Si Xianxian stared blankly at Lu Ran, her eyes filled with mist, making his face ever more blurry in her vision.

She had been here for more than ten days now.

She had returned to being despised by the masses, feeling the world's full malice.

No!

The people didn't just reject and hate her?

The people here would directly raise their butcher knives!

She hid everywhere, chased and fleeing in a sorry state.

Once, someone had taken her up Luoxian Mountain, weaving a beautiful dream for her with his own hands, now completely shattered.

She returned to her past.

A past far worse than her previous one.

Once again, she was abandoned, standing in opposition to the entire world.

Loneliness, helplessness.

Living in a constant state of panic.

"Uuh..."

Si Xianxian pouted, sobbing as she threw herself into Lu Ran's arms.

Perhaps someone's smile was too warm.

Or maybe his hand on her head was too gentle.

Eventually, Si Xianxian's composure broke, her face buried in his shoulder, fingers tightly clutching his rough coat, tears flowing uncontrollably.

Lu Ran sighed heavily.

He gently rubbed Si Xianxian's head, speaking softly, "It's okay now, I'm here."

"Hmm hmm!" Si Xianxian buried her face, nodding repeatedly.

Lu Ran asked again, "Ruyi didn't come, did she?"

"No, the lady didn't come," Si Xianxian replied hurriedly.

Lu Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Actually, there was one thing he never dared to think deeply about.

Now, Lu Ran was certain that All Gods were selecting powerful and terrifyingly gifted believers to throw into the Holy Spirit Mountain.

And Jiang Ruyi...

She was extraordinarily talented, young, and frighteningly powerful in realm!

She completely met the criteria for entering the mountain!

[Sect Leader.] Yan Shuangzi suddenly sent a voice transmission, interrupting Lu Ran's thoughts, [Is the battle over?]

[Yes.]

[I killed a Greedy Wolf believer, does the Sect Leader wish to collect the soul?]

[I'll be right there.] Lu Ran responded, patting Si Xianxian's back as he did so.

The girl finally left his embrace, still keeping her head down, as if not wanting anyone to see her vulnerable, sobbing face.

"Mr. Conglong, please heal her again," Lu Ran beckoned, "I'll go over to the Evil Shadow."

Si Xianxian panicked inside, quickly reaching out to grasp the corner of Lu Ran's clothes:

"Where are you going?"

She seemed a bit flustered and cautious, making Lu Ran's heart ache.

"I'll be right back, count to ten, okay?" Lu Ran spoke softly, almost as if coaxing a child.

Lu Ran was naturally aware of the extent of the Holy Spirit Mountain's "abilities."

To Si Xianxian, who was new and had suffered so much, he was exceptionally gentle.

"Oh." Si Xianxian silently cursed her muddled mind, immediately letting go of the corner of his clothes.

How could Lu Ran possibly abandon her?

He was different from others.

Lu Ran turned, his back to the small hill, and opened a pair of pitch-black horizontal pupils.

No dead souls drifted on the battlefield.

Just now, while comforting Si Xianxian, the souls of the Greedy Wolf disciples had already been automatically drawn into the pupil.

After reconfirming the battlefield situation, Immortal Fog spread under his feet: [Nightmare, follow me.]

[Yes!] Deng Yuxiang responded immediately.

"Sss———"

A pair of men and women swiftly traversed, the broad coats flapping vigorously, their figures vanishing into the mountains and forests.

On the small hill, He Qifeng stood with hands behind his back, very composed.

At this moment, her thirst for talents was almost more intense than the greedy eyes of the Greedy Wolf disciples.

Xun Yifei, Luo Ying, Yu Changsheng...

Seeing each person respectfully called the "Yangyang Sea," He Qifeng almost went crazy with envy!

Ran Dog! Ran Dog...

I will eventually chain you up!

Lead you back, and get all your Ran Sect soldiers to join my Big Wind Hall!

While He Qifeng was ambitious, Lu Ran and Deng Yuxiang had arrived at the corpses.

In the view through the Pupil of the Dead World, Lu Ran saw the dead soul of a Greedy Wolf female disciple, floating beside Yan Shuangzi, screaming loudly and clawing frantically.

It was clear that this woman hated Yan Shuangzi immensely.

Alas, humans and souls tread different paths.

No matter how crazily the Greedy Wolf female disciple sought revenge, she couldn't affect people in the real world.

"Sect Leader." Yan Shuangzi bowed respectfully, lowering her head.

The Greedy Wolf female disciple suddenly turned her head, the vicious look in her eyes suddenly changed.

She suddenly realized that Lu Ran seemed to be able to see her?

"You! You... you won't die well! You%&*#!!"

"Hmph." Lu Ran snorted coldly, instructing Deng Yuxiang, "Release a soul from the coin to make space for the new dead soul."

This Greedy Wolf believer should know quite a bit of information, right?

"Understood." Deng Yuxiang raised her hand, the ancient coin on her wrist trembled slightly.

As a Magic Artifact Fragment, the Rebirth Money could imprison a maximum of three dead souls.

Currently, the copper coin's space was full, containing three disciples of the Yan Qing of the Sea People gang, waiting for Lu Ran's interrogation.

Deng Yuxiang released a soul, which Lu Ran immediately devoured while assisting her in imprisoning the Greedy Wolf female's soul into the ancient copper coin.

