Chapter 466: Stop believing in gods

When the members of the Lu Ran Society returned to Cloud Sea Cliff, it was already dusk.

Throughout the journey, Si Xianxian had been in a daze.

In fact, ever since the Lu Ran Society parted ways with the Great Wind Hall, and Lu Ran had unleashed the Evil Mirror Evil Technique: Mirror Flower Moon, Si Xianxian had been completely bewildered.

Fortunately, Lu Ran had assigned her a confidante—Deng Yuxiang.

On the return journey, Deng Yuxiang had told Si Xianxian a great deal.

So much that Si Xianxian couldn't fully digest it all.

So much that after arriving at Cloud Sea Cliff, she had walked to the edge of the cliff alone, gazing into the distance where the sea met the sky, lost in thought.

The salty sea breeze blew through her messy, shoulder-length hair, and it also stirred her chaotic thoughts.

Dozens of meters away, Lu Ran stood quietly under a large tree, watching the slender back of the woman at the cliff's edge.

Today, the sky over Holy Lingshan was exceptionally clear.

The setting sun, like blood, painted a layer of orange-red over Si Xianxian's lean silhouette.

"Little Lu Ran."

"Hmm?" Lu Ran leaned against the large tree and turned his head to the side.

Deng Yuxiang came to the tree and looked out at Si Xianxian's back: "Cong Long and Jing Hong are already waiting at my residence. You can bring Si Xianxian over whenever you're ready to have her sever her connection with the god."

Lu Ran nodded silently.

Unlike the couple Xun Luo, Yu Changsheng, and the others, the god Si Xianxian worshipped was the god Lie Tian!

She was being poisoned every single day!

Therefore, for Si Xianxian, tearing up the contract was something that should be done sooner rather than later.

Deng Yuxiang gently patted Lu Ran on the shoulder and urged: "Go on, talk to her properly. She has to take this step sooner or later."

"Hmm." Lu Ran walked forward.

The contract between a god and a believer is not just a piece of ordinary white paper; it isn't something that can be torn up just by saying so.

When the time came, Si Xianxian would suffer an extremely severe blow to both her spirit and her physical body.

In fact, the psychological aspect was the hardest hurdle to overcome.

After all, people have been instilled with "correct" concepts since they were old enough to understand.

Whether it be family, school, or society—including the gods themselves—they were all meticulously and forcefully molding one devout human believer after another.

Lu Ran organized his thoughts and arrived behind Si Xianxian.

The girl sensed him and turned her head to look.

"Still crying?" Lu Ran no longer wore a grim expression, he said with a grin.

"You're the one crying!" Si Xianxian retorted softly, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

At this moment, she no longer had to live in fear or be hunted down and forced to flee in a sorry state.

It was precisely because of this that she could finally calm down and have the time and energy to think about some things.

Si Xianxian sadly discovered:

She couldn't seem to go back.

The human world wasn't exactly great, but her mother was there, as was Lady Luo Xianshan.

But now... everything was so far out of reach.

She had been tricked by the god Lie Tian into going on a pilgrimage; there was no such thing as challenging the Holy Ruins.

Si Xianxian didn't even have the chance to react before she was directly teleported here.

Before the teleportation, the god had specifically left her with one sentence:

"Follow your heart."

"Heh." Si Xianxian closed her eyes, her smile somewhat bitter.

But she was different from those Lie Tian believers; she didn't want to act recklessly or vent her rage.

She didn't want to kill until the world turned dark, until she reached a dead end.

Lu Ran, Jiang Ruyi, the flowers and grass of Lady Luo Xianshan, the evening glow on the distant horizon—they were all trying to save her.

Helping her inner heart find peace.

However, lowly believers had no room to resist in front of the god.

In the end, she had still come to Holy Lingshan, dragged into the quagmire of "kill or be killed."

Fortunately.

Si Xianxian opened her eyes and saw Lu Ran standing beside her.

His smile was somewhat annoying, as if he were watching her embarrassing state of crying, but the concern in his eyes could not be faked.

Fortunately, he was there.

"You..." Si Xianxian had just opened her mouth when her expression suddenly froze.

Because in Lu Ran's hand, he was holding an illusory war hammer.

"What are you surprised about?" Lu Ran smiled and weighed the hammer, flames igniting on its head.

"Lie Tian Hammer?" Si Xianxian looked at this hammer she knew all too well.

"On the return journey, didn't the Great Da Da Mengyan already tell you my secrets?" As he spoke, flames ignited on Lu Ran's body. "Didn't you see with your own eyes that I unleashed the Evil Mirror Evil Technique?

Everything she said is true; I can blend into the gods and demons' ranks."

Lie Tian Divine Technique: Lie Huo Tian Kui!

"You're crazy!" Si Xianxian said in a panic. "Even if this is your base, you can't just casually activate Lie Huo Tian..."

Once again, Si Xianxian's words came to an abrupt halt.

Because the flames all over Lu Ran's body suddenly dissipated.

At the edge of the cliff, there remained a guy who was still full of energy and wearing an annoying smile.

Lu Ran said softly: "The Lie Tian Divine Statue in my mind belongs to me; I can do whatever I want with it.

I am its master.

In the future, I will be the master of this god."

Si Xianxian stared blankly at Lu Ran.

His voice was very soft, but to her ears, it sounded like claps of thunder.

