The Old Gods

Chapter 1052 The Young Tomb
"Master." A voice called from the doorway.

Lu Ran and Deng Yuxiang turned their heads at the same time and saw Yan Shuangzi's figure appear.

She reported, "The Madam just sent someone to inform me that I should take the Treasure Bag to India to meet with the Dharma Protector Consort Long."

A thought struck Deng Yuxiang: "Have we managed to win over the Fire Evil Monk who is a general who serves the dragon?"

Over the past few months, Yu Changsheng has been infiltrating the Tianzhu camp and recruiting gods and demons in a targeted manner, aiming to increase the chances of victory for the Ranmen and pave the way for future peace in the world.

The First-Class Evil God, the Fire Evil Monk, is precisely the target that Yu Changsheng is focusing his efforts on defeating.

India is the second largest war zone in the world, and the most powerful beings in this war zone are naturally not much inferior to the first-class gods and demons of the Great Xia.

If this matter succeeds, it will greatly help the Burning Gate in its battle against the Faceless Jade Venerable, as well as in its efforts to subdue the other gods and demons under the Indian system!

The latter, in particular, could very well garner widespread support from the Fire Evil Monk, thereby facilitating a peaceful transfer of power.

"I don't know, Madam's order was very short," Yan Shuangzi replied truthfully, adding, "Madam also said that if Master has time, he can go to Xianmo Divine Mountain to see her."

Go ahead, but be careful.

"Yes." Yan Shuangzi bowed her head respectfully, her figure disappearing in a flash.

Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran and softly advised, "Let's go back to the battlefield. The sooner we defeat the enemy, the sooner we can give Lord Xianyang an explanation."

Lu Ran nodded silently.

Although the souls of the Jade Venerable's henchmen were far inferior in quality to the enormous soul of the Jade Venerable, they were numerous.

As Lu Ran fought on the battlefield in the Heavenly Realm, the faceless "stone" statue in the sculpture garden could naturally be built at an accelerated pace!
As for its combat power after the final stone sculpture is completed, only time will tell.

Deng Yuxiang looked around and, by the dim light of the streetlamp outside the window, saw the divine weapons hanging on the wall, the wisps of light gauze scattered on the bed, and the blood crystal mask on the computer desk.
"Come here, all of you, and accompany your master to the battlefield."

As she spoke softly, she caught the Blood Crystal Mask amidst a pile of flying divine weapons and magical artifacts.

She personally placed the mask on Lu Ran's face, her icy hand moving slightly upwards to wipe his eye sockets once more, and instructed him, "Compress your emotions, and don't let the other soldiers see you."

Lu Ran pursed his lips.

Is it possible that it would be embarrassing enough for you to see this?

"Uh." Lu Ran's forehead was tapped lightly.

He looked up, somewhat displeased.

Deng Yuxiang's bent fingers froze in mid-air, clearly intimidated by his gaze.

She struggled to overcome the fear on a spiritual level, and slowly lowered her trembling hand: "Go ahead, I'll train my uncle well."

"Since you killed him seven times, he has made considerable progress in recent days and should be able to return to the battlefield soon."

"Hmm." Lu Ran looked up at the small shrine, bowed three times to the deceased, and then summoned an ancient bronze mirror.

As the young man in the imperial robes left and the full-length mirror was scattered, Deng Yuxiang breathed a sigh of relief.

I felt an unprecedented sense of ease.

The terrified and trembling soul gradually calmed down.

Yes, he certainly has the bearing of a lord of gods and demons.

Deng Yuxiang didn't feel embarrassed at all; on the contrary, she was quite satisfied.

She knew very well that if even she trembled under his gaze, then the other gods and demons would be even more pathetic.

This is good!
It helps all beings to find their own place.

At the same time, on the Celestial Battlefield - Immortal Jasmine Mountain, the outstretched palm of a goddess statue trembled slightly.

Lu Ran looked up at her stunningly beautiful face, his voice slightly hoarse: "Call me."

Jiang Ruyi pursed her lips and transmitted her voice: "Are you alright?"

Lu Ran nodded silently.

Jiang Ruyi's gaze fell upon the young man in the imperial robe. He stood in the palm of her hand, as small as before, yet so powerful that it made her soul tremble.

Is this the tomb?

A unique existence that transcends gods and demons.

"Is the spirit of the Fire Goddess still there?" Jiang Ruyi asked, trying to calm herself down.

Lu Ran nodded again.

Jiang Ruyi whispered: "[The Dragon Protector lured him with benefits and promised the Fire Evil Monk that the Burning Gate would help him complete his divine position.]"

They also promised him that he would become the commander of the Indian theater of operations in the future.

Lu Ran listened silently.

Strength, power, and resources.

This level of enticement is indeed enough to tempt any god or demon.

Jiang Ruyi continued: "The Fire Evil Monk dared to accept the invitation, so he must be quite powerful. If the negotiations break down and he decides to escape, it will be very difficult for us to capture him."

So when he arrives, reveal the spirit of the Fire Goddess so he can see it with his own eyes.

Once I've branded the Fire Evil Monk's soul, how I deal with him will be entirely up to me.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment and said, "The war in the Heavenly Realm is intense. If we want to reshape the Divine Sculpture Fire Goddess, there isn't enough time, and I don't have that much energy."

Once the Fire Evil Monk submits to us, we can let him devour the divine soul and maintain his divine position.

Anyway, by then, he'll be your servant.

"Yes, that's fine." Jiang Ruyi naturally had no objections.

She wanted to say something more, but then she saw Lu Ran turn around and look at the battlefield below the mountain.

[Lu Ran.]

【Um? 】

"If there's anything you want to say, anything you want to confide in me, I'll always be here." Jiang Ruyi looked at the young man in imperial robes in her palm.

A sense of unfamiliarity is inevitable.

After all, he was no longer at the third level of the Heavenly Realm; he had already reached the Divine Realm!
Lu Ran is even a being who has surpassed the divine realm.

That once gentle and kind young man has undergone a complete 180-degree transformation.

He became lifeless, and his voice became hoarse.

The simple, telepathic message carried a chilling and sinister aura, sending shivers down one's spine.

Jiang Ruyi naturally felt unfamiliar with him, and she also hoped and prayed that his heart had not changed.

Hopefully, he was just upset and saddened by the departure of the Immortal Sheep.

I pray that time will heal everything.

"Hmm." Lu Ran responded softly, drawing his Zun-Zhan Dao (Slaying Venerable Blade), his figure disappearing without a trace.

Jiang Ruyi looked into the distance and, after searching for a moment, saw two jade spirit minions shattered one after another on the distant battlefield.

It's not just a sense of unfamiliarity, but also a sense of distance.

Is this just my imagination?

Jiang Ruyi pursed her lips tightly, a sudden sense of panic rising in her heart.

To the world, she is a cold empress.

But when she was with him, she reverted to being an ordinary girl, somewhat at a loss, worried and afraid of this sudden distance.

"Crack!"

"Crack." The invisible figure, wielding an invisible blade, shattered one faceless jade vessel after another.

[No!] A thought suddenly surged into my mind.

【Hmm?】Lu Ran frowned slightly and gripped the hilt of the knife tighter.

"Your mindset is wrong." The spirit of the Blade of Slaying Venerable said in a deep voice, "Master's strength has reached the Divine Realm. Slaying a Jade Venerable's lackey in the Heavenly Realm is like crushing an ant."

Hasn't your master noticed? Your original intentions have changed.

Lu Ran: "."

Although the Slaying Venerable Blade is only a first-tier divine weapon, its very existence is rooted in the principle of "subordinates defying superiors," so it dares to speak the truth:
[If you continue this killing spree, no matter how many more of Jade Venerable's minions you slay, I will find it difficult to grow stronger.]

Lu Ran gripped the hilt of the knife, lost in thought.

[It is hoped that the master will maintain the demeanor of a subordinate and always face the Jade Venerable Clan with the mindset of a challenger.]

"Understood." Lu Ran twirled the knife.

The Blade Spirit continued, "You were originally the weaker party; don't let your sudden increase in combat power blind you."

"I said, I understand." Lu Ran's expression darkened considerably.

All living things have emotions.

Lu Ran was in a really bad mood during this period.

The Blade Spirit of the Slayer continued its wild dance on the minefield: [You can devour the lives of gods and demons, and consider yourself superior to them, but can you harm the Faceless Jade Venerable?]
"Your gaze can make gods and demons tremble, but can you intimidate the Faceless Jade Venerable?" "Heh." Lu Ran laughed in anger.

Are you going to chase and kill me?

A crisp "crack" sound!
Lu Ran's figure flashed, and he slashed at a Jade Venerable's lackey with a slash. His hand was filled with the power of the Divine Grade · Blazing Heaven, and he directly cut the lackey in two.

【Right, that is it! 】

【Come again! 】

Very good, very good.

With an indomitable spirit, Lu Ran treated the Jade Venerable's minions as part of himself, and overthrew the so-called new god.

That kind of mindset is really easy to find.

Jade Venerable was already in an absolutely dominant position, but just how dominant?
She drove Lord Immortal Sheep to his death!
Her appearance relegated the tomb to the realm of the old.

The Immortal Sheep could only leave to give Lu Ran his last hope and protection, allowing him a chance to stand up to the Faceless Jade Venerable.

"Crack!"

"Crack." The Jade Venerable's henchmen kept shattering.

The Venerable Slayer Blade trembled violently!

On the most prestigious battlefields, slaying the world's most powerful enemies, this mere first-tier divine weapon is striding towards the pinnacle.

But soon, the battle between the main force and the soldiers came to a standstill.

The Jade Emperor's henchmen have retreated!
The henchmen who besieged the Immortal Jade Mountain seemed to have gathered enough intelligence and, no longer willing to make futile sacrifices, chose to return to report.

That won't do.

Lu Ran flashed around rapidly, his attack more ferocious than ever before.

Even though he kept his form hidden, the gods on the sacred mountain were still dumbfounded, after all, the series of shattered jade spirit minions were real.

"Sister Ruyi," Guard Tian Tian whispered as she approached, "Lu Ran is so amazing!"

Jiang Ruyi had mixed feelings and softly hummed in agreement.

"Don't worry about him," Tian Tian said, hugging Jiang Ruyi's arm with her small hands. "He'll be alright."

From the human world to the mountain realm, and then to the first, second, and third heavens.

Lu Ran is not some delicate flower in a greenhouse, but a god who has survived countless life-and-death trials and tribulations and emerged from the storm.

Therefore, Tian Tian's tone was very confident.

"Hmm." Jiang Ruyi's smile was somewhat forced, praying that it was all just her imagination.

Over the next two or three days, the gods of the Burning Gate experienced changes never before seen on the Heavenly Battlefield.

For some reason, the number of Jade Venerables is decreasing.

Until the fifteenth day of the ninth lunar month, the battlefield became completely quiet.

This eerie silence made the atmosphere in the entire celestial realm extremely oppressive!
what is this?
Is a storm brewing?
Under Lady Ranmen's orders, scouts were constantly dispatched from various regions and major sacred mountains to explore the areas outside the sacred mountains.

It was on the fifteenth of September that Yan Shuangzi arrived at Immortal Jasmine Mountain with her magical artifact, the Hundred Treasures Bag.

"Madam!" Yan Shuangzi appeared in a flash, kneeling halfway in the palm of the Immortal Jade Goddess statue.

"Brought it?"

“Yes, Mr. Long has also returned.” Yan Shuangzi took out a small, dark gold purse from her bosom and presented it to the upper body.

A divine afterimage flew out from within the Immortal Jasmine Divine Sculpture, rapidly creating a Heavenly Realm physical body, and landed in front of the Evil Shadow Protector.

She picked up the small purse and instructed, "Call Lu Ran back; he should be at the border."

