Chapter 739

End of the twelfth lunar month, Nine Heavens Cliff.

The starry sky at the end of the year is always exceptionally beautiful.

Under the night, among the rolling mountains, hides a massive waterfall, like a galaxy of the night sky falling into the mountains.

"Rumble..."

The rolling torrent poured down without a moment's pause, washing over the sloping mountain body.

Between the mountain rocks, a shirtless youth sat quietly, enduring the huge impact of the waterfall, letting the water flow wash over his body.

From afar, two straw-cape-wearing women stayed on the edge of a cliff, looking out at the waterfall under the starry sky.

"He's still not moving?" Deng Yuxiang sat on the edge of the cliff, imitating someone's manner, with her lower legs hanging off the cliff.

Behind her to the side, Yan Shuangzi stood silently.

Her gaze pierced through the night, landing on the figure that appeared and disappeared in the waterfall, and she gave a soft "Mm."

"Sigh." Deng Yuxiang let out a soft sigh.

This road heading west is not easy to walk.

The road is covered with blood and bones.

In just over twenty days, one stronghold after another was destroyed, burned clean by fire.

Nu Sha, Thousand Bones, Jade Talisman, Prisoner Demon... all kinds of strong god believers, you sing and I appear, all died under the Cloud Sea blade.

They also became the nourishment for the few god sculptures in the Divine Demon Sculpture Garden.

Thinking carefully, Bee Elephant Valley is one of the few organizations that still exists peacefully.

Bee Elephant Valley was spared because the atmosphere in the valley is very upright, and the disciples are united, guarding their own pure land.

"It would be good if the Lady were here." Yan Shuangzi said softly.

Deng Yuxiang remained silent, just looking at the Galaxy Waterfall.

For the two Nightmare Evil Shadows, killing their way here didn't feel like anything; their hearts were cold to begin with.

What's more, they didn't kill the innocent indiscriminately.

Deng Yuxiang didn't think she was any kind of righteous judge, but the slaves rescued were real, so it could be considered good and evil being rewarded.

It's just that for Lu Ran, this road heading west is filled with too much ugliness and too much sorrow.

Thus, there were piles of bones and rivers of blood.

Deep killing karma.

"Why don't you go persuade him?" Yan Shuangzi said softly. "It's almost New Year's Eve; we should go back too."

Deng Yuxiang shook her head: "He's still thinking about the Blood Pool; how could I persuade him?"

"If you speak, he listens very well."

"Heh." Deng Yuxiang snorted. "You little girl, stop feeding me sweet talk."

While speaking, she turned her head to look further west.

Another hundred kilometers forward is the forbidden zone in Senior Lu Yuan's words.

For those in the River Estuary Realm, everywhere in Holy Lingshan is a forbidden zone.

But when a Heaven Realm powerhouse says a place is a forbidden zone, never doubt its danger!

Further west, there is the most terrifying region in the world—the Blood Pool.

The creatures bred within it are the famous Blood Skull clan.

The head of the demons!

The gold content of these four words is beyond doubt.

The demon cave of the Blood Skull clan in the Human Da Xia is also called the Blood Pool. It is one of the few demon caves in the world where no human soldiers are stationed.

It relies purely on the god Jian Yi to suppress it!

Any human believer, no matter what sect you are from, will die if they go there!

And the Blood Pool in Holy Lingshan...

"He moved." Yan Shuangzi said suddenly.

In the waterfall, Lu Ran did indeed raise his head slightly: 【Yuanxi?】

【It's me, it's me!】 The girl's voice came from his mind, 【Did I disturb you?】

【What is it?】

The slightly cold tone made Qiao Yuanxi pout, and she asked directly: 【Are you on the battlefield? Is the situation very critical?】

【No, what on ear...】 Lu Ran's telepathy stopped; he felt a terrifying energy fluctuation beside him.

A teardrop-shaped energy body appeared abruptly, blooming with brilliant starlight.

From it, an elegant girl in a black dress walked out.

"Ah!" Qiao Yuanxi let out a cry, falling downward as she was hit by the waterfall.

Lu Ran hurriedly grabbed her arm, and at the same time, energy surged over his body; the Black Gold Imperial Robe appeared rapidly, its tail curling up to cover the top of the siblings' heads.

