Chapter 352

The 13th of the lunar calendar, Capital International Airport.

As soon as Lu Ran walked out of the exit, he was pounced on by a beautiful figure.

"Whoa!"

He took a step back and looked down at the girl in his arms.

Qiao Yuanxi was wearing a mask and a winter white knitted hat, with a cute fluffy ball on the hat.

After all, she had also been on "The Prodigy."

And because she was Lu Ran's own sister, she was incredibly popular on the internet.

"Brother~"

The girl tilted her head, her smiling eyes curved like two beautiful crescent moons.

Lu Ran also smiled and gently pinched the fluffy ball on her knitted hat: "Why are you getting more clingy as you grow up?"

Qiao Yuanxi pouted her little nose in disagreement: "Hmph!"

Hateful guy!

If you promised me not to challenge the Divine Ruins and not to leave me...

I would be fine not talking to you for a year!

Hmm, let's make it a month.

A year is too long.

Qiao Yuanxi thought secretly in her heart, not saying it out loud.

Under Qiao Wanjun's upbringing, Qiao Yuanxi had known a truth since she was a child:

Some things can be obtained through appropriate coquetry.

But some things,

no matter how much you cry and make a scene, it will be of no avail.

If you make too much of a scene, you will have to be punished and admit your mistakes, and deal with the sadness yourself.

"Where are they?" Lu Ran whispered, suddenly feeling that little Yuanxi's arms were hugging tighter.

"Waiting for you in the car; the four of us standing together is too eye-catching." Qiao Yuanxi whispered.

Lu Ran was a little puzzled, not knowing why his sister's mood suddenly dropped.

In the pick-up area, countless eyes were secretly sizing up the two.

Although the siblings had disguised themselves, one could tell from their eyebrows and eyes that this was a heroic young man and a delicate girl.

"Let's go." Lu Ran patted little Yuanxi's back.

Inadvertently, his voice became much gentler.

"Hmm." Qiao Yuanxi grabbed Lu Ran's clothes with her little hands and didn't move.

"Let's go?"

"Hold me."

"There are so many people here, stop messing around."

"I don't care~" Qiao Yuanxi was unexpectedly stubborn.

Lu Ran was a little helpless and thought of a compromise: "Can I carry you on my back?"

Qiao Yuanxi shook her head: "No, I want to be held."

Lu Ran: "..."

He lowered his head and saw little Yuanxi tilting her pretty face, not avoiding his gaze, her eyes very stubborn.

Lu Ran seemed to realize something.

He really wanted to say "I will come back," wanted to say "I won't die."

But these comforting words, even Lu Ran himself didn't believe them.

"Alright." Lu Ran leaned down, one hand wrapping around her back, the other passing through the bend of her legs.

"Hehe~" Qiao Yuanxi was happy.

It was the princess carry she liked.

Sure enough, those who are favored are fearless.

Qiao Yuanxi buried her face in Lu Ran's arms, rubbing left and right like a kitten.

Lu Ran said irritably: "Wearing a hat and mask was to avoid being noticed, now it's great, everyone is looking at us."

Qiao Yuanxi muttered: "Who cares about others."

Lu Ran: "Heh, you don't think it's eye-catching now?"

"Shh!" Qiao Yuanxi pushed her head, using the fluffy ball on the knitted hat to poke Lu Ran's face, "Don't talk."

Let me feel it well, and save the memory well.

When Lu Ran, under Qiao Yuanxi's guidance, came to the G-Wagon, Wang Ling and the others were a little surprised.

"Brother Ran!"

"What's wrong, Brother Ran? Did Yuanxi sprain her ankle?"

Listening to the concerned inquiries of the others, Lu Ran hummed: "Didn't sprain her ankle, pure willfulness."

Guan Yiren: "..."

Niu Zhengzheng scratched his head.

Wang Ling reacted, then laughed: "Willfulness only works if someone is there to indulge it, haha!"

