Chapter 718: Night of the Forbidden City (Third Update)

"Hall Master Yin, you call Sect Master Lu by his name directly, isn't that inappropriate?" Beside Yin Tianlong, a Sword Lotus disciple said with a trembling voice.

Who the hell is this?

Not to mention that this person saved us twice, just looking at this person's strength...

This is someone who fought a decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City with Peak Master Tu!

Do you just call others by their full names like this?

"Ah!" Yin Tianlong was still dazed, looking up at the "love rival" in the night sky.

The last time they met, Lu Ran was still a River Estuary Realm person.

The last time they met in the city's martial arts arena, Lu Ran was already a Sea Realm expert.

Meeting again today, Lu Ran could already compete with the Heaven Realm Peak Master Tu!

Is this right?

And he... changed jobs, went to be a Demon disciple, and joined the Jade-Faced Snake sect?

"Sect Master Lu asked you to organize people to clean up the battlefield, can you not hear?" Suddenly, a majestic female voice came from the night sky.

Terrifying pressure crushed down on the city wall.

Inside and outside the city wall, everyone looked up and saw the City Lord, who was holding a golden Zen staff and standing in the air.

"Yes!" Yin Tianlong hurriedly responded, finally coming back to his senses.

"City Lord He!"

"City Lord!" Everyone knelt and lowered their heads.

He Qi Feng was undoubtedly the backbone of the Forbidden City, and her personal prestige and status in the hearts of the city's people were incomparable to anyone else.

Seeing the City Lord arrive, everyone felt much more at ease.

【I am here, you go back and rest; letting people see your condition is undignified.】 A voice transmission was imprinted in He Qi Feng's mind.

Her body was still trembling slightly; she really shouldn't have appeared. Fortunately, everyone was bowing, and no one dared to look at the Forbidden City Lord too much.

He Qi Feng turned her eyes to look at Lu Ran, wanting to thank him, but stopped herself.

After all, he had said that this city also belonged to him.

The Star-Plucking Terrace invaders outside the city were dealt with by Lu Ran single-handedly; the Wolf-Bee Stronghold bandits causing chaos inside the city were cleaned up by the Pear Garden Sect disciples Lu Ran brought for support, in coordination with the city guards.

Today, if Lu Ran hadn't been here, the Forbidden City would have been destroyed who knows how many times...

"Sigh." He Qi Feng sighed inwardly, looking at the young man in the coir raincoat flying everywhere in the sky, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

"City Lord!" Just then, Yin Tianlong said tremblingly, "We... we cannot perform divine techniques."

"Hm?" He Qi Feng was a little surprised.

"Yes, City Lord, the God will not let us perform magic!"

"We can't use any techniques! City Lord, what exactly happened..."

"Silence." He Qi Feng shouted in a deep voice, and the inside and outside of the city wall became quiet immediately.

Her gaze swept over the people below, seeing Master Jiu Rou, and seeing the fat monk nod, confirming that this was true.

He Qi Feng's face showed anger.

She had already joined Lu Ran's sect and did not know about this; hearing such absurd words now, she was furious!

"Heh." Lu Ran, who was busy capturing souls, couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart upon hearing these remarks.

He had been near the city wall and had long discovered that the Wu Seng disciples were forbidden from performing magic.

Did the God Wu Seng really want this group of people to die?

Or should it be said that Wu Seng really wanted He Qi Feng to die and wanted the Forbidden City to be completely wiped out?

It seemed that the Heaven Realm Peak Master Tu should have slaughtered the Wu Jifeng sect completely, but who would have thought that a dignified Heaven Realm expert would be so incompetent, leaving behind some remnants.

So the God pulled the rug out from under them, simply forbidding all believers from performing magic?

Lu Ran knew clearly that in the Holy Lingshan, the connection between believers and the God was extremely weak. Could the God really distinguish which Wu Seng disciple belonged to the Forbidden City and which disciple belonged elsewhere?

Even Lu Ran, as one of the very few people of the Xiang Xiang Xianyang sect to enter the mountain, and as the only object of concern that the Xiang Xiang Xianyang cared about...

The Xiang Xiang Xianyang could only vaguely provide Jiang Ruyi with the information of the word "Sea."

Wu Seng, as a first-class God, had so many disciples in the mountain...

Besides the twenty or thirty Wu Seng disciples who survived in the Forbidden City, there must be many other scattered Wu Seng disciples everywhere in the Holy Lingshan.

Could it be that their divine techniques were also forbidden?

In order to wipe out this Forbidden City, the God Wu Seng did not hesitate to sacrifice... hm.

Lu Ran's expression was gloomy.

Also, when had the Gods ever cared about the lives of ants?

If one batch died, just throw in another batch and continue to collect the Holy Spirit Qi.

To the Gods, the human race of Da Xia, constantly multiplying generation after generation, was an inexhaustible resource.

【He Qi Feng, I will have the Liyuan Sect hall come over to guard the city; you gather all the Wu Seng disciples to retreat, don't go to the battlefield for now.】

【Yes!】 He Qi Feng responded in a deep voice and immediately gave the order.

Lu Ran quickly collected the souls of the Star Official disciples, flew back to the city at full speed, and sucked the souls of the Greedy Wolf disciples and Poison Bee disciples into the Pupil of the Death Realm one by one.

"Hum!!"

Lu Ran's body stiffened.

In the God-Demon Sculpture Garden, the Sea Realm 5th-stage Greedy Wolf God Sculpture actually began to vibrate, expanding its size violently.

Coupled with the still-vibrating Wu Seng stone sculpture, it was truly too much for Lu Ran to bear.

