Chapter 149: Why not kneel?

Inside the living room, Lu Ran sat on the sofa, cradling Little Li Hua in his arms.

In the corner, Si Xianxian pouted, scooping the cat litter over and over again.

"Where are we going?" Lu Ran rubbed Little Li Hua's fluffy head. "Evil Dog Village?"

"We're going to kill dogs again?" Si Xianxian was somewhat resistant.

"Then where do you want to go?"

"Chang'an? Mount Song?" Si Xianxian clearly had been prepared for a long time, her interest piqued. "Or should we head south and go see Buddha-Light City?"

Lu Ran detected a hint of something off.

Was this big girl actually wanting to kill evil spirits, or did she want to go on a vacation?

Si Xianxian had listed three places in a row, all of which were locations of First-Class Gods.

These areas were all densely populated, relatively prosperous cities, and under the influence of the gods themselves, they were extremely characteristic of the Divine Sects.

And in the Great Xia god sequence, there were only 4 First-Class Gods in total.

Lu Ran asked suspiciously, "How did you miss the Capital? That's the closest one; we could be there in an hour."

"I've been there, it's boring!" Si Xianxian complained bitterly. "The believers of Master Jian Yi all pull long faces, as if I owe them millions.

Every single one of them looks down their nose at people; I really don't know what they have to be so arrogant about.

Every time I see one, I want to slap them."

Lu Ran only felt her courage was commendable: "You're at the feet of Master Jian Yi, slapping believers under the Jian Yi Sect—you really are tired of living."

"The gods are all high and mighty; why would they lower themselves to deal with the trivial matters of human believers?" Si Xianxian said indifferently. "How about we go to Shanghai?"

Shanghai City was the location of the Second-Class God, Most Dongting.

It was even more bustling and brilliantly prosperous there.

Lu Ran finally understood; this girl had been kept on too tight a leash by her parents and couldn't go anywhere.

Now that she had come to his side, she could finally run wild and wanted to go out and see the bustling world.

"Eh?" Si Xianxian's movements stopped, and she turned her head to look at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran: "What, where do you want to go now?"

Si Xianxian's beautiful eyes brightened: "How about we go to the Northeast!"

"Why go back there?" Lu Ran was a bit surprised; this clearly didn't fit Si Xianxian's philosophy of "going out to see the world."

"No, we'll go further north, to Bingcheng!"

"To pay respects to Lord Bei Feng?"

"Right, aren't you a blade user?" Si Xianxian nodded repeatedly. "It's perfect to go there for some advanced training.

And you're at the fifth stage of the Stream Realm now; maybe you can find some inspiration there?"

Lu Ran laughed: "Rare, you can actually consider things for me."

Si Xianxian looked dissatisfied: "Cut the crap! It's been so long, haven't I been good enough to you?

I've even been to jail for you, and you've forgotten already?"

Lu Ran: "..."

"Heartless." Si Xianxian turned her head away, scooping the cat litter heavily.

"Then we'll go to Bingcheng, I'll book the tickets." Lu Ran got up and walked toward the small bedroom.

Si Xianxian looked at Lu Ran's back, and a sentence suddenly popped out of her mouth: "At this time of year, they seem to have an ice sculpture exhibition there.

And I think there's an Ice and Snow World?"

In this special era, people's needs on a spiritual level had been infinitely magnified.

And on this point, what Great Xia had done was absolutely impeccable.

Regardless of whether the population was large or small, or whether the investment and return were proportional, the projects that should exist would definitely exist.

Everything, naturally, was to allow people to survive better.

Lu Ran could even imagine what it looked like on the night of the fifteenth of the twelfth lunar month that had just passed, with Moon-Gazers and the evil spirit clan battling in the Ice and Snow World.

Ice sculptures, snow sculptures, giant slides, snowflake Ferris wheels, magnificent ice castles...

Fighting in this kind of environment must be very magical, right?

