Chapter 445: Do one's best

This time, when Lu Ran activated the Evil Technique "Mirror Flower Moon," he naturally didn't dare to face the mirror directly.

He opened the floor-standing mirror at his side, his body and the mirror standing side by side, forming a straight line.

"Whoosh!"

The Cold Moon Sword rushed out rapidly, piercing through a large tree in front, and its momentum didn't decrease; it was still stabbing forward rapidly.

"Go, bring it back." Lu Ran's mind moved, and the Xia Guang Blade behind him unsheathed.

The Xia Guang Blade had opened the Divine Weapon Domain and could be considered a "Second-Tier Divine Weapon."

Compared to those first-tier Divine Weapons that hadn't opened their domains, it was stronger in every aspect!

"Roar!"

In the distant night sky, the roar of the Cang Dragon shook the rainy night.

The giant dragon transformed into tens of thousands of small Cang Dragons, killing toward the target.

Shi Yali only felt her heart tremble with fear!

She tried her best to fly diagonally upward, her feathers shooting wildly.

"Don't run!"

In the layers of rain curtains, Xun Yifei shuttled freely, suddenly pointing his blade forward.

"Hum~"

The three-pointed, double-edged blade trembled violently!

In Xun Yifei's originally weary eyes, a look of determination was fully displayed.

The hidden danger,

absolutely must not be left behind!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

In the night sky, it seemed as if a gap had appeared.

A terrifying torrent surged out, carrying a rumbling, huge sound, and smashed down fiercely.

Like a rushing waterfall!

Shi Yali's expression stiffened!

Divine Weapon Domain?

She had to brake urgently, not daring to rush into the terrifying torrent, but behind her...

Tens of thousands of Cang Dragons had arrived!

"Good fellow~" Lu Ran couldn't help but grin.

No matter how many feathers the Heavenly Luan disciple shot, they couldn't be more than the endless Cang Dragons.

This "Ten Thousand Dragons Suppressing the Sea Arrow" of Xiang Luoying's was originally meant to destroy thousands of troops.

Shi Yali was truly blessed to enjoy it all by herself!

One Cang Dragon, two Cang Dragons, three Cang Dragons...

Shi Yali's defense was torn open without any suspense!

The sound of the water armor cracking, the sound of the Luan clan wings being shattered, the sound of the flesh and blood body being pierced, and her shrill screams were endless!

Xiang Luoying, under Yu Fish Changsheng's reminder, dispersed a huge number of small Cang Dragons.

Now that the target was seriously injured and the dead end was set, she had to be careful of the magic treasure orb the target was wearing.

She couldn't smash the spoils of war along with it...

In the high-altitude rain curtain, Xun Yifei felt slightly relieved in his heart.

The hidden danger was considered eliminated.

He remembered again that the Sect Master had just performed a miraculous move, easily helping him resolve the crisis.

Xun Yifei looked toward the forest below, but in the rainy night forest, where could he find Lu Ran's figure?

At this moment, Lu Ran was indeed a bit far from the battle group.

He had just been summoned over by the Xia Guang Blade.

"Swish~"

Lu Ran followed the guidance of the Xia Guang and flashed to its side.

"Conglong, Vicious Shadow, you two wait here." Lu Ran ordered.

Clearly, the Xia Guang Blade had successfully blocked the other party.

"Polish your eyes!" Lu Ran said, "Is that kind of person worth entrusting your life to?"

Life?

The Cold Moon Sword floated quietly.

Ever since it followed its original master to this realm, this sword had changed hands several times, its fate changing like clouds and wind.

Who was qualified for this sword to entrust its life to?

And which human dared to boast of winning a hundred battles and not dying suddenly tomorrow?

"A good bird chooses its wood, a good official chooses its master." Lu Ran said in a deep voice, taking a big step forward. "Come with us, don't disgrace the name of your own Divine Weapon!"

The Cold Moon Sword remained motionless.

With a crisp "snap," Lu Ran gripped the hilt of the sword.

From the moment he stepped forward to the moment he reached out to grasp the sword, it was unhurried, giving the Cold Moon Sword plenty of time to react.

