Chapter 19: The Sound of the Wind

On the fourteenth day of the sixth lunar month, the whole school was closed.

More accurately, the whole country was closed.

From the 14th to the 18th of every lunar month, which was the three days before and after the fifteenth of the lunar month, except for specific departments on duty, the whole society was pressed on pause.

A full five-day holiday was a government regulation and also a social custom.

"Woo~~~"

"Boom!"

The sound of sirens in the early morning, accompanied by bursts of muffled thunder, woke Lu Ran, who was sleeping in bed.

"Hmm." Lu Ran rubbed his eyes in a daze, picked up the phone on the side, and checked the time.

Seven o'clock sharp.

Although the Demon Clan would appear at night on the fifteenth of the lunar month, the government would sound the alarm on the fourteenth to warn citizens.

"Lord Fairy Sheep, morning." Lu Ran got up and got out of bed, habitually bowing before the shrine.

Ever since the Vicious Dog Village assessment, Lord Fairy Sheep hadn't appeared for a long time.

In fact, this was the posture a god should have; how could the high-and-mighty god group be seen whenever a mortal believer wanted to see them?

"Disciple feels that I am about to advance to Mist Realm, Third Stage."

Lu Ran muttered to himself, hoping the god could hear him.

Since advancing on the fifth, until today, the fourteenth of the lunar month, Lu Ran had been cultivating diligently; even when he was on the martial arts field, he was surrounded by wisps of mist.

Now, the mist in his body had been compressed to a certain extent.

His body was also nourished by Divine Power, becoming stronger and stronger, and he was ready for the advancement to Mist Realm, Third Stage!

Lu Ran was full of expectations: "By then, I will be able to practice the Divine Technique, *Fairy Hoof*."

However, the Fairy Sheep jade statue in the shrine was still silent.

Lu Ran waited for a long time, and after confirming that Lord Fairy Sheep had no instructions, he bowed properly.

Then, he moved sideways and came to the windowsill.

The low and long siren sound was still continuing, echoing in the city, making this already hazy rainy day even more oppressive.

"It's raining again."

Lu Ran looked at the rain scene in the residential area, looking at the branches swaying in the slanting wind and fine rain.

The weather forecast said it would be cloudy tomorrow, and he didn't know if he could see the full moon?

Lu Ran took a deep breath, turned, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

A few minutes later, he took an umbrella and a wooden knife and walked out of the house.

Rain Alley City in the rain curtain had a bit of desolation and bleakness.

Compared to the previous few days, there were significantly fewer pedestrians on the road, and the shops on the street were closed.

Lu Ran searched for a long time before finding a small shop that hadn't closed, buying a box of milk and a box of canned fish.

His destination for this trip was still By the Wu Lie River, the abandoned residential area.

As for why Lu Ran wanted to come...

On one hand, it was to pay tribute to his late father; on the other hand, it was because he had been thinking about that little tabby cat.

Since they parted last time, Lu Ran would specially come here to take a look on his way to school every day.

On the sixth, Lu Ran was in a mess because of Wu Shanshan leaving the team, and in a moment of carelessness, he let the tabby cat run away.

After returning home, every time he thought of that little tabby, Lu Ran was very worried.

Stray cats and dogs really had a hard time surviving the night of the fifteenth of the lunar month.

Unless a kind person took them in, or the little tabby could sneak into a citizen's home and hide beside the shrine statue, otherwise...

"Baa~~~"

In the drizzling rain, Lu Ran held an umbrella and arrived at the overgrown By the Wu Lie River residential area.

He bleated all the way, from outside the building to inside, and then to the dilapidated seven-story rooftop.

Unfortunately, the tabby cat still didn't appear.

"Dad, that tabby cat isn't here again." Lu Ran came to the corner of the rooftop and placed the milk and canned fish on the railing, "Eat it."

Lu Ran put away his umbrella and exposed his figure to the rain again:

"Eat quickly, I'll eat after you finish."

Lu Ran gripped the wooden Tang horizontal knife tightly, imagining an imaginary enemy, and started practicing.

Thanks to the cat, for many consecutive days, the father-son breakfast had been canned fish.

Lu Ran was a bit tired of eating it.

As for Dad... hmm, it's fine.

Whether he likes it or not, he can't speak anyway~

"Lu Xiao Lu Lu Ran?"

A voice suddenly came from the stairwell entrance of the rooftop.

"Ah?" Lu Ran turned his head and saw a tall figure wearing a yellow raincoat.

