Chapter 360: Three Artifacts

After returning home, Lu Ran took a satisfying bath, then collapsed onto the bed in the small bedroom and fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Ran ignored all the disturbances from the outside world.

Exhausted in body and mind, he slept soundly.

It wasn't until dusk that Lu Ran slowly woke up.

"Hmm."

Lu Ran rubbed his eyes, turned his head, and looked at the white wall next to the computer desk.

He let one hand drop to the side of the bed and squeezed it gently.

On the sword rack on the wall, a Tang Dao slowly unsheathed and flew to Lu Ran's side.

"How is it? Have you thought it through?" Lu Ran asked in a low voice.

Silent Night: "Forbid all living beings from casting spells."

Lu Ran was thrilled: "Is your divine weapon domain really silence?"

Silent Night: "At first, I only wanted the Golden-Winged Bat to be quiet, but that ear-piercing screech was just a way of casting evil spells."

Lu Ran was so excited he gripped the hilt tightly: "Right, right, right! Thinking about it that way is just too right!"

The Silent Zhan Ye Dao gently broke free, flew back to the wall, and sheathed itself.

Lu Ran:???

What does that mean?

Is it disgusted with me?

I clearly took a bath, I'm not dirty...

Lu Ran suddenly realized: "You're a blade, you're covered in blood and meat every day, are you saying I'm dirty?"

Silent Night: "It has nothing to do with dirty or clean, your voice is too loud."

Lu Ran: "..."

Not even allowed to be excited for a moment?

Lu Ran looked at Silent Night on the wall and deliberately lowered his voice: "Your path is still blocked?"

In his mind, Silent Night's thought came: "Blocked, I am intercepted outside and not allowed to delve deeper into comprehension."

Lu Ran's expression turned serious: "Can you sense where that divine weapon is?"

Silent Night: "No."

"No?" Lu Ran frowned slightly. "Divine weapons with overlapping domains can definitely sense each other's location!"

Silent Night confirmed again: "I only know the other party exists.

But I cannot determine the other party's location."

Lu Ran was silent for a long time and sighed softly: "This is troublesome."

If this is the case, then there is only one possibility.

That divine weapon is not in the human world!

Only when divine weapons are not in the same dimension can they not be tracked.

Therefore, that divine weapon is likely in some demon lair.

It might belong to a human soldier, or it might belong to the demon camp.

Compared to human soldiers, Lu Ran hoped the blade was in the hands of demons.

That way, Lu Ran wouldn't have any psychological burden when taking action.

However, if that blade is really in the hands of a demon master...

Then the Silent Zhan Ye Dao won't be able to improve for a very long time in the future.

Challenging a demon master, how easy is that?

Fortunately, demon masters are all suppressed by the gods and hidden in the depths of demon lairs, unable to walk out.

Otherwise, Lu Ran might drop dead at any moment...

"Silent Night, I have a task for you."

"Mm."

"Be vigilant at all times, no matter when or where, no matter how critical the situation is, once you sense the other party's location, you must notify me immediately!"

Lu Ran's words were very serious.

Once the Silent Zhan Ye Dao locks onto the enemy, it means the other party has descended into the human world with the weapon!

This involves Lu Ran's life, and even more so, the safety of his relatives and friends, as well as the city he is in.

Silent Night: "Yes!"

"Click."

The bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.

A small head poked in, peeking secretly.

A moment later, the siblings looked at each other and blinked.

"Brother!"

Qiao Yuanxi immediately pushed the door and entered, her little face puffed up again.

"Hello there, little pufferfish."

"You're the little pufferfish!" Qiao Yuanxi was very unhappy. "You've slept for a whole day!"

Lu Ran was a bit puzzled: "You also killed for a whole night, aren't you tired?"

Qiao Yuanxi pouted: "I was woken up by hunger at noon!"

"Oh, oh!" Lu Ran immediately got up from the bed. "I'll go make you something to eat."

Qiao Yuanxi's face immediately blossomed with a smile, and she followed Lu Ran into the kitchen.

After dinner, the siblings curled up on the sofa to watch TV.

Lu Ran also had a video call with Jiang Ruyi.

Interestingly, Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi were both very quiet, while Little Yuanxi here was chattering away, and Si Xianxian over there was shouting.

During the video call, the two Jiangs were in a house in Lady Luo Xian Village.

That was the house Lu Ran had arranged for Jiang's father and mother, and both were there.

Lu Ran and Qiao Yuanxi greeted them one after another and agreed to spend the New Year together after they were done.

There was a detail that made Lu Ran feel a bit emotional.

When he spoke with his aunt and uncle, Jiang's mother, Zhuang Jingyi, had clearly moist eyes.

Although the night of the 15th had passed, thinking of everything Lu Ran had gone through, she still couldn't help but worry and feel lingering fear.

Lu Ran could feel that Zhuang Jingyi had already treated him as her own child.

Originally, Jiang Ruyi had disguised it well, with a gentle smile on her face.

But as her mother's emotions fluctuated, Jiang Ruyi's emotions weren't quite right either...

Lu Ran felt very lucky.

In such a world full of suffering, there were such warm family members thinking of him and waiting for him.

Lu Ran even felt that this was compensation given to him by the heavens.

As long as one lives diligently and works hard, there will always be beautiful things waiting for oneself.

In the blink of an eye, time arrived at the 18th of the lunar month.

This morning, the siblings were in front of the computer desk, looking at the "Heaven's Pride" official website, waiting for the results to be announced.

"It's 7:59." Qiao Yuanxi stomped her feet in excitement, constantly refreshing the page.

"It must be first." Lu Ran said with a smile, "I don't believe I can't score 134 points... hmm."

Before Lu Ran finished speaking, his mouth was covered by a small hand.

