Chapter 3: Baa~

Lu Ran "jumped" up and turned to run out the door.

However, the moment he gripped the doorknob, Lu Ran's body stiffened!

A mess of thoughts flooded into his mind, instantly causing Lu Ran's brain to overload, losing the ability to think and act.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that Lu Ran gradually came to his senses, only feeling like he was being watched!

Suddenly, a low voice echoed in his mind, full of majesty:

"If I were an evil spirit, how could you still be awake?"

"Hmm?" Lu Ran's face stiffened, and then a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

This statement was simple and crude, but also very effective.

Lu Ran had already entered the other party's sect, which could be understood as the two parties having concluded a contract.

Under this premise, the Demon Clan could wantonly control weak humans, making them lose themselves and become slaves forever.

Thinking of this, Lu Ran turned to look at the shrine: "Are you Master Xian Yang?"

The black sheep head remained silent and did not respond again.

Lu Ran calmed his mind and looked at the pitch-black sheep head in the shrine: "Sorry, Master Xian Yang, I thought you were a gentle and friendly god.

The world doesn't know that you have such a terrifying... cough, terrifyingly powerful side."

The low voice echoed in his mind again: "You crave to prove yourself, you crave to repay kindness."

Lu Ran nodded slowly: "Yes."

The situation was stronger than the person; he couldn't shake his head.

What's more, Lu Ran wanted to repay the kindness from the bottom of his heart.

During this god-worship, if Xian Yang hadn't come, Lu Ran's only outcome would have been failure.

Countless examples were placed here: the success rate of worshipping gods the following year, including worshipping gods year after year, was infinitely close to zero.

This was the same logic as chasing a girl:

Regarding the fact that she doesn't love you,

you really don't need to confirm it repeatedly.

If he failed, Lu Ran could only be a fragile and powerless ordinary person for the rest of his life, living in fear in this dangerous world.

To say that Xian Yang had a grace of rebirth toward Lu Ran was not an exaggeration at all!

The black sheep head: "Good."

This was the third sentence the black sheep head had said, and also the last sentence.

Lu Ran waited for a long time but didn't get any more instructions from the god.

"Buzz buzz..."

His phone in his pocket suddenly buzzed, waking Lu Ran, who was waiting in contemplation.

He looked at the shrine cautiously, hesitated for a moment, and then took out his phone.

Seeing it was a call from his mother, Lu Ran answered immediately: "Mom."

Lu Ran grew up in a single-parent family.

After his parents divorced, he lived with his father at the age of 5, while his mother took his younger sister and left the city to return to her maiden home.

When Lu Ran was 13, his father, Lu Xing, died in the line of duty, and he was picked up by his mother again.

Until he was 16, Lu Ran, who thought he could take care of himself, returned to his hometown alone and moved back into his father's old house.

"How have you been lately?" His mother's gentle voice soothed Lu Ran's mind.

"Quite good." Lu Ran looked at the shrine unnaturally.

"Have you been training properly?" Mother Qiao Wanjun continued to ask.

Lu Ran turned his head subconsciously and looked at a wooden sword leaning in the corner.

Its blade was straight and slender, clearly modeled after the Tang dynasty straight sword style.

Lu Ran had practiced sword techniques under his father Lu Xing's guidance since he was young and had good aptitude.

At that time, the young Lu Ran had even fantasized about one day gaining the recognition of the god, Yu Fu, and fighting side by side with his father.

But now,

things have changed, and everything is over.

"I've practiced."

"Hmm." Qiao Wanjun's voice was soft, and after a simple greeting, she got to the point, "I heard about what happened at school.

Ranran, you have to adjust your mindset; having a god's favor is already our greatest honor."

His mother didn't mention the demon at all, only the god, Xian Yang.

Lu Ran looked at the shrine again and couldn't help but feel moved.

His mother was powerful and knowledgeable; perhaps she knew the message about the black sheep head?

Even if she didn't know, she could at least give some suggestions.

However, just as Lu Ran was about to ask, he was frozen in place!

A mess of thoughts suddenly flooded in, making Lu Ran's brain blank in an instant, unable to speak.

A full 5 seconds later, Lu Ran finally came to his senses and looked at the shrine in fear.

No wonder the world didn't know that the god, Xian Yang, had such a side!

It didn't allow its believers to expose its existence?

In a daze, Lu Ran heard his mother's last few sentences: "... Xian Yang's divine techniques are very special; if used well, the effect is extraordinary."

Regarding Lu Ran's silence, Qiao Wanjun misunderstood, thinking her son was very depressed.

After all, Lu Ran had high spirits and had practiced diligently for so many years, but he only prayed for Xian Yang, the lowest-ranked god in the ninth row.

Such a blow was not small.

What's more, before Xian Yang arrived, her son had actually prayed for an Evil God!

This could show from the side that Lu Ran had explosive talent and should have been fought over by the gods in the front rows.

As for where the problem lay, Qiao Wanjun didn't know either.

Qiao Wanjun said softly: "When you brought the god sculpture home, the school also gave you a small booklet."

"Yes, yes." Lu Ran responded stutteringly.

On the computer desk lay a "Xian Yang Sect Rules," which contained nothing more than some cautionary words.

It stipulated that believers should pray devoutly every day and be kind to others and united in their daily lives.

The booklet also recorded a unique divine technique of the Xian Yang sect: "Sound of Compassion."

The name of such a technique was quite intimidating!

In fact, it was just opening one's mouth to beg for mercy.

Xian Yang believers could use their voices to make the other party feel compassion.

Once the opponent sympathized with you and pitied you, you could avoid disputes or be let off the hook.

As for the specific combat effect...

