Chapter 474

In mid-June, Lu Ran led his team and hurried back to Cloud Sea Cliff.

Because the Great Nightmare sent a telepathic reminder that she had finally waited for that "flash of inspiration" and activated her advancement mode.

Target: Sea Realm!

Rather than calling it a flash of inspiration, it was more that she had long been prepared with profound insights and had always possessed an absolutely sufficient height of thought.

She was just bitterly waiting for a turning point.

And this turning point appeared this morning, the moment her fingers gently brushed across the broken blade.

Everything she had encountered in Lord Bei Feng City in the past surfaced in her mind one by one.

Especially recalling Lu Ran's vivid description to her, saying that the God of Lord Bei Feng had waved his hand casually, intending to harvest her life and collect her soul...

Deng Yuxiang gripped the broken hilt, her beautiful eyes incomparably sharp, and the divine power within her began to boil!

With this, she broke through the bottleneck!

That once lowly and insignificant human was now climbing step by step, ascending upward in a grand and spectacular fashion...

When Lu Ran and the others arrived a few dozen kilometers away from Cloud Sea Cliff, they saw that the base had already been shrouded in mist.

There were even mist tornadoes connecting the sea cliff to the sky.

The scene was incomparably spectacular!

"Mr. Conglong." Lu Ran flew in the air, summoning the bronze mirror, "After returning to Cloud Sea Cliff, make a round inside the cliff, arrange for the troops to be on alert, and see if there are any oversights."

"Yes!" Fish Changsheng immediately accepted the order.

"I'll go to Ink Sea Bay first to create Sea Jiaoren at the peak of the River Estuary Realm." As he spoke, Lu Ran's technique had already taken shape.

Above the sea cliff, a full-length mirror appeared, and three men wearing green coir rain capes and bamboo hats walked out one after another.

"Sect Master." Yan Shuangzi had been waiting here for a long time.

"Hmm." The surrounding mist was too thick; Lu Ran stepped forward, only then seeing Yan Shuangzi's face clearly, "Has anyone uninvited come over?"

"It is still peaceful for now."

"Good." Lu Ran patted her shoulder, his expression serious, "Go on alert; if there is any situation, transmit a message at any time."

"Yes!"

Immediately, Lu Ran's figure flashed, and he arrived at the reef beneath the cliff.

He first drew the Rosy Dawn Blade, letting it circle the sea cliff on patrol, then reached out a hand, focusing on creating Sea Jiaoren.

This trip to the sea had been very fruitful for Lu Ran!

And he had been so busy he didn't know which way was up!

The pity was that Lu Ran's journey had only found one immortal island and failed to push the Lie Tian Divine Sculpture to the Sea Realm.

But Lu Ran had found the traces of the Mirror Demon clan and led his team to slaughter quite a few little demons, successfully cultivating the Mirror Demon Yemo Yemo Xiesu to Sea Realm, First Stage!

Afterward, with the help of Fish Changsheng, Lu Ran selected and occupied 7 isolated islands.

And he named them after the Big Dipper.

Each island was desolate and isolated from the world.

Lu Ran equipped each island with one Mirror Demon at the peak of the River Estuary Realm, one Sea Jiaoren at the peak of the River Estuary Realm, and one Black Lantern at the peak of the Jiang Jing.

The Mirror Demon's task was naturally to collect the Holy Spirit Qi.

The Sea Jiaoren's task was to guard the island, avoiding special demons like the Fisherman who might accidentally stumble onto the island.

As for oceanic demons, Lu Ran clearly stated that if the enemy's strength was insufficient, ambush them!

If the enemy was very strong or the group was large, the Sea Jiaoren should remain in a stealth state and hide.

The demon Black Lantern was considered a doctor; if any small accidents really occurred, the little Black Lantern could also heal the two companions.

Lu Ran had spent a great deal of effort just teaching these demons!

Especially the Black Lantern clan!

This type of object-like demon was simply mentally challenged.

Fortunately, humanoid demons like the Mirror Demon and Sea Jiaoren had quite decent intelligence.

And since the Mirror Demon herself played with tools (bronze mirrors), she instead became a very good teacher; one demon and one lantern lived in peace, and the scene was very harmonious...

And the so-called occupying an island didn't mean that just because you landed on it, the island belonged to you.

Lu Ran and the others still had to explore the sea area near the islands.

Fortunately, the two Sea Realm experts, Fish and Xun, were quite capable and completed this incomparably difficult task.

How difficult was it specifically?

In the process of selecting and occupying the isolated islands, Lu Ran's Sea Jiaoren Yemo Yemo Xiesu even advanced to Sea Realm, Second Stage!

One could imagine what kind of series of fierce battles the Ran Sect trio had experienced!

Before going to sea, Lu Ran was just a landlubber; even with the Evil Technique of the Xiao Xiao Mo Li clan, he could only be considered a show-off, and his experience in naval warfare was pitifully scarce.

Now that he had returned, Lu Ran had completely transformed!

He had damn well become a naval warfare elite...

Lu Ran held high hopes for the seven islands he had occupied with such great difficulty!

He hoped that after a period of time, when he returned to the islands and recovered the Mirror Demons, he would be able to absorb a soul and a large amount of Holy Spirit Qi!

"Whoosh," Lu Ran exhaled deeply, energy churning before his palms.

"Divine power shapes the body, Source Qi builds the soul."

One handsome Sea Jiaoren after another took shape under his palms.

The Sea Jiaoren Yemo Yemo Xiesu in the Sculpture Garden had reached Sea Realm, Second Stage; Lu Ran could produce 2 more Sea Jiaoren at the River Estuary Realm, Fifth Stage, on top of the original 10.

