[Little Lu Ran?]

[Hmm?] Lu Ran paused, holding the gourd.

[How are things on your end?] A concerned woman's voice echoed in his mind.

[It's nothing, it's all over.]

[Good, I've found those two Nuoshua disciples, they're obedient, still kneeling.] Deng Yuxiang glanced at the trembling man, sneering inwardly.

She continued to transmit: [You return to the first battlefield and collect the souls.]

[I've already seen him.] Lu Ran, who was already looking up at the Cloud Sea, saw a dead soul of the Human Clan flying toward the sky.

It was indeed the Prison Demon disciple.

He's actually floating upwards?

A thought moved in Lu Ran's heart, the souls of Human Clan believers are meant to return to the embrace of the divine.

So, this soul floating uncontrollably upwards implies...

Is there a god in the sky?

Or perhaps, the statue of the divine still remains in the Human World, and the path back to the Human World lies above?

"Shua~"

Lu Ran's figure flashed, with a layer of wind beneath his feet, standing in mid-air beside the Prisoner Demon believer.

"You! You... no, don't come closer ahhh!!"

The man screamed in terror, yet was helpless, only able to condense in front of Lu Ran, constantly merging into his eyes.

This was a soul of a River Realm believer.

To Lu Ran, it was undoubtedly a great tonic!

Previously, Lu Ran hadn't activated the divine statue.

But he knew, to activate the Evil Demon sculpture, he needed 2000 Fog Realm·Evil Demon dead souls.

Calculating by ratio:

2000 fog = 200 stream = 20 river = 2 river grades.

Which means, after this battle, Lu Ran could already activate the Prisoner Demon sculpture and the Nuoshua sculpture.

But Lu Ran's activation quota was limited, so he didn't plan to activate these two divine sculptures yet.

Mmm, let's hold onto them for now.

Laying a solid foundation, they'll be used someday.

Meanwhile, in the Snow Forest, beside a big tree far away from Nuo Sha's Residual Image.

Gao Shanjun staggered forward with the nearly exhausted Nuoshua female disciple, then "thumped" to kneel once again in front of Deng Yuxiang.

Deng Yuxiang's expression was displeased.

This scene gave her tremendous shock.

Before today, the people of the River Realm in Deng Yuxiang's heart were all high and mighty, with their pride and dignity!

Yet now, Deng Yuxiang saw a coward.

Mmm... thinking about it, it makes sense.

In the Human World, when Evil Demons invaded monthly, faced with such a massive crisis, the Human Clan naturally united unprecedentedly.

There was rarely strife among people.

Now it was different!

The lives of these two Nuoshua disciples were truly in her hands.

She had indeed broken her own taboo today, slaughtering her kin...

Of course, Deng Yuxiang wasn't some saint, she wouldn't regret it.

Faced with a group of fierce bandits determined to end her, Deng Yuxiang would undoubtedly make the strongest counterattack!

"Plea... please show mercy, my lord." Gao Shanjun tremorously said, with his head lowered even further.

After all, he was also River Realm, his Nuoshua's Residual Image would likely take some time to disperse.

As for the Nuoshua female disciple, she was completely slumped on the ground, her body weak beyond recognition.

Her Nuo Sha's Residual Image was still dancing in the mountains of the first battlefield. Looking at her state, the Nuoshua phantom would likely dissipate soon.

"Shua~"

Deng Yuxiang looked to the side, as Lu Ran's figure subtly appeared with faint energy fluctuations.

"Are you hurt?" Lu Ran stepped forward, black flames igniting in his palm.

In just a few steps, the vicious aura surrounding Lu Ran visibly dissipated.

Deng Yuxiang's fierce gaze also softened slightly.

She gently shook her head: "No."

Lu Ran still held her arm, passing the black fire "across."

Deng Yuxiang smiled, feeling her body warm up.

She took out a handful of Divine Power Pearls from her pocket, handing them to Lu Ran: "After the fight, only the Night Charm gown had a few tears, the Water Flow Armor wasn't damaged."

"Oh." Hearing this, Lu Ran nodded.

The Prisoner Demon Sect primarily excelled in defense and control, its output still lacked in some respects.

"May I ask then?" Deng Yuxiang placed the Divine Power Pearls into Lu Ran's hand.

"Alright." Lu Ran accepted the Divine Power Pearls, counting them, a total of eight.

The lowest was River Grade, and there was even a River Grade Divine Power Pearl!

It was crystal clear, faintly glowing, dreamlike.

This specification, it must be the size of a quail's egg.

Then Lu Ran suddenly remembered something, transmitting: [Sister, I'll go back and search that old man's corpse.]

His figure vanished, and upon returning tens of seconds later, he felt a chill down his spine!

Deng Yuxiang was exuding a terrifying aura!

Lu Ran glanced at her secretly, only to see Deng Yuxiang looking down, gazing at the man kneeling before her, her eyes exceptionally cold.

The disdain and contempt from deep within made her more overbearing than ever!

This kind of River Realm person indeed made her despise them.

"You and I have no grudges, why do you want to kill us?" The woman said in a cold voice.

Gao Shanjun's face was pale, like falling into an ice cave.

Even Lu Ran couldn't help but shiver.

He thought his own viciousness was already heavy enough.

But it still had to be the Big Nightmare!

So terrifying.

Gao Shanjun stammered: "I... we..."

Deng Yuxiang spoke again: "If there's any lie..."

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!" Gao Shanjun shook his head repeatedly, hastily saying, "The rules here are just like this."

"Rules?"

"If we see newcomers, and they aren't from the same sect, it's likely we'll take action."

Deng Yuxiang's voice grew colder: "Why?"

