Chapter 639

Disaster!

After Jiang Ruyi calmed down, a thought popped into her mind.

Admittedly,

The temptation of going home made it hard for her to resist, and she was extremely excited in her heart.

But after calming down, Jiang Ruyi considered that Lu Ran's secret might be exposed!

Having roamed the Mountain Realm for a long time, Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi were indeed a bit reckless; since the hands of the gods could not reach this place, Lu Ran had gradually let go of his restraints.

And Qin Yanzhi's message was no different from a blow to the head!

He actually had a master who was a Heaven Realm Dust Shadow believer, and was even able to open the Divine Technique Other Shore Flower to teleport people back to the human world of Great Xia!

Once Qin Yanzhi returned to the human world with Lu Ran's secret and it was learned by the god Dust Shadow...

Lu Ran would have only a dead end, with no other path.

Even Lord Xiang Xianyang could not protect him!

Or rather, Lord Xiang Xianyang would also be killed by the gods working together!

The god Lord Wangquan, whom Li Rouyin worships, is a very good example.

There is still a qualitative difference between the two gods; Lord Wangquan only eats some dead souls to nourish herself, yet she was banished to a demon cave and cannot take a single step out.

The gods do not allow the Wangquan sect to grow and develop, and the god Wangquan can only guard Li Rouyin, her only direct disciple, and live a lonely life.

And Lord Xiang Xianyang...

Everything it taught Lu Ran is not as simple as eating dead souls.

Lu Ran is prying at the foundation of the gods!

He is subverting the ruling system created by the joint efforts of gods and demons!

Being attacked by the group is the inevitable ending for one person and one sheep.

What should be done about this?

Make Qin Yanzhi tear up the contract, switch to Lu Ran's sect, and worship the Evil Mirror Demon Stone Statue?

That is the only way.

"Heh." Jiang Ruyi slowly let out a breath, calming her emotions.

It's all because Dust Shadow disciples are too special.

To capture Qin Yanzhi, Lu Ran would inevitably have to use other divine techniques and evil techniques.

No solution!

"Ruyi."

"Hmm?" Jiang Ruyi came back to her senses and looked up at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into his embrace.

This time, even with outsiders present, Jiang Ruyi did not resist and leaned obediently in his arms.

"Brother Qin, what is your master's honorable name?"

At this time, Lu Ran had also calmed down.

"My mentor is Lu Yuan, the Yuan of profound knowledge."

Qin Yanzhi paused and continued: "Master Lu is over seventy years old; he came here as early as the beginning of the gods and demons descending to the world, when the wars in the human world had just stabilized."

Lu Ran nodded secretly.

It seems he is a first-generation disciple just like Grandpa Cheng.

He should also be a person who opened up the world!

In the early days of the gods descending, their unified goal was to rectify human order and strike at demons.

At that time, the god Dust Shadow certainly contributed his share.

It was only later, after the gods and demons reached a tacit balance and built a brand-new ruling order amidst the catastrophe of world destruction, that the god Dust Shadow gradually revealed his own characteristics.

The Dust Shadow sect then transformed, and the sect disciples they recruited were also a group of bystanders outside the red dust.

In other words, the new-era believer Qin Yanzhi is likely a spectator in the human world.

But the first-generation believer Lu Yuan is a person who protects the home and defends the country, supporting the building as it leans!

He is definitely not a spectator!

From Lu Ran's embrace came Jiang Ruyi's cold voice: "Since your master is a Heaven Realm powerhouse, why does he still linger in the Mountain Realm?"

Hearing this, Qin Yanzhi smiled bitterly: "To tell you the truth, Master Lu cannot get out."

"Oh?" Lu Ran asked, "Isn't it said that the Heaven Grade Other Shore Flower can return to the human world?"

The Evil Mirror Evil Technique corresponds to the Dust Shadow Divine Technique Other Shore Flower.

Qin Yanzhi slowly spat out four words:

"The gods do not allow it."

"The gods do not allow it?"

"Yes." Qin Yanzhi nodded heavily, "After Master Lu advanced to the Heaven Realm, he once opened the Other Shore Flower and returned to Great Xia."

"Your master has already been back?" Lu Ran's heart trembled.