Having settled everything, Lu Ran said, "Clean up the battlefield, gather the Divine Power Pearl, daggers, and such."

The Greedy Wolf believers favored short blades like daggers.

Although this group didn't possess any Divine Weapons, there might be a Divine Weapon Seed among them!

Speaking of Divine Weapon Seeds...

"Ah." Lu Ran tapped his head; since receiving the news, he'd been in such a rush to save the people, he forgot to bring the Nine-Linked Golden Zen Staff.

Thinking this, Lu Ran closed the Pupil of the Dead World and hurried back to the battlefield.

The members of the Big Wind Hall were still waiting on the hill.

He Qifeng could really put on airs, still posing there?

Not to say, her proud posture with hands behind her back was indeed imposing and very much like a leader.

"Thank you!" Lu Ran spoke again.

"A small matter." He Qifeng smiled and nodded, managing her expression well regardless of her inner desire.

Lu Ran looked around the battlefield: "Let's split the spoils evenly?"

But He Qifeng smiled: "You brat, trying to strip me, the Hall Master of the Big Wind Hall, of everything?"

Lu Ran: "Huh?"

He Qifeng snorted, standing proudly: "Our Wuji Peak is an upright sect!

I lead the Big Wind Hall on a mission, bringing back a load of weapons, what does that look like?"

Lu Ran: "..."

Indeed, the Holy Spirit Mountain doesn't produce blades; bringing back so many weapons would likely imply they were looted from killing others.

Even if not, it would inevitably lead the disciples of Wuji Peak to speculate.

Lu Ran thought for a moment, then said, "You didn't take action, everything was done by us, and the spoils of war are my voluntary gift."

He Qifeng: "What, are you paying a protection fee?"

Lu Ran shrugged: "It's not impossible."

He Qifeng jokingly scolded, "You brat still looking to strip me down!"

"Haha!" Lu Ran burst into laughter as well.

"Keep it for yourself, I'm not interested." He Qifeng's tone shifted, "Where's my Nine-Linked Golden Zen Staff?"

Lu Ran: "..."

He Qifeng looked at Lu Ran with a half-smile: "Didn't bring it?"

Lu Ran awkwardly said, "I left in a hurry."

"Then go back and get it now, I'll wait for you." He Qifeng waved dismissively.

To this day, Lu Ran never disclosed the location of the Ran Sect's base.

After this battle, the members of the Ran Sect arrived so quickly.

He Qifeng naturally believed that the Ran Sect's base was not far from here.

She didn't know that Lu Ran's base was so far away, nearly at the edge of the Holy Spirit Mountain...

On the way here, Lu Ran had kept the Land Mirror open, draining the energy from the Divine Power Pearl around his neck completely!

"In a few days." Lu Ran apologized, "In a few days, I'll bring it to you."

He Qifeng: "..."

She looked at Lu Ran with a long gaze, saying, "You brat, deliberately withholding the Zen Staff, right?"

Lu Ran looked confused: "Huh?"

He Qifeng looked suspiciously at Lu Ran: "You intentionally keep it from me so that every time I use your Silent Night Blade, I'll always think well of you, right?"

Lu Ran was both amused and exasperated, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender: "Master Qingtang, I'm wronged!"

He Qifeng chuckled, then quickly put on a serious face: "You quickly go back and get it for me!"

Lu Ran casually gestured, summoning the Silent Night Blade.

He strode forward, stepping onto the small hill: "In a few days! Let me first console and reassure my comrades, there is also someone about to advance in the sect.

Once everything is settled, I'll bring it to you."

He Qifeng looked at Lu Ran, grinding her teeth: "Again with 'a few days', this 'in a few days' talk!"

Honestly, this is only because it's Lu Ran!

If anyone else said this, everyone would surely think that person was plotting something, wanting to hoard the Divine Weapon Seed!

As long as it was dragged on long enough, once the Divine Weapon Seed was cultivated into a true Divine Weapon, it could be seized by the "new master"!

Lu Ran's Dawn Blade and Jiang Ruyi's Cold Night Sword were examples of this.

"Here." Lu Ran presented the Silent Night Blade before He Qifeng.

He Qifeng kept her hands behind her back, looking at Lu Ran unhappily.

Lu Ran chuckled: "Hall Master He, mind your composure, so many of the hall members are watching!"

"Hmph." He Qifeng finally reached out, grasping the blade's hilt, "If someone in your sect is advancing, they can come back to Wuji Peak with me, I'll ensure their safety."

Lu Ran shook his head: "Thank you for the offer, Hall Master He, I appreciate it."

"Ungrateful fellow." He Qifeng glared at Lu Ran again, fiddling with the Silent Night Blade in her hand.

Lu Ran: "..."

This tone, why does it seem a bit resentful?

He Qifeng no longer dwelled on this matter, she turned her gaze to Si Xianxian, asking with interest, "Who is this girl to you that you are so concerned about her?"

"Her?" Lu Ran turned his head, looking at Sister Xian'er whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Si Xianxian also looked over, mouthing the words: "I counted to 11."

Lu Ran was momentarily choked, then replied in a slightly annoyed tone: "Picked up from the roadside."

He Qifeng looked at him strangely: "Picked up?"

Lu Ran also laughed out loud.

He looked at Sister Xian'er, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, nodding gently, and said with a smile:

"Yes, picked up on the journey of growth."

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