Chapter 515: Long Time No See

Jiang Ruyi dropped in rank.

From River Estuary Realm, fourth stage, she dropped to River Estuary Realm, third stage.

Did she only drop one stage?

Lu Ran didn't think so; after all, before tearing up the contract, Jiang Ruyi had already touched the cultivation bottleneck and could break through to the River Estuary Realm, fifth stage, at any time.

Calculating it this way, she dropped two stages...

Lu Ran's heart ached terribly.

Not only because of the damage to Jiang Ruyi's strength and realm, but also because of her weak, injured little appearance.

That night, Doctor Lu and Physician Yu, as well as Jing Hong, the mental therapist, stayed by Jiang Ruyi's side the whole time.

It was a tripartite consultation.

When the sky was just getting light, the patient's condition finally improved.

Doctor Lu transformed, turning into the Master of False Gods, appearing with the false gods in the garden.

"Whoosh~"

A huge phantom stretched out from Lu Ran's body.

Jiang Ruyi, sitting on the ground, was in a very bad state, her face pale.

She slowly raised her eyelids, only to see a rather familiar phantom appearing above and behind Lu Ran.

False God Jade Talisman!

One day, this false god would become a true god.

Jiang Ruyi pursed her thin lips; Lu Ran had already told her everything.

She knew she would constantly fuse with this stone statue, inherit everything it had, until she surpassed it and completely replaced this false god stone statue.

And then...

Jade Talisman,

Ruyi once respected you, worshipped you, and devoutly served you.

Even when she was in the sect territory of the Immortal Sheep faction, Lady Luo Xianshan, Ruyi specifically found a house for you at the foot of the mountain, set up a shrine, and went down the mountain to kneel and pray every day.

Everyone in the world thinks that gods are saviors.

Ruyi was grateful and did not dare to be half-negligent in the matter of worship.

As it turned out, I was just livestock.

The night of the fifteenth was a trap set by gods and demons together.

Generation after generation of people are livestock for you gods and demons to feast on for eternity.

Jade Talisman,

you truly make me feel disgusted.

You wait for me...

"Are you ready?" Lu Ran said softly.

Jiang Ruyi's eyes were icy, and she didn't speak; she held Lu Ran's palm with both hands and pressed it against her forehead.

She slowly closed her eyes, feeling the touch of Lu Ran's palm carefully.

That warm palm finally made her cold heart feel a trace of warmth.

"Whoosh~"

The phantom leaned down and reached out, overlapping its palm with Lu Ran's palm.

Jiang Ruyi's body trembled slightly.

The contract was made!

Another false god was formed under Lu Ran's palm.

The false god phantom quietly shattered and dissipated without a trace.

Jiang Ruyi still held Lu Ran's hand, moved it down slightly, and let it fall on her cheek, rubbing it left and right gently.

Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng: "..."

He turned his head silently, looking like he shouldn't see anything improper.

Jing Hong was sizing up this warm scene, a smile appearing on her face, feeling quite like an "auntie smile."

Her own children in the human world should also be married by now.

I don't know what their husbands and wives are like.

Jing Hong didn't hope that her children's other halves would be celestial figures like Sect Master Lu and Jiang Gezhu.

She just hoped their feelings could be like the Sect Master and Madam, that would be enough...

"Woo~~~"

Jing Hong blew the Soul-Pacifying Horn again, soothing the minds of all living beings.

"Go down." With the low horn sound stopping, Jiang Ruyi's faint voice came from the stone room.

Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng saluted immediately and left with Jing Hong without saying a word.

They walked so fast~

Watching the backs of the two leaving hurriedly, Lu Ran was speechless.

I am your Sect Master, okay!

Without even looking at me, Jiang Gezhu gave an order, and you two just left?

"Lu Ran?"

"Oh." Lu Ran came back to his senses, sat beside the girl, and passed cage fire to her, "Is your state better?"

Jiang Ruyi tilted her body and snuggled into Lu Ran's arms: "Don't be sad; it won't be long before I can return to the River Estuary Realm, fourth stage."

