The Old Gods

Chapter 979 Resurrection Through a Corpse?

"Lord Immortal Sheep, are you there?" Lu Ran stepped out of the mirror and returned to the vortex of dark clouds directly above Blood Dust Divine Mountain.

Jiang Ruyi subconsciously raised her hand, letting him land on her fingertips.

The divine message arrived as expected: "Have you found him?"

"Found him!" Lu Ran held a string of money for the dead in his hand. "He was taken very well. According to Lord Wangquan, his soul strength is much stronger than before he died."

【Um. 】

Lu Ran was very uneasy: "Lord Immortal Sheep, I remember you once told me that as long as my strength is strong enough, I can resurrect the dead?"

Do you think you are strong enough?

Lu Ran opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything more.

Jiang Ruyi naturally couldn't hear the Immortal Sheep's telepathic message, but she could roughly deduce the conversation between the human and the god from Lu Ran's words.

She had a hunch about the person Lu Ran wanted to resurrect.

"With your current strength, it's not enough." The deep voice imprinted itself on Lu Ran's mind.

Lu Ran's hands trembled slightly.

He lowered his head, looking at the string of coins in his hands, his eyes growing increasingly dim.

Jiang Ruyi saw this scene and was anxious. Lu Ran, who was clearly made of flesh and blood, seemed to have suddenly turned into a small stone statue, and his whole body turned gray.

"I can." The sudden telepathic message made Lu Ran's head buzz.

He seemed to come back to life, and hurriedly said, "Lord Immortal Sheep, are you alright?"

【Hehe.】The immortal sheep laughed hoarsely, as if he was quite amused, observing his proud disciple whom he had manipulated at will.

"What do I need to do? What preparations are required?" Lu Ran's excited expression quickly vanished as he spoke, and he whispered, "What's the price?"

The immortal sheep said calmly, "The one who will pay the price is me, not you."

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, then asked, "What is the price?"

"What a price to pay!" The immortal sheep let out a rare long sigh, and remained silent for a long time.

Lu Ran waited patiently, his mind already filled with many guesses.

The Immortal Sheep once said that it would eventually dissipate. Now it seems that it is experiencing the same predicament as the Paper Doll, Sword One, and other gods and demons.

Reviving the dead may require a great deal of energy, just like casting the Divine Spell: Sheep, which weakens the soul.

Even hasten its demise?
The fall of the divine and evil sculptures is an extremely long process. The nutrients that gods and demons draw from energy will gradually decrease until one day they can no longer retain energy in their bodies.

Destruction is inevitable.

If one becomes the other side of the Immortal Sheep God Sculpture and merges with it, injecting "fresh blood" into the stone sculpture's body, would this effectively alleviate the predicament?

It seems that both Yan Zhi and Jian Yi are planning to do the same thing.

If Lord Immortal Sheep wishes, Lu Ran is of course willing to do so!
Choose a stone sculpture.

"Huh?" Lu Ran was startled from his thoughts. "What kind of stone sculpture should I choose?"

[In your Great Xia language, it's like being resurrected through a corpse.]

Lu Ran looked astonished, partly because of the content of the words, and partly because the hoarse voice of the Immortal Sheep Lord revealed a hint of melancholy.

Feeling melancholy?
In Lu Ran's mind, sheep are always an incredibly powerful being.

It is domineering, ruthless, and even cold-blooded.

Beneath this cold and hard exterior, a sliver of warmth occasionally emerges.

Its various facets together constitute this mysterious, unique, complex, and three-dimensional existence.

But no matter which aspect it was, Lord Immortal Sheep had never sighed like that.

"Are you feeling sad? Or are you upset about something?" Lu Ran asked with concern.

Xianyang's tone turned icy: "You don't want him to live?"

"Yes!" Lu Ran was startled and quickly said.

[Then let's choose a stone sculpture, and use its physical form to breathe life into its soul.]

"Mm." Lu Ran pursed his lips.

Resurrection!

However, these so-called "corpses" are not actually corpses, but rather divine or evil sculptures within the sculpture park that possess little independent consciousness.

