Chapter 559: The Qualification to Become a God!

In the darkness, Jiangjiang Ruyi sat quietly beside Lu Ran.

Though she could see nothing, she could feel a terrifying aura sweeping toward her.

Jiangjiang Ruyi could imagine He He Qi Feng's appearance: handsome and extraordinary, his golden long robe fluttering wildly.

Someone like He He Qi Feng should be the most difficult for Lu Ran to subdue.

She was already a figure akin to an Empress.

She possessed powerful abilities and methods, wielded immense influence and the bearing of a leader, and harbored ambitions beyond the reach of ordinary people!

Such a king was destined to make others bow their heads in submission.

"The undisputed second genius of Great Xia?" He He Qi Feng approached the table and casually placed the Son of Heaven Sword upon it.

"What?" Lu Ran asked, bewildered.

He He Qi Feng flicked the hem of his robe and sat directly opposite Lu Ran, legs spread wide in a dominant posture: "If you do not belong to the category of ordinary people,"

"then I, He He Qi Feng, ought to be the first genius of Great Xia!"

Lu Ran: "."

Hearing this, Jiangjiang Ruyi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

There was nothing wrong with those words!

Although He He Qi Feng was not an ordinary person either—she was the only female disciple of the Wusengyi Sect since the descent of gods and demons—

she was at least within a range that the world could accept.

Lu Ran's extraordinariness, if traced to its root, was something no one could accept.

Not to mention the human race.

Even the myriad gods and demons could neither accept nor tolerate Lu Ran's existence.

"Ding~ Ding~"

He He Qi Feng rested one hand on the expensive Son of Heaven Sword, lightly tapping the golden blade with his fingertips as he spoke calmly:

"Lu Ran, tell me."

"The Evil Dog Xie Fa indeed helped me greatly," Lu Ran admitted freely, "but you cannot strip me of my ranking! Hundreds of millions of people are watching 'Genius,' and I dare not use other techniques.

This ranking was hacked out by me, blade by blade!

You once told me you repeatedly studied my combat recordings; did you see me using any other techniques?"

He He Qi Feng snorted coldly: "I actually thought you possessed extraordinary talent and exceptionally keen perception!"

Lu Ran shrugged: "I am merely a Xiang Xiang Xianyang believer; I just have extra evil consciousness and evil sensitivity, nothing more.

Your Wusengyi Sect's list of divine techniques is explosively awesome!

I'm just a lowly Xiang Xiang Xianyang believer; can't you let me have a bit of evil consciousness and evil sensitivity? So stingy?"

"Who are you calling stingy?" He He Qi Feng frowned.

"How about this," Lu Ran said with an air of magnanimity, "I remain the first genius of Great Xia, and you move up a notch, no longer the second genius.

You are 1.5!"

He He Qi Feng:???

Lu Ran chuckled: "How about it? Great Xia's 1.5th genius?"

He He Qi Feng ground his teeth in anger.

Pity the night was dim and the mist too thick; she could not see Lu Ran's detestable smiling face.

Burning Dog!!

He was truly infuriating!

"Rein in your aura; you're scaring me," Lu Ran's detestable voice came again from the darkness.

That tone of "I'm weak, so I'm right" was utterly shameless.

But this was Lu Ran.

If it were any other Jiang Jing figure, the Sea Realm Grand City Lord would likely have severely educated a tiny Xiao Xiao Jiang Jing on how to speak to him.

He He Qi Feng closed his eyes and slowly exhaled.

The atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed somewhat.

After a moment, he spoke: "The Evil Shadow Flash of the Evil Dog clan, the Explosive Firmament of the Divine Lie Tian sect, the Evil Cloud Entanglement of the Evil Spear Emperor clan..."

"And the Celestial Python of the Jade-Faced Snake clan."

As He He Qi Feng recounted these, his tone inadvertently grew heavier when mentioning the Jade-Faced Snake clan.

After all, this clan was the mortal enemy of the Wusengyi Sect.

He paused, then asked: "Why do you possess techniques from various sects and clans?"

Lu Ran answered directly: "Because I can steal the power of gods and demons and make it my own."

He He Qi Feng immediately narrowed his eyes.

Even though he had long been mentally prepared and had numerous conjectures, hearing Lu Ran say it aloud still stirred up a tremendous storm in He He Qi Feng's heart!

The room fell into complete silence.

So quiet one could hear a pin drop.

Lu Ran leaned slightly to the side, resting his head on Jiangjiang Ruyi's shoulder to rest with his eyes closed.

