Chapter 664: Fire Pit

In the living room, Deng Deng Yuxiang spoke at length.

She spoke of what lay beyond the Divine Ruins, of the myriad gods and demons.

Deng Yutang clenched his fists tightly throughout, growing angrier with every word.

It was not merely deception he felt, but a profound sense of humiliation!

Thinking of how he had spent his days bowing in reverence before the divine shrine, grateful to the divine lords for protecting his family, Deng Yutang found it utterly ironic.

The very beings he had worshipped day and night were actually the culprits?!

Damn it.

Deng Deng Yuxiang paused her narration, giving her brother ample time to digest the news, and rose to brew tea.

When she returned, she found that her brother, who had been standing rigidly in the living room, had finally been persuaded by Lu Ran to take a seat.

Deng Yutang seemed to be craving a cigarette; he had just placed one between his lips when he thought better of it, holding the unlit stick as he looked toward Lu Ran: "Brother Lu, you..."

"You dare." A low, cold female voice cut through the air.

Deng Yutang was so startled he immediately withdrew his hand.

Lu Ran was equally startled!

Neither of them understood who she was addressing.

Yet both felt certain she was speaking to them.

Deng Yutang sheepishly put down the cigarette, bowing his head in silence; seeing the once-imposing Deng Shao reduced to such a craven state, Lu Ran couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.

Lu Ran raised his eyes to the woman and advised, "Actually, it's no big deal; with our superb medical skills, I can just flick two Revival Carp into Deng Shao, and any illness will be purified clean."

Besides, the eldest young master of the Deng family is bound to become a Yemo Yemo Xiesu Ghost General.

He will either die heroically on the battlefield or ascend to godhood and sainthood, transforming into a pure energy entity.

Organs like the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys will become irrelevant.

"Hmph." Deng Deng Yuxiang placed the teacup on the coffee table before Lu Ran. "In the future, he will frequently enter secluded cultivation for a month or half a month; why worry about such nonsense?"

Lu Ran pursed his lips and fell silent.

Deng Yutang stole a glance and noticed that even Lu Ran was behaving obediently, which immediately made him feel much better.

Brother Lu is the number one genius of Great Xia, a River Realm expert beyond the reach of ordinary people!

Yet before his older sister, isn't he still just as meek?

I am merely a insignificant River Realm Stage Four lackey; it is perfectly normal for me to bow my head and accept scolding.

Deng Deng Yuxiang plopped down onto the sofa, looked at her brother who was fidgeting, and said, "Call Mom and Dad in a little while and tell them to remove the small divine statues from our home."

I have requested two small Xiang Xiang Xianyang divine statues from Lady Luo Sister Xian at Xianshan for our family; take them back and enshrine them."

"Understood." Deng Yutang nodded, then summoned the courage to look at Deng Deng Yuxiang again. "Sister, could you please ask Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang to annul Bai Manni's contract as well?"

For the first time, Deng Deng Yuxiang felt satisfied with her brother; she nodded and said, "I have already asked."

"Thank you, Sister." Deng Yutang's face was filled with gratitude.

After learning the true nature of this world, Deng Yutang also worried that one day his wife might be summoned by a divine Curse Master and thrown into the depths beyond the Divine Ruins.

Curse Masters are sixth-rank gods.

The aptitude of their disciples is generally not high.

Yet Bai Bai Manni was exceptionally promising; at only twenty years old, she had already reached River Realm Stage Four.

Previously, Deng Yutang had been delighted for his wife; now, looking back, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead!

If Bai Bai Manni became even slightly stronger, would she have already been cast into that so-called Lingshan?

"Don't thank me." Deng Deng Yuxiang tilted her head, gesturing toward Lu Ran. "Not just anyone has the qualification to converse with a god and request their assistance."

Realizing this, Deng Yutang turned to look at Lu Ran, overflowing with gratitude: "Brother Lu..."

Lu Ran waved his hand and smiled, "We are family; no need for such formalities."

"What are your thoughts? Leaving Lingyi with Mom and Dad, and taking Bai Manni into the mountain with you?" Deng Deng Yuxiang asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Deng Yutang immediately panicked!

"Sister!" He stood up, bravely meeting the gaze of the Yemo Yemo Xiesu Night Phantom. "I will go with you; let Bai Manni stay home to care for the child and keep our parents company."

Deng Deng Yuxiang looked at him expressionlessly.

Her brother only realized the danger of Lingshan, failing to perceive her painstaking efforts.

Was she pushing her brother and sister-in-law into a fire pit?

A fire pit it indeed was.