"Hmm, hmm." Lu Ran smoothed her pitch-black long hair.

Fairy Jiang obviously disdained lying.

She said she could, and Lu Ran naturally believed her.

"Heh," Jiang Ruyi let out a deep breath, only feeling that this road of climbing upward was unprecedentedly clear.

In the past, she had rarely acted spoiled, asking Lu Ran to hold her and climb the stone steps to the top of Lady Luo Xianshan step by step.

Deep in that Dao heart, she had long built a temple.

The one worshipped inside had always been only one person.

Now, the obsession in her heart and the reality perfectly matched!

Everything was as Jiang Ruyi had thought before; after tearing up the contract, she had no conditions like trance or restlessness.

On the contrary, her state of mind was even more stable.

"Hmm?" Jiang Ruyi suddenly opened her eyes.

She saw an exquisite treasure gourd floating in front of her.

"Whoosh~" The Chifeng-patterned gourd swayed left and right, as if saying hello.

"Hello, little Chifeng." Jiang Ruyi snuggled against Lu Ran's shoulder, a gentle smile appearing on her face.

"Chirp~"

The phoenix pattern flickered.

Little Chifeng flapped its exquisite phoenix wings and flew out.

Jiang Ruyi raised her hand and let little Chifeng land on her palm.

However, the next moment, she showed an apologetic look: "In the future, I will also miss you."

Lu Ran didn't know the content of the conversation between the two, but could infer it.

He couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.

Little Chifeng is so small, you could just trick it!

While pondering, Lu Ran felt something unusual by his hand.

The cold sword hilt carefully nudged his finger and stuffed it into his palm.

Cold Night Sword?

A voice imprinted in his mind: "Did you miss me?"

Lu Ran nodded immediately: "I did, I missed you especially."

Cold Night Sword had the same cold voice as Jiang Ruyi, but the tone was not flat, instead carrying a trace of resentment:

"Liar."

Lu Ran: "..."

Awkward!

Lu Ran gripped the sword hilt and hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, have you opened the Divine Weapon Domain?"

"No."

A lonely word, cold, was quite like Jiang Ruyi's state when facing outsiders.

Lu Ran's voice was gentle: "Haven't determined the path yet?"

Cold Night Sword: "Determined long ago."

"Then you..."

"Blocked; there is a mysterious power that does not allow me to cultivate deeply on this path."

"Oh?" Lu Ran frowned slightly, "Where is the opponent? Can you perceive it?"

Cold Night Sword: "Not in the human world, nor in the mountain realm."

Lu Ran placed Cold Night Sword flat on his knees, his fingers stroking the cold sword body: "Silent Night Blade is also blocked at the intersection.

Don't be discouraged; we will always find the opponent."

"I believe in you." Cold Night Sword responded.

That voice, exactly the same as Jiang Ruyi's, made Lu Ran feel a bit dazed.

"Buzz~" Cold Night Sword suddenly trembled lightly.

Lu Ran's expression was puzzled, then realized that his movement had stopped.

He smiled and stroked the sword body with his fingertips again.

Interestingly, the Chifeng-patterned gourd on the side also snuggled into the hostess's arms like acting spoiled.

The stone room quieted down.

One sword and one gourd.

A pair of people snuggling quietly.

For the next few days, Jiang Ruyi led the main force to rest in the cave.

Lu Ran constantly deployed his subordinates and led a small team to go on expeditions several times.

Holding the intelligence provided by Elder Peng, he successfully found the area occupied by the Evil Dog clan and eliminated many evil dogs.

Lu Ran did not act rashly and did not go to the Evil Dog clan's base to make trouble.

In this way, the mission progress might be slowed down, but it was safer.

This was also what Jiang Ruyi had repeatedly exhorted, and Lu Ran naturally didn't want to make her worry.

It took a total of five days, and Lu Ran finally accomplished his task.

Because the preparations were quite sufficient, this mission could be considered to have turned danger into safety, and Lu Ran also decisively withdrew his team and did not linger in battle.

