Versatile Mage: Lord of the Styx, but Lord of the Living

Chapter 127 The Great Injustice of the Totem Serpent, and the Precocious Lingling

Lu Ran was speechless.

However, it's easy to imagine that the fact that the supreme totem Xuan Snake was hidden in Hangzhou's West Lake couldn't have been kept from Dean Xiao.

What surprised Lu Ran even more was...

The special situation in Hangzhou hasn't even fully unfolded yet!

At most, a few individuals were caught, but they were quickly dealt with by the trial committee.

Leng Qing secretly told him this news.

To Lu Ran's surprise, Dean Xiao, who was far away in Shanghai, actually knew about this firsthand news.

Seemingly sensing Lu Ran's shock, Dean Xiao calmly said:

"As the dean of Mingzhu Academy, I naturally have my own channels of information."

Lu Ran nodded, blinked, and explained:

"Both are true, and I'm most likely doing this on someone else's behalf."

Entrusted by someone?

Dean Xiao subconsciously recalled Leng Qing, the deputy presiding judge who was stationed in Hangzhou but would occasionally come to Shanghai to look for Lu Ran.

Then he thought of the female students in the academy who were close to Lu Ran.

As far as he knew, Lu Ran had been living with the youngest girl from the Mu family and the Ai family, as well as Ye Xinxia, ​​for some time.

Therefore, Dean Xiao's expression towards Lu Ran became somewhat strange again.

When he was young, he wasn't as charming as Lu Ran!

In this respect, he is far inferior to Lu Ran.

"Alright, since you're confident, then go for it. But Hangzhou isn't Shanghai, so think it over carefully before you act," Dean Xiao advised.

Lu Ran nodded.

Dean Xiao's words were clearly meant to give him a hint.

After all, there are no big shots like Dean Xiao or Old Man Bao in Hangzhou to back him up. When something happens, he can only rely on himself.

"Dean Xiao, rest assured, I will plan carefully before I act."

Lu Ran said with a smile, but in reality, he was already thinking about how to deliver a fatal blow to Luo Mian.

After all, he possessed evidence that could lead to Luo Mian's execution, so he wouldn't hesitate.

Dean Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

Qingtian Hunting House.

"What? You're going to Hangzhou?" Lingling shouted loudly, hands on her hips.

"What, you don't want to go see your sister?" Lu Ran asked, puzzled.

In the past, Lingling always complained that she didn't want to go to school and would find all sorts of excuses to go out.

He invited her today, but was rejected instead?
Lingling shook her head and said:
"It's not that I don't want to go, but things haven't been peaceful in Hangzhou lately. I asked my sister, but she wouldn't say much."

Lu Ran thought for a moment and concluded that Leng Qing probably didn't want Lingling to worry, so she didn't mention the epidemic.

"It's alright, let's give her a surprise."

“I am aware that there has indeed been some minor trouble in Hangzhou. I am going there to help your sister.”

Lingling's eyes widened and blinked as she circled around Lu Ran, looking left and right, before blurting out:

"Lu Ran, you wouldn't happen to like my sister, would you?"

"Am I doing all this to pursue her?"

Lu Ran's lips twitched, ignoring Lingling. What did this little girl, who wasn't even in high school yet and hadn't even awakened her magic, know about love and romance?
It's hard to explain, it's hard to explain.
Lingling hummed softly:
"I don't know what the situation is like in Hangzhou. My sister won't let me go. If I go, she might scold me."

Lu Ran shook his head and chuckled: "Alright, I guarantee you'll be fine."

As for the specific situation in Hangzhou, Lu Ran had a general idea.

In the original story, the totem snake suddenly appears in the city, just as an epidemic breaks out. Zhu Meng takes the totem snake as the source of the epidemic and uses the hidden danger strategy and the name of the people of Hangzhou to threaten the Lingyin Tribunal to hand over the totem snake and strangle it.

But in reality, any normal person who thinks about it carefully should know that this epidemic is most likely not related to the totem snake.

The totem serpent is the supreme ruler and the progenitor of venom!
You, Zhu Meng, have consistently ranked the Totem Black Serpent at the highest strategic level of potential threats, demonstrating your recognition and emphasis on the Totem Black Serpent's strength.

But conversely, some people actually think that this minor epidemic was caused by the totem snake?

That's absolutely ridiculous!

If a plague caused by a supreme monarch initially only killed fewer than a thousand people, then the title of the progenitor of poison is far too demeaning!
If it were truly the venom from the totem serpent, Hangzhou would likely have already fallen into chaos.
This time, however, it is somewhat different from the original work.

In the original story, the Xuan Snake, a totem, appeared in the city because it was disturbed by the Parthenon spirit within Ye Xinxia.

Now, Ye Xinxia is obediently following Lu Ran to cultivate, living in Shanghai with the Mu and Ai sisters, and naturally has no chance to go to Hangzhou.

Although the totem serpent did not appear, Lu Ran thought.

Given Zhu Meng's behavior in the original work and his volatile personality, which always wanted to get rid of the Totem Serpent, he would most likely still shift the blame onto the Totem Serpent.

With Luo Mian adding fuel to the fire, the Totem Serpent is indeed going to suffer greatly.

In the original novel, Luo Mian, the councilor, was always two-faced.

On the surface, he greeted Zhu Meng with a smile and acted generously.

But behind the scenes, Zhu Meng was also used by him and used as a tool to amass wealth.

That large batch of fake blood serums must have helped him amass a fortune through illicit means.

However, since Lu Ran has already decided to intervene, he will naturally intervene and change everything!
Let's turn this situation around as soon as possible!
"Let's go, we'll set off tomorrow morning. What about the Eagle Red Grass that I asked you to buy earlier? Put it in your spatial ring and take it with you."

"Once we get to Hangzhou, we'll contact your sister and give her a surprise!"

Lu Ran spoke quickly and decisively, and then left the hunting lodge.

Before leaving, he planned to take good care of Mu Nujiao and Ye Xinxia. Should he stand up and kick tonight?
Lingling stared at Lu Ran's retreating figure, somewhat speechless.

He must like his older sister, right?

It must be!
Lingling tilted her head and thought: What about Sister Mu and Sister Ye?
If Lu Ran hadn't left yet, and had heard Lingling's thoughts, he would definitely have muttered something to himself:
"Of course, I want them all!"

The following day, in Hangzhou.

"Lu Ran, didn't you book a plane ticket? How are we going to get to Hangzhou?" Lingling said reproachfully.

Lu Ran brought Lingling to the wilderness and waved.

The next moment, accompanied by Lingling's scream, a pseudo-undead dragon appeared behind the two of them.

"Waaaaah!"

"Lu Ran, your dragon is so cool! It looks like a giant lizard pseudo-dragon?!"

Lingling opened her mouth wide, staring excitedly at the undead giant lizard pseudo-dragon in front of her.

Enormous, sky-obscuring fleshy wings, sharp spikes, claws, and fangs, along with that terrifying aura of dominion over the undead.
The chilling, malevolent aura of the dead is enough to intimidate a mid-level mage to the point of fainting.

Lu Ran instinctively protected Lingling. Even though the undead giant lizard pseudo-dragon had concealed its aura, its imposing presence was still incomparable to that of a warrior or servant creature.

If it were an ordinary young girl, she would have been terrified to death upon seeing such a colossal demon ruler.

Lingling, however, was enjoying herself.

Otherwise, how could you be a master hunter?
(End of this chapter)