At this moment, the willpower of the audience shines brightly on Ma Ji. This radiance is incredibly pure, filled with a kind of light that makes people feel convinced and joyful, completely different from the divine fire's brilliance that was felt before. Ma Ji feels a surge of emotion: "I've realized that people are the most precious things in this world. No material can be exchanged for them. However, in the realm of cultivation, many people, in their quest for magical tools and artifacts, will stop at nothing, even abandoning their families, friends, and moral constraints to obtain what they desire. They forget the fundamental purpose of living in this world, which is for people, not for any material existence. This is truly putting the cart before the horse."

Now, Ma Ji needs to connect the Demon Lord's sword with the Spirit King to establish a new contract. Currently, his own strength is not sufficient to achieve this. It can be said that his current forging work is only two-thirds complete. But he is not in a hurry; there are still people. He realizes that countless people are helping him. So, Ma Ji communicates again with a strand of consciousness from the Crocodile God in the third layer of his spiritual sea. The Crocodile God's head has already been given to a clone of the Crocodile God, specifically the one refining elixirs on Crocodile Mountain. But there is still a strand of consciousness in Ma Ji's spiritual sea, allowing the Crocodile God to stay in constant contact with him.

"Crocodile God, it's your turn to act now! You've seen that my forging work has reached its final stage. This will allow the Demon Lord's sword to perform a new ownership ceremony with the Spirit King. And I believe only you, Crocodile God, can accomplish this. My cultivation is shallow, not even one ten-thousandth of yours! Crocodile God, it's your turn to act now!"

The Crocodile God looks at Ma Ji eagerly. But Ma Ji hasn't bought him any playing cards. He feels very lonely here; he loves playing cards the most. But Ma Ji has forgotten one of his requests. So, he angrily says: "Ma Ji, Ma Ji! You only think about asking me to do things for you, but have you done what I asked you to do?" Ma Ji looks confused: "Crocodile God... this... what you asked me to do... let me think... what was it?" The Crocodile God is filled with grief and anger: "Alright, alright! Ma Ji, you've completely forgotten what I told you! You're so happy all day long, with your two consorts by your side, you've forgotten about my happiness, haven't you? Don't you know how lonely and bored I've been all these years? What about the beauties you promised me? What about the playing cards you said you'd buy for me? When have you ever thought of me?"

Ma Ji quickly slaps his head, looking remorseful: "Oh dear, Crocodile God, I'm so sorry! I've been so busy with this and that, I forgot about your request. I'm really sorry! But this time, when I came to the Rakshasa Market, I found many beautiful dragon ladies! They're perfect for you! You're the Crocodile God, so you must be very good in water. I'm looking for the right dragon ladies for you! They are about your size. When they transform, they are as tall as you. You two would be a perfect match! Don't worry, Crocodile God, I've prepared some beauties for you. I've prepared several for you! Also, I'll send you the playing cards right away. Don't worry, don't worry! Crocodile God, your requests will all be fulfilled. If you have any other requests, just tell me!"

Ma Ji temporarily stops communicating with the Crocodile God. He turns to the audience and says: "I need to complete the forging of this broken sword. I need something that you all can help me with. That is—does anyone have a nice deck of playing cards?"

"Ah! Ma Ji, what do you need playing cards for? Can playing cards repair a broken sword? Can they establish a blood contract between the broken sword and the Spirit King? Can they make the broken sword recognize its master?" Everyone is confused, looking at Ma Ji with question marks all over their heads, not understanding the deeper meaning behind his request for playing cards. Even the Spirit King is surprised: "Oh, Ma Ji, why do you suddenly want to play cards? I've never played cards before!" However, many guests present enjoy playing cards.

Dragon King Ao Guang and Princess Pianpian are also surprised. Ao Guang says: "Why would Ma Ji want playing cards? When did he learn to play cards? Is he a gambler now?" But the guests present are not seasoned card players. Someone says: "Ma Ji! I have some! Whatever cards you want, I'll give them to you. What do you mean by nice playing cards? Explain it clearly so I can prepare them for you!" Ma Ji scratches his head, embarrassed: "Oh, these playing cards have pictures of beautiful women! He loves playing cards with pictures of beautiful women. He said if I give him such a deck, he'll help me. Then, this demon sword can directly recognize the Spirit King as its master."

"Ah? There's such a thing! Who is this person? Ma Ji, can you tell us?" Ma Ji awkwardly says: "This... I can't tell you. This is my secret. I know many people, they are all ancient gods... But no matter what, whoever has playing cards, please bring them up here!" Several people come up to give Ma Ji their decks of cards. Ma Ji says apologetically: "I'm sorry for making you all laugh! This is someone else's hobby, I can't say much about it. But it's human nature, isn't it strange? Don't we all like beautiful women, right?" Hearing this, everyone laughs heartily.

"Haha! Ma Ji is telling the truth, of course, we men like beautiful women. But do those beautiful women like beautiful women? Daji, do you like beautiful women?" Daji snorts: "Hmph, I don't like beautiful women! I find beautiful women annoying. How can you judge by appearances? It's inner beauty that counts! I don't pursue outer beauty, I like inner beauty!" The men think to themselves: "Ah, Daji is already beautiful enough, of course, you don't pursue outer beauty. But then why do you put on makeup? Aren't you pursuing outer beauty? Why do you make yourself so beautiful? After all, women's love for beauty is as natural as heaven and earth! Just keep bragging! You can say whatever you want!"

Zhuer and Zhuoma also say: "We don't like beautiful women either, who likes mere flesh? Human appearances are prone to aging. Some men are very shallow, only caring about women's beautiful appearances. What use is a beautiful appearance? After a hundred years, everyone becomes old bones. For us cultivators, inner beauty is the most beautiful. So we won't be so shallow. You men, those smelly men, only like beautiful women!" In fact, the two queens are worried about Ma Ji! They don't know what bad friends Ma Ji has made outside? He even wants to play cards, and wants playing cards with pictures of beautiful women! It seems Ma Ji has been led astray by bad people! If Zhuer and Zhuoma knew that "bad person" was the Crocodile God, what would they think? They know the Crocodile God. They never imagined that the seemingly serious Crocodile God had such a bad taste. They don't know whether to cry or laugh? Should they be happy for Ma Ji, or worried?

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin adds to the chaos, saying to Zhuer and Zhuoma: "Oh, listening to you, it seems you don't care about appearances at all. Then am I suitable for you? If Ma Ji were like me, would you still like him as much as you do now?" Immediately, Zhuer and Zhuoma are stunned. Zhuoma quickly pushes Cheng Yaojin's face away: "Pah, pah, pah! You old pighead, get away from me, who wants to see your pig face!" Everyone bursts into laughter, it seems that in women's hearts, they still like handsome men. The principle of beauty and ugliness cannot be overturned. Beauty is beauty, ugliness is ugliness, everyone loves beauty!

At this time, Dragon King Ao Guang also asks Pianpian with a smile: "If Ma Ji looked like Cheng Yaojin, would you still think of him all the time, unable to forget him?" Pianpian blushes and can't avoid the question. She lowers her head and says: "If it were really Cheng Yaojin, that night on the mountain, I wouldn't have gone up to ask him for the mountain chicken meat to eat."