"This wasn't some ordinary storybook, this was—" Before Bian Chunchou could finish, "You definitely didn't read the Communication Talismans I sent you. I bought a copy for both you and Wen Xu-Xu..."
"You're going to lead Wen Xu astray too?"
"How could you call that leading him astray? I'm..." Bian Chunchou hurriedly explained that he was striving tirelessly to redeem his friend.
Chen Zui was easy enough to persuade. "So that's how it is. Your fireworks still aren't finished? Back in Baigu City, you made forty-nine in a single day. Have you still not finished nine hundred and ninety-nine after two months? Want me to help?"
"No, no. You're too rough-handed. The lines you make are far too unrestrained, and fireworks made by two different people would look completely different. But you can help load the spirit arrays. Are you sure you want to?"
Chen Zui nodded. "Of course. But why do they need spirit arrays this time? It's so complicated."
"After all, we're setting them off on Yonglu Mountain. Since we have time, we might as well make them as perfect as possible." Bian Chunchou casually fobbed him off, then handed over the materials for the spirit arrays. "Just load them according to the array patterns above. But you came out of seclusion so quickly. Once Wen Xu-Xu can come out, how about we go down the mountain together to celebrate all of us advancing to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage?"
"Whatever you say."
Bian Chunchou had long known this fellow's temperament, so he did not feel brushed aside. His eyes merely shone as he said, "In the blink of an eye, we've all reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. I don't know where the opportunity to advance to Golden Core lies, but I feel like you and Wen