The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

Gu Ran made no attempt to conceal himself; he walked openly down the street.

He soon noticed the strange behavior from others.

Those who encountered him instantly showed fear, then averted their gaze and hurriedly moved away.

Some people were even afraid of leaving too slowly, so they ran with all their might.

Many people screamed in surprise.

"He is back!"

"That devil is back!"

"Go and notify the Martial Arts Alliance immediately!"

He only walked around Canglong City for a short while, but he was like a plague god, causing everyone who saw him to avoid him at all costs.

Gu Ran muttered to himself, "Martial Arts Alliance..."

He had known about the so-called "Martial Arts Alliance" for a long time; it was a loose organization composed of martial artists from Canglong City.

Because of the pressure from the ruling center, the Martial Arts Alliance has never played an important role, and the organization has no cohesion.

The reason they exist is simply to provide some martial arts schools or powerful families with another channel to voice their opinions, so that they can have more leverage to protect their interests when facing the ruling center.

But now, this organization, which no one paid any attention to before, seems to be playing a role that is more important than ever before.

When there was a power vacuum in Canglong City, the Martial Arts Alliance stepped in to fill the gap.

A sense of unease suddenly arose in Gu Ran's heart.

He hadn't noticed anything when he first used his telekinesis to sense things roughly, but when he used his telekinesis to carefully sense Azure Dragon City this time, he finally realized something was wrong.

What about his students?

And then there's that barrier that suddenly appeared outside the Reverse Origin Martial Arts Hall, blocking any attempts to detect telekinesis...

It seems something big happened during his absence, and it wasn't anything good...

Gu Ran's gaze revealed a coldness.

He hadn't forgotten that before he left, there was still a small number of demons left in Azure Dragon City.

If anything bad happens in Azure Dragon City, it's probably the work of this remaining small group of evil spirits.

Without much hesitation, Gu Ran changed direction and headed towards the Reverse Yuan Martial Arts Hall as fast as he could.

He had already searched Lanxin University with his telekinesis, but found no trace of his students.

Although she really wanted to figure it out, Gu Ran knew the priorities.

The biggest point of contention now is the Niyuan Martial Arts Hall.

Why does the Reverse Origin Martial Arts Hall have a barrier that isolates his mental power?

Who did this?

What's happening inside?

"Cheng Caimeng..."

The image of that smiling face flashed through Gu Ran's mind; she was the woman who always wanted to make bets with him.

In an instant, Gu Ran went through all the relevant information about the Ni Yuan Martial Arts Hall in his mind.

But this only made him more confused.

The Ni Yuan Martial Arts Academy is certainly not without its enemies; on the contrary, because it has existed for a long time, there have been countless conflicts throughout history.

But why is there a barrier that blocks mental energy?

Is it to guard against him?

In just a short while, Gu Ran arrived outside the Ni Yuan Martial Arts Hall.

"The familiar, nauseating smell."

Gu Ran frowned slightly.

He was certain that there were demons inside the Reverse Origin Martial Arts Hall!

After entering the psychic barrier that ordinary people cannot perceive, Gu Ran was finally able to extend his psychic power throughout the entire Ni Yuan Martial Arts Hall.

The detailed information about the martial arts hall also came to mind.

The entire Niyuan Martial Arts Hall has been reduced to ruins, and all the furnishings inside have been completely destroyed and are no longer recognizable.

At this moment, there are still some people inside who seem to be searching for something.

They are truly digging deep, seemingly determined to turn the Reverse Yuan Martial Arts Hall upside down.

"That woman Cheng Caimeng actually managed to escape!"

"Damn it, they'd rather abandon their ancestral property than compromise and hand over their cultivation technique!"

"Even though I know that I probably won't find the cultivation method this way, I'm still unwilling to give up!"

"Her sister is also missing. If she had been able to catch her sister back then, she probably would have given in."

Gu Ran's expression was rather unpleasant.

Has Cheng Caimeng gotten into trouble?

What kind of bullshit martial arts are they after?

Has Cheng Youmeng also disappeared?

What exactly happened in Canglong City during the month he was away?

And what about his students?

Gu Ran no longer concealed his aura; in an instant, his mental power formed a "domain" that enveloped the Reverse Yuan Martial Arts Hall.

The martial artists in the Ni Yuan Martial Arts Hall were not strong to Gu Ran. Even if there were a few martial arts masters among them, they were just "small fry" that he could easily suppress.

While telekinesis cannot imprison truly top-tier experts, for these individuals, the telekinetic "domain" he unleashed is an inescapable cage for most of them.

"What is this?! It hurts so much!"

"Cough cough, I feel like I'm embedded in a wall, what's going on?"

Everyone inside the Ni Yuan Martial Arts Hall seemed to freeze in place.

Many of them were even so compressed by the psychic force that they had difficulty breathing!

When they saw Gu Ran appear, they were terrified, as if they had seen a ghost.

"You...you're not dead?"

A martial arts master with long white eyebrows spoke with difficulty, his face flashing with fear and hatred.

The other martial artists or superhumans also had a variety of expressions when they saw Gu Ran, but most of them were not strong enough and were so suppressed by the materialized psychic power that they couldn't even speak.

"So you thought I was dead? That's why you dare to act so recklessly?"

Gu Ran said coldly.

"Cough, you actually dare to come back?!" The white-browed martial arts master said, his voice stern but his voice weak. "You killed Principal Xue, you are now an enemy of Canglong City. If you had run away, that would have been one thing, but coming back is just courting death!"

Gu Ran narrowed his eyes slightly: "I am an enemy of Canglong City... Who made that rule?"

"I'm courting death? Who will make me die? The Martial Arts Alliance?"

The white-browed martial arts master's muscles bulged, veins popping, as he used all his strength to resist the pressure of psychic power.

He clenched his teeth, and the words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"You treacherous outsider... attracted an extraterrestrial catastrophe... deceived Principal Xue... caused her to be infected by the aliens and then cruelly killed her... you disguised yourself as... the righteous one... you even went after your fiancée, Xue Xiling..."

"Killed by you and your old flame, the succubus... Hmph, that battle with the succubus before was a charade you two staged... to carry out your conspiracy to destroy Azure Dragon City, wasn't it... You devil, you've brought Azure Dragon City to such a state... Everyone has the right to kill you... The people of Azure Dragon City wish they could eat your flesh and drink your blood!"

As he finished speaking, the white-browed martial arts master roared, his entire body swelled up to twice its original size, and his muscles became as hard as a rock.

The mental power that had been binding him was broken, and the floor cracked, spreading outwards in a ripple pattern from him.

An incredibly powerful aura emanated from the white-haired, long-browed martial arts master!

At the same time, the remaining martial arts masters also launched an attack in an instant.

They exerted all their strength to break free of the mental energy that bound them, and also unleashed a powerful aura.

Gu Ran's face showed no panic, not even a hint of surprise.

The martial arts masters who had broken through the telekinesis roared with imposing force: "Let's join forces and kill him!"

The martial arts masters exchanged glances and nodded, seemingly agreeing to gang up on Gu Ran.

Then several martial arts masters made their moves at the same time.

However, the direction of "moving forward" is not Gu Ran's direction, but the opposite direction!

And each one is faster than the last!

Not one of them chose to confront Gu Ran head-on; instead, they all chose to run away!

The martial arts masters exchanged glances, but this time it wasn't the "tacit cooperation" they had shown before. Instead, they used their eyes to "curse each other as despicable."

Gu Ran's strength was deeply ingrained in their minds. Even though they could work together seamlessly, they didn't really have confidence in themselves.