Jiangjiang Ruyi's delicate body trembled slightly.

She felt somewhat resentful, especially since He He Qi Feng was sitting only a table away from the two of them.

However, she also understood that Lu Ran was physically and mentally exhausted and truly needed rest.

Thus, she simply indulged Lu Ran and let him do as he pleased.

Lu Ran enjoyed it immensely, imagining the faint fragrance of jasmine, giving He He Qi Feng ample time to digest the revelation.

"So, the Holy Spirit Qi that we cannot cultivate—you can cultivate it?" After a long pause, He Qi asked softly.

"Mm, to a certain extent."

"Who gave you this ability?"

"Lord Xiang Xianyang."

"Lord Xiang Xianyang?" He Qi's brows knitted tightly together.

The Xiang Xiang Xianyang, ranked ninth and last in the Great Xia pantheon?

The deity regarded by the world as the weakest in power and the most timid and cowardly in temperament—Xiang Xiang Xianyang?

Lord Xiang Xianyang

could actually grant his disciples the ability to steal the power of demonic gods?

How is this possible?

It is an absurdity under heaven!

If Lord Xiang Xianyang were powerful enough to do this, how could he have fallen to such a state! Even humble humans secretly look down on the Xianyangyi Sect.

Yet Lu Ran's ability stands right here, leaving no room for disbelief!

"Ding~ Ding~"

Lost in thought, He Qi's fingers moved unconsciously, lightly tapping against the golden sword blade.

Lu Ran closed his eyes to rest, a slight smile appearing on his face.

So comfortable~

Little Sister Wu Seng, let me open the door to a new world for you!

He Qi suddenly asked: "Deng Deng Yuxiang is a disciple of Xiang Xiang Xianyang and can also wield the Ye Mei Blade, so did she steal the power of the demonic god Ye Mei?"

"How do you know that was the Ye Mei Blade and not the Fei Feng Token?" Lu Ran asked curiously.

Based solely on the appearance of the wind blades, people cannot distinguish between them.

"She wasn't flying in the air; she was running," He Qi analyzed. "Therefore, that wasn't the Northern Wind Sect's Clear Wind Dance, but the Ye Mei Clan's Night Dance that toppled the city."

"As expected of Great Xia's 1.5 Heaven's Pride; your foundational knowledge is truly solid!" Lu Ran clicked his tongue in admiration.

"Stop talking nonsense!" He Qi was furious, nearly slamming the table.

Who are you calling 1.5?

This City Lord is number one, alright!

"Qi Feng."

"Speak!"

"You must have an attitude of seeking instruction." Lu Ran's voice was small and light, looking pitiful, "You've frightened me again."

He Qi:???

When you killed Lü Xiao, you were practically stepping on his face!

That was the Sect Master of Mount Jingting Mountain, the peak of the Sea Realm!

I am merely an early-stage Sea Realm cultivator; could I frighten you?

He Qi was truly infuriated.

As the master of a city, she considered herself quite magnanimous, yet in front of Lu Ran—

she really wanted to flip the table, stride forward, and fiercely kick that dog Ran's butt twice!

"Please!" He Qi pressed one hand firmly onto the Son of Heaven Sword, leaning her upper body forward with immense pressure as she gazed into the pitch-black ahead, "Please instruct me."

Lu Ran: "."

Good heavens~

Is your temper this big?

Truly an extremely competitive person; I should poke less at her sore spots in the future.

Lu Ran replied: "Deng Deng Yuxiang does not possess the ability to steal the power of gods and demons."

"Oh?"

"Qi Feng, you misunderstood; it is not that believers of Xiang Xiang Xianyang can steal the power of gods and demons."

Lu Ran paused for a moment, speaking word by word: "It is I, Lu Ran, who can steal the power of gods and demons!"

As his words fell, the entire world was once again hit with a mute button.

He Qi remained silent for a very, very long time, her voice carrying a slight tremor:

"So... you are the only one?"

"The only one."

He Qi spoke again: "Then what about Deng Deng Yuxiang's Ye Mei Xie Fa?"

From the darkness came Lu Ran's low voice: "I bestowed it upon her."

He Qi's breathing hitched slightly!

Lu Ran could steal the power of gods and demons, then bestow corresponding divine arts and demonic arts upon humans?

This... how is this any different from the gods themselves?

So, the young man sitting opposite her was a deity?

No!

Not just "one" deity.

Should he be called the Pantheon?