Lu Ran hurriedly said, "If my father is reborn through the body of the stone statue, his physical strength, various attributes, including his techniques, etc."
Did he become that stone statue?

【Um. 】

Lu Ran: !!!
Jiang Ruyi's gaze sharpened; this was the first time Lu Ran had uttered the word "father" in person.

It really is Lu Xing!
Jiang Ruyi remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was genuinely happy for Lu Ran.

Is the boy who was trapped in a thunderstorm for ten years finally going to come out?
In Lu Ran's mind, he had already gone through the divine and evil sculptures in the sculpture park again and again.

Her father was once a disciple of Yu Fu, but the jade talisman and ghost talisman stone sculptures in the garden were both trampled by Jiang Ruyi, resulting in the current Xianmo stone sculpture.

Let's take a closer look at the sequence of powerful gods:
One immortal and one saint, two martial heroes, together they guard the borders and bring peace to the four directions.

Eight celestial demons, unpredictable and ever-changing; twelve earthly fiends, slaying evil spirits.

Of the twelve Earthly Fiends, only a few stone sculptures remain: Thousand Bones - White Bone Staff and Drought Sea - Sand River Doll.

Of the eight great celestial demons, some stone sculptures remain: Poisonous Bee - Poisonous Flower, Spirit Elephant - Demon Elephant, and Molten Bear - Extinction Demon.

The other mountain spirit is a separate one, which Lu Ran kept for himself.

That said, the Paper Phoenix and the Radiant Sparrow Stone Sculpture are still there, but both sides of them have been inherited by disciples of the Burning Gate. In the future, it would be best to completely transfer the two divine positions to one person.

Not every god or demon can be as powerful as the monk Jade-Faced Serpent, who can stand alone and be so formidable!

Furthermore, these two stone sculptures do not match the father's fighting style.

The mountain king is a melee fighter, but his divine position is singular.

Almost all the powerful figures in the four directions have their own leaders, but one figure stands out: the two sides of Dongting, the Purple Thunder Demon Roc.

Huangfu Zhao never devoured the evil sculpture. Instead, while inheriting the Dongting Divine Sculpture, he devoured the two divine souls of Dongting and Ziting.

Speaking of which, the Purple Thunder Demon Roc was specially left for Hao Tian by Lu Ran.

Because of this, Huangfu Zhao went through a rather difficult period. On the battlefield of life and death, even the slightest increase in combat strength was a means of survival.

During that period, lacking the techniques of the Demon Roc clan, Huangfu Zhao was unable to fly and lacked powerful methods such as aerial assaults and bombardments. Consequently, he was unable to unleash his full combat potential.

The father should obviously not have replaced Zi Ting Mo Peng Xie Su.

The Demon Roc is in an even worse situation than the Mountain Lord; it has no divine position left to claim.

After all, the situation was special at the time. The Burning Gate had first obtained the Eastern Thunder Divine Soul through a sneak attack. At that time, the Martial Monk and the Purple Thunder Demon Roc were still alive, and the Rouge Paper Man had not revealed the information about the Phoenix and Luan Heart Crown.

Lu Ran never imagined that his side could fight their way back to Thunder Mountain in such a short time.

He couldn't possibly hold back the Dongting Divine Soul he had obtained from Huangfu Zhao.
Among the powerful gods, besides the three sequences mentioned above, the rest are first-class gods.

Sword One, Blood Skull, Spear Decay - Evil Spear Emperor, Monk - Jade-Faced Snake, Martial Artist - Yin Hua Dan, and others have all found their owners.

However, among the first-class gods, there is also a stone sculpture that Lu Ran kept for himself—the Blood Skull.

Blood skull?
Lu Ran's heart stirred.

If the mother is destined to become Jianyi in the future, then the father can only be Xuelu, to be worthy of her.

The head of the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The leader of the Great Xia demons.

Like the Greedy Wolf-Evil Shadow Twin Stone Sculpture, Blood Skull can only be given to the person you trust most.

Moreover, compared to the above, the blood skull is undoubtedly a more terrifying existence.

Previously, Lu Ran had made up his mind to keep it for himself, partly because he felt he was compatible with the Blood Skull Clan, and partly because the clan's techniques were too powerful.

