Chapter 199: Divine Weapon Jiang Ruyi?

"Regarding the Prodigy matter, you don't seem very surprised?"

Lu Ran couldn't help but turn his head to look at Jiangjiang Ruyi.

He saw the young girl nod lightly: "Jiang Qiao Yuanxi told me."

"Oh." Lu Ran muttered inwardly: Little girl, your mouth is certainly fast, isn't it?

Tian Tian asked timidly: "Sister Jiang Ruyi, have you been chatting with Jiang Qiao Yuanxi all along?"

Jiangjiang Ruyi smiled at Tian Tian and teased: "What, are you jealous?"

Tian Tian's face flushed slightly; she immediately lowered her head, realizing her little secret had been detected.

"Not very frequently," Jiangjiang Ruyi said softly.

"Mm-hmm." Tian Tian agreed repeatedly, not daring to lift her head to look at Jiangjiang Ruyi.

Jiangjiang Ruyi's gaze swept over the few of them: "Let's go to the Demon Cave for training tomorrow."

"Alright!" Deng Yutang agreed crisply and decisively, reacting quickly, "Then the few of us will head back first."

"Oh, oh!" Chang Ying also realized what was happening; she smoothly pulled the petite Tian Tian into her embrace, "Ran Bao, then we're leaving first!"

"Goodbye, Sister Jiang Ruyi."

The trio departed with remarkable speed, leaving only two figures remaining in the classroom.

"Ran Bao?" Jiangjiang Ruyi turned her head to look at Lu Ran, a faint, almost imperceptible smile playing on the corners of her lips.

Lu Ran felt a bit awkward: "It's a historical legacy issue."

"When we went to the Black Lamp Demon Cave for training, I overdid it with Shi Zhan Shen Fa: Sound of Compassion."

Jiangjiang Ruyi raised an eyebrow slightly: "The Black Lamp clan cannot hear your shouting."

Lu Ran waved his hand: "At that time, I wasn't trying to control the lamps, but the people."

"Her name is Without Si Si Xianxian; she is a believer of Divine Lie Tian. As you know, such people are powder kegs; they must be controlled."

Jiangjiang Ruyi's expression turned strange; was there an unexpected harvest?

She looked at Lu Ran and said softly: "Without Si Si Xianxian sounds like a girl's name; she must be very beautiful, right?"

Lu Ran: "."

Jiangjiang Ruyi's smile did not fade as she gazed lightly at Lu Ran: "It seems that after I left, many stories happened to you."

Lu Ran shrugged his shoulders: "As long as one is alive, there are always stories."

This time, Jiangjiang Ruyi did not respond again.

Lu Ran suddenly said: "I also told Without Si Si Xianxian that after you returned, the two of us would take her together to play in Xue Da Shi Immortal Jie."

Jiangjiang Ruyi was somewhat surprised: "A little girl?"

"No, she is one year older than the two of us."

"Then why do we two need to take her?"

Lu Ran smiled: "If I hadn't said that, I would have had to go to Xue Da Shi Immortal Jie with her alone."

Hearing this, a trace of sweetness rose in Jiangjiang Ruyi's heart.

"Heh." She did not show it, but merely gave a light snort and stepped toward the windowsill.

Mm... it was not in vain that I missed you.

Lu Ran remained seated on the desk, gazing at that graceful back: "Later, when we went to Lord Bei Feng City for training, we happened to arrive just as Lord Lord Bei Feng was crafting a Divine Ruin."

"My Xia Guang Dao received a stroke of fortune, which allowed me to advance smoothly."

"As for your Liang Ye Sword..."

Jiangjiang Ruyi raised her hand and grasped the sword hilt protruding from behind her shoulder; the touch was icy cold:

"No fortune is needed. When you handed Liang Ye to me, she was already full of spirituality."

Lu Ran nodded thoughtfully: "By the way, that is my family heirloom."

Before his voice had even faded, Jiangjiang Ruyi, looking out the window, suddenly spoke: "Everyone has already left; let's go home as well."

