed that she had gone far away, he suddenly asked:

"Fellow Daoist, you deliberately said harsh words to anger him and leave, but do you have anything to say to me?"

Shi Liuli pondered for a moment and said:

"In Fellow Daoist Qiongying's opinion, if the sky repair is successful in the end, who will receive the great merit? How much will each person get?"

Xu Yinglian thought for a long time and said:

"The difficulty of this matter lies in the fact that the fragments of the Heaven-Repairing Stone are divided into six pieces, and their whereabouts are unknown, making it difficult to gather them together."

"After gathering them all, smelting them is just a slow process, not difficult."

"In my opinion, most of this merit will go to Senior Brother, and maybe a small part will go to the mirror. As for you and me... I'm afraid it won't even be one percent."

"You are still not honest enough, fellow Daoist." Shi Liuli smiled faintly, "I can say this directly: it doesn't matter how much of this moral merit of repairing the sky and saving the world I can get."

"But if my husband takes it and ascends to heaven in broad daylight, leaving me alone in this world, I will never accept it."

"He did fail me, so he owes me. There is absolutely no reason for him to escape to the fairyland like this."

Xu Yinglian was silent for a while and said:

"If you prevent someone from ascending, you will make an enemy."

"So what?" Shi Liuli said coldly, "I don't believe that Fellow Daoist Qiongying doesn't understand the moral weight of mending the sky and saving the world - even if he ascends a thousand times, it would be enough."

"Even if he fails to ascend this time, whenever he wants to go to the immortal world, he only needs to think about it, and the Heavenly Dao will immediately help him to gather the three flowers at the top of his head and ascend to the immortal world again. What's the difficulty? Even animals know how to repay a favor, so how can the Heavenly Dao not repay a favor and wait for him after a long time?"

"If that's the case, then what's the point in stopping him from ascending?" Xu Yinglian knew what was going on, but still asked tentatively, "If he wants to leave, he can leave at any time. Who can stop him?"

"I want him to not want to leave." Shi Liuli replied.

"…It's easy to keep people, but difficult to keep their hearts." Xu Yinglian sighed.

"It all depends on your ability." Shi Liuli said indifferently, "If you have hatred in your heart and just vent it, when he really ascends and leaves, it will be too late to regret it."

Xu Yinglian was silent for a while, then suddenly asked:

"So Daoist Fellow Dongyou is pregnant just to give him more worldly ties?"

Shi Liuli touched her belly and remained silent for a long time.

"I can't do this." Xu Yinglian shook his head, "I..."

"I know you have a noble character and would never do such a thing." Shi Liuli interrupted her and said, "Let me ask you a question: What did you like about me when you disguised yourself as Qiu Changtian and became a Taoist partner with me?"

Xu Yinglian fell into deep thought.

Of course, she understood what Shi Liuli meant: Jingyun probably liked the warmth of the couple in the past, so she called her "Lady Liuli". Dongyou was now planning to get pregnant with his child in order to increase the weight of this so-called family warmth.

But the same trick won't work if you use it on yourself.

Xu Yinglian could not imagine that in order to keep her senior brother, she forced him to spend the night with her, got pregnant, and cried in front of him with a big belly - even if her senior brother saw it, he would feel awkward.

Then how should I use my methods?

besides……

Although Dongyou didn't say it, I could guess it. The so-called "each one depends on his own ability" does not just mean that everyone will do everything possible to keep him in this world, but also includes the question of who the senior brother will choose to be with after he stays.

There is only one person, how can we divide them? He can only follow whoever he likes.

It all depends on your ability, haha…

Xu Yinglian lowered her eyelids, and a feeling of unwillingness to admit defeat started burning again from the bottom of her heart.

Although she has not forgiven Senior Brother Dog yet, it does not mean that she will give Senior Brother Dog to another woman.

Just as Shi Liuli said, Senior Brother Gou also owed her a lot.

We need to do the math on this!