"What do you think?" Yaochi's beautiful eyes turned to Li Changzhou.
"There's not much to say about feelings. I only like Qinglan. But in the game of value, the four of us benefit from being together, and we suffer from being apart. This human tribulation has already proven that." Li Changzhou said without any hesitation.
Yang Qinglan nodded in agreement.
Li Qianxia thought her brother was a master.
"Does that mean the four of us will stay together until we die?" Yaochi confirmed with a smile.
Li Qianxia pursed her lips and nodded repeatedly; she understood what her brother meant from his words.
Yang Qinglan stared at Li Changzhou.
"...We're together during missions," Li Changzhou added.
"It's about doing tasks together." Yang Qinglan, who was ruling from behind the curtain, kindly revised it for him again.
"Yes, yes." Did Li Changzhou dare to say a single word against it?
"That's exactly what I meant," Yaochi said with a charming smile.
Li Changzhou felt a tickle in his heart, and his mind couldn't help but recall the soft touch of their bodies touching when he jumped behind her in Yaochi and the Forbidden City. Then he thought of the alluring scenery he had seen during his vacation a few days ago.
'Luckily, I have a strong will, otherwise I would have been bewitched by this vixen using her status as a favored concubine!'
—Brother, I didn't use my favorite concubine (as if guessing what he was thinking, a secret message came from Yaochi).
"You vixen, do you think I'll fall for your tricks? With your meager abilities, you think you can confuse my mind!"
Yaochi seemed to smile even more happily. She said, "Okay, I'll have someone make another trip to the Special Operations Bureau and try to get some good stuff that money can't buy."
Li Changzhou and his group are strong, but when it comes to wealth—Li Qianxia doesn't even have three thousand in savings, and Li Changzhou's backpack is empty; he can only give his own blood as a reward.
As for Li Changzhou's savings... let's not even mention it, he has no money at all.
"Has anyone become an immortal today?" Li Qianxia asked Yaochi curiously.
Third-class, second-class, and supreme immortal—Li Changzhou could easily find out if he wanted to. Li Qianxia was asking about first-class immortals, who required entering a game instance and completing the 'Transcending Tribulation to Become an Immortal' quest.
“No,” Yaochi said. “If we are missing one of the four of us, no, if we lose one of my five subordinates and Bi’s five subordinates, our mission may fail. It’s not that easy to transcend tribulation and become an immortal.”
The three of them felt this deeply.
Putting aside his previous requests for snow and going to the moon, if Li Changzhou hadn't always kept his promises and been honest with the Jiajing Emperor, even if he had killed the Jiajing Emperor beforehand, he would still have been trapped in the Five Elements Cauldron by Tao Zhongwen.
Whether they can hold out until Yang Qinglan and the others arrive is also unknown.
This was all thanks to good fortune such as 'unexpectedly encountering Yaochi' and 'Bi, who should have been their rival, standing on their side'.
It was not only Li Changzhou and his group's good fortune, but also Yaochi and Bi's.
Without Li Changzhou and the other two, Yaochi's mission to "transcend tribulation and become an immortal" would almost certainly have failed.
Needless to say, when Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia came to find Bi, if they hadn't known each other, it would have been a bloody battle to the death.
"You really do need friends when you're out and about," Li Qianxia couldn't help but sigh.
“Players participating in the ‘Transcending Tribulation to Become an Immortal’ mission probably only have a chance to break through to become an immortal if they know each other, happen to meet each other, and enter the same instance. Otherwise, even if they are six top-notch players from the Special Operations Bureau, it won’t work,” Yaochi affirmed.
"However!" Li Qianxia suddenly became smug, "The game's official assessment is that defeating my brother is a more difficult task than 'transcending tribulation to become an immortal'! Hmph!"
Her chin was so perky it made her seem like a celestial being.
"Yes, Qianxia, you're the best," Yang Qinglan said with a smile.
Li Qianxia rubbed her thumb on the tip of her nose twice, looking incredibly cool.
After chatting about these trivial matters, it's time to go into seclusion again.
A few days later, Yaochi brought back five items.
Breath of Earth, Green Wood, Gold Sand, Lightning and Fire, Yin Qi Coffin.
"The Breath of Earth, Green Wood, Gold Sand, and Lightning Fire are for Changzhou to cultivate the Five Elements Qi Blade. I know you've been having Aferona look for them recently, but all you find abroad are mystical and supernatural things. We still have to rely on Xia Kingdom for the Five Elements. These four are the best materials for the Special Operations Bureau."
"Are they all for my brother?" Li Qianxia snorted like a little pig.
"It was all about selling his information." Yaochi laughed and flicked her forehead with her slender fingers.
“This is for paying off debts, it’s for you,” Li Qianxia said.
Yaochi said shyly, "When I ask for something... I subconsciously think about what he wants."
"Acting coquettishly?" Li Qianxia's eyes widened.
"Your brother is controlling my emotions again." Yaochi said without changing her expression.
"I see." Li Qianxia nodded.
Li Changzhou tapped her on the forehead, a tap so hard it could make a human immortal's head hurt.
Li Qianxia covered her head, pursed her lips, and showed a cute yet fierce expression as if she wanted to bite him.
"Consider it a favor I owe you," Li Changzhou said to Yaochi, as he did indeed need these Five Elements materials.
"Alright," Yaochi replied with a smile, "but how about this coffin be considered a delivery fee? Not as repayment of a debt?"
【Name: Yin Qi Coffin】
[Type: Item]
[Quality: S-]
[Special Effects: Refines all things into Yin Qi, used for nourishing objects, practicing martial arts, healing injuries, and corpse transformation]
[Minimum requirements for use: The life form entering the coffin must have more than 90% yin energy in its body; and must be of noble birth or above.]
[Introduction: 1. Nurturing - If an unconscious item placed in a coffin can withstand the yin energy, it will become a yin attribute item;]
2. Cultivation - Lying in the coffin, the speed of Yin attribute cultivation increases;
3. Healing - Lying in a coffin, most injuries can heal on their own; the more severe the injury, the slower the recovery.
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