"Stinky skeleton, shut up." Qiao Yuanxi was a little shy and annoyed.

Wang Ling smiled and opened the car door for the Qiao family's eldest daughter.

Lu Ran leaned into the car, placed little Yuanxi in the middle of the back seat, and joked: "Satisfied?"

"Hmph." Qiao Yuanxi waved her little hand, "Step down."

Lu Ran: "..."

On the other side, Guan Yiren had just gotten into the car and saw Lu Ran eating a loss, unable to help but smile.

Lu Ran put his weapons in the trunk, and the few quickly got into the car, drove away from the airport, and headed to Yuxiang.

Qiao Yuanxi had been unhappy, leaning in Guan Yiren's arms.

Until the car got on the highway, Wang Ling spoke: "Brother Ran."

"What?"

"On the 15th of the twelfth lunar month, Yuxiang City probably won't be very peaceful."

"Did you have someone calculate it?" Lu Ran looked at the snow scene outside the car window, feeling a bit cold in his heart too.

Wang Ling: "My family helped me ask. Additionally, Yiren's family also gave news; her family's news is always particularly accurate."

Lu Ran nodded silently.

Niu Zhengzheng suddenly said: "Think on the bright side, Brother Ran can get a high score! You can compete for the position of the number one prodigy!"

Guan Yiren frowned slightly and quietly sized up Lu Ran.

Although Lu Ran didn't have much reaction, she still added a sentence softly:

"We can only find joy in suffering like this."

Lu Ran suddenly said: "You knew in advance, yet you still jump into the fire pit?"

Wang Ling smiled freely: "Always like a roc in the North Sea, a phoenix facing the sun.

Yuxiang City is not a fire pit.

That is the examination room for people like us!"

"Good!!" Niu Zhengzheng nodded heavily, "Your breadth of mind...

You'll be promoted to the River Estuary Realm sooner or later!"

Lu Ran nodded in agreement: "Better to choose a day than to hit the day; let's do it tonight."

Qiao Yuanxi finally joined in: "Right, right, right! Prepare, let's ascend tonight!"

Wang Ling laughed: "I'll believe you!"

The atmosphere in the car improved a lot, but before they could chat for long, they were interrupted by a phone call.

Lu Ran took out his buzzing phone, looked at the screen, and couldn't help but sink his face.

There was no need for others to read his expression.

The extreme emotions of a River Estuary Realm powerhouse, like dark clouds, instantly shrouded everyone's hearts.

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, but still answered: "Sister."

On the other end of the phone, a hoarse voice came:

"The 3rd of the first lunar month, Lord Bei Feng City."

Lu Ran ignored the content and asked with concern: "What's wrong with your throat, didn't you rest well?"

Deng Yuxiang's voice was very light, almost hoarse: "Are you coming?"

Lu Ran said in a deep voice: "I will definitely be there."

"Beep... beep... beep..."

Lu Ran listened to the busy tone on the phone and put it down silently.

Qiao Yuanxi broke away from Guan Yiren's arms and leaned over cautiously: "Brother, what's wrong?"

Lu Ran was silent for a moment and whispered: "You know my prodigy quota was given up by a sister."

Qiao Yuanxi nodded: "I know, you said before that she was promoted to the River Estuary Realm?"

"Yeah, she has been in Lord Bei Feng City..."

Lu Ran briefly recounted Deng Yuxiang's situation, and as his words fell, the car was silent.

Regarding the fight for the Divine Weapon Domain, people couldn't say any comforting words.

Just like at the airport just now, when Lu Ran faced little Yuanxi, he didn't have the ability or the qualification to say that he would definitely come back.

That he definitely wouldn't die.

After a long time, Qiao Yuanxi whispered: "I'll go with you."

"Okay." Lu Ran responded softly.

Wang Ling: "Take me with you?"

Guan Yiren whispered: "I also want to see Lord Bei Feng City; I've never been there."

Qiao Yuanxi refused: "No need, no need! Your families are all so big, New Year is the busiest time, and you have to visit elders."