Lu Ran continued: "I have always kept this Lie Tian Divine Statue prepared for you."

"Prepared for me..."

"I have always hoped that one day, I could help you escape the sea of suffering."

Looking at Lu Ran's sincere expression, Si Xianxian couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart.

"Sign a contract with this divine statue of mine, and there are many benefits~" Lu Ran suddenly smiled. "You can be like me, activating and deactivating divine techniques whenever you want.

And you will no longer be poisoned by the god's emotions."

Si Xianxian looked stunned: "Ah?"

Lu Ran nodded in confirmation: "You are no longer an emotional trash can. The contract I am signing with you is not a master-servant contract, but a succession contract.

One day in the future, you will completely replace this divine statue, and Lie Tian will cease to exist."

Si Xianxian listened in a daze.

Ever since she met Lu Ran, she had been in a daze.

This confused little look was actually kind of cute?

Looking at her hair messed up by the sea breeze, Lu Ran raised his hand and gently tidied it for her.

He suddenly blurted out: "Also, after you believe in me, if you go crazy or fly off the handle again, that will be your own problem!

It's purely because you have a foul temper!"

Si Xianxian: "..."

"Haha!" Lu Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

At this, Si Xianxian stopped being confused and immediately glared at Lu Ran.

Gradually, Lu Ran put away his smile, his eyes very serious: "Sister Xian'er."

"Hmm?"

"Stop believing in gods; believe in me."

Si Xianxian pursed her lips and looked up at Lu Ran.

The ocean was to the east, the setting sun to the west.

Lu Ran faced south, looking at the girl before him.

The sunset glow fell on his face, plating half of it in gold, while the other half remained somewhat dark.

Si Xianxian suppressed her heart palpitations, looked away, and muttered softly: "Cocky."

"Come with me, Sister Xian'er." Lu Ran smiled. "I have already paved the way for you, and I have long since set aside the position of Lu Ran Society Protector for you.

The Great Da Da Mengyan also told you that gods and demons are heartless, treating all living things as slaves..."

"Hmm." Si Xianxian suddenly responded, looking up at Lu Ran.

Actually, you don't need to say so much.

Back in the human world, from the moment I met you, I had already been following you...

Lu Ran paused, his smile becoming even brighter: "I heard that."

Si Xianxian's expression was firm: "Tell me, what should I do?"

"What you need to do now is tear up the contract with the god Lie Tian." Lu Ran patted her shoulder and led her toward the forest.

Dozens of meters away, Deng Yuxiang leaned against a large tree, her arms crossed in front of her, watching the two walk over.

She tilted her head slightly and said softly: "The Society Master has talked her through it; in a moment, you should talk to her properly."

A tree away, Yan Shuangzi also leaned against a large tree and gave a faint "hmm."

Regarding the matter of voluntarily tearing up a contract, Yan Shuangzi had the most right to speak.

Although she was very unwilling to bring up that painful past, for the sake of Lu Ran recruiting a loyal subordinate, Yan Shuangzi didn't mind recalling the past.

As the two returned, Yan Shuangzi immediately walked out.

"Follow her, she has something to say to you." Deng Yuxiang patted Si Xianxian's back, gesturing toward Yan Shuangzi who was leading the way ahead.

Si Xianxian looked at that tall figure, her expression very complex.

Of course she knew Yan Shuangzi.

Previously in Lord Bei Feng City, she and Lu Ran had watched Yan Shuangzi challenge the Holy Ruins together, witnessing the moment she stood above all in Lord Bei Feng City.

Yet, the woman who was once full of spirit had turned into this.

Si Xianxian suddenly felt a bit fortunate.

Fortunate that she had met Lu Ran so early.

Otherwise...

"The contract you signed with the god has its key connection point in your own mind, in your spiritual world." Yan Shuangzi spoke calmly, walking step by step toward the Da Da Mengyan Residence.

Si Xianxian listened silently.

"You know where it is; every time you pray, the faith power you provide travels along that path."

"You must gather enough divine power in your brain and release it all at once to forcibly destroy that path."

"We humans are of low status; if we want to completely sever the connection with the gods, we can only do so through this self-mutilating method."

Ten minutes later, at Deng Yuxiang's residence.

A shrill, miserable scream rang out, the sound exceptionally piercing.

On the bed in the bedroom, Si Xianxian was clutching her head tightly with both hands, a layer of cold sweat appearing on her forehead, veins bulging, her face deathly pale!

"Woo~~~"

Jing Hong immediately blew the horn to soothe the injured person's mind.

War Horn Divine Technique: Soul-Soothing Horn.

"Pop~"

"Pop~" The pale golden little Dragon Carp and the pitch-black little Ink Carp swam one after the other, bumping into Si Xianxian's forehead.

Powerful medical techniques repaired Si Xianxian's traumatized brain.

Yet, her wailing continued for a long time.

Watching Si Xianxian's painful state, Lu Ran felt terrible inside.

You have to know, this was even with everyone taking care of her together, constantly healing Si Xianxian's body and soothing her spirit!

It really is hard to imagine how Yan Shuangzi had survived back then, locked alone in a prison, forcibly coerced into tearing up her contract...

Lu Ran turned his head silently to look out the window at the increasingly dim sky.

Tomorrow will be better.

Tomorrow, you will be like the Evil Shadow, becoming a Protector of the Lu Ran Society.

Becoming that Mad Immortal.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 467 =====