Qiao Yuanxi raised her eyebrows: "Don't talk nonsense! Don't be a non-believer!"

Lu Ran nodded, his muffled voice coming from the fair, tender hand: "I believe in evil."

I believe in evil way too much!

In this world, you won't find anyone who believes in evil more than me... no.

To be precise, evil believes in me!

"Hmph." Seeing Lu Ran's obedient look, Qiao Yuanxi let go of her hand, turned her head to look at the computer screen, and then let out a cry of surprise, "It's 8 o'clock!"

She hurriedly refreshed the interface, and sure enough, she saw the newly released link:

"Heaven's Pride Fifth Battle (15th of the 12th Lunar Month) Second Batch of Participating Students' Report Card"

"It's here, it's here!" Qiao Yuanxi immediately clicked on it and saw Lu Ran's name at a glance.

146 points!

"Woo-hoo~~~"

Qiao Yuanxi jumped up in excitement, cheering and leaping.

She turned around, hugged Lu Ran, her little face flushed red: "I told you you'd be first!"

Lu Ran also smiled, but said: "I don't know who it was that just told me to believe in evil."

"First! This time it's the real first!"

Qiao Yuanxi couldn't hear what Lu Ran was saying at all, turned her head and looked at the computer again.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk~" Qiao Yuanxi sat on the chair, propping her chin with her small hand, looking at her brother's score with satisfaction.

As if looking at it for a while longer would make the score go up...

Lu Ran glanced at the report card and grinned: "Advancing to the River Estuary Realm is simply a sin, the score suppression is too harsh.

I fought Blood Skull like that, and only 146 points?"

Qiao Yuanxi said instead: "Isn't it high enough?

Think about the night of October 15th, you experienced the Night Walk of Ten Thousand Ghosts, and fought the Demon Lord Evil Spear Emperor, and only got 142 points!"

Lu Ran raised an eyebrow slightly, it seems so.

Comparing it this way, the score bonus for beheading the River Estuary Realm Demon Lord Blood Skull is really a lot.

Qiao Yuanxi said happily: "Let me see, how did the judges praise you?"

She clicked the mouse lightly, opened Lu Ran's results, and also saw the comments:

"Head of Heaven's Pride, the fortune of Great Xia!"

"When I heard people crying, praying, cheering, and shouting for you, when I saw the pious eyes people looked at you with, the score lost its actual meaning."

"The human world is a scroll, mountains and rivers provide the answer."

"Painting Lingyan, ascending Ganquan, since ancient times, fame belongs to the youth!"

Qiao Yuanxi's eyes were sparkling, she turned her head to look at Lu Ran, then turned to look at the computer screen.

Her ponytail swung back and forth, her little head turning like a rattle-drum.

Lu Ran: "..."

Qiao Yuanxi smiled: "Since ancient times, fame belongs to the youth~"

Lu Ran patted her head: "What do the first six words mean?"

Qiao Yuanxi: "I don't know?"

"Aren't you a top student at Jing University?"

"Pfft~ I'll check later." Qiao Yuanxi admired it carefully for a long time, the more she looked, the sweeter she felt inside.

After a while, she returned to the official website, and then her eyes narrowed.

"Annual Heaven's Pride Total Ranking List"!

Qiao Yuanxi hurriedly clicked in.

"Year 2019 AD, Lunar Year of the Pig, Annual Total Ranking of One Hundred Heaven's Pride."

"First place, Lu Ran, Fairy Sheep believer, Yuxiang City No. 1 High School/Wu Lie River University.

Total score 729 points (Five battles scores 143, 149, 149, 142, 146)."

"Second place, He Qi Feng, Martial Monk believer..."

Qiao Yuanxi was extremely happy, suddenly thinking of something: "By the way, Brother, we can pick our rewards now!"

Lu Ran nodded immediately: "I thought you forgot."

"How could I!" Qiao Yuanxi hurriedly searched for the reward page. "This time, the artifact information should be released!"

Reaching this step, Lu Ran was also a bit excited.

"Got it!" Qiao Yuanxi hurriedly looked at the artifacts.

The first artifact was indeed a treasure orb!

"Artifact · Wind Barrier Treasure Orb: Activate the artifact to summon a wind barrier to block incoming enemies..."

Qiao Yuanxi's expression was strange: "Isn't this just a defensive technique? A wind wall?"

Lu Ran speculated: "Since it's an artifact, the wind wall should be especially large, and the defensive effect should be especially strong, right?"

Qiao Yuanxi smacked her lips and looked at the second artifact.

It wasn't a gourd, but a wooden cane?

That part that looked like a gourd mouth was actually a small bump on the wooden cane...

"Good guy!" Lu Ran was amused. "Heaven's Pride has fooled everyone."

"Artifact · Dragon Whisker Treasure Cane: Activate the artifact, and strands of dragon whiskers can attack enemies.

The Dragon Whisker Treasure Cane can also grow into a towering giant tree, and endless dragon whiskers can guard a region and protect all living beings."

Qiao Yuanxi's expression was strange: "Isn't this the Biwu Divine Art · Biwu Tree?"

Lu Ran: "..."

It's an artifact after all.

It should be more powerful than the Biwu Tree, right?

Qiao Yuanxi scrolled down with the mouse and looked at the third artifact: "What is this? A gourd?"

The world guessed the second artifact wrong, but the third artifact covered in mist was actually a gourd.

It belongs to the category of people guessing wrong, but not entirely wrong?

Qiao Yuanxi read: "Artifact · Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd: Can absorb divine power from heaven and earth to assist in cultivation.

Can also absorb demon corpses and bones, refine their physical bodies, and extract energy from them..."

Qiao Yuanxi's voice got lower and lower, muttering: "Isn't this just a divine power bead?"

Lu Ran: "..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 361 =====