But entering the mountain also meant being tightly bound to Lu Ran, and meant obtaining a divine position!

Their parents are ordinary people, lacking the qualification to cultivate.

Deng Deng Yuxiang could not make such unreasonable demands of Lu Ran; ensuring her parents' safety for a natural lifespan of a hundred years was already sufficient.

But her brother and sister-in-law were different!

Now that they were married with a child, they were truly one family.

The room fell into silence, the atmosphere growing increasingly oppressive.

Deng Yutang bowed his head trembling, his heart sinking deeper into panic.

"Um, excuse me." Lu Ran picked up his teacup and asked timidly, "This tea has been sitting at home for quite some time, hasn't it?"

Deng Deng Yuxiang finally shifted her gaze, saying softly to Lu Ran, "It's raw Pu'er; the older it gets, the more fragrant it becomes."

"Oh." Lu Ran took a sip, immediately blinking his eyes.

He did not have the habit of drinking tea; it was only after going to Lingshan that he occasionally used Mist Rain Tea to refresh himself.

Now tasting authentic mortal world tea leaves, he instantly felt incredibly comfortable.

Truly, only by comparing goods does one realize some should be thrown away!

What kind of thing is Misty Rain Tea anyway~

"It tastes good." Lu Ran looked at the woman, "When we go back this time, we'll bring more!"

Deng Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran with some helplessness; he had completely ruined the atmosphere.

You certainly are protective of your brother, aren't you?

"Is it good or not?"

"Fine, fine, fine." Deng Deng Yuxiang agreed repeatedly, then turned to Deng Yutang, "Make the call now."

"I didn't bring my phone." Deng Yutang's face was awkward.

He had been kidnapped too suddenly!

He had only been holding cigarettes and a lighter in his hand, and until now, he was still wearing his pajamas.

Deng Deng Yuxiang took out her own phone and tossed it over casually: "Forget about what should be said and what shouldn't; I'll teach you."

Lu Ran silently sipped his tea, listening to the Great Protector of the Ran Sect lecturing her younger brother.

More than ten minutes later, a phone call from Deng Yutang woke his father from his sleep, instructing him to remove the small deity statue enshrined in their home and "invite" it to the apartment that Mr. Deng and Ms. Bai had previously purchased beside the university.

An hour later, Deng Yutang, with his wife's eyes blindfolded, knelt inside the Jingxiandian Hall on Xianshan Mountain, the Mountain of the Falling Immortal.

The Xie Fa technique, Mirror Flower Moon of the Sinful Mirror, was indeed incomparably powerful.

When Lu Ran and the others returned to the Deng family old residence in Deng Yuxiang City, Bai Bai Manni was now present in the room as well.

Although Bai Bai Manni had recovered extremely well, Lu Ran still sent two tails of Sea Grade Revival Carp to his former classmate.

Consider it a gift of congratulatory money.

One was for the brother's wedding, and one was for the child's full-month celebration.

Lu Ran didn't mind giving a bit more in gifts.

Mainly, he feared Bai Bai Manni would have an excess of nutrition and be over-supplemented.

"I knew it; I always felt something good would happen today, turns out God Ran and Big Sister have returned," Bai Bai Manni said softly while sitting beside Deng Yutang on the sofa.

Her appearance had not changed; she was still that pale-skinned young girl.

Under the divine and demonic power system, it was difficult for a woman who had given birth not to recover quickly.

It was just that Bai Bai Manni, now a mother, had undergone some change in temperament, appearing much gentler.

With her sister-in-law present, Deng Deng Yuxiang's attitude also became much milder: "In the near future, you will no longer be able to perceive."

The near future?

Bai Bai Manni held her husband's arm, secretly glanced at her elder sister-in-law, and did not dare to ask aloud.

Strength is supreme; this principle is upheld everywhere.

This elder sister-in-law, Deng Deng Yuxiang, possessed far more parental authority than the parents in the household.

Deng Yutang, however, knew what scheme his older sister was plotting, and his face inevitably showed difficulty: "Sister..."

Deng Deng Yuxiang looked at him coldly.

Unexpectedly, Deng Yutang did not flinch or look away.

Lu Ran was quite surprised, and a trace of expectation rose in his heart: Is my Deng Shao finally going to stand up?

Yes, what is there to fear~

Overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Nightmare!

Lu Ran was still expecting something when he noticed Deng Deng Yuxiang stand up first; she said to Lu Ran, "I'll have a private word with him; you sit for a while."

"Oh." Lu Ran, with a face full of obedience, nodded.

Deng Deng Yuxiang strode toward the stairs.