"Pfft... cough cough..." Qiao Yuanxi covered her mouth and nose, coughing continuously.

The water flow armor protected her well, but her mouth, nose, and long hair were not spared.

The beautiful black swan turned into a drowned rat.

Lu Ran felt both heartache and amusement: "Comfortable now?"

"You! Cough cough..." Qiao Yuanxi wiped her little face and said angrily, "Why are you running under the waterfall for no reason?"

"To wash away the smell of blood." Lu Ran pulled her to sit beside him, helping her tidy her wet long hair.

Qiao Yuanxi pouted, and after recovering, she really leaned forward and sniffed Lu Ran's shoulder: "Where is there any smell of blood?"

Lu Ran: "..."

Maybe it's in his heart.

"Where are you?" Qiao Yuanxi carefully curled up her legs; the surrounding waterfall blocked her eyes, and she couldn't see anything.

"Nine Heavens Cliff, Galaxy Waterfall."

"The name sounds quite nice." Qiao Yuanxi muttered in a low voice.

"It's very famous here; the scenery is very beautiful."

After all, this is a treasure land carefully selected by Lu Yuan and his disciples.

In Qin Yanzhi's words, the Galaxy Waterfall of Nine Heavens Cliff is an existence that can be mentioned in the same breath as the flower sea sunrise of Thousand Flower Ridge and the misty drizzle of Misty Rain Lake.

"Oh?" Qiao Yuanxi became spirited instantly. "Let's go, let's go, take me out to see."

"Why did you come here?" Lu Ran asked directly.

"I... I..." Qiao Yuanxi shifted her butt, leaning tightly against Lu Ran's side. "Advancing to the Sea Realm is so hard; I've been thinking about it day and night, but I just won't advance."

Lu Ran was silent.

Qiao Yuanxi hugged his arm tightly, a little hand tugging at the sleeve of the Black Gold Imperial Robe, muttering: "And, I missed you a little bit."

Lu Ran felt helpless in his heart, but still answered: "Just a little bit?"

"Mm-mm, just a little bit!" Hearing her brother speak, Qiao Yuanxi raised her little face instantly, looking at Lu Ran with a smile.

Lu Ran: "Perception requires firm belief and sufficient desire."

Qiao Yuanxi tilted her head, pillowing it on Lu Ran's shoulder: "Mm."

The magic tool hanging around her neck, the Tear Star Pendant, had originally exhausted its energy, but at this moment, it was glowing with dots of luster again.

Lu Ran said: "Do you remember your perception when you advanced to the River Estuary Realm?"

Qiao Yuanxi lowered her eyelids: "I wanted Mom, you, and me to be together forever."

Lu Ran opened his mouth, but for a long time, he couldn't say a word.

He naturally knew what his sister's Dao heart was, but hearing it again with his own ears, especially in this Holy Lingshan, the lethality of these words was truly a bit much.

The siblings were silent for a long time, with only the rumbling sound of the waterfall remaining around them.

"By the way, am I amazing?" Qiao Yuanxi broke the silence, returning to her usual appearance. "I teleported to your side all at once!"

"Mm, amazing." Lu Ran wasn't just being perfunctory.

More than ten days ago, when Lu Ran destroyed a gang created by Nu Sha and Bi He disciples, he was shocked to find that he couldn't return directly to Cloud Sea Cliff through the teleportation mirror.

The teleportation distance of the Sea Artifact: Mirror Flower Moon is a full three thousand kilometers!

It is enough to see how vast Holy Lingshan is.

At Nine Heavens Cliff, Lu Ran needed to open the teleportation mirror twice, choosing the Forbidden City, Heaven's Vault City, etc., as transit stations to get home.

From this point of view, his sister's magic tool, the Tear Star Pendant, is indeed quite powerful!

"Brother is praising you~" Qiao Yuanxi placed one hand on her neck and pinched the diamond pendant with two fingers.

"Hum~" The Tear Star Pendant vibrated gently.

Qiao Yuanxi was satisfied, hugging Lu Ran's arm tightly, and suddenly reached into the sleeve of the Imperial Robe, landing on his wrist: "How long have you been sitting here?"

