Unlike the outside world, the Honey Pot World was always peaceful, full of bird songs and floral scents.
"Is that it then?" Turquoise Pool was somewhat curious.
Li Changzhou smiled but said nothing.
Turquoise Pool also smiled, a thoughtful and meaningful smile that suited her well, and possessed a captivating charm.
"It seems there are other plans. I knew it, although you're not as ruthless as the 'Supreme Immortal Tribulation' to wipe out Cairo with a single stroke, you're not one to let others bully you—especially not when they're bullying your sister and your wife, and still care for the people of Earth," she said.
"You're wrong there," Li Changzhou said, "I truly am concerned about Earth."
These words were not entirely accurate.
It wasn't him who was concerned about Earth; it was Guanyin.
She had profound feelings for Earth, and one reason she did not follow Western Heaven to the far reaches of the cosmos was because she could not bear to leave Earth. Li Changzhou was merely repaying her kindness after learning so much from her.
"Brother, are you planning to settle accounts after the fall? But how?" Li Qianxia asked, puzzled.
Fighting alone, they could indeed kill Third Level and Second Rank Immortals without causing widespread geographical changes, but if a dozen or twenty opponents attacked at once, Earth would inevitably face a catastrophe.
The strategy of ganging up against a fewer number seemed to Li Qianxia impractical.
All four of them knew to stick together, rarely separating, and those Immortals were experienced players from the Second Stage of the Value Game, definitely having the skills to gather quickly, perhaps even staying together all the time.
Li Changzhou looked at his sister and asked with a smile, "What do you think your brother, in the eyes of all the Immortals, all the people on Earth, looks like?"
"The world's number one handsome man?"
"What else?"
Hearing that Li Changzhou did not argue, Turquoise Pool couldn't help but laugh.
"Hmm—" Li Qianxia pondered, "perhaps someone who cares about Earth?"
"Exactly." Li Changzhou nodded, his expression serious on his youthful face, making him look adorably old beyond his years, "My sister was assaulted, nearly killed, and I held back for the sake of Earth, only killing three to quench my anger."
"So big brother, what do you plan to do with your image of caring for Earth?"
"Summon all the earth's Immortals to Mars—"
Li Changzhou paused, looking up at the canopy of trees, where Yang Qinglan, dressed in a light blue knitted sweater and a long white skirt, sat on a Golden Cloud, her long hair fluttering down.
A little Jade Cauldron hovered in her hand, its red glow breathing strongly and weakly, unknowingly refining some Elixir.
Without asking what had happened, Yang Qinglan tossed Li Changzhou a Storage Bag: "Remember to take your medicine."
"It's devouring." Li Changzhou emphasized that he wasn't a patient.
While speaking, he directly transmitted his recent experiences and upcoming plans to her, and also to Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool.
After reading, all three stared at him.
"What's wrong?" Li Changzhou took out Elixir Pills from the Storage Bag.
"...Nothing." Li Qianxia said, "Big brother, you love me too much. I seriously suspect you're a sister-complex, and one who might engage in dangerous actions at that."
"I suppose so, I don't like being threatened." Elixir Pills in Li Changzhou's hands were devoured by the black mist.
Turquoise Pool looked at him, her expression gleaming, "So kill those who can threaten you? Plan to kill all the Immortals on Mars, and use them as your energy to return as an Immortal?"
In his mind, Guanyin persuaded him to lessen the killing and just sign a contract, but Li Changzhou ignored her.
She curiously pointed to the Golden Cloud beneath Yang Qinglan.
"Not enough faith to upgrade [Gu She Goddess], so I gathered them and made this Golden Cloud," she explained.
"Somersault Cloud?!"
One could not confirm what exactly was said just by listening, but Yang Qinglan didn't need confirmation to understand the three words Li Qianxia's brain, which only played with Li Changzhou, thought of.
"Golden as in gold, and Dou as in a peck, this ball of faith weighs 12.5 pounds," she explained.
Li Qianxia nodded in realization, then asked, "So what is the Golden Cloud used for?"
"It has myriad uses."
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Earth.
The aftershocks caused by Li Changzhou's spontaneous display of the "Mountain Taking" still randomly erupted in various places.
The aftershocks of the affair where twenty Immortals had besieged Turquoise Pool and Li Qianxia, only for Li Changzhou to kill three, were similarly erupting.
In a simple office containing only one table and a couch, a meeting of the highest national order was being convened.
"Has Li Changzhou's strength recovered?"
"No, the Visualization just entered the Fourth Layer, but it can be confirmed, this time his dispersing his powers was not by accident, but deliberate, and he is now stronger than ever; in these past few days, players going through the Human Crossing Tribulation died instantly upon contact with his embodied Black Line."
"Damn him, why didn't those Immortals kill him! With him around, only First Level Immortals will ever arise on Earth! Those from middle or lower backgrounds will never become Immortals in their lifetimes, forever trapped in the Value Game!"
"Mr. President, since Li Changzhou is alive, we should shift our focus from him to our country's deities—our Immortals, they... are too strong."
After a large number of Immortals were produced, two problems emerged.
First, the conflict of interests between the new and veteran Immortals diminished temporarily after Li Changzhou killed three;