Chapter 736

"Pop~"

The wonderful sound of a fish blowing bubbles suddenly rang out.

By the time Shen Xiaotang reacted, the pitch-black little carp had already crashed into her legs, shattering into thick energy and merging into her body.

The woman's screaming stopped abruptly, and fresh flesh and blood could be seen rapidly growing from where her legs had been severed.

Sea Artifact: Rebirth Carp!

It cannot regenerate severed limbs, but it can stop bleeding and heal wounds, preventing the injured from dying of excessive blood loss.

"You... you?" Shen Xiaotang turned her head abruptly and looked at Lu Ran in the distance.

She felt a blur before her eyes, and Lu Ran appeared directly in front of her, the cold blade tip pressing against her chin, lifting her face up.

Shen Xiaotang's body shivered and trembled; everything that had happened in a short time was more than her brain could process.

Looking up at the straw-cape-wearing youth in front of her, only instinctive fear remained in her heart.

"Tear up the divine contract." The straw-cape-wearing youth said in a deep voice, his cold eyes filled with endless killing intent.

"I'll tear..."

A few seconds later, Shen Xiaotang let out a painful scream, her blood-stained hands clutching her hair tightly.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

High in the air, several wind blades stabbed down, landing beside several supervisors.

"You few, the same." That magnetic female voice should have been intoxicating, but to the several Star Official disciples, it sounded like a funeral knell.

"My lord!" A man gathered his courage and shouted toward the sky.

"Hmm?" Deng Yuxiang raised her eyebrows slightly.

The man pointed at one of the female supervisors and used a loud voice to cover up his trembling tone: "She... she is very good to us, always protecting us... speaking well of us."

Deng Yuxiang looked at the middle-aged man and then at the female supervisor; that scrutinizing gaze made both of their hearts hang in their throats.

"You don't need to for now." Deng Yuxiang said.

The female supervisor felt as if she had been granted amnesty and thanked her hurriedly, and the middle-aged man beside her was also overjoyed.

They had bet correctly!

If they had bet wrong, their lives would have been gone.

"You have great courage." Lu Ran spoke suddenly, making the man's body tremble.

Then he heard Lu Ran say: "You two, go and summon everyone in Starry Sky Valley."

"Yes!" The two did not dare to delay and left in a hurry.

Lu Ran summoned an ancient bronze mirror, picked up Shen Xiaotang with one hand, and signaled for the several supervisors to enter the mirror.

In his mind, Deng Yuxiang's voice came: 【Since Chang Ying is here, you can cultivate the Spirit Sign Stone Sculpture for her first.】

"Mm." Lu Ran nodded gently; today was only his first day leaving Dragon Rampart Valley.

Most importantly, this group of Jingting remnants who tortured and enslaved Chang Ying should become the stepping stones for Chang Ying's growth!

Inside the main hall of the Pear Garden Sect's central peak.

Wu Xiao saw another floor mirror open and immediately stepped forward, intending to control the prisoners.

But he didn't expect Lu Ran to walk in carrying someone.

"Sect Master!"

"Sect Master." The Pear Garden soldiers led by Wu Xiao bowed respectfully one after another.

"Mm." Lu Ran nodded and casually threw Shen Xiaotang onto the ground. "I'll be back in a while."

In the Divine Demon Sculpture Garden, the Spirit Sign Stone Sculpture had not been activated, so naturally, it could not recruit believers.

But it didn't matter; the Holy Spirit Qi scattered around the Pear Garden Sect was firmly controlled by the disciples.

Activating a stone sculpture required two thousand Mist Realm souls.

As everyone knows: 1000 Mist = 100 Stream = 10 River = 1 River Estuary.

And a wisp of pure Holy Spirit Qi is equal to one River Estuary Realm soul, so activating a stone sculpture only requires 2 wisps of Holy Spirit Qi.

Soon, Lu Ran absorbed the 12 wisps of Holy Spirit Qi near the Pear Garden Sect and returned to the central main hall with the Spirit Sign Stone Sculpture, which had already reached the River Realm, First Stage.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone, a huge phantom expanded from the youth's body!

This was a tall, thin, white-haired old man with a rather thick beard.

He wore a slightly old gray cloth long gown, holding a bell in one hand and a cloth flag in the other, on which strange symbols were drawn.

The old man's eyes were not big, and he had a slightly hooked nose.

On that wrinkled old face, there was none of the solemnity and holiness a god should have; instead, he looked at the people below with a smile.

God: Spirit Sign!

Everyone was horrified, staring blankly at the god's phantom.

This... this is this?

In the backyard of Cloud Sea Residence, under the Immortal Jasmine Tree.

Everyone sat silently, listening to Chang Ying's experiences over the past year.

Everyone's expressions were not very good, and Tian Tian's eyes were red; she finally understood why Sister Ruyi insisted on bringing her into Holy Lingshan!

Following Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi, Tian Tian had not suffered any hardship or torture and had been protected exceptionally well.

Look at Chang Ying again!

Everything she had suffered, just listening to it, made Tian Tian feel breathless.

Qiao Yuanxi also had lingering fears, her eyes full of pity as she looked at Sister Chang Ying.

And Niu Zhengzheng on the side...

His eyes were wide with anger, and he was about to explode!

All along, Niu Zhengzheng was not sure whether Chang Ying was in the mountains or in seclusion under the god's feet in the inner city.

Previously, when in the Human Da Xia, Niu Zhengzheng lacked information and had always believed that after Chang Ying advanced to the River Estuary Realm, she had given him, her boyfriend, the cold shoulder.

