Chapter 128: Smooth as Silk

The next day, at dusk.

In the small bedroom, Lu Ran, who had slept for a full day, finally woke up.

"Hmm..." Lu Ran, bleary-eyed, let out a confused nasal sound.

He rested one hand on his cheek, brushed away the mischievous cat tail, and took the opportunity to scratch his cheek.

"Meow~" Little Li Hua, seeing its owner wake up, made a move to escape.

However, it was pressed onto the bed by a large hand.

Lu Ran lay on his side, holding the restless Little Li Hua in his arms, and fumbled around the pillow.

He picked up his phone to check it, only to see a special text message.

Instantly, Lu Ran felt much more energetic.

As early as dawn, Lu Ran had already reported his safety to his family and teammates, but he seemed to have missed one person?

Jiang: "Are you okay?"

Four short words, allowing Lu Ran's mind to outline a fair and beautiful face.

"Meow?"

Little Li Hua in his arms poked its head out, curiously looking at the glowing screen.

Lu Ran thought for a moment and replied:

"I'm fine, how about you?"

Lu Ran didn't hold much hope; after all, Jiang Ruyi practiced very hard and was very focused, and her message had been sent in the morning.

At that time, he was fast asleep.

Yet unexpectedly, Jiang Meiren responded quickly: "Hmm."

Lu Ran looked at the lonely character on the screen and couldn't help but grin.

Only a period accompanied this cold word.

"What to do?" Lu Ran lowered his head and kissed Little Li Hua's furry little head, "How do I reply to this?"

Jiang Meiren on the phone still had some talent.

She could kill a conversation in less than two sentences.

"Meow~" Little Li Hua extended a cat paw, as if it also wanted to learn from Lu Ran and touch the phone screen.

Lu Ran held Little Li Hua in his arms, his fingers tapping on the screen.

Ran: "Did you miss me?"

Lu Ran looked at the phone screen, waiting quietly.

This time, he didn't get a response for a long time.

"I'll take that as a yes." Lu Ran muttered softly, throwing the phone onto the pillow.

He stroked Little Li Hua with one hand and pinched its tail.

"Buzz~"

The phone suddenly vibrated.

Lu Ran unlocked the screen immediately and saw four words again.

Jiang: "A little bit."

A smile had just appeared on Lu Ran's face, but his expression turned strange again because this message disappeared.

She even retracted it?

Good fellow, are you fishing for me here?

Hmm... if it were another girl, it would be possible.

But with Little Ruyi's personality, it shouldn't be?

Jiang: "I saw that you joined the patrol squad again."

Ran: "What did you retract?"

Jiang: "That was a Savage Female Ba; you should have gone home; many people would be worried about you."

Lu Ran looked at the text on the screen, was silent for a good while, and replied:

"You saw it?"

Jiang: "Hmm, there's a photo of you in the group, fighting a Savage Female Ba."

Lu Ran's expression froze, and he immediately checked the grade group.

The group was like an explosion; there was simply too much information.

On this night of the "Night Parade of Ten Thousand Ghosts," the students were wailing, and the teachers couldn't control the situation.

Finally, Lu Ran's constantly sliding thumb stopped, and he first saw a series of comments:

"Lu Ran is awesome! He won, holy shit! The battle is already over, holy shit! I just saw him absorbing energy, holy shit!"

"Don't die, please, sob sob sob..."

"He's simply a lunatic, not wanting his life!"

"Can he still survive? How is Lu Ran now?"

"@Ran, are you there? Is this person really you?"

"Fuck, a Savage Female Ba!! You dare to go up against that?"

The comments Lu Ran saw were naturally from back to front.

He also discovered he was a bit stupid; he should have just clicked "mention me," saving him from searching for so long.

Lu Ran kept scrolling up, and after a long time, he finally saw a blurry photo.

The photographer must have been in a residential building, possibly on the second or third floor.

The complex was a mess, covered in yellow sand.

On top of a sand pile stood an unusually tall figure.

The Savage Female Ba had her back to the photographer, looking up slightly, as if roaring at the sky, her scarlet red hair dancing wildly in the wind and rain.

She held two battle axes, stretching her arms, indulging in showing off her domineering physique and proud body.

Arrogant, rampant.

Just this back view was enough to bring endless pressure to people!

Below her raised arm, people could see further away, a figure draped in a yellow raincoat.

The youth held blades in both hands, in a lunging posture, killing his way up the sand pile...

Although the face was slightly blurry, it could vaguely be recognized that this was Lu Ran.

Their classmate from the same grade, Lu Ran from Grade 12, Class 4!

Lu Ran thought for a moment and remembered which battle this was.

This Savage Female Ba was really quite strong.

The sand pile beneath his feet had also caused Lu Ran trouble, almost entangling his ankles.

Thanks to the help of his comrades, and thanks to the Evil Art: Fire in the Cage (Illusion)!

Otherwise, Lu Ran might have really been dragged into the yellow sand pile and buried alive.

"Heh."

Remembering the thrilling scene from last night, Lu Ran smiled and shook his head.

He reopened the private chat and sent a message to Jiang Meiren:

"These guys are strong in limbs but simple in mind; they were quite easy to kill."

Jiang: "Do you want to see what you are saying?"

Ran: "..."