The room fell into silence once more, the atmosphere far more oppressive than before.

Lu Ran rubbed his cheek slightly against Jiangjiang Ruyi's shoulder, finding a more comfortable position.

To be honest, my lord girlfriend's shoulder isn't an ideal pillow.

Human shoulders naturally lack flesh, and Jiangjiang Ruyi is the slender type, so resting on her feels a bit hard.

Should I switch to a lap pillow?

Better to act than just feel tempted!

But just as Lu Ran began to slide down, Jiangjiang Xianzi caught him with one hand.

Her voice was soft as she spoke lightly, "Have a proper talk with He Qi."

Lu Ran: "."

Greed yields no good fruit.

Now even the shoulder pillow is gone.

Held upright by her, Lu Ran sat up straight and said, "He Qi, the gods have ruled the human world for too long, oppressing our human race for too long."

"I intend to slay gods and butcher demons, sweeping away all calamities in this world."

"What do you say? Join me?"

He Qi bit his lower lip, his expression extremely complicated.

Lu Ran's low voice was especially bewitching, emanating from a patch of utter darkness.

Staring into the darkness ahead, He Qi finally spoke, "You want to overthrow this tyranny, but what about Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang?"

"What does it want?"

"To become the sole god in the world, receiving offerings from the human race for generations?"

Lu Ran said in a deep voice, "He Qi, you must be clear: the fate of the human race cannot get any worse."

He Qi fell silent.

Lu Ran continued, "Gods and demons have joined forces to rig the game, ensuring that tragedies occur every month in the human world and that anyone capable of disrupting the pattern is thrown into Spirit Saint Mountain."

"The myriad gods and demons want us to live forever in the world they have woven, oppressed and ruled generation after generation."

"With no day of emergence ever coming."

He Qi naturally knew that what Lu Ran said was true.

Leaning forward with his upper body, Lu Ran looked serious: "Regardless of what Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang wants, we of the human race have nothing left to lose."

"If we do not change, the human race will be slaves for eternity."

"Life, dignity, faith, soul, the next generation we bear, and the generation after that..."

He Qi's face remained grim.

Spirit Saint Mountain teaches without discrimination.

It helps everyone unwilling to pretend to sleep sort out their thoughts.

"You will eventually realize: humans come into this world only to serve gods and demons from birth to death, and will be drained of everything."

"Only by changing do we have a sliver of possibility, a single thread of survival." Lu Ran's voice lingered around He Qi's ears.

He Qi said, "So, you are walking the path of slaughtering gods."

Lu Ran merely smiled, "We are walking the same path, are we not?"

He Qi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Lu Ran sighed with emotion, "The Forbidden City you established is already defying the will of the gods and changing the rules of Spirit Saint Mountain."

"You too are on the path to overturn the tyranny of gods and demons, are you not?"

"It's just that you lack one thing."

"What thing?"

"You are strong, and perhaps in the future you can stand above the peak of the human race," Lu Ran sighed, "but you will ultimately be restricted."

He Qi's eyes flickered slightly.

Lu Ran stated with certainty, "You are a believer of the Wu Seng, having signed a master-servant contract, and you have always been under the supervision of the gods."

"Once you become strong enough, your Lord Wu Seng will impossible allow you to continue living!"

"Before you can threaten the gods, you will definitely be strangled."

He Qi asked, "Can you prevent this situation from occurring?"

Lu Ran shifted the topic: "Why was Deng Deng Yuxiang able to wield the Ye Mei Xie Fa?"

He Qi remained silent, waiting for what followed.

Lu Ran said slowly, "Because she believed in me."

He Qi's fingers tightened slightly, gripping the Son of Heaven Sword.

As expected, Lu Ran was no different from what he had imagined.

He is a god!

Lu Ran added, "The contract I signed with Deng Deng Yuxiang is not the master-servant contract you understand."

"Oh?"

"I prepared a stone statue for Deng Deng Yuxiang, a Ye Mei Yemo Xiesu belonging to me, and I bound the two of them tightly together, causing them to constantly fuse!"

Hearing this, He Qi's eyes widened slightly.

Ye Mei Yemo Xiesu?

Had Lu Ran stolen the source power of gods and demons, then forged his own god-demon stone statue?

"Heh." Lu Ran smiled, "Not only did I give her the Xie Fa of the Ye Mei clan?"

"What I gave her is a path to becoming a god."

"It is the qualification to replace the Evil God · Ye Mei!"

Boom—

He Qi's brain gave a loud buzz!

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