They didn't use "Teleportation" on the way back.
Sitting on the auspicious clouds of Turquoise Pool, Li Changzhou, Yang Qinglan, and Li Qianxia each had a booklet of information on the Flood Dragon King.
Bi was playing with the auspicious clouds, thinking they seemed like cotton candy, and secretly dug a little bit with her finger to taste it.
"These four Flood Dragons truly deserve to die!" Li Qianxia said angrily.
The booklet only contained news of three days, during which, at least seventeen or eighteen children had been eaten and two groups of women had been abducted!
They were given silver and treasures, and the women were even sent back, but what does it count for after such violation?
"It's a pity this isn't real history; otherwise, I would definitely skin and debone these four beasts," the voice of Turquoise Pool was also cold.
"What's wrong?" Bi extended her hands straight, placed them on Li Qianxia's shoulders, and her body clung to her back like putty.
"Huh? Bi, have you developed again recently? Chest—"
"Don't speak of such shameful things! Are you a pig!"
Their playfulness scattered the unpleasant atmosphere, and everyone consciously tried not to think about the things in the instance, whether good or bad, as they shouldn't be affected by them.
From the Flood Dragon Kings' booklets, apart from learning about their misdeeds, Li Changzhou also gathered some useful intelligence.
In the current Great Ming, the upright sects were strongest with Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen, in the field of medicine there was Li Shizhen, and other notable cultivators included Lanling Smiling Scholar, Sheyang Lay Buddhist Wu Cheng'en, and Gu She Divine Woman.
On the Demon Path, the leaders of White Lotus Sect, Fire Residence, and Spirit Treasure Dao had some skills, but the only ones whose demon skills could challenge Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen were the Divine Sect Emperor and Heavenly Empress.
The five Heavenly Monarchs of the Divine Sect each had great divine skills but were also unruly and had a strained relationship with the sect leader. They showed reverence on the surface but often acted hypocritically behind his back.
As for Buddhism, the Great Ming has always favored Daoism, reaching its peak during the Jiajing Period, with many Buddhist temples in the palace turned into Daoist Palaces, and the Buddha Golden Body melted into the Three Pure Ones' Dharma Image.
Disliked by Emperor Jiajing and suppressed by the Dragon Vein, Buddhist practitioners hardly ever emerged from seclusion, rarely making a name for themselves in the world.
Regarding the use of the Dragon Vein to attain immortality, the booklets mentioned the Flood Dragon Kings discussed it frequently, but without any conclusion, they had to keep trying.
To disrupt the Great Ming and detach the Dragon Vein from Emperor Jiajing's body;
Or to get Emperor Jiajing to enshrine them in the Imperial Temple, to enjoy mortal worship alongside past Ming Emperors, hoping the Dragon Vein would ascend unto them.
"Qing Lan," Li Changzhou said, "It says here that upon reaching the Immortal status, one can sense the power of incense, which in Western terms is called faith. Once you become an Immortal and people worship you, the time as 'Gu She Divine Woman' could be extended."
Whether as 'Gu She Divine Woman' or 'Divine Body', the three tried everything to extend their time but made little progress.
Yang Qinglan nodded and said softly, "Previously there was no way, it really was because our abilities were insufficient. Only an Immortal is qualified to touch the power of a deity."
"Sounds a bit like Dragon Tiger Great Divine Power," Li Changzhou joked.
"What is Dragon Tiger Great Divine Power?" Li Qianxia asked curiously.
Li Changzhou's gaze turned toward a distant peak, a white Gray Dragon roaring as it burst out from his body, coiling around the mountainside and dragging over a large chunk of the mountaintop.
He flung a blue Wood Element Qi Blade from his sleeve, shattering the mountaintop, and said, "This is the dragon aspect of Dragon Tiger Great Divine Power; it might not suit you two, but I also memorized two Daoist spells that would, you'd better study them quickly."
"Why only two?" Li Qianxia complained.
Yang Qinglan gently said, "In the instance, we only had time to master one, your brother probably memorized the others, we can delve into them slowly after returning 500 years later."
Li Changzhou sighed: "Qian Xia and I are twins, but the one who truly understands me is Qing Lan."
The statement could only be made this way; reversing it to 'Qing Lan and I are a couple, but the one who truly understands me is Qian Xia' was absolutely unacceptable.
There were some jokes he absolutely wouldn't say between himself and Yang Qinglan, but with Li Qianxia, it was far more casual.
"Of course," Li Qianxia smiled cheekily, "my relationship with you is just side by side, but yours and Qing Lan's is deeper."
"...are you asking for a beating?" In private, it was fine for the siblings to be a bit unrestrained in their speech, especially when there were no children around.
"Did I say something wrong? Huh? Right, Qing Lan?" After snapping at her brother, Li Qianxia turned to Yang Qinglan for confirmation.
Everyone thought she was certainly going to get hit.
"Not yet deep," Yang Qinglan spoke indifferently, her expression unchanged except for a slight reddening of her snow-like face.
Li Qianxia covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes widened: "Mmm, mmm, mmm!" (If I have done something wrong, let the law punish me, why should I have to listen to my brother and sister-in-law's romance progress! —Li Changzhou's translation)
"Alright, alright," Li Changzhou interrupted their chat, "are we studying the spell or not?"
"Study, study, study!" Li Qianxia lowered her hands and sat upright attentively.
"I had a deep discussion with Changzhou today."
"Hey!"
"Turquoise Pool! Are you actually being a mistress? I—" Li Qianxia, fully focused and speaking in a fast, low voice, "please hurry up and tell me the details! How deep was it?"
"Enough!" Li Changzhou displayed the demeanor of a future judge—he wasn't going to be a lawyer anymore.
"Qing Lan, yours is the 'Heaven and Earth Furnace Mysterious Dao Enlightenment Treasure,' grasp words not comprehended by the Five Elements, attain the secret of the Nine Revolutions Returning Elixir. Sweet waters that nourish, turning decay to renewal..."
Li Changzhou recited loudly, as if chanting true words, his voice clear and magnetic, making even the abstruse scriptures sound refreshing.