Lu Ran hesitated for a moment, then went along with it: "No rush; in a little while, I want to go find the school leaders and ask them for a favor."

"Mm?"

"Am I not going to participate in 'Prodigy'? I was thinking, could the two of us go together?"

"Me?" Jiangjiang Ruyi lifted her head slightly; through the classroom window, she looked at Lu Ran's illusory image within it.

"I don't have the ability to secure a quota for you, but you could act as the photographer!"

"Photographer?"

"Yes, you will be seen by more people." Lu Ran nodded. "You are missing over five months of believer points."

"Even if the school compensates you, what they give will definitely be the average points; they won't give you high scores."

"Getting into a good university is so difficult!"

Lu Ran paused, then continued: "We can find another path!"

"The people of Great Xia pay extremely high attention to 'Prodigy'."

"As long as our strength is solid and we perform brilliantly, we should be able to receive olive branches thrown by some universities."

"Mm." Jiangjiang Ruyi pressed her lips together.

She raised her hand; her slender jade fingers landed on the window, landing on Lu Ran's transparent figure, lightly tracing his features.

Indeed,

it was not in vain that I missed you.

"Do you want to participate?" Lu Ran asked. "Rest assured, your strength is certainly sufficient."

"You are now at River Realm stage one, and you have a divine weapon by your side; there will definitely be no problem."

Jiangjiang Ruyi said softly: "I am not at River Realm stage one."

"Ah?"

"I am River Realm, Second Stage."

Jiangjiang Ruyi watched Lu Ran's stunned expression in the window.

Unconsciously, a faint smile appeared on her face, and her fingertip gently poked his nose.

Unfortunately, that fingertip touched the window; Lu Ran had no fortune to feel it.

"You are River Realm, Second Stage?" Lu Ran was indeed a bit dazed.

The grand competition had already ended, yet Lu Ran had not even realized his opponent was River Realm, Second Stage?!

It was all because the young girl kept flying; Lu Ran could not intuitively feel her personal speed.

Moreover, Jiangjiang Ruyi had a divine weapon by her side.

When she swung her sword, Lu Ran indeed found it difficult to distinguish whether that was her own strength or the power enhancement of the divine weapon.

"I cultivate very diligently," Jiangjiang Ruyi said in a small, soft voice, "afraid of falling behind you."

"Fall behind?" Lu Ran pouted, "Your realm is higher than mine! Does the foot of the Divine Sculptor nurture people so well?"

"Indeed," Jiangjiang Ruyi said softly, "I was also very lucky. After advancing to Stream Realm, Fifth Stage, it took only two days to break through and enter the River Realm."

Lu Ran's mouth formed an 'O'.

Theoretically speaking, this is no problem.

Let alone two days; even if you had just advanced to Stream Realm, Fifth Stage two minutes ago, you could still have a sudden flash of insight and restart the advancement mode.

But

Two days, that is too fast!

How long did I take?

Lu Ran clearly remembered that he became Stream Realm, Fifth Stage on the twenty-third day of the eleventh lunar month, and only had a sudden flash of insight until the eighth day of the twelfth month!

That was a full half-month of time!

If on that eighth day, he had not gone to the banks of the Wu Lie River, had not seen that surging, flowing Dahe River, he would inevitably have continued to be stuck.

Come to think of it, if time reversed and gave Lu Ran a chance to start over, and he went directly to the banks of the Wu Lie River

It seems that wouldn't work either!

The so-called "sudden flash of insight" is a person's realization, and also a sudden enlightenment after massive accumulation.

Lu Ran's experiences in Lord Bei Feng City should be indispensable.

Especially the stories of Yan Yan Shuangzi and Deng Deng Yuxiang had a huge impact on Lu Ran's heart.

Two former close friends chose completely different paths.

One stayed at the foot of the Divine Sculptor, listening to the teachings of the Shenming Sect at all times.

One abandoned the path of ascending step by step to heaven and stubbornly returned to their hometown.

Lu Ran happened to arrive just as my lord of Lord Bei Feng created the Divine Ruins, and personally witnessed Yan Yan Shuangzi stepping into the Divine Ruins, obtaining that immense resource!