Deng Yutang, dejected and crestfallen, silently followed her.

In the living room, only Lu Ran and Bai Bai Manni remained, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

"Cough." Lu Ran picked up his tea and took a sip, making conversation out of nothing, "You've been doing quite well recently, huh."

"Mm, Yutang treats me very well." Bai Bai Manni's face showed worry as she watched the figures of the two disappear at the top of the stairs.

"Don't worry; they are biological siblings, after all," Lu Ran comforted her, "At worst, she'll slap him a few times and kick him a few times; she won't squeeze Deng Shao to death."

Bai Bai Manni:???

At the same time, the two of them went up to the second floor of the villa, heading to the terrace outside Deng Deng Yuxiang's master bedroom.

"Do you know what you are refusing?" Deng Deng Yuxiang looked as if she were frustrated that iron had not been forged into steel.

Deng Yutang also laid his cards on the table, lowering his voice: "Sister! I know; you made it very clear, and I know you are doing this for our own good! But this path may not be passable!

Those are... those are gods..."

Deng Deng Yuxiang frowned tightly, looking at her emotionally agitated younger brother before her.

In all these years, this was the first time he had ever refuted her so intensely.

Deng Yutang placed both hands on Deng Deng Yuxiang's shoulders, displaying unprecedented courage: "We might fail and be torn into pieces!

I am willing to do all this for Lingyi, to change something; even if I am crushed to dust, I accept it!

But leave a mother for the child! If we fail, at least Bai Manni can still live on with Lingyi and raise her to adulthood..."

Deng Deng Yuxiang's gaze became increasingly sharp.

Deng Yutang forcibly suppressed his terror, his thighs trembling, yet he stubbornly refused to avert his eyes.

"Naive." Deng Deng Yuxiang finally spoke.

"Huh?" Deng Yutang's voice trembled.

"Do you think that if you die, everything will be settled and finished?" Deng Deng Yuxiang's voice was icy cold, "This is a road of no return; if we fail, do you think your wife and daughter will be able to survive?

If they crush you to death, will the multitude of gods extinguish their fury?"

Deng Yutang's face became increasingly stiff.

He stared blankly at the woman before him, one second, two seconds, three seconds.

Suddenly, Deng Yutang deflated like a punctured ball, his body going limp.

The hands pressing on Deng Deng Yuxiang's shoulders slid down powerlessly, slipping off the woman's arms until they grasped at nothing.

"Thump!"

The soul-stricken youth collapsed to his knees on the ground.

Deng Deng Yuxiang remained silent, looking down at her younger brother, who had just become a father.

Dejection? Agony? Despair?

Perhaps it was all of them.

The harsh expression on Deng Deng Yuxiang's face gradually faded, and she rarely gentled her touch to rub Deng Yutang's head: "There is still time.

You have not yet entered Lu Ran's sect, and after the Divine Ruins, you are not forced to go.

I will give you time to consider; before I leave, I will notify you, and then you can choose for yourself."

With that, Deng Deng Yuxiang turned and departed.

Yet just before entering the bedroom, she placed a hand on the doorknob and paused slightly.

Without turning her head, she lowered her gaze and said: "Your Brother Lu is omnipotent, and within the Ran Sect there are many with superb medical skills; even there, Lingyi can grow up healthy.

If you do not go, then let it be as if nothing ever happened; you are already believers of Xiang Xiang Xianyang, so you need not worry about entering the mountain.

I apologize for dragging you and Mom and Dad into this.

Before I fail, enjoy your family time well, and on my behalf, fulfill more of your filial duties to our parents."

"Click."

Deng Deng Yuxiang opened the door with her head bowed and stepped away.

On the dark terrace, only a soul-stricken youth remained.

On the first floor of the villa, Lu Ran was chatting with Bai Bai Manni about recent events when, hearing footsteps, he turned to look.

He discovered that Deng Deng Yuxiang's eyes were somewhat red-rimmed?

"Sister?" Lu Ran immediately stood up.

Deng Deng Yuxiang stepped forward, placed a hand on Lu Ran's shoulder, and pressed him back down onto the sofa: "I'll go make you some more tea."

"You—"

"I'm fine." Deng Deng Yuxiang forced a faint smile, then looked at Bai Bai Manni: "In a while, you and Yutang should head back first; the child is still young, and you cannot be away for too long."

Bai Bai Manni dared not say much and nodded cautiously: "Understood."

The next chapter will likely be ready around 12 o'clock; Yu averages four hours to write a chapter, it's too late, brothers, go to sleep early and just read it tomorrow.

(End of Chapter)