"Are you actually wanting to kill evil spirits, or do you want to go on vacation?" Lu Ran walked back holding his phone.

"Half and half." Si Xianxian had finished changing the cat litter. "I've been watched by my family since I was little, and after becoming a believer, I've been managed even more strictly."

Her voice grew quieter: "I haven't been to any fun places."

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, then said: "Today is the twenty-third of the lunar month, and the Demon Cave closes on the tenth; we don't have time to sightsee."

"Oh." Si Xianxian said in a low voice, "Visiting North Wind City is fine too."

Lu Ran looked at the girl's disappointed appearance and couldn't bear it:

"When my girlfriend comes back, the two of us can accompany you."

Si Xianxian froze for a moment, widening her eyes as she looked at Lu Ran: "Are you afraid she'll misunderstand, which is why you won't go with me?"

The Lietian believers were already powder kegs; at this moment, Si Xianxian exploded directly: "Lu Ran!

You tell her that this Immortal is celibate, and you tell her to rest assured!

In this lifetime, no one can touch me!"

Lu Ran: "..."

Let's just say, is there a possibility that no one would dare to touch you anyway?

Si Xianxian looked at Lu Ran angrily: "Turn on the mic! Speak!"

Lu Ran was numb.

He explained: "That's not what I meant; I'm also going to that kind of amusement park for the first time, so of course I want to go with her.

You can be our little follower, and when the time comes, the two of us will take you to play."

Si Xianxian pointed a finger at Lu Ran, clearly quite angered: "You... eh? I just realized, you have a girlfriend?"

Lu Ran scratched his head and said: "More accurately, it's that I have one-sided feelings."

"Oh?" Si Xianxian's anger was temporarily suppressed, and she asked curiously, "Whose believer is she?"

Asking such a question really left Lu Ran stunned.

Si Xianxian could have had many questions, but she just happened to ask that.

Lu Ran responded truthfully: "A believer of Master Yu Fu."

"A Third-Class God, huh." Si Xianxian nodded thoughtfully. "Good luck."

Lu Ran's expression was a bit strange.

The words were indeed kind words.

But why did it feel a bit off?

From Rain Lane City to Bingcheng, it took 5 hours by high-speed rail.

By the time the two of them arrived at this northern ice city, night had already fallen.

It happened to be snowing lightly, and Lu Ran looked at the brilliantly lit Bingcheng under the night sky, feeling it was incomparably beautiful and prosperous.

It really is true that people die when compared to people, and goods are thrown away when compared to goods.

Lu Ran discovered a law:

As long as you set off from Rain Lane City, no matter which direction you go, it seems you are closer to heaven...

The two ate a meal of local specialty food, their little bellies rounded and full.

Afterward, the two found a hotel and opened two rooms, planning to enter North Wind City tomorrow morning.

The so-called North Wind City was the location where the statue of the god, North Wind, was located.

It was situated within Bingcheng, equivalent to a "city within a city."

The Demon Caves Lu Ran had visited before, where he met god statues, were basically all divine statue clones.

At the feet of the divine statue clones were the military camps.

However, the location of the actual divine statue was completely different!

Taking North Wind City as an example:

This city had its own set of rules and operating system, and there were also a large number of North Wind believers in the city, offering sacrifices to their own god all day long.

The moment you stepped through the gates of North Wind City, it was equivalent to entering another world, stepping into an ancient sect.

Therefore, visitors must be mentally prepared.

In fact, every location where a god's actual statue was located had such a "city within a city."

Lu Ran hadn't been to many places; up to this point, he had only visited one actual god statue—Jian Yi.

During the three years he lived in the Capital, he had been to visit "Jian Yi City."

It was indeed as Si Xianxian said; the Jian Yi believers were terrifyingly cold and arrogant.

Only his gentle mother still looked at him with soft eyes, taking him and his sister to pay respects to the god.