Indeed, this sentence just now should have been sent to the grade group.

That was a "great buffet" of several hundred people; even if he took out a larger plastic bag, he could fill it to the brim.

Lu Ran directly changed the subject, his fingers tapping the screen:

"Is your cultivation going smoothly?"

Jiang: "Very plain, and very smooth.

Every day I practice meditation with my senior brothers and sisters, and occasionally enter the demon cave for trials to refine my divine techniques."

Ran: "The demon cave guarded by the Master Yu Fu main body is not low-level; be careful!"

Jiang: "You are the one who should be careful."

Lu Ran's expression was strange, looking at the text on the phone, imagining many tones.

Ran: "Are you throwing a little tantrum?"

Jiang: "I'm going to practice."

Ran: "When will you be back?"

Once again, no text appeared on the phone screen for a long time.

Ran: "Better not come back; these few months, Rain Alley hasn't been very stable.

You focus on your cultivation; after you become very powerful, we will go kill demons together."

Lu Ran had originally thought that this message of his would just become a comment.

Unexpectedly, she was still there.

Jiang: "Winter is coming, wear more."

Lu Ran raised his head, looking at the coat rack next to the door, looking at the dark red, wide knitted scarf.

Jiang: "Did you hear me?"

A smile appeared on Lu Ran's face; this time, he was very sure that the tone he imagined was correct.

It's just that he didn't know, across a screen, would she blush?

Ran: "I also miss you a little bit."

"Ran" retracted a message.

Lu Ran not only retracted the message but also threw the phone aside.

Lu-style combo, smooth as silk~

He held Little Li Hua, buried his head in the side of its furry belly, and took two fierce sniffs.

Little Ruyi, fighting with me?

Sooner or later, I'll hook you.

"Meow~ meow~"

Little Li Hua kept whimpering, but in the end, it escaped from "Demon Lu's" embrace.

Lu Ran got up and got out of bed, went to the shrine, and bowed with his hands together.

When he returned home this morning, Lu Ran asked the Fairy Sheep Lord some questions, which could be considered answered.

To summon and control demons, one must at least cultivate the statues in the sculpture garden to the River Estuary Realm.

The demons produced would be one level lower than the demon statue itself.

And it also required consuming "Qi."

The Fairy Sheep Lord also said that in a critical moment, Lu Ran could even drag the statue out directly!

Whether it was a god statue or a demon statue, they could help Lu Ran fight!

It's just that once the statue is invited out of the garden, it counts as "hurting muscles and bones," and the energy consumed would be extremely high!

Moreover, that also counts as the highest-level understanding and application of the "God-Demon Sculpture Garden."

With Lu Ran's current strength, it was far from enough.

Just setting a grand goal in his heart was enough.

Currently, as a small fry in the Stream Realm, Lu Ran shouldn't fantasize about being able to invite the statue itself to take action.

Speaking of which, since Lu Ran could use evil sculptures to summon demon small fries, he could naturally use god sculptures to produce "god small fries."

But the Fairy Sheep Lord didn't suggest Lu Ran do that, and his attitude was very tough.

For Lu Ran, the Qi that could be harvested from god sculptures was pitifully small. Producing a god small fry once would consume the Qi he had painstakingly saved up.

This move was not worth the loss and was truly unwise.

The Fairy Sheep Lord's original words were: Why must you summon gods to fight, instead of using demons with more energy supply and more stable sources?

It is worth mentioning that the demon small fries produced by evil sculptures have flesh and blood, just like the demons Lu Ran has always encountered.

But "god small fries," according to the Fairy Sheep Lord's meaning, seem to be just shadows?

I don't know if I can use such "god shadows" to bluff people in the future?

Hmm... be cautious.

Once exposed, a sharp sword hangs overhead.

"Fairy Sheep Lord, you said this morning that my idea of building a foundation was correct?" Lu Ran said softly.

Bai Yang jade carving: "Finding some human apostles for the god sculptures in our garden, who will obey your every command and serve you, is naturally possible.

But for this move, you need to be cautious and more cautious.

The human believers who worship the god sculptures in our garden need to be loyal to you."

Lu Ran nodded heavily; in the end, he was still worried about the secret being exposed.

It's just that his mind was active, and he continued to ask: "Fairy Sheep Lord, if humans come to worship the god sculptures in our garden...

Can our god sculptures also harvest the power of faith?"

If he could, Lu Ran's means of cultivating god sculptures wouldn't need to be so singular.

On one hand, Lu Ran could go and plunder the "Qi" of the true gods of the world.

On the other hand, human believers could provide a steady stream of faith support; why not do it?

Bai Yang jade carving: "Difficult!"

Lu Ran: "Difficult?"

Bai Yang jade carving: "If the true gods do not die, our sculptures will find it difficult to enter the hall."

Lu Ran pursed his lips: "Just like the God-Soldier Domain?"

One radish, one pit.

If the true god doesn't die for a day, the false god won't get faith?

And compared to those god-soldiers with weapon spirits, the survival environment of false gods is even worse.

Lu Ran could only act in secret, plundering energy to support this group of god sculptures.

"Sigh." Lu Ran sighed.

How difficult it is to replace the gods of this world!

The voice transmission fell again:

"Unless..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 129 =====