"By the way, Yuanxi, this New Year, come back to Lady Luo Xianshan with me."

"Lady Luo Xianshan? Okay, is Sister Ruyi there too?"

"Yeah."

Listening to the siblings' conversation, Guan Yiren looked out the window, her eyes dark and unclear.

At dusk, snowflakes were drifting in Yuxiang.

The small city was covered in silver, looking very clean and quiet.

In the cold wind, an off-road vehicle stopped in front of an old residential building.

The siblings took their luggage, said goodbye to their teammates, and walked into their familiar home.

"Brother, shall we go build a snowman in a while?" Qiao Yuanxi was full of anticipation.

Lu Ran was untying little Yuanxi's shoelaces while responding: "Okay, after eating.

You pack up first and organize your luggage."

Mentioning luggage, Qiao Yuanxi remembered something: "By the way, I also brought you a gift!"

"A gift?"

"Right." Qiao Yuanxi put on her slippers, opened her suitcase on the spot, and took out a scabbard from it.

This was a wooden scabbard, pitch black all over, with gold patterns embellished on it.

Looking at it overall, it was exactly the same as the two scabbards gifted by Mother.

At the end of the scabbard, below the gold patterns, there was also a gold-stamped square character—Desolation.

Desolation of the Eight Desolations Destroyed?

"Do you like it?" Qiao Yuanxi offered it with both hands like presenting a treasure.

"Sent by your team?"

"Of course it's a gift from me!" Qiao Yuanxi said dissatisfiedly, "That scabbard of yours for the Eight Desolations Destroyed looks so shabby.

I put so much heart into it, and you gave the credit to someone else."

"Thank you, I like it very much." Lu Ran took the scabbard and said with a smile.

"Hmph, not giving it anymore."

"Once it's in my hands, you still want to take it back?"

"You're a robber!" Qiao Yuanxi said this, but looking at Lu Ran's look of loving it, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but lift.

"Go pack your luggage." Lu Ran urged, and ran straight to the small bedroom with the scabbard.

He took down the three knives from his back and placed them one by one on the wooden rack on the wall.

When it was the Eight Desolations Knife's turn, he matched it with the brand-new scabbard before putting it away.

Lu Ran took a step back and looked at the three knives and scabbards with the same style; it was a good omen.

Hopefully, the Eight Desolations Destroyed could also follow the footsteps of Xia Guang and Ji Ye and gather a sword spirit soon.

After standing for a moment, Lu Ran closed the bedroom door and then came to the small shrine, putting his hands together:

"Lord Xianyang, before on Lady Luo Xianshan, there were others around, so I haven't been able to communicate with you."

"Ever since the Yan Zhi Ren evil statue was promoted to the River Estuary Realm, in my training over the past two months, I have been trying to combine the Yan Zhi evil technique·Paper Binding with our sect's divine technique·Scapegoat Body."

"But..."

"You should have noticed, disciple has not been able to succeed."

Lu Ran was silent for a moment and whispered: "Can these two techniques really be combined?"

Inside the shrine, the Xianyang jade carving was silent.

In the endless silence, Lu Ran's thoughts surged.

This matter could be big or small.

Small,

it could be that Lu Ran's ability was insufficient and his comprehension was not enough.

Or that the River Estuary Grade divine technique and evil technique were still not enough to support the combination of the two, and the hardware conditions were insufficient.

Speaking of it in a big way, it was quite subversive.

If the two techniques could not be combined at all, it meant that Lord Xianyang's concept was wrong.

Gods...

can also have unclear cognition and theoretical errors?

Is this possible?

A low, hoarse voice was quietly imprinted in his mind:

"Are you questioning me?"

Lu Ran was silent for a moment and whispered: "Perhaps my understanding and application of the techniques are not deep enough.

I will continue to work hard to comprehend them."

"Heh." Xianyang let out a cold laugh.

No more sound.

(End of chapter)