Excluding the seven Sea Jiaoren stationed on the "Big Dipper Islands," Lu Ran maxed out his quota and produced a total of 5 Sea Jiaoren at the River Estuary Realm, Fifth Stage.

"Follow me!" Lu Ran beckoned, leaped, and a slender, beautiful silver-white fish tail quickly grew from his waist.

As he entered the water, Lu Ran had already transformed into a mermaid, leading the team to swim toward the distance.

After repeated tempering on the Seven Star Islands, Lu Ran actually had some small secrets when teaching the Sea Jiaoren clan.

He taught them patiently, brought the Sea Jiaoren team to meet the Xiao Xiao Mo Li team, and supplemented them with two Xiao Xiao Mo Li at the peak of the River Estuary Realm.

After a full hour, Lu Ran finally returned to Cloud Sea Cliff.

"Oh my mother..."

Lu Ran's figure flashed, he sat down on the edge of the sea cliff, and then lay directly on the edge.

Tired.

Too tired!

It wasn't just the hurried journey home and the hard work, but for the past half month, he had been executing missions at high intensity, his spirit tense at every moment.

Exhausted in body and mind!

"Hehe..."

Lu Ran's chest rose and fell continuously, gasping for breath.

No!

He couldn't rest yet.

The Seven Star Islands had seven Mirror Demons at the peak of the River Estuary Realm, and he still had three summoning slots!

He had to first recover the Mirror Demon troops at the Jiang Jing within Cloud Sea Cliff, then summon 3 Mirror Demons of a higher realm and distribute them in the north, south, and west directions of Cloud Sea Cliff.

The detection range of the River Artifact: Connection Mirror was a radius of five hundred meters!

The Mirror Demons could refresh the Connection Mirror at any time; once they sensed any living creature approaching, they could report the situation immediately!

Now, the sea to the east of Cloud Sea Cliff could be considered to have sufficient defensive strength.

The other three sides also needed to have their defense levels raised!

"Tired, huh." Lu Ran propped himself up with one hand, murmuring, "If you're tired to death, just consider it sleeping."

He took out the Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd from his bosom and tilted his head to drink.

"Gulp, gulp, gulp... Hiccup~"

"Swish!" As Lu Ran let out a satisfied burp, his figure flickered and disappeared.

A long time later.

Just as Lu Ran was working in an underground cave five hundred meters west of Cloud Sea Cliff, he suddenly sensed that someone was calling him.

Lu Ran immediately connected his spirit to several statues.

【Young Master? You... can you hear me?】 A familiar voice imprinted itself in his mind.

Sister Xian, who had always been lawless, actually seemed a bit timid.

It made Lu Ran feel like it wasn't her.

【Sister Xian, what's wrong?】 Lu Ran asked with concern.

【You're back? Conglong just came to the seclusion room and threw me a Longevity Carp.】 Si Xianxian seemed to hesitate, but still cared, 【How is it, is everything going smoothly?】

【It's going smoothly enough.】 Lu Ran felt a warmth in his heart, 【How about you, have you recovered your health?】

He realized that this telepathic message had nothing to do with the mission, just concern.

【I should have recovered long ago, right? I feel like I'm merging with the Divine Sculpture very well.】 Si Xianxian's voice grew quieter, feeling particularly ashamed, 【Thank you, Young Master.】

Lu Ran not only helped her get rid of the poisoning by the God of Lie Tian but also provided her with such dreamlike resources!

Yet half a month had passed, and she was still at the Jiang Jing, Fifth Stage.

What made Si Xianxian even more ashamed was that Deng Yuxiang was at the River Estuary Realm, Fifth Stage!

Today, the Ran Sect's First Great Protector was heading straight for the Sea Realm!

While she herself had no movement at all, not even reaching the River Estuary Realm...

Lu Ran's voice was gentle: 【You need to strive for insight; look at Sister Yuxiang...】

Si Xianxian's face burned like fire; she scratched her hair, feeling both ashamed and annoyed.

She was already ashamed enough herself!

And Lu Ran's sentence directly blew her up!

Si Xianxian was annoyed and angry, her eyebrows raised: 【You treat me so well! Do you think I don't want to repay you?】

Lu Ran opened his mouth: 【No, I...】

Si Xianxian: 【Do you think I don't want to advance? Do you know how uncomfortable I am every single day, and you're still scolding me!】

Lu Ran: "..."

Good fellow~

This speed of speech, this momentum, this little explosive temper!

After being fiercely tortured by fate, Sister Xian's style had finally returned...

Si Xianxian completely blew her top, muttering incessantly: 【This damn body just won't advance! Do you think I don't want to smash Lie Tian's dog head? Do you think I don't want to charge into battle for you... battle for you?】

Inside the seclusion room, Si Xianxian, who was outputting crazily, suddenly paused her telepathic message.

She opened her eyes slightly, vaguely sensing something.

"Hum!!"

A violent surge of energy churned from within her body.

"Eh?" Si Xianxian was dumbfounded.

What's the situation?

Just... just like that, a flash of inspiration?

This damn body, it turns out it was just lacking a scolding?

You should have said so earlier! I would have scolded... no, that's not it.

The main factor must be the emotion, the ambition blooming under the emotion, the desire to smash Lie Tian's dog head, to charge into battle for Lu Ran...

Si Xianxian hurriedly calmed her mind, firming her heart again and again.

【Sorry, Sister Xian, it was me who put too much pressure on you, don't...】

【Shh! Don't talk, I'm advancing!】

Lu Ran:???

No!

Lu Ran was stunned for a long while, almost laughing in anger.

What's what? You blew up at me, and you advanced?

You... hmm, then Sister Xian, please blow up more often in the future.

I like listening, I love listening~

(End of chapter)