And until the very last moment, the Cold Moon Sword didn't move.

Once again, it had changed users.

But it had never changed masters.

"It's over." Lu Ran looked up, his gaze piercing through the layers of rain curtains, seeing the Cang Dragon group that had broken apart and disappeared.

The Vast Sea had fallen here.

"Swish~"

Lu Ran flashed into the night sky, picking up a ball of black mist in his hand.

Shi Yali, who was in the form of a soul, was both shocked and angry, struggling frantically, but it was to no avail; she had to be detained by the Soul Prison.

Lu Ran stepped on a black cloud, and while casting soul fire, he fell rapidly.

"Ah! Ahhhhh!" Shi Yali's screams were unusually harsh, echoing in the vast rainy night.

It wasn't until Lu Ran flew to the side of the Ran Sect members that he extinguished the soul fire.

"Shut up." Lu Ran ordered coldly.

On the black mist ball, Shi Yali's face was twisted, her eyes filled with thick terror, not daring to make any sound.

Up to this moment, she still hadn't figured out what kind of background the target she had tried to kill and rob had!

"As expected of Divine Luo!" Lu Ran looked at Xiang Luoying, even omitting the word "General."

Xiang Luoying nodded lightly, carrying the Colorful Bow on her back.

Lu Ran looked at Xun Yifei again: "Divine General Xun is brave and resourceful, decisive and resolute; the Divine Weapon Domain is truly an eye-opener!"

Xun Yifei seemed unaccustomed to being praised so nakedly; he hesitated for a moment, and two words popped out of his mouth: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Lu Ran responded subconsciously.

Xun Yifei: "..."

Lu Ran: "..."

Looking at the two of them staring at each other with big eyes, Xiang Luoying couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

One was young, trying hard to play the role of a leader, praising his subordinates after the battle.

One was already a husband and father, trying hard to be a good subordinate, being respectful to the young Sect Master.

It was as if their true identities had been swapped.

It was quite interesting.

"Clean up the battlefield." Lu Ran ordered, "Let's go back quickly and return to our posts."

Beside him came a faint voice: "Sect Master, what about me?"

Lu Ran secretly thought he was muddled.

The performance of the two Divine Generals was too outstanding, and Lu Ran was thinking about praising them quickly and going back to guard the house, ignoring the military advisor who had devised the strategy for a moment.

But having said that...

You are a dignified Sea Realm big shot; are you asking for praise?

Yu Fish Changsheng looked at Lu Ran with a smile, as if he were really waiting for praise?

"Mr. Conglong is thoughtful and commands appropriately; amazing, amazing!"

"The Sect Master overpraises." Yu Fish Changsheng shook his paper fan lightly, looking at ease.

Lu Ran suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.

You've even started to be humble?

Don't make me praise you!

Lu Ran muttered in his heart, took the few people to quickly clean up the battlefield, and then returned to Cloud Sea Cliff.

This battle had a very rich harvest!

A pair of Divine Weapon blade and sword, and a Divine Weapon embryo golden Zen staff.

A magic treasure orb, and a full three strings of Divine Power beads.

Not by the piece, but by the string!

Ever since Lu Ran entered this realm and encountered the bandits of the Heavenly Disciple Mountain, he hadn't been short of Divine Power beads.

All along, the necklace he wore around his neck had seven or eight Divine Power beads.

Now he was even richer.

He could directly wear "prayer beads"...

However, Lu Ran couldn't keep them all for himself; the people of the Ran Sect had worked hard and made great contributions, so he naturally had to reward them according to their merits.

It just wasn't the time yet.

Lu Ran ordered the Xun-Luo couple to return to their posts, while he himself took the black mist ball and, together with Yu Fish Changsheng, interrogated Shi Yali.

Over the years, Shi Yali had traveled north and south and knew a great deal of information!

This made Lu Ran pleasantly surprised; he asked questions like a machine gun, constantly obtaining information about the major sects and various forces and organizations within the Holy Lingshan realm.

It wasn't until he had emptied everything in Shi Yali's stomach that Lu Ran was willing to stop.

By then, the heavy rain had just stopped, and the sky was already beginning to brighten.