Then recalling Deng Deng Yuxiang, who was in the rainy alley, cultivating in loneliness.

This layer-by-layer progression of emotion and sentiment revolving around "hometown" was absolutely an important influencing factor for Lu Ran's "realization by the riverside."

"I relied on the protection of my hometown, gazing at the Wu Lie River to advance," Lu Ran composed his thoughts and asked, "What about you?"

"Vmm~"

The Cool Night Sword trembled slightly.

Jiangjiang Ruyi lowered her head and smiled: "I and Cool Night achieved each other.

She condensed a weapon spirit and advanced to become a divine weapon; I broke through and advanced, becoming River Realm."

Hearing this, Lu Ran could not help but sigh with emotion; it sounded truly beautiful, didn't it?

However, Lu Ran, as someone who had been there, naturally knew the difficulty of advancing to River Realm, and knew even better the difficulty of a divine weapon condensing a weapon spirit.

Jiangjiang Ruyi spoke with an air of ease, her voice soft and gentle.

But her personal goals, her spiritual will, including the heart hidden beneath this gentle and beautiful exterior

Must be extremely clear and extremely firm.

Lu Ran could not help but ask curiously: "What realization did you and the divine weapon have?"

Jiangjiang Ruyi looked at someone's figure in the window, suddenly tilted her head slightly, and smiled sweetly:

"I won't tell you~"

Lu Ran: "..."

He could feel that Jiangjiang Ruyi was becoming more and more like a "person."

At least she was more lively and spirited than when she first returned.

Or perhaps... hmm, because there was no one else in the class?

Jiangjiang Ruyi's focus gradually shifted; she no longer looked at the figure in the window, but gazed into the distance, her eyes slightly hazy.

In the future, I cannot tell you either.

If you knew, and became bold and reckless, what would I do?

"Then do you want to be a photographer?" Lu Ran asked.

"Sure," Jiangjiang Ruyi said without hesitation, joking, "I will take beautiful pictures of you."

"No need to take special pictures," Lu Ran snorted, "I am naturally beautiful; my foundation is right here."

Jiangjiang Ruyi finally turned around and gave Lu Ran a white-eyed look.

"Let's go talk to the school leadership," Lu Ran tilted his head slightly, indicating the direction of the classroom door.

"Mm." Jiangjiang Ruyi took a step, carrying a faint scent of jasmine, and walked past the desk where Lu Ran sat.

However, just as she was about to step out of the classroom door, she suddenly stopped.

Jiangjiang Ruyi lowered her head and looked at her right hand: "You..."

It turned out that Lu Ran had secretly held the young girl's index and middle fingers.

He gently shook them and blurted out, "Let me try and see if I can swing you."

Jiangjiang Ruyi:???

In those few short seconds, she had imagined many things Lu Ran might say.

Even her cheeks had flushed slightly red.

But what was this?

Jiangjiang Ruyi said, both annoyed and amused, "Do you take me for a divine weapon?"

Lu Ran still pinched her fingers, shaking them left and right: "Not bad, I can swing you."

She offered no resistance, nor did she pull her hand away.

Emboldened, someone went from pinching two fingers to grasping her entire palm.

This fair, slender hand felt cool and soft.

Holding it felt just right.

Jiangjiang Ruyi's eyes widened slightly, and her face flushed red in an instant.

Lu Ran chuckled: "You haven't been back for over five months; things have changed a lot here, and I was afraid you'd get lost."

Jiangjiang Ruyi: "."

Is this the most reasonable explanation you could come up with?

Lu Ran hurriedly walked out of the classroom.

Facts proved that

he could swing his hand, and he could lead her away.

Jiangjiang Ruyi kept her head down, her face burning with heat.

She remained silent, allowing Lu Ran to lead her as they jogged through the corridor.

Thanks to Gzc Ya for the 5,000 reward!

Thanks to Qi Qi Heji, Passing Coffee, and several other bosses for their tips! Thanks for the support! You bosses are generous!

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