"Not long, just sat down." Lu Ran lied.

Qiao Yuanxi: "Then why are you as cold as a corpse?"

Lu Ran:?

Qiao Yuanxi said immediately: "Let's go, Brother, back to Cloud Sea Cliff!"

Go back?

Lu Ran looked toward the west subconsciously, but unfortunately, the waterfall blocked his eyes.

"Didn't you promise Sister Ruyi to go back for New Year's Eve? It's already the twenty-eighth today!" Qiao Yuanxi said.

"I'll go back the day after tomorrow; I still have to meet the Blood Demon tomorrow and kill some demons." Lu Ran almost let it slip, then added, "After I visit the demon's lair, I'll go back for the New Year."

Qiao Yuanxi looked serious: "Brother, you know I like reading novels."

Lu Ran looked confused: "So?"

"Every time someone says they'll retire after this last job or go home after killing the enemy, they're guaranteed to have something happen!"

Lu Ran:???

"Brother~ It's already the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month today, let's go back!" Qiao Yuanxi shook Lu Ran's arm. "Let's have a good New Year together!"

"Mm..." Lu Ran pondered slightly.

I have to admit that the Blood Skull clan is indeed powerful.

The current Lu Ran has been to the Glazed Realm and seen the first-class demon: Jade-Faced Snake clan; he doesn't dare to boast that he can be unscathed in the Blood Pool.

Challenging the Blood Pool truly requires one to think of nothing else and be single-minded.

Qiao Yuanxi added: "And counting the days, are you about to hit your cultivation bottleneck?"

Lu Ran probed for a moment and shook his head: "It will take some time."

"Aiya~ Forget it!" Qiao Yuanxi simply acted shamelessly. "If you don't go back with me, I'll cry, okay?"

"You should have said that earlier." Lu Ran had already made up his mind and said casually, summoning the ancient bronze mirror in his hand.

"Eh? Crying works?" Qiao Yuanxi blinked.

How does she remember that from childhood to adulthood, crying was the most useless thing?

And she would have to be punished by kneeling...

On the edge of the cliff in the distance, a floor mirror opened abruptly.

Yan Shuangzi looked at the siblings walking out and said softly: "Master, the clothes are hanging on the tree over there; they are already dry."

"Thank you." Lu Ran draped the Black Gold Imperial Robe and walked over with long strides.

Qiao Yuanxi looked up with all her might, using the twinkling starlight in the sky to look at the Galaxy Waterfall falling from the sky, opening her little mouth slightly.

This... is it a bit too dreamy?

Could this Galaxy Waterfall be flowing down from the Heavenly Realm?

"Did the Lady let you come?"

"Mm?" Qiao Yuanxi turned her head. "Sister Yuxiang is so amazing, how did you know?"

Deng Yuxiang shook her head with a smile.

Without the permission of the Ran Sect Lady, how would the little one dare to cross thousands of kilometers to run here?

Qiao Yuanxi abandoned the beautiful scenery, leaned close to Deng Yuxiang, and said in a low voice: "I see my brother's state isn't right; he said something about washing away the smell of blood, what's wrong with him?"

Little Yuanxi is indeed cute, and the key is that she is concerned about Lu Ran.

Deng Yuxiang rarely had a soft look in her eyes, extending her long, slender fingers to gently pinch her sister's little face:

"With you here, after this New Year, he will be fine."

Qiao Yuanxi didn't know the specific situation, but she could understand the meaning of this sentence, so she smiled immediately: "Okay, then I'll pester him every day."

"Hehe~" Deng Yuxiang laughed dumbly, turning her head to look at the mountain forest, and saw the straw-cape-wearing youth walk out.

There's nothing wrong with him.

It's just that in the sculpture garden, the Jade Talisman God Sculpture at the lower stage of the Heaven Realm, the Female Hero God Sculpture at the peak of the Sea Realm, the Lie Tian God Sculpture at the fourth stage of the Sea Realm...

They were all piled up from the corpses on the road heading west.

It's good to use this Galaxy Waterfall to wash them off.

The blood of those people is too dirty.

(End of chapter)