Speckled with sunlight, the breeze was gentle. Li Changzhou sat cross-legged, with Yang Qinglan sitting across from him. Her hair swayed slightly in the wind, a butterfly landed on the jade-like tip of her knee and then lightly flew away.
The world was quiet and harmonious.
"Using all of our Game Coins, can you upgrade all of your skills to S-?"
Li Changzhou calculated for a moment, "Almost."
The income from live streaming was simply a windfall, He didn't set the prices too high, and most players would come to watch. Of course, there were those who were stingy, really couldn't afford it, weren't interested in the outside world, or were ordered by superiors not to watch — that was hard to stop.
As lucrative as it was, so far there had only been two instances, needing to win the first place in events each time. All were taken by Li Changzhou, which perhaps was one of the reasons why Turquoise Pool took a fancy to him.
Investing all the Game Coins, raising "Concentration" from A-grade, "Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion" from B-grade, "Photo Transmission" from A+ grade, and "One Device Through" from B-grade, all to S- grade.
[Name: Concentration]
[Type: Skill]
[Quality: S-]
[Special Effect: Enter Concentration State; Enter Deep Concentration State]
[Minimum Use Conditions: "Ability" above 60 points; "Origin" noble or above]
[Introduction: 1, Enter concentration at will;
2, Concentration state is not interrupted by external disturbances;
3, 20% chance of entering deep concentration;
4, Concentration state: Intelligence +1, Perception +1;
5, Deep concentration: Intelligence +2, Perception increased threefold]
[Note: If your enemy has this skill, you'd better deal with them quickly. A person with intelligence can achieve twice the result with half the effort]
"Looking at it this way, the probability of entering 'deep concentration' is what's enhanced for S and S+ grades," Yang Qinglan mused.
Li Changzhou entered "Concentration" and suddenly had an idea pop into his mind, which he rapidly simulated and confirmed to be feasible.
Within the light column of Tong Tian, he manifested his [Divine Body], took a powerful breath, and the essence qi billowed like smoke. Before it even entered his body, he pinched with his hand, and all of it was condensed into pills.
[Divine Body] dissipated quickly, and he sat back down cross-legged in front of Yang Qinglan, tossing an Essence Qi Pill into his mouth.
The essence qi spread throughout his body, like turning on a faucet in a bathtub, "Ability" visibly recovering.
"With this, we won't have to worry about not having enough 'Ability' anymore." Yang Qinglan said, pocketing the Essence Qi Pills into the small Jade Cauldron like a wife collecting her husband's salary.
It was only an S-grade small Jade Cauldron that could ensure Li Changzhou's "crudely made", casually shaped elixir pills continued to last.
Li Qianxia's "Evaporator" would also do the job.
Li Changzhou, always thinking about his sister, consumed an Essence Qi Pill and his complexion became slightly ruddier.
"What about Qilin Blood Exhaustion?" asked Yang Qinglan.
"I'm turning into Tang Seng," Li Changzhou laughed, while absorbing essence qi to replenish the [Divine Body]'s consumption, simultaneously showing her the skill.
[Name: Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion]
[Type: Skill]
[Quality: S-]
[Special Effect: Condense Qilin Blood Exhaustion from one's own blood]
[Minimum Use Conditions: a life form with blood "Ability" above 50 points; "Origin" noble or above]
[Introduction: 1, Have an immediate healing effect on wounds;
2, 100% cure rate for non-skill type diseases, and skills below A-grade;
3, Increase life span: "Ability" below 5, 1 drop adds 1 year of life, up to 200 years; "Ability" 5 and above, 10 below, 1 drop adds 1 to 6 months of life, up to 50 years; "Ability" 10 and above, under 100, 1 drop adds 1 to 30 days of life, up to 10 years; ineffective for "Ability" 100 and above;
4, Based on 3, the stronger the life force of the skill bearer, the better the effect of the Qilin Blood Exhaustion;
5, Qilin Blood Exhaustion cannot extend the life span of the skill bearer itself]
[Note: Selling a kidney might only get you an Apple, but selling blood can make you rich!]
"If you don't eat now, when your 'Ability' breaks through 100 later, it won't have any effect even if you consume it then."
"When it reaches 100, do you think I would still care about this little bit of lifespan?"
Li Changzhou had no interest in this kind of argument.
"Blood has this effect, I wonder what the effects of other things would be." He stared at her with a smile and pulled her into his arms.
"Fooling around?" Yang Qinglan didn't struggle, leaning into his embrace with a smiling face.
"Should we try saliva first?"
"Sure, let's find a... mmm!"
Not too long a time later, Yang Qinglan rested her cheek against his chest and chuckled softly, "Wasn't it your saliva we were testing? Why did you kiss me?"
"You are the Gu She Divine Woman, how could we not test it." Li Changzhou touched her hair again.
Yang Qinglan was dressed simply today, a white short-sleeved shirt and a long skirt that cinched at the waist, making her feel light as a cloud, as fragrant as a flower, and as soft as a pillow in his arms.
"Do you want me to become the [Gu She Divine Woman]?"
"Didn't say so," he replied.
"But you thought about it?"
"Occasionally," he admitted.
Clothes transformed into a white palace dress, her aura like a light mist in a secluded valley, ethereal and beyond worldly affairs, her body surrounded by a faint white glow, a celestial beauty with a Heavenly Immortal's noble elegance.
The arms of the Goddess Gu She, bright and fair as the bright moon, rested on Li Changzhou's shoulders.
"30 seconds," the Goddess said.
Li Changzhou could hardly wait to pin her down on the grass.
The originally warm and clear "Honey Pot World" turned into an inferno due to the two of them.
"Alright, alright!" Yang Qinglan pushed him away, the [Gu She Divine Woman] long gone, "Let's continue."