This was just the most basic divine technique of the Xian Yang sect, and the effect was really not very good.

Never mind encountering the cruel Demon Clan; even when facing someone firm and decisive, no matter how much you cried and begged, the other party wouldn't let you go.

Qiao Wanjun: "Look at the basic divine technique and understand it carefully."

Lu Ran: "Teacher Li sent me back and coached me, interpreting it for me."

"I see." Qiao Wanjun nodded gently, "When you became a believer, Master Xian Yang bestowed upon you some divine power."

"Hmm." Lu Ran responded casually; earlier on the god-worshipping platform, the Xian Yang phantom had given him a wisp of immortal mist.

This immortal mist was the so-called divine power, which also helped Lu Ran transform his physique so that he could absorb and cultivate divine power in the future.

Qiao Wanjun said: "Feel the divine power in your body, mobilize this power, and wrap it around your vocal cords."

Hearing this, Lu Ran had already guessed what his mother wanted to do.

She should be trying to divert his attention and, by performing a magical spell, make Lu Ran feel a little better.

Lu Ran was also moved in his heart!

You have to know, every believer needs to go through one procedure when performing a divine technique: pray to their own god.

Only with their own god's approval and assistance can believers perform the unique skills of their sect.

In other words, Lu Ran could try to perform the unique divine technique, "Sound of Compassion," to verify whether the black sheep head was the real Xian Yang!

"Good." Lu Ran made a prompt decision and, under his mother's careful guidance, properly completed the preparations.

Qiao Wanjun said softly: "Look at Master Xian Yang and pray for its help."

Lu Ran looked at the shrine and said "Hmm" gently.

Qiao Wanjun: "Call."

Lu Ran: "..."

What kind of talk is this!

It sounds so embarrassing.

Qiao Wanjun waited patiently for a long time, but didn't wait for her son to perform the divine technique.

She comforted him: "It's okay; it's normal to be unaccustomed to divine techniques at first; we'll practice a few more times."

Lu Ran immediately explained: "Baa~ No, Mom!"

Qiao Wanjun: "..."

Lu Ran: "..."

Awkward!

Lu Ran was so awkward he spun in circles and pulled his hair.

What kind of f*cking divine technique is this!

Why am I baa-ing?

Too! Shameful! Ah!

"Hehe~" What made Lu Ran even more speechless was that a light laugh came from Qiao Wanjun on the other end of the phone.

Apparently, she did it on purpose!

As a powerful believer, how could she not know the awkward situation that Xian Yang believers might encounter when performing divine techniques for the first time?

"I'm hanging up." Lu Ran said unhappily.

"Ranran."

"Hmm?"

"Cultivate divine power well and train well." Qiao Wanjun instructed softly.

"Got it." Lu Ran hung up the phone and sat down in the chair, feeling terrible.

Seventeen years old, the age when self-esteem is at its peak.

Baa-ing in front of his mother was truly shameful for Lu Ran.

Ah ah ah ah!

I really want to smash my head into this...

Lu Ran, whose heart was surging, suddenly shivered.

He suddenly realized that there was another god staring at him!

Lu Ran turned his head slowly and looked at the shrine.

The jade sculpture's body was still glowing white, only the sheep head was pitch black.

Now, Lu Ran had confirmed that the other party was Xian Yang, but he had more doubts in his heart.

Lu Ran hesitated for a long time and said softly: "Regarding your existence, why don't you allow me to ask others?

Do you have any unspeakable secrets?"

The black sheep head remained silent and gradually faded, the sheep head returning to a glowing white color.

"Hey? Don't go!" Lu Ran hurriedly opened his mouth; he still had too many questions in his heart.

And at this moment, Lu Ran's head went blank again!

A large number of thoughts attacked, not only making Lu Ran shut his mouth but also making him dizzy, his body collapsing to the ground, and he fell directly into a deep sleep.

The god seemed to be annoyed and didn't want someone to ask questions like a machine gun anymore.

In the quiet little room, the shrine released wisps of mist, surrounding the sleeping Lu Ran and nourishing his fragile human body.

Lu Ran slept until evening.

Until the lights of Yuyucheng came on, Lu Ran, who was lying on the floor, opened his eyes in a daze.

He reacted for a while and finally remembered what he had experienced!

"Do you have to be so overbearing?" Lu Ran looked at the night outside the window, his face a bit pained.

You tell me to shut up, and I have to shut up; you tell me to sleep, and I have to sleep?

Am I some kind of ideal girlfriend?

Such good cultivation time, wasted in vain... Hmm?

Lu Ran frowned, discovering that things weren't simple.

Why was his body filled with thick divine power?

Lu Ran only became a believer this morning, and he only had a wisp of divine power bestowed by Master Xian Yang in his body, as thin as mist.

And now, that thin mist had actually become much thicker!

He felt even more full of strength, and his body seemed to have been nourished and transformed by divine power.

So...

Lu Ran raised his head and looked at the wooden shrine.

After the god made me faint, he bestowed blessings upon me?

"Wow." Lu Ran clenched his fists, feeling the full divine power and bursts of strength.

It couldn't be more satisfying!

Master Xian Yang is flawless!

A dignified god, so what if he's a bit overbearing?

I just like overbearing ones!

Ah~

Refreshing!

Thank you, brothers, for coming to support; I'll open a separate chapter to thank you in a while.

I've been writing for so many years, and to have such a group of book friends helping me and not leaving, Yu is really grateful and feels very honored.

Adding a chapter today to express my respect to all the brothers!

Regarding the alliance leader's reward, after it goes on the shelves, Yu will also offer them one by one.

In short,

three chapters today, 12, 17, 20.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 4 =====