"Yafeiluna didn't make a move, did she?" Li Qianxia wasn't too clear on these matters.

"She didn't make a move, but what about her subordinates?"

"What?" Li Qianxia didn't catch on at first but then realized, "I see what you mean. Those people's Identity Cards aren't with my brother at all. My brother isn't interested in giving those people Skills; he seldom even asks Yafeiluna for help."

"Why?" Zheng Qing asked.

The Central King also didn't understand. Isn't expanding one's influence a natural thing to do?

It's easy to control subordinates too, just keep their Identity Cards in one's possession, which many people in many places are already doing.

"My brother isn't interested in money or power."

"No wonder the bank account only has 230 Money." Zhou Ying murmured.

In wooing Li Changzhou, the Special Warfare Bureau had made meticulous preparations...

Even as a Human Immortal, Li Qianxia felt awkward. 230 Money was too little, embarrassing!

She decided to spend it all as soon as she turned back; having no money in the bank account was, in a way, a realm of its own!

"Not only that," To save face, Li Qianxia added, "My brother doesn't trust anyone, believes relationships between people are fragile. Instead of wasting time managing forces only to be betrayed later, he'd rather spend all his time enhancing himself."

These words made the Central King fall into contemplation.

Should he also focus on enhancing himself rather than depending on external forces?

Zheng Qing didn't care about these; she asked, "Qian Xia, think of a way for me, I do not want to die by your brother's hands."

Li Qianxia crossed her arms and pondered; the gaze of the four women inevitably drifted to her delicate, full, upright breasts, refined collarbone, and slender white neck.

Her beauty wasn't the only attraction. The Divine Body of a Human Immortal naturally drew humans.

"How about this," Li Qianxia lifted her eyes, "give me your Identity Card, I'll pass it to my brother, let him match some Skills for you, 'Hungry Ghost Path', plus six powerful regular Skills. If you bring your Visualization to the fourth level of Perfection, you might have a chance to win against my brother."

It seemed that the words 'win against my brother' made her uncomfortable, and she added:

"After all, being a second-rank Human Tribulation, without a Divine Body, he can only unleash fifty percent of his fighting strength."

Of course, this proposal moved Zheng Qing. Normal players would not hand over their Identity Cards to anyone, and neither would she, but to Li Changzhou, it was different.

It wasn't just because of the trust between them; how Li Changzhou was as a person mattered too. If Li Changzhou wanted to kill her, did he need the trouble of needing her Identity Card?

But still...

She had some concerns: "This might expose your brother's abilities."

"That doesn't matter." Li Qianxia leaned back, one of her slender legs lifted from the water, water droplets reluctantly dripping from it, "My brother currently doesn't care about that."

In the past, Li Changzhou had to desperately hide his 'unmatched', 'No Taboos' identity, as well as the ability of the black mist.

After obtaining 'Honey Pot World' and 'Teleportation', some pressure was reduced, not until he developed a Divine Body did he let go.

Once he became a Human Immortal, he completely stopped caring.

"Then please do me this favor." Zheng Qing wasn't pretentious, life-and-death matters allowed no room for these.

Li Qianxia had just taken Zheng Qing's Identity Card when Earth, enveloped in a radiant Qi, suddenly stabilized.

"Qing Lan and Sister Yao have stopped; I'll ask for their opinion," she said.

Contacting Li Changzhou, who was on Jupiter, was impossible, but the distance between Earth and the Moon was nothing to a Human Immortal, especially since Li Qianxia also had the 'Fragrant Leaf Crown' (Her brother's was hers, no objections, humph), wishing for any Daoist law was possible.

She didn't even have to leave the hot spring.

With a gesture, the wind blew through the bamboo, a piece of verdant leaf fell into her hand.

She pinched the leaf, was silent for a while, then threw the bamboo leaf into the air.

The bamboo leaf transformed into a stream of blue light and vanished from the eyes of the other four.

"Alright, let's wait for the news and keep watching."

Zheng Qing played the next video.

The tribulation crosser was a Fire Tiger. The black mist used the same skill and fought back and forth with the opponent.