Gao Shanjun trembled: "The sky will drop Holy Spirit Energy, resources are limited.

The more people there are, the more will try to seize it.

You two both have the talent of heavenly beings, sent here at a young age, the future is boundless.

If we don't eliminate you early, in the future, when scrambling for Holy Spirit Energy, the ones who'll die will probably be us..."

Holy Spirit Energy?

Deng Yuxiang thought for a moment, it should be what Lu Ran referred to as "Origin Energy."

She asked, "You and I are from the Human Clan, we can't cultivate Holy Spirit Energy, why are you snatching it?"

Gao Shanjun was a bit puzzled, but still didn't dare to look up, quickly said: "Before we came to the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, the Lord God once transmitted orders, asking us to collect Holy Spirit Energy."

Deng Yuxiang furrowed her brows slightly, a hint of doubt in her eyes, glancing at Lu Ran.

Without even transmitting, Lu Ran understood her meaning.

He shook his head gently: [Immortal Sheep didn't tell me anything about this either.]

Deng Yuxiang: "..."

What does it mean?

Other gods gave their believers clear instructions, why didn't Immortal Sheep say anything?

Could it be that Holy Spirit Energy is not desirable?

It shouldn't be.

After all, this is the foundation of the divine.

Gao Shanjun continued in a flattering tone: "We don't even know how to return home.

But we speculate that if we can collect enough Holy Spirit Energy and please the Lord God, maybe we can return to the Human World.

After all, we only have this one task after coming here."

"Heh." Lu Ran snorted coldly.

Return?

Your Lord God couldn't care less about you.

When you die, your soul will automatically return.

Wait a moment!

Lu Ran suddenly realized that everyone in this realm, if they stayed here long enough, their souls should all carry extra Origin Energy to some extent.

That is, the so-called Holy Spirit Energy.

In this way, I should be able to better cultivate the divine sculptures in the garden?

Ultimately, the true material for cultivating divine sculptures is not the souls of the Human Clan, but the trace of "Holy Spirit Energy" carried within the soul!

Deng Yuxiang pondered for a long time before asking: "Nuoshua and Prisoner Demon are not from the same sect, why do you gather together?"

Gao Shanjun lowered his head and said: "There are many forces within the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, we have no choice but to band together for survival.

Sometimes, even comrades from the same sect will fight each other."

"Many forces?" Deng Yuxiang asked in confusion, "Each God's sect rarely opens the Divine Ruins, where do all the people in this realm come from?"

Gao Shanjun answered truthfully: "Most are not here through challenging the Divine Ruins or entering the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm."

"Oh?"

"I was chosen by the Lord God during the pilgrimage and sent directly here."

"Hmm..." The Nuoshua female disciple groaned softly and completely passed out.

Clearly, she was exhausted.

To recover, she would need several days of quiet rest, but in this perilous world, being exhausted and unconscious could be tantamount to death.

Deng Yuxiang ignored the female bandit and continued: "Tell me about your forces."

Seeing his companion fainted, Gao Shanjun seemed to see his own end.

His divine power and vigor were rapidly depleting, his speech quickened: "Our mountain stronghold has over forty people.

The Village Chief is a Jade Talisman believer named Luo Tiantu.

He should be Sea Realm, but no one knows his exact strength realm.

The stronghold has three main factions, namely the Jade Talisman, Prisoner Demon, and Nuoshua disciples, originally with similar numbers..."

Deng Yuxiang interrupted: "In the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, is your stronghold considered strong or weak?"

Gao Shanjun immediately said: "To my knowledge, it's slightly below average. My lord, I..."

Deng Yuxiang looked displeased: "What?"

Gao Shanjun swallowed, his trembling hand reached toward his waist: "I have a divine... divine weapon, could I offer it to you in exchange for sparing my life?"

Deng Yuxiang's eyes filled with disdain: "You want to give your divine weapon to me?"

Gao Shanjun took out a beautiful dagger, offering it with both hands: "It... it originally didn't belong to me."

Deng Yuxiang sneered: "Heh, like killing us, stealing from others?"

"I'm sorry, my lord..." Gao Shanjun kept pleading.

Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran, who nodded slightly.

Lu Ran had long noticed that this person possessed a divine weapon.

However, according to the Dawn Blade's prompt, this divine weapon had little spiritual nature.

Its basic attributes indeed entered the realm of divine weapons, but its Artifact Spirit sealed itself, seemingly refusing to connect with the outside world.

So, that's how it is.

[If you can't stand it, just do it.] Lu Ran looked at Deng Yuxiang's face, feeling her anger.

Against such murderous and treacherous individuals, Lu Ran naturally wouldn't keep him in the team.

Lu Ran further transmitted his thoughts: [Don't worry, I still have two more souls, we don't lack sources of information.]

In fact, even if this person died, Lu Ran could still make him speak...

"Hmm." Deng Yuxiang kicked Gao Shanjun's hand with her boot, and the dagger flew high.

She caught the dagger and casually flicked it downwards.

"Chi!"

The sharp dagger directly pinned into the back of the man's head.

Having done all this, Deng Yuxiang stood silently in place for a long time.

It was only her second day in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm.

Yet this world urged and forced her to change.

She finally understood why a few who made it back to the Human World remained silent about everything in this realm.

"Sister."

"Hmm?" Deng Yuxiang raised her eyes to Lu Ran.

She saw him extending the gourd with the Phoenix Pattern to her.

Lu Ran smiled: "Earlier, I toasted to my former self."

Deng Yuxiang pursed her lips, looking at the youth's concerned eyes, and that familiar gentle smile.

She slowly reached out and accepted the gourd with the Phoenix Pattern.

Fortunately, some things don't change.

"Gulp, gulp..."

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