The Old Gods

Chapter 977 Palace of Rebirth
"The Forgotten Spring?!"

When Lu Ran suddenly stood up and uttered that name, the screams of the jade talisman being burned in the Soul Prison actually weakened a little.

Lord Immortal Sheep did not respond further.

"What Forgotten Spring?" Qiao Yuanxi looked up at Lu Ran with red eyes, unable to resist grabbing his trouser leg and gently tugging at it. "Brother?"

Lu Ran bent down, ruffled her hair with one hand, and then looked at the jade talisman in his other hand, saying each word clearly:
"You'd better have other value."

"No, your father's spirit is not at the Spring of Oblivion, not at all!!" Yu Fu's voice was shrill.

"Heh." Lu Ran sneered, "Whether he's here or not, I'll just ask Wang Quan."

Yu Fu's face was extremely stiff: !!!
"Come back first, Yuanxi." Lu Ran rubbed his younger sister's head. "Be good."

"Hmm." Qiao Yuanxi ultimately said nothing. The divine afterimage detached from his physical body, along with the shattered divine sculpture, and surged into Lu Ran's eyes.

Yu Fu stared blankly at the scene, so shocked that she forgot to scream.

What's the story behind Lu Ran's eyes?
It can actually devour gods and demons?

It can at least fit a statue of a deity!
this.?

[As I remember.]

"You're awake?" Jiang Ruyi responded immediately.

"Where is it outside? Is it convenient for me to go out?" Lu Ran asked directly.

【Can. 】

Without saying a word, Lu Ran flew upwards, and as soon as he emerged from the gourd's mouth, he saw the dazzling starry sky.

That magnificent Milky Way stretching across the night sky is highly iconic.

Is this the Demon Cave: Galaxy Bay?

The lair of the Demon Mirror Clan, and also the demon cave guarded by the Immortal Sheep.

The fairy stone sculpture held Lu Ran in one hand and noticed his doubt. She explained softly, "We haven't confronted the God and Demon faction yet, so it's inconvenient for us to be stationed at Blood Dust Divine Mountain."

While you recuperate, I will arrange for the soldiers to temporarily encamp within the swirling clouds above the sacred mountain.

"I see." Lu Ran nodded.

The evil god, the Demon Mirror, has fallen; the peak of her sacred mountain has shattered; and the vortex of dark clouds has indeed closed.

However, the Immortal Sheep was unharmed, and the stone pillar beneath his feet still extended downwards from the human world, penetrating two full layers of the Demon Cave, and connecting to the summit of the divine mountain in the third heaven.

Jiang Ruyi added, "Our Ranmen soldiers are also stationed in the swirling clouds above Yanzhi Divine Mountain and Nüying Divine Mountain. The main reason is that we are worried that the Faceless Jade Venerable might take advantage of the chaos to attack there, since there is no reinforcement there."

"Don't worry, I had the Shadow Protector go invisibly, carrying the soldiers in a magic bag. Our whereabouts were not revealed."

"Okay, okay," Lu Ran murmured, nodding repeatedly.

With a lady like Xiao Ruyi at the helm of the Ran Sect, who considers everything comprehensively and arranges everything calmly and orderly, Lu Ran has nothing to say but feel lucky.

The conversation between the human and the god naturally reached Yu Fu's ears.

He naturally understood that this group of humans did not simply slay gods and demons; they also selectively courted gods and demons.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Ruyi looked at the black mist in Lu Ran's hand and saw the distorted face of the jade talisman.

It seems that Lord Yu Fu suffered quite a bit at Lu Ran's hands.

"Lend me the money for my passing."

“Here.” Jiang Ruyi took off the money for the deceased from her wrist and placed it in her palm.

"Pfft~"

The huge stone coin shattered, and as the energy dissipated, the small Rebirth Coin was revealed.

"Lu Ran, I can join your camp!" Yu Fu hurriedly said, "I am willing to follow you, I am willing to submit to you!"

"Shut up," Lu Ran said coldly.

His gentle demeanor during his conversation with Jiang Ruyi was completely different from that of a different person.

Lu Ran dispersed the black mist, summoned the fragments of the magical artifact, and watched as his "white moonlight" was trapped inside the Rebirth Coin.

Jade talismans should be austere and lofty.

Instead of being so humble and subservient.

Lu Ran was naturally willing to see gods and demons fall from their pedestals, and to see those proud and majestic faces shattered.

Only the jade talisman.

Lu Ran's feelings were heavily influenced by personal emotions.

Regarding the deity his father revered throughout his life, and the god he once deeply admired.
Lu Ran hoped he would be a tough nut to crack.

It is hoped that Yu Fu will maintain the dignity due to a deity until the moment of his death.

But unfortunately,

The young Lu Ran's overwhelming strength shattered the illusions that Lu Ran had of his younger self.

Jiang Ruyi watched this scene quietly, naturally knowing that Lu Ran had his own reasons for not letting her devour the divine soul.

She reminded him, "Within the Shadow's rebirth money lies the soul of Blood Skull. Summon the Blood Skull stone sculpture in the sculpture garden."

"Wait until I get back." Before she could finish speaking, Lu Ran interrupted her, "I need to go to Youhuang Ferry first. I have something to discuss with Wangquan."

Jiang Ruyi frowned slightly, wondering why Lu Ran was in such a hurry, and immediately asked, "Is it dangerous? Do you want me to go with you?"

"No need, you stay here to oversee things, I'll be right back." Lu Ran shook his head and refused, then summoned an ancient bronze mirror.

A floor-to-ceiling mirror tears through space, forcefully opening within the Demon Cave Bamboo Sea - Youhuang Ferry.