The Fire Tiger dispersed a bit of the black mist, while the black mist tore off a chunk of flesh from the Fire Tiger, seeming like a deadly bloody battle, yet everyone else sighed in their hearts.

By the end, the black mist's mastery and usage of the skill were virtually on par with that of the Fire Tiger's body. Plus, the black mist itself had no sense of pain and didn't care about life or death; the outcome was quite clear.

The Fire Tiger, barely alive, let out a sorrowful roar.

In the First Stage, fighting against Mad Bulls, elephants, and packs of lions, being poisoned by snakes and scorpions multiple times, almost drowned by a great squid king in the sea, and constantly dodging sperm whale heads in his dreams after returning to reality;

Not to mention the Second Stage, barely surviving amidst rising Heavenly Demon Qi, finally acquiring today's strength, yet still unable to escape death.

The sorrow and unwillingness of the Fire Tiger elicited a slight sigh from the Central King. In the scene, Li Changzhou emotionlessly cleaved with his black Water Element True Blade, devouring the Fire Tiger.

The hot spring pool fell silent.

Just then, a streak of light fell from the direction of Earth, and Li Qianxia caught it with her hand.

The complex emotions of the crowd immediately vanished. In an era where everyone struggled to survive, who had the time to worry about others? Zheng Qing herself was about to face the Human Tribulation.

She lost a good friend who enlisted with her in the First Stage, and in the Second Stage, she lost her police dog, Storm. Wasn't that more tragic than the Fire Tiger?

"What did they say?" Zheng Qing asked.

"Qing Lan told me to go check out the other world first," Li Qianxia read the message, "to gather some intelligence and see what this Adventure Guild is and how many Immortal-level experts there are."

Zheng Qing pondered for a while, "I'll go with you, but it might be a bit difficult to get Japan to agree."

"Why let them know at all? I am an Immortal, after all. If I were discovered by ordinary people, would that still make me an Immortal?" Li Qianxia was excited, standing up, "Let's go and check out this other world. I wonder if there are elves, cat women, or Enchanting Demons! Hehe!"

The newly bathed Immortals stood there, but no one had the time to pay attention at that moment.

"I'm coming too." Beia stood up, "I'll bring Imperial Mecha (her country is now an Empire too), so if you're in danger, I can protect you."

"Oh~~, you protect me." Li Qianxia put her hands on Beia's shoulders, laughing so hard that the water droplets on her body trembled.

Beia blushed.

"Imperial Mecha are too conspicuous," the Central King, who had also been governed by Imperial Mecha, also stood up from the hot spring, "It definitely has to be kept in a concealed place. I can protect Beia before summoning the Mecha."

"Um," Zhou Ying also stood up, looking at Zheng Qing, "The Director asked me to follow you, 'Chief'."

When it's fine, it's 'Sister Qing'; when there's a problem, it's 'Chief.' Well done, post-2000s!

Zheng Qing looked at Li Qianxia: "So—, shall we go together?"

"Sure, no problem!" Li Qianxia readily agreed, "The five of us will form an adventure team called... 'Five Star Quintet Shines on All Beautiful Women Group'!"

"..."

The wind rustled through the bamboo grove, the mist from the hot spring lingering.

"What does that mean?" Beia and the Central King didn't quite understand.

"Qian Xia, has anyone ever told you," Zheng Qing hesitated, as if trying not to burst a bubble, "that your taste in naming... is really bad?"

"My brother has said that, but you're supposed to do the opposite of what he says, except when he's complimenting me. Are you saying my name choice is bad? That's because you don't know the references! Let me tell you! 'Five Star' comes from the 'All Divine Light Illuminates Scripture'..."

Zheng Qing hurriedly interrupted her, saying, "Alright, alright, can we get dressed first? We can talk about the name on the way."

As Beia was fastening her bra, she still heard Li Qianxia muttering something about 'achieving true results, maintaining the south palace,' 'sin dissolves and fortune arises after hearing the scripture,' 'universal happiness, spring is the same across the Four Seas,' 'everyone in Jiajing is learning' and other incomprehensible phrases.

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