Chapter 53: Bead and Blade

"Watch the house well."

Outside the door, Lu Ran blocked the door crack with his leg, looking at the little tabby trying to slip out.

"Meow~" The tabby tried several times without success, then looked up at its master, calling out in protest.

"Click."

The heartless master closed the security door tightly.

The tabby cat tilted its little head, squatted at the door for a while, then ran to a corner of the living room in a flash.

There was a box of fish canned food that had just been opened.

Lu Ran walked out of the residential building, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He didn't choose to continue cultivating in front of the shrine, because he didn't need to absorb external divine power anymore.

If the human body were compared to a container, the divine power Lu Ran carried in his body had already reached its limit!

Just as Xianyang had taught him, when Lu Ran was at the Mist Realm, 5th stage, he only needed to do one thing.

"Condense streams of water."

Lu Ran muttered to himself, carefully feeling the divine power in his body.

While desperately compressing the mist in his body, he walked toward the school.

Perhaps because his physical fitness had greatly increased, or perhaps Lu Ran was too focused and his pace was too fast without realizing it.

He arrived at the empty campus in less than 20 minutes.

Actually, after students enter the third year of high school, they almost never have classes anymore.

You can even treat Rain Alley No. 1 High School as a "mission hall."

The school will issue monthly assessment missions based on the 15th of each lunar month.

It will also organize students to go to various surrounding cities and enter various types of Demon Caves for training.

Expenses such as food, accommodation, travel, and Demon Cave tickets are all covered by the school.

What students need to do is constantly hone themselves and strive to grow.

Today is the first day of school, and this morning class is estimated to be the only class this month.

Lu Ran hurried and finally arrived at the classroom before the bell rang...

"Knock knock knock~"

Lu Ran knocked on the classroom door and saw Teacher Li Yanzhu on the podium through the window.

Li Yanzhu turned to look, and her originally serious expression eased slightly: "Enter."

"Teacher Li." Lu Ran opened the door and nodded apologetically.

"Whoo-hoo~~~"

"Wow! Alive! He's alive!"

"Lu Ran is really alive, too fierce!"

Cheers and jeers rang out immediately.

Clearly, everyone knew that Lu Ran had gone to participate in the 15th city defense mission.

And this morning, Lu Ran didn't come to report, which inevitably made people think too much.

"You're late." Although Li Yanzhu said this, she didn't blame him.

Lu Ran smiled: "I just ran to Class 4 of the second year; I was wondering why the teacher changed."

"Back to your seat." Li Yanzhu rarely showed a smile, but immediately straightened her face again.

"Eh." Lu Ran walked into the class and found that many students were missing.

The original class of 40 was now left with less than 30.

Students who failed to worship gods were naturally not suitable to stay in the same collective as believers and were adjusted to other classes.

Thinking about it, believers are "people" in name, but where do they still look like people in their actions?

Jiang Ru Yi can slap a normal student against the wall casually; how can they still play together?

"Tian Tian?" Lu Ran was stunned for a moment.

When he walked toward Jiang Ru Yi's desk, he realized that his seat was occupied by a little loli.

Lu Ran turned his head to look at the class again and realized there were many new faces.

It seemed that the school had adjusted students from the same team to the same class.

Lu Ran even saw a dark-skinned girl sitting in the last row.

Chang Ying?

Lu Ran didn't recognize the girl next to Chang Ying, only feeling she looked familiar.

Unlike Chang Ying, the ponytail girl next to her had cold white skin, and the contrast between the two was quite obvious!

It was like black and white twins.

"What are you staring at?" Li Yanzhu urged, "Find a place to sit!"

"Oh oh." Lu Ran immediately looked for a seat.

"I'm sorry." Tian Tian lowered her head and apologized softly.

"It's okay, it's okay." Lu Ran waved his hand indifferently; what was there to apologize for?

He came to an empty seat and nodded friendly to the strange classmate.

The boy looked excited and lowered his voice: "Brother Ran, hello!"

Lu Ran: "..."

So sensible?

The boy had a parted hairstyle, single eyelids, and a plaid shirt, looking a bit handsome.

"Brother Ran, sign for me later? I heard you were in the same class, so I printed your photo early!"

Lu Ran: "Huh?"

He really didn't expect the plaid-shirt boy to actually take a photo out of the desk.

It was exactly the one taken by Chang Ying and posted in the grade group.

Street lamp, fine rain.

The boy with the blade wearing a yellow raincoat.

Actually, these didn't count for much.

But if you added a date to this photo—the 15th of the 7th lunar month, night.

Hmm... it was indeed a bit cool.

Lu Ran had a strange expression, looked at his photo, and said: "What's your... hmm?"

He reached out and grabbed a piece of chalk.

On the podium, Li Yanzhu had a grim face: "Lu Ran!"

Lu Ran hurriedly lowered his head, holding the chalk and scribbling on the desk, pretending to be very busy.

Li Yanzhu was quite angry and shouted: "Come up and get your prize!"

The content of the teacher's words was very contradictory to her tone.

In the classroom, the students all looked like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Lu Ran immediately got up and went to the podium; in fact, as soon as he entered the classroom, he saw the weapons piled in the corner.