Although the two had a very good relationship before, after believers become River Estuary Realm powerhouses, their mentality might undergo a huge change.

It was certainly possible for the relationship between a man and a woman to break down.

Niu Zhengzheng saw that Chang Ying kept ignoring him, so he accepted his fate.

Even though he was sad, he no longer pestered her.

Never did he expect! Chang Ying wasn't ignoring him; she had been tricked into a pilgrimage by the god Spirit Sign and then thrown directly into Holy Lingshan!

Niu Zhengzheng wished he could slap himself twice!

When he was still lamenting his girlfriend's heartlessness, Chang Ying was suffering in the mountains, being enslaved by others.

And when Niu Zhengzheng heard that Chang Ying often lay under the starry sky, imagining the stars in the night sky as every person...

Niu Zhengzheng's eyes turned completely red.

"Sigh." Jiang Ruyi sighed silently in her heart.

It was actually the Jingting remnants who occupied Starry Sky Valley...

Lu Ran must be feeling particularly self-blaming and particularly guilty.

Jiang Ruyi wanted to show concern for Lu Ran, but she also knew he was executing a mission and could not be disturbed.

"Hoo~"

Just at this moment, a floor mirror opened in the backyard.

Everyone looked over and saw a straw-cape-wearing youth walk out.

"Lu Ran!"

"Sect Master." Immediately, everyone stood up one after another.

Lu Ran nodded to everyone and looked up at the tall, dark-skinned girl.

Her wounds had long since been healed, the blood on her face had been washed clean, and she was draped in a wide black robe, which, combined with her tall stature, gave her quite an imposing aura.

Seeing Lu Ran arrive, Chang Ying's nose suddenly felt sore, and she said in a low voice: "Ran-bao..."

Lu Ran froze on the spot.

Ran-bao?

He didn't know how long it had been since he was last called that.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Ruyi came to Lu Ran's side, gently stroking his back with one hand, asking with concern in a soft voice.

"I'm fine." Lu Ran came back to his senses and shook his head.

He flew up slowly, came to Chang Ying, and pressed one hand on the top of her head: "From now on, you will be my Spirit Sign."

"What?" Chang Ying looked up, looking at Lu Ran's eyes through his fingers.

"In the future, I will take you to overthrow Spirit Sign, take away the divine position, and shatter that stone statue." Lu Ran rubbed her head gently. "Spirit Sign, you will be it."

That dog thing deserves to be torn into ten thousand pieces!

The image of the Spirit Sign stone statue should be Chang Ying's appearance!

"Mm... okay." Chang Ying's eyes were filled with tears; she didn't understand what was happening in her heart and was also a bit at a loss.

But as long as it was what Lu Ran said, she was willing to listen.

"Hoo!!"

A huge phantom appeared, looking at the people below with a smile.

Chang Ying was even more confused.

Under Lu Ran's guidance, she signed the succession contract, bound herself to this fake god stone sculpture, and then tore up the original slave contract.

"Ugh." Chang Ying's expression was painful; she held her head with both hands and also pressed Lu Ran's hand into it.

It was clearly intentional.

The confused Chang Ying didn't know what had happened and turned back into the girl from the dungeon earlier, fearing that Lu Ran would leave.

"Hoo~" Lu Ran ignited the Cage Fire in his hand, passing black flames into her body to soothe her mind.

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Niu Zhengzheng on the side was moved to tears.

Lu Ran turned his head slightly and saw the burly man's body trembling.

Of course, it wasn't from fear, but from burning anger!

Such an attitude already indicated a lot; if Chang Ying was willing, the fate between the two should be able to continue.

Gradually, the tall girl burning with black fire stabilized.

She finally let go of Lu Ran's hand.

Lu Ran did not pull his hand away but gently tidied her messy short hair with a tender look in his eyes:

"I have prepared some gifts for you."

"Gifts?" Chang Ying's eyes were covered with a layer of mist, still confused, looking at the strange yet familiar Lu Ran.

The two sides hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Lu Ran had changed too much; if it weren't for his attitude toward her being the same as always, Chang Ying might not have dared to recognize him.

This Holy Lingshan had taught Chang Ying a lot.

The two words "superior and inferior" were deeply engraved in her survival creed.

"Mm, gifts." Lu Ran flew down slowly, the Eight Desolations Blade at his waist unsheathed automatically, and the hilt was stuffed into Chang Ying's palm.

Chang Ying gripped the blade.

In front of her was a teleportation mirror opened by Lu Ran.

"Come." Lu Ran took the lead and stepped into the mirror.

Chang Ying immediately took a step, and when she stepped into the Pear Garden Sect's central main hall, she froze on the spot.

It was Jiang Ruyi, who followed behind, who pushed her forward two steps.

"Ran... Ran-bao." Chang Ying gripped the hilt tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Looking around, there were familiar figures.

And these figures waiting for judgment had woven together the dark years of her humiliation and suffering.

The once high-and-mighty Jingting disciples were now being controlled by a group of martial arts disciples, unable to move.

"No need to force yourself." Lu Ran said. "If you don't want to do it yourself, let Niu-tou do it... mm."

Lu Ran's words stopped because Chang Ying gripped the blade and strode up to kill!

Without the slightest hesitation.

The Jingting remnants in Lu Ran's eyes were demons in Chang Ying's eyes.

Demons in human skin.

There are only three days left for the monthly ticket lucky draw; I implore you all to help!

(End of chapter)