"Whoosh~" Lu Ran dispersed the Soul Prison.

The dead soul within, however, could not escape and was detained into Lu Ran's pupils again.

"Does the Sect Master intend to look for that old friend?" Yu Fish Changsheng asked softly.

"What does Mr. think?" Lu Ran leaned against a large tree, fiddling with a string of Divine Power beads.

The ping-pong ball-sized orb in his palm was exactly the magic treasure "Wind Barrier Orb" that originally belonged to He Qi Feng.

Yu Fish Changsheng pondered: "The Ran Sect lacks combat power; since the other party has a past with the Sect Master, we can try to recruit her."

This was a disciple of the First-Class God, Wu Seng!

And she was the runner-up on the Great Xia Heaven's Pride List!

He Qi Feng's immediate combat power, as well as her innate potential, were naturally top-notch.

She was absolutely qualified to occupy a seat in the sequence of the Ran Sect's "Eight Great Divine Generals"!

Lu Ran pondered: "We can only be considered acquaintances; we don't have any friendship at all, and we haven't even spoken a few words."

Yu Fish Changsheng, however, smiled, gesturing to the orb in Lu Ran's palm: "Isn't this a friendship?"

Lu Ran weighed the orb and nodded lightly.

Yu Fish Changsheng changed the subject: "Does the Sect Master know that when you are in a foreign land, even if you meet a fellow countryman you don't know, you will have a trace of intimacy?"

"Hmm." Lu Ran nodded again.

Yu Fish Changsheng continued: "This is Holy Lingshan, the mountains are high and the roads are long.

So far that 99% of people will be buried here, so far that people are born with hostility toward each other, and will draw their blades upon meeting.

Therefore, you and this female Wu Seng disciple don't need to have any friendship at all."

Yu Fish Changsheng paused and emphasized four words: "Old acquaintance, that is enough."

The two words "old acquaintance" evoked some of Lu Ran's memories.

This term rarely appeared in Lu Ran's life, and the one that left the deepest impression on him was Xiang Xiang Xianyang and Forget Spring.

When Lu Ran asked what the relationship between the two was, Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang used this term.

Old acquaintance.

Yu Fish Changsheng closed the folding fan in his hand: "The Sect Master doesn't need to belittle himself."

"Oh?"

"The Sect Master just said that you are the number one Heaven's Pride of Great Xia, and that woman is the second, always being firmly suppressed by the Sect Master."

"Hehe~"

Yu Fish Changsheng smiled at Lu Ran: "Wu Seng disciples are a group of people who strive to be the first; perhaps for the Sect Master, you don't have any friendship with the other party.

But this female Wu Seng disciple, as the ten-thousand-year runner-up, must have had a spiritual connection with you for a long time."

Lu Ran: "..."

That is true; He Qi Feng has indeed been staring at me for a long time.

Last time we met at the awards ceremony, among so many contestants of the same batch, her grip was the strongest!

It was clearly just a handshake, but my hand bones were about to be crushed by her...

Yu Fish Changsheng sighed: "Since she is a Great Xia Heaven's Pride, she must have good character. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been chosen and shaped into the spiritual sustenance of hundreds of millions of people."

"Hmm!" Lu Ran agreed deeply.

That makes sense.

The "Heaven's Pride" selection is for heroes; how could they be treacherous and evil people?

The students must have been screened layer by layer by the Great Xia officialdom and had detailed background checks done.

Yu Fish Changsheng proposed: "In that case, I personally think the Sect Master should seize this opportunity and try to recruit her.

I imagine she has already seen the filth of this realm.

If she still retains good character and wants to escape the quagmire, she should join our Ran Sect."

Lu Ran nodded lightly: "The time she has been in this realm shouldn't be long; I hope she hasn't been assimilated by Holy Lingshan yet."

Yu Fish Changsheng fell silent.

No one could guarantee this point.

People can change day by day, or they can suffer a major change and have their temperament change drastically.

And this Holy Lingshan perfectly possesses all the conditions!

Therefore,

do one's best, and leave the rest to heaven.

Begging for some monthly tickets.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 446 =====