The four of them equipped their "Skill Stone Slabs" (Yang Qinglan hesitated a bit), and their thoughts also withdrew from above.
"We're preparing for the next instance, right?" Li Qianxia asked as she looked around.
Turquoise Pool looked towards Li Changzhou, "How far are you from becoming an Earth Immortal?"
"Soon, 'Honey Pot World' is indeed the best prop for transforming into a 'region', and it's closely related to my Life Force, it's almost happening naturally."
"But I haven't felt an increase in your 'Ability'," Li Qianxia said perplexedly.
"Haven't I said it's not complete yet?" Li Changzhou tapped his sister's forehead lightly, expressing concern about her comprehension ability, "What about you guys?"
"I've seen a glimpse of 'Constant Sand'." Turquoise Pool said.
"Same here." Yang Qinglan's eyes dimmed slightly in thought, "If I use my daily 'Gu She Divine Woman' to comprehend 'Constant Sand', I might progress faster, but it won't be successful in a short period of time, so I'll use half for understanding Daoist laws, and the other half for contemplation on faith." This update ıs available on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵
Just as Li Changzhou was about to say something, Turquoise Pool suddenly said, "If my 'Instinct' could become complete, 'Constant Sand' would be easy to obtain."
"...Are you comparing yourself to her?" Li Changzhou's tone wasn't very certain.
"I'm reminding someone," Turquoise Pool's eyes were swirling with reproach and laughter, "not to let personal feelings hold everyone back."
"Turquoise Pool makes sense." Li Qianxia nodded in agreement.
"Qian Xia," Yang Qinglan's voice carried a slight smile, "do you know what I love most about your brother?"
"It's that your brother can do what he says—what woman doesn't like a man like that?"
Turquoise Pool sighed languidly, fox-like as she placed her hands on Li Qianxia's left shoulder, and rested her own face on her hands.
She looked at Li Changzhou : "Indeed, who wouldn't like that? If you like it, of course, you have to fight for it."
"First off," Li Changzhou said, "I want to make my stance clear, I am teammates with you, Turquoise Pool, and I am dating Qing Lan. Secondly, I feel we've gone off-topic, don't you think?"
"That works." Turquoise Pool smiled, "We'll take it slow, we have plenty of time after all."
"It's no big deal, my brother even said I'm not allowed to date until two or three million years later."
Li Changzhou was very opposed to this allegation, he was just being a normal brother, normally worried about his sister.
But now really wasn't the time to talk about these things.
Once they started, the four could go on and on without end.
"I'm going to IAO to exchange metal with Qi radiance, and once Qing Lan finishes making the clothes, we'll head out," he said.
Li Qianxia wondered, "Brother, aren't you rushing to advance to Earth Immortal?"
"There's no point, you get stronger, so do the enemies, and you become more at risk, and as long as I remain an Immortal, I hold the advantage in single combat."
"Oh~~, hold the advantage," Li Qianxia teased with a crafty smile, ready to go off-topic again.
Li Changzhou couldn't be bothered to waste words with her, and after spending most of the day using "Teleportation" to lock onto IAO star, which was somewhere unknown in the cosmos, he took the three of them there.
As soon as they appeared in the park, an eagle-headed, tiger-bodied winged beast crashed into them.
Li Qianxia's five fingers clenched the beak of the eagle, as the beast struggled to flap its wings and kicked wildly with its four legs, desperately trying to pull its beak free from her grasp.
"I'm not the same person I was last time," Li Qianxia said with a cold sneer on her face.
This was just a park's ornamental bird... it was unclear what she was so proud of.
"Wow, that stinks!" Li Qianxia suddenly let go of the winged beast and switched her "Ability" to "Divine Will".
With a look of revulsion, she saw that the other three were calm and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you guys bothered by the stench?"
"I was already using Divine Will before we came here," Turquoise Pool said, finding her nose-pinching gesture funny and cute.
"Are you guys, too?" Li Qianxia looked at her brother and Yang Qinglan incredulously, "You guys are so sneaky!"
"Usually, it's only the less intelligent who think others are sneaky," Li Changzhou walked past his sister with an air of nonchalance.
"Although what your brother says is twisted logic, it does apply in some situations," Yang Qinglan also passed by Li Qianxia.
"Let's go," Turquoise Pool laughed and continued walking forward with Li Qianxia.
Upon reaching the tavern where they had brawled last time, ignoring the patrons staring at them, Li Changzhou left a message with the barkeep for Luo Lei and Itheri.
"Old Krake? He comes here every evening with a buxom chick, and he'll probably be here tonight, too," said the barkeep, who was fondling a woman whose body was barely human anymore.
That woman sent a flirtatious wink Li Changzhou's way.
"What time specifically?" Li Changzhou asked.
"Arrives at eight, leaves at one."
On their way out, a drunkard who had been wasted since daylight stood up, seemingly intent on harassing Yang Qinglan, Li Qianxia, and Turquoise Pool.
Before the drunk could take a step, his drinking buddies, as if about to beat him, dragged him back and pinned him to the ground.
A short boy stopped Li Changzhou at the door.
"Hello, Cosmic People, do you need more crew for your ship? I can do odd jobs for free!" he said smoothly, but with a noticeable tension.
"Thank you, but we don't need any at the moment."
After leaving the tavern, the four found a restaurant with normal yet unique flavors.
"It seems the heroic deed of brother pulling away Constant Star has already spread to this planet," Li Qianxia said with a grin.
"That Old Krake spending all his time at the tavern, any secrets he had must have already leaked," Li Changzhou wondered who Old Krake was.
After dinner, the four wandered around and found Old Krake in the evening.
Old Krake was a Dinosaur Head Warrior, no, his head was now that of a mechanical male lion, paired with his burly body, he was quite intimidating.
And... the bosom of the woman in his arms really was enormous.
"Captain!" The Dinosaur Head... better just call him 'Old Krake', who knew what head he'd have next time.