From red to purple, from purple to red, it looked quite festive, even a bit excessively so.

While everyone's attention was drawn to the color-changing Holy Tree, Lily, who had been quietly sneaky all day, finally found an opportunity.

Crouching like a thief, she sneaked step by step to the side of a giant dragon. Seizing the moment when it wasn't paying attention, she climbed up its back like a monkey.

Aiming at the target that had landed on the dragon's back, Lily pulled out an empty jar from her pocket and squirmed over.

Plop!

With quick hands, Lily grabbed the target and sneakily glanced around.

After confirming that no one was watching, she performed a tactical roll, falling from the dragon's back and disappearing into the tall grass that was more than half a person's height.

—Lily's mischief progress bar 10% charging—

No matter what happens on the grassland, the major color changes of the Holy Tree didn't affect the Junior Sister's Quick Sword. She stepped forward to block Zhang Ze in advance.

However, though she blocked him, she didn't know what to say. Some words were really hard to speak, but doing nothing would also feel uncomfortable.

So she stiffened her neck and stared straight at Zhang Ze.

With a look that clearly said she had no idea what to do.

Xiangxiang felt the same. Although she had acted decisively earlier, now when calmness returned, she felt she might have been somewhat excessive. She shook the chain in her hand, her eyes wandering.

The atmosphere reached a stalemate; everyone felt they had done something wrong but no one wanted to take that step back.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere in the Asura Scene, as the central figure and instigator of all events, Zhang Ze felt he couldn't do nothing.

The hero needed to make an entrance.

He took a deep breath, holding Xiangxiang's waist tightly. Amid her tiny exclamation, he led her toward Junior Sister.

Approaching Junior Sister, he took the sword from her hand and placed it back into the Storage Ring at her fingertip, then pulled her close as well.

Junior Sister struggled for a bit but ultimately succumbed to Zhang Ze's mighty presence, honestly leaning by his side, just turning her head away.

After ensuring Junior Sister wasn't going to have a major outburst at him, Zhang Ze breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke the most shameless words in a serious tone.

Only he could say such shameless things.

"Honesty is the best way to resolve conflicts.

"So why don't we all have a frank and open discussion together?"

Junior Sister & Xiangxiang, "?"

Zhang Ze held them tightly, and without waiting for their rebuttal, directly summoned a Palm Buddha Country.

"As the saying goes, a sage keeps treasures within. Not only have I mastered my skills early, but they are abundant. I can ensure fairness, justice, openness..."

"You...you, you are too shameless! I...I..."

Listening to Zhang Ze's nonsense, Junior Sister's face turned beet red, and she began wriggling again in Zhang Ze's embrace.

Given Zhang Ze's understanding of Junior Sister, seeing her like this, he actually relaxed.

If she truly was unwilling, she wouldn't wriggle but would stab him.

He couldn't resist teasing, "If you're unwilling, can you keep watch outside for me?"

Junior Sister, "?"

"You big jerk! You said I'm the boss, and yet you want me to guard the door! I'll bite you to death! See how skilled you are!"

Junior Sister glared fiercely at Zhang Ze, bit his wrist hard, broke free from Zhang Ze's embrace, kicked the couple into the Palm Buddha Country, and then charged in herself.

The three figures disappeared, and the golden lotus faded to dust in the air.

Subsequent events were not unexpected.

During this closed-door discussion and combat championship, everyone was frankly open with effective opinions exchanged.

They sought truth in practice and replicated and developed various new ideas and gameplay.

In this process, each of the three participants had outstanding traits and unique skills, with unmatched fighting spirit and patience, along with secret weapons that were surprisingly effective.

After three days of siege and attack, defense and counterattack, everything temporarily returned to peace.

Lying on the golden mist, Zhang Ze raised his hand to cover the sleeping Junior Sister with a blanket.

Now entering the Wise Man's Time, he was full of wisdom.

Xiangxiang leaned against him, writing for a while on his chest, seemingly savoring some kind of aftertaste.

After writing for a while, she suddenly looked up and asked.

"What about Tongtong's House? Besides, I still can't cultivate, can I?"

Xiangxiang waved her hand in front of Zhang Ze's face, the movement so large that certain things dazzled the eyes.

Xiangxiang supported herself on Zhang Ze's chest and did a pushing motion, standard in action, precise.

This is the first form of the simplest cultivation Dharma Method, the Cloud Gathering Hand.

Tongtong's House contains countless Taoist texts; Xiangxiang naturally was well-acquainted with various cultivation Dharma Methods. During the halftime breaks of these three days of discussion and exchange, she secretly operated those methods.

However, it remained extremely difficult, and regardless of how many times she performed them, she felt no Spiritual Qi.

However, the basic Pile Skill among these methods did prove somewhat useful, saving her quite a bit of energy during exchanges and allowing for faster recovery during breaks.

After performing it several times, it seemed her stamina indeed improved noticeably.

But these thirst-quenching matters didn't solve the real problem; though passion has been satisfied, concern and panic about the future crept in.

Alas, though she has been reborn, she also lost the essence of immortality. If she can no longer cultivate...