Qin Yanzhi spoke slowly: "Afterward, Master Lu received a voice transmission from Lord Dust Shadow and nearly lost his life on the spot.

Master Lu immediately teleported back to Holy Lingshan, which is how he barely escaped a disaster."

Lu Ran frowned: "As far as I know, human believers who enter the Divine Ruins can return to the human world."

Although such people are extremely rare, they do objectively exist.

"The Sect Leader does not know that Master Lu broke the rules by returning to the human world using the teleportation method."

"Rules?"

Qin Yanzhi pointed upward: "If you want to return to the human world, you have to go from the sky."

Lu Ran frowned even deeper.

He knew the true face of the gods too well and naturally inferred some information.

How could the gods easily let this group of people who know the secrets and have the ability to influence the human landscape return to the human world?

Therefore...

Holy Lingshan is a slaughterhouse for people from the River and Sea.

After people's strength reaches the Heaven Realm, the Mountain Realm can no longer pose a threat, and the so-called "Heaven Realm" came into being.

Holy Lingshan is a huge cage; if people want to go home, they can only fly to the sky.

And is the Heaven Realm above the clouds a slaughterhouse for Heaven Realm people?

"Master Lu has a home but cannot return to it; if he sends others back, it will also harm them, and Master Lu himself will likely be implicated." Qin Yanzhi sighed helplessly.

Jiang Ruyi pondered: "It sounds like your master is a hidden danger to the gods."

Since that is the case, why not just get rid of him?

The hands of the gods indeed cannot reach into Holy Lingshan, but humans can take the initiative to tear up the contract, and the gods can naturally cut off the contract threads unilaterally.

Just expel Lu Yuan from the sect so he has no divine technique to perform...

No matter how terrifying Lu Yuan's physical strength is, he would die miserably in the Mountain Realm.

This is beyond doubt!

Or more simply, Lord Dust Shadow could just ignore Lu Yuan's request to perform the technique.

High and mighty gods hold the lifeblood of believers; wanting to put a certain believer to death is simply not too easy!

Then, why is Lu Yuan, this huge hidden danger, still alive?

Why can he still retain the status of a Dust Shadow believer...

Wait!

Jiang Ruyi's eyes flickered.

Holy Spirit Qi!

The energy source of all gods and demons!

Lu Yuan has been in the mountain for thirty or forty years; the amount of Holy Spirit Qi he has collected must be extremely considerable.

Presumably, even Lord Dust Shadow cannot bear to part with such resources.

Once the contract is torn up, Lu Yuan's soul after death will not be cast into the embrace of the god Dust Shadow.

The massive amount of Holy Spirit Qi carried in his soul would not be Lord Dust Shadow's to enjoy.

Jiang Ruyi thought carefully and also stated her thoughts.

The atmosphere in the room became increasingly oppressive.

Qin Yanzhi's face was pained; he knew in his heart that Jiang Ruyi's speculation was likely correct.

"I'm afraid that's the case." Lu Ran nodded, "Dust Shadow still allows Master Lu to perform the technique, also to let him continue to collect Holy Spirit Qi.

Just waiting for Master Lu to die, Dust Shadow can enjoy a gluttonous feast."

Qin Yanzhi: "Within the Mountain Realm, there is no one who can kill Master Lu!"

Although he said so, Qin Yanzhi looked at Lu Ran and felt uneasy in his heart.

Before meeting Lu Ran, Qin Yanzhi really believed that his mentor was an existence "invincible in Holy Lingshan."

Not to mention whether he could defeat the enemy, at least Master Lu would not die.

But after meeting Lu Ran...

The belief that had never wavered in his heart was completely shattered.

Lu Ran's strength is of another dimension.

It is omnipotent.

It is comparable to the gods!

No!

Sect Leader Lu... is an existence that can surpass the gods!

Jiang Ruyi rose from Lu Ran's embrace and reached for the teacup with one hand: "In the Mountain Realm, perhaps there is no one who can hurt your master."

Jiang Ruyi deliberately emphasized the word "person" at the end.

Qin Yanzhi looked at Jiang Ruyi in confusion.

"Time can." Jiang Ruyi said lightly, "It will eventually take everyone away."

Qin Yanzhi's breathing stalled.

That's right.

Time!