It wasn't inside the courtyard, nor was it the two-story bamboo house of Li Rouyin, a disciple of Wangquan, but rather hidden deep in the backyard, in front of the magnificent gate of the Hall of Rebirth.

"Shasha~"

A breeze blows, causing the bamboo grove outside the hall to sway and carrying the fresh scent of bamboo and wood.

Lu Ran didn't find it particularly wonderful.

Because the fragrance of bamboo and wood is mixed with a sinister, ghostly aura that hits you at once.

It was terrifying! "Hoo," Lu Ran took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, trying to calm his turbulent emotions.

My mind is filled with the Immortal Sheep's evaluation of the Goddess Wangquan: There's no need to worry about her revealing secrets; she can be classified as an ally.

All the benefits I received from her, I will have to pay back someday.

"Who goes there?" A young female voice came from behind, tinged with anger.

Lu Ran remained silent and turned to look.

In the lush backyard, along the secluded bamboo path, a slender figure emerged.

Li Rouyin's "condition" seems to have become more serious.

Her skin was already sickly pale, and now it was even more so.

Her excessively thin body made one worry that a gust of wind might blow her to the ground.

“You dare to cause trouble at Youhuangdu, you—” Li Rouyin paused, her empty eyes “staring” at the entrance of the main hall, her voice slightly lower, “Lu Ran?”

"Excuse me," Lu Ran said in a low voice. "I've come to visit Lady Wangquan. I have something to discuss with her."

"Tap, tap"

Holding her white cane, Li Rouyin slowly walked forward, tapping the ground in front of her as she went, becoming more and more apprehensive with each step.

Of course, she couldn't see Lu Ran.

But she could see those eyes from another dimension.

It was far more terrifying than any of the previous times she had seen it, and it terrified her even more.

And her approaching steps stopped.

Li Rouyin sensed the young man's extremely high level of strength, but she did not believe that Lu Ran was trying to intimidate her.

He simply stood there quietly, and his overwhelming aura was enough to prevent her from moving forward.

Is he already above the sea?

That wretched brat!

They beat me to it again!
"You, you step aside, I'll report to Lord Wangquan for you first." Li Rouyin's voice grew softer and softer until finally, she changed her words and said, "Lord Wangquan invites you in."

"Hmm." Lu Ran pushed open the door of the Hall of Rebirth, and what he saw was still the same terrifying and horrifying scene.

To outsiders, this hall should appear solemn and sacred.

If your heart is strong enough to ignore the statues of deities deep within the main hall, then this Hall of Rebirth can even be romantic and beautiful.

Red lines descended from the sky, like beautiful fine rain, swaying back and forth.

The ancient bronze coin at the very bottom of the red line will occasionally make a pleasant sound when it collidees with other bronze coins.

Fantastic and dazzling.

But in Lu Ran's Eye of the Dead, it was a gloomy ghost palace!
The long red line that fell from the sky contained not only a single copper coin at the bottom, but also countless other illusory ancient copper coins stacked together along the entire line.

Each copper coin was permeated with a strong ghostly aura.

If you listen carefully, you can hear the screams and cries of different creatures.

That was the sound of fear, pain, collapse, despair, and everything else converging together.

It is named the Hall of Rebirth.

In reality, there is no such thing as "rebirth".

The secluded bamboo grove ferry does not ferry the souls of the dead.

Being devoured by Lord Wangquan and used by Li Rouyin to enhance their strength and realm is the only way for the souls of the dead to find liberation.

If neither a human nor a god wishes to liberate the souls of the dead, perhaps these souls will only suffer endless darkness or the cruel purgatory.
Day and night, I desperately seek liberation.

Was the father among them?
Lu Ran silently turned around, and before closing the palace door, he suddenly said, "Li Rouyin."

"Hmm?" Li Rouyin turned her head to face the palace gate.

"I'm sorry," Lu Ran said softly.

At this moment, he was trying his best to restrain himself.

Lu Ran didn't know what would happen in a moment, so it was best to say those words now.

Li Rouyin gripped her white cane tightly; her already pale fingers were now completely devoid of color.

The last time Lu Ran came to Youhuangdu, he was all smiles and laughter, and even asked her for "bride price" and told her that he had found Qin Yanzhi.

She then asked Lu Ran to help her find her brother, Hao Tian.

Lu Ran has returned to Youhuangdu.
There was no more laughter or joy, only a heavy apology.

Did something happen to Qin Yanzhi?
Or did something happen to Hao Tian?
Whichever it was, it made Li Rouyin's heart clench painfully, and she felt a little breathless.

"Boom!"

The heavy palace doors were closed.

Lu Ran teleported directly, passing through the dense, swaying red lines, and stood in front of the Forgotten Spring Divine Sculpture deep inside the hall.

"No wonder Lord Wangquan made a special mention of looking forward to my next visit when we parted last time," Lu Ran said in a deep voice.

The statue of the God of Forgetfulness, placed deep inside the hall, is not very large, and its face is quite blurry.

But the deity's words were clear to my ears: "It seems you know everything."

Lu Ran looked up at the stone sculpture and asked, "What do I know?"

“Lu Ran.” The Forgotten Spring God Sculpture sighed, “I have wondered, if that day ever comes, how will you face me?”

Wang Quan spoke softly, his tone becoming increasingly complex: "I never expected that you would stand before me with the soul of the jade talisman."

Lu Ran slowly raised his hand, holding the Rebirth Coin containing the jade talisman's spirit, and looked at the Forgotten Spring statue through the central hole:

"Therefore, my father is with you."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)