Ten Thousand Blades Mountain was extremely dangerous!

There was even Heavenly Desolate Mountain standing here.

With the current strength of the Ran Sect, they were not yet qualified to contend with such a large sect; leaving a day earlier meant peace of mind a day earlier.

In addition, Lu Ran didn't feel the mountains were high and the roads were long.

When he advanced to the Sea Realm, he would be able to perform the Sea Artifact, Mirror Flower Moon; one activation could teleport 3,000 kilometers!

At that time, Lu Ran could cross the continent at will.

Ten Thousand Blades Mountain?

Naturally, he could come whenever he wanted!

With this, the Ran Sect crowd embarked on the return journey.

On the 29th day of the eighth lunar month, the crowd remaining at Cloud Sea Cliff received good news from Bai Yan.

Old Bai said: Good things will happen today.

Such words were quite out of tune with the tone of Lingshan!

Si Xianxian immediately realized something and constantly sent "voice call" requests to Lu Ran, finally receiving the desired reply.

As the Crazy Fairy Protector notified everyone, the crowd in the cliff was a bit excited.

Especially Xun Yifei!

He hadn't seen his wife for nearly a month, and the children had been looking for their mother for a month, crying and making a fuss every day...

Great!

Mom is finally back, Dad is saved!

Finally, he could prove to the children that Mom didn't abandon us, although... hmm, Mom did run away with someone else, but she still loves us.

"Whoosh~"

A floor mirror opened on the only mountain-climbing path entering the cliff in the forest on the west side of Cloud Sea Cliff.

"Hiss!" The hissing sound of the Night Charm clan sounded, traveling very, very far.

"Me!" Lu Ran walked out of the floor mirror first and pressed his hand toward the Night Charm galloping from afar.

The Night Charm's charging pace stopped, and it immediately stood in mid-air.

The crowd walking out of the mirror saw this scene and couldn't help but click their tongues in wonder.

In the past few days, the crowd who had "never" walked out of Ten Thousand Blades Mountain in their "whole lives" felt everything was novel.

When they saw the rolling mountains and lush forests, the crowd almost jumped and cheered.

When they saw the endless blue sea, the crowd was even more dumbfounded!

In just a few days, they had come from the barren desert filled with yellow sand to the blue sea and blue sky of the cliff forest...

Was it just two extremes?

It was simply two worlds!

"Sect Master, you are back." A tall figure appeared beside Lu Ran by teleportation and saluted respectfully.

Lu Ran looked at Yan Shuangzi and said: "You've worked hard during this time."

"Ha! You are finally back..." A surprised voice came from afar, but then stopped abruptly.

Si Xianxian slowed her pace, staring blankly at the white-skirted girl beside Lu Ran.

Jiang Ruyi smiled, looking at the good girlfriend who had accompanied her day and night in the human world.

"My mom..." Si Xianxian was full of disbelief.

Jiang Ruyi's smiling eyes were gentle, as always.

She just stood there quietly, pulling Si Xianxian back to the human world, back to the peaceful and quiet Lady Luo Xianshan.

Si Xianxian's nose soured, her eyes reddened, and she rushed forward: "Ruyi..."

"Oh." Jiang Ruyi took a step back, then stood firm and hugged the girl who had rushed into her arms.

"Why did you run to this kind of ghost place too!" As she spoke, Si Xianxian hurriedly let go of the hug and sized up Jiang Ruyi, "Are you hurt? Did anyone hunt you down?"

Judging others by oneself...

Jiang Ruyi already knew Si Xianxian's experience after entering the mountain from Lu Ran.

That was why Si Xianxian was so flustered and so fearful.

Once entering Lingshan, suffering was inevitable.

Fortunately, both you and I met the person who ended the suffering.

Jiang Ruyi reached out her hand with a bit of heartache, stroked Si Xianxian's cheek, and her fingertips wiped across her moist eye sockets:

"Long time no see, Sister Xian'er."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 516 =====