Whether it is River or Sea, even if it is the Heaven Realm, people are essentially still flesh and blood.

The stronger your strength, perhaps you can live longer.

But one hundred years? Two hundred years? Three hundred years?

There is always an end!

You cannot consider problems from the perspective of humans.

For the gods, a hundred years of time is probably just a snap of the fingers.

The gods have also established a firm foothold in the human world and built a ruling system, afterward enslaving the human race for generations.

Whether Lu Yuan will die in battle does not matter.

He will eventually be taken away by time!

Afterward, his soul will return to the embrace of the god Dust Shadow with a staggering amount of Holy Spirit Qi.

"Sigh." Qin Yanzhi lowered his head and sighed heavily.

If Master Lu is like this, why am I not the same?

Cannot go back.

Home, can never go back.

Jiang Ruyi sipped her tea and asked softly: "Since the gods indicated that the correct route home is to ascend to the Heaven Realm.

Then after your master was forced back to the Mountain Realm, did he try to go to the Heaven Realm?"

"He went."

"He went?" Lu Ran widened his eyes slightly.

Honestly, he felt immense respect in his heart, even a bit of admiration.

What a Lu Yuan!

What a first-generation disciple who opened up the world!

I have traveled through the Mountain Realm.

I have seen the human world again.

Even the Heaven Realm, I have taken a trip to!

"Why did your master come back?" Jiang Ruyi pursued the question.

Qin Yanzhi, who had always been forthcoming, got stuck this time.

He looked troubled and looked up at the cold and beautiful fairy: "Lady, I really don't know about this; Master Lu has never told me about the Heaven Realm."

Jiang Ruyi frowned slightly.

From the information Qin Yanzhi knew, this pair of master and disciple were inseparable.

Qin Yanzhi knew Lu Yuan's past like the back of his hand.

How come when it involved the Heaven Realm, Lu Yuan stopped talking about it?

"My subordinate has absolutely no lies." Qin Yanzhi changed his form of address, his attitude sincere, "And, ever since he came back from the Heaven Realm, Master Lu has been..."

"Been what?"

"Relaxed? Calm?" Qin Yanzhi said two words in a row, trying to describe Lu Yuan's state, "In short, he didn't have the fighting spirit he had before."

Lu Ran's heart tightened: "Don't tell me he saw something and became completely dead inside."

"No!" Qin Yanzhi denied, "I have seen too many walking corpses in the Mountain Realm; Master Lu is not in that state."

"Calm." Jiang Ruyi chewed on this word.

So is it the kind of calm after seeing everything and seeing through everything?

Qin Yanzhi looked at Lu Ran, his expression solemn: "Sect Leader, if you return to the human world, will you suffer the wrath of the gods?"

"No!" Lu Ran's response was crisp and decisive.

Qin Yanzhi pondered for a moment and confirmed again: "The Sect Leader has absolute certainty?"

Before, Lu Yuan returning to the human world without authorization was already considered a huge disaster.

If he sent someone back again and caused another disaster, he would likely be implicated.

For example, if Dust Shadow sent someone else in specifically to kill Lu Yuan and collect his soul in advance, wouldn't that be a very easy thing?

Just at a critical moment, move a thought and forbid Lu Yuan from performing the technique; how would he have a way to live?

Maintaining the status quo, Master Lu continues to collect Holy Spirit Qi, at least he can live peacefully until his life is exhausted by time.

But...

But Master Lu has revealed his true feelings more than once.

Missing his wife and daughter, wanting to know if his wife is still alive, if his daughter's life is going well, if she has started a family...

Protecting the home and defending the country, protecting the home and defending the country.

Lu Yuan knelt at the feet of the gods and kowtowed piously, becoming a believer, first to protect his home.

It was for his wife and daughter at home!

And now, Lu Yuan is wandering in this desolate land like a lonely ghost for thirty or forty years.

Living the rest of his life in fear.

"Of course I have absolute certainty!" Lu Ran also had a serious expression, "You have to understand one thing."

Lu Ran looked straight into Qin Yanzhi's eyes and said in a deep voice:

"The god you worship wants to maintain the status quo, keep the rule eternal, and wants us to die.

And the god I worship wants to destroy the order, subvert the rule...

Wants the gods to die!"

(End of chapter)