"Your Bai Bai Hongshi Blade."

Li Yanzhu handed over the rare equipment, and Lu Ran accepted it immediately; it felt warm and moist to the touch.

Bai Bai Hongshi was very much like some kind of pure white jade, with a crystal-clear texture.

On the slender blade, there were wisps of white lines, like the white halo around the sun and moon, shining brightly.

"It's really beautiful." Lu Ran muttered to himself.

However, Lu Ran didn't invest too much emotion, because it wouldn't be long before this Bai Bai Hongshi Blade would be upgraded again!

Just yesterday, the Divine People Bureau had informed Lu Ran that they had approved his request to upgrade his equipment.

For the material rewards of additional candidates, the Divine People Bureau should have decided for themselves.

But Lu Ran, relying on his outstanding performance, had won the recognition of the Divine People Bureau, and the Divine People Bureau had also prepared a Black Obsidian Blade for Lu Ran according to his request!

Black Obsidian material was more precious, and its rarity was above Bai Bai Hongshi and Colored Satin Stone!

A well-made Black Obsidian weapon started at 180,000.

The market price would often be hyped even higher, and even if you had money, you might not be able to buy it.

Such a divine weapon was absolutely something that could be used for a lifetime.

"Where is your Spotted Green Stone Blade?" Li Yanzhu asked.

"I was in a hurry to go out and forgot to bring it." Lu Ran was a bit embarrassed.

Li Yanzhu took out a small red square box and placed it on the podium: "Did you forget your divine power bead too?"

"I brought this one." Lu Ran reached toward his neck and took off the Stream-grade divine power bead.

"Next time you return to school, remember to bring the Spotted Green Stone Blade." Li Yanzhu didn't make things difficult for Lu Ran and took the Stream-grade divine power bead.

While helping Lu Ran remove the divine power bead embedded in the card holder, she said casually: "Check it."

Lu Ran immediately opened the small square box, and suddenly, luster overflowed.

The divine power bead was crystal clear, two circles larger than a fingertip, with light flowing inside, which was very magical.

For a time, students cast envious glances one after another.

This was a River-grade divine power bead!

It was a "treasure bead" in the true sense!

The divine power storage was amazing!

"Go back."

"Thank you, Teacher!" Lu Ran was secretly happy, returning with a full load.

That joyful look couldn't help but make everyone secretly jealous.

But the students had no way to do anything, and it was hard to even find an angle to question it.

After all, Lu Ran's combat record was clear and verifiable!

He even dared to participate in the additional test on the 15th of the 7th month with a Mist Realm posture!

That was really putting his head on his belt, wanting points but not his life...

"Ring ring ring~"

The bell for the end of class suddenly rang, and Li Yanzhu patted the podium, her voice easily covering the bell:

"Class is over, everyone go home and prepare. At 1:30 PM, the bus will depart on time at the school gate."

The students stood up one after another, and the classroom was noisy.

Lu Ran looked at Deng Yutang, who was walking over, and asked: "Where to?"

Deng Yutang: "The school is organizing us to go to Mount Mount Wuling, asking us to submit 300 Mist Realm magic crystals within fifteen days."

Lu Ran frowned: "Is it okay not to go?"

"It's okay, it's not mandatory. As long as the number of magic crystals we submit is enough, we get believer points."

"That's fine."

Deng Yutang looked confused: "Where does Brother Lu want to go?"

Lu Ran was a bit embarrassed: "Vicious Dog Village?"

Deng Yutang was stunned; how did he get stuck on Vicious Dog Village?

Do you have a grudge against that group of skinny dogs?

Looking at the other's expression, Lu Ran didn't know how to explain.

He just wanted to improve the level of the Vicious Dog evil sculpture as soon as possible.

If he could join hands with the Vicious Dog statue to be promoted to the Stream Realm during the training, that would be even more perfect!

Evil technique: Evil Agility, wouldn't that be equipped!

If you want to be a jungler, you have to have the attitude of a jungler!

And watch how I transform into a flexible skinny dog...

"What's wrong?" Jiang Ru Yi walked over with Tian Tian.

Deng Yutang shrugged: "Brother Lu wants to go to Vicious Dog Village."

"Oh?" Jiang Ru Yi was also a bit surprised.

"How about this." Lu Ran was a bit embarrassed. "Let's go to Vicious Dog Village first and kill until the sky turns dark.

Then go to Mount Mount Wuling to see the new Demon Cave and challenge new evil spirits."

Jiang Ru Yi didn't refuse, just a bit confused: "Like killing Vicious Dogs that much?"

Lu Ran nodded heavily, his willingness strong: "Especially like it!"

Deng Yutang smiled: "If Brother Lu really likes it, we can just train in Vicious Dog Village all the time.

Anyway, Mount Mount Wuling isn't far; we can go whenever we want, we can talk about it later."

"Still have to be my own brother!" Lu Ran grabbed Deng Yutang's hand.

You take such good care of me, I will definitely repay you!

And wait for me to equip some more powerful evil techniques...

In the future, regarding your sister, you can rest assured!

I will take care of her for you!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 54 =====