He tried his best to endure the humming in his brain and transmitted: 【Shadow of Evil, come find me.】

Yan Shuangzi quickly came to Lu Ran's side, looking at his face, feeling a bit worried.

"Keep it safe for me first, it can teleport, don't let it run." Lu Ran handed over the artifact: Tear Star Fall, "Protect me, I am not suitable for battle right now, and don't transmit, I can't hear very clearly."

Yan Shuangzi immediately said: "Sect Master, let's call for more reinforcements; so many days have passed, the Jingxian Mountain side should have stabilized."

"What did you say?" Lu Ran frowned and looked at the woman.

Yan Shuangzi immediately leaned forward and whispered in his ear: "Call the Madam to bring people here to preside over the overall situation."

Lu Ran's brain was not very clear, and his reaction was half a beat slow, but he still understood: "Mm, return to the mansion first."

After speaking, Lu Ran flashed.

The first thing he did upon returning to the City Lord's mansion was to activate the Asha Divine Technique: Canglong Sea Area.

Confirming that there were no scoundrels within a radius of 100 meters.

Only then did he send a transmission to Jiang Ruyi and took the opportunity to activate the teleportation mirror.

A short twenty seconds later, a team filed out.

The Ran Sect Madam brought the Da Da Mengyan Protector, the Mad Immortal Protector, the Profound Frost Guards, and four Shadow Guards to "escort the carriage."

"Whoosh~"

Flames ignited on Si Xianxian's Mad Mad Hammer, lighting up the hall.

Everyone also saw Lu Ran sitting in the grand armchair with a stiff face.

"What happened?" Jiang Ruyi hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

The Shadow of Evil Protector explained for Lu Ran: "Madam, the Forbidden City is not peaceful..."

As Yan Shuangzi introduced the situation, the room fell into a dead silence.

Jiang Ruyi and Deng Yuxiang's eyes were exactly the same, both staring at Lu Ran in the grand armchair.

You are crazy!

You actually went head-to-head with a Heaven Realm expert!

Are you tired of living?

Si Xianxian was even more upset!

In just five or six days, you kid have grown capable, huh?

Even daring to provoke a Heaven Realm Wu Seng... hm, worthy of being our Young Master!

It's really exciting~

"Scold... scold me later." Lu Ran waved his hand, "Help guard the Forbidden City first."

Jiang Ruyi also knew the urgency, and said coldly: "Da Da Mengyan, Shadow of Evil, you two take the Shadow Guards to protect him well. Whether he is dazed or capturing souls, you are not allowed to leave him for a single step."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Ruyi said to Lu Ran again: "You call Heavenly Emperor Feng here, I will talk to her."

"Mm, mm."

For the citizens of the Forbidden City, this night was very difficult.

The battle ended quite quickly.

The members of the Zhenyue Hall and Baizhan Hall from the Pear Garden Sect, working with the city guards who possessed sensory techniques, cleared out the riffraff of the Wolf-Bee Stronghold with an almost overwhelming momentum.

As for the people from the Star-Plucking Terrace, the people in the city didn't even see their shadows; they were solved outside the city gate.

Although the war subsided quickly, it was inevitable that people in the city would be panicked.

The Forbidden City now was a piece of fat meat; anyone could come and take a bite!

Until the sky was bright, people felt a little relieved.

The Forbidden City was still in a state of martial law, every household unlocked their doors, and teams of guards, activating various perception techniques, patrolled the city constantly.

As for Lu Ran...

As the night passed, his Greedy Wolf stone sculpture advanced to the Heaven Realm and finally stabilized, and Lu Ran's condition was much better.

This was the fourth Heaven Realm stone sculpture he possessed!

Wu Seng, Dongting, Asha, Greedy Wolf.

Perhaps in a few more days, Lu Ran would have a fifth Heaven Realm stone sculpture—Wu Seng.

Lu Ran's heart was full of a sense of achievement!

If the Great Da Da Mengyan's eyes weren't so sharp, he would be even more comfortable.

"Sister."

"Mm." In the bedroom, Deng Yuxiang sat on the chair by the window and replied coldly.

"Don't stare at me like that, it's scary." Lu Ran lay on the bed and muttered in a low voice.

He had been emptying himself, and now that he was awake, his perception had returned, and he was truly terrified by the gaze of the Pseudo-God Night Charm.

"Heh." Deng Yuxiang sneered, "Could it be scarier than Peak Master Tu?"

Lu Ran: "..."

He relaxed and said: "The Shadow Guards are all here, give me some face."

Deng Yuxiang pursed her lips, and in the end, she swallowed her words.

Lu Ran whispered: "You know, I couldn't have retreated."

Deng Yuxiang was silent for a moment and changed the subject: "You are awake, the stone sculpture stopped vibrating?"

Lu Ran nodded gently: "The Greedy Wolf stone sculpture stopped, there is still a Wu Seng stone sculpture advancing, it is already at the Sea Realm."

Deng Yuxiang turned to look out the wooden window, looking casual: "Do you need me to press your head?"

"Yes!" Lu Ran immediately got out of bed and walked quickly to the Eight Immortals table.

Deng Yuxiang looked at the expectant Lu Ran, silently got up and walked behind him, her slender fingers pressing on the side of his head, massaging gently.

"How is Jingxian Mountain developing?" Lu Ran sighed comfortably, slowly closing his eyes.

"Everything is very good, the sect has taken initial shape, and the disciples are very well-behaved." Deng Yuxiang's tone became gentle along with her soft fingertips.

"And Mr. Conglong?"

"He returned to Yunhai Cliff two days ago and started to break through."

"You are also about to advance, right? You can try to catch a ride with Mr. Conglong."

"Mm."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 719 =====