At that time, his mother had repeatedly prayed for the god to pay attention to her children, hoping for mercy and gifts on the worship platform in the future.

Looking at it now, taking the back door didn't do much~

The night passed without incident, and the next morning.

The two hailed a car and headed straight for North Wind City.

The driver was also very familiar with the route; after all, a large number of North Wind believers came from all over the country to make pilgrimages every day.

"Whoa~" As soon as Lu Ran got out of the taxi, he tilted his head back, his eyes full of admiration.

From far, far away, he could see this god statue towering into the clouds.

The divine statue clones Lu Ran had seen before, although they stood very high, were only about ten meters in size.

The actual divine statue, however, was terrifyingly tall!

With the naked eye, Lu Ran could no longer measure its specific scale.

It was clearly recorded in books, about 200 meters or so?

Two hundred meters!

What kind of concept was that?

Every human, in front of such a magnificent god, would feel incomparably small, right?

"Wow!" Si Xianxian was also amazed, urging: "Let's go, let's go, let's go in and see!"

Outside the city gates, their vision was somewhat obstructed.

Because North Wind City was an ancient city, with high city walls built of stone bricks.

Above the massive city gate, two large gold-plated characters were carved: North Wind.

These two characters were truly iron-painted and silver-hooked, with blade-like tails!

It was as if a blade was hidden in the strokes, and wind blades could kill their way out at any time.

It was chilling!

"Slow down, slow down!" Seeing Si Xianxian rush into the crowd, Lu Ran hurriedly followed.

Inside and outside the city gates, people were coming and going in an endless stream.

Blade-wielders like Lu Ran were not in the minority.

If nothing went wrong, these people were all North Wind believers who had come for a pilgrimage?

"No loud noises!"

A shout came from the left side of the city gate.

Lu Ran held his twin blades in one hand and pressed Si Xianxian's shoulder with the other, then turned his head to look.

That was a young man, dressed in simple, ancient clothing; he should be a city gate guard?

His face was cold, his eyes were very stern, and he stared fixedly at Lu Ran.

It seemed that if Lu Ran dared to make any more noise, the other party would take action.

With the god here, it was indeed particularly quiet inside and outside the city gates; even with the crowded flow of people, it was a scene of solemn silence.

Lu Ran pursed his lips, said nothing, and followed Si Xianxian inside.

Without the city gate tower blocking his view, Lu Ran could finally appreciate the style of Lord North Wind properly.

The god statue towering into the clouds, although a bit blurry, did not hide its elegance.

The god, North Wind, wore a snow-colored cloak, held a slender blade, and wore a silver crown on his head.

He was very heroic, and particularly cold!

An even more majestic aura rushed toward him, crushing Lu Ran, this small human, making Lu Ran feel a secret palpitation.

Of course, the statue's clothing and crown were not white or silver, but stone products.

It was only because Lu Ran had seen the afterimage of the god, North Wind, in textbooks that he knew the original colors of his clothing and filled it in himself.

Just as Lu Ran was quietly paying his respects, another voice came from beside him:

"Since you see the god, why do you not kneel?"

Hearing this, Lu Ran frowned slightly.

It could not be denied that since entering the city gate, the crowded crowd had knelt down one after another, their expressions incomparably pious.

There were also a small number of people standing, hands pressed together, heads bowed to show respect.

These people were not North Wind believers, but upon seeing a god, they would naturally pay their respects respectfully.

After all, this stone statue was not some clone, but the actual god himself!

In such an environment, Lu Ran looking up to admire the god's style naturally made him an outlier.

"Hmm?" Lu Ran looked over, only to see the shouter was exactly the young man who had just told him to shut up.

The young man's eyes widened immediately!

After he had scolded him, this teenager holding twin blades didn't kneel down immediately, but instead turned his head to look over?

Suddenly, the young man was furious!

His expression was unkind, his eyes sharp, and his tone rose abruptly:

"You, why do you not kneel?!"

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