Lu Ran dared not give it to anyone else!
Now, fate has provided him with an option—his father.

Blood ties are the foundation of everything.

His father's character and personality, along with his companionship, upbringing, and guidance of Lu Ran from childhood, solidified this trust.

The Burning Gate is destined to confront the gods and demons, both to reduce tragedies in the human world of Great Xia and to recruit gods and demons as quickly as possible to face greater challenges.

At that time, the Burning Gate will face the gods and demons within the Great Xia territory, as well as all the gods and demons in the five major war zones around the world!
If the father joined the Burning Gate as "Blood Skull"
This will definitely boost the strength of the Burning Gate by a large margin!

After all, the stone sculptures in the sculpture park have little independent consciousness. The combat power that Lu Ran exerts when he summons the Blood Skull Evil Sculpture to fight is not on the same level as when he lets his soldiers inherit the stone sculptures and fight independently.

Father and son go into battle!
We will complete the work our father left unfinished before his death.

If we fail, then the whole family will die together.

Lu Ran clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "Blood Skull, is that alright?"

Are you willing to give it up?

Lu Ran nodded: "I always thought that the Blood Skull Evil Sculpture was for myself."

I only realized it now because, before he appeared, in my mind, no one was qualified to inherit the Blood Skull.

The fairy sheep responded softly: "Release the souls of the dead, and absorb them into your pupils."

"Huh?" Lu Ran hesitated for a moment. This was the standard procedure for devouring the souls of the dead.

[I'm waiting in the garden.] The voice gradually faded.

Lu Ran hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, urging the string of coins in his hand to release his father's spirit.

The moment Lu Xing emerged, he quickly surveyed his surroundings, then abruptly turned and looked up at the magnificent goddess statue.

Unfortunately, Xiao Ruyi will never see the spirit of the dead.

“That’s my fiancée,” Lu Ran said softly.

"Oh?" Lu Xing was taken aback. The next moment, his soul was already converging in front of his son.

As soon as the spirit of the dead entered his eyes, Lu Ran quickly entered the sculpture park.

To the outside world, Lord Immortal Sheep always appears in a long robe, standing with a smile and hands clasped in front of him.

However, inside the sculpture park, Lu Ran saw another form of the Immortal Sheep Lord after many years:
A ram's head engulfed in raging black flames!
Before Lu Xing could react, the black fire sheep's head was already in its mouth.

Lu Ran was terrified!

They were terrified that the Immortal Sheep would devour their father's spirit.
Unexpectedly, the black fire ram's head actually chewed on it.

Lu Ran was completely stunned!

No!

Eat my dad in front of me?

And you're smacking your lips?

"Your soul strength isn't very good." A cold voice came, making Lu Ran's hair stand on end. "The Blood Skull Evil Sculpture is at the second level of the Heavenly Realm."

Given the strength of your father's soul, it would take him some time to be resurrected in another's body.

Lu Ran didn't dare to say anything, and remained preoccupied.

He doesn't mind the length of time, but time-consuming activities usually come with physical exertion.

Lu Ran asked again, "What price will Lord Immortal Sheep pay? I..."

"When you stand in my position, you will understand." The black-headed ram interrupted abruptly, carrying Lu Xing's soul away into the distance.

Lu Xing was digesting the astonishing news through the sheep's mouth.

Resurrected through possession.

Blood-soaked skull, evil sculpture, resurrection?

Lu Ran remained silent as he flew forward alongside the black fire ram's head.

Blackfire Ram Head suddenly stopped when he reached the front row of the demon camp.

Lu Ran's heart leaped into his throat as he looked at the burning ram's head ahead.

The black fire ram's head slowly rotated, glancing at the bewildered youth out of the corner of its eye, and said slowly, "It seems you have another reason to be grateful to me."

"I"

"Baa~" The black fire ram's head suddenly let out a bleating, carrying Lu Xing's dead soul, and charged towards the blood-skull evil sculpture.

"puff!!"

Black flames erupted, and the stone sculpture trembled.

One sheep and one soul merged together into the evil sculpture.

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