Upon reaching the Heavenly River, standing on the clouds and looking back, he could not see the Kingdom of Chechi; looking forward, the Women Country was also out of sight.
"Is this a river?" Li Changzhou stared at the boundless river water, in disbelief.
Along the way, he had seen many famous mountains and rivers, but few were as staggering as the Heavenly River.
"Even ordinary humans would take ten to fifteen days to cross it," Guanyin said.
"Has the Carp Spirit already arrived?" Li Changzhou gazed at the river surface, where the splashes of the waves were taller than ordinary mountains.
"It descended here about seven or eight years ago."
"I'm going to capture him now. Bodhisattva, do you have any advice for me?"
"In the river, the Carp's mana is ten times stronger than on the shore. Once you capture him, Tang Seng will already be at the shore. The fight will be loud and noisy. I'll teach you the crafting method for the 'Fish Basket' magic treasure. It won't take half a day before the Carp will surrender willingly."
This is what expertise looks like, targeted solutions!
"Bodhisattva, please teach me quickly."
As for entering the river and capturing Tang Seng, he thought it could be figured out when it became one of the eighty-one hardships.
Li Changzhou had actually somewhat disliked Guanyin before; who would want an extra person in their mind?
Now, he felt it was like having an elder in the house was like possessing a treasure.
"You?" Guanyin's tone revealed disdain, "Bring Qing Lan here. Let her capture the Carp. As long as she doesn't kill the beast, 'I' won't intervene but will keep an eye on her instead."
First was her appearance; Yang Qinglan's beauty was as clear as ice and pure as jade and would undeniably pull focus anytime. Haven't you seen gods and buddhas going out with immortals and heavenly beauties following them? Celestial beings also need grandeur.
Second was her talent, naturally endowed with a spirit of jade and grace, she exuded an aura of immortality even without cultivating.
Guanyin speculated that seeing Yang Qinglan craft the Fish Basket with such skilled hands, 'she' would definitely consider recruiting her as a disciple, just as she did with Black Bear Spirit and Red Boy.
As for Li Changzhou...
His aura, filled with the killing intent akin to mountains of corpses and seas of blood, making even the demon-like Black Bear Spirits from Lion Camel Ridge seek his counsel on recipes for consuming humans.
"Qing Lan has also slaughtered five cities though," Li Changzhou said defiantly while he transmitted the crafting method of the "Fish Basket" to Yang Qinglan.
Yang Qinglan's city slaughter was actually for his sake.
The reason was simple; if Li Changzhou was killing countless people on the Four Seasons Star, and she also killed, whether it was to be tarred with the same brush or to conspire together, it meant they were of the same kind.
"What a good deed! A fine deed indeed!" Guanyin commented nonchalantly, yet chuckled, "If she hadn't caused trouble or accumulated karmic debt on her, 'I' would find it difficult to take her. Quick, call her here."
These Bodhisattvas...
Li Changzhou had nothing to say. After all, Guanyin was now on his side, but had it been in the South Sea, he would have definitely mocked her harshly.
"Go cut some bamboo," she said, rolling up her sleeves to reveal her snowy white wrists.
"As you command~"
Li Changzhou took out the Emerald Bee Sword, transforming it into an axe, and also rolled up his sleeves, chopping the appropriate bamboo as per Guanyin's directions.
Yang Qinglan found a rock to sit on, smilingly watching him as the forest echoed with a mix of ridiculous songs like 'lovely spring, better than a dream', 'yell at injustice, I'll draw my sword to help.'"
After a while, he carried four or five bamboo rods back to her.
"Split them an inch wide," Yang Qinglan instructed with a smile.
Li Changzhou grinned at her.
"What are you looking at?" Yang Qinglan asked with a pursed smile.
"You look good when you're in command, always look good," Li Changzhou chuckled and knelt in front of her to prepare the bamboo.
Once he had finished processing the bamboo strips, she used them to start weaving.
When all the strips were ready, he sat beside Yang Qinglan, watching her pure, skillful hands at work.
"All done," said Yang Qinglan after a short while, raising her hand with a delicately crafted fish basket in her palm. It was likable at first sight, crafted from superior bamboo, it seemed carved from jade.
"Later you could weave some and place them in bookstores. Even those young girls who don't like reading would come for photos," Li Changzhou clicked his tongue in appreciation.
"With you as the boss," Yang Qinglan chuckled and glanced at him, "are you worried about not having young girls around?"
"I'll take that as a compliment to my handsomeness, haha!" Li Changzhou laughed, hugging her slender waist tighter and planting a kiss.
Yang Qinglan wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes brimming with tears, about to say something.
"Who stole my bamboo!" A gust of green gale swept in from the depths of the bamboo grove.