Lu Ran was startled!

This is... uh, Little Nightmare?

The little guy actually grew so big, her figure is so good...

Lu Ran wiped his eyes, which were wet from the rain, and confirmed that the other party was still there.

For a moment, his heart hung in his throat!

In such a desolate place, how could there be anyone?

And the other party even knew his name!

Could it be some kind of demon descending early?

The woman reached out and pinched the hood, pulling it up, revealing an oriental face.

Immediately, Lu Ran was even more stunned!

The woman in front of him was stunning, and like her yellow raincoat, she looked exceptionally bright and beautiful in this hazy world.

"Sister Rain Alley?" Lu Ran looked stunned, not believing it, "Such a coincidence?"

"Coincidence my foot." Deng Yuxiang glanced at Lu Ran, "I found you by listening to the sheep bleating."

Lu Ran: "."

"You've got some nerve." Deng Yuxiang walked onto the rooftop, "The fourteenth of the lunar month, and you still dare to run to this desolate place?"

"This is my secret training base." Lu Ran held the wooden knife, pointing to the south, "Look over there."

"Hmm?" Under the hood, the woman's pitch-black pupils pierced through the rain curtain, looking south.

Under the hazy smoke and rain, the Wu Lie River rolled.

The momentum was huge, quite spectacular.

"The scenery is indeed not bad." Deng Yuxiang looked into the distance and asked, "Tomorrow, you and Yutang are going to participate in the city defense mission, how is the preparation?"

"It's okay, thinking of practicing today to maintain the state." Lu Ran asked curiously, "Why is Sister Rain Alley here?"

Deng Yuxiang didn't answer, but shifted her gaze to the milk and canned fish placed on the stone railing.

"Does sister want to eat?" Lu Ran was very sensible, "It's yours."

Deng Yuxiang rolled her eyes with a smile.

I climbed a full 7 floors, just to grab your milk and canned fish?

Deng Yuxiang turned and walked toward the stairwell, and a sentence drifted from afar: "Take your little snacks, go home and practice, don't linger outside."

Little snacks?

Lu Ran felt uncomfortable.

That was Little Tabby's cat food, my father's tribute, and my breakfast, okay!

What is called eating one fish three ways?

"Really hasn't changed at all." Lu Ran muttered a sentence and continued to practice his knife skills by himself.

A few days ago, after she sent Lu Ran to his door, she stepped on the gas pedal to the floor, and the sports sedan roared into the rain.

Now, she left a sentence and left, not even giving a chance to chat, really swift and decisive.

Lu Ran didn't expect that just 1 minute later, Deng Yuxiang returned to the rooftop: "Do I have to send you back?"

"No need, no need." Lu Ran shook his head repeatedly, "Soon, I'll go back soon."

Deng Yuxiang smiled: "I see, you little brat is only obedient with your mouth, right?"

Lu Ran said helplessly: "I'll stay a while longer, just a little while."

What if Little Tabby appeared?

Deng Yuxiang nodded slightly: "Looks like you have a kind heart."

Lu Ran pursed his lips and didn't respond.

Mainly because Sister Cat has skills!

She insisted on nursing me...

The impression of it was too deep.

Deng Yuxiang said casually: "You go back, I'll help you find it."

"Ah?" Lu Ran was quite surprised.

"Ah what?" Deng Yuxiang turned her wrist and hit Lu Ran's butt heavily with the blade, "Go home!"

"Slap~"

Lu Ran: "."

Okay,

Okay, okay!

You've never heard of thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river?

Hitting my butt, right, you wait!

Thirty years later, don't cry out in pain...

Lu Ran turned and left, but after walking into the stairwell, he stopped and poked half his face out, secretly observing.

He saw Big Nightmare shaking the milk box in her hand and drinking the milk inside in one gulp.

Then, she leaped lightly and flew over the rooftop railing, disappearing into the hazy rain.

Lu Ran held the canned fish, looking at the yellow raincoat gradually drifting away.

To say he wasn't envious would be a lie.

A believer of the Lord Bei Feng Knife, really high and low, very cool!

Lu Ran sighed in his heart and walked downstairs silently.

What he didn't know was that on the rooftop of the next residential building, the woman in the yellow raincoat stood quietly, watching him walk out of the desolate residential area, watching him go far away.

The road home was quiet, without a single person.

A good Rain Alley City was turned into a ghost city by the fifteenth of the lunar month.

To this, Lu Ran was accustomed to it.