Yan Shuangzi immediately transmitted a message in her mind.

Jiang Ruyi gently weighed the money pouch in her hand, and the magical artifact, understanding her intent, automatically opened the pouch.

A stone sculpture the size of a toy soldier came into view.

Another "little ant" flew out of the bag, which was clearly the Heavenly Realm physical body of the Dragon Protector.

"Madam!" Yu Changsheng flew out of the bag and immediately returned to its normal size.

"You've worked hard, sir." Jiang Ruyi replied casually, glancing at the First-Class Evil God, Fire Evil Monk, inside the treasure bag.

But the other person was sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed.

The Fire Evil Monk looked to be in his forties or fifties, with a very "Indian" appearance, a large bald head, and excessively simple clothing.

He was only wearing a pair of tattered shorts.

His physique was worthy of the exposure; his bare upper body was quite muscular, with beautifully streamlined muscles.

"You are, Lady Ranmen." The Fire Evil Monk opened his eyes and looked up at the bag opening above.

"Mm," Jiang Ruyi replied casually.

"This humble monk greets you." The Fire Demon Monk slowly stood up, clasped his hands together, neither humble nor arrogant.

I didn't sense any evil aura.

I didn't see any anger.

He looks like an ascetic.

Just as Jiang Ruyi was about to speak, her heart suddenly tightened.

As a result, Yu Changsheng, who was standing to the side, also shivered, feeling a throbbing sensation in his temples!
"Whoo~"

A sinister aura, like an invisible wave, swept over us.

Yu Changsheng's face turned pale. His gaze swept past Lady Ranmen's side and he saw a young man in imperial robes appear behind her.

"Sect Master."

"Sect Master!" The two guardians from the Dragon Shadow Sect bowed their heads in greeting.

"Hmm." Lu Ran walked over step by step, black flames igniting on his body.

Yu Changsheng's eyes widened instantly, and his body trembled violently. Every step the young man in the imperial robe took seemed to tread on his very soul.

What... what is this?

Yan Shuangzi was horrified.

A few days ago, when Lu Ran was offering sacrifices in front of the small shrine at home, he said that he had just inherited everything and his aura was too heavy, but time would gradually calm him down.

But at this moment, his aura was clearly even stronger!
Where is the peace?

Isn't he actually growing?
Is it because Jade Venerable has killed too many people these past few days and consumed too many powerful undead souls?

Lu Ran came to Jiang Ruyi's side and looked into the money bag.

The fiery monk's expression suddenly changed!
His solemn expression turned fearful and uneasy as he stared intently at the young man's face, which was covering the opening of the bag.

"You...you are...the master of the Burning Gate?" the Fire Evil Monk asked in a trembling voice.

Lu Ran flew directly into the money bag.

The fiery monk instinctively stepped back.

"Whoo~~~"

Imperial robes fluttered, and black flames flickered.

Lu Ran picked up a clump of Soul Prison in his hand. As the Rebirth Coins on his waist trembled, a soul was released and then imprisoned in the Soul Prison.

He hovered above the Fire Evil Monk's head, toying with a ball of black mist in his hand, his voice hoarse:

"Follow me, she is yours."

Where in this world is there any such thing as being neither humble nor arrogant?
At least this first-class evil god from India is not as strong-willed as one might imagine.

The Fire Evil Monk had envisioned his meeting with the new leader of the Great Xia Gods and Demons time and again, and had prepared many conditions, just waiting for today to come and negotiate.

Under the cold, piercing gaze of the young man in the imperial robe, the Fire Evil Monk was unable to utter a word!

It felt like a shiver, stemming from a survival instinct, had gripped my throat.

What exactly is this human race?
I am a god!

He is the supreme first-class god!

But why does my noble soul tremble in fear, wail in trembling, and cower and cower in wailing?
"As I remember."

"Hmm?" Jiang Ruyi looked at the tiny figure inside the money bag with a complicated expression.

He finally spoke to himself.

"Phoenix Soul Imprint".

"OK, all right."

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