The Old Gods

Chapter 880 Mountain

"How did Sister Ruyi become a god?"

Qiao Yuanxi stared blankly at Lu Ran. For the past five months, she had been in seclusion cultivating and was not very aware of the situation outside.

With the breakthrough to the fifth stage of the Sea Realm imminent, she became completely oblivious to everything else.

If Yingyi hadn't gone to find her, Qiao Yuanxi would have had no idea that her brother had returned to the ends of the earth.

"On the night of the fifteenth, we went to slay the gods." Lu Ran propped himself up on the bed with one hand and sat up with difficulty.

Compared to his strenuous actions, his tone was nonchalant.

These seemingly casual words left Qiao Yuanxi speechless!

Lu Ran shifted back, leaning against the headboard, and sighed comfortably: "Your sister Ruyi has snatched a divine position."

"Is it a jade talisman?" Qiao Yuanxi gripped Lu Ran's wrist tightly.

"Ghost Talisman Doll"

"Amazing, absolutely amazing! Gods and demons really can be defeated, bro. Huh?"

Qiao Yuanxi suddenly realized something and pondered, "So, it was because Sister Ruyi became a god in the sculpture garden that your little body couldn't handle it and that's why you fainted?"

Lu Ran: ? ? ?
What a word!

I'm at least at the second level of the Heavenly Realm, so I'm pretty domineering!

Yes, it's true that I couldn't withstand her final blow.

"Brother, quickly call Sister Ruyi out! Oh my! How can you be so calm?" Qiao Yuanxi's words came to an abrupt halt.

Lu Ran noticed something was wrong and turned to look.

But then Qiao Yuanxi pouted and muttered, "You're pretending with your own sister? Actually, you're just as anxious as you are, and you've been wanting to call Sister Ruyi out to see her for a while now, haven't you?"

Lu Ran: "."

"Hurry up, hurry up~" Qiao Yuanxi grabbed Lu Ran's wrist and shook it from side to side.

"Alright, alright, I'll ask her first." Lu Ran muttered, "She's the Evil God now, I have to ask her first."

"Yes, yes, yes! You have to behave yourself from now on, and don't make Sister Ruyi angry."

Lu Ran couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Hehe~" Qiao Yuanxi covered her mouth with one hand, her smiling eyes curving into two crescent moons.

Very cute.

It's clear that she was thrilled by Ranmen's successful slaying of the god.

Qiao Yuanxi was overjoyed that Jiang Ruyi had seized the divine position and transformed into an evil god.

"call!!"

A terrifying energy surged forth from Lu Ran's body.

Qiao Yuanxi froze, realizing that the entire bedroom was filled with a semi-transparent energy.

Is this the afterimage of an evil god?
Because the afterimage was so enormous, the brother and sister didn't even know which part of the afterimage was covering them.

Lu Ran immediately flashed and arrived at the edge of the sky.

"Wait for me!" Qiao Yuanxi was caught off guard and her hand grasped nothing.

Dirty brother!
Qiao Yuanxi puffed up her cheeks and gritted her teeth angrily.

As soon as she stood up, she noticed a full-length mirror beside her. Without saying a word, Qiao Yuanxi stepped inside.

"Ah!" Qiao Yuanxi exclaimed in surprise, standing on the edge of the sky, tilting her head back again and again.

That must be nearly 300 meters, right?
The afterimage of the deity can only be seen on the altar on the first day of the sixth lunar month.

Just now, inside Tianya Residence, Qiao Yuanxi was still in the mood to play around, but as the afterimage fully took shape, she seemed to lose her voice.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The sea breeze had stopped blowing, and the air seemed to have frozen.

This enormous afterimage of a deity stood silently on the island, her noble and beautiful phoenix robe highlighting her overwhelming divine might.

The Phoenix Robe of Nine Heavens is red with gold patterns.

It bathed the entire world in warm colors.

However, this phoenix robe was neither warm nor could it erase the aloof aura of the divine afterimage.

A powerful aura emanating from the divine being permeated the heavens and earth, commanding all living beings to bow down invisibly.

"elder brother."

"Ok?"

Qiao Yuanxi hugged Lu Ran's arm, hiding half of her body behind him, and whispered, "I'm a little scared... um."

Qiao Yuanxi suddenly shrank her neck.

Because the deity lowered his head slightly, his cold eyes swept over the kneeling masses at his feet, and his gaze finally settled on the edge of the sky.

Lu Ran still looked up at Jiang Ruyi, feeling both familiar and unfamiliar.

It's familiar because her appearance hasn't changed.

She was unfamiliar to him because she stood at a height that Lu Ran could hardly comprehend, and even stirred up his psychological trauma.

Lu Ran recalled the scene in Beifeng City when the shadowy figure of Beifeng appeared and came to take his and Deng Yuxiang's lives.

This ethereal afterimage is in no way inferior to the afterimage of the North Wind!

"Are you alright?" A soft voice drifted down from the sky.

The sound was extremely penetrating, enveloping the central island and spreading to several surrounding islands.

"It's nothing, I slept it off and I'm all better now." Lu Ran shook his head.

The lingering shadow of the fairy jasmine nodded slightly, then her phoenix robe swayed gently as she floated forward.

"Are you alright?" Lu Ran looked up at the god flying towards him, and subconsciously put his arm around Xiao Yuanxi, protecting his younger sister behind him.

The lingering image of Xianmo remained silent, simply gazing down at Lu Ran. After a full ten seconds, she seemed to finally regain some of her humanity.

Those huge eyes softened slightly.

"As I remember?"

"Mmm." Jiang Ruyi responded softly, reaching forward with one hand and pointing into the air.

A ripple of divine power spread out from where her slender, jade-like fingers lightly touched the ground.

With a surge of energy, a flesh-and-blood body rapidly emerged and fell naturally from a height of two or three hundred meters.

Lu Ran was a little confused.

He was skilled at creating demonic minions, but Jiang Ruyi's actions at this moment completely exceeded his expectations. With just a light touch, a body of flesh and blood appeared?
"Whoo~"

Seeing the body falling from the sky, Lu Ran immediately raised his hand, releasing thin red threads from his fingertips, which stuck to Xianmo's minions.

At the same time, the enormous afterimage of the immortal jade surged toward the tiny physical body.

The moment Lu Ran landed steadily with Xianmo's henchmen, Jiang Ruyi opened her eyes.

"Pah~pah~"

One by one, the red lines burst open.

"Gulp." Lu Ran's Adam's apple bobbed, his heart filled with horror.

He did not cancel the evil spell, "Tethering Threads"!
Jiang Ruyi broke free of the restraints on her own, and it was as if she didn't exert much effort at all.

Lu Ran could tell that the body in front of him was a third-level Heavenly Realm body, a level higher than his own.

But physical strength is only a superficial aspect.

The elegance and poise she displayed, her powerful aura, including the invisible yet real divine pressure, all made Lu Ran's heart pound with fear!

"Thump." Lu Ran suddenly took a step back.

Jiang Ruyi's raised hand froze in mid-air.

"What?" She raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Uh." Lu Ran was a little embarrassed and said in a low voice, "I'll get used to it."

Jiang Ruyi remained silent and slowly lowered her hand.

"I...I'm going into seclusion to cultivate. I'm about to hit a bottleneck," Qiao Yuanxi stammered.

“I’ll lend you the Blazing Phoenix Pattern,” Lu Ran blurted out, then remembered something, “There are two more magical artifacts in the gourd. I’ll deal with them later and send the little Blazing Phoenix over to you.”

"Mmm." Qiao Yuanxi left with her head down, and as she passed by Jiang Ruyi, she whispered, "Congratulations, Sister Ruyi."

After saying that, she ran off in a flash.

Jiang Ruyi turned her head slightly and watched her sister escape out of the corner of her eye.

Qiao Yuanxi is a very special person. Due to her special upbringing, she has a high degree of resistance to strong people.

Now the situation has completely changed.

Jiang Ruyi is clearly no longer a matter of being on a completely different level from Gao Qiao and Yuan Xi.
"Give her more time," Lu Ran said softly.

Jiang Ruyi did not respond, but simply turned her head and looked at Lu Ran gently.

Those crystal-clear eyes were filled with an indescribable divinity, making Lu Ran's heart tremble.

This physical body is unworthy of the soul within!
Jiang Ruyi noticed Lu Ran's embarrassment. She looked away, stepped to the edge of the cliff, and gazed at the horizon where the sea met the sky.

Lu Ran stared at her retreating figure, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

At the edge of the world, all is silent.

The two were only twenty meters apart, but Lu Ran felt that she was very, very far away from him.

This is not just wild speculation.

Rather, it is the combination of her oppressive aura of superiority over all living beings, the aloofness revealed by her cold temperament, and so on, that creates a distant feeling.

It was an unseen and intangible towering mountain that stood before Lu Ran's eyes.

He was at the foot of the mountain, and she was at the summit.

"The master-servant contract I signed with Immortal Sheep has broken." A faint voice awakened Lu Ran.

"You're no longer a follower of the Immortal Sheep?" Lu Ran asked, watching her graceful figure from behind.

"The rules do not allow me to be a follower of other gods."

Lu Ran nodded thoughtfully.

The false gods in the sculpture park are all equal and mutually exclusive beings, and they are not allowed to become each other's followers.

"But your original stone sculpture can still stand in the sculpture garden." Lu Ran exclaimed with admiration, "This sculpture garden of Lord Immortal Sheep is truly remarkable!"

No wonder the Immortal Sheep once said that the Sculpture Garden is an existence that gods and demons cannot comprehend.

So, what exactly is the background of Lord Immortal Sheep?
Lu Ran's curiosity grew even stronger. Normally, he would have fallen into deep thought.

But at this moment, the woman in the phoenix robe standing on the edge of the cliff was someone he could not ignore.

"Any other changes?" Lu Ran asked.

Jiang Ruyi shook her head.

Lu Ran thought for a moment and asked, "Can the evil god create evil nests and remotely send out demonic minions to invade the human world? Can you do all of these?"

Jiang Ruyi was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Once you reach this position, you will naturally know it."

Lu Ran's mind started to wander.

Is it really possible?

Is she now able to feed on the fear, pain, despair, and other emotions of the masses to strengthen herself?

"There are still some mysterious rules waiting for me to unravel," Jiang Ruyi said softly.

"Then do you want to go back to the sculpture park first? Or do you need any special environment? Do you want me to send your original stone sculpture somewhere?" Lu Ran asked immediately.

Words of concern reached my ears.

This time, Jiang Ruyi did not respond.

She lowered her eyes, watching the waves crashing down the cliff below, the spray of the waves showing no fear of approaching her.

However, the edge of the sky is thirty or forty meters high, and the water droplets cannot touch the hem of her clothes.

"As I remember?"

"you."

"What about me?" Lu Ran asked, confused.

Jiang Ruyi turned her head slightly, glancing behind her out of the corner of her eye: "How long will it take to get used to it?"

Lu Ran: "."

Jiang Ruyi turned around, pursed her lips, and looked at the unmoved person with dissatisfaction.

The mountain is still the same mountain.

But the deity